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55" TCL S-Series 4K UHD HDR LED Smart TV w/ Roku TV (2026)

$210

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Best Buy has 55" TCL S-Series 4K UHD HDR LED Smart TV with Roku TV (2026, 55S4R) for $209.99. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to Community Member MellowCatfish6336 for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • Screen Size: 55" Class (54.5" Diagonally)
  • Resolution: 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160)
  • Display Type: Direct-Lit LED
  • HDR Formats: HDR10, HDR10+, HLG
  • Motion Rate: Motion Rate 240 with MEMC
  • Smart Platform: Roku TV
  • Wireless Connectivity: Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 & Bluetooth Personal Audio
  • Inputs:
    • 3x HDMI (1x eARC)
    • 1x USB
    • 1x Optical Audio Out
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x Cable/Antenna

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  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 50+ Best Buy customer ratings.
  • Become a My Best Buy Member (free to join).
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion. 

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Best Buy has 55" TCL S-Series 4K UHD HDR LED Smart TV with Roku TV (2026, 55S4R) for $209.99. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to Community Member MellowCatfish6336 for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • Screen Size: 55" Class (54.5" Diagonally)
  • Resolution: 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160)
  • Display Type: Direct-Lit LED
  • HDR Formats: HDR10, HDR10+, HLG
  • Motion Rate: Motion Rate 240 with MEMC
  • Smart Platform: Roku TV
  • Wireless Connectivity: Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 & Bluetooth Personal Audio
  • Inputs:
    • 3x HDMI (1x eARC)
    • 1x USB
    • 1x Optical Audio Out
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x Cable/Antenna

Editor's Notes

Written by Wiznaz | Staff
  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 50+ Best Buy customer ratings.
  • Become a My Best Buy Member (free to join).
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion. 

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Aug 11, 2026 8:55 PM
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cbslcAug 11, 2026 8:55 PM
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Just note, Roku released several updates recently that have increased ads, added sound to ads, reduced customization of home, broken live tv pause, decreased reception of ota channels, and made it so OTA channels don't work without internet. I've loved the roku platform- till this month. Now its a monitor, not a tv.
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Aug 11, 2026 10:45 PM
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badlambAug 11, 2026 10:45 PM
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Quote from cbslc :
Just note, Roku released several updates recently that have increased ads, added sound to ads, reduced customization of home, broken live tv pause, decreased reception of ota channels, and made it so OTA channels don't work without internet. I've loved the roku platform- till this month. Now its a monitor, not a tv.
Feel the exact same way
Aug 11, 2026 11:03 PM
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BozanimalAug 11, 2026 11:03 PM
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Quote from cbslc :
Just note, Roku released several updates recently that have increased ads, added sound to ads, reduced customization of home, broken live tv pause, decreased reception of ota channels, and made it so OTA channels don't work without internet. I've loved the roku platform- till this month. Now its a monitor, not a tv.
A monitor- with ads! Roku's still the best budget Smart TV OS platform, unfortunately. You only have a handful of other options:

🤢Google TV - The worst: Monitors and reports everything you watch back to their motherships and corroborates everything between your phone, computer, and other logins across accounts. Google will even use your data to figure out who else is in your family and conveniently "add" them as login options.
🤢Apple tvOS - Like Google but without ACR. Apple uses a hard-walled privacy model to purposely lock out other data brokers so they can keep your sweet, sweet data for themselves. They want to be your data dom.
🤢Tizen (Samsung) - Similar to Google; Samsung tracks every pixel crossing the screen through your HDMI cords (video games, cable boxes, etc.) using ACR, but the OS is super fast. That said, the TVs themselves are more expensive.
🤢LG - The worst: Stalks you and mercilessly pounds you with ads whether you like it or not. Company recently censured by Microsoft after installing adware from its monitors onto PCs without disclosure or consent of the owner (you can't make this stuff up). Remember, LG is NOT "Life's Good," it's "Lucky Goldstar," which comes from two separate Korean companies that merged, Lucky Chemical Industrial Corp. and GoldStar Co. You know: Those super ethical industrial chemical companies. I'm sure they're not doing anything suspicious with your data.

Or you can be an absolute nut like me and turn off all Smart functionality and connect your PC to your television, making it a monitor, and layering additional complexity into your life in a futile attempt to fight the tide of omnipresent monitoring. Even then, my Samsung QN90D will still ask me to log in with my Google account almost daily, despite having disabled every internet function I could find.

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MellowCatfish6336Aug 11, 2026 11:52 PM
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I love Roku it run very quick even on budget TVs like this so you don't need to buy a streaming device
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MisterDude2Aug 12, 2026 1:14 AM
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Agree with Bozanimal. Find any older laptop or desktop PC that can output in 4K 60Hz over HDMI and connect that to the TV. Put Linux Mint on there or install Windows 10 and don't activate it, you'll never notice it's unactivated anyway. Go into the Mint app store and install Brave browser or within Windows visit Brave.com website to download Brave. Brave blocks ads on most streaming platforms and also those pesky YouTube ads Wink Get the Logitech K series wireless keyboard with touchpad to use as a remote. You can now enjoy literally anything on the internet with advertisements mostly blocked and YOU can control the privacy settings. It's wild that these new TVs have microphones built into the remote or the TV set. NO WAY I'm putting up with audio spying within my living room.
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Quote from MisterDude2 :
Agree with Bozanimal. Find any older laptop or desktop PC that can output in 4K 60Hz over HDMI and connect that to the TV. Put Linux Mint on there or install Windows 10 and don't activate it, you'll never notice it's unactivated anyway. Go into the Mint app store and install Brave browser or within Windows visit Brave.com website to download Brave. Brave blocks ads on most streaming platforms and also those pesky YouTube ads Wink Get the Logitech K series wireless keyboard with touchpad to use as a remote. You can now enjoy literally anything on the internet with advertisements mostly blocked and YOU can control the privacy settings. It's wild that these new TVs have microphones built into the remote or the TV set. NO WAY I'm putting up with audio spying within my living room.
Only problem with using a browser is that you'll be stuck with 720p streaming from some of the streaming providers
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Aug 12, 2026 12:19 PM
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slthytoveAug 12, 2026 12:19 PM
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I just had my 2023 55" TCL S series TV "die" on me. The TV would appear to turn on and respond to remote inputs with sound effects, except nothing would be on the screen. Apparently this is a fairly common issue with these TVs, and seems suspiciously correlated to when system updates are installed

