in the year 2012 the world didn't actually end
but there were some things that sucked the average 55-inch 4k tv cost about
155 us dollars per diagonal inch here's a little
visual representation for you per diagonal inch
but thankfully prices have fallen precipitously in the intervening years
bringing us to today's episode of why the actual advertiser friendly
content are all of you buying this the best selling tv on amazon what
exactly is it that you are getting for a
mere seven dollars there's only five james five
dollars whatever seven i have other dollars here seven dollars and 25 cents
per inch well i'm gonna tell you after i tell you
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the tcl55s 405 is the best selling tv on
amazon with over 2 500 reviews and an average rating of 4.3
out of 5 stars now you might be thinking gee
i've never heard of the creative life before these tvs must be cheap chinese
crap but you would only be 66.6 repeating of
course percent correct it is cheap it is
chinese but it's actually surprisingly
decent as it turns out chinese companies
have been climbing the largest tv manufacturers lists dethroning the more
familiar japanese and korean brands that you might be used to in fact the
creative life i can't do that anymore pcl occupies the first six spots on
amazon's best sellers list all with sets that cost under four
hundred dollars and this was actually really surprising
unlike most value brands tcl didn't just
buy a panel that was made by lg or samsung and put their own casing around
it they are a completely integrated company that makes their own panels
cases and stands in fact tcl is now the
world's third largest producer of tvs and they claim
to be the fastest growing tv brand in america they were even the first chinese
tv manufacturer to nab lucky eight percent market share
and the picture quality is really good for the price like we can see why
so it's a 3840 by 2160 va panel which
gives it nice deep blacks it uses a direct backlight instead of edge
backlighting and it's got entry level hdr10 support thanks to its 8-bit plus
frc bit depth panel something that both movie watchers and gamers are likely to
appreciate and on that subject the gaming experience is actually
surprisingly good as well the delay from mouse click to muzzle flash using our
makey makey and cs go was only one to three frames that's a really strong
result one disappointing tidbit though is that while the 55 s 405 is advertised
as having a 120 hertz refresh rate
it's actually just a 60 hertz panel with
a combination of advanced signal processing and backlight scanning to
present an effective refresh rate of 120
hertz whatever that means and strangely you can't even
toggle clear motion completely off like you can on most tvs that i've seen
though with that said as someone who loathes the soap opera effect i didn't
notice any smoothing anyway so it just doesn't seem to really work very well
but your mileage may vary there i o wise it's pretty generous including
three HDMI 2.0 ports a headphone jack awesome for a pc setup and an Ethernet
port which is fantastic since many people think that they're watching 4k
netflix or they've got a 4k chromecast ultra but they aren't actually getting
4k streaming because their Wi-Fi isn't fast enough and you'll want to be doing
a lot of 4k streaming on this thing because not only is it a smart tv but it
actually basically has a roku streaming stick plus built right into it that's a
dongle that usually costs
that's a dongle that usually costs at least 50 bucks on its own and it lets
you use your phone as a remote cast media from your phone and switch to your
game consoles without flipping through inputs allowing them to appear as tiles
just like your other apps for bonus points they even made all the menus loop
so if you want to go all the way to the bottom all you have to do is hit up
thank you but surely they had to uh cut some corners
to get the price this low right and yes
yes they did the most obvious one is brightness your 55 s405 will do you just
fine in a dark or moderately lit room
but if you're going to deploy it in your living room and you've got a lot of
natural light there you are going to struggle to see through the shiny af
glare and then there's the speakers
so the problem with them is that
they suck a pair of eight wad speakers sounds bad
even on paper considering that we've reviewed monitors with 10 watt stereo
setups and in real life they're even worse now you'll be okay
watching the news or reruns of the big bang but if you're breaking out the
popcorn for a base banging movie we
would suggest some kind of audio upgrade like maybe this entry level sound bar
from the amazon bestsellers list we haven't actually tried that one yet but
should we maybe let us know in the comments below bringing us finally to
the not so premium look the case is
three inches thick made of plastic with
a sheet of aluminum at the back and it rocks quarter inch bezels
and i mean while no one's likely to ridicule you for them
unless your friends and family are all gigantic butt heads
if you want a more modern look you might consider shelling out the extra 150
bucks for the sexier 2018 version
so then should you buy this tv if you're not the
type to scrutinize the nitty gritties of display technology like banding and the
dirty screen effect then honestly
definitely as long as you don't have to deal with
customer service you will be happy and if you are more picky with your
displays honestly the answer is probably yeah you
should still buy it throw it in your bedroom chuck one in the ensuite
bathroom or gift it bathroom
or gift it to your laggard grandparents just make sure that they've got a big
enough table to support its wide stance
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