TCL 55PF650K 55-inch 4K Ultra HD, HDR TV, Smart LED Fire TV (Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, DTS, HDR 10, Alexa built-in, Airplay2, Miracast)

This tv is amazing value for money! Picture quality is excellent, it’s very bright and clear, it’s extremely easy to setup. Has great Sound quality and is all round a very good tv. Everything works brilliantly including wifi which is quick and smooth. I’m surprised it’s possible to get a tv of this quality for a promotional price of *£289, now it’s on another promotion and it’s even cheaper at £250. *I have owned my tv for about 6 months (or more) It has been absolutely faultless. Next time I need something similar Oi will not bother going anywhere else.

Perfect TV. I have a small room but with it on a wall mount - it's great for what I need. I thought it was easy enough to set up. Just a small fight with Disney+ app, but that was easy enough to work around. The sound isn't terrible to me, but I might very well end up investing in a sound bar in the future. For now, it was an excellent buy. I think the already installed apps are brilliant and you can add ones you want. Plenty of points to attach your consoles, a dvd player etc which I think is important. The picture quality is crisp and clear. All in all, a very happy customer.

Kitchen is being redesigned and we wanted to incorporate a 32” smart TV that provided Freely, had a Fire OS so that it could integrate with our Alexa enabled devices and support our eufy camera feeds…. Oh and all in FULL HD. This TCL 32” model (32SF560-UK) was NOT our 1st choice…. Unfortunately, it was our ONLY choice that met the criteria at Full HD 1080p resolution. It’s worth noting that we looked at alternatives first - we even tried the Amazon echo hub (I know it’s not a TV, but we had compatibility/consistency issues) and we did consider the latest 21” Amazon echo show, but even at *gasp* £400 price tag, it doesn’t have Freely TV, nor do any of the actual Fire TV’s. So, unless we went for a larger sized Panasonic TV (Panasonics all have Fire OS and Freely, except for the 32”), for the current price of £140, this TCL TV was worth taking a gamble on. 1st thing to note when you unbox it…. It’s incredibly light. It only weighs 3.4kg and should be easily supported by the majority of small wall brackets (with VESA 100x100 mount size). You definitely don’t need any heavyweight brackets specifically advertised for 32” TVs. The 2nd thing you notice is that the lower section of the TV is quite thick in comparison to the overall size and upper part. It measures 7cm deep at this lower part - why? Possibly to incorporate the inputs and power, but also the stereo speakers (that point downwards). I don’t have too much experience with TV’s of this size in regards to speaker quality, but given the size of the speaker housing, I was surprised that the speakers weren’t better sounding! They are just so underwhelming. Once you get everything mounted… the next steps are ; software update (crucial, otherwise BBC iPlayer won’t work), internet connection (via WiFi or Ethernet), channel scans, linking to your Amazon account and other devices etc, creating or logging into itvX account (otherwise you won’t be able to watch ITV channels on Freely). Plus any other apps or streaming services such as Netflix, etc. We had no problems in enabling our eufy security cameras and doorbell with the TV. The good (and bad) thing about Alexa voice commands with this TV is that you interact with the TV via the press of the voice button on the remote. You don’t need to say ‘Alexa’ or ‘echo’ first. Just press and hold the button as you speak. Therefore, if you have another echo device in the same room, you won’t cause any confusion between the two whenever you say ‘Alexa’. But of course it means you have to have the remote nearby all the time if you want to interact with the TV with verbal commands. Picture quality is totally acceptable. It’s 1080p and noticeably better than the 32” 720p models I looked at in the high street shops. Although it’s never going to compete with an OLED TV for depth of colour or broad viewing angles. The key thing is, it’s pretty decent for the screen size - especially considering current price tag. HOWEVER…. (no decent balanced review should exist without a ‘however’)…..There ARE a number of negatives; Whilst the 1080p picture quality is ‘ok’, this only the case if viewing from fairly straight on. Soon as you go about 30 degrees off centre either direction, the colours begin to desaturate significantly! Unfortunately, this is inherent to these low end LED/LCD tv screens and you’re not going to avoid this even with other brands unless you bump up your budget. Aside from this, my two biggest disappointments with the TV is that 1) it does take a while for it to start up…. It’s like an old PC that’s reached retirement age speed in loading and starting up. 2) Once it’s all turned on… you have to endure an endless stream of Amazon product adverts until you press a channel or app on the remote control. Is this why this TV is relatively so “cheap”? Have I just paid Amazon for them to show me their adverts or 3rd party adverts in my own home? Paying for a TV that force feeds you adverts via the operating system isn’t what I signed up for. It’s worse than turning on your ‘normal’ TV and the default channel is always one of those late night shopping channels. From what I understand, “echo Shows” have a similar issue, but on a smaller scale. Fortunately when placed on standby and it’s turned on again, it doe go straight to your last channel. But if I had known this what it means to have an Amazon ‘Fire OS’ on my TV, I may have waited another 6 months and researched other alternatives. But the saddest thing for me about this Fire OS is…. now knowing that I may never revisit my favourite TV brand again when we look at upgrading our old main Panasonic TV in a few weeks time. I really want to give this a 3 star or lower rating. But once I’m reminded that this is currently the ONLY TV on the market (that I found/know of… I challenge you, tell me of another!) that is 32 inches, full HD and has Fire OS and Freely… then perhaps it deserves better.

