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Oct 22, 2023 8:56 AM

65" TCL Q5 Q-Class 4K QLED HDR Smart TV:

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Best Buy has TCL Q5 Q-Class 4K QLED HDR Smart TV (Various Sizes) on sale as listed below. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member Champagne13 for finding this deal.

Note: Availability for store pickup may vary by location.

Available sizes:Specs:
  • Resolution: 4K (2160p)
  • Refresh rate: Native 60Hz, Motion Rate 240
  • Panel type: QLED
  • HDR: HDR 10, HDR 10+, Dolby Vision, Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG)
  • Smart platform: Google TV
  • Inputs:
    • 3x HDMI
    • 2x USB
    • 1x Composite
    • 1x RF Antenna
    • 1x Digital Optical
    • 1x Ethernet

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Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • The 65" TV is $200 lower (33% savings) than the regular price.
  • About this Product:
    • These Q5 class TVs are exclusive to Best Buy.
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal discussion.
  • No longer available:

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Written by Champagne13
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Best Buy has TCL Q5 Q-Class 4K QLED HDR Smart TV (Various Sizes) on sale as listed below. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member Champagne13 for finding this deal.

Note: Availability for store pickup may vary by location.

Available sizes:Specs:
  • Resolution: 4K (2160p)
  • Refresh rate: Native 60Hz, Motion Rate 240
  • Panel type: QLED
  • HDR: HDR 10, HDR 10+, Dolby Vision, Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG)
  • Smart platform: Google TV
  • Inputs:
    • 3x HDMI
    • 2x USB
    • 1x Composite
    • 1x RF Antenna
    • 1x Digital Optical
    • 1x Ethernet

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • The 65" TV is $200 lower (33% savings) than the regular price.
  • About this Product:
    • These Q5 class TVs are exclusive to Best Buy.
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal discussion.
  • No longer available:

Original Post

Written by Champagne13

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BadBoyBilly
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For picture optimization I used this as baseline, it's the Q650G (better version of this TV) and changed a few things as necessary from there. (https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews...d/settings)

For performance improvement, i first installed Projectivity Launcher from the play store (https://play.google.com/store/app...rojengmenu), you can also install FLauncher from the play store and see which one you like better (https://play.google.com/store/app....flauncher). Both of these are open source, ad-free and allow you to customize the home screen. You aren't constantly bombarded with promos from Google.

Once you are happy with either of the above launchers you can connect via adb to your TV and run the commands from this thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidT...hromecast/). This disables the primary google home launcher and lets you launch one of the ad free ones from the ones I linked above when you press the home button.

Next I installed tvQuickActionsPro (https://play.google.com/store/app...ickactions) this lets you remap buttons of popular streaming apps that you can uninstall/disable via adb. One example is disabling YouTube, installing SmartTube from here (https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube/releases). This is YouTube for android TV but with adblocking and sponsorblock in built and remapped the YouTube button on the TV to SmartTube.

I also uninstalled most of the extra streaming services to remap their buttons, prevent them from using system resources and disabled these apps which I found to be bloat but you can keep let them be on in the background if you want. This disables alexa, google assistant.


com.google.android.katniss
com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx
com.android.messaging
com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith
com.google.android.marvin.talkback
com.android.camera2
com.amazon.amazonvideo.livingroom
com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic
com.google.android.tts
com.google.android.videos
com.tcl.partnercustomizer
com.google.android.youtube.tv
com.tcl.smartalexa
com.tcl.messagebox
com.google.android.tv.assistant
com.google.android.play.games


Hope this helps!
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doltran
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Compared to the '22 models looks like:

6 series > Q750G > 5 series > Q650G > 4 series > S450G


So almost directly in between the old 4 and 5 series TCL TVs if it really is the exact same specs as the Q6...but I dunno about that. Someone on AVS said it had a lower max brightness compared to the Q6 when comparing them.
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rattlingabhi
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i paid $150 for the 50 inch. SO 65 inch should be $250 to be a great deal. This is meh !
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Oct 22, 2023 5:28 PM
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TangoBrotherOct 22, 2023 5:28 PM
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Following
6 series [7.9] > Q750G [7.7] > 5 series [7.6] > Q650G [7.3] > 4 series [6.8] > S450G [6.7]
Oct 22, 2023 5:30 PM
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madmatt151Oct 22, 2023 5:30 PM
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Quote from Chocobo View quoted comment :
Very few TVs with middle stands exist anymore. If you want one you need to buy a stand separately. You can get a height adjustable swivel stand for $40. Personally I went cheap and got this stand [amazon.com] for $20. It actually works well because the cable box sits in between the TV legs, but they're still centrally-located enough that my TV can fit on a small piece of furniture.

