TCL - 75" Class QM8L Series 4K UHD HDR SQD-Mini LED Smart TV with Google TV (2026)

I researched multiple tvs in my budget for a while, it was a tough decision between a Mini LED and an OLED, decided with this one because of the peak brightness( i have a bright living room) now that ive had it for about 2 weeks i can say that the blacks are BLACK and the colornis amazing. Sound is great the TV itself is very loud with decent customization.

The TCL 75” QM8L Google 4K TV arrived well packaged in the box. Unpacking was pretty standard for a large TV. Remove the outside plastic packing and the straps. Open the top of the box and remove the packaging. Lift the box over the TV. You now have access to the TV. I will be using the TV stand instead of mounting the TV on a wall. So I removed the TV stand and associated hardware. The assembly of the TV stand was very straight forward. Just make sure you follow the instructions. You have a choice as to how high the TV will be in the stand. I chose the lowest setting for mounting the TV on the stand. Leave the packaging on the TV as you will want to lie the TV flat in order to attach the stand to the rear of the TV. You can review all of the specs and features on the website. My review will discuss the TV set up and my experience using the TV. Setting up the TV was pretty easy. I had an issue with the remote working at first. I removed and switched the batteries and then the remote worked fine. When you turn the TV on, you will see a QR code to scan. After you scan the QR code, you are walked through the set up of the Goggle TV. I am using an ethernet connection. The TV supports up to Wifi 6. I tried Wifi as well and there are no issues. I had already connected all of my cables including ethernet. So when the TV was turned on, it detected my receiver and connected to it via the HDMI cable I connected to the eARC HDMI port. Nice! Sometimes people have issues with eARC. It is important to use a certified good HDMI cable. If you do not have one, make sure to add it to your TV order. The TV software update only took about 5 minutes to complete. In the Google Services section, I turned Help to improve Google TV to off. I turned the location setting off. Then you choose your app services to use. You can add another Google account at this time. I added another account. I did some research on the settings and this TV is very accurate out of the box. The only change I made was to use Filmmaker mode as this is supposed to be the most accurate. There are many options for adjusting your picture if that is what you want. I do not normally use TV apps. Apparently Dolby Vision 2 Max will be supported with a future firmware update. Nice! I did test the built-in speakers as you may want to use the built-in speakers. For Audio Output you select Internal Speaker and Subwoofer. The speakers are made by Bang & Olufsen. The sound is surprisingly good for built-in speakers. There is a Beosonic option in the menu if you use the internal speakers. Under Beosonic you can choose options like - bright, relaxed, energetic and warm. I have my antenna connected to the TV. I scanned for channels and both regular and NextGen TV stations were found. This took about 4 minutes. The TV guide was not there immediately but it did not take long for the guide to load. You will see the regular and Nextgen channels listed next to each other. Tuning in the NextGen channels is very fast. Much faster than another TV I own. I am impressed! The remote is very good! It feels good in the hand and is about the right size IMHO. And it is backlit!!! There are two important features on the right side of the remote. The top toggle allows you to change the brightness. The lower button allows you to change the picture mode. This is a very handy feature! There is a GameMaster setting in the menus. This will improve the latency on the selected inputs. I tested HDM3 connected to a gaming laptop with RTX4070 graphics. There are many gaming options to tweak with this TV (VRR ALLM, etc.) The native TV resolution is 144hz.. I tested Forza Horizon 6 and got a consistent 80+ FPS using 4K. The graphics are very impressive! Honestly I am a little surprised at how good they are. I did not experience any lags or tearing. I selected some apps to load when setting up Google TV. I added a missing one using the app store. You will see the downloaded apps on your main screen. Select the app you want to move. Hold down the center remote button to enable moving the app. Just move the app to the desired location in the app list on your main menu. There is 52GB of total space on the TV. Overall I rate this TV 5 out of 5. It has an amazing picture. I cannot think of anything lacking. There is great off angle viewing. The TV is bright. Gaming is impressive. I bet you will be as impressed as I am. I recommend this TV.

