There’s also a faintly blue tone to dark scenes that you can’t eradicate without upsetting other aspects of the colour balance. Many of the TV reviews I've read on your rather wonderful site include a note about how the TV under review compares to other TVs; here no mention in the verdict of the LG C3 or LG G3. One strange quirk is that the TV tuner defaults with the subtitles turned on, so unless you want to use them, you’ll need to go into the EPG and turn the subtitles off.

Fine detail can be a touch soft, depending on what you’re watching, but the TCL puts in a satisfying image. The tone mapping was also impressive with HDR10, and even better when dealing with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. Both offer an impressive level of performance, although neither has the same level of gaming prowess.

Usually with 55-inch TVs this cheap you’re firmly in bog-standard, no-frills territory where the best you can hope for is some half-decent picture quality. The TCL C745 sits towards the top of the brand’s 4K HDR lineup, offering most of the benefits associated with a modern smart TV, while also keeping gamers happy by including all the bells and whistles needed to get the most out of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. There are comprehensive menus and picture settings allowing full calibration of the C735, plus, the out-of-the-box Movie preset promises to be accurate for SDR (D65, Rec.

which makes this model an excellent option for gamers; image quality looked great with Horizon: Zero Dawn. The 55C735K marks a watershed moment for TCL’s fortunes in the European market as it finally sees the brand managing to combine a feature count that embarrasses many much more expensive TVs with some properly decent picture and sound quality. First, just occasionally the C845K’s lust for brightness can push so hard that certain colours struggle to keep up, leaving them looking a touch washed out. Heck if you even play last gen titles on this TV you can easily mistake them for current gen ones simply because of how good they look.Peak white parts of the image lose shading details, too, leaving them looking more like white holes in the image rather than natural parts of it. Although no pricing or specific dates were given during the presentation (or subsequent press releases), all of these products will be available in the UK “by the second half of 2022” – and there’s more to come as well, with a new "higher-end" soundbar among those teased for a September unveiling at IFA, to further add to TCL’s 2022 line-up.

TCL has added a pop-up gaming hub that provides information on the TV’s gaming status, such as ALLM, VRR, frame rate and HDR. Dual-stand configuration makes it accessible for different areas, and its minimalist design and slim aesthetic are neat. This site uses cookies to analyse site traffic, improve your experience and personalize ads or other contents.Saturations with the industry standard HDR10 sources that actually make up the majority of HDR content are pushed way too far, losing subtle shading and detail in the process. The only problem is that TCL has let its enthusiasm to show off its key picture strengths get the better of it. The plate on the rear of the stand’s neck is detachable, too, so that you can hide all your cables neatly beneath it. The default Vivid mode, for instance, is a particularly bad offender when it comes to the crushed detail in dark scenes and distractingly overwrought colours.