Should You Buy a TCL TV?

TCL is one of the most popular TV brands as well as being well known for its smartphones and soundbars.

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 240,000 user and expert reviews and over 2,600 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 15th best TV brand out there.

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.

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 64%.

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.

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		18
4 stars		53
3 stars		11
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		1,089
4 stars		354
3 stars		100
2 stars		63
1 star		143

Over 87% of expert reviews and 83% of user reviews for TCL TVs are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 90% and 92% 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
	77% 249 reviews	77% 157 reviews		75% 30 reviews	71% 22 reviews
	87% 34 reviews	82% 210 reviews	80% 109 reviews	76% 38 reviews	74% 7 reviews	76% 12 reviews
	84% 185 reviews	82% 114 reviews	83% 35 reviews	86% 12 reviews	69% 24 reviews	60% 2 reviews
	84% 149 reviews	80% 83 reviews	82% 42 reviews	84% 11 reviews	76% 28 reviews	78% 4 reviews
	95% 116 reviews	81% 79 reviews	84% 41 reviews	87% 9 reviews	66% 16 reviews
	71% 109 reviews	68% 76 reviews	78% 22 reviews	89% 13 reviews	54% 7 reviews	70% 4 reviews
	81% 133 reviews	81% 40 reviews	78% 23 reviews	86% 5 reviews	65% 13 reviews
	75% 101 reviews	62% 59 reviews	75% 11 reviews	85% 4 reviews	60% 5 reviews
	88% 59 reviews	90% 62 reviews	89% 36 reviews	91% 12 reviews	83% 11 reviews
	84% 38 reviews	86% 81 reviews	83% 38 reviews	86% 10 reviews	90% 6 reviews	80% 4 reviews
	80% 66 reviews	83% 65 reviews	68% 23 reviews	67% 6 reviews	70% 1 review
	90% 72 reviews	81% 43 reviews	88% 24 reviews	87% 3 reviews	74% 7 reviews
	76% 90 reviews	72% 45 reviews	39% 1 review		62% 8 reviews
	79% 51 reviews	81% 43 reviews	81% 26 reviews	80% 4 reviews	73% 3 reviews	71% 4 reviews
	75% 68 reviews	72% 45 reviews	64% 4 reviews	70% 9 reviews	65% 4 reviews
	88% 86 reviews	87% 36 reviews		87% 6 reviews	85% 1 review
	71% 60 reviews	77% 45 reviews		70% 7 reviews	61% 9 reviews	80% 1 review
	78% 57 reviews	78% 40 reviews	81% 10 reviews	83% 6 reviews	70% 1 review	63% 3 reviews
	85% 51 reviews	84% 34 reviews	91% 20 reviews	88% 6 reviews	85% 4 reviews	70% 1 review
	83% 68 reviews	83% 38 reviews		79% 3 reviews
Other Expert Sites	78% 1,618 reviews	77% 1,273 reviews	75% 467 reviews	79% 309 reviews	69% 106 reviews	56% 44 reviews
Average	81% 3,460 reviews	79% 2,668 reviews	78% 932 reviews	82% 503 reviews	71% 283 reviews	70% 79 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have TCL TVs Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 21 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.

Compare all award winning TVs

Number of Awards	Samsung	LG	Philips	Sony	Toshiba	TCL
	128	30	17	5	7
	94	34	26	4	11	3
	78	55	22	3	12
	107	32	10	13	4
	17	52	41	15	3	3
	59	24			2
	47	12	11	3
	33	14	16	5
	39	13	10	2	3
	25	19	13	3	2
	12	30	12	3		2
	35	16		2	4
	11	33	6	4		3
	18	18	10	6	1
	31	19		2
	13	19	10	8		1
	13	19	5	2	6
	22	16	1	1
	11	16	9	1		1
	20	12		3	3
Other Expert Sites	278	211	96	53	4	8
Total	1,091	694	315	138	62	21

How Reliable Are TCL TVs?

We checked over 240,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of TCL TVs. over 130 of these reviews mention reliability of which 80% 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:

RELIABLE

Built in Wifi works great

the built in Wi-fi speed is acceptable also

Love the built in Roku too

NOT RELIABLE

Remote feels fragile

the power cord was apparently broke when we received it

If the TV is situated in an area where there will be no chance of damage you will be fine or take out some insurance