TCL - 85" Class QM7L Series 4K UHD HDR SQD-Mini LED Smart TV with Google TV (2026)

The TV was very nice. I was happy with the brightness of it, but I wasn’t overly happy with the colors and the little movements I saw when my football games were on it wasn’t as clear as I wanted. One reason I switched to an OLED TV but other than that, if there was no option like that, I would’ve kept the TV.

I mainly watch live sports and this tv hits the nail on the head. Vibrant grass and amazing motion handling. I can actually see the whole pitch instead of a white blur

The picture quality is amazing, the colors are vibrant, and the setup was quick and easy. The smart features work smoothly, and I’m very happy with this TV. Highly recommended.

Nice TV, good quality image and sound. Took 3 men to put up on the wall. Good luck!

I have had a 65" TV mounted inside a recessed wall space for about eight years, and I never seriously considered moving to an 85" screen. Part of that was practical: it simply would not fit in the recess. The other part was assumption. I did not think a larger screen would meaningfully improve the viewing experience. After having the opportunity to test the TCL 85" QM7L at home, I was wrong. Sitting on the stand in front of my existing wall-mounted 65" panel, the QM7L absolutely dwarfs it. At first, it looks almost forced into the room. It is a towering presence, and you are immediately aware of the size. Then you put on the right content, sit at a proper distance, and the whole thing starts to make sense. Unboxing was easier than expected for something this large. The packaging was sturdy, the panel arrived without damage, and the box design lets the top lift away rather than forcing you to fight the TV straight upward. That said, getting it onto a stand or mount is absolutely a two-person job unless you have an eight-foot wingspan. The weight is manageable, but the size and fragility are the real concern. A careless twist or corner impact would end badly very quickly. My room is roughly 14.5 feet deep and 16 feet wide, with my main viewing position about 10.5 feet from the screen. That distance ended up being ideal. The image is large enough to feel immersive, but not so large that it becomes uncomfortable. The TV is not recessed into anything either, which helps it breathe a little visually. It sits slightly forward from the wall, and once I stopped comparing it to the old recessed setup, it looked surprisingly natural in the space. Viewing angles were better than I expected. I have a wraparound couch, and even from a side position around 35 to 45 degrees off center, the image held up well. Dead center is still the best position because the perspective is more natural, but I did not see the washout or color shift I expected from a large panel. In normal use, every seat on the couch felt usable. Reflection handling was another strong point. I have blinds behind the seating area that usually create annoying daytime reflections. With this TCL, the reflections were there if I looked for them, but they were not distracting during actual viewing. I noticed glare on the outer bezel before I noticed it on the screen itself, which says a lot. I tested each HDMI input with mixed results. For my setup, the eARC input gave me the best overall experience with my Denon receiver. I did try one of the higher-refresh inputs, but my home theater PC still would not expose anything above 60Hz. That may be a limitation somewhere in my PC, receiver, cable path, settings, or HDMI handshaking, so I am not putting that entirely on the TV. Given the lack of 144Hz material in my actual use and what seemed like better audio behavior through eARC, I stayed with the 60Hz ceiling and kept the rest of my AV system in place. With high-quality 4K content, this TV looks excellent. I streamed large 4K files from my NAS, including Top Gun: Maverick and F1, and the QM7L had the clarity, brightness, motion, and scale that make an 85" screen feel justified. This is where it stops feeling like “a bigger TV” and starts feeling more like a living room theater display. It also makes source quality very obvious. I tested some 1080p content, including Edge of Tomorrow, and while it was still watchable, the difference between that and a strong 4K source was easy to see. I do not consider that a flaw. A screen this large and capable is going to show the quality of what it is being fed. Great sources look great. Weaker or more compressed sources look like weaker or more compressed sources. Sports may have been my favorite test. I am a big Spurs fan and watched a lot of playoff basketball on this set, including the Western Conference Finals. I have been to games and sat everywhere from near the scorer’s table and bench area to the upper sections, so I have a pretty good sense of what different arena views feel like. Sitting about 10.5 feet from this screen with my Klipsch 5.1 system running felt surprisingly close to a mid-level arena view. It obviously does not replace being there, but the scale, clarity, motion, and sound made basketball feel genuinely enveloping. Gaming was also better than expected once Game Mode was enabled. Without it, I noticed input lag from my home theater PC. With Game Mode on, the TV felt much more responsive. I played Final Fantasy XIV at 2560x1440 and 60Hz, including busy areas like Limsa, and the experience was smooth, comfortable, and immersive. I also tried a few lighter Steam games, and those were simply fun at this size. The audio side is worth mentioning because an 85" image really deserves more than thin built-in sound. I used a Denon receiver with a Klipsch 5.1 surround setup, and the combination made movies, sports, and games feel much more complete. With a screen this large, the sound system becomes part of the visual experience. My main criticism is the screen coating. With the TV off, I can see a prismatic reflection effect across the panel, almost like faint rainbow-like beams or lines that shift depending on room lighting and viewing position. With bright content, I rarely noticed it. With darker content, especially during the day, it could become visible enough to be distracting. It does not ruin the TV, but it is the one visual drawback I consistently noticed. My other frustration is not really TCL’s fault. A display this large makes inconsistent source quality harder to ignore. We have TVs capable of excellent 4K presentation, yet movies, streaming services, and live broadcasts still vary wildly in what they actually deliver. When the QM7L gets a clean, high-quality source, it shines. When it does not, the TV is honest enough to show that too. Overall, the TCL 85" QM7L changed my mind about whether an 85" screen could add something meaningful to my living room. It is big, bright, immersive, better off-axis than expected, and excellent with quality 4K material. It handled my bright room well, made playoff basketball feel huge, and turned PC gaming into a more enveloping experience even at 60Hz. The prismatic glare on darker content is my main complaint, and source quality matters a lot at this size. But when the QM7L is fed good material, it delivers a convincing living room theater experience that made my long-standing 65" setup feel smaller than I expected.