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 250,000 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 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 $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 $27 (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		15
4 stars		47
3 stars		10
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		1,046
4 stars		330
3 stars		89
2 stars		50
1 star		118

Over 86% of expert reviews and 84% of user reviews for TCL TVs are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 91% 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% 238 reviews	77% 159 reviews		75% 31 reviews	71% 22 reviews
	88% 34 reviews	82% 208 reviews	80% 113 reviews	75% 38 reviews	74% 7 reviews	76% 12 reviews
	84% 183 reviews	82% 115 reviews	83% 35 reviews	86% 12 reviews	69% 24 reviews	60% 2 reviews
	85% 148 reviews	80% 81 reviews	83% 38 reviews	83% 12 reviews	76% 28 reviews
	95% 117 reviews	81% 81 reviews	84% 42 reviews	87% 9 reviews	66% 16 reviews
	72% 105 reviews	69% 76 reviews	78% 22 reviews	88% 15 reviews	54% 7 reviews	70% 4 reviews
	81% 135 reviews	81% 39 reviews	78% 23 reviews	84% 5 reviews	65% 13 reviews
	88% 59 reviews	90% 63 reviews	89% 36 reviews	92% 13 reviews	83% 11 reviews
	76% 99 reviews	62% 58 reviews	75% 11 reviews	85% 4 reviews	60% 5 reviews
	84% 38 reviews	86% 81 reviews	83% 38 reviews	86% 10 reviews	90% 6 reviews	80% 4 reviews
	81% 66 reviews	83% 67 reviews	68% 23 reviews	75% 7 reviews	70% 1 review
	91% 69 reviews	82% 45 reviews	88% 24 reviews	85% 4 reviews	74% 7 reviews
	76% 90 reviews	72% 47 reviews	39% 1 review		62% 8 reviews
	79% 52 reviews	81% 45 reviews	81% 27 reviews	81% 5 reviews	73% 3 reviews	71% 4 reviews
	88% 85 reviews	88% 37 reviews		87% 6 reviews	85% 1 review
	75% 64 reviews	72% 45 reviews	64% 4 reviews	70% 9 reviews	65% 4 reviews
	70% 55 reviews	78% 48 reviews		70% 7 reviews	61% 9 reviews	75% 2 reviews
	83% 76 reviews	83% 42 reviews		86% 2 reviews
	77% 62 reviews	78% 38 reviews	80% 9 reviews	83% 6 reviews	70% 1 review	63% 3 reviews
	85% 48 reviews	84% 34 reviews	91% 20 reviews	88% 5 reviews	85% 4 reviews	70% 1 review
Other Expert Sites	78% 1,607 reviews	77% 1,274 reviews	75% 468 reviews	78% 303 reviews	68% 106 reviews	54% 38 reviews
Average	82% 3,430 reviews	79% 2,683 reviews	78% 934 reviews	82% 503 reviews	71% 283 reviews	69% 70 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have TCL TVs Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 17 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
	130	29	17	4	7
	78	57	22	2	12
	98	32	24	5	11
	104	33	10	14	4
	19	50	45	14	3	3
	61	25			2
	51	14	11	3
	38	15	10	3	3
	30	14	17	4
	12	34	12	3		2
	13	35	6	3	1	3
	24	19	13	2	2
	32	16		2	4
	31	20		2
	16	18	10	7	1
	14	20	5	2	6
	22	16	1	1
	10	16	10	1		1
	18	12		3	3
	8	15	12
Other Expert Sites	280	207	85	58	4	8
Total	1,089	697	310	133	63	17

How Reliable Are TCL TVs?

We checked over 250,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of TCL TVs. over 150 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:

RELIABLE

Love the built in Roku as well for streaming

I like having the ROKU built in

By comparison this device has almost more of an artificial hdr feel with the oddly robust modification settings for the image output even in hdr mode

As we don't have an external arial having Freeview Play built in was a pleasing surprise

NOT RELIABLE

Remote feels fragile

the power cord was broken where it plugs into the TV

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