Angel—March 4, 2024
So far I am very happy with the TV. I bought it mainly for gaming. 2016 is when I got serious into premium TV just to have a good picture quality for games. my first TV back then was the samsung KS8000. I was really surprised with the picture quality but down the road I noticed a flaw: game mode downgrade the picture quality. the input lag out of game mode in the ks8000 isnt good so eventually I put my eyes on the lg oled c8. excellent picture quality in game mode. barely any input lag but then another thing started to bother me. the high peak brightness wasnt high enough. the ks8000 has awesome peak brightness so I was used to it. I loved the perfect black and contrast on the oled c8 but I felt it needed that peak brightness to make it perfect. Eventually my household were living on one income so Istopped looking at TV until last year. Then I discovered the Samsung s95b and discovered that it has all the benefits pack in one, high peak brightness, excellent contrast and perfect blacks but I couldnt afford it until recently I discovered the TCL QM8. Started reading reviews and heard about the high peak brightness and that the blacks levels were very close to Oled and excellent contrast for just $1000. I couldnt believe it and was very skeptical. kept reading reviews, noticed that amazon has a monthly payment plan with no interest and decide it to give it a go and... it is the gamers dream comes true for just $1000 instead of paying $1,700 for the samsung s90C. As soon as I installed it, started playing Alan Wake 2 which is a dark game and was really surprised at the black levels. I swear the black levels looks like my lg oled c8 but now with high peak brightness (higher than ks8000) and the best of all, very low input lag!. granted I havent seen the samsung s90c in person but I can say my TCL qm8 has shown almost a match or improvement in every category I care about. Higher peak brightness than the ks8000 and the lg oled c8, and the black levels and contrast are very close to my oled for just $1000. After gaming for years on my oled c8, I started craving for that peak brightness so went back to my ks8000 and was playing through that horrible input lag. not anymore! Excellent value for the price. Read more
Antonio Rodriguez—August 24, 2023
I previously had a TCL Roku 75 inch TV and was very happy with it. I was interested in going bigger and did a lot of research on the new TCL QM8 85 inch and when Amazon’s price went down, decided to go for it. Sometimes bigger is better- this TV is awesome! The picture detail, brightness and black levels are as good as TVs that cost thousands more. I spent $4.99 for a video on You Tube that very specific advice on detailed settings for the QM8 and within 10 minutes the picture looked outstanding- using the Dolby Vision Bright or Dark or the Movie setting (the Dolby Vision IQ uses some motion smoothing that I don’t like). The point is that if you spend some time on the settings to get the TV to look the way you like you’ll be very happy. Although out of the box the picture is impressive. One of of the big surprises for me was how my Atmos set up sounds so much better since my TV is connected to my receiver. I also love the Google smart TV voice control. No more clicking the remote and speaking into the remote- you’re able to speak to the TV and give commands about playing a specific movie or finding a streaming service (you can even ask, “what’s the weather in NYC?”). And the hundreds of free Google TV channels was a a very nice plus. So the TV is beyond my expectations for amazing picture, great interface and the extras I mentioned. And I recommend to pay the $30 service fee to have Amazon bring the TV to the space you want and set it up. They did a great job and within 20 minutes I was able to fire up the TCL and enjoy. Read more
J—June 13, 2024
I have this setup in my living room as a media consumption TV with an HDMI hookup to a PC. Overview: The picture quality is excellent, with no visible blooming from the front despite incredible brightness of highlights. Color gamut is also excellent. The apps are ok, they're Google TV apps. You're almost always better off just casting from a mobile device. VA Panel downsides: Being a VA panel with no wide-angle filters, the color washout is obvious once your head moves more than 15-20 degrees out of perpendicular. For 8' viewing distance don't expect more than 50" of seating area without washout or contrast getting worse. Further the viewing distance, the more seating area you can get but 12' is the upper limit for a great cinematic experience. Since t's a VA panel, some pixel transitions are slower than others and you can get some weird ghosting on black to grey to dark grey to white pixel changes. PC usage: For PC usage, the one downside is lack of 4:4:4 chroma support. When viewing certain webpages it is obvious that the TV is displaying 4:2:2 despite the GPU claiming it is pushing 4:4:4. On Nvidia GPU, I also get occasional loss of signal if the desktop is spanning a 144Hz DSC Gsync monitor and the QM8 at 120Hz 4K. I'm pretty sure this is an Nvidia issue though. If you enable Game Mode, you can get 144Hz and VRR but the LCD panel overdrive seems best tuned for 120Hz static refresh. Videos on PC with RTX HDR: While I would not use this TV as a primary PC monitor, it is capable of watching YouTube and other videos with no downsides as the videos are always 4:2:0 chroma sampling. By using the Nvidia GPU, I can upsample YouTube and other videos using RTX HDR and VSR to 4K HDR for a result that looks much better than the native SDR. Other nitpicks: The TV picture settings are per-input. My PC input wants to use 100% brightness since the HDR10 input is mastered to 1600nits/700 nits in Windows. Some apps are better off with lower brightness but it varies from app to app. Having to adjust brightness in apps is a bummer. P.S. The TV uses around 300W at 100% brightness setting and gets quite warm Read more
