TCL 55” Class S4 (55S451) 4K UHD HDR Smart TV with Roku TV

First of all, note that the claimed 31,000 reviews are for many different TCL models. Mixing all the reviews together is shoddy and it reduces the value of all reviews because you can't tell what's what. There are many reviews claiming the speakers sound awful but no particular model mentioned. My speakers sound as good as you can expect from any 50 inch TV but I did already have a full AV 5.1 amp system so I piped that in through an HDMI channel. The low price for this TV is in part due to the cheap leg kit included, there are many choices to upgrade to a nice stand. This model's back panel has all the mounting holes down low so any mount you use will tend to raise the height of the display higher than normal with older TVs. Knowing this, I selected a stand with height adjustments - the 'Perlesmith Universal Swivel Tabletop Stand' for under $30 is compatible with this TV's 200x200 VESA mounting holes. SIZE - this is considerably larger than my old Visio which was in the '50 inch class" but was actually about 48 inch diagonal. I barely had the room for this larger screen in my installation. The remote sensor is on the bottom front center edge. There is a tiny dim white LED there to indicate the TV has power and is ready. This can not be turned off in the menu like my old Visio but it is a pretty dim LED. This has all the features ROKU offers except RF remote and there is a way to connect to an antenna and scan for your local channels, accessed through the 'Live TV' option menu which also includes free streaming of live channels, a function you can turn off. Note that the remote is IR so if you were spoiled by the Roku RF remote tuner kit which has more features and needs no pointing towards the TV, this is a downgrade. But I believe that phone apps will give you an RF remote. It performed very well with no lag with my home wireless signal. I am replacing my ten year old Visio which was bought before 4K was a common feature. The picture on this is indeed more crisp but plan on taking time to set up the picture controls to your liking - out of the box, mine was very dim before adjusting. It took a lot of doing to get it right for my tastes. I am not happy with TCL's handling of power consumption data. The Walmart webpage says this uses only $10/ yr in power but I received a TV that has the yellow sticker saying it will use $25/yr and it is not energy star compliant. I found no sticker listing the power consumption in watts but I don't feel excessive heat coming off of it and it will go into low power mode when you let it sit unused. Another reason for my choice was the fact that the input plugs are on the right side for convenient access in my installation. It has all the inputs I could want and note there is no RCA jack inputs on this. My mounting stand did not block any of the plug access. I have no use for a smart phone so I won't be messing with all the connectivity and bluetooth features but I may buy bluetooth headphones at some point.

It came very fast, my delivery driver was wonderful they put the tv exactly where I wanted. So far the tv is wonderful! no issues with delivery. No issues thus far with the tv. My husband loves it. Our old tv stopped working and we went without a tv in our living room for 3 weeks til i decided it was time for a new one. I did alot of research looked at the reviews and they were all good reviews, some were bad but it was mainly due to delievery issues with the tv screen being cracked or lines in it when they hooked it up. I had mine delivered but it was delievered by a driver not ups or any of the others. I would suggest to anyone that the brand and The quality is good. clear picture, nice sound although we have it hooked up to our stereo for surround sound. I would suggest that maybe they put Left and right on the legs as to we had to switch them around. That is the only issues so far is the legs have to be labeled or something saying which way they go. We are at some point going to hang it on our Tv stand and that way we can remove the legs. other than all that it was a good purchase right price. I dont suggest getting the protection plan from walmart as the tv has a 1-2yr warranty throught the brand itself. so kinda wasted 36.00 dollars on that but better to have protection than not. We are happy with our purchase as of now its only been a little over a week and half of having it but time will tell. We are samsung family on our house and I would buy this brand again if that means anything. good purchase worth the price considering it was cheaper than our 65" samsung tv. We game and it has nice picture clear. What else can i say other than buy it but dont have it delievered from ups or fedex if your going to have it delievered have it delievered with a driver they seem to have more care than the ups or fedex drivers do. Also it is a roku tv which is nice considering we just have to sign in with a roku app and all the apps we use are already on there. I do like that the remote says the name on it due to our sons having a roku tvs as well and this way the remotes will not be mixed up! That is all go buy it if ya are thinking about a new tv. Again it was worth rhe price for a brand that we have never used before!