TCL - 65" Class A300L Designer Series 4K QLED TV with Ultra Matte Screen and Flush Wall Mount (2026)

The TCL 65" A300L Designer Series Smart TV is both an incredible TV and a great way to add large-format art to your walls. The TV sits perfectly flat against the wall with the included flush mount, and the included magnetic light-woodgrain frame provides a clean and understated look. Not content to be just an art frame, the QLED panel does an excellent job with high dynamic range content, handles Dolby Vision like a champ and looks incredible with high refresh-rate video game content. While not an OLED panel, blacks look incredibly black. Of course, the TV comes with motion smoothing turned on by default, but the settings to amend that are both simple and actually quite robust, allowing users to set motion smoothing to high, medium or low, which is almost tolerable for content shot on digital video, if not for cinema. Other than the excellent display, the star of the show is the matte finish on the screen. It does an incredible job of diffusing all but the brightest ambient lighting and makes the TV a joy to watch in any room. As you might expect, sound from the built in speakers is quite bad. I can only truly recommend to someone who has an external amplifier or powered speakers. I am using an Onkyo stereo receiver to connect to and control the TV with a single HDMI cable with e-ARC. It worked flawlessly the first time I set it up. When the A300L is displaying art from the built-in TCL app, it excels at matching the image quality and "flat" feeling you get with the much more expensive Samsung "The Frame" TVs. The TCL app is quite robust and offers a lot of excellent museum-quality scans of fine art, alongside photography and more modern animated versions of classic pieces from artists as disparate as Van Gogh and Piet Mondrian. There's definitely enough good art here to satisfy most folks' need for something to display, and the app also allows users to add their own files from a phone via the TCL Home app or a local USB stick plugged into the back of the TV. The first time I tried this from my phone, I was only able to upload one photo, and the app glitched, but I tried again a day later with better results. The one downfall of uploading your own art is that you must match the TV's aspect ratio, or it displays black bars on the sides of your image. TCL should change this. At a minimum, they should issue a software update that simply populates what are now black bars with a blurry version of the image set to cover the full background. Ideally, they would allow the user to select whether and how they want the image to fill the screen. The Google TV software used as the TV's operating system also contains a full-screen screensaver pre-populated with masterpieces, which also includes AI art for those tasteless technophiles that would choose to display it. However, the Google software doesn't take advantage of the TV's ability to look like a painting, and the displayed art looks like (for lack of a better term) art displayed on a backlit computer screen. Other than the somewhat baffling inclusion of a second screensaver, the Google software is generally excellent. Navigating menus feels snappy and responsive; recommendations for media to watch from apps I already use is excellent, and YouTube integration is also great. Casting music from my Pixel 10 Pro XL to the TV works better than any other solution I've tried, including the built-in Chromecast functionality of my A/V receiver. I did have two small but significant troubles during the installation and setup processes. First, the paper guide that can be mounted on the wall to indicate where the low-profile mounting plates should be installed is too wide for this set, and the installation instructions make only one tiny mention of that fact in 4-point type, without any visual guide. When it came to mounting the plates perfectly level and centered on my wall, I measured and balanced the guide multiple times and drilled once, only to find that the mounts were spaced too wide, leaving me to do everything over again. Learn from my mistakes! The other bothersome bit came when setting up the TV with my Google Account. The process requires users to accept some pretty overwhelming privacy settings and directs them to make any changes they'd like on a different device. Come on, Google. Let's make it simpler to turn off ad tracking during setup. All-in-all, I am quite pleased with this TV. It looks great on the wall, offers incredible image quality and even makes a pretty great art frame whenever you want to display a beautiful static image.

There's a lot to like about TCL's new Designer Series. The display is beautiful, with a fantastic matte finish that helps to bring artwork to life, the resolution is great and if you want your TV to double as an artwork display when you're not watching anything else on it, you'd be hard-pressed to get more bang for your buck. The TV came well-packed to secure it from damage, even though it had a hole punched in the box and it was delivered upside down, the panel suffered no damage and everything inside was perfect. I'm honestly sort of impressed at the engineering that must have gone into that. The TV comes with it's own flush-mount (it is not compatible with any VESA standard), which I have not used, opting to use the included foot stands. There are two different height options for the stands, but they're only about an inch of difference, which is fairly insignificant and begs the question as to why they bothered. There's a solid array of inputs and signal features, including ARC. Google's TV interface is fine, if a bit cluttered, and offers a variety of customization options for arranging your most used functions in a way that makes them more easily accessible. AI-generated artwork is controversial, and if you're vehemently opposed, you're probably not considering this model because of it. There are a variety of presets featuring pictures of historic works as well as the ability to use your own photos and images, but no way to disable the AI stuff, so it's pretty much in your face every time you enter the customization area. Anti-AI folks would appreciate a way to flat-out disable this so they don't have to look at it, I'm sure. When artwork is being displayed, it looks fantastic, and I can hardly imagine a better TV to serve that function. That being said, if you're a bit of a cinephile and want the best picture for movies, gaming, or anything with fast-paced action, you'll be disappointed with what you get. The VA panel has a high refresh rate to be sure, but suffers from the same sort of ghosting that all VA panels do. For lighting, the TV panel is side-lit, meaning no local dimming features. The side angles are better than expected for VA, but they still wash out when viewed at more extreme angles. While magnetic border panels exist, TCL doesn't appear to make or sell these themselves, and third party ones are couple hundred at cheapest, which feels a bit ridiculous for simple, painted extrusions. It'd be nice to see TCL selling a few different budget-priced color options for frames. Overall, while it's not the best TV out there for fast-action things like games, it's still perfectly serviceable for general use and great at it's primary feature, being a beautiful artwork display, and if that's an important thing for you, I think you'll have a hard time finding something that does it better at this price.

