Quick question, it's a different TV but still a TCL so I thought I would ask here.
I can get a brand new TCL S405 49inch for only $200 right now from my local Target. I'm on a really tight budget and this looks damn appealing at the price to get into super cheap 4K gaming.
Would it be a good deal to jump on it considering how cheap that is? I really don't have the spare cash right now for a more expensive set
When set in a bright room with more lighting, the S405 can't really overcome glare since it can't get very bright and can't deal very well with reflections. The viewing angle is also not that good and the best picture quality is only reserved for a narrow zone in front of the TV. The gray uniformity could be better and dirty screen effect is noticeable. Finally, HDR is average and the lack of a wide color gamut, low HDR peak brightness, and lack of local dimming doesn't make HDR content stand out.
This TV is dimmer than its P Series counterpart. If I am only looking for one for 4k gaming specifically, and I tend to play in a dark room, is it better to save more for a P Series instead of the S Series?
Both TVs are excellent for gaming in general, but the P607 stands out due to its good HDR capabilities. Even in a dark room, the difference in peak brightness and contrast will be noticeable for highlights. Otherwise, both TVs are evenly matched in terms of input lag and handling of motion, which contributes to making them both good gaming TVs. If you intend to play on modern consoles in the near future and care about HDR content, the P607 is the way to go, otherwise save the money and go with the S405.
From what I've read about that line, it's got the same low input lag, but the picture is noticeably-darker than the P-Series and it's not the same type of HDR available.
I was going to go for this one too, but ultimately held off-- saw too many comments and reviews saying it was absolutely worth getting the P series model instead. Huge difference in picture quality.
Thing is I just don't have the money and this is o my $200. Which seems insanely cheap for a 49inch 4k. I don't have the money for the P series no matter what so it's either this or no 4k set for me at all. Was just seeing if it was worth that price or a waste of time.
Currently gaming on a 5 year old 1080p Vizio
Thing is I just don't have the money and this is only $200. Which seems insanely cheap for a 49inch 4k. I don't have the money for the P series no matter what so it's either this or no 4k set for me at all. Was just seeing if it was worth that price or a waste of time.
Currently gaming on a 5 year old 1080p Vizio
The P is amazing but for $200 you should absolutely get thatThing is I just don't have the money and this is only $200. Which seems insanely cheap for a 49inch 4k. I don't have the money for the P series no matter what so it's either this or no 4k set for me at all. Was just seeing if it was worth that price or a waste of time.
Currently gaming on a 5 year old 1080p Vizio
HDR or not, I don't see how you could not be happy with a well reviewed $200 49" 4K TV. Assuming you're not taking a huge hit in screen size, that has to be a huge upgrdae over a 5 year old Vizio. Hell, I'd get that for my bedroom if I didn't already have a high quality 55" 1080p TV in there.Thing is I just don't have the money and this is only $200. Which seems insanely cheap for a 49inch 4k. I don't have the money for the P series no matter what so it's either this or no 4k set for me at all. Was just seeing if it was worth that price or a waste of time.
Currently gaming on a 5 year old 1080p Vizio
Use RTings but have panel set to brightest and backlight to 20Can anyone post some optimal settings for HDR gaming for this set? I'm having a hard time deciding between HDR bright/normal/dark
On the TCL P series, the Dolby settings are reversed between Netflix and Youtube.
You need to set the Roku picture mode to Dolby BRIGHT when watching Netlfix Dolby HDR. Set it to Dolby DARK when watching Youtube Dolby HDR. I'm not sure about Amazon but it's probably Dolby dark as well.
Makes a world of difference, and Daredevil looks freaking amazing during night scenes.
Just a heads up. There are 97 days until Black Friday. Wait to purchase this for 8 days and then you are inside the black friday price protection window for most major credit cards and if for some reason the price drops on this model, you can get the difference refunded to you.
Someone posted here a little while back that TCL said it's not coming out this year.How does that work?
And where the hell is the news for the 65"?
Well son of a bitch.Someone posted here a little while back that TCL said it's not coming out this year.
How does that work?
