Isn't the brightness of C725 a bit too low at 270 CD/m2?

Even with 330, is it considered low compared to other brands of LED?

I know this is TCL thread, but objectively which model of a better value, C725 or X80J since lettuce range almost similar?

Looking at buying C725 QLED TV but have a few questions:

1. What is the best online shop to buy from at this moment?
2. What is the width between the stand for 50 and 55 inch?
3. What is the height of the stand for 50 and 55 inch?
4. Any Raya promotion for TCL or other TV brands?

The reason for asking height and width of the TV stand is because I have the sound bar now in front of the TV. Hopefully the height of TV stand is higher than the height of the soundbar

Which shop do you buy from with extended warranty? Can share the link of the shop?

Kronoshop is selling crazy price in LZD and Shopee nowadays for C725 (27xx for 50" and 34xx for 55")

Since 50" C725 is only having 270 nits, do you feel the screen is not bright when you view HDR movies/dramas? Any difference in terms of brightness if we vote normal SDR movies?

This post has been edited by jutamind: Apr 12 2022, 06:31 PM

It's specified in TCL web site: https://www.tcl.com/my/en/tvs/c725 , select 50 and go to Specifications.

Anyone else using 50" C725 on living hall? Wanted to hear real life experience with 50" C725 in terms of brightness

Just bought C725 but have a few settings problem:

1. can't seem to enable Gboard. How to enable Gboard?

2. Only T-IME and virtual remote keyboard can be enabled. How to use virtual remote keyboard? I don't think we can download Google TV apps yet in MY but I could be wrong

3. I have an old Sony soundbar. Sound didn't seem to pass through to the eARC HDMI port to the soundcard. Only sound from tv speaker

4. Google TV seems to be a bit laggy. Having v418 which I updated via OTA after setting up the new TV

This post has been edited by jutamind: Apr 19 2022, 10:24 PM

1. Gboard is system apps. If you look at the attached images, Gboard is installed by default but i cant seem to scroll to Gboard to enable it. I can only scroll up and down on Available Virtual Keyboard page for T-IME and Virtual Keyboard. Because i cant enable Gboard, i think it only shows T-IME as the only Current Keyboard option.

Besides, I cant seem to find Simplified Chinese in the language setting of T-IME keyboard. How else then can we type in Simplified Chinese?





2. Just search for Google TV and install the apps. After you install the apps, you will see TV Remote floating icon. Click on this icon then you can click on the touch pad and type. Of course, you need to enable Virtual Keyboard in the Keyboard settings.

Btw, clicking Virtual Keyboard button on remote in any of the input field (such as Search field) doesnt seems prompt out any virtual/soft keyboard.




3. To enable sound pass through, need to go to Settings > Channels and Inputs > Inputs > Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) and turn on HDMI Control.

4. Seems only certain system apps can be disabled. So far only disable Google Play Games and Google Play Movies. Also disabled Quick Start as suggested by you. Will monitor the situation on lagging.

I'm on V418. V427 and V435 are IMG updates which i think will remove all system data if i remember what you mentioned previously correctly?


This post has been edited by jutamind: Apr 20 2022, 04:00 PM

I disabled T-IME keyboard but Gboard is not auto enabled and i cant scroll to Gboard and enable it. In fact, once T-IME is disabled there's no Current Keyboard.




This post has been edited by jutamind: Apr 20 2022, 04:49 PM

ahpaul82 do you manage to enable Gboard keyboard in your C725?

Can you check whether your T-IME keyboard can add simplified Chinese language into the keyboard as well?

Thanks

Thanks for the solution. Will explore this. Now I'm using Google TV apps's TV Remote to solve this problem

Yes I know how to switch keyboard and languages but T-IME doesn't support Simplified Chinese and my TV cannot turn on Gboard. Not sure why and don't know how to resolve.

Anyway, I've dropped TCL MY an email on this issue. Let's see whether they get back to me. Besides, there's other alternative ways to doing Simplified Chinese inputs as highlighted above

How to check screen running time for C725 on Google TV? Tried to use this setting but doesnt seems to work on Google TV

TV Settings/picture/advanced/brightness/contrast and type 6425

In contrast menu, this is a slider in Google TV, how to type in 6425?

this is the path on Google TV for C725 that i tried:

Settings > Picture > Advanced settings > Brightness settings > Contrast

Type 6425 using MagiConnect virtual keyboard but nothing happened.

Clicking on Virtual Keyboard button on remote doesnt prompt any virtual keyboard on screen. Not sure why. I tried with other virtual keyboard and it works.

So far found 2 issues in my TV: Gboard and virtual keyboard not functioning. Tried uninstalling and disabling/reenabling Gboard in the Apps settings menu but somehow still cant enable the keyboard.

For C725 TV, did you enable Virtual Remote Keyboard in Settings > System > Keyboard > Manage keyboards settings for the virtual keyboard button to work?

For me, regardless whether I enable or disable Virtual Remote Keyboard, the virtual keyboard button doesn't prompt up in the screen when pressed

This post has been edited by jutamind: Apr 21 2022, 05:51 PM