TCL S425 series (2019 Roku TV) review: The smartest cheap TV delivers a good enough picture | 4k Smart Tv

Rich color, 600-nit brightness, much-improved blacks (over the 2018 model), and HDR sizzle are not something we’ve associated with a $500 TVs until now. This is a great TV for the money.

Kicking things off with the build of the Shinco 55-inch 4K TV, it isn’t the slimmest which is okay. You can argue that Mi TV smart TV 4 Pro is a really slim TV and while we agree with that, we say that the Shinco has direct backlighting resulting in better picture performance compared to the edge-lit Mi TV 4 Pro. We will talk more about that in the performance section. The TV has a plastic shell with glossy bezels that can get reflective under direct light. The bottom bezel of the TV is thick and that is because it has two 10W front-facing drivers. Most TVs have downward facing drivers and depending on your entertainment system or the table on which you keep the TV, the quality of sound will vary. Front facing speakers are slightly clearer in my opinion. Considering the price and the size of the TV, three of the borders are relatively slim and the logo at the bottom bezel is small and unobtrusive for the viewing experience. You can choose to either wall mount the TV or put it on a table top. We put the TV on a tabletop using the two feet that come in the box, which are also made of metal. The metal feet are extremely well built, hold the TV in place firmly and are quite slim. The space between the table and the bottom bezel is just enough to fit your gaming console. Considering the speaker at the bottom, you can place a soundbar comfortably without worrying about it covering any part of the display. 

It’s seriously lovely stuff that instantly makes the E9 an easier sell up from the step-down C9 than the E8 was from the C8. 

The Q60 QLED however does offer truly great color calibration accuracy right out of the box and without any preliminary calibration: White balance delta E, color delta E and Gamma in this 4K HDR LCD TV sit at very good levels of 1.75, 2.10 and 2.08 respectively before you do any color calibration refinements at all. These are wonderful, accurate specs. Adjusting the Q60’s picture settings through manual calibration produces even better, simply superb results, with these same levels being aligned even further to sit at 0.29, 1.2 and 2.19 respectively for the model we reviewed. Again, these are some great color accuracy settings by any measure, especially if you bear in mind that the lower these numbers are, the better.

Dolby Vision is really the more advanced format, with 12-bit color gamut instead of the 10-bit HDR10+, and is also more commonly found. (While there are a number of HDR10+ shows on Amazon Prime, you won’t find it on Netflix, Chromecast Ultra, or Apple TV 4K.) 

MiniLED backlight can enhance luminance and HDR in a LCD TV by increasing the number of LEDs and improving the picture performance. However, it has to provide a cost effective solution to be successful. LCD TV with MiniLED backlighting is expected to appear in the market in 2019. If customers can see a substantial difference in picture quality, MiniLED can drive replacement demand.

Yes, while playing videos using pen drive, you have to download the third-party apps like VLC player that can play a wide range of video and audio files. Using the default player, the user can only play MPEG4, DAT, VOB, MP3 and WMA.

These cans feature an overear design with active noise cancellation, a 24 hour battery life, and support for the AptX audio codec. It also features a frequency response of 18Hz to 22kHz, a microphone frequency response of 100Hz to 10kHz, and a 3.5mm jack input for analog listening.

JVC 65-inch Class 4K Ultra HD (2160p) HDR Smart LED TV (LT-65MA877) — $499.99 (list price $849.99)

We’d also like to mention that color volume quality in the Toshiba Fire LF621U19 4K TV is pretty weak during playback of dimly lit scenes or overly bright scenes in content. So despite even its low peak brightness, this television doesn’t do a great job of preserving content color vibrancy at the extremes it can reach of luminosity and shadow.

Here’s something you don’t see every day: Best Buy has shaved $300 off the shelf price of one of LG’s high-end 70-inch 4K Smart TVs, dropping the price from $1,000 down to a thriftier $700. The model at hand is a good one, too — it’s a member of the UK6190 Series, which have received stellar reviews across the board.

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