My journey with this TV has been a bit mixed. I got this through best buy but the manufacturer had to ship it. During the shipping, it ended up getting damaged . The screen was cracked in multiple places and there was a dent at the top where clearly the box had been dropped. This is not a TCL problem, more a shipping and FedEx problem so buying your tv is store should not result in the same outcome. Customer service at TCL handled my complaint quickly and a new tv was sent unharmed this time by FedEx. On to the TV. It is super lightweight and thin, and thus very fragile. There are tape strips for edge protection I think, that is also connected to the TV screen, and when pulling it off, it’s very sticky and it pulls on the pixels similar to pressing your finger against an lcd screen. I don’t think it’s good for the screen to be pulled on hard enough that it alters pixels and highly recommend TCL uses a tape more like painters tape that comes off easier. Minor annoyance but also potentially damaging and considering I got a broken one first, I was concerned. It’s very easy to hang, comes with a bracket and legs if you don’t want to hang it, but you should absolutely hang it because it’s a picture frame TV. You do need someone to lift with you, it’s light but fragile and large. The beige picture frame magnetic edges make it disappear into the wall. We may change the frame depending on how we decorate the room and I like the option to do so. The Google tv platform is very similar to an Amazon fire stick except that Google and Comcast do not get along with each other so my Comcast Xfinity app is not available and my MASN orioles app is also not available. This is a bit annoying so we’ve attached a fire stick to compliment the Google TV platform. Using my Google account I was able to easily add some vacation photos as screensavers to relive my past vacation memories, see pictures attached to see brightness and clarity of the TV. Set up was very easy, just follow the on screen directions and update the software. One additional concern, was my Internet connection. While watching football my Internet connection got disconnected every 15 mins or so. Not other products lost service and this has not been an ongoing thing so I am not sure what was going on, but only the tv was disconnecting. Overall, the 4 stars reflects the outstanding picture quality, good customer service, the look of the tv on the wall with the frame, minus the annoyances of lack of apps on the Google platform, the initial broken tv, concerns about fragility removing tape, and the internet issues. I think this is a good tv that I can recommend as a good buy, and hopefully your initial experience goes a little smoother than mine.

We needed a TV with a great deal of picture adjustability because my wife’s vision is limited now due to retinal damage from a medication she was taking. Dark scenes on our previous TV were basically a waste of time because she couldn’t see what was happening. This set has completely changed that for her. With the adjustable brightness, Gamma, color saturation, and other picture controls, we’ve been able to bring those dark scenes out enough that they’re still dark and look natural, but we can actually see what’s going on without washing out the brilliant colors in the brighter areas. It also has Google TV built in, so once I get all of our channels and apps set up on the TV, I won’t need our other streaming devices anymore. For now, though, I have everything hooked up. LOL. The onboard speakers actually sound great. However, because of our setup on an angled table, the rear-firing speakers just didn’t work as well for us as the speakers on our previous TVs. We simply connected the optical-fiber soundbar we already had, and now everything is perfect. There are also sound settings on the TV for different setups, such as wall-mounted or tabletop, which is a nice touch. ### My Disappointments **1. The TV is white.** That has taken some getting used to. It is growing on us, though. The included woodgrain trim is also a very light woodgrain, and from a distance, at least to my eyes, it really doesn’t look much different from white. **2. It is not a standard VESA mounting setup.** This is probably my biggest complaint. The majority of stands and wall mounts that you may already own—or can easily buy off the shelf—won’t work without additional adapters or a specialized stand, assuming you can find one that fits. The TV does come with its own wall mount, and it looks great if flat wall mounting is what you want. It also includes two rather sturdy, well-designed feet that do a good job of balancing the TV for tabletop use. We decided to try the included feet before buying another wall mount, adapter, or swivel tabletop stand. So far, they’re actually working out very well, and we may just stick with them. Setup was easy, and the remote is very straightforward to figure out and use. Switching between inputs is also a breeze when needed. As for the built-in art library, that’s not really a feature we consider important, although we may explore it at some point. ### Overall All in all, we are very pleased with this TV. The picture adjustability in particular has made a **huge difference for us**, and that alone makes this set a winner in our household. I would have given it **5 stars** if it used a standard VESA mounting system. That’s really the only significant drawback we’ve found so far.

