I buy and work together with a lot tech on a regular basis. A part of every day tech that I exploit when in the home is unquestionably the TV as I’m huge shopper of YouTube for TV. In mid July, I occurred to buy the TCL 43” V6C to be used as my earlier panel had damaged. Greater than 6 months later, I really feel snug to ship a overview. Not as a result of I couldn’t earlier than however as a result of I’m appreciating what TCL is doing within the finances TV area. After so many discussions with approved TV sellers, this got here out on high as the very best promoting TV of 2025 and 2026 until the time of publishing this overview.
Unboxing Expertise and Construct High quality
Tv units have essentially the most fundamental unboxing however TCL embody a number of requirements within the field. Instruction manuals and a guaranty card incase you want to declare guarantee. A distant fabricated from plastic (Greater fashions just like the C8K get a metallic one) paired with 2 aaa batteries that from expertise final for greater than a yr. You additionally get 2 plastic toes and 4 acceptable screws if you do not need to mount the TV on a wall however simply place it on a tabletop. You even have properly positioned VESA mounting factors incase you want to mount it. And at last the three pin plug that powers the TV.
The TV has a frameless design that means you don’t get these huge borders that for my part are chunky and ugly. Bezels are minimal however this raises a problem the place if not dealt with with excessive care or by knowledgeable when lifting, you would possibly break the panel unknowingly. It is a finances TV and weighs in at 8.5kg and is fabricated from plastic all spherical. Actually top quality construct regardless.
The TV solely is available in as soon as colour that’s black.
Show
The V6C is a 43 inch 4k LED HDR panel. It makes use of HVA ( Excessive Vertical Alignment ) with direct LED backlighting. This panel gives higher contrasts with deeper blacks. Although not the very best of blacks like these on OLED panels, they get the job performed when viewing exhibits on Prime Video throughout my checks. The TV has 300 nits peak brightness. Although extraordinarily underwhelming, in rooms the place reflections are dominant, it’s nonetheless viewable.
The display screen additionally has micro-dimming which is a software program primarily based picture processing expertise designed to enhance distinction and depth. The V6C has over 1200 zones that software program analyzes and adjusts independently. Which means that it’s going to dim the darkish zones stopping the “grayish” look and brightens the brilliant elements.
This panel is true 4K high quality (3840 x 2160) or 2160p which is the best high quality it will probably do. Paired with the HDR suite; HDR10, Dolby Imaginative and prescient and Excessive Log Gamma (HLG) utilized by broadcasters like BBC and as for the AiPQ Processor, it handles real-time upscaling and Dynamic Shade Enhancement making customary content material look near 4k high quality. So if you happen to come throughout a 720p or 1080p video, the TV tries in actual time to enhance the standard of the content material.
Software program and Efficiency
Powering all operations of the TV is the TCL AiPQ engine paired with 2GB RAM and 16GB Inner Storage that’s greater than sufficient to run operations and retailer downloaded purposes. Throughout my utilization, I’ve by no means encountered any cases of sluggish efficiency. Apps take lower than 5 seconds as well up which is commendable.
It is a Google TV operating Android 12 for TV. The interface is fashionable and as of writing this text, we obtained a brand new visible replace a few days in the past. The expertise is inventory and fluid with no bloatware aside from pre-installed apps like Netflix and Prime Video which have devoted buttons on the distant.
You get hands-free voice management and with the inbuilt microphone within the distant you should use “Hey Google” instructions to play music or a video. The voice characteristic additionally permits you to management good residence gadgets courtesy of the combination on Google Dwelling.
Connectivity and IO
The common wi-fi choices which might be Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0 can be found. You’ve bodily ports with 3 HDMI 2.0 that assist the ARC customary and 1 USB 2.0 port. You’ve an ethernet (RJ45), AV enter, Headphone jack and Optical Audio Out ports that I’ll dive into shortly once we speak about sound.
Audio
The sound that’s delivered from the V6C isn’t underwhelming. In-fact, it’s the finest amongst TV’s in the identical worth level. TCL match 2 audio system that use 10W every for a mixed whole of 20W. The TV helps each Dolby Audio and DTS Digital:X requirements. The sound is crisp and full however distortion might be seen at quantity ranges above 70% the place the bottom is considerably scratched.
You get supported audio modes reminiscent of Normal, Music, Film and Sports activities that adapts to the character of what’s enjoying. Within the setting menu, you additionally get an possibility to decide on how sound might be distributed you probably have the TV positioned on a desk high or mounted on a wall. This ensures sound is unfold evenly within the room.
You may extract way more from the Optical Audio Out port you probably have a appropriate sound bar with greater wattage.
Gaming
I’m considerably of a gamer enjoying informal titles like FC24 and Grand Theft Auto V (GTA) after I’m unwinding. TCL offer you a Recreation Grasp mode. This permits players benefit from the Variable Refresh Fee (VRR) however sadly the HDMI 2.0 port caps customers at 4K@60Hz gaming which is barely appropriate with PS5 or Xbox Collection S. For PS4 homeowners you solely get 1080P most. The enter lag is at -15ms with Recreation Mode enabled. In case you play first individual shooter video games and are on a finances, this TV will type out your wants adequately.
Last Verdict and Pricing
The TCL 43 inch V6C prices Ksh 30,000 at shops and for the worth, it is a actually good television that can final customers averagely 4 years with none situation whereas nonetheless remaining related and in good condition all elements held fixed. In case you are eager on having deeper blacks in your viewing expertise, then you want to up your finances and contemplate different choices. This contains the TCL “C” collection with QLED expertise.
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