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 $230.

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 13th 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 $230, TCL TVs tend to be cheaper than most other TV brands. 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. TCL also have worse reviews than the typical TV brand, with the average rating of a TCL TV being 65%.

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		22
3 stars		7
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		816
4 stars		258
3 stars		69
2 stars		41
1 star		74

Over 81% 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
	77% 204 reviews	77% 168 reviews		77% 31 reviews	71% 22 reviews
	84% 46 reviews	81% 177 reviews	80% 99 reviews	75% 39 reviews	74% 7 reviews	75% 6 reviews
	83% 162 reviews	81% 98 reviews	82% 35 reviews	87% 13 reviews	68% 25 reviews	60% 2 reviews
	86% 125 reviews	79% 72 reviews	80% 32 reviews	83% 12 reviews	76% 28 reviews
	96% 91 reviews	80% 69 reviews	83% 35 reviews	87% 9 reviews	67% 15 reviews
	72% 98 reviews	67% 69 reviews	76% 20 reviews	89% 14 reviews	54% 7 reviews	73% 3 reviews
	82% 121 reviews	80% 37 reviews	78% 22 reviews	84% 8 reviews	65% 13 reviews
	89% 55 reviews	90% 59 reviews	89% 38 reviews	92% 15 reviews	83% 11 reviews
	75% 86 reviews	63% 60 reviews	72% 13 reviews	73% 6 reviews	60% 5 reviews
	88% 38 reviews	87% 68 reviews	83% 41 reviews	87% 13 reviews	90% 6 reviews	77% 3 reviews
	76% 93 reviews	71% 45 reviews	39% 1 review	56% 2 reviews	62% 8 reviews
	79% 51 reviews	81% 54 reviews	64% 22 reviews	74% 8 reviews	70% 1 review
	90% 67 reviews	83% 34 reviews	87% 22 reviews	85% 4 reviews	74% 7 reviews
	80% 57 reviews	80% 40 reviews	79% 23 reviews	80% 6 reviews	73% 3 reviews	65% 1 review
	88% 72 reviews	88% 38 reviews		87% 6 reviews	85% 1 review
	68% 54 reviews	78% 40 reviews		69% 8 reviews	61% 11 reviews	80% 1 review
	75% 54 reviews	73% 43 reviews	64% 4 reviews	70% 9 reviews	65% 4 reviews
	88% 38 reviews	87% 33 reviews	78% 21 reviews	85% 6 reviews	75% 2 reviews
	81% 60 reviews	76% 24 reviews	50% 2 reviews	83% 8 reviews	70% 1 review	65% 2 reviews
	82% 36 reviews	83% 28 reviews	79% 12 reviews	83% 12 reviews	73% 7 reviews
Other Expert Sites	75% 1,329 reviews	76% 1,071 reviews	76% 374 reviews	78% 315 reviews	68% 99 reviews	67% 17 reviews
Average	82% 2,937 reviews	79% 2,327 reviews	74% 816 reviews	80% 544 reviews	71% 283 reviews	70% 35 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have TCL TVs Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 3 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
	118	27	17	7	7
	60	50	26	3	12
	91	28	10	13	4
	30	50	42	14	3	1
	79	22	15	4	11
	67	23			2
	39	14	6	3	3
	23	18	9	3	2
	16	20	9	5		1
	15	17	10	6	1
	24	19		2	4
	23	8	10	4
	12	20	5	2	6
	20	21		3
	7	18	5	3	1
	17	10		3	3
	18	11		1
	18	7		4
	13	10	4	1
	8	13		4
Other Expert Sites	208	179	53	55	4	1
Total	906	585	221	140	63	3

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 81% 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

it's built in freeview

with Roku built in

NOT RELIABLE

the power cord was apparently broke when we received it

The only problem with this tv is it broke down after 2 months

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