Nothing Else Like It! _ TCL 115-inch QM8 TV Review

The Unparalleled Experience of the 85in TV: A Closer Look at Its Picture Quality and Potential Flaws

I'll be honest, I'm pretty sure most folks didn't notice the exacerbated fluctuation I was able to show you since it's indicative of a software issue or firmware issue and not a hardware problem. Nevertheless, I did bring it up with TCL, they replicated it got to the bottom of it, and will fix it in an update. I'm hopeful that this update may change some other aspects of the TV's accuracy as well.

So, what was my key takeaway on the picture quality? Most of the time, it is spectacular and yes, a lot of that is due to the sheer scale of the image. But this TV can get very bright if you push it to do so. The local dimming system is capable of doing a great job mitigating blooming and Halo, which results in deep blacks and impressive contrast in most scenes. The color is eye-popping, but not quite as well saturated at the brightest levels as say, a QD OLED TV.

Cinematic motion looks great without the aid of motion smoothing, although if you get any frame drops due to a slow internet connection, that will feel a bit more jarring due to the screen size. I mean, the picture quality you get at this screen size is well, it's just breathtaking – even if it isn't Hollywood-grade accurate. Every time I turn on this TV, I grin from ear to ear because I know I'm in for a whole lot of fun. The smiles I see on others' faces when they see this TV are worth a lot as well. You just can't deny that it is literally awesome.

However, there's one major issue with the TV – its price. If cost were no object and you had the space, I'd tell you to run don't walk to get one of these things. There's no shot you'd be the least bit disappointed; this TV is just a riot! But for most people, the real problem with this TV is that it's just so expensive. I don't think we should be surprised that it costs so much – the first 4K TV was extremely expensive, the first 8K TV was extremely expensive, and even the first 85-inch and 98-inch TVs were extremely expensive.

Of course, there's hope because the price is going to come down. It will come down this year still won't be affordable for most folks but it will come down and next year it'll cost a little less and the year after that less still. The fact that this TV exists and that its price is just going to come down means that other big screen sizes like 85s and 98s will become even more affordable than they're already becoming.

One thing that needs to get fixed, though, is that local dimming bug I mentioned before – there's no question about it. And if TCL fixes it as promised, and I do believe they will, then I give this TV my wholehearted unreserved recommendation to anyone with the means to own it. There's nothing else like it on the market, and the experience that you get from it is simply unmatched.

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