The new TCL 6-Series is the cheapest 8K TV out there but not as cheap as wed hoped

Date:
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:00:52 +0000

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TCL has finally announced the pricing of its 2021 6-Series 8K TVs, but if you thought wed finally get a sub-$1,000 8K TV well, weve got bad news.

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TCL has unveiled the pricing for its new 6-Series 8K TV that it announced at CES 2021 earlier this year. When it launches in August, the 65-inch TCL
65R648 will cost $2,199 while the 75-inch version, the TCL 75R648, comes in at a cool $2,999.

Both prices undercut the 8K TVs weve seen this year from Samsung, LG and
Sony, however its only by a few hundred dollars rather than a few thousand like we had hoped.

The reason expectations were so high was because traditionally the 6-Series has started off around $600 and still managed to pack in features like
quantum dot, Mini LED , and Dolby Vision and Atmos .

The new 6-Series 8K has all of those features in addition to its 8K
resolution , but its price is nearly four times as much as the 55-inch 6-Series we saw last year.

In TCLs defense, the company never claimed the 6-Series 8K would have the
same pricing as its regular 6-Series 4K line. Instead, TCL hangs its hat on creating TVs that have similar performance to the competition at a lower
price which seems to be the case for the new 6-Series, but well need to put it through its paces before we can say that with any certainty. Analysis: Is any 8K TV worth the investment right now?

Whether or not an 8K TV is worth the investment right now is a subject of debate amongst home entertainment enthusiasts right now. Some say that the lack of native 8K content and publicly broadcasted 4K shows indicate that
were not ready to jump up to 8K while others claim that 8K offers the necessary resolution for screen sizes larger than 65 inches.

Both arguments have their merits, but ultimately it will come down to how
much youre willing to spend on a new TV whether thats just a few hundred for a great 4K TV or now a few thousand for the most affordable 8K TV.

As for the new TCL R648 in particular, it does present an appealing proposition on paper its an 8K Mini LED TV with quantum dot for the same
cost as some high-end 4K TVs. Well need to spend some more time with it to
see how it stacks up against the 4K TVs in its price range and the 8K TVs its trying to undercut, but on paper it seems like a good value just maybe not as good of a value proposition as we had hoped. Check out our guide to the best TVs of 2021



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