TCL 6-Series TV Review (R655) | Still awesome, but …

Do you have the calibration specs that you used in the video for picture quality?

never trust a review from somebody who makes money off the tv review

i would get this tv over the u6k but the amount of glitches it has is really turning me away from it especially since the smart features working is pretty important to me since i’m not hooking it up to a console or apple tv.

It’s the Xbox not the TV streaming through an Xbox is like 20x more powerful than whatever processor is in that TV

is there a way to know the calibrated specs that you used in the Nit-Nerds section??

I posted this on another video you did.

I have been in the industry 43 years and we recently tried TCL on a budget Bar project 3 hours out of town installing 19 TCL TV's. Two were defective out of the box. I have spent 37 hours on the phone over 16 call ins with the worst customer service I have ever experienced including dealing with the government and health insurance. Every time I call I am required to repeat the 12 step troubleshooting procedure of factory resets, emailing videos of the problems, and shooting a picture of the serial number EVEN THOUGH I have a case numbers. It is designed to never take care of a warranty issue because the TV is so cheap you will give up. Our new company policy is if someone asks for TCL, we will charge $600 an hour to install them. We are also telling CEDIA, CE Pro, and INFO Com until they go bankrupt.

Nowadays it's hard to find an r655 so what do you think about the Q7, which one do you recommend of the two?

Hi great video I have a Samsung q70t with the tcl 655 be a noticeable upgrade. Thks in advance

I have zero clue about tvs. Is there function that cleans up those "trashy blocky" image you mentioned with different manufacturers? Is it called upscaler?

is this the same as TCL C835?

Would you spare some time to recommend a TV for Bright room like sunroom. Even anything from OLED lineup

The TCL R655 was not submitted for THX Certification... However the 8k TCL 65R648 is THX certified. Be sure to read the fine print.

For upscaled content, does using an Xbox to watch 480p content look better than if I were streaming the same content on a native app? I’m seeing that a major downside is poor upscaling performance, but if the Xbox is what handles the upscaling before sending it to the TV, then that would be a non-issue for me.

Thinking of buying. Can I place my current Vizio sound bar on the TCL center mount stand? Really don’t want to mount my TV or sound bar

i dont like too bright picture,, i like good blacks

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Might just be my personal opinion/budget but I feel the normal price without any reduction makes it a harder buy considering Sony/Hisense etc other brands have very competitive prices. The tcl seems nice though but a bit hard buy for me to pull the trigger. I might test out the cheapest version though just to see or can use it as a spare room tv. Great review though thx

This TV has too many settings. You need a college degree to get a good picture. Skip on this one!

One thing that this TV seems to lack is Dolby Atmos passthrough by eArc. I cannot get Dolby Atmos to passthrough to my Vizio M5124a-H6 soundbar from my Series X. It seems i need to connect my Xbox to the soundbar and the soundbar to the TV.

Thanks for the video, Caleb. I was wondering why this TV has such bad reviews on Amazon?

GARBAGE IF YOU BUY TCL TV THEY WELL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY AT ALL AND THEY HAVE A DEFECTIVE RATE OF 98% ALSO IF SOLD ON EBAY THEY FOR SURE WELL NOT HONOR ANY WARRANTY

FANTASTIC REVIEWER. s u b s c r i b e d

What do I think of the R655? I think if this is calibrated then it's best for movies 🍿 and for those who stream their favorite shows using that support Dolby Vision. I just ordered this and plan to use it in my bedroom to stream shows. I bought this because of the dynamic range Dolby Vision gives you. But for a living room I'd save more for a brighter mini-LED tv. Maybe a Sony or Samsung.

I just got my TCL 55R655 today and after getting it set up and turned on I sat down to watch some tv. Right off the bat I noticed how vivid the picture was compared to my 14 yr old Sony Bravia rear projection tv. What I also noticed is motion blur...LOTS OF MOTION BLUR. It's nauseating. I only have on internet option where I live and it's not very fast but it's been fast enough to stream with a Roku ultra connected via an ethernet cable from the router. Can this blur be adjusted out or at least minimized so it's not nauseating? If so...how?

I had 4 dark horizontal dots on the bottom screen. I'm exchanging it for another one and playing the panel lottery.

I really enjoy watching your videos, and it’s one helped me choose my purchase of 85R655 tv. I have had it for a little over a month now but have been getting bold white vertical bars that come up from the bottom of the screen, they don’t show for long but it very annoying to say the least. Just wondering if you have ever seen this and if you have could you give any help. Ty

Every time I use the voice-control, the television replies, making a lot of noise that is VERY annoying. I wonder if there is a way to turn off the reply of the television, thanks.

