Best Buy has
55" TCL 6 Series 4K Mini-LED QLED UHD Smart HDTV (55R646) on sale for
$399.99.
Shipping is free, otherwise select free curbside pickup where available.
Thanks to Community Member
raj000777 for sharing this deal.
- Note: Pricing and availability may vary by location.
Specs:
- Resolution: 3840x2160
- Refresh Rate: 120Hz Native / Natural Motion 480
- Panel Type: Mini-LED QLED
- HDR Compatible
- Full Array Local Dimming
- WiFi w/ Bluetooth
- Google TV Smart Platform
- Built-In Google Assistant/Chromecast
- Ports:
- 4x HDMI (2x HDMI 2.1, 2x HDMi 2.0)
- 2x USB 2.0
- 1x Digital Optical Audio Out
- 1x Composite In
- 1x Tuner (Cable/Ant)
- 1x Ethernet
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Update 08/09/2023: After running on the longevity test for eight months, this TV is now showing signs of image retention or potentially burn-in. It's not visible in most real content, but in near-dark scenes, like this 5% gray uniformity slide, the CNN logo, breaking news banner, and even some text is clearly visible. It's an unexpected result for this type of TV panel. We're looking into it more to determine the nature of the image retention.
Almost got me to spend $400. Thanks for the temptation. Good deal.
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I have the 55" and it was so good I bought the 75". My comments are for the 55" which I've owned since day 1 and have used heavily.
First. The reviews for the TV for the most part reflect issues that have been resolved via updates. For more recent issues I would search for this TV in avs forums to understand if any of the remaining issues impact you at all.
Xbox series x 4k 120 gaming. Plays super smooth, low input lag (near competitive monitor levels), vibrant colors in games that should have them, even muted tones for games that are designed as such. Sdr and hdr performance is the same, good shadow detail, good color reproduction (unless the game has crap hdr, I'm looking at you call of duty)
YouTube 4k content. Looks absolutely amazing. Crisp and clear. No banding. No color uniformity issues.
Youtube 4k hdr. Same, the hdr performance is very very good on this set.
I watch all my shows and or sports via streaming natively from within the Google os and from the networks apps. Ie fox sports VS using something like YouTube TV or fubo.
Football and basketball looks great. I don't watch hockey or baseball.
Netflix 1080 looks as good as I'd expect 1080 to look.
Netflix 4k hdr looks great.
I don't watch much lower quality content Ie 480-720 however I have watched it and I can tell you 480 is where this TV struggles. It is not upscaled well. That being said it looks like 480 it just doesnt do a good job of making it look That much better.
Lower quality streaming content will have banding and noise. It looks bad, no way around it. However I come across so little low quality content it doesn't bother me. I may think about this though if I was not subscribed to 4k Netflix. 1080 Netflix can dip sometimes and that's when this could be a pain.
I don't watch TV Ota
The built in Google os is just fine IMO. It's not slow, it's not super fast. It just works. It does get a little busy though. I prefer roku for ease of use however I love the deep level of customization for TV settings the Google os offers that my previous roku TCL tvs did not offer.
It gets Very bright. The 55" is in my bedroom. I have the back light set at 5. I could set the back light to 0 and it would still be plenty bright for a bedroom. When it's daylight in the bedroom I might bump it to 15 with my curtains open. My 75" in the living room is managed by the auto brightness control as my living room is full of sunlight in the dark and a dark cave at night. In full sunlight my 75" sometimes gets to 60 and it's plenty bright.
Sometimes the audio on streaming apps fall out of sync but this is rare and just requires a reboot.
With local dimming set to low there is VERY little blooming.. Set on high there is nearly 0 blooming. I keep mine on low as it's a slight trade off between very little bloom and increased shadow detail. On high my wife notices the slight change in bloom but she cannot tell the difference in shadow detail. I mention this to illustrate how minor the differences are in the trade off.
The audio is OK. It's good enough for my bedroom, anything else and I would absolutely recommend a sound bar.
I bought the TV for full price and I thought then what I thought now, I cannot believe I got double the price performance from this set, getting it for $400 is unreal. I'm most likely buying it again to put in my man cave.
thinking to give a shot.
Can the warranty be added within say 90 days at bestbuy after purchase
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The 55" TCL Q7 lists for $750, and sells on Amazon for $600. At best, it is equal to the R646, but really the 6 series is higher end than the Q7 series. I would buy this for $400 if I needed a 55" TV.
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