The TCL 4-series (left), Roku Select (center) and Samsung DU7200 (right) were compared side by side in our lab.
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Given the affordable nature of these screens I was surprised at how variable, but in some instances how good, the picture quality looked. While even the best screens had some image quality issues, it was about how they each balanced these with the more important things like contrast. In all instances, I chose the best-looking mode on each TV (movie) with any adaptive modes disabled.
I starting with the opening scenes of It (Part 1) as they are a great way to test a TVs picture by incorporating plenty of shadow detail as well as high-contrast HDR images. At 3:05 you see Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) at the top of the basement stairs with light splashed against the wall behind him. The Samsung and Roku TVs showed everything in the room, including
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