Topic: Finding the right TV for Xbox Series X

Three and a half years later and I’m still on the hunt for a new tv. It’s ridiculous but it’s been one thing after another whether the car needed repaired, something expensive in the house needed replacing or the wife deciding to book a last minute holiday. When those things were happening, I needed that money before the top tier TVs were discontinued and all remaining stock sold out.

This time I’m better off financially so even if something came up I should still get a new tv no matter what. I’m still on a budget because I’m not paying over £1,500 for a tv when there’s plenty that are good enough in that price range. I’m still looking for 65” and it has to be mini led.

I’ve been set on getting the Samsung QN90C for awhile but only just learnt that 65” and above has an ADS panel which is akin to the IPS panel. Now I’m no tech wizard when it comes to TVs but even I know that IPS/ADS panels are not great for deep blacks and contrast which is why I’ll only go for a tv which has an AV panel.

With that being said I’ve been looking at TCL and Hisense. I wouldn’t normally go for those kind of brands that are on the lower quality side and target a more budget-friendly audience but I saw this TCL C935 model >> https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/5f502c1c and I thought the specs were looked excellent, on paper it looks like it is much better than the QN90C which is usually touted as one of the best mini led TVs on the market.

I liked the look of the Hisense U8H but it doesn’t seem as good the the TCL C935 and it is a bit thicker than the TCL, this matters because the TV will be wall mounted and I don’t want it sticking out. My current Samsung KS8000 is thin so anything that is significantly thicker is a no-no.

I’d love to get the Sony Bravia X95L but at £2,399 it is well out of my budget and even if it was in a sale before being discontinued I doubt it would go as low as £1,500. Basically I’ve rambled on just to ask people’s opinion on the TCL C935?

@MaccaMUFC haha I saw your username pop up on the recently posted and wondered if you had finally bought a TV!

I can't speak to the TVs you've mentioned but once you have picked one to buy, I think you should wait until Black Friday and then go to a local non-franchise AV shop to buy it. Do the research on prices from other stores and ask for a better price. TVs always have wiggle room on them with extra discounts available if you are brave enough to ask. You could probably try your hand at Currys/Richer Sounds too (particularly the latter) if you don't have a local AV shop. Should be able to get an extra 10-20% off the black Friday prices.

Apologies for the unsolicited advice but I always want to see consumers get the best deals and TVs are one of the easier products to get a deal on in retail stores through haggling for some reason so I thought I'd share!

@MaccaMUFC I've been looking at TCL sets recently. Was wondering if they as good as they look. They get good scores on the review sites and have all the new features but at a much lower price. Keeping my eye on Amazon fr4om now till black friday. I'm looking for something for gaming.

65C641K 65-inch QLED Television, 4K Ultra HD, 4K Android TV Smart TV (Game master, Dolby Atmos, Freeview Play, Motion clar...
65C641K 65-inch QLED Television
I 've been keeping my eye on this one.

@ralphdibny All advice is welcome mate. Hisense and TCL for budget and Sammy, Sony and LG if you've plenty of money.

@ralphdibny I won’t be buying a new tv until after Christmas, probably end of January or beginning of February. This years tv models usually go right down in price after then but I’m not waiting any longer which is why I’m keeping my eye on the TCL C935 which is currently £1,300 for the 65”. It’s supposedly a budget brand but that isn’t a budget price, it is packed full of features so can see why it is more expensive than their other models. I’ll probably be looking to buy a tv online from either Currys or Richer Sounds, both have stores near me. I don’t think there’s any AV shops around where I live.

@GarbonZoni That TCL C641K looks like a decent tv but depending on your budget, I’d opt for the higher model that has mini led. There’s a 65” C841K but it’s £1,050. It also depends if you care about having a tv with all the bells and whistles.

I’m just worried going with a lesser brand in TCL because I’ve always had Samsungs but TCL is actually global no.2 tv brand behind Samsung. TCL has always been know as a budget brand and I’m a believer in you get what you pay for, you buy cheap, you get cheap. But for the past couple of years they’ve been getting great review scores and have caught up with offering the latest gaming features. I’d just like to know if I’m going to have problems with their tvs like banding, dirty screen effect, poor uniformity etc because if they are know to have those issues I’d steer well clear and look elsewhere.

@MaccaMUFC fair play, still worth asking for a discount though! Currys have that little pop up in the corner of their webpage that says "Can I help?". I think you can ask for discount through that in a roundabout way and they might give you a 10 or 20% off code, especially if you umm and ahh to it for a little while!

@MaccaMUFC I've had the same worries with TCL. but like you said they are big sellers so they must be doing something right. I'm only ever gonna use mine for gaming and will use my sammy for films and tv. After sifting through a handful of trusted review sites, they do seem to score favourably for budget priced sets.
Black Friday should be interesting.

Any suggestions for a good budget tv for my Series X to look.good? I want be able to get 4k and all that but don't want to spend fortune. Links would be helpful since I don't know much about tvs.

@Tasuki on a budget means up to how much you are happy to pay and do you have any preference on minimum size for the TV?

I’m still looking at getting the TCL C935 but I’m thinking of getting the 75”. It’s £1,699 so a little over my budget but I can justify paying an extra £200 for the size, considering the likes of Samsung, LG and Sony charge an extra £1,000 to go from 65” to 75”. What I’d like to know though is there any negatives of a 75” over a 65”? Like will picture quality be better on a 65” with more pixel density? The 75” does have 1920 dimming zones compared to 1080 on the 65”.

Just found that the Sony X95L 65” is now permanently reduced to £1,699 and I know a friend who can get me a discount on it. That’s a big drop from £2,399 and making me rather go for that over the TCL C935, just need to find out if the Sony is the much better TV of the two despite having much lower local dimming zones and less HDR peak brightness.

So I finally upgraded my TV to TCL Q Series TV. It has the 2.1 HDMI ports for my Series X, question is though do.I need to buy a new HDMI cable for my Series X to get the most out of it and if so which one or can I just use my current one?

@Tasuki The HDMI that comes with the Series X is suitable for HDMI 2.1