I take my TV for granted. It's a modern required piece of electronics/furniture to make a living space livable (for better and worse) but once the TV is up it blends in and becomes part of the structure. When I “upgraded” to a TCL 65” A300, what they call the Designer Series Smart TV, I really learned a lot about why it matters to think about more than just the inches and resolution. My old TV was 55” and I went back and forth between the 75” and 85” before my wife informed me that our wall wouldn’t have room to hold anything larger than MAYBE a 65” which settled that debate. I like the new TCL TV but I am far from loving it. Setup of this TV is super dumb because one of its touted features is the included flat mount to your wall. Instructions inside the box are a paperback size single sheet of paper using the smallest font in the world to explain bare concepts of what to do. Essentially you need to use an included 1:1 scale paper strip to plan where to screw down two mounting brackets on the wall and then, assuming your paper didn’t slip or you got it crooked (I didn’t but only due to measure 10 times screw once for over an hour) hang the TV by two metal loops you screw into the back of the TV. This sounds simple and efficient but let me assure you that placing something as thin and fragile as the TCL A300 flat against the wall without being able to see behind it (and trusting two metal loops you secured yourself) is frustrating, difficult, and stressful. Another note about difficulty in setting this up, you need to plan your Power cord (which is detachable and not integrated permanently into the TV, which is nice), HDMI and other cables ahead of time because once this is on the wall you DO NOT HAVE ACCESS to the back of the TV. The back of the TV has small channels molded into the plastic but they’re not going to secure those cables unless they’re against the wall. As far as those ports you have an abundance depending how you run your home theater: two HDMI that run at 144 Hz (the first is an eARC port for your soundbar), two HDMI with standard 60 Hz, two USB, an ethernet, an antenna connector. I had to Google to verify because I can’t remember the other things I saw back there and now that it's mounted there's no way to see myself but apparently there’s also an optical audio port, an ethernet, an AV Composite, and a 3.5 headphone jack (why?!). Lots of ports but again, be sure you’ve got your setup figured out before you hang it on the wall. Once you have the TV hung on the wall you can cover the white plastic with fake wood magnetic decorative trim, I guess if you’re embarrassed about having a TV hanging and want to trick people with the screen saver into thinking you own a HUGE digital picture frame? It came with a light almost pine colored frame but looks like there’s also a dark wood or mint green frame sold separately if you don’t like the included color. Once you survive unboxing and mounting you can begin setup! Like a computer your TV now has to connect to Google…that is a requirement of using the TV as far as I could tell. It will automatically add your Google Photos to your screen saver, which isn’t too bad unless most of your camera roll is pictures of safety violations from work like mine. The TV also has to update firmware straight out of the box which took approximately 20 minutes for me and really put a damper on the relief after the production and stress of mounting the TV…finally ready to explore the fruits of my labors only to have that loading screen just play and play. Eventually you get into the TV and can explore some of the features. Those screen savers I mentioned offer the choice of your Google Photos, an art gallery of unspecified number (it's a lot) of paintings and photography in various styles, or custom AI. The AI pictures is preloaded with 7 samples from graffiti to felt dolphins but you can also create your own from a basic Mad Libs style prompt like “A Surreal Bridge/tower/lighthouse made of clay/silk/obsidian/organza in shades of cream and tan/blue and indigo/pink and purple”. Anything you create that you feel is worthy of being part of the screen saver art gallery you can save, the TV has about 60gb of storage built in. It's a cool feature and I made some neat screen saver art but AI is kind of controversial so not sure what a selling point this is. Additionally, since it's linked to Google you can use your microphone on the controller to create video or images using Google Gemini with custom prompts. Many of the other things are, I believe, typical TV things such as automatically detecting sound options like headsets when you turn it on after pairing, switching to the input when you turn on your Playstation, automatically changing video settings to match filmmaker’s presentation preference. Lots of the apps you’d need are available to download but there’s so many services I can’t be sure everything is available but Netflix, Prime, Tubi, Spotify, Fandango/Vudu, HBO Max, Hulu, Disney+, Youtube, etc. you should be fine there’s all the big ones. I found an audio only setting which I expect will be nice for family gatherings when we play background music but don’t want the distraction of a music video or even the album art. I could probably review a dozen other things in the settings on this TV but I’m pretty sure a lot of it is standard stuff. I suppose that I should mention I find the remote control to be small and minimalist, not sure if I like that or not but I’ll include a picture for you to decide. Really it's a nice TV but I’d rather not be forced to link my computer account to my TV…I’ll be checking to be sure there’s not a way to prevent Google intruding on another aspect of my life (Last minute update: You can setup as Basic TV which limits you to live TV, media player, and Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video). I really, REALLY don’t like the flat mount being the only way to attach this TV to the wall! It isn’t like I need to mess with my HDMI ports frequently and I could theoretically lift the TV up on those hanging loops but depending on your entertainment center setup that may not be enough room to see what you’re doing. And other than functionality I really find the attempt to make this TV “classy” with the emphasis on artwork and the wood magnet frame pieces kind of elitist and cheesy…this is a TV, I’d buy paintings if I wanted a painting hanging over my video games and Blu-rays. If you’re into the look of the TV flat and pretending to be from a museum then enjoy but if I had it to do again I would pass and look for something that allows for an arm mount and doesn’t require me utilizing Google to get the most from my money.