TCL 43S325 43 Inch 1080p Smart LED Roku TV 2019

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Super easy to set up. The only configuration we have to tweak is hooking satellite tv receiver up with the Roku—might have to use both remotes in order to choose channels from our dish satellite. My husband and I spent more time attaching the screen to our stand than actually setting things up to play the tv. We already had Roku so it was a matter of resetting password and following prompts from the screen. Some things to consider: 1. Make sure your stands or wall mounts fit the hardware! We had purchased this tv to replace a Toshiba HiDef that was about 10 yrs old. I have bracket mounts showing right now. Will conceal with some florals at the top of the mount. 2. You may need speaker system for sound. I did find settings a bit tricky to find. Knowing how to navigate smart tv functions is a must—TCL doesn’t clarify the settings features with the tv in their user manual. I simply hunted for proper screen settings—the black end screen bars can be stretched to fit the full screen. 3. We probably could have gotten the 50 inch tv to better fit our stand—the width of the screen is quite narrow on this model. We were not sure how this tv would fit on our tv stand. Otherwise, so far so good! My husband and I appreciate the affordability of this smart tv. Just wished we had gotten a little bigger one for our stand. This one is very nice for the money—our satellite channels are really beautiful pictures!! For a starter smart tv, this one is an excellent buy! Might add that Amazon was very prompt in processing our order and shipment that came today about 2 hours ahead of its scheduled delivery time with UPS. Read more

A very fine 40“ 1080 p TV for a small price. I have owed this TV for about a week and have been pleased with the picture for movies, sports and network TV. If you a looking for a basic TV with a great picture this is it. Moreover I can control the on and off, volume and channels all through the Alex app. And Roku is seemlessly built in. If your a cord cutter like I am this a great upgrade. Roku TV alone gives you at least 50 channels and good free movies. Now add the Roku app to your phone and you never need to find you remote again. The Roku on thid TV is probably one of the best features. Delivered to my door in four days with out any issues. Thanks Amazon and UPS. My only negative comment is that getting this TV to work with Alexa is going to require patience. It is good AI after you figure it out but it is not intuitive. In short Alexa will control this device but Roku wants an honorable mention when you say the command: "Alexa, channel 3.1 on Living Room TV." Alexa will respond. "Tuning to 3.1 on Roku". So understand you are controling the TV but it wants to tell you you are using the Roku software. This is really no different from any other device but my smart plugs don't annouce "turning on your lamp through Kaza". BTW Kaza is a brand of smart plug. (best plug in my opinion-pun intened) So I share all of this as it is really cool when it works. When controlling the TV fuctions such as on and off and volume the TV says nothing about Roku. But tell it to go to Channel 27 it wants credit but keep in mind your talking to Alexa and she has apprently agreed to allow her smart friend Roku to take some credit for some of her smart AI functions. In closing... Buy it! Thanks TLC for making a good product at a decent price! Read more

I haven't had this set up and working for longer than a few days. When it comes to ROKU remote it's a relief to go down to one remote as the volume buttons are on the side. Also, if you already have a ROKU account the sign-in is easy. Once it registers the WIFI it already has on you, it's a fast process. If you're a newcomer to ROKU, you should know though a credit card (for any ROKU purchased apps) are required, if you're not doing any purchases thru ROKU you can pass on this page. They may not want you to know that, but it's easy. I have no CC with them and never have. I did need the computer for my email to confirm my new device (this TV) but otherwise that was it. No code required for me. When it comes to Blu-Ray/DVD players these types of devices are auto scanned thru HDMI setup. However now I needed to contact customer service (the info wasn't in the sparse manual) and that person was helpful and polite and I reached a human being in about two minutes. You have options but I did fine with a phone call. If you have a hard drive you want to add thru USB port you have to go into the ROKU MAIN PAGE 'SEARCH' FUNCTION for ROKU MEDIA and then you can add the HDD or SSD that way. There is a quirk with this as it will automatically tune to your hard drive, and I didn't need that. Options are available for instant access. But I might have to replug the hard drive in if I want to access it. Also I can tell you it was a clean hard drive and no option to format it so if you're looking for recordability, this TV doesn't have it. As it was, I added the hard drive and it froze on that added device, there was no option to get me off that screen. So then I was pushing the HOME (main) button for ROKU and it was doing nothing. I couldn't get out of where I was. I finally was pushing the star button about a dozen times and then the ROKU froze up to a blank screen and restarted itself. That should not happen when you have merely added a new device. Now, when it comes to the picture quality, first off you have five settings available for picture brightness-dark. IMO the picture quality isn't as good as any other TV I've had. The image seems soft, not sharp. That is the disappointment. But this isn't my main TV. UPDATE: The TV has a problem with turn on/turn off. You can push the remote button upwards of 20 times from various distances and locations in the room and it won't work. Eventually, for turning off, it's down to unplugging it. But that's for turning it off. That doesn't turn it on. Why doesn't the TV have a manual ON/OFF switch? Fortunately for me I have a universal remote on hand and the code for this TCL ROKU TV is 6171. It works. Read more