Because Roku doesn’t have ties to a major streaming service - other than a vague deal to include FandangoNow on the home screen of the OS - it doesn’t push you any direction you don’t want to go and happily supports everything from Netflix, Hulu, Sling TV and Amazon, to lesser-known channels like, tubi, Crackle and others. That last bit is important, especially if you’ve ever used an Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV, both of which would much rather have you stream from their ancillary streaming services over any of the third-party ones. It’s the operating platform that doesn’t care which streaming service you use and will show you search results from over a half-dozen services with a preference for free content. In terms of its smart platform, not a whole lot has changed since last year - the TCL 6-Series QLED still uses the venerable, intuitive, egalitarian and downright exceptional Roku TV. That’s one more HDMI port than was on the 6-Series last year - a small criticism that we pointed out in our last review - so it’s great to see that fixed for the 2019 model.ĭesign TL DR: TCL's 6-Series QLED is a bit on the thick side, but that's because it houses the all-important full-array panel. Spin it around to the back and you’ll find four HDMI 2.0 ports with HDCP 2.2, one USB 2.0 port, a 3.5mm Headphone Jack and Digital Optical-In, plus an AV In port that takes your standard composite (Red-White-Yellow RCA) input, great for classic gaming or older AV devices. That’s a good thing because the TV can then be more uniformly lit, increasing brightness and enhancing contrast, but it comes at the expense of thinness.
the LED lights are located throughout the screen rather than just on the edges. It’s thicker than most screens at this price point because it’s using a full-array panel - i.e. So how thick are we talking? At its thinnest point, the 6-Series QLED is a chunky 1.25 inches thick and over 2 inches at its thickest point near the bottom of the screen. There’s not really any way to manage cables that come into the back of the TV and, for folks who are all about wall-mounting their TV, it probably won’t look great on a wall considering how thick it is. It’s fairly chunky and the v-shaped legs - attached via screws in the back - point inward to give it stability. For lack of a better word, we’d describe it as industrial - it’s all brushed chrome around the outside bezel with a small logo along the bottom edge of the screen near the IR receiver. Despite scoring some huge points in the performance department, the TCL 6-Series QLED isn’t the most beautifully-designed TV we’ve ever seen.
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