Report back on that tv.
OK, sure. Initial impressions on the TCL P605:
-PS4 games that run at resolutions higher than 1080P look amazing. Wow, pretty huge difference in picture quality coming from a 1920x1080 monitor. Very sharp and colorful.
-I can't tell what the big deal about HDR is. I tried Uncharted 4 (although it was the multiplayer mode- didn't realize that the single player is 4K with more enhancements and multi stays at 1080P, albeit with HDR) and Horizon. The latter looked uglier to me and ran like ass. I guess that's the difference between the nice smooth 1080P PS4 Pro performance mode and the resolution-favoring mode, heh. I need to mess with the settings more and try UC4 single player (or just wait for Chloe Raider tomorrow).
-The TV has pretty low input lag. I didn't notice anything when I tried Street Fighter V on PS4 and Sonic Mania and ULTRA SF2 ran great on Switch. Nice and responsive!
-Haven't tried my PC on it yet. Need to get a longer HDMI cable to hook it up, plus I'd be running it through an HDMI switch box and I don't know if that model supports resolutions higher than 1080P, so I'll probably need to buy a new one. But no big deal to unplug the switch box, since just the PS3 is on it and I'm not playing anything on there and the moment.
-Need to try the PS3 as well, speaking of which. Would like to see how the TV handles 720P games. 1080P looks great so no complaints there.
-The Roku TV interface is very easy to use and pretty fast. We have a Samsung Smart TV in the bedroom and it has noticeable load times and even some lag when loading and using streaming apps, plus an awkward interface. This is much, much better, to the point that I wish I had picked up a TCL Roku TV instead of that Samsung a few months back. Oh well.
-The remote is very simple and only has a few buttons, but works great with the various settings menus. You configure picture settings for each input and these settings are saved individually to their own profile. Very nice for consoles.
-The speakers are adequate at best, which is not a surprise. Got a soundbar for it and it works great. This TV has both optical out and digital out.
-This TV is really too big for my little gaming room, but it's the only model TCL is producing. There was going to be a 50" version, but this was scrapped alongside a 60" version. I'd want a 40"-43" model though. If something similar comes along, I might pick that up and put this one in the living room to replace our aging Panasonic TV from 2010.
-Picked this up from Best Buy for $599, which is about $50 cheaper than Amazon. Apparently the Amazon version has a better remote though. There's also a "fancier" 'C' version of this TV that was $700 on Amazon. Didn't bother since the P version is supposed to have more picture settings available, but went to Costco yesterday and they had the C model for $599...d'oh! I probably would have went for that had I known.
