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I love my TCL tv. It’s not “dumb” since it’s actually a “google tv” , but if you don’t connect it to the internet, you don’t have to deal with that. It only sho

I love my TCL tv. It’s not “dumb” since it’s actually a “google tv” , but if you don’t connect it to the internet, you don’t have to deal with that. It only shows a notification when turned saying it has no internet, but it goes away on its own after a few seconds. When I turn it on, it will automatically select the previous input, so I don’t have to interact with the “smart welcome screen” or whatever it’s called. It can even be turned on and off by my set top box which actually handles the media playback. I only need to reach for its remote to change the brightness. I think it’s supposed to have some kind of adaptive thing, but it doesn’t work since I’ve disabled everything that sounded like “camera” or “mic”. It has 4 HDMI ports, dvb-t, dvb-s and can play things from usb. It also has optical audio out and can output audio to Bluetooth headphones. Image quality and brightness are great for my needs. Audio is surprisingly good, so I can use a low volume without issue. The model is 65c845 and cost me less than 1000€ new. My understanding from reviews is that the panel is pretty good, but that they skimped on the “smart” side, which was the right choice if you ask me.

ncr100 2y ago
$218 for 43 inch TCL S4 television, (with Google TV built in) https://www.walmart.com/ip/TCL-43-Class-S-Class-4K-UHD-HDR-LED-Smart-TV-with-Google-TV-43S450G/1283668502 https://www.walmart.com/ip/TCL-43-Class-S-Class-4K-UHD-HDR-L... $99 for Google Streamer. This "streamer" is overpriced for the market.
- calmoo 2y ago
  Damn it’s kinda crazy a 43 inch tv can cost 218 dollars
  - Takennickname 2y ago
    Surplus panels from old technology. Absolutely amazing if you're not a consumerist moron who needs the newest technology because of FOMO.
mmaniac 2y ago
Funny... My TCL TV (75C745K) has been nothing but headaches. Extremely buggy and often needs to be rebooted. Great panel but the software stinks.
- vladvasiliu 2y ago
  Are you using it as a "smart" tv? In my case, I did connect it once to the internet, to see what's up, and since it had prime video which is pretty much the only thing I watch, it could have allowed me to not have a different box and cables laying around. And, indeed, it started showing ads on the homepage and the UI was pretty laggy, even compared to my several-year-old firetv. Fortunately, I was able to do a full factory reset and it forgot everything. Now I only use the software to switch to an HDMI input which doesn't handle the control bits, like a PC, and to increase the brightness in case I'm watching at noon and don't want to close the blinds. 90% of the time, though, I don't even know it exists, since I only use my set top box' remote to do everything I need (change channels and volume, turn on and off). The other 10% it works well enough that I can't really complain.

ncr100 2y ago

$218 for 43 inch TCL S4 television, (with Google TV built in) https://www.walmart.com/ip/TCL-43-Class-S-Class-4K-UHD-HDR-LED-Smart-TV-with-Google-TV-43S450G/1283668502 https://www.walmart.com/ip/TCL-43-Class-S-Class-4K-UHD-HDR-L... $99 for Google Streamer. This "streamer" is overpriced for the market.

calmoo 2y ago
Damn it’s kinda crazy a 43 inch tv can cost 218 dollars
- Takennickname 2y ago
  Surplus panels from old technology. Absolutely amazing if you're not a consumerist moron who needs the newest technology because of FOMO.

mmaniac 2y ago

Funny... My TCL TV (75C745K) has been nothing but headaches. Extremely buggy and often needs to be rebooted. Great panel but the software stinks.

vladvasiliu 2y ago
Are you using it as a "smart" tv? In my case, I did connect it once to the internet, to see what's up, and since it had prime video which is pretty much the only thing I watch, it could have allowed me to not have a different box and cables laying around. And, indeed, it started showing ads on the homepage and the UI was pretty laggy, even compared to my several-year-old firetv. Fortunately, I was able to do a full factory reset and it forgot everything. Now I only use the software to switch to an HDMI input which doesn't handle the control bits, like a PC, and to increase the brightness in case I'm watching at noon and don't want to close the blinds. 90% of the time, though, I don't even know it exists, since I only use my set top box' remote to do everything I need (change channels and volume, turn on and off). The other 10% it works well enough that I can't really complain.