Or this one

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B87PX...GhlbWF0aWM
Oct 22, 2023 6:03 PM
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DeerUNITOct 22, 2023 6:03 PM
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Looking for the best bang for your buck 65" for my PS5. The LG C series is like $1200. Anything remotely comparable from the cheaper brands?
Oct 22, 2023 6:52 PM
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IdeaofEvilOct 22, 2023 6:52 PM
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Someone on these forums once made mention that TCL was going to go back and forth between Roku and Google OS' every year. I'd rather wait for a Roku model than jump on this with Google if that's the case.
Oct 22, 2023 6:57 PM
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baphomet58Oct 22, 2023 6:57 PM
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Quote from Chocobo View quoted comment :
This is meh if it was a regular 65" TV, but this is the QLED version
Nah $250 for regular 65ins are years old deals. There's no incentive to buy new 4k tvs at that price without QLED or other features (120hz, local dimming) at this point.
Last edited by baphomet58 October 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM.
Oct 22, 2023 6:57 PM
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spike888Oct 22, 2023 6:57 PM
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I got it for 150 and the colors are great. It's just not bright without local dimming.
Oct 22, 2023 7:01 PM
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FullStashMcNashOct 22, 2023 7:01 PM
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Quote from Hulkhokaoneman View quoted comment :
Anyone know if Google tv os has gotten any better? I dealt with a Hisense tv with google once and the lag was awful. I remeber reading that it wasn't the tv but the Google is itself. That was 2 years ago so just wondering if it's improved.
I keep reading this but I only imagine it's on a lower end Hisense, my u8g runs great just awaiting the potential memory failure I keep reading about

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Oct 22, 2023 7:18 PM
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RockitDangerOct 22, 2023 7:18 PM
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I use an apple tv set with my TCL Google tv and my TCL Roku tv. On the Google tv I cannot turn the TV off when I turn off the apple tv set but I can on the Roku. Anyone else have this issue? It keeps me from jumping on Google tv deals
Oct 22, 2023 7:18 PM
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ChocoboOct 22, 2023 7:18 PM
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Quote from baphomet58 View quoted comment :
Nah $250 for regular 65ins are years old deals. There's no incentive to buy new 4k tvs at that price without QLED or other features (120hz, local dimming) at this point.
That's what I'm saying. This one does have QLED.
Oct 22, 2023 7:41 PM
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breakthegroundOct 22, 2023 7:41 PM
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When will we start seeing 4k/1440p and 120hz refresh at this price?
Oct 22, 2023 8:15 PM
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StuGrimsonOct 22, 2023 8:15 PM
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I like tcl but I don't like 60hz. I think I got a 43" 4k 120z for less than this just regular price 3 years ago at any big box storeā€¦ I think this is special because of qled but it's an immediate no for me
Oct 22, 2023 8:19 PM
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HappyDome8591Oct 22, 2023 8:19 PM
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Looks like a direct competitor to Hisense A65K. Not sure what the difference is between this and the Q6 (which RTing reviewed).
Oct 22, 2023 8:39 PM
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BadBoyBillyOct 22, 2023 8:39 PM
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Quote from rattlingabhi View quoted comment :
i paid $150 for the 50 inch. SO 65 inch should be $250 to be a great deal. This is meh !
Nice, got in with the Best buy drop as well. Bought $160 of best buy gift cards from Amazon using 1 AMEX point for $79.99. So the 50 inch TV came for ~$85.

Extremely happy with the performance after debloating the Google OS and changing the launcher. Most the buttons can also be remapped to launch different apps if you want.
Oct 22, 2023 8:43 PM
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BadBoyBillyOct 22, 2023 8:43 PM
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Quote from spike888 View quoted comment :
I got it for 150 and the colors are great. It's just not bright without local dimming.
It's definitely not a primary tv, mine sits in the garage as a DIY video tutorial/Home Gym TV. It's pretty good for that but not for UHD movies/TVs.

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Oct 22, 2023 8:46 PM
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chance3349Oct 22, 2023 8:46 PM
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I got during the $150 deal too. Only thing I don't like is that- at night, even after setting brightness to 0, it goes full bright as soon as I start opening apps like YouTube or Disney+ to watch video.

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