The TCL QM6K Trades Picture Punch for Refined Performance

MT HANNACH
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You will of course have to sign a little of your life with regard to personal data, so make special attention before accepting the conditions. You may also want to drive the on-board microphone on the TV and simply use the new central key to the angular remote control to invoke Google Assistant. As for the remote control, it is backlit and generally well appointed, but TCL’s decision to move the silent key from the volume at the top left is … a choice.

A hand holding a black rectangular remote control on TCL QM6K TV with the TV turned in the background

Photography: Ryan Waniata

A light touch

Adjust the image is almost as simple as configuration. I recommend starting with the filmmaker mode, because it offers good default settings and deactivates the crys such as smoothing of the movement. I made a few adjustments, starting by deactivating adaptive brightness under the ocular health tab. In SDR mode, I fell the contrast of a little madness and I considerably raised the backlight. Do not hesitate to launch it in SDR – certain modes, as standard, have the maximum backlight which is revealing, and everything below the road point holds the TV in Eco mode. In HDR, backlighting is already adjusted to the highest level as it should be.

For Dolby Vision emissions and films, I think most people will appreciate Bright Dolby Vision Splashim Dolby, although you want to deactivate the movement smoothing. Unlike many budgetary televisions (and some first), the Dolby Vision Dark mode of QM6K is perfectly usable even with darker content, but it may seem a little dark and dull.

The front view of TCL QM6K TV activated with the screen with menu options such as the image frequency screen ratio and ...

Photography: Ryan Waniata

Balanced beauty

Once I locked QM6K, I was happy to discover that it provides one of the most balanced and balanced performance that you will find at this level, and even above. The TV does not block its brightness to be sure. TCL claims an increase of 53% compared to last year, but it still puts the television well below 1,000 nits, while the inflamed U7N of Hisense pushes well above this brand. The QM6K does not have the same pop live as this model, but it adds enough punch to shed light on HDR reflections such as sunlight splashed on water, laser bursts and explosions.

Brightness plays a big role in the impact of any television, but the contrast is essential and the black levels of QM6K are among the best I have seen in its class. He cannot correspond to the depths of Qled Premium televisions with the lights like Sony’s Bravia 9 (9/10, wired recommends), even less OLED TVBut he holds admirably. Even in weak lighting, aspects of image such as letters of letters or the depths of space seem positively greasy.

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