So far I’m really liking this TV, especially for what it cost. The picture looks good, the colours are decent, and it’s been easy enough to set up and get going. The remote is a bit on the clicky side, but nothing that gets in the way once you’re used to it. Overall, I’m happy with it so far. Solid value for the money and does exactly what I bought it for.

This is a Fire TV, as stated, with the Freely app built in, which can be accessed independently of the Fire TV menus via dedicated buttons on the remote. The TV remembers were it was at last shut down and restarts in the same place, so avoiding the need to reload Freely every time. Pressing the home button does take you to the Fire TV menu which is nice and useful for those who prefer finding content that way. The TV is mostly very good with decent images and good sound, both of which can be tweaked extensively in the settings to suit your own tastes and within its hardware parameters, which I found necessary for the preset start-up pictures. The picture quality varies depending on the source of the images and the type of images being displayed. HD images and above are mostly excellent, while SD broadcasts are a mixed bag with those from Freely streaming much better than those from the built in aerial tuner, which aren't so good by often looking a little fuzzy. SD aerial inputs from external sources can look better depending on the device being used. Freeview isn't built-in to the set, but is replaced by Freely which currently doesn't have all the freeview channels. Freely reorganises some of freeview's channel numbers which you have to get used to. The HD broadcasts from the aerial, which are splendid, are allotted to the lowest channel numbers and don't need the internet to work, unlike the Freely SD broadcasts that immediately follow them. The SD broadcasts from the aerial are allotted to the higher channel numbers - from around 150 on, and on my 55 inch screen, don't look as good as the duplicated ones from freely streaming (at the lower channel numbers) which arrive at the set slightly behind the aerial's ones. These live freely streaming channels along with the on-screen TV guide and catchup TV won't work without a decent Internet connection, but do work with just WiFi, without an aerial, which makes channel surfing live-streaming broadcasts much easier than with freeview play and separate apps. The sound from the internal speakers is fairly good and quite acceptable for general viewing with the option to make lots of adjustments in settings. Connecting to an external speaker via Bluetooth caused lip-syncing issues, as often happens with many TVs, but here in the settings the sound or picture is delayable, bringing dialogue back in sync, which I was surprised to see on a budget TV. The remote control is nice to hold and easy to use with with good in-hand feedback from button presses. There is a slight response delay from the TV at times which is something you can get used to. You would have to place it side by side with higher spec/priced TVs to be fully aware of it's HD/UHD picture and sound shortcomings. But as a standalone offering, it's hard to fault. As none of the TVs weakneses are overly distracting or irritating, I think it represents really good value for money at its current price point and is certainly a tv that you could easily live with.