expiredDealzslickk posted Nov 01, 2022 05:09 PM
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expiredDealzslickk posted Nov 01, 2022 05:09 PM
Select Walmart Stores: TCL 55" 55S41 Class 4-Series 4K UHD HDR Smart Roku TV
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Walmart isn't trying to sell TV's, they're selling W+ memberships. I was gullible too, and paid for the membership, and thought I'd get a TV...at 12 noon, in the middle of the day, when MILLIONS of people were watching this highly promoted sale. Nope. Instead, I got the 55" from another SD post for Target for $199 on Sat night at 2am. Already have the TV in hand. That thread is full of positive experiences.
Granted, one guy said he went into the physical Walmart, and at noon they price matched the TV with the online price, and he walked out with it. Might be the way to go. Otherwise, don't get your hopes up. Another "deal" at noon that sounds "too good to be true".... Fool me once... Just my 2 cents.
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It is my main TV and for the price you can't really do better. I exclusively watch streaming (Netflix, Prime, HBO, Plex).
There are two issues I can report:
First one is sort of minor... If you keep the TV in instant on mode (so that it takes only a few seconds to power on instead of 30 or so) you need to occasionally go I to the power menu and do a full reboot. The software gets bogged down and starts to get unresponsive. Sometimes it goes months without needing this, occasionally it has to be done a couple times a week. It's possible a specific channel or updates cause the problem, but when it needs them frequently it's a bit of an annoyance.
The HDR is total crud. I'm no TV snob (as is clear since this is my main TV). Anyone who is claiming the HDR on this TV is decent has no idea or is blinder then myself.
When HDR mode is enabled you can't control brightness, as HDR will control it. Unfortunately, you also can't disable HDR. So if you have a streaming service that supports HDR (say Netflix, or you have an HDR movie on Plex), it will stream HDR. You can tell because HDR is displayed in the top right for a few seconds when it starts.
Even the secret Roku menus don't have an option to turn off HDR, so you don't have the option of streaming the non HDR version. This means that HDR content is going to be so dark as to be almost unwatchable in many shows.
I confirmed there was no fix with TCL support. They claim that you can disable it for the HDMI in ports, but not for the built in streaming services. Of course.Im not about to buy another Roku to hook up when this has it built in. But, if you use a Chromecast device or game system this might not be an issue as you can reportedly disable the HDR on the external ports.
I would have preferred to have had a 1080p at the same cost but this was actually the cheapest.
Still, I don't plan on replacing it for another year or three. Based on my experience with these TCLs it likely won't last much beyond the 3-4 year mark.
Just know what you are.paying for and if you can accept the shortcomings it's a great deal.
EDIT:. There is one other issue with this TV I wanted to bring up. It regards motion smoothing and the higher refresh rates. Specifically the "soap opera effect" which is divisive among so many.
Personally I can't abide the "realism" of the soap opera effect. Any TV which I use I need to disable all the motion smoothing options so that I can watch the media as it was produced and not how the TV thinks it should look.
This TV doesn't seem to have any options to disable motion smoothing and other effects. Luckily, the standard processing settings and the fairly low rate mean that you don't experience the SOE often or in extremes.
Again, I am extremely adverse and sensitive to the effect and there are usually only rare moments, in a specific scene where I notice it. It bothers me most because I know the TV won't allow me to disable it more than the actual effect.
I wanted to point this out because this might be a deal breaker for some, but again coming from someone that can't stand it, I find the effect occasionally there but so minimal that it hasn't really ruined my enjoyment or taken me out of a show for more than a split second once every few weeks.
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