TCL TVs any good?

[ricklev]

Any feedback on TCL?  Looking at this.,..  Thanks.

 

https://www.bigc.co.th/tcl-4k-uhd-smart-tv-led-smart-tv-led65e7800-size-65-in.html?___store=en&___from_store=th

[tifino]

not really much different to Samsung; LG, or HiSense

much of a muchness...

 

just like a Chinese car you got (or not) what you pay for

 

although the way tech is getting better;

I'd go for a Healey before a geely (car)

at the same to I'd go for TCL before a Healey TV

 

the real thing to look for; are the Smart TV featues;

for example in the Home Directories, do a thorough explore of the menu of inbuilt web based channeling.

For example at home I have a HiSense; which for the LiveTV on web feature, all you get are Chinese spoken language programming!   also, if it's isn't Chinese... it is Indian 

 

[scorecard]

23 minutes ago, tifino said:

not really much different to Samsung; LG, or HiSense

much of a muchness...

 

just like a Chinese car you got (or not) what you pay for

 

although the way tech is getting better;

I'd go for a Healey before a geely (car)

at the same to I'd go for TCL before a Healey TV

 

the real thing to look for; are the Smart TV featues;

for example in the Home Directories, do a thorough explore of the menu of inbuilt web based channeling.

For example at home I have a HiSense; which for the LiveTV on web feature, all you get are Chinese TV programming!   also, if it's isn't Chinese... it is Indian 

 

Bought 2 good size TCL TVs for a rental house about 9 years, both still working well, never failed ever.

 

[petermik]

Been given good write-ups lately plus they now have a 3 year warranty

[BritManToo]

You've linked to the old model the 7800, now replaced by the android model 65P6US @23K.

You might also consider the LG 60 inch for 18K (Lazada).

 

[Pattaya46]

33 minutes ago, tifino said:

// just like a Chinese car you got (or not) what you pay for

TCL didn't become the third-largest television manufacturer by selling crap TVs.

TCL TV are here sold with 3-years TCL warrantee,

thing that you don't have with most TV from  Samsung, LG, Sony ...

 

I bought a smaller TCL TV, 50" UHD 4K SmartTV, and am very happy of it.

 

PS: And of course all features can be managed in English  (among many languages)

[dddave]

https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-4k-tv/ 

Read this, for one.  many other glowing reviews of TCL's online.  I bought a 55" UHD model last year at Power mall: B18,500, a pretty amazing value.

No complaints at all.  So far, so good.

[hereforgood]

they are 3rd biggest TV maker in the world behind Samsung and Sony.

[GinBoy2]

The thing with most TV's nowadays, is that the panel, the main part of it, is almost always manufactured by the same 3rd party company regardless of the brand of TV itself.

 

I've a couple of TCL's, never had any problems.

 

That being said of course. Years ago, we had TV men, who would change a vacuum tube or two. Today's TV's should always be considered consumables, and will be replaced in 4-5 years time

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

TCL didn't become the third-largest television manufacturer by selling crap TVs.

TCL TV are here sold with 3-years TCL warrantee,

thing that you don't have with most TV from  Samsung, LG, Sony ...

 

I bought a smaller TCL TV, 50" UHD 4K SmartTV, and am very happy of it.

 

PS: And of course all features can be managed in English  (among many languages)

Did you have to upgrade your internet quality to get always stable picture on the TV? 

[BritManToo]

2 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

hat being said of course. Years ago, we had TV men, who would change a vacuum tube or two. Today's TV's should always be considered consumables, and will be replaced in 4-5 years time

I had a 55" Samsung smart TV, broke once, new power board, 1500bht, 3 months later failed again unfixable after just over 2 years.

Samsung said, sorry, throw it away. Now, I won't buy any TV again without a 3 year warranty.

I purchased the 60" LG with a 3 year extended warranty for 21K, only quibble I can make is the corners are slightly dim (but 60" feels way bigger than the 55")

 

[scorecard]

Perhaps I'm dreaming but I'm hoping eventually there will be a Smart package provider with lots of flexibility re channels, offering for example:

 

- International news

- Some popular UK/US series e.g. fox TV (not fox news), discovery channel Nat Geo and similar

- A few fairly recent international movie channels

- Older movies

- Perhaps 10 popular Thai TV channels

- TV news channels

 

And hopefully of course reasonable package prices way under True Visions package prices.

 

[scorecard]

50, 60, 65 and bigger Smart TV are now very popular in Vietnam and at very reasonable prices. 

 

Is the smart technology standard regardless of location etc? Would these sets work in Thailand?

[Pattaya46]

5 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Did you have to upgrade your internet quality to get always stable picture on the TV? 

No, but I already have a 3BB VDSL 50+ mbps stable well enough 

All 4k demos or contents on YouTube play very well.

Providers of 4k movies (Netflix...) recommend 15-25 mbps mini.

 

[GinBoy2]

So without wanting to get too nerdy and technical, but we get what we pay for.

 

I was in the semiconductor biz for most of my life, which is brutal enough. Flat panels million times worse.

 

At least in the semi world, as technology improved generally just meant an equipment upgrade.

 

For the panel guys, you are moving increasingly large pieces of glass through the process, so as size increases, the building needs to get sized up too

 

So as prices for the end product fall, you're investing billions to make pennies.

 

It's honestly a mugs game...and a lot fall by the wayside in the process

[Pattaya46]

10 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Perhaps I'm dreaming but I'm hoping eventually there will be a Smart package provider with lots of flexibility re channels, offering for example: 

//

And hopefully of course reasonable package prices way under True Visions package prices.

