TCL 65-Inch Class S5 UHD 4K LED Smart TV with Fire TV (65S551F, 2024 Model), Dolby Vision, HDR PRO+, Dolby Atmos, Alexa Built-in with Voice Remote, Apple AirPlay 2 Compatibility, Streaming Television

For $259 with free Prime shipping, I couldn't pass this up. 55 inch, UHD (4K), HDR10+, Dolby Vision+, DTX,Clear Voice Audio, Alexa-enabled remote with FireTV functionality.Regarding the exasperated reviews I took note of before buying, some are valid and others are a few updates from being resolved. 👇The picture is absolutely customizable, and great at this price. After a few necessary and mostly automatic firmware and software updates, you can customize almost everything: picture mode - standard, movie, dynamic (vivid/showroom), natural, custom, and also dynamic backlight, dynamic contrast, local contrast, etc. You can fine tune color, brightness... toggle game mode, etc. *However, these settings are app specific, and you can only access the picture setting with each app open. What works for ad-supported HD Netflix and Prime 4K XRay are not always the same. Similarly, each of the 4 HDMI sources is handled the same way. Luckily these are saved after first setup on each, and default to Standard if you don't mess with them.Sound modes: Not great, rear firing speaker with no wall mount audio settings. Still, it does have Clear Voice for late night listening and Audible books and podcasts, as well as many other audio modes and settings, including a manual equalizer or pre-sets. Plan on an external speaker if you are an audio-cinephile. I'm perfectly happy with the sound in my place, because I have neighbors.Lag Between Apps: yes, more from using the preset app remote buttons than while launching the same app from the Home screen. Otherwise, the remote and FireTV functionality is typical. Fandango will have a blue screen if you don't stop play, and then exit to the Fandango app Home, before exiting back to the FireTV Home (or powering off) on the remote. Otherwise, you have to restart the TV to get past the blue screen (Fandango only). It's the same on GoogleTV. It's the app, not FireTV.Setup is easy. I had no screen damage or any other defects so far. Software updates required 3 separate restarts, including 1 just for the remote. I would recommend not skipping these, lest you become exasperated.There is no digital tuner, but a $10 antenna will get a surprising number of local channels which can be added via 1 click Channel Scan to other free streaming channel services (Tubi, Pluto, Xumo, Prime, Peacock, Max, etc.). These are all pulled together seamlessly on the Live TV tab of Home. (After installing the apps and logging in, of course. Use your phone for this. Trust me).All things considered, probably the best bang for the buck at this price point you will find.

It’s big, bad, and beautiful. Why in the world would anyone spend more than this on a TV when this thing is simply amazing. I read every review on Amazon on this TV before I purchased it. Laggy remote and interface, lack of Xfinity apps.. you name it. Does it take a half second from pressing a button on the remote to translate to the TV- yes definitely. The missing Xfinity app- it’s just in the App Store to download just not preinstalled. Easy. TV was delivered fast by two nice guys in a big Amazon truck on a Saturday. They simply asked where should we put it. I didn’t select any kind of installation or unboxing. This thing in the box is gigantic, but me and my 12 year old lifted that big box with ease. No damaged packaging, brand new not a returned unit, not a scratch on the box. The packing on this is great, for those worried about it getting shipped, unless you dropped it off the truck, I would trust delivery. It took longer to unbox simply due to size than hooking up. Had issues with my router blocking the connection to Amazon to update, but once I figured that out TV updated itself then I linked to my account. I also purchased the bundle with the matching TCL 2.1 soundbar and that was plug and play out of the box with this TV. Installed the missing apps that I had on my last Roku TV, hooked up Xbox, which was also automatically detected and plug and play, and done. Color out of the box was perfect for me. The TV with auto switch to the best possible setting for whatever source is feeding it. Some Amazon and Netflix shows were Dolby Atmos, some not. TV sensed that and just adjusted. Clarity and brightness is superb. Xbox games are fluid and colorful as expected. The size is a monster compared to our older 55” TCL Roku TV. Needed a larger stand as the legs are far wider than the 55”. Like I said, I’m not sure why you would need a $2,000 TV, this does ball that at a fraction of the price. Lastly since it’s Fire TV I get things like my Amazon Music app which thumps with the 2.1 soundbar’s subwoofer. You get Alexa- which now my Echo dots around the house can control the TV. Is awesome. Been buying TCL TV’s for years with no issues. We have 3 in the house. I would recommend this to anyone.

The screen is huge. I needed a little help mounting it on my wall. The picture is good (I am not a connoisseur, but it looks good to me). Sound is clear with more than adequate volume. Remove works well. Basically, it is a nice, very large television.One negative is that my other televisions allow users to turn off the screen but keep the sound on. I used this feature in my bedroom as I would often put on music or podcasts with a timer, and then turn off the screen. This TV does not have that functionality (shame), so it is all or nothing. It is easy to work around using other devices, but if you find that the lack of such a feature will annoy you, be aware. That said, I would buy this again if I needed a screen this large.