TCL has also provided a Game Bar where you can quickly see information about the frame rate and adjust certain settings.

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Dark HDR10 shots and scenes look pretty normal where colours are concerned – although, ultimately, this just makes the excesses with bright scenes all the more glaring. You can read more about TV certification on the following page: How can I check if BBC iPlayer is available on a particular TV?

How much this helps or interferes is hard to judge, of course, but old Star Trek episodes came up almost as shiny as their remastered versions.

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There’s also hands-free support with voice controls and compatibility with the likes of TCL Home, Alexa and Chromecast (but no Apple AirPlay 2 or the likes of Matter and Miracast). Second, and likely related to the backlight issue, peak brightness plummets to 559 nits from the 1,150 nits measured with the TV in Standard mode. With normal TV and film content you will only see these issues at their worst when viewing in a pitch black room. The brilliance and sharpness of the TCL C835 make the most of streaming 4K content and UHD Blu-rays, while the Dolby Vision modes make it easy to get the best from high dynamic range content.

Viewing SDR content in normal viewing conditions with ambient light is the strong point of the TCL C815K which has excellent image accuracy and very nice colour reproduction. At 65-inches the screen real estate is massive and immersive, but we didn’t have too many instances where the edge-lit technology drawbacks were noticeable. The panel uniformity is patchy and on a 5% slide there are lighter corners and a darker centre, something we expect to see thanks to the LCD filter and the edge-lit approach. The backlighting remains Mini LED, but here in a fourth generation that boosts brightness to an OLED-beating 1,500 nits peak, and now with a far higher level of LED control that also extends dynamic range.