Should You Buy a TCL TV?

TCL is one of the most popular TV brands as well as being well known for its .
If you are wondering how TCL TVs compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared over 8,300 TVs by objectively and impartially analysing over 170,000 user and expert reviews and over 2,100 awards from hundreds of different review sites.
The average price of a new TCL TV is $440.
Is TCL the Best TV Brand?
So are TCL TVs any good? We give every TV a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all TVs we are able to impartially rank all the TV brands.
Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that TCL is the 16th best TV brand out there.
#1 |
South Korea
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95% |
95%
240,846 reviews
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#2 |
South Korea
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95% |
95%
104,415 reviews
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#3 |
United States
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89% |
89%
5,037 reviews
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#4 |
Japan
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87% |
87%
4,626 reviews
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#5 |
Supersonic
United States
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87% |
87%
2 reviews
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#6 |
Japan
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78% |
78%
1,965 reviews
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#7 | 76% |
76%
3,297 reviews
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#8 |
Curtis
Canada
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73% |
73%
1,114 reviews
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#9 |
China
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72% |
72%
4,403 reviews
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#10 |
Element
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70% |
70%
39 reviews
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#11 |
SunBriteTV
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68% |
68%
40 reviews
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#12 |
PROSCAN
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68% |
68%
6 reviews
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#13 |
RCA
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68% |
68%
115 reviews
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#14 |
Netherlands
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65% |
65%
11,859 reviews
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#15 |
Japan
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64% |
64%
1,733 reviews
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#16 | 64% |
64%
1,327 reviews
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#17 |
Sylvania
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62% |
62%
8 reviews
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#18 |
China
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62% |
62%
244 reviews
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#19 |
Viewsonic
Taiwan
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61% |
61%
8 reviews
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#20 |
Neovo
Taiwan
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54% |
54%
0 reviews
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#21 |
NEC
Japan
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51% |
51%
0 reviews
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Let's look at how TCL TVs compare to the other TV brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.
All TV Brands |
TCL TVs |
At an average purchase price of $440, TCL TVs tend to be cheaper than most other TV brands. TCL also have better reviews than the typical TV brand, with the average rating of a TCL TV being 65%.
When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of TCL TV is $28 (based on a person typically using a TV for 5 hours per day), which makes them more efficient than most other TV brands.
There's a smaller selection of TCL TVs available compared to other TV brands, with only 1 TCL TV currently on the market in the US.
No. Of TVs |
Average Price
$818 |
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$0 | $100 | $200 | $300 | $400 | $500 | $600 | $700 | $800 | $900 | $6,099 |
No. Of TVs |
Average Price
$440 |
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$0 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $4,500 | $23,499 |
What Do the TCL TV Reviews Say?
We've added up all the reviews for every TCL TV to work out the average distribution of reviews for TCL and then compared this to the other TV brands.

Expert Reviews
5 stars | 8 | |
4 stars | 30 | |
3 stars | 7 | |
2 stars | 0 | |
1 star | 0 |