Loved This video. Thank you. I have a 65 inch r646. Wanted to get a 75r 655. Did you notice any raised black bars in your testing? Thanks.

Who gives a shit what the color is like out of the box? You can calibrate it using settings available on a site like Consumer Reports, and problem solved. Just stick to reviewing televisions post-calibration.

Hisense U7H/UH8> TCL 6 series

all day everyday!!!!

Reviews are great, but wish they would mention reported issues which with this model R655 has a coil whine noise. This noise is what's holding me back from buying this model.

Could somebody please tell me what just happened to my tv? I was watching TV on the Sling TV app. All of a sudden there was a very loud high pitch screaming sound coming from the back of the TV. It was a constant screaming sound almost like an alarm or buzzer. It sounded like the TV speakers were at full volume, it was so loud. The remote control inputs still worked, but there was no sound from the TV other than the screaming noise. I turned the TV off, and the loud noise continued with it off. I had to unplug the TV for it to stop. Once I plugged the TV back in, everything worked fine again. Could this be some sort of extremely loud coil whine that just appeared and then went away?

Just purchased an R655 instead of a U8H because I’ve already had a TCL and I prefer Roku.

The picture, colors are wonderful but there’s an issue with motion and cleaning up low-res content.

With the motion, even with every smoothing feature on high, there’s noticeable juddering with fast-moving action scenes. With 1080p content (aka over 50% of the content you’ll watch even in 2023), it just doesn’t look good at all, it may as well be 720p on an enormous TV. I mention these two things because the TCL R617 (2018 model) didn’t have these issues whatsoever. It’s a bit disappointing to see that almost five years later, TCL reintroduced issues that usually only plagued lower-end TVs.

7.5/10 overall but if it were more convenient, I’d send this back and try a U8H.

I’m torn between this and the x90k, I’m worried about the motion not being near as good. But mini led would be nice for contrast

got the TCL 65R655 from a local retailer for 385.00 inc tax and free delivery on their own truck. They sold out very fast. Panel lottery is a concern, I will have to wait and see on that

Just FYI the Roku app to adjust Gamma and RGB levels is broken. It is a known issue at Roku and there is a year-long thread on Reddit about the issue. It's a Roku not a TCL problem and the workaround is using a very old version of the Roku android app. I'm not going to pay $1500 for the 75" version and have any part of it not work properly. It is only the "expert picture settings" that get this operation error. Like the reviewer I'm not a fan of taking expert or fine adjustments off the TV and hiding it from users especially if it doesn't work. Roku has been zero help in resolving despite numerous e-mails.

How does this compare to the C935? I don't think we have the R655 in the UK.

Don't buy a TCL TV!! I made the mistake and bought one. Worst TV I've ever owned. The picture quality is terrible! Everything has a lot of blue in it. The picture settings only give controls for read and green...no blue adjustment so there is no way to turn down the blue in the picture. Picture temp setting it to warm helps just a tad but still flesh tones are always blue. I have two old Toshibas...a 19" and a 23" and they both have blue controls where I can adjust them to a perfect color picture. Can't do it with the TCL. I even contacted the manufacturer but they couldn't help and said I'd have to live with it. No blue picture control with the TCL make a terrible, uncomfortable TV to watch. I took it back and the dealer replaced it but it was exactly the same...too much blue in the picture. I'm going to junk it even though it's only 2 months old and get a different model.

Does anyone really get their TVs calibrated?

Is 1,500 nuts enough?

What’s the recommended picture settings for a dark room? Just picked this up

Hdmi2.1?

Looking at this tcl, u8h, or lg b2 in 75. Can’t seem to find the Hisense anywhere and the oled b2 is just a few hundred more. What would y’all lean towards. Medium lit living room will be its home

Does anybody know what the model number for the 6 series is in the UK? Thanks

I just got this tv 2 days ago. I just noticed yesterday that when turning the tv on or off, it makes a audible click sound like a relay. Not sure If this normal or not? I thought it was silent?

Dose anyone know if this will be available in Canada?

Been a while. You lost weight. 😉

I have TCL P607 from 2018, but I'm starting to get the upgrade itch even though it still works great.

Hi I am in Australia . I just got this tv . I have all apple products and it’s an android. So I did as instructed and skipped a section.
Now it asked I enter m6 PIN number I did then it asked for language ,English . Now it won’t move off language nothing I do including turning the tv off