Best TCL TVs for HDR performance

HDR performance Decision Dashboard

Best for HDR performance

TCL QM8L

5.0 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

TCL X11L

4.6 attribute score

Balances the attribute score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

TCL QM7L

9 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

TCL QM7L Pro

4.1 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.

#1 TCL QM8L
5.0

HDR is spectacularly punchy, combining intense highlights, deep blacks, rich color, and strong detail. Dolby Vision material is particularly impressive when the appropriate picture mode is selected.

Pros: picture quality, value for money

Cons: stand quality, judder handling

#2 TCL X11L
4.6

HDR movies and games can look spectacular, with intense light and rich colors alongside dark backgrounds. Accurate tone mapping needs care with settings.

Pros: peak brightness, blooming control

Cons: value for money, motion clarity

#3 TCL RM9L
4.5

Bright HDR material can be strikingly vivid and immersive, with strong blacks and saturated color. Tracking inaccuracies and mode inconsistencies limit its faithfulness to the source.

Pros: picture quality, overall satisfaction

Cons: color crosstalk, value for money

#4 TCL QM7L Pro
4.5

HDR content looks striking thanks to deep blacks, colorful scenes and strong highlights. Fine highlight detail and scene-to-scene brightness balance are less reliable.

Pros: picture quality, black levels

Cons: viewing angles, motion clarity

#5 TCL 98QM8K
4.4

HDR movies and games are the main attraction: blazing highlights, vivid color, and controlled blacks make demanding material stand out.

Pros: peak brightness, picture quality

Cons: HDMI 2.1 port count, reflection handling

#6 TCL QM7L
4.2

HDR is usually bright, colorful, and detailed, with impactful highlights and broad format support. Clipping, overbrightening, blooming, and unstable brightness remain possible drawbacks.

Pros: peak brightness, picture quality

Cons: color accuracy, viewing angles

#7 TCL QM9K
4.2

HDR images can be dazzling, with exceptional highlights and bold contrast. Uneven tone tracking and occasional black crush are the main compromises.

Pros: peak brightness, overall satisfaction

Cons: value for money, shadow detail

#8 TCL M8LF
3.0

Some HDR content looks vivid and colorful, but peak highlights and fine bright details lack the impact of stronger TVs.

Pros: value for money, overall satisfaction

Cons: HDR brightness

#9 TCL QM5K
2.5

Dolby Vision and HDR10+ compatibility is useful, but limited highlight brightness keeps HDR from looking truly dramatic.

Pros: black levels, picture quality

Cons: HDR performance, blooming control

#10 TCL Q77K
1.5

HDR format compatibility is broad, but contrast, color volume and brightness are too limited to make HDR particularly convincing.

Pros: picture quality, value for money

Cons: viewing angles, HDR performance