…homes Why? It is so close to OLED for blacks and colours, and you can save a few dollars TCL C835 Mini-LED – bang for buck Why? This challenger brand created a mini-LED that is bright, colourful, has Android TV OS, and great for bright Aussie lounges. Soundbar and dongles…
…any décor, but it would be nice to see other designer colours too. It has a dimmable LCD screen on the front. The low-cost soundbar market is inundated with 2.0 and 2.1, 100-200W from as low as $129 – brands like FFalcon (TCL made), TCL, Monster, Hisense, Sony, LG, JBL,…
…and assembled in China. Philips TVs are a step up from the generic value brands, and its OLED+ TVs use LG EX (Evo) panels. The VA Mini-LED panels are likely made by TCL-owned CSOT, which also supplies Samsung and Hisense. Note: This is a 2021 entry-level Mini-LED/Quantum Dot model (2022…
…Vision and Dolby Atmos, so consider a good soundbar and sub-woofer to shake the room. Its IR/Bluetooth remote control is logical and has dedicated buttons for Netflix, Stan, Prime Video, Disney+, YouTube and TCL Channel. Read more. Harvey Norman C835 range TCL TV website CyberShack TCL TV news and reviews…
…86″ LG QNED85 ($5995) 86″ LG QNED91 ($6995) 85” Sony Bravia X85K LED ($4995) 85” Sony Bravia X95J FALD ($4888) 86″ LG QNED80 QD/LED ($4295) 86″ LG Nano75 QD/LED ($3995) 85″ TCL C825 QD/Mini-LED ($3995) 86″ LG UQ90 LED ($3295) 85” Hisense ULED U7HAUII FALD ($2995) 85” Hisense A7HAU LED…
…interface is TB3 or 4, PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 or x2 for a lower rate. It uses a Phison E12 flagship NVMe controller made for high-end consumer SSDs and enterprise SSDs. We suspect the M.2 SSD uses Toshiba 3D TCL and there is a DDR4 DRAM cache. Tests – Exceed…
A reader asked us to review the TCL C735 QLED TV after reading our TCL C635 review as he was having trouble differentiating. The answer is simple (C635 in brackets) – the TCL C735 QLED has 144Hz VRR when connected to a PC over HDMI (No) 100/120Hz panel (50/100) Dolby…
…UI. It helps to maximise hardware performance and add value to Google Android. That is a good thing. But some UIs go too far. For example, the first and second generations of TCL phones had a proprietary UI launcher. In 2020, it and TCL brand Alcatel was implicated in a…
…one or two years of security updates. TCL – depends on model/price More expensive Pro models may get three years of OS upgrades and three years of security updates. All TCL and Alcatel (excluding Android Enterprise recommended models) receive one OS upgrade and two years of quarterly security patches. TCL…
…not support Dolby Vision but downmix it to HDR for a vastly inferior image. We tested a range of SDR/HDR/10/+ content on a TCL C835 4K Mini-LED that supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. Read TCL C835 Mini-LED TV – bang for buck (review). 4K SDR playback at up to 60fps…
…at brand-name Direct-Lit for a few more dollars from TCL, Hisense, Sony, Samsung and LG. A little brighter and a better image. I would skip FALD as mini-LED (LG QNED, TCL and others) are taking over. But for image quality, Dolby Vision and Atmos, and overall viewing pleasure LG C2…
…reviewed yet, but probably closer in performance to the LG A2 series. Hisense Model X9HAU and X8HAU use a Chinese-made OLED panel and the Hisense VIDAA OS (check that it supports the streaming apps you want). Hisense Australian 2022 TV range – huge! TCL C835 TCL C835 Mini-LED TV –…