TCL 55P735K 55 inch Smart TV, 4K HDR, Ultra HD, Android TV, Bezeless design (Motion Clarity, Game Master,WCG, Dolby Vision & Atmos, Hands-Free Voice Control, compatible with Google assistant & Alexa)

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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 Quality

TCL's flagship set, the Mini LED-powered C845K is a truly impressive TV. It's the brand's highest-end model, offering flagship screen tech and specs to match. Built for gamers and movie fans alike, it utilises a Mini LED panel to deliver a dazzlingly bright and punchy picture.

The picture was immediately impressive out of the box: the kind of visual punch that sells high-level TVs. It launched in Eco picture mode, which we initially switched up to ‘Smart HDR’. The luminance was mad, yet never crushing or flaring, but instead supporting crazily three-dimensional contrast and clarity between edges of objects; no apparent enhancement, just pure performance.

Those TVs just started rolling out in the US in the form of the new 6-Series R635models and launch alongside new 5-Series TVs that, for the first time ever, use QLEDtechnology. Read our TCL 6 Series QLED review to find out more. If the thought of forking out for one of the best 55-inch TVs or best 65-inch TVs has got you sweating, know that TCL won’t charge you through the nose for it – and the TV-maker offers everything from compact 32-inch TVs to massive 75-inch TVs. You’ll be getting HDR10, Dolby Vision and HLG alongside HDMI eARC instead of just ARC; plus, you’ll get the Google TV platform and virtual assistant support, too. All told, this is about what you’d expect from a relatively basic, modern 4K TV in 2023, but you might not expect the 4-Series’ pricing.

AI-CLARITY

The TCL 6-Series is one of our favorite mid-range TV models – and has got a QLED upgrade too (Image credit: TCL) TCL features and formats ALLM allows the video game console or PC graphics card to switch automatically the TV into game mode for a super fast TV game input lag below 6 ms **​ VRR eliminates lag, judder and frame tearing effects for fluid and better detailed gameplay.​ TCL has some more experimental TV designs now and then, largely closer to its home market in China. Such systems can often be compromised by mixed lighting, or a sunbeam on the sensor, but this was the first time we’ve left IQ running, since the results seemed never to offend, nor to suddenly pump when detecting a change. More good implementation there.