TCL TVs

Just paid for my 85” TCL C755

Esquire im Midrand has them listed for R25999 vat incl.

Cheapest I could find. It was between the Hisense U7N and the TCL C755

Both seem to be rather closely matched, so it came down to price, at R26k, R4k lower than the Hisense.

Reviews seem positive on the C755 as well, and I was aiming for the 85”, mini led, TV’s with local dimming.
 

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Why does South Africa only have the 65" C855?? We're forced to buy the 2013 model 85" C755 if we want mini-LED. I don't want to go Hisense again with the U7 mini-LED.
 
HiFi Corp had a promotion until Christmas for the C845 65” at R14999. Ended up purchasing this deal.

I notice that Incredible, who is also apart of Pepkor now also has the special for R15500

www.incredible.co.za

TCL 65-Inch Mini LED TV-C845

Resolution : 3840 x 2160 HDMI x 4 USB x 2 Google TV 144Hz VRR Dolby Vision IQ adaptive picture quality Built in soundbar - powered by Onkyo 3 year warranty
www.incredible.co.za www.incredible.co.za
 
WazzyD said:
Why does South Africa only have the 65" C855?? We're forced to buy the 2013 model 85" C755 if we want mini-LED. I don't want to go Hisense again with the U7 mini-LED.
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The c755 you’re referring isn’t the same model
C755 is the new EU/AUS/SA model number. It’s USA model would be QM7, and UK C805

It’s a 2023/2024 model, it also seems to be an slightly upgraded from the bad boy 845.

I came from a Hisense, wont be going back after my purchase :)
 
Story time

My 85” TCL C755/805/QM7 is something amazing

Coming from the Hisense 65Q8600, this isn’t only an upgrade in the size department, but visually by far. I knew the Hisense had good visuals, but heck, never knew what these new bad boys could do.

Setting up the TCL 85” is of course a 2 man (or wife) job. It’s heavy! 56kg gross and TV itself felt like 35-45kg’s

TCL was NOT shy to protect your new panel, it’s wrapped all over, spent 15-20mins to remove all the panel tape and protection. So while it was irritating, I do thank them for the effort.

Your setup is quick, I would say no more than 5mins and you’re ready to start using google tv.

Now I knew 85” is hell a lot bigger than 65”, but looking at them in the shops compared to sitting in your living room is vastly different. It felt to big in the room, but, 2 days later i’m thinking bring on that 98” ;)
So dont worry, you get used to it very quickly.

Don’t worry about 4K, heck, even 1080p, at 3.5m to 5m you wont spot anything. Yes, it does have a lower ppi, but again, at that seating distance there’s no worry.
720p still looked ok (Dstv Discovery and BBC channel)

Settings, you have to go play around, everyone likes a different look. I always liked a cooler feel, but with Mini LED and peak brightness of 1500 (probably more around 1300 in real world) it pops the warm preset. Reds stand out, blues are deep, skin tones look natural, without losing detail.
So rest assured, movies look amazing, YouTube as well. Peak brightness in some scenes have this 10% peak brightness spot, ex. The sun coming through the woods, if you directly look at that spot it actually makes you squint your eyes because it goes that bright. Again play with the settings, there’s so much to tweak

Sports come to life, the colors are great!!
If you hate ghosting in these new TV’s when it comes to sports, turn off judder and blur!
I couldn’t get rid off the multi ball, ghosting effect, playing around with judder et c. Just didn’t remove it, when it did, maxing everything, I had artefacts and a soap opera effect, nee kak. So, switching motion off completely and then switching the refresh rate setting to performance mode did the trick, golf balls were not ghosting, rugby balls became one and not three, it looked quite normal again without clipping the image, something I noticed my Hisense did, and the new ones at the stores. Nothing weird was noticed anymore and the panel was keeping up with fast paced sports and had this amazing color and depth, as well brightness.

Clarity, sit af, turn off, all these do is try and smooth out lower resolution images, but robs you of the image quality and detail. I don’t need it as everything seems to be upscaled without issues, 1080p especially.

Tagging @TStringList to the TCL forum

Happy to answer any questions if you’re concerned or curious before buying

But, I can honestly say, well done TCL, i have cons, but the pro’s outweigh them.

Note: 3 year warranty on these TV’s, and 6 month return and replaced, or money back. ( If I understand the warranty correctly)
Note1.1 : Turn off power saving mode in settings, it caps the brightness and the TV at times feels dimmer than it should.
 
