TCL QM8 Q-Class QD-Mini LED Smart TVs combine stunning 4K HDR and advanced Quantum Dot Mini-LED technology in a 360° metal bezel-less design for a true flagship TV experience. With the QLED PRO technology and HDR ULTRA with Dolby Vision IQ you can enjoy enhanced contrast, vivid colors, and fine details. TCL’s High Brightness ULTRA Direct LED Backlight produces up to 5,000 nits peak brightness for dazzling specular highlights, perfect for any viewing environment. QD-Mini LED, with up to 5,000+ zones, adapts to on-screen content for deep blacks without image blooming powered by TCL's AIPQ PRO Processor, an advanced processor optimizing each scene with machine learning for an unrivaled cinematic experience. 120 Hz native panel refresh rate with Motion Rate 480 focuses on best-in-class motion clarity producing smooth video playback. Game Accelerator 240 and Auto Game Mode makes gameplay blistering fast, keeping you ahead of the competition. TCL QM8 TVs feature Dolby Atmos, DTS Virtual:X, and an all new ONKYO speaker system with up-firing drivers and a built-in subwoofer for a completely immersive experience. Enjoy no compromise performance with TCL QM8 Class Smart TVs, the ultimate TVs.
TCL QM8 Q-Class QD-Mini LED Smart TVs combine stunning 4K HDR and advanced Quantum Dot Mini-LED technology in a 360° metal bezel-less design for a true flagship TV experience. With the QLED PRO technology and HDR ULTRA with Dolby Vision IQ you can enjoy enhanced contrast, vivid colors, and fine details. TCL’s High Brightness ULTRA Direct LED Backlight produces up to 5,000 nits peak brightness for dazzling specular highlights, perfect for any viewing environment. QD-Mini LED, with up to 5,000+ zones, adapts to on-screen content for deep blacks without image blooming powered by TCL's AIPQ PRO Processor, an advanced processor optimizing each scene with machine learning for an unrivaled cinematic experience. 120 Hz native panel refresh rate with Motion Rate 480 focuses on best-in-class motion clarity producing smooth video playback. Game Accelerator 240 and Auto Game Mode makes gameplay blistering fast, keeping you ahead of the competition. TCL QM8 TVs feature Dolby Atmos, DTS Virtual:X, and an all new ONKYO speaker system with up-firing drivers and a built-in subwoofer for a completely immersive experience. Enjoy no compromise performance with TCL QM8 Class Smart TVs, the ultimate TVs.
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The lowest price for TCL 98" Q-Class LED 4K UHD HDR Smart Google TV - 98QM851G - Black right now is $6,263.39.
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TCL 98" Q-Class LED 4K UHD HDR Smart Google TV - 98QM851G - Black
TCL QM8 Q-Class QD-Mini LED Smart TVs combine stunning 4K HDR and advanced Quantum Dot Mini-LED technology in a 360° metal bezel-less design for a true flagship TV experience. With the QLED PRO technology and HDR ULTRA with Dolby Vision IQ you can enjoy enhanced contrast, vivid colors, and fine details. TCL’s High Brightness ULTRA Direct LED Backlight produces up to 5,000 nits peak brightness for dazzling specular highlights, perfect for any viewing environment. QD-Mini LED, with up to 5,000+ zones, adapts to on-screen content for deep blacks without image blooming powered by TCL's AIPQ PRO Processor, an advanced processor optimizing each scene with machine learning for an unrivaled cinematic experience. 120 Hz native panel refresh rate with Motion Rate 480 focuses on best-in-class motion clarity producing smooth video playback. Game Accelerator 240 and Auto Game Mode makes gameplay blistering fast, keeping you ahead of the competition. TCL QM8 TVs feature Dolby Atmos, DTS Virtual:X, and an all new ONKYO speaker system with up-firing drivers and a built-in subwoofer for a completely immersive experience. Enjoy no compromise performance with TCL QM8 Class Smart TVs, the ultimate TVs.
