Most of you (including myself) are probably still feeling the after-burn from the TCL 75" price error.
Nevertheless, it's a 50" 4K TV for under $350 & I thought it deserved it's own individual post.
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Linsar 50" 4K UHD LED TV $319 + Delivery (Free C&C) @ The Good Guys
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Yeah "too cheap" worries me. For me, we're ozbargain, not ozcheap. When stuff is junk and you have to spend hours fixing/shipping/etc items. Wrecks value. The comment about 3 TVs?! nothx haha.
The TCL 50" was $380, so $319 does not sound impossible.
But TCL is an actual manufacturer, not a local distributor ordering off Alibaba.
This TV has no smarts, and only a 1 year warranty, so no thanks.
only a 1 year warranty
Ahaha that's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
TCL also outsources some of its manufacturing to third party companies.
As an aside, this is an interesting article on what panel may be supplied for your tv
https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/panel-lottery-samsung@scottishdave: True. Even Sony indulges in badge-engineering of various products.
I'm not sure if the TCL is even designed in-house. Could be little more than a reference design and firmware from a chipmaker, with Android-TV slapped on top.You just have to hope that their software and support is slightly better than some guy operating out of a mini office/warehouse ion the local industrial park.
I saw the TCL 75" deal in the first 10 minutes and didn't pull the trigger. Does anyone know if the first few people got there TV.
From memory yes, it was depended on the store but at least 4-5 people collected their TVs before they alerted them of the pricing error.
I would had to have mine delivered if I had have bought it so even being in the first 10 I most probably wouldn't have got it anyway.
I got one, went there in the morning when the order was ready to pick it up before they started cancelling orders.
How's the motion smoothing on it and is there anything annoying about the TV so far. I have last year's TCL 65p6us it's terrible so I'm going to upgrade.
I like it a fair bit haven't seen any issues with streaming good quality stuff but with free to air tv you really notice poor quality a lot more (probably due to the sheer size I guess)
@Dowhatuwant: I'll be using it as a htpc so no free to air TV. Did you wall mount it and are you satisfied with the blacks. Thanks for answering my questions.
@mckayver: Nah used the TV Stand it came with. Blacks looked good to me but I'm not trying to be super critical of it or anything. I'm no tv expert but the picture looks good.
@Dowhatuwant: I just want a really big screen with a half decent picture (not spectacular). I didn't buy it because I thought the 75inch would have covered my light switch. On closer inspection I can adjust the TV 6 inches to the right with the wall mount I have. Yay, black Friday here I come.
One last question, how long does it take to turn on as my current TCL is about 50 painful seconds. The quick start option stopped working.@mckayver: I feel like its about 20 seconds for it to start up after a proper restart. TVs these days i guess.
Can’t go wrong when the size matters more. But is the quality good enough?
I've heard it depends on how you use it.
quality only matters when you have another TV to compare
After you get a new TV don't go to like JB hi-fi and look at others because you'll only be disappointed.
You cannot compare a TV at home to a store display in (say) JB. What you supposed to do, "remember" the image quality?
But is the quality good enough?
Picture quality, or reliability?
Any modern TV is good enough, if it works. T
Weakest part of hardware is usually the sound, as anyone who cares gets external speakers.Add a Vodafone TV for smarts.
The weakest part is early hardware failure on cheap TVs. It's unlikely to last much longer than the 12 months warranty. If you can buy 5 yrs extended warranty on this then do it.
If people got the time to waste it on claiming warranty for 5 yrs. Once every month. Then good on them. Personally, I wouldn't do it. Keep away. Unless size matters, even without function most of the time.
You only live once so do you want to eat grubs or lobsters?
We all want lobsters, but usually have to dig deep to even afford grubs.
Any 55" or bigger?
some concerning reviews on the brand.