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Aug 11, 2026 7:52 PM

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

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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.
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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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cbslc
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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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Bozanimal
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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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Feel the exact same way
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Community Reviews

This TCL 55 inch S Series Roku TV is mainly valued as a fast, budget smart TV that can run well enough without a separate streaming box. The Roku interface is still seen as quick on low cost sets, and the 43 inch version is loved in a bedroom setup. The main concerns are software and reliability, including reports of aggressive ads, broken live TV pause, update related glitches, random shutdowns, and screens going blank or gray while the remote still responds. It looks like a convenient starter TV, but one that may be better kept off the internet if long term stability matters.

  • Roku TV can run quickly enough that a separate streaming device may be unnecessary for some setups.

    MellowCatfish6336

  • Using an external PC or laptop with HDMI can help avoid Roku smart features while enabling ad blocking via Brave.

    MisterDude2

  • OTA channels can still work without internet, though a short grey-screen delay may occur before playback.

    donjuan81

  • Some owners prefer using an external streaming box like a Nvidia Shield instead of the TV's built-in apps.

    blueeyeleo

  • Backlight or LED failures can take the whole display out, and repair may require replacing LED backlights or capacitors.

    hill8570RyanLwherestheanykey

  • The TV can reportedly fail with a blank or grayed-out screen while remote sound effects still work.

    snmobleyswimmom500

  • Recent Roku updates can increase ads, add sound to ads, and reduce home customization options.

    cbslc

  • Roku TV system updates can reportedly brick the TV, leaving it unusable until workarounds like an HDMI Roku stick are used.

    bobfrapples

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Aug 14, 2026 4:04 PM
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nixnacAug 14, 2026 4:04 PM
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Great price
Aug 14, 2026 4:13 PM
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hill8570Aug 14, 2026 4:13 PM
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Quote from slthytove View quoted comment :
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
Fairly typical symptoms of a backlight failure
Aug 14, 2026 4:49 PM
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deport53Aug 14, 2026 4:49 PM
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It's already gotten bad enough, but Fox Corporation has agreed to acquire Roku in a $22 billion deal announced on June 15, 2026. It might get worse.
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Aug 14, 2026 6:12 PM
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Werther595Aug 14, 2026 6:12 PM
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Quote from cbslc View quoted comment :
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.
Thanks Fox, for buying then messing up a good thing.
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Aug 15, 2026 2:33 AM
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TrollPatrolAug 15, 2026 2:33 AM
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Quote from Werther595 View quoted comment :
Thanks Fox, for buying then messing up a good thing.
You know they don't own them yet and people are already complaining
Aug 15, 2026 3:13 AM
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MisterDude2Aug 15, 2026 3:13 AM
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Quote from Abhilash07 View quoted comment :
Good buy or no?
Likely not because the software updates from Roku have ruined things.
Aug 15, 2026 10:14 PM
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kywildcatAug 15, 2026 10:14 PM
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I am migrating everything to Google TV, and really liking it so far. So, no doubt, Google will swoop in and ruin it within months. Onn 4k pro is a good performing, cheap option and it seems to integrate really well with just about any TV.
Last edited by kywildcat August 15, 2026 at 03:24 PM.

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Spyder271Aug 17, 2026 8:05 PM
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Quote from bobfrapples View quoted comment :
I had. TCL with Roku TV built in get bricked from an automatic update. Roku not TCL would take responsibility. Pointing at the other company to fix. My workaround is to plug a Roku stick into the hdmi and basically use the tv as a monitor.

Pretty sad and disappointing that the tv broke from a software issue that is completely fixable but they wouldn't help. I tried to update the firmware via a usb but wasn't able to.
out of curiousity, did the tcl logo show up and then your screen went black (but sound still plays). this is my issue right now
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198fourAug 17, 2026 9:44 PM
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Showing up as 199 for me now. Nice deal! Just ordered!
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donjuan81Aug 18, 2026 10:09 AM
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Quote from cbslc View quoted comment :
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.
OTA channels do still work without internet, you just have to stare at a grey screen for about a minute before it shows the channel. After that, it works normally. Note that it did seem like reception was worse without internet but can't explain why. Could have been the storms in the area as that's why I didn't have internet
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SensibleSoda3597Aug 18, 2026 1:10 PM
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Great Deal
Aug 18, 2026 8:36 PM
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RyanLAug 18, 2026 8:36 PM
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Quote from bobfrapples View quoted comment :
I had. TCL with Roku TV built in get bricked from an automatic update. Roku not TCL would take responsibility. Pointing at the other company to fix. My workaround is to plug a Roku stick into the hdmi and basically use the tv as a monitor.

Pretty sad and disappointing that the tv broke from a software issue that is completely fixable but they wouldn't help. I tried to update the firmware via a usb but wasn't able to.
Same thing happened to a hisense roku TV of mine (except it was much worse because it was in a boot loop). Ended up getting it fixed though with their support (I was able to download an update which they emailed me and did it manually). Also had the same issues a lot of others are complaining about with a different hisense TV with a backlight burning out (one single LED took out the whole screen).
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RyanLAug 18, 2026 8:39 PM
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Quote from legolas.mcm View quoted comment :
I had my hisense do this recently and I wound up taking it apart and getting replacement LED back lights. Definitely didn't go back together like it was, but definitely was cheaper than getting a new tv.
Yup, was just saying this above to someone else (mine was a hisense, but same story). It was one single LED which took out the whole display, guess they're wired in series. Mine worked fine when I tested it before I got it all back together but cracked the screen in the process of getting it all back together.

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Quote from cbslc View quoted comment :
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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