I'm very tempted to do as others have suggested and keep my next TV off the internet, and just use a much more easily replaceable streaming box instead of the native "smart TV" features

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We have this very TV and let me tell you, it's absolute garbage!! We had a cheap Onn before this and though it would be a bit of an upgrade. Boy were we wrong. It'll randomly shut off out of the blue, mute itself, change back to TV if you're watching YT, Netflix, etc. We have tried to contact them and get help, but you get nowhere. We actually just put it on FB marketplace. Side note, what are some actual good TV brands as we have heard nothing but horror stories from Samsun and LG and those used to be some of the best.
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HonestWealth2655Aug 12, 2026 12:46 PM
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Quote from darrinv8 :
We have this very TV and let me tell you, it's absolute garbage!! We had a cheap Onn before this and though it would be a bit of an upgrade. Boy were we wrong. It'll randomly shut off out of the blue, mute itself, change back to TV if you're watching YT, Netflix, etc. We have tried to contact them and get help, but you get nowhere. We actually just put it on FB marketplace. Side note, what are some actual good TV brands as we have heard nothing but horror stories from Samsun and LG and those used to be some of the best.
every tv brand has horror stories. that's life.
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Aug 12, 2026 12:47 PM
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snmobleyAug 12, 2026 12:47 PM
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Quote from slthytove :
I just had my 2023 55" TCL S series TV "die" on me. The TV would appear to turn on and respond to remote inputs with sound effects, except nothing would be on the screen. Apparently this is a fairly common issue with these TVs, and seems suspiciously correlated to when system updates are installedI'm very tempted to do as others have suggested and keep my next TV off the internet, and just use a much more easily replaceable streaming box instead of the native "smart TV" features
Ironically this just happened to me today on one of mine. Turns on and you can hear the sound effects from the remote but screen is kind of grayed out. I have several TCLs with Roku and this one is left outside on my patio so I just assumed the humidity got it but after reading some of these comments I am questioning that.
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swimmom500Aug 12, 2026 1:08 PM
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Quote from snmobley :
Ironically this just happened to me today on one of mine. Turns on and you can hear the sound effects from the remote but screen is kind of grayed out. I have several TCLs with Roku and this one is left outside on my patio so I just assumed the humidity got it but after reading some of these comments I am questioning that.
Mine just did the same thing. Like you, I assumed it was because it was outside on my covered patio.
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bassaloneAug 12, 2026 1:43 PM
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Quote from cbslc :
Just note, Roku released several updates recently that have increased ads, added sound to ads, reduced customization of home, broken live tv pause, decreased reception of ota channels, and made it so OTA channels don't work without internet. I've loved the roku platform- till this month. Now its a monitor, not a tv.
Yup. Roku was also just bought by Fox, which makes things even worse in my eyes.

I'll be buying the new Apple TV box when it comes out and giving up on roku permanently.
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i want cheap crap and i want it now
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Quote from Bozanimal :
A monitor- with ads! Roku's still the best budget Smart TV OS platform, unfortunately. You only have a handful of other options:

🤢Google TV - The worst: Monitors and reports everything you watch back to their motherships and corroborates everything between your phone, computer, and other logins across accounts. Google will even use your data to figure out who else is in your family and conveniently "add" them as login options.
🤢Apple tvOS - Like Google but without ACR. Apple uses a hard-walled privacy model to purposely lock out other data brokers so they can keep your sweet, sweet data for themselves. They want to be your data dom.
🤢Tizen (Samsung) - Similar to Google; Samsung tracks every pixel crossing the screen through your HDMI cords (video games, cable boxes, etc.) using ACR, but the OS is super fast. That said, the TVs themselves are more expensive.
🤢LG - The worst: Stalks you and mercilessly pounds you with ads whether you like it or not. Company recently censured by Microsoft after installing adware from its monitors onto PCs without disclosure or consent of the owner (you can't make this stuff up). Remember, LG is NOT "Life's Good," it's "Lucky Goldstar," which comes from two separate Korean companies that merged, Lucky Chemical Industrial Corp. and GoldStar Co. You know: Those super ethical industrial chemical companies. I'm sure they're not doing anything suspicious with your data.

Or you can be an absolute nut like me and turn off all Smart functionality and connect your PC to your television, making it a monitor, and layering additional complexity into your life in a futile attempt to fight the tide of omnipresent monitoring. Even then, my Samsung QN90D will still ask me to log in with my Google account almost daily, despite having disabled every internet function I could find.

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You left out the wonderful fire OS LOL. That one is a winner as well! 😂
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Aug 12, 2026 5:38 PM
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advcomp2019Aug 12, 2026 5:38 PM
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Does anyone know what Roku TV platform this TV is using?

You can see there are a number of TV platforms from this link: https://developer.roku.com/dev/docs/hardware

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