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TCL 65C835K 65-inch QLED Mini-LED Gaming TV, 4K UHD, Smart TV, 144Hz Television, ONKYO Audio System, Google assistant and Alexa

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At 65-inches the screen real estate is massive and immersive, but we didn’t have too many instances where the edge-lit technology drawbacks were noticeable. The gaming thing is an issue with all LG OLED at the moment, peak brightness option is disabled in the settings for SDR gaming so if you play a mix of old and new games, then it’s not for you. So you will need to watch content from directly in front of the TV where possible and keep this in mind regarding the seating positions in your living room. Noise suppression does a good job of removing random noise from the image, but compression noise that is visible as blocking remains somewhat behind.

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Where things do start to become unstuck, as with most LED LCD TVs is with very dark room viewing with the lights off. Next up is contrast, with the native contrast boosted up to 7000:1, along with improved driving from 8-bit to 12-bit (from a 16-bit calculation), with its Mini LEDs benefitting from a Direct Drive system. Skin tones don’t look right, either; oversaturated hues and a lack of subtlety make people appear two-dimensional and unrealistic. There are a lot of ways to get the best HDR picture quality on TV: HDR10, HDR HLG, HDR10+ , HDR DOLBY VISION and DOLBY VISION IQ. Here, black bars are noticeably dark grey with light spill from objects within the movie or TV show, and we also have bright corners to the panel uniformity visible.There are two supplied remote controls with one large unit with access keys for nearly every function of the TV along with direct access keys for streaming services and Freeview Play. Experience suggests, though, that it's not always how many zones you've got that counts, but what you do with them.

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I’ve seen a lot of reviews of the C835 along with the USA version, the R655, and they’ve all been good so far. There’s also hands-free support with voice controls and compatibility with the likes of TCL Home, Alexa and Chromecast (but no Apple AirPlay 2 or the likes of Matter and Miracast). Thanks to state of the art Quantum Dot technology, this TCL TV delivers genuine cinematic colour made from over a billion colours and shades. There have been some discrepancies with TCL’s more formal naming of its products, with several variations on the usual system seen around the regions as the company continues to expand into European and American markets. The upper settings of these introduced the excessively clean ‘video’ look where you’re seeing more interpolated frames than real ones.John Archer has written about, and been immersed in the world of, home entertainment technology for over 20 years. Since last year there is also the “superior gradation” setting that can eliminate color bands in soft color gradients. Second, and likely related to the backlight issue, peak brightness plummets to 559 nits from the 1,150 nits measured with the TV in Standard mode. Other than that, and maybe the lack of hands-free control, all of the key criteria of the P735 seem to apply, including Game Master support with ALLM and Stadia certification.

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The P735 sits at the top of this sub-section, with the same switch to Android TV for UK users as with the C635 before and the P638 to follow. It also comes with all of the other compatibility and accessibility features of the C935 using the same Google TV platform but with the added option of a 55-inch model.Its Picture Performance Index (PPI) drops to 2400 (from 2700) and there’s only the standard Dynamic Colour enhancement, while only the EU model comes with Dolby Atmos, with the UK model having to make do with Dolby Audio. Blacks are dark grey for the most part with both SDR and HDR and there is black crush in the shadows, but this is masked somewhat when viewing in bright conditions. For the most part, UK and European users should see a largely familiar set up, with the likes of the 75-inch P638 getting the full title of 75P638K here in the UK. The Hands-Free Voice Control and Google Assistant may not be available in certain languages and countries.

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The Google TV interface will be easy for any user to understand (yes, even Apple devotees, and it has AirPlay 2 after all), but those already attuned to other Google services will get along best of all. TCL has this year implemented Deep Learning AI super-resolution upscaling, while mere ‘AI’ further adapts settings to specific scenarios such as grass, faces and other detected content. You’ll still be able to access the likes of Google Home and chat with Alexa if you wish, but Google Photos won’t be an option in Ambient mode. This is not a critical movie viewing TV for dark surroundings but used in normal well-lit environments and it will surprise with some of its attributes. Acting as something of a bridge between the higher-end features of the Mini LED models and the rather more affordable QLED TVs it leads the way in, the C735 has the potential to be a great all-round solution with sizes ranging from 43 to 98-inch displays – at least in Europe, with the UK set to see the 55 to 75-inch models arrive in September, with the larger 85 and 98-inch versions to follow later.I thought ahh I'll just turn off the local dimming, it's better for the input lag anyway, but I can't get deep black without that. And then having to baby the thing too, even though burn in risk is lessened these days compared to older models. TCL's mid level 4K Mini-LED, QLED range for the UK in 2022 delivers 1500 nits and 288 dimming zones via the latest mini LED direct drive technology along with HDR Premium 1000 as well as support for HDR formats including HDR10+, Dolby Vision, Dolby Vision IQ plus 144Hz Motion Clarity Pro for smooth, sharp and colourful HDR picture quality. You can read more about TV certification on the following page: How can I check if BBC iPlayer is available on a particular TV? This fills out the sound so that it can handle daytime and casual viewing needs well, and even makes a passable player of music.

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