TCL - 85" Class QM8 Q-Class Mini-LED QLED 4K HDR Smart TV with Google TV (2023)
Model: 85QM850G
SKU: 6538135
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Customers love the TCL 85" Class QM8 Q-Class Mini-LED QLED 4K HDR Smart TV with Google TV (2023) for its stunning picture quality, incredible brightness, and deep black levels. They appreciate the great value for the price, especially compared to bigger brands, and find it perfect for gaming, movies, and sports. While some customers have concerns about upscaling, the overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
So, I got my hands on the TCL 85" 4K TV, and let me tell you, it's a real showstopper. This beast of a TV has some impressive features, but it's not without its quirks. Let's talk about the good stuff first. The picture quality is something else. The colors are so vibrant, and the blacks are deep. With its crazy brightness and local contrast, everything looks super lifelike. Plus, the motion handling is smooth once you make a few adjustments. I tinkered around with the settings, changed Dolby Vision IQ to Dolby Vision Bright, which opened up the settings to tweak the motion (changed motion clarity to 0 and dejudder to 1). It made a massive difference, especially during fast-paced scenes where the processing was introducing motion artifacts. Now, the sound coming out of the built-in speakers is surprisingly good. It's decent enough for everyday watching, but if you want to really crank up the volume and get the full effect, I'd recommend getting a soundbar or a proper audio setup. One thing that blew my mind is the size of this thing. I mean, it's huge! The 85" screen is way bigger than I expected, like 28% more screen area than a 75" TV. It's like having a mini cinema in my living room. Went down the home theater rabbit hole and discovered something called "viewing angle". Long story short: I found that sitting about 9-10 feet away from the TV puts me right at the THX recommended viewing angle for perfect immersion. It feels like putting yourself in the action and gets you that cinema-like feel right at home. -- But, let's be real here, not everything is perfect. The TV's Android interface can be a bit sluggish. It's not a deal-breaker, but sometimes I wish it would be a bit snappier. And fair warning, this TV weighs over 100 lbs! Trust me, you'll need a helping hand to set it up or consider paying for the setup service (not necessarily a con, but something to keep in mind) Out of the box, I noticed some weird motion artifacts, but thankfully, with a little tinkering, I managed to get rid of most of them. Then noticed the TV's out of box settings are producing "black crush" where the dark scenes lose some details. I think there's a way to fix it through the settings, but I haven't dug into that yet. Lastly, it's a bummer that there are only two HDMI 2.1 ports. It's manageable, though, because the ARC port is on one of the HDMI 2.0 ports, so at least the Soundbar won't hog that one. -- TL,DR - The TCL 85" 4K TV is a big, bold, and visually stunning television. It's got its quirks, like the slow interface and a few adjustments needed out of the box, but considering its price, it's impossible to beat (seriously, nothing else comes close). If you're after a massive screen with great picture quality, this TV is definitely worth considering.
Posted by emiilio
Im coming from an LG C9 65" OLED. I wanted something bigger but the 83" OLED by LG is way out of my budget. I saw this TV listed for $1899 (then got it for only $1299 during a black Friday deal!) and ive got to say; im happy. The black levels of an OLED are VERY comparable. Im a big TV guy, i watch reviews on Youtube of TVs i dont even have. I watch CES every year just to keep up with the new stuff. So im very particular about my televisions. I can't stand watching TVs with subtitles and having the bloom around the subtitles, that is not a problem with this TV. The brightness out shines OLEDs by a mile. Brightness was never really a big concern of mine because I'm in a dark room most the time. However watching HDR content truly does make the movie watching experience better. Colors are better on an OLED but are very comparable to this mini LED. Here's what I don't like about this TCLQM 850G; it's extremely heavy. I work in construction so I've got some muscle to put it together myself but there is a couple times I swear I was going to drop it. Do not put this together by yourself, we are talking about nearly a hundred pounds and nowhere to grab on to. The next thing I don't like about this TV is the viewing angles. You remember that bloom I was talking about? You start to see it on this TV at an angle. When you compare it to an OLED there are no problems with viewing angles. Next thing I don't live about this TV is when watching football sometimes there's a little bit of ghosting. It's extremely light, and I have heard that it is now fixed with the firmware update that just came out January of 2025. Overall give this TV a 9 out of 10. If you're looking for a TV that has OLED qualities at of size 85 in and under $1,800, buy this. Buy it now. If you find a better deal for the Hisense U8K, thats a good TV aswell sameish price. Lastly I will say I did have to reach out to TCL customer service for a warranty repair that went flawlessly. I had an issue with my power supply giving out. It was giving a very high pitch noise like a high-pitched whine. Super easy fix took the repairman maybe 45 minutes to fix.