Are classic providers using cable/antenna still useful ?

I have none, and my TV is connected to Internet only,

with a lot of content available.

I also use torrents to download movies in good quality,

and more and more available in 4k too.

[janclaes47]

3 hours ago, scorecard said:

Bought 2 good size TCL TVs for a rental house about 9 years, both still working well, never failed ever.

 

But there we are, Samsung or LG tv's from 9 years ago also never failed. Try to buy one today and get 9 years out of it

[Pattaya46]

9 minutes ago, scorecard said:

50, 60, 65 and bigger Smart TV are now very popular in Vietnam and at very reasonable prices. 

Unsure what you mean, but yes of course big TV are popular and available in Thailand too. In fact while visiting big TV shops before buying, there are so many TV in 65, 75, 85" that even a 50" looks tiny...

but once in my studio, 50" is the perfect size for me.

 

9 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Is the smart technology standard regardless of location etc? Would these sets work in Thailand?

"SmartTV" is now old technology 

The actual must-have is the "Android TV"

It's a SmartTV++ with the equivalent of a TV-box inside.

[janclaes47]

3 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

TCL didn't become the third-largest television manufacturer by selling crap TVs.

No they became that because they catered to a market of 1.4 billion consumers, in a country where foreign brand tv's are expensive and rare

[NCC1701A]

if you hold the remotes for a TCL and a Samsung you will see the Samsung remote is far superior to the TCL remote. Far more functions. 

 

and a Samsung smart TV blows a TCL's software out of the water.  

[janclaes47]

2 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

"SmartTV" is now old technology 

The actual must-have is the "Android TV"

It's a SmartTV++ with the equivalent of a TV-box inside.

Then tell us why only 3, and soon only 2, manufacturers have your superior knowledge and have an Android OS

[theguyfromanotherforum]

Nothing against TCL, but I did notice most of their built in speakers are very bad. I hate clutter, so I don't like adding sound bars and external speakers.

[stud858]

The practical things I look for are the thickness, especially for wall mount, viewing angle, reflectivity, blackness of blacks, picture enhancement i.e. put a USB in with a low grainy quality AVI and see how the tv handles it. Try a few formats if you use USB media a lot.

Audio bass if your not hooking up hifi, number of ports n connectivity,  HDMI audio aux out 3.5mm or RCA. Check if remote control is easy for you to use.

of course warranty period.

If you find a tv model you want make sure the sticker number matches. There can be slight to large variation on a model with an extra or different digit.

And nothing worse than a tv that changes channels slowly.

I liked the sharp aquos myself.

But new panels coming out every year. Good luck. If you like the TCL go for it.

 

[Pattaya46]

12 minutes ago, janclaes47 said:

No they became that because they catered to a market of 1.4 billion consumers, in a country where foreign brand tv's are expensive and rare

TCL sell more TV abroad than in China.

(I made a lot of search and reading about TCL before buying my TCL TV)  

 

8 minutes ago, janclaes47 said:

Then tell us why only 3, and soon only 2, manufacturers have your superior knowledge and have an Android OS

Sorry. I don't understand what you mean/ask ??

[Pattaya46]

6 minutes ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

Nothing against TCL, but I did notice most of their built in speakers are very bad. I hate clutter, so I don't like adding sound bars and external speakers.

That was very true up to 3-4 years ago... 

but IMHO they well fixed this problem in their actual TV series.

 

They even have TVs really oriented music and high quality sound,

the TVs equipped with "Harman/Kardon" audio system.

[janclaes47]

Just now, Pattaya46 said:

 

Sorry. I don't understand what you mean/ask ??

I should have said major brands. Currently only 4 major brands support Android TV TCL - Sony - Phillips and Sharp.

 

Hisense - Toshiba and Skyworth are the others, but that are minor brands.

 

There are another 15 or so major tv manufacturers that don't support Android TV but have their own operating systems.

 

Even Philips will in the future drop the Android TV OS.

[ricklev]

3 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

TCL didn't become the third-largest television manufacturer by selling crap TVs.

TCL TV are here sold with 3-years TCL warrantee,

thing that you don't have with most TV from  Samsung, LG, Sony ...

 

I bought a smaller TCL TV, 50" UHD 4K SmartTV, and am very happy of it.

 

PS: And of course all features can be managed in English  (among many languages)

The TCL Thailand page shows 1 year warranty.  3 years would be great.  Where did you get it?  http://www.tclthai.com/th/home/warranty  
Thanks.

 

[Pattaya46]

28 minutes ago, ricklev said:

The TCL Thailand page shows 1 year warranty.  3 years would be great.

Where did you get it?  http://www.tclthai.com/th/home/warranty  Thanks.

Below are parts of pics taken in PowerBuy that I still have in my phone.

They clearly indicate 3 years on all TCL TV (except the very small/cheap ones)

 

 

And as I had the same doubts than you because of TCL website,

I used their chat to ask them :

 

[ricklev]

Below are parts of pics taken in PowerBuy that I still have in my phone.
They clearly indicate 3 years on all TCL TV (except the very small/cheap ones)
 

 
And as I had the same doubts than you because of TCL website,
I used their chat to ask them :
 

Excellent!

Thank you.

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[stud858]

If anyone has faulty tv lying around that you want to get rid of please PM me. 

I had an ad up on baht sold for faulty tvs wanted but got zero interest. So I'm guessing possibly tvs are pretty reliable in these recent times.