TCL QM8 Q-Class QD-Mini LED Smart TVs combine stunning 4K HDR and advanced Quantum Dot Mini-LED technology in a 360° metal bezel-less design for a true flagship TV experience. With the QLED PRO technology and HDR ULTRA with Dolby Vision IQ you can enjoy enhanced contrast, vivid colors, and fine details. TCL’s High Brightness ULTRA Direct LED Backlight produces up to 5,000 nits peak brightness for dazzling specular highlights, perfect for any viewing environment. QD-Mini LED, with up to 5,000+ zones, adapts to on-screen content for deep blacks without image blooming powered by TCL's AIPQ PRO Processor, an advanced processor optimizing each scene with machine learning for an unrivaled cinematic experience. 120 Hz native panel refresh rate with Motion Rate 480 focuses on best-in-class motion clarity producing smooth video playback. Game Accelerator 240 and Auto Game Mode makes gameplay blistering fast, keeping you ahead of the competition. TCL QM8 TVs feature Dolby Atmos, DTS Virtual:X, and an all new ONKYO speaker system with up-firing drivers and a built-in subwoofer for a completely immersive experience. Enjoy no compromise performance with TCL QM8 Class Smart TVs, the ultimate TVs.
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Before I go right in and tell you about the TCL Television, let’s talk about this remote control. The remote is very slender, and feels good in the hand. It is aesthetically pleasing to the eyes with little lines engraved as well. On the very first night, I noticed that once you move it, the keys illuminates. There are six main keys at the bottom that includes Netflix, YouTube, AppleTV, Prime Video, TCL tv, and Pluto TV. Yes, I love that fact, because I have all of those subscriptions. Way to go TCL in the design of the remote.Now drum roll please 🥁The moment of truth!!! Before I reviewed this TV, I changed the display to Sports and Movie mode. This television is absolutely bright as well. While watching TV shows, Movies, and Sports I am so drawn in on the ... MoreBefore I go right in and tell you about the TCL Television, let’s talk about this remote control. The remote is very slender, and feels good in the hand. It is aesthetically pleasing to the eyes with little lines engraved as well. On the very first night, I noticed that once you move it, the keys illuminates. There are six main keys at the bottom that includes Netflix, YouTube, AppleTV, Prime Video, TCL tv, and Pluto TV. Yes, I love that fact, because I have all of those subscriptions. Way to go TCL in the design of the remote.Now drum roll please 🥁The moment of truth!!! Before I reviewed this TV, I changed the display to Sports and Movie mode. This television is absolutely bright as well. While watching TV shows, Movies, and Sports I am so drawn in on the show, than ever before. The Blacks hue is black, it’s like each led mini pixel is cut off, to show the truest black. The White is bright, lines, curves, are very clear. Also there is not a delay in the motion. This TV is truly at the top of its class.One more thing to add, when you are in YouTube and an Ad pops up, a QR code pops up on the TV for you to look more into the Advertisement. (That is a great feature to add)Now aesthetically this television looks amazing! The base of this television was very easy to attach . And One small detail I absolutely adore, is the premium QD – mini LED tag at the top right of the television. It makes it look like this television is made with luxury productsSome of the features this television has is three HDMI ports (144Hz, 120Hz, and 60Hz), hands-free voice control, ethernet connection, antenna cable in, headphone out, optical digital audio out, Dolby Vision, IQ, Bluetooth, DTS X, and last, but not least IMAX DTS. (Yes my mind is blown away too)The sound quality is epic as well. It has Dolby Atmos built into the speakers.Would I recommend this television: Absolutely Yes!!!