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Lupus said:
Bloom? As generally setting local dimming to high gives more bloom
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Little bloom here and there
Nothing serious, was quite impressed how it controlled the blooming, but it does have 880+- dimming zones, so they seem to be well controlled

Waayy less than my Hisense, to the point that im impressed
 
ViciousClone said:
Little bloom here and there
Nothing serious, was quite impressed how it controlled the blooming, but it does have 880+- dimming zones, so they seem to be well controlled

Waayy less than my Hisense, to the point that im impressed
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That is pretty impressive, though 880 local dimming will do that :)
 
ViciousClone said:
Story time

My 85” TCL C755/805/QM7 is something amazing

Coming from the Hisense 65Q8600, this isn’t only an upgrade in the size department, but visually by far. I knew the Hisense had good visuals, but heck, never knew what these new bad boys could do.

Setting up the TCL 85” is of course a 2 man (or wife) job. It’s heavy! 56kg gross and TV itself felt like 35-45kg’s

TCL was NOT shy to protect your new panel, it’s wrapped all over, spent 15-20mins to remove all the panel tape and protection. So while it was irritating, I do thank them for the effort.

Your setup is quick, I would say no more than 5mins and you’re ready to start using google tv.

Now I knew 85” is hell a lot bigger than 65”, but looking at them in the shops compared to sitting in your living room is vastly different. It felt to big in the room, but, 2 days later i’m thinking bring on that 98” ;)
So dont worry, you get used to it very quickly.

Don’t worry about 4K, heck, even 1080p, at 3.5m to 5m you wont spot anything. Yes, it does have a lower ppi, but again, at that seating distance there’s no worry.
720p still looked ok (Dstv Discovery and BBC channel)

Settings, you have to go play around, everyone likes a different look. I always liked a cooler feel, but with Mini LED and peak brightness of 1500 (probably more around 1300 in real world) it pops the warm preset. Reds stand out, blue’s ate deep, skin tones look natural, without losing details.
So rest assured, movies look amazing, YouTube as well. Peak brightness in some scenes have this 10% peak brightness spot, ex. The sun coming through the woods, if you directly look at that spot it actually makes you squint your eyes because it goes that bright. Again play with the settings, there’s so much to tweak

Sports come to life, the colors are great!!
If you hate ghosting in these new TV’s when it comes to sports, turn off judder and blur!
I couldn’t get rid off the multi ball, ghosting effect, playing around with judder et c. Just didn’t remove it, when it did, maxing everything, I had artefacts and a soap opera effect, nee kak. So, switching motion off completely and then switching the refresh rate setting to performance mode did the trick, golf balls were not ghosting, rugby balls became one and not 3, it looked quite normal again without clipping the image, something I noticed my Hisense did, and the new ones at the stores. Nothing weird was noticed anymore and the panel was keeping up with fast paced sports and had this amazing color and depth, as well brightness.

Clarity, sit af, turn off, all these do is try and smooth out lower resolution images, but robs you of the image quality and detail. I don’t need it as everything seems to be upscaled without issues, 1080p especially.

Tagging @TStringList to the TCL forum

Happy to answer any questions if you’re concerned or curious before buying

But, I can honestly say, well done TCL, i have cons, but the pro’s outweigh them.

Note: 3 year warranty on these TV’s, and 6 month return and replaced, or money back. ( If I understand the warranty correctly)
Note1.1 : Turn off power saving mode in settings, it caps the brightness and the TV at times feels dimmer than it should.
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Great stuff and glad you got your rugby balls to become one 😃
 
I'm an Apple fan, as many know.

But the Google TV on my TCL blows the socks off anything else from Hisense and friends. It just works, and it works well.

I don't know why more TV's ditch their own OS/bloatware and just stick Google TV on them from the factory.

So far my TCL is doing fine, it spends 99% of its life connected to my GPU playing Black Ops 6 lol.
 
neoprema said:
I'm an Apple fan, as many know.

But the Google TV on my TCL blows the socks off anything else from Hisense and friends. It just works, and it works well.

I don't know why more TV's ditch their own OS/bloatware and just stick Google TV on them from the factory.

So far my TCL is doing fine, it spends 99% of its life connected to my GPU playing Black Ops 6 lol.
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Or... they ditch "smart" at all
 
neoprema said:
I'm an Apple fan, as many know.

But the Google TV on my TCL blows the socks off anything else from Hisense and friends. It just works, and it works well.

I don't know why more TV's ditch their own OS/bloatware and just stick Google TV on them from the factory.

So far my TCL is doing fine, it spends 99% of its life connected to my GPU playing Black Ops 6 lol.
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Have my apple tv connected as my main driver
But, i have to admit, google tv does perform pretty well, if my apple tv went meh tonight, google tv will serve me well. Snappy, great feel. It’s an amazing part of the TV
 
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