Tankini Audioholic General Sep 18, 2023 1,050 0 36 3rd rock from the Sun. Jan 24, 2026 #21 ryanosaur said: On sale, the tcl qm8k was 1k. Bravia 7 was 1400. I have no regrets. ymmv. Click to expand... You got ripped off. Reactions: AcuDefTechGuy
ryanosaur said: On sale, the tcl qm8k was 1k. Bravia 7 was 1400. I have no regrets. ymmv. Click to expand... You got ripped off.
Tankini Audioholic General Sep 18, 2023 1,050 0 36 3rd rock from the Sun. Jan 24, 2026 #22 Cos said: Bravia 7 is 1199 now btw, I bought my Bravia 7 at 1299 a few months back, great TV too. Click to expand... Picked up back in December of last year, Sony 65 B7. Not one issue! Upscaling, fine detail is awesome No motion blur. Got it for $999.99 a week before XMAS . As of right now at BB has Sony's 75" B7 going for 1499.99!. TCL flagship TVs ain't all that. (Poor PQ tracking, very poor upscaling, lack of fine detail just to mention a few. But hey you get a brite panel though) lol.
Cos said: Bravia 7 is 1199 now btw, I bought my Bravia 7 at 1299 a few months back, great TV too. Click to expand... Picked up back in December of last year, Sony 65 B7. Not one issue! Upscaling, fine detail is awesome No motion blur. Got it for $999.99 a week before XMAS . As of right now at BB has Sony's 75" B7 going for 1499.99!. TCL flagship TVs ain't all that. (Poor PQ tracking, very poor upscaling, lack of fine detail just to mention a few. But hey you get a brite panel though) lol.
M Movie2099 Audioholic Field Marshall Jan 26, 2020 1,653 0 36 41 Jan 27, 2026 #23 AcuDefTechGuy said: So TCL will be making Sony TV, Projectors, and receivers? Click to expand... TCL was already making panels for Sony. So, this merger makes sense.
AcuDefTechGuy said: So TCL will be making Sony TV, Projectors, and receivers? Click to expand... TCL was already making panels for Sony. So, this merger makes sense.
H highfigh Seriously, I have no life. Sep 14, 2008 24,207 0 113 Jan 27, 2026 #24 Mikado463 said: LMAO, those of us old enough remember years back, 'Goldstar'......Korean 'junk' ? Fast forward, drop the name Goldstar and re-emerge as 'LG' ! Click to expand... LG = 'Lucky-Goldstar', started as Lucky in 1947, merged with Goldstar in '83 and changed the name to LG and bought Zenith in 1995.
Mikado463 said: LMAO, those of us old enough remember years back, 'Goldstar'......Korean 'junk' ? Fast forward, drop the name Goldstar and re-emerge as 'LG' ! Click to expand... LG = 'Lucky-Goldstar', started as Lucky in 1947, merged with Goldstar in '83 and changed the name to LG and bought Zenith in 1995.
AcuDefTechGuy Audioholic Jedi Jul 10, 2007 34,056 0 113 Jan 27, 2026 #25 Movie2099 said: TCL was already making panels for Sony. So, this merger makes sense. Click to expand... I can understand the TV part because of the TV panels. But to give TCL control of all the Sony Home Electronics, which also includes Projectors, AVR, UHD players?
Movie2099 said: TCL was already making panels for Sony. So, this merger makes sense. Click to expand... I can understand the TV part because of the TV panels. But to give TCL control of all the Sony Home Electronics, which also includes Projectors, AVR, UHD players?
BoredSysAdmin Audioholic Slumlord Aug 21, 2007 15,615 0 113 New Joisey Jan 27, 2026 #26 Tankini said: You got ripped off. View attachment 77494View attachment 77495 View attachment 77496 Click to expand... This isn't a complete picture. Yes, Bravia 7 beats TLC in a few categories, like image processing and color, but for most of them, TCL wins: Last edited: Jan 27, 2026 Reactions: Alex2507, AcuDefTechGuy and zhimbo
Tankini said: You got ripped off. View attachment 77494View attachment 77495 View attachment 77496 Click to expand... This isn't a complete picture. Yes, Bravia 7 beats TLC in a few categories, like image processing and color, but for most of them, TCL wins:
M Movie2099 Audioholic Field Marshall Jan 26, 2020 1,653 0 36 41 Jan 27, 2026 #27 AcuDefTechGuy said: I can understand the TV part because of the TV panels. But to give TCL control of all the Sony Home Electronics, which also includes Projectors, AVR, UHD players? Click to expand... I'd like to see what they will do with their projectors. I haven't been impressed with their projector market these last 5 years. Nothing special. They haven't done anything with their GTZ lineup. No refresh's, no fixes, no nothing. Maybe engineers at TCL can improve upon it. AVR and UHD players, I'm not worried about at all. Will never own either, so doesn't bother me much.
AcuDefTechGuy said: I can understand the TV part because of the TV panels. But to give TCL control of all the Sony Home Electronics, which also includes Projectors, AVR, UHD players? Click to expand... I'd like to see what they will do with their projectors. I haven't been impressed with their projector market these last 5 years. Nothing special. They haven't done anything with their GTZ lineup. No refresh's, no fixes, no nothing. Maybe engineers at TCL can improve upon it. AVR and UHD players, I'm not worried about at all. Will never own either, so doesn't bother me much.
P PhilCohen Audioholic Apr 3, 2008 162 0 28 Bay Harbor Islands,Florida Jan 29, 2026 #28 When a Sony product will no longer be a Sony. That's a very sad day for the electronics industry.
Kingnoob Audioholic Ninja Oct 4, 2019 3,048 0 38 North canton, Ohio Jan 29, 2026 #29 Cos said: If you Look at TCL's premium line the 8/9 series, they are priced comparable to LG/Sony already Click to expand... And this one I can’t dream of affording.. no space for that big of a tv anyway. https://us.tcl.com/products/tcl-x11l-85?srsltid=AfmBOoqLf4QBFp1F7w7UiJxvjIbZX943AxfiuILRLIcYOwUBgHsjoaC1
Cos said: If you Look at TCL's premium line the 8/9 series, they are priced comparable to LG/Sony already Click to expand... And this one I can’t dream of affording.. no space for that big of a tv anyway. https://us.tcl.com/products/tcl-x11l-85?srsltid=AfmBOoqLf4QBFp1F7w7UiJxvjIbZX943AxfiuILRLIcYOwUBgHsjoaC1
S Sal1950 Junior Audioholic Feb 6, 2016 64 0 8 76 Jan 30, 2026 #30 I wonder if the Japanese are beginning to feel like US citizens when they started taking over the US TV manufacturing market?
I wonder if the Japanese are beginning to feel like US citizens when they started taking over the US TV manufacturing market?
Tankini Audioholic General Sep 18, 2023 1,050 0 36 3rd rock from the Sun. Feb 12, 2026 #31 BoredSysAdmin said: This isn't a complete picture. Yes, Bravia 7 beats TLC in a few categories, like image processing and color, but for most of them, TCL wins: View attachment 77525 Click to expand... TCL doesn't do good at all with the ones that Really matter. Last edited: Feb 13, 2026
BoredSysAdmin said: This isn't a complete picture. Yes, Bravia 7 beats TLC in a few categories, like image processing and color, but for most of them, TCL wins: View attachment 77525 Click to expand... TCL doesn't do good at all with the ones that Really matter.
Tankini Audioholic General Sep 18, 2023 1,050 0 36 3rd rock from the Sun. Feb 13, 2026 #32 DigitalDawn said: LG stands for Lucky Goldstar. Click to expand... LG= Life's Good.