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I went from a 77" LG G1 to this 98" TCL. My initial impressions are that this TV is bright and big. I was hoping that the local dimming worked better than it actually does. I do have a 65" Samsung with full array dimming, and I'm not sure this TV is any better in the black areas. I tried watching House of Dragons and noticed that black bars on the top and bottom are slightly visible. The brightness of the screen helps with masking that, but it's definitely not like OLED.The reason I think this TV is totally worth $4000 is that the immersion from having such a big TV really does make up for a lot of the shortcomings. It's bright and clear. The black levels are not bad, but certainly nowhere near OLED.IMPORTANT: If you're getting installation from Best Buy, make ... MoreI went from a 77" LG G1 to this 98" TCL. My initial impressions are that this TV is bright and big. I was hoping that the local dimming worked better than it actually does. I do have a 65" Samsung with full array dimming, and I'm not sure this TV is any better in the black areas. I tried watching House of Dragons and noticed that black bars on the top and bottom are slightly visible. The brightness of the screen helps with masking that, but it's definitely not like OLED.The reason I think this TV is totally worth $4000 is that the immersion from having such a big TV really does make up for a lot of the shortcomings. It's bright and clear. The black levels are not bad, but certainly nowhere near OLED.IMPORTANT: If you're getting installation from Best Buy, make sure you get the Geek Squad crew instead of a 3rd party. I've had 3 total attempts to install with a broken TV in the first attempt. The Geek Squad team were excellent, and I wish they were the team that came out initially.
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I had to replace my T.V because it got fried from my parrot perching on top of it. The 65 inch TV arrived and you're going to need two people to hold the TV (it's 60 LBS). This TV has a ton of features, I would suggest looking up videos on YouTube and reading articles to figure them all out. Picture is very nice, I'm no expert but for the price, you're going to get an amazing picture quality. The remote has a mic on it. I just tell the remote what I want to watch and BAM !, it goes right to it! Worth the money, worth the time, very happy customer.Picture quality and color is fantastic for the price point.Sound is great. I don't use a sound bar with the TCL TV. The picture quality is stunning—clear, crisp, and vibrant colors, making watching sports and movies a ... MoreI had to replace my T.V because it got fried from my parrot perching on top of it. The 65 inch TV arrived and you're going to need two people to hold the TV (it's 60 LBS). This TV has a ton of features, I would suggest looking up videos on YouTube and reading articles to figure them all out. Picture is very nice, I'm no expert but for the price, you're going to get an amazing picture quality. The remote has a mic on it. I just tell the remote what I want to watch and BAM !, it goes right to it! Worth the money, worth the time, very happy customer.Picture quality and color is fantastic for the price point.Sound is great. I don't use a sound bar with the TCL TV. The picture quality is stunning—clear, crisp, and vibrant colors, making watching sports and movies a great experience. Overall, this TV has exceeded my expectations, and I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. Worth the money, worth the time, very happy customer. Great TV at a great and reasonable price! The quality of the picture is above my expectations! Sound meets my expectations! Overall TV is awesome! Great item and I highly recommend!
| Display Type | LED |
| Panel Type | QLED MiniLED |
| Display Resolution | 4K Ultra HD (2160p) |
| Screen Size Class | 98 Inch |
| Actual Screen Size | 97.5 Inches |
Before I go right in and tell you about the TCL Television, let’s talk about this remote control. The remote is very slender, and feels good in the hand. It is aesthetically pleasing to the eyes with little lines engraved as well. On the very first night, I noticed that once you move it, the keys illuminates. There are six main keys at the bottom that includes Netflix, YouTube, AppleTV, Prime Video, TCL tv, and Pluto TV. Yes, I love that fact, because I have all of those subscriptions. Way to go TCL in the design of the remote.Now drum roll please 🥁The moment of truth!!! Before I reviewed this TV, I changed the display to Sports and Movie mode. This television is absolutely bright as well. While watching TV shows, Movies, and Sports I am so drawn in on the ... MoreBefore I go right in and tell you about the TCL Television, let’s talk about this remote control. The remote is very slender, and feels good in the hand. It is aesthetically pleasing to the eyes with little lines engraved as well. On the very first night, I noticed that once you move it, the keys illuminates. There are six main keys at the bottom that includes Netflix, YouTube, AppleTV, Prime Video, TCL tv, and Pluto