id=»cnetReview» section=»rvwBody» data-component=»indepthReview»> It’s easy to pick a cheap TV — just shop on price. And it’s relatively easy to pick an expensive TV — just get an OLED. But a tougher decision faces the big group of TV shoppers in the middle, those who are willing to pay a bit more for an impressive 4K HDR image, but don’t want to drop an arm and a leg on an OLED TV. Let me help you make that decision right now.
The best picture quality for the money in 2019 belongs to the midpriced TCL 6-Series. It’s currently $800 for the 65-inch model and $600 for the 55-inch one. No TV I’ve tested in that price range, including the excellent 2018 version, performs better. And you can definitely pay more for TVs that perform worse.
TCL has improved color for 2019 thanks to quantum dots — hence the mention of «QLED» in TCL’s marketing material — and revamped the styling a bit. Otherwise the Chinese Shqip TV-maker stuck to the same winning formula it used last year: great picture quality paired with Roku TV. The 6-Series has excellent contrast, plenty of brightness and minimal blooming, beating other excellent sets such as the Vizio M8 and Samsung Q70 by a hair in overall image quality. And TCL’s built-in Roku, my favorite smart TV system, beats those TVs’ streaming systems handily.
