At this price, sound quality is often flat and uninspiring – but TCL’s down-firing full-range speakers sound pretty good. Upscaling of sub-4K content is solid, although not the sharpest and with an element of noise. I don’t think it’s worth changing the Noise Reduction levels, however; the Auto setting looks too smooth and blurry. Fine detail can be a touch soft, depending on what you’re watching, but the TCL puts in a satisfying image.

TCL C641K QLED Television Review - Rtings TCL C641K QLED Television Review - Rtings

Chromecast, Google Assistant and popular SVOD apps are here, plus there’s Freeview Play/UK catch-up apps. You shouldn’t buy the TCL 55C715K if…TCL has launched 8K and Mini-LED TVs stateside, but its presence on this side of the pond has been a low key affair. There are signs this is changing with the introduction of more Android TVs, while its C71 and C81 QLED TVs provided some competition for Samsung at the cheaper end of the market. Max light output HDR (high dynamic range) while displaying small white square taking up 10% of the screen (measured in Nits)

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Percentage luminance drop at 20 degree vertical angle from the centre of the screen with 50% white output The TCL C641K is designed to be wall-mountable, providing flexibility in placement and saving space in your living room. The television is compatible with VESA-standard wall mounts, allowing for easy installation on a wall. The VESA mount ensures a secure and stable attachment, keeping the TV in place. Wall mounting the TCL C641K not only adds a sleek and minimalist look to your room but also allows for better positioning and optimal viewing angles, enhancing your overall viewing experience. Calibration Switch to some 4K content from a streaming service and there’s only the slightest drop-off in detail levels and some restlessness to edge definition to let you know what’s what as regards your source. But you’ll know where your content is coming from already, because the C645K takes longer to load than any screen you’ve sat in front of in who knows how long – and once it’s loaded there’s a short period of jumping and stuttering while the system establishes a buffer. The TCL C715 gets Android TV with Freeview Play integration, which takes care of the UK catch-up apps. You get the usual coterie of streaming apps: Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube, Rakuten TV and Disney+; but there’s no Apple TV or Now TV. The former will likely appear once the C715K receives the Google TV update, but there’s no timescale for that yet. Navigating the interface, or the fairly brief set-up menus, is a job for the comprehensive, logical and unremarkable-feeling remote control handset. Or you may prefer to use voice control – but here, again, is where things differ based on your location. UK viewers are prompted to add the TCL skill to your Alexa app (there’s ‘Works with’ Google interaction too), the Google TV model has Google Assistant built in, naturally. Picture QualitySound, by way of contrast, isn’t all that pleasant. The TCL’s 20 watts sound wheezy and low-powered, and the stereo layout sounds confined and inhibited. The screen is no fan of volume, either – the louder you want to hear it, the more aggressive and edgy it becomes. Even the most affordable soundbar will be an improvement on the integrated audio system here. TCL 55C645 verdict HDR PRO: By harnessing the power of quantum dot technology and combining it with 4K HDR PRO, the television delivers an unparalleled high dynamic range experience with precise color reproduction and stunning detail rendering, immersing you in a lifelike world of unparalleled visual fidelity.