TV. Yes, I love that fact, because I have all of those subscriptions. Way to go TCL in the design of the remote.Now drum roll please 🥁The moment of truth!!! Before I reviewed this TV, I changed the display to Sports and Movie mode. This television is absolutely bright as well. While watching TV shows, Movies, and Sports I am so drawn in on the show, than ever before. The Blacks hue is black, it’s like each led mini pixel is cut off, to show the truest black. The White is bright, lines, curves, are very clear. Also there is not a delay in the motion. This TV is truly at the top of its class.One more thing to add, when you are in YouTube and an Ad pops up, a QR code pops up on the TV for you to look more into the Advertisement. (That is a great feature to add)Now aesthetically this television looks amazing! The base of this television was very easy to attach . And One small detail I absolutely adore, is the premium QD – mini LED tag at the top right of the television. It makes it look like this television is made with luxury productsSome of the features this television has is three HDMI ports (144Hz, 120Hz, and 60Hz), hands-free voice control, ethernet connection, antenna cable in, headphone out, optical digital audio out, Dolby Vision, IQ, Bluetooth, DTS X, and last, but not least IMAX DTS. (Yes my mind is blown away too)The sound quality is epic as well. It has Dolby Atmos built into the speakers.Would I recommend this television: Absolutely Yes!!!
I went from a 77" LG G1 to this 98" TCL. My initial impressions are that this TV is bright and big. I was hoping that the local dimming worked better than it actually does. I do have a 65" Samsung with full array dimming, and I'm not sure this TV is any better in the black areas. I tried watching House of Dragons and noticed that black bars on the top and bottom are slightly visible. The brightness of the screen helps with masking that, but it's definitely not like OLED.The reason I think this TV is totally worth $4000 is that the immersion from having such a big TV really does make up for a lot of the shortcomings. It's bright and clear. The black levels are not bad, but certainly nowhere near OLED.IMPORTANT: If you're getting installation from Best Buy, make ... MoreI went from a 77" LG G1 to this 98" TCL. My initial impressions are that this TV is bright and big. I was hoping that the local dimming worked better than it actually does. I do have a 65" Samsung with full array dimming, and I'm not sure this TV is any better in the black areas. I tried watching House of Dragons and noticed that black bars on the top and bottom are slightly visible. The brightness of the screen helps with masking that, but it's definitely not like OLED.The reason I think this TV is totally worth $4000 is that the immersion from having such a big TV really does make up for a lot of the shortcomings. It's bright and clear. The black levels are not bad, but certainly nowhere near OLED.IMPORTANT: If you're getting installation from Best Buy, make sure you get the Geek Squad crew instead of a 3rd party. I've had 3 total attempts to install with a broken TV in the first attempt. The Geek Squad team were excellent, and I wish they were the team that came out initially.
I had to replace my T.V because it got fried from my parrot perching on top of it. The 65 inch TV arrived and you're going to need two people to hold the TV (it's 60 LBS). This TV has a ton of features, I would suggest looking up videos on YouTube and reading articles to figure them all out. Picture is very nice, I'm no expert but for the price, you're going to get an amazing picture quality. The remote has a mic on it. I just tell the remote what I want to watch and BAM !, it goes right to it! Worth the money, worth the time, very happy customer.Picture quality and color is fantastic for the price point.Sound is great. I don't use a sound bar with the TCL TV. The picture quality is stunning—clear, crisp, and vibrant colors, making watching sports and movies a ... MoreI had to replace my T.V because it got fried from my parrot perching on top of it. The 65 inch TV arrived and you're going to need two people to hold the TV (it's 60 LBS). This TV has a ton of features, I would suggest looking up videos on YouTube and reading articles to figure them all out. Picture is very nice, I'm no expert but for the price, you're going to get an amazing picture quality. The remote has a mic on it. I just tell the remote what I want to watch and BAM !, it goes right to it! Worth the money, worth the time, very happy customer.Picture quality and color is fantastic for the price point.Sound is great. I don't use a sound bar with the TCL TV. The picture quality is stunning—clear, crisp, and vibrant colors, making watching sports and movies a great experience. Overall, this TV has exceeded my expectations, and I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. Worth the money, worth the time, very happy customer. Great TV at a great and reasonable price! The quality of the picture is above my expectations! Sound meets my expectations! Overall TV is awesome! Great item and I highly recommend!
