TCL's steady rise in South Africa

[Daniel Puchert]

The budget TV giant taking on Samsung in South Africa

Despite being in South Africa far shorter than its rivals, Chinese electronics giant TCL is seeing a steady increase in local adoption of its TVs.

TCL launched in South Africa in late 2021. It initially offered a small line-up of 4K LED and QLED TVs on Takealot, with its primary focus on competitive pricing.

 

[Totempole]

TCL is a very popular budget brand in Canada in the same way that Hisense is here. Unlike Hisense however, they also make pretty decent Smartphones.

 

[epah]

Meh, most of their lineup consists of low nit Tvs, everyone knows its about the nits.

 

[FiestaST]

TCL is a very popular budget brand in Canada in the same way that Hisense is here. Unlike Hisense however, they also make pretty decent Smartphones.

The US as well, the big heavyweights like Walmart & Target punt TCL deals aggressively.

 

[NeonNinja]

And Skyworth?

 

[bwana]

They're cheap for a reason.

 

[neoprema]

I bought a 65" TCL 4K UHD 120Hz for one of the rooms. Its the lightest thing i've ever used.

So far its working perfectly, and the software runs nice and fast (Google TV)

 

[FiestaST]

Takealot

 

[Skerminkel]

Extrapolating the Serval data it should be R10k for whatsisday in November:

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

Cheap chinese ewaste. No thanks.

 

[PaulGherkin]

Meh, most of their lineup consists of low nit Tvs, everyone knows its about the nits.

I would never have thought, I thought they said you must comb the nits out with this thing:

 

[PaulGherkin]

Cheap chinese ewaste. No thanks.

Cheap Chinese JUNK my man

 

[Dolby]

Products are made to a price point - and I think TCL seems to fit perfectly for how the price and value

 

[BlackStatic]

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Takealot

Hey that's not a bad price, 75" is REALLY big LOL

 

[Robocop]

TCL is huge all over the world. And they constantly get rave reviews. Check out Digital Trends on youtube.
And the great thing is we in SA actually get the exactly the same TV as the rest of the world. Not like the Hisense scam.

 

[Robocop]

A quick google search :

TCL is the world's second-largest manufacturer of smart Android TVs. TCL is also one of the world's leading TV manufacturers and a top consumer electronics brand.



Here are some more things to know about TCL:

• TV market share: In 2023, TCL maintained its second-place position in the global TV market, with a 12.9% market share.
  
  
  
  
• 98 inch TV brand: TCL is the number one brand in the 98 inch TV category.
  
  
  
  
• Mini LED and QLED TVs: TCL is a pioneer in Mini LED and QLED TVs.
  
  
  
  
• Global operations: TCL operates manufacturing and R&D centers worldwide and has products and services in over 160 countries.
  
  
  
  
• Consumer electronics: TCL specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of consumer electronics products, including TVs, audio, and smart home appliances.
  
  

 

[Lupus]

TCL is huge all over the world. And they constantly get rave reviews. Check out Digital Trends on youtube.
And the great thing is we in SA actually get the exactly the same TV as the rest of the world. Not like the Hisense scam.

We now get the same hisense tvs

 

[Gathu]

Got to laugh at the sheep here bleeting about the fact that its cheap and Chinese. There has been a quiet revolution where you can use cheap, Chinese and quality in the same sentence. At the moment South Africa is a dumping ground for subpar, overpriced Korean crap, and I was a victim with my two Samdung 7000's failing with precisly the same backlight error. If you do just the teeniest bit of research online and on reddit, you will find that a lot of TCL models are highly rated, especially at their price points.
I recently bought a 65" C755 after a lot of research, and was shocked at the comparative features of the Samdung, LG and even Sony brands at similar price points. Samsung only becomes competitive with the C755 at more than double the price point. So go on bleating about chinese crap, I'm having a blast on my excellent TCL mini-led TV.

 

[epah]

Products are made to a price point - and I think TCL seems to fit perfectly for how the price and value

I know for fact you wouldnt buy one.

 

[PaulGherkin]

Got to laugh at the sheep here bleeting about the fact that its cheap and Chinese. There has been a quiet revolution where you can use cheap, Chinese and quality in the same sentence. At the moment South Africa is a dumping ground for subpar, overpriced Korean crap, and I was a victim with my two Samdung 7000's failing with precisly the same backlight error. If you do just the teeniest bit of research online and on reddit, you will find that a lot of TCL models are highly rated, especially at their price points.
I recently bought a 65" C755 after a lot of research, and was shocked at the comparative features of the Samdung, LG and even Sony brands at similar price points. Samsung only becomes competitive with the C755 at more than double the price point. So go on bleating about chinese crap, I'm having a blast on my excellent TCL mini-led TV.

Yeah you keep your Chinese kark, while I pay for quality, reputable brands