Posted by Ethan
All I can say is WOW! I have a 77 inch Sony A80J Oled and the Qm8 looks just like a freaking oled. I havnt noticed any blooming at all! Even when looking at words or subtitles. It's replacing a Sony x950g 85 inch led tv which the blooming drove me nuts. The tv is in my man cave/ very dark theather room with no light coming in. So i was really looking forward to finally upgrading to a larger size oled, tought bout a projector, but im more into picture quality and can probably only fit at largest a 100 inch screen. I was hoping Sony came out with a new 83 inch and up qd-oled but no luck. Now im considering the lg g3 83" and Sony a80L. Then I somehow hear about the awesome reviews on a 100 inch tcl qm8. Im like hmmm this solves me wanting a projector. But i never in a million years tought i would get a tcl product. I usually only buy the more expensive Sony or Lg. Well once the price finally came out for 100 inch qm8 i was like hmmmm i don't think i can do 10k on a tv. Then my wallet started talking even more saying, "Mannn that $6500 for the g3 and $6k+ for a80L(with geeksquad warranty) is sounding super expensive compared to a new sale price of $2399 for the 85 inch model qm8. Im like hmmm let me try this tv out and save over $4k. And return if i don't like it. Before the tv even arrived i already was like why i even waste my time trying it out. Aint no way a tv costing over 4k less and being a tcl at that is going to look good. Once i first powered the tv on and the setup menu came on my JAWS DROPED! The tv literally looked exactly like my a80j the deep inky blacks no blooming. My mind was blown! I was actually expecting for there to be some blooming around letters atleast. Picture is crystal clear. Now once you first start watching stuff you WILL need to tweak the settings to your liking, i didnt like the out of box settings much at all. My excitement quickly turned to sadness when watching stuff in out of box setting lol. Play around with all the dynamic contrast, local contrast. Ima try to help on settings but im still playing with them and remember my settings are for dark room watching only no other light in room. This tv the only bad thing is you have to change settings for every format you watch, for example, hdr 10, hdr 10+, dolby vision Dolby vision(dark) Color sat-50. Sharpness-50 Contrast- 50. Digital noise-low Local contrast- high. NR-high Blk level- 50. Montion clarity-on with blur and judder reduction at 0. Hdr-10+ Picture mode-Movie. Brightnes-50 color sat-50. Contrast-50 . Blk lvl- 50.. dynamic contrast-low. Blk stretch-off. Local contrast high. Micro contrast-high. Color temp- -4. Tint-50. Color Sat-50.. sharpness- 50. dig noise-medium.. noise reduction-Auto,, gradation clear-low.. motion clarity on clear led motion on. Blur and judder slides 0. Just use those settings to help you get started quick if you have a dark viewing area. Watch first scene of Fubar on netflix to show off its dolby vision dark and check out Citadel first scene on amazon prime to show off its Hdr 10+. Also i dont know how to get the thumbnails in apps to not be so bright and too colorful. Maybe a firmware update will fix it. Otherwise i just ignore it. Def check this tv out if you want to save thousands over the big name oleds. It puts up a great fight. My Sony A80J does edge it out a little. I say the qm8 is 90-95% as good. My wallet loves it wayyy better lollol. I am a new Tcl fan now. Wowww awesome job tcl!!
Posted by TvmanJay
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