The picture when using 4K is unbelievable, and regular HD content is extremely good. The Google TV that it uses was a very nice surprise over my previous Samsung. I used HDMI1 for the PlayStation 5, HDMI2 for my computer and HDMI4/eARC for my sound bar. The Samsung soundbar worked flawlessly. The speakers on the 98" QM8 are VERY loud, but bass and separating voices from background noise are it's weak points. The HDMI1 for the PlayStation is highly configurable and those setting stays with that input. I was very grateful for the PC mode that is on HDMI2, because this TV is VERY bright. When watching TV I use either Movie mode or Sport mode. Thankfully the remote has a button to instantly change between the modes and brightness. Overall I could not be happier with my ... MoreThe picture when using 4K is unbelievable, and regular HD content is extremely good. The Google TV that it uses was a very nice surprise over my previous Samsung. I used HDMI1 for the PlayStation 5, HDMI2 for my computer and HDMI4/eARC for my sound bar. The Samsung soundbar worked flawlessly. The speakers on the 98" QM8 are VERY loud, but bass and separating voices from background noise are it's weak points. The HDMI1 for the PlayStation is highly configurable and those setting stays with that input. I was very grateful for the PC mode that is on HDMI2, because this TV is VERY bright. When watching TV I use either Movie mode or Sport mode. Thankfully the remote has a button to instantly change between the modes and brightness. Overall I could not be happier with my TV purchase from Best Buy, although I did go with the VIVO mount on Amazon MOUNT-VW120M and I'm very happy with that purchase also!
I've had this TV now for about a month and can't Recommend it enough for its value. The picture is unbelievable and the sound was the biggest surprise.I knew the TV was going to have a great picture from what I had read and reviews and observed in the store but once I got it home and began to tweak it to our settings I could not believe how realistic the picture actually is. The one word of advice I will give is ensure that the input that you are using is a 4K input and you are using the 4K inputOutlet for your picture the High definition 4K input makes all the difference in the quality of the picture and performance of the TV, but that goes for about any TV you get...the better input the better ouput.The biggest surprise is the sound I read that it had a ... MoreI've had this TV now for about a month and can't Recommend it enough for its value. The picture is unbelievable and the sound was the biggest surprise.I knew the TV was going to have a great picture from what I had read and reviews and observed in the store but once I got it home and began to tweak it to our settings I could not believe how realistic the picture actually is. The one word of advice I will give is ensure that the input that you are using is a 4K input and you are using the 4K inputOutlet for your picture the High definition 4K input makes all the difference in the quality of the picture and performance of the TV, but that goes for about any TV you get...the better input the better ouput.The biggest surprise is the sound I read that it had a upgraded sound system but wasn't anything I could test until I got it home. I truly thought about purchasing a soundbar but once I got the TV in, got the settings where I wanted there is no need for a soundbar with this TV if you have an average size room. If you have a larger room I'll leave that up toUp to you I have a 14 / 14 room and it's plenty of sound for us and very realistic.As I said, cannot recommend this TV enough and I will also say buy from Best Buy as this TV was one price when I bought it and it's come down and they have matched the price every time could not be any happier.