This review covers TCL’s 75-inch QM8L Series SQD Mini-LED 4K UHD HDR Smart TV. Introduced in 2026, the QM8L succeeds TCL’s popular QM8K series. Although TCL’s flagship X11L series is significantly more expensive, the more affordable QM8L inherits much of its premium technology, making it a high-end TV near the top of TCL’s lineup. I have owned this TV for about a week now and in that brief time, I have been really impressed by the color, brightness, and contrast of this TV. We have it located in the master bedroom sitting perfectly on a mid-height wide dresser. Unpacking and initial setup was quite simple. I really appreciate that the stand is a center-mount attractive platform, which really helps with TV stand placement, as opposed to most televisions using wide-mounted spindly legs. The mount assembled quickly with a two-part assembly for the stand and the back of the tv has two stand height options – high or low, which is perfect if you need clearance for a soundbar, which I do have. The whole process took eight small screws to assemble the stand and 4 larger screws to attach the stand to the back of the TV. Planning to use a separate soundbar, I was relieved to see that higher option available, especially since most product photos I viewed showed the TV stand in a low position. The TV itself has a full depth of about 2-inches, but its appearance looks thinner because it features a gradual tapered bevel down to just above one inch at the tv’s edges. It is a classy look with a very thin “ZeroBorder” brushed metal trim, slightly thicker along on the bottom edge. The QM8L packs in plenty of advanced technology, including a Super Quantum Dot Mini-LED display and TCL’s new TSR AI Pro Processor. In practice, that means excellent color accuracy and saturation, deep and uniform blacks, and bright crisp whites that rival premium OLED TVs. While OLED models typically perform best in darker rooms, the QM8L also excels in bright spaces as well. Its picture and sound settings are easy to customize, although most default options worked well for my setup. I did have to install a firmware update during the initial setup process. The screen itself has a high gloss finish, like OLED screens, but reflections are well-tamed at all viewing angles thanks to its WHVA 2.0 Ultra panel. I did not see any degradation in picture quality, even when viewing at extreme angles. As I said earlier, I am using a 2.1 soundbar, but I tested the Audio by Bang & Olufsen speakers by themselves and the sound was perfectly fine, really good in fact. If you are unfamiliar with Bang & Olufsen, they are a renowned Danish manufacturer of audiophile-quality sound systems. TCL does sell their own separate Bang & Olufsen soundbar with wireless subwoofer, or you can just add the wireless subwoofer separately to augment the TV’s built-in sound. That’s certainly a nice touch by TCL, especially when wall-mounting the TV and you do not want a bulky soundbar attached to the wall or TV mount. If I had to complain about anything and it’s nitpicking, the lettering on the remote is white on silver, making it difficult to read in some lighting. The remote is attractive though with its brushed metal face. Also, because it’s a Google TV, I experienced some short 1- or 2-second black screens…my research indicates this is normal behavior with Google TV as the HDMI connections “handshake” at power on. Attaching a streaming box and soundbar with HDMI connections may be to blame or at least contribute to the issue. Using the built-in apps to stream content would more than likely avoid this issue altogether. I think the 75-inch version of TCL’s 8MQL series of 4K televisions is well-deserving of a 5-star rating for its quality features and design, but especially for the premium quality of its picture.

This is both my first TCL TV, and I have been excited ever since it was announced. My home currentkly has two OLED TVs (B2 and C5) as well as 2 HDR QLEDs with local dimming (but not MiniLED) from a different brand. The B2 and the two QLED TVs are only capable of about 700 nits for highlights and while the C5 is capable of about 1400. Knowing that TCL had these SQD MiniLED sets coming with 4000 nit highlights, I couldn't wait to see it. #Setup# I installed the TCL 75QM8L in my living room, on an extendable tilt mount. It is replacing the C5 OLED in that room. I knew there would be some tradeoffs, as the OLED is known for its reflection handling and perfect blacks, while the QM8L is dramatically brighter both for highlights and especially viewing in general. Since this is a living area with a lot of natural light, I figured it was a good trade off... it definitely is. Setting up the TV was super easy - it puts a QR code on the screen to scan with your phone and since I already have the Google Home app, it basically did everything for me. It connected the TV to my home wifi network, added my Google account, and automatically added apps that I had subscriptions for like Paramount+ and HBO Max. I ended up connecting a gigabit ethernet USB adapter to the TV's USB 3.0 port instead of using wifi (or the built-in 100mbps port) and it worked like a charm. I then connected my Xbox Series X, Switch, and Onkyo receiver. I found that like my previous TV, it works best to have gaming systems connected directly to the TV in order for HDMI-CEC to work for one-touch play (where the TV automatically turns on and changes inputs when you turn on your Xbox). Connecting my Onkyo receivver to the eARC port has led to pretty much seamless sound. I was surprised to find the QM8L supports DTS-X and DTS-MA output from the TV directly (or passing through from my Xbox)! However, for Dolby it only supports outputting DD+ with Atmos rather than TrueHD from the internal apps. Really my only problem setting up the TV is that it is physically thicker than my other TVs. Since Philips Hue Sync isn't compatible with Google TV, I picked up a Govee Backlight kit with a camera that mounts on top of the TV. I was a little miffed to find the QM8L is so thick that the camera mount required modification to work. In the grand scheme of things this is really a minor problem. But if you've gotten addicted to ambient light strips behind your TV, just know you'll have to get the dremel out before you can use a camera style light kit :) #Using the QM8L# The brightness of this TV is truly mindblowing. I found that my "normal" HDR demo scenes(Encanto's Waiting on a Miracle and Interstellar's tesseract) don't quite do it justice. Fortunately, Project Hail Mary just came out for streaming and it has some scenes that are simply phenomenal in HDR. Yes, this TV's 4000 nits only really come into play for small highlights, but it really excels at larger light sources, like the "VR room" in the Hail Mary or the lights Grace installs in the tunnel when he goes to meet Rocky the first time. The tradeoff in terms of deep black levels is noticeable but not as much as I feared, though reflection handling for direct light sources is a big step down from my OLED. The screen handles direct sunlight very well, but small direct lights like chandelier bulbs end up getting spread out by the screen more than the OLED it replaced. Ultimately the QM8L is MUCH better during the day, and at night the OLED was slightly better. Finally, the razer thin bezel on the QM8L makes it look very impressive on the wall. There's just not a lot of dark space there, almost like the image on the TV is hanging in mid air. App wise, this TV is running Google TV v14. I've been using Shield TV Pros for years, and while that's still "Android TV," the apps are basically the same. The QM8L also has Gemini features built-in, which range from silly video and photo creation capabilities to Gemini powered searches for movies, TV shows, and other content. I liked the search features for different content, but I was sad that it didn't pull from the content hosted on my Plex server and only linked to movies and shows that were on other services I have linked to my Google account. For gaming - this TV is amazing. I had to remember to re-calibrate my Xbox Series X to maximize the HDR effects, but even without that it was simply incredible. It works seamlessly with my XSX and switches to Game Master mode with Dolby Vision Gaming enabled, along with VRR. Even games that you might not expect to receive a boost have moments that are jaw dropping with the amount of light this TV puts out. My wife has been playing Silksong, for example, and there are some areas with bright windows in the background that become so bright they feel like a real part of the story now. One weird quirk with gaming is that it doesn't detect Game Master automatically with my Nintendo Switch (1, not 2). Since I ended up connecting the Switch to the 4th HDMI port directly, I just set Game Master to On instead of Auto, and that took care of it. Not really a problem with the Switch anyway since you aren't using it for stuff besides games. #Final thoughts# This TV is incredible. It's simply amazing that it's so bright, and considering where it is priced in the lineup, it's even more astounding. It's an easy recommendation from me, and that's coming from someone who has been an OLED fan for a long time. If it just supported TrueHD output it would be the perfect TV, but I have a Shield Pro to tide me over for that.

