

That being said, the 5-Series is available in the smallest size between the two and starts at a 50-inch screen size. Between the 6-Series and the 5-Series, there should be a screen size that works for you.

What we really like about TCL is that it tries to accommodate a lot of buyers - there’s people who want a second screen for a guest bedroom or basement, college students who need something for their dorm rooms or apartments, and people who want a new TV for the center of their living room. The 6-Series also supports VRR and AMD FreeSync, which is great for PC gamers. So why is this important for gamers? Well, if you have a new console like the Xbox Series X or PS5 and want to take advantage of their native 120 frames-per-second output, you’ll need a 120Hz TV. A 60Hz screen can therefore refresh the image on-screen 60 times in one second while a 120Hz or 144Hz display can refresh the image 120 times or 144 times in one second, respectively. While there’s a lot happening under the hood, a panel’s native refresh rate is the number of time all the pixels on the screen can refresh in one second. For comparison, the 5-Series is limited to 60Hz. The headline here is that the TCL 6-Series not only has a native refresh rate of 120Hz, but it can go up to 144Hz when connected to a PC. If you’re a gamer or sports lover, you definitely want to read this section. Having more zones on is a bad thing, as that’s what creates a greyish look to night skies and space scenes rather than true black. Instead of a TV turning on 10% of the LEDs to illuminate that one section of sky where the moon is, the additional contrast control zones would allow you to use the exact area where the moon is. Say, for example, you have a night sky in the background with something bright - like the Moon - in one small section. Speaking of contrast, the 6-Series has six times more contrast control zones than the 5-Series - up to 360 on the 6-Series vs 60 on the TCL 5-Series.Ĭontrast control zones, as the name suggests, allows a TV to have even finer control of which parts of the TV are turned on and off.