I had high hopes for this TV after research and many tv reviewers giving this such high praise, but unfortunately I was very disappointed in the picture quality. For having so much brightness it was very dull and lifeless. The video settings also don’t help because if its dolby vision content you’re stuck with using those settings which often dull the tv even more. Motion and upscaleing were the worst I’ve seen in a higher end tv. (I know this is a tcl but this is one of their highest end units) Even Waves on an ocean scene skipped across the screen. Lastly the dirty screen effect was more than just that I could see visible lines up and across the screen that were just permanently there. If was extremely noticeable in panning scenes. This tvs saving grace was its on ... MoreI had high hopes for this TV after research and many tv reviewers giving this such high praise, but unfortunately I was very disappointed in the picture quality. For having so much brightness it was very dull and lifeless. The video settings also don’t help because if its dolby vision content you’re stuck with using those settings which often dull the tv even more. Motion and upscaleing were the worst I’ve seen in a higher end tv. (I know this is a tcl but this is one of their highest end units) Even Waves on an ocean scene skipped across the screen. Lastly the dirty screen effect was more than just that I could see visible lines up and across the screen that were just permanently there. If was extremely noticeable in panning scenes. This tvs saving grace was its on board sound. I hope other tv makers learn from this because the built in onkyo surround system with atmos was impressive. It was just as good as having a really good soundbar. Its possible I got a bad panel but I didnt want to take the chance of getting another one so this was returned.
Okay, the TV itself is great. Fantastic, even. Highly rated by RTINGS which reviews it extensively and also calls it the brightest TV they've ever tested. I can verify that.I can also verify Best Buy does not stand behind it's 14 day "price guarantee." I paid $1799.99, on September 30th, 2024 and on October 8th, 2024 the price dropped by $473. Exact same television model, the 75 inch version and the exact same SKU. Best Buy refuses to honor it's 14 day price guarantee, stating that delivery and installation is part of a bundle. Bundles aren't covered by the price guarantee, and logically, no one would assume a bundle is only one product. They're frequently advertised as different products such as a TV, sound bar, or any other combination thereof. This "policy" ... MoreOkay, the TV itself is great. Fantastic, even. Highly rated by RTINGS which reviews it extensively and also calls it the brightest TV they've ever tested. I can verify that.I can also verify Best Buy does not stand behind it's 14 day "price guarantee." I paid $1799.99, on September 30th, 2024 and on October 8th, 2024 the price dropped by $473. Exact same television model, the 75 inch version and the exact same SKU. Best Buy refuses to honor it's 14 day price guarantee, stating that delivery and installation is part of a bundle. Bundles aren't covered by the price guarantee, and logically, no one would assume a bundle is only one product. They're frequently advertised as different products such as a TV, sound bar, or any other combination thereof. This "policy" essentially makes their 14 day guarantee useless for any large items. Fortunately, there are ways to deal with this. One is class action, and Best Buy has been successfully sued via class action for similar shenanigans and less than ethical business practices. The other is small claims court. Both are options, and the first one I will use is small claims court, which is not all that difficult if you follow the proper procedures. Sure, go ahead and take my review down, Best Buy, it just adds something else to show the court since I'm adding it to the photos I'm taking in preparation for the case.
This is a great TV depending on your primary use. For games, it's incredible. Very low latency, picture and colors are fantastic, and two HDMI 2.1 ports (neither set aside for eARC) makes this a winner.For movies it is quite good, aside from it's handling of motion. I came from a Sony X90J, so the change was drastic. While that TV (and most Sony TVs) handled motion very, very well, the colors and brightness were lacking. This TV excels as both. Fair warning, if you are watching something at full brightness and there are flashes from a camera or similar, it will make you see spots, it's that bright.As with the motion handling in movies, it is also not great with sports. I got this TV in time for the Stanley Cup finals, and it wasn't the best. Watchable for sure, ... MoreThis is a great TV depending on your primary use. For games, it's incredible. Very low latency, picture and colors are fantastic, and two HDMI 2.1 ports (neither set aside for eARC) makes this a winner.For movies it is quite good, aside from it's handling of motion. I came from a Sony X90J, so the change was drastic. While that TV (and most Sony TVs) handled motion very, very well, the colors and brightness were lacking. This TV excels as both. Fair warning, if you are watching something at full brightness and there are flashes from a camera or similar, it will make you see spots, it's that bright.As with the motion handling in movies, it is also not great with sports. I got this TV in time for the Stanley Cup finals, and it wasn't the best. Watchable for sure, but I wouldn't buy this TV if your primary use will be watching fast sports that are broadcast at a lower resolution. The settings can be adjusted so it is a little better from the default settings, but it is still not fantastic.The TV's speakers are actually quite good, but I did not use them for that long prior to hooking up my soundbar. In the short time I did use them, I found them to be the best TV speakers I have ever come across.Overall I really do like this TV, but my use is about 60% games, 25% movies, and 15% sports. If future firmware updates improve the motion handling, this TV would be 5 out of 5 and an easy recommendation.
