Customer Ratings & Reviews

Just set up the TCL 55QM7L and it is a massive upgrade over my old TV. Picture quality is outstanding — colors are vivid, blacks are deep, and the mini-LED makes a noticeable difference especially for sports and movies. Hooked up my Roku and was going in minutes. I however have to give it only 4 out of 5 stars because of the inability to disable "motion rate" in all scenarios. I hate what that does to the picture and the fact it cannot be disabled entirely is a miss for those who don't like it. PICTURE QUALITY: 10/10, no notes. I think this is the first mini-LED I've had in my house and there's a noticeable difference in the sharpness of the picture, color contrast, and black levels. I didn't think pictures could improve/change much beyond how much they have because the human eye can only see so much, but I'm beginning to think I was wrong. AUDIO QUALITY: in a smaller room (such as a bedroom), you could likely get away without needing a separate audio system. The quality is good enough although I found I had to keep the volume higher than I'd like to be able to understand dialogue with background sounds/music. SMART PLATFORM: The Google TV built-in is fine, and will probably work well for most people for a few years. However, I'm bought in to the Roku platform and I don't like the fact that built-in smart systems tend to be underpowered and lack the lifecycle of the TV they're attached to. MOTION ENHANCEMENT: I severely dislike "motion enhancement" in all of its forms, and most TVs allow you to disable it. This one does as well with an important caveat - if the media you're watching wants to display with Dolby Vision, it can be overridden by the app providing it to be turned back on. If you're not sure what I'm referring to, "motion enhancement" is when you're watching a movie and it seems like you're on the set with the actors but not in a good way. You can nearly see the stage makeup and lighting. I imagine some people are used to this if they never disabled it on their previous TV - I just really don't like the idea of begin "forced" into it.

I'll touch on a few things I like out of the box. - Putting the stand together was a breeze, you have a few different height options. - VESA compatible, not that I wall mounted. - The remote is backlit, great for watching in the dark. - Default settings were very usable. - The speakers are pretty decent for a modern TV, they can be a bit tinny at times - The ports are on the right hand side of the back of the TV when looking at the front - Brightness range is pretty spectacular, I was impressed with the picture no matter what brightness I had it set at (I did lower the brightness since this is primarily a bedroom TV) What I did not like as much: - Power cord is really short, it seems most TV's are starting to have shorter power cords so not specific to this TV - Optical connection to my soundbar does not work correctly. I tried multiple cables. - Clear plastic that is stuck to the TV during shipping was a bear to get off. - TCL app that the TV has you download can not find the TV when searching to add it Overall, this is a really great TV with a stunning picture and plenty of ports. The ports are on the opposite side of what all my other TVs have, so that was a bit of an adjustment. Sound was quite good for onboard speakers, but I still recommend a sound bar. The back facing speakers look fantastic, too bad you will never see them I do recommend this TV. All the shortcomings can be fixed with what I assume will be firmware updates. The optical issue could be my soundbar as easily as it could be the TV. Both have good light, so I don't think it is a hardware failure.