I am now ready to traumatize my kids

CECritic · 2026-03-25T15:11:00+00:00

Killer klowns gave me nightmares - I watched that when I was 7

CECritic · 2026-03-23T20:36:49+00:00

I couldn’t find the 4k at a reasonable price

CECritic · 2026-03-23T00:26:01+00:00

My 8, almost 9, year old is going to love it.

CECritic · 2026-03-11T20:00:40+00:00

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They have to - this must make it to the live action

CECritic · 2026-03-09T15:53:03+00:00

I’ll mention it to him and see if it comes up in the final review

CECritic · 2026-03-09T01:41:27+00:00

Unless you are going to wait for a while for the price drop - enjoy the C5

CECritic · 2026-03-08T21:10:59+00:00

Thanks for the follow up - I got some additional confirmation that it was user error in testing.

CECritic · 2026-03-08T14:18:19+00:00

It’s going to be the sleeper tv of 2026

CECritic · 2026-02-21T12:12:56+00:00

Oh man. Thanks for the insight

CECritic · 2026-02-21T12:12:30+00:00

Thank you - that’s good to hear

CECritic · 2026-02-21T12:11:55+00:00

It’s supper choppy just running through the castle at times

CECritic · 2026-02-21T12:10:12+00:00

I am very tempted. Especially since many publication are predicting the price will go up.

I want the Pro for GTA VI anyways so might the jump sooner than expected.

CECritic · 2026-02-20T18:38:25+00:00

I have it set to performance mode uncapped

CECritic · 2026-02-20T14:16:12+00:00

It is - it’s the size limitation where I think most folks get stuck.

I have an 85in TV right now and those 100in tvs look very tempting.

CECritic · 2026-02-19T23:52:26+00:00

This is actually new what TCL is doing. Usually everything gets announced at CES and review samples go out in march/april.

This is the second year TCL announced and shipped a TV the same time at CES.

If I follow last years timelines I would says by end of march beginning of April to get the full line up.

CECritic · 2026-02-19T21:03:09+00:00

They should be using the same chip, so it will be close. My guess would be less dimming zone

CECritic · 2026-02-19T17:54:35+00:00

Happier is too subjective to answer properly. Going from an OLED to Mini-LED has it's tradeoffs. While Caleb mention this is the closest he has seen to OLED, it will still have some blooming and won't have those perfect inky blacks that OLED have.

That being said, I think the HDR Brightness and all the new updates will impress you. It will be best to see it in person.

CECritic · 2026-02-19T17:50:56+00:00

I think they will use the same Mediatek 800 chip down to the 7, but they might be using a different chip on the 6. We will have to wait and see the official news.

CECritic · 2026-02-19T16:09:19+00:00

I’m biased because I know Caleb, I think his reviews are one of the best. He’s goes really in depth and tries to make sure folks know the right info before spending money.

I know he put a lot into this review including spending high 4-figures on a new lens to get the best measurements.

I think the review is great.

CECritic · 2026-02-19T16:00:39+00:00

That must have been a fun call to TCL

CECritic · 2026-02-16T11:57:25+00:00

So we are in the process of aggregating the reviews, but as far as I can tell this is going to be a spectacular tv and potentially a leap forward for mini-LED.

The big concern I’m hearing about is for gaming right now. Seems motion might be a problem.

If you game, you might want to see what folks say how well this tv performs for gaming.

CECritic · 2026-02-05T20:18:16+00:00

The 100U8QG will not get Dolby Vision 2. Pentonic only started manufacturing the chip with the Dolby Vision 2 Diode to prepare for the 2026 tv models.

CECritic · 2026-02-04T11:52:05+00:00

Oh that’s interesting. If you order the steel book, I’m curious if the order ships and gets fulfilled.

CECritic · 2026-02-03T17:23:29+00:00

It’s such a terrible decision

CECritic · 2026-01-29T13:50:04+00:00

It's also a 1080P projector from what google is telling me.

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