We own 2 OLED TV's (65" and 77"), but we wanted to purchase an enormous, high quality, versatile TV for our dedicated home movie theater room that wouldn't break the bank. My wife is a professional movie critic, so we watch a LOT of movies. This TV was seemingly the best 98-100" 4K TV we could buy for the money, as the 97" LG OLED TV has been around $20K, whereas we bought this TV for just $5K. So we took a chance, and... we couldn't be happier! In my opinion, this TV is an equal to our OLED TVs. While the true inky blackness and detail level is slightly behind that of our OLEDs, the brightness and contrast it provides are breathtaking and make up for it. In some ways our OLED TVs are certainly better, but in other ways, I honestly prefer this TV. For the quality, ... MoreWe own 2 OLED TV's (65" and 77"), but we wanted to purchase an enormous, high quality, versatile TV for our dedicated home movie theater room that wouldn't break the bank. My wife is a professional movie critic, so we watch a LOT of movies. This TV was seemingly the best 98-100" 4K TV we could buy for the money, as the 97" LG OLED TV has been around $20K, whereas we bought this TV for just $5K. So we took a chance, and... we couldn't be happier! In my opinion, this TV is an equal to our OLED TVs. While the true inky blackness and detail level is slightly behind that of our OLEDs, the brightness and contrast it provides are breathtaking and make up for it. In some ways our OLED TVs are certainly better, but in other ways, I honestly prefer this TV. For the quality, size, performance, and price ratio, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better large-scale TV than this one. It truly is magnificent. If you're a movie fan, treat yourself. You deserve it. We've only owned it for a few months at this point, so I can't yet speak to longevity, but we so far have zero regrets.
I was in search of a 65 inch TV right around the $1,000 price point(with wiggle room) for my living room. Living room has windows and gets bright during the day, but I have shades I can always lower. I spent a lot of time heavily researching TV’s from various brands, various retailers, and went to several stores to see these TV’s in person and compare. I’m big on picture quality, so it was important to me to get the best bang for my buck. I considered Sony, LG, Samsung, TCL, and Hisense TV’s. I have an LG G3 in my basement and prefer OLED picture quality, but budget was making that a challenge for a 65 inch TV. After comparing in store and several Youtube video comparisons, I opted to try out the 65 inch TCL QM851G because the blacks looked nearly OLED like with ... MoreI was in search of a 65 inch TV right around the $1,000 price point(with wiggle room) for my living room. Living room has windows and gets bright during the day, but I have shades I can always lower. I spent a lot of time heavily researching TV’s from various brands, various retailers, and went to several stores to see these TV’s in person and compare. I’m big on picture quality, so it was important to me to get the best bang for my buck. I considered Sony, LG, Samsung, TCL, and Hisense TV’s. I have an LG G3 in my basement and prefer OLED picture quality, but budget was making that a challenge for a 65 inch TV. After comparing in store and several Youtube video comparisons, I opted to try out the 65 inch TCL QM851G because the blacks looked nearly OLED like with excellent contrast and colors.I don’t know what the quality of TCL is as this is my first TCL TV, so I did add the 5 year Best Buy protection plan since the TV only comes with a 1 year manufacturers warranty.Ordering/Pickup: Best Buy was great. I ordered online pickup and it was ready for pickup in less than an hour. Went inside and showed my receipt and they had two employees load the TV up for me.Setup: Unboxing the tv, putting the stand on, and placing the TV was all very smooth and easy. Turn the TV on, connect to wifi, log into your Google account, firmware update installed, and several apps I use were already on the home screen ready for me to use. Linked to my phone and iPad very easily.TV OS: The QM851G has Google as the operating system. Very easy to navigate and I haven’t experienced any lags to this point. Nice and fast. Quick