And where the hell is the news for the 65"?
Wow, just heard about them canning the 50" and 65" version of this tv.
Such a bummer, and it really leaves me scratching my head.
So many people I know were waiting on the 65" after seeing the reviews or watching my 55" version and were planning on getting it.
Now they either have to go down (and 10" isn't a small thing either, especially once you see it side by side) or figure out another brand to go to.
A bit strange as well, considering how well the tv was reviewed and how fast it was selling out on amazon, etc.
TCL was finally making a name for themselves in the US market and this seems like a boneheaded move. Why couldn't they simply release the other sizes as well as work on the new models? I mean they are a huge company...(bigger than sony in the tv market).
Are you in the preview program? Right now alpha wave gamma is fubar! I can't even watch 4k bluray the blacks are brown but pop in the reg bluray blacks are perfect something is majorly jacked up.Okay I don't know if it is an issue with the TV or with my Xbox one?
every once in awhile when I go into gamma settings within a game or in the Xbox dashboard itself for calibration purposes the calibration image appears properly and allows me to adjust it.
most of the time it is not visible at all, for example in Ghost Recon wildlands under gamma setting you cannot see the ghost image at all, however, yesterday for a minute or two I was able to see it and adjust it.
when I went back to check it later it was gone and the test image is not visible.
same with the Xbox One calibration tool. again I'm not sure but does anyone know if this is related to the Xbox One output or my HDMI cable? I am using the original xbox cable and I have swapped it out a couple times with other ones for the same result.
is it the TV picking up the wrong signal from the Xbox?
I've tried 8 bit, 10 bit, 12 bit, 1080p, 720p and PC RGB and standard RGB, which is of course what I usually run.
Snagged this TV today and got home to find this. Not quite a group of dead pixels because if you look at the spot from above, you can see that it's like some sort of 3D metal ring that was leftover during manufacturing I guess?
Needless to say, I will be heading back to Best Buy tomorrow for an exchange.
What I saw of it was beautiful though!
Are you in the preview program? Right now alpha wave gamma is fubar! I can't even watch 4k bluray the blacks are brown but pop in the reg bluray blacks are perfect something is majorly jacked up.
Ok I have a couple of questions I've asked that haven't been answered. Going to put them all here in hopes someone will see:
1. I have Vizio sound bar hooked up via ARC HDMI. It's very loud at any volume over 10, is this normal? I guess it's fine but it's strange to see the volume get so loud with so few notches to change.
2. If I have my PS4 Pro video settings set to auto, it all glitches out. Only if I have it manually set to YUV420 will it work without a problem. I have HDCP 2.2 And 4K @ 60 working on both YUV420 And RGB, But if I have RGB going it glitches. Is this normal? OK to have manually set to YUV420?
About the ps4 pro, I have all of my settings set to auto and it works fine, I'm not sure what's causing you issues, maybe try swapping our the hdmi cable and seeing if that helps.
So what's the best way to get this in Canada?
I'd like to ask this same question, but for Japan. Can I get this online here?Is this avaible online (or physically) in Hong Kong? I might have a friend to buy it for me. If so, send me a link please, i tried to navigate the chinese shop but woth scarce results.
Ok I have a couple of questions I've asked that haven't been answered. Going to put them all here in hopes someone will see:
1. I have Vizio sound bar hooked up via ARC HDMI. It's very loud at any volume over 10, is this normal? I guess it's fine but it's strange to see the volume get so loud with so few notches to change.
2. If I have my PS4 Pro video settings set to auto, it all glitches out. Only if I have it manually set to YUV420 will it work without a problem. I have HDCP 2.2 And 4K @ 60 working on both YUV420 And RGB, But if I have RGB going it glitches. Is this normal? OK to have manually set to YUV420?
Picked up the 605 the other day and been mostly happy with it but games over PC via HDMI seem to be pretty washed out in comparison to how they look on my og PS4 and really lack pop/sense of depth to the visuals. Anyone have settings for PC to help alleviate this? Been toggling things in nvidia control panel like rgb vs the hdr modes but that doesn't seem to change much. Will try fiddling with changing input type designation to PC to see if that helps any. Any help appreciated!