The TCL 75QM8L is a very nice TV. After I got it inside and unboxed, I had a friend help me set it up. I have a wall mount for the TV, but I didn't want to spend the time right now to install all of that, so I just used the included stand. The stand comes in two pieces that bolt together and then bolt to the back of the TV. The pictorial instructions show the TV being placed face down on a large table in order to install the stand, but I didn't have a table large enough to support the entire TV, so I got some semi-soft Styrofoam blocks about 5" thick, then my friend and I sat the bottom edge of the TV on the blocks, giving me a good 3+ inches of play under the middle of the TV to place the foot of the stand and then allow me to bolt the upright portion to the back of the TV. The stand is primarily plastic, with two pieces of reinforcing metal visible in the bottom section. Overall, the stand seems sturdy, I was just expecting something more substantial for a TV this size, but again, I will be moving it to the wall when I have time. Initial setup was very quick; I used my android phone with my Google account and was up an running in minutes. The first thing I wanted to see was how one of my favorite movies (LoTR) looked when streamed in 4K. I was blown away. The room where I placed the TV has large windows and is in full sun most of the day; it didn't matter; this TV is incredibly bright, and this was on the default setting. The colors are vibrant and crisp, and dark scenes are rich and detailed. Even in high motion scenes, all colors look natural and seem to bring life to whatever is being viewed, and the motion is extremely smooth. Another nice aesthetic aspect is that the screen is almost borderless, which I believe will make the TV even more stunning when wall mounted. Before getting this TV, I had read that some mini LED TVs have reduced clarity and color when viewed from even slightly off-center viewing angles, but I really haven't seen anything like that with this unit; the picture looks basically the same even from fairly extreme angles. The onboard sound for the TV is provided by Bang & Olufsen speakers mounted on the back, and surprisingly this does a good job, but the true immersion comes when the sound is fed through a surround sound system. I used both the HDMI ARC and optical outputs for testing, and both provided very rich, immersive sound. But again, if you don't have a surround sound system, the onboard speakers do a good job. Other than the superb picture and sound the TV provides, I found myself absolutely loving the Google TV interface. There are plenty of apps already loaded, and you can install many more. The interface is very intuitive and simple to navigate with the remote. I've been watching many action titles on HBO and Prime, but I've also found myself streaming content from Google's Freeplay and TCL's app.... Walter White and Bob Ross never looked better! Overall, I absolutely love this TV. The picture is incredible, even in a bright, sunlit room, and the interface feels like you've been using it for years, even though you picked up the remote for the first time. If you're in the market for a TV, you should take a look at this one.