to learn.Picture Quality: Picture quality out of the box is excellent. Very bright and vibrant colors that really pop. Probably the brightest TV I’ve ever seen. Blacks are almost OLED like with no black crushing which was a concern of mine prior to purchasing. The black bars while watching movies are actually black and not grey like a lot of other non-OLED TV’s. Stunning contrast that will have you thinking you may be watching an OLED TV. Motion settings needed to get tweaked for fast moving scenes, but once you dial in the picture settings, this TV’s picture really stands out! TCL has really made strides in catching up to Sony for motion processing and they’ve narrowed the gap.Bright room: The brightness of this TV really aids in a bright room setting. Reflections are minimal and really only show on the black bars surrounding the TV when it’s very sunny out. Even dark movies during the day were fine for me to watch.Dark room: You’ll probably want to turn the brightness down in a dark room setting, but this TV is stunning. I’ve seen some details in dark movies I’ve never seen before when watching the same movie in the past. Very happy with the dark room performance of the TCL.I’ve included pictures of both settings for you to see how the TV looks with various content.Sound quality: This TV has impressive sound. TV speakers are always a major step down from a soundbar or sound system, and I think this TV would benefit from at least having a soundbar. But the sound quality is very impressive for a TV. The best I’ve heard from TV speakers. Decent bass and tremble. Depth to the sounds. I tried a Dolby Atmos test video and even though I don’t have surround speakers, when the volume is up around 65-70, I could get some surround sound effects from the speakers. Soundbar or sound system is best if you’re seeking that cinematic experience. If not, the TV speakers will be more than enough for you, so it saves you money from purchasing a sound system.I’ve had this TV for almost a full week now and I’ve watched several of my go-to movies to compare with my LG G3 OLED in the basement and I’m seriously impressed. Batman vs Superman and The Batman are two dark movie tests that passed with flying colors. The Avenger movies and the Rings of Power series all looked amazing on this TV. I don’t feel the need to go in the basement to watch on my OLED TV like I previously felt with having this TV available and now allows me to decide where to watch based on the room atmosphere I prefer.Now for the negatives/con’s that I ran into. Upscaling of low-quality content is not always the best. I watched the first X-Men movie which was made in 2000 and the picture quality seemed rather soft and fuzzy. I pulled up the same movie on my OLED and it looked significantly better. The TV has randomly shut off in the middle of playing a movie twice over the last week and I ran into one instance I couldn’t get content to play for me. I could browse apps an select a movie, but the initial ad screen would pop up and never play no matter what I did. Unplugging the TV and plugging back in resolved this issue and it hasn’t happened since.I’m curious how sports will look when the NFL season starts. The broadcast quality of regular TV isn’t very good, so it will be interesting to see how the TCL handles live TV broadcasts. The YouTube videos I watched of games looked decent, but YouTube quality can sometimes be lacking of live content.I’m not a gamer, so I cannot speak to gaming, but based on my reading, this was a highly recommended TV for gamers.Overall thoughts: I’m blown away by the quality of TV you get at this price point. If you want an OLED TV at the same size, you’re paying nearly double for it. The QM851G is the flagship TV for TCL and it’s a great TV. Very bright, deep blacks, awesome contrast, and the picture just pops off the TV. If you want a TV very close in quality and in some aspects, even surpassing Sony, LG, and Samsung, this would be the TV to look at. Looking at price points and TV sizes, you’ll save a lot of money going with TCL. I highly recommend this TV.
| Display Type | LED |
| Panel Type | QLED MiniLED |
| Display Resolution | 4K Ultra HD (2160p) |
| Screen Size Class | 98 Inch |
| Actual Screen Size | 97.5 Inches |