I tried everything attempting to get the closed eye to show up; Standard Color Space, RGB Color Space, 24-bit Depth, 30-bit Depth, 36-bit Depth... Nada. It does say it just might not show at all on some TVs, so I gave it a rest.Are you able to see the calibration closed eye?
Are any Xbox owners able to see the closed eye in calibration tool? Or the sample for gamma in other games?
HDR on windows 10 is shit atm thanks to microsoft.
With HDR turned on in windows it washes out the colors and makes everything look drab and dreary because they thought it was smart to make HDR = on the desktop (and thus everything hdr, even if it's not meant to be), so in order to make the desktop and things not blow out your eyes because a lot of things are white their answer was to make the colors look muted, which in turn makes hdr mode on look like shit.
Nvidia is stuck because it's a ms issue, at least according to their forums.
As far as games it really depends on the game.
I tried and tried to get HDR to work on ME: A and couldn't for the life of me. HDR on in windows, off, on in game, nothing seemed to work for me.
I don't see why microsoft can't simply have HDR off and only "enable" it when you are watching an HDR capable video or game, that'd make the desktop/webpagesa look normal and bright and hdr not cause issues for nvidia and games.
Thing is I just don't have the money and this is only $200. Which seems insanely cheap for a 49inch 4k. I don't have the money for the P series no matter what so it's either this or no 4k set for me at all. Was just seeing if it was worth that price or a waste of time.
Currently gaming on a 5 year old 1080p Vizio
...I tried everything attempting to get the closed eye to show up; Standard Color Space, RGB Color Space, 24-bit Depth, 30-bit Depth, 36-bit Depth... Nada. It does say it just might not show at all on some TVs, so I gave it a rest.
Stupid question: How do I know HDR is working? I see a bunch of options pop up after you connect something and turn it on and it's input-specific, but I have no idea which setting is which.
Hdr or Dolby vision pop up notification if the content supports it
Where do you see these? I can only see them in the iOS app, but if I try and select one, I get an error.Also you'll see different video modes available in the menu
Sdr: movie, normal, sport, vivid
Hdr: hdr dark, etc
Dv: Dv dark, normal, bright
I've only ever seen the DV pop-up so far. And it was only up for about 1.5secs.
They really need a 'stream info' option.
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Where do you see these? I can only see them in the iOS app, but if I try and select one, I get an error.
I've only ever seen the DV pop-up so far. And it was only up for about 1.5secs.
They really need a 'stream info' option.
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Where do you see these? I can only see them in the iOS app, but if I try and select one, I get an error.
Easiest way is to go into picture settings. It will tell you if you are using HDR.Stupid question: How do I know HDR is working? I see a bunch of options pop up after you connect something and turn it on and it's input-specific, but I have no idea which setting is which.
Ok I have a couple of questions I've asked that haven't been answered. Going to put them all here in hopes someone will see:
1. I have Vizio sound bar hooked up via ARC HDMI. It's very loud at any volume over 10, is this normal? I guess it's fine but it's strange to see the volume get so loud with so few notches to change.
2. If I have my PS4 Pro video settings set to auto, it all glitches out. Only if I have it manually set to YUV420 will it work without a problem. I have HDCP 2.2 And 4K @ 60 working on both YUV420 And RGB, But if I have RGB going it glitches. Is this normal? OK to have manually set to YUV420?
Vizio wireless surroundWhat sound bar? I have one as well and it is unusually loud. The lowest volume is not low enough for me. But do you see this issue if you connect the sound bar to other sources?
I've only ever seen the DV pop-up so far. And it was only up for about 1.5secs.
They really need a 'stream info' option.
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Where do you see these? I can only see them in the iOS app, but if I try and select one, I get an error.
If your playing an HDR game click the center button that's in the middle of the arrows and it will give you info. For apps built into the TV just hit the star button and the picture setting will either be Dolby Vision or HDR
I believe there's a button command to display info with the roku apps but I'm not sure what it is.