User Reviews
5 stars | 819 | |
4 stars | 261 | |
3 stars | 70 | |
2 stars | 42 | |
1 star | 75 |
Over 84% of expert reviews and 85% of user reviews for TCL TVs are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 91% and 93% respectively across all TV brands.
In the table below we compare the average review score given to TCL TVs by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other TV brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.
Average Review Score | Samsung | LG | Philips | Sony | Toshiba | TCL |
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77%
205 reviews
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77%
166 reviews
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77%
31 reviews
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71%
22 reviews
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85%
43 reviews
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81%
177 reviews
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80%
93 reviews
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75%
36 reviews
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74%
7 reviews
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75%
6 reviews
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83%
158 reviews
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81%
98 reviews
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83%
31 reviews
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86%
13 reviews
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68%
25 reviews
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60%
2 reviews
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86%
128 reviews
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79%
73 reviews
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80%
31 reviews
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83%
12 reviews
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76%
28 reviews
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96%
95 reviews
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80%
69 reviews
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83%
32 reviews
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85%
8 reviews
|
67%
15 reviews
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|
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72%
96 reviews
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67%
68 reviews
|
78%
18 reviews
|
89%
14 reviews
|
54%
7 reviews
|
73%
3 reviews
|
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82%
124 reviews
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80%
38 reviews
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78%
22 reviews
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84%
8 reviews
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65%
13 reviews
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88%
54 reviews
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90%
58 reviews
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89%
36 reviews
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92%
14 reviews
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83%
11 reviews
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88%
38 reviews
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87%
68 reviews
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83%
38 reviews
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88%
12 reviews
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90%
6 reviews
|
77%
3 reviews
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75%
84 reviews
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63%
59 reviews
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75%
11 reviews
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76%
5 reviews
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60%
5 reviews
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76%
88 reviews
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70%
44 reviews
|
39%
1 review
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56%
2 reviews
|
62%
8 reviews
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80%
53 reviews
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81%
54 reviews
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65%
20 reviews
|
77%
8 reviews
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70%
1 review
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90%
65 reviews
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83%
34 reviews
|
88%
20 reviews
|
85%
4 reviews
|
74%
7 reviews
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80%
58 reviews
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80%
39 reviews
|
79%
21 reviews
|
81%
5 reviews
|
73%
3 reviews
|
69%
2 reviews
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68%
55 reviews
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79%
41 reviews
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69%
8 reviews
|
61%
11 reviews
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80%
1 review
|
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88%
70 reviews
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88%
39 reviews
|
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87%
6 reviews
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85%
1 review
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75%
51 reviews
|
73%
43 reviews
|
64%
4 reviews
|
73%
10 reviews
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65%
4 reviews
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88%
38 reviews
|
87%
33 reviews
|
78%
19 reviews
|
84%
7 reviews
|
75%
2 reviews
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81%
56 reviews
|
76%
24 reviews
|
50%
2 reviews
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80%
9 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
65%
2 reviews
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81%
37 reviews
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83%
28 reviews
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79%
10 reviews
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81%
11 reviews
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73%
7 reviews
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Other Expert Sites |
75%
1,314 reviews
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76%
1,069 reviews
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76%
359 reviews
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79%
316 reviews
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68%
99 reviews
|
65%
24 reviews
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Average |
82%
2,910 reviews
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79%
2,322 reviews
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75%
768 reviews
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80%
539 reviews
|
71%
283 reviews
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71%
43 reviews
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How Many Industry Awards Have TCL TVs Received?
After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 5 industry awards for TCL TVs. The table below compares the number of awards received by TCL to other popular TV brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.
Number of Awards | Samsung | LG | Philips | Sony | Toshiba | TCL |
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121
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28
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17
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7
|
7
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92
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28
|
10
|
14
|
4
|
|
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60
|
50
|
22
|
2
|
12
|
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81
|
23
|
16
|
4
|
11
|
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28
|
50
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36
|
13
|
3
|
1
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64
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22
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2
|
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37
|
14
|
6
|
3
|
3
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23
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18
|
9
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3
|
2
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16
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21
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9
|
5
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1
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15
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17
|
10
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6
|
1
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23
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19
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2
|
4
|
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22
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8
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11
|
5
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12
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20
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5
|
2
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6
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20
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21
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3
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8
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17
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5
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3
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1
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1
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16
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10
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3
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3
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19
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7
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4
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13
|
10
|
5
|
1
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18
|
10
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1
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8
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12
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4
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Other Expert Sites |
209
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180
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54
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54
|
4
|
2
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Total |
905
|
585
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215
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139
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63
|
5
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How Reliable Are TCL TVs?
We checked over 170,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of TCL TVs. over 90 of these reviews mention reliability of which 82% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of TCL TV owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.
So, most people think that TCL TVs are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for TCL TVs that mention reliability:
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