Like any piece of technology, it becomes more accessible over time. If you travel back to 2010, an 85-inch TV was practically unheard of and was something only the affluent could afford. Fast-forward to 2025, you can get a decent 85-inch 4K for around $1000, while OLEDs and mini-LEDs will set you back another grand.
While most consumers prefer to go with the more popular and mainstream brands, such asSony,Samsung, and LG, some of the lesser-known brands, like Hisense, TCL, Toshiba, and Insignia, offer tremendous value for money. These brands have built a solid reputation for themselves as well and can be blindly trusted in terms of picture quality and user experience.
Currently, you’re able to pick up theTCL QM7 (85QM751G) 85-inch 4K mini-LED TV for $1500instead of its usual $1800 MSRP. That’s a saving of $300, which can go towards adecent soundbar.
What Do You Get For The Price?
Spoiler: It’s Quite A Lot
The TV is mostly made of plastic, with minimal bezels and branding to distract you from the viewing experience. The plastic build will not cause any major issues as it doesn’t give way to flexing or wobbling. There is a subwoofer on the back of the screen for some extra kick, so it’s worthconsidering placing it on a TV stand.
All the I/Os are located on the back of the screen, making it hard to reach and giving you more reasons to keep it on a TV stand. Talking about I/O, you get four HDMI ports (2x HDMI 2.0, 2x HDMI 2.1), two USB-A ports, one ethernet port, one digital optical audio out port, one 3.5mm audio port, and a cable port.
The ‘M’ in the QM7 stands formini-LED, which is an upgrade over the previous Q7 Series. The mini-LED screen offers an astonishinglyhigh contrast ratio, which iscomparable to an OLED. The newer model also has more local dimming zones than the outgoing model, which helps display darker blacks and brighter whites.
The TV’s high peak brightness and its support forDolby VisionandHDR 10+account for its excellent HDR performance in content consumption and gaming. These factors have a combined impact on lowly lit scenes as they turn out to be well-exposed and detailed. You wouldn’t need to tinker around with the TV’s colors too much as they are spot on, right out of the box.
Reflections are handled quite impressively when exposed to ambient light, but the same can’t be said when direct light is shone on it. The viewing angles are also slightly underwhelming yet passable, so it’s best to sit directly in front of the screen. Being a 4K TV means it will have to upscale all low-resolution content, and this is where it shines.
The TV is able to retain details without oversharpening the picture to make it look artificial. It also excels in gaming as it has amaximum refresh rate of 144Hzand supports VRR so that consoles can operate at their full potential. It has a low input lag of 6 ms and a refresh rate of 3.5 ms, making gaming an engaging experience.
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