TCL 55-Inch QM7 QLED 4K Smart QD-Mini LED TV with Google TV (55QM751G, 2024 Model) S45H S Class 2.0 Channel Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos

I've been buying television for quite some time ever since I was in college, so I'm familiar with technology and how was progress and they've gotten better, thinner, brighter and more colorful. This TCL model actually has 2400 nits of peak brightness.This is very critical and important. The average television middle to bottom introductory model in multiple televisions brands generally only go about 600-700 on average 400 for the introductory starter tvs. This one has 2400 nits peak brightness which is very important. It's critical in games movies shows, and even animes or basically any TV watching.The reason for this is because it primarily appears and more noticeable in HDR content like Dolby Vision stream like Netflix or physical Blu-ray disc, which takes advantage of it, 100% better than a stream. Anyways, from a visual standpoint, it's very important because if you have a low brightness on the television, you may not notice it up until you get a better model that has a higher one. For example, in my video games, the background would turn black and white on Mortal Kombat one as a person performs a fatality. You could see the detail of the front of the character, but the background that was black-and-white was not as noticeableIn the new one it's like the whole screen lights up, (black/greys more vivid) the best part about this television is that it has multiple zones for brightness. So basically when something is not in use, it turns off. But when the whole screen is being used like let's say in a movie in daytime everything super bright very detailed and in general the color beautiful. This is a mini LED with a combination of quantum dot, which is the equivalent of Phillips or LG's version of nano displays. Has a layer of extra LEDs to produce extra colors.This one has a combination of both of those. The new technology of mini LED, which makes the TV lighter way more brighter, but also quantum do for the enhanced color. Absolutely nothing negative to say. It has everything you need from an HDR. Dolby Vision, standard HDR 10 even Dolby Vision AIQ, which basically turns on the ability to sense the light around the room and either enhance lower or increase the brightness of the content. Some people like it some people don't try it out.You may enjoy it and even has IMAX enhanced, which was surprising. So this TV is certified for the top-of-the-line best of the best image. It also gives you the ability to tweak those settings for more color, more brightness, focus on detail, etc.I have everything basically Apple with HomeKit I used to have Google home everything until I made the switch for more privacy reasons. It has the ability to link the television directly to your Apple HomeKit so you can actually voice control/Airplay from a HomePod inside your home to turn on or off. It has very basic functions for voice control, but so far I have not found a way to increase the volume with voice control,.which isn't bad because it's better to do manual if hypothetically an assistant miss hear you may increase or decrease so I like the fact that it only does the basics on and off. It is HomeKit compatible as well as Google home.TIP: if you're connecting it to a Google home device because the built-in navigation UI is Google home tv. You can only have one or the other. If you connect, an Apple HomeKit. You can use the voice control and the Apple ecosystem to control through voice, however screensaver functions, which is built in to the Google TV on the television itself is disabled.You will not be able to control the screensaver options because it can only do one or the other. If you go with Google home then you can't use the HomeKit ecosystem. Just giving people warning and a heads up in advance because manually on the television you cannot switch the screensaver because it's looking for the Google home app for you to manually control it since you connect with Apple HomeKit it disabled it now keep in mind this can be fixed eventually through Google as an update but so far as of January 2025. The screensaver function is only available if you connect to Google Home and not Apple HomeKit.This isn't a big deal because it's just a screensaver function. Everything else can be used manually on the remote control. Besides that, the images are clear, beautiful, looking super colorful because of the quantum dot, the whole screen is vivid because it has multiple lighting points that allow the LEDs to turn off on specifically based off the content. And it has more than enough brightness 2400 nits.HDMI PORTS. located on the side of the unit they can do 120 Hz in 4K or 4K 144 and now this is mostly a video game type thing but it's nice to know what's there and it has one for the eARC to be able to go or surround sound system if you connect directly to the television itself and not go through the receiver and then to the TV. It also has a USB in case you want to physically connect images and look through on the television. You can also cast from an android device or an Apple if you connected it to the ecosystem. So it basically works with both of the main smart phones.I bought this primarily for not only Dolby Vision, but also for the video gaming aspect of it. I was surprised that it has multiple different types of Dolby Vision. For example, Dolby Vision, bright, Dolby Vision AIQ as well as multiple other ones so you can select the various types of tones you'd like to see on the TV when Dolby Vision is turned on. Keeping in mind that Amazon and Netflix and even HBO Max do you have Dolby Vision content if you pay for the stream. If it doesn't have the higher end, Dolby Vision, it defaults to HDR, which is just as good.The television can do 144 frame per second if connected or if the content like a video game allows this is normally only for video gaming VRR. The display panel itself is 120 Hz which is top-of-the-line model. The older ones are 60. So yes, you're getting a premium television. Keep in mind that this television came out in 2024 so it's still a brand new model.As for the TLC television itself, this is my first TLC TV and I'm blown away by it. It has everything you would ever need not just for gaming but for the HDR the options of sharing you name it. Its also 2024 so its NEW still in 2025. 15 years ago, I saw TCL TV and was impressed but I never bought one so this is my first one and I'm very happy with it. Very modern TV that has basically everything you need. The only thing it doesn't have is in 8K which is not a big deal because 8K isn't a standard, hasn't been a standard forever, there's no video games in 8K unless they're very slow games like Pac-Man and the very rare car types, games like Gran Turismo, etc., or the occasional games.8K content really isn't there they don't broadcast in 8k and there's no physical disc that are sold from Movies in 8k. I believe Sony has a streaming version of that but it's not worth going for a couple handful of movies. It's not going to become the standard anytime soon either because it's data intensive. Again, that's not a big loss at the end of the day physical video game consoles do not have 8K as a standard resolution which has been the only ones that have adopted it but it's a very rare game so it's not important. You'll be loving the color in the picture and 4K resolution of this.Have absolutely nothing negative to say other than that screensaver problem that I mentioned earlier that can very easily be fixed with a Google update. I was reading up on this television and it even got a recent UI update to make it speedier. It has a Google TV app if you want to use your smart phone as a controller and the remote control itself is intuitive. Also, if you touch it or pick it up, it's semi lights up in the background. It also has all the streaming channels that are popular on the physical control itself you can also download anything exotic that may not be physically on the remote.You can also download apps like YouTube, etc., Apple TV+, HBO, Max, etc.TIP:When you first do the set up process, you do not need a Google account, but it's required if you want to do casting from your phone directly via Android or use voice commands for google home.other than that, it can be used like normal. You do want to DISABLE the energy saver option on the television because if not, the TV has reduced brightness because it's set in energy saver mode. Just familiarize yourself with the location of everything shut off anything that has an energy, saving function and the colors and the brightness of the TV will instantly pop.Dolby Vision HDR can only be access with Dolby Vision content. As for the gaming stuff, you can set up to automatically turn on what it senses, a video game or shut it off. I shut it off and turn it on when needed. I max enhance content, obviously requires it to be on a stream or you physically own a Blu-ray disc. But it still has a picture mode.TIP: (skip if you're not a gamer)if you're a video gamer, and you set the game mode on. There is a function within the menu itself in the game mode where you can turn on called gamebar. On the remote itself in the center of it there's a button that has three lines if you press that you can activate the mini settings like for sound, Bluetooth, etc., and turn on or off and have an access to game mode, but there's a hidden button setting for gaming specifically when it detects it.Press and hold that same button rather than a button press and a game bar appears where you can see the frame for second etc. this is only important if you're gamer. The game bar also allows you to turn on HGIG in settings INSIDE of GAME BARE which is video gaming specific. Ignore this if you're not a gamer.RANDOM INFO. You can connect the Bluetooth headset to it, and it can stream directly to your Bluetooth headset for nighttime listening, or you can connect the wire headset. Can't really comment on the TV function because I strictly use it for a video game, streams or physical Blu-ray disc.. Not regular tv.The only thing I have to say is the auto turn on with a PlayStation 5 Pro does not seem to work, but it's not a big deal just turn on the television itself and it automatically switches to your video gaming input. Normally the PS five has the ability to turn on your television and your audio system but for some reason, it doesn't work with this TV again this is not a big deal and it's something tied to the PlayStation five Pro not the TV itself. If you turn on your Blu-ray disc physical unit, it will wake up the TV and your audio system. When shutting tv off it does shut off audio system and the PS5 Pro etcOther than that, I have nothing negative to say the TV is beautiful. I'm very happy I purchased it fun fact I was planning on buying two other televisions and then stumbled on this one by mistake and it ended up being better than the other two. 85 inches seems to be the perfect spot for medium to large size room. Video games and movies appear super detailed, big, and crisp and the color is just phenomenal.It also has a very good built-in sound system. It has a built-in subwoofer. Also it's not the same as a powered subwoofer obviously but the base is noticeable way better than I've heard of any other television so far.EDIT: 1/30/2025(CEC found in settings for auto wake up)I recently found out that there is a setting in the system menu within the television settings to turn on the ability for it to wake up. I previously said in my review that sometimes it doesn't wake up when you start the PlayStation 5 Pro. tTurns out to be that setting has to be enabled. Even if CEC is ON in the quick start menu button (via remote the 3 bars) , it will not wake it up, which gave me the impression that either had a picky CEC application or something hardware related turns out to be you have to turn it on the system menu. Now it should wake the tv with the actvation of the PS5 Pro. (which I assume any game system when features turned off) which allows it to wake up everything the sound system, TV and the PlayStation five Pro versus when it's NOT ON, it only allows everything to go to sleep