While looking for a suitable TV for a friend, I stumbled upon this line of TV's. I remember seeing the name before, but dismissed it since I never heard of it.
Doing some research, Amazon sells many of these. I like Amazon Marketplace and Amazon Warehouse Deals due to their 30 day return policy and free shipping. Also, the reviews are somewhat useful if you can weed out the 'emotional' ones.
Best Buy and Vanns also carry some of the models.
Taken from Wikipedia;
A couple things stood out. First a two year warranty and second, the description and facts of their corporate structure unlike many other unknown names that are just 'importers';
http://www.tclusa.com/products/
There are 21 LED backlighted LCD models from 24" to 55" (10 models might be only slight variants in each series) and only six CCFL backlighted models from 26" to 40". There is a "TA" and a "TT" version of most of the LED driven sets. There is no 'comparison chart' or data sheet for any, so I don't have any idea what the difference is. It might be just for "marketing" purposes. The apparent downside of the CCFL's are the very wide bezel compared to the LED driven sets.
It seems all the sets except for a few older CCFL LCD's only have one of each; composite, VGA, USB, component, but two HDMI inputs with a headphone and coaxial audio outputs. The somewhat older sets also have a 2nd composite and component, S-video and a 3rd HDMI showing the typical cost cutting that all manufactures seem to do with newer models.
Notice they have direct links to Amazon reviews of the selected model.
Their warranty has a provision for TCL paying to ship the set to a service facility if one isn't near you. Models larger than 33" could be serviced in the home. Link for their "Service Locater";
http://www.tclusa.com/support/
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Edited by videobruce - 9/26/12 at 5:49am
Doing some research, Amazon sells many of these. I like Amazon Marketplace and Amazon Warehouse Deals due to their 30 day return policy and free shipping. Also, the reviews are somewhat useful if you can weed out the 'emotional' ones.
Best Buy and Vanns also carry some of the models.
Taken from Wikipedia;
Quote:
TCL Corporation is a Chinese multinational electronics company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong, China. In 2010 it was the world's 25th-largest consumer electronics producer and sixth-largest television producer (after Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic and Sharp). In April 2008 Samsung Electronics announced that it would be outsourcing the production of some LCD TV modules to TCL.
A couple things stood out. First a two year warranty and second, the description and facts of their corporate structure unlike many other unknown names that are just 'importers';
Quote:
TechnologyWith its US headquarters in Corona, California, TTE Technology, Inc. designs and markets televisions in the United States under the TCL brand name. TTE Technology and TCL Corporation are subsidiaries of TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited, one of world's largest consumer electronics manufacturers specializing in the development of high-quality televisions and other leading technology products. Headquartered in China, TCL Multimedia operates a global network of research centers, manufacturing facilities, and sales offices.
TTE Technology, Inc.
555 S. Promenade Ave. Suite 103
Corona, CA 92879
877-300-8837
TTE Technology, Inc.
555 S. Promenade Ave. Suite 103
Corona, CA 92879
877-300-8837
http://www.tclusa.com/products/
There are 21 LED backlighted LCD models from 24" to 55" (10 models might be only slight variants in each series) and only six CCFL backlighted models from 26" to 40". There is a "TA" and a "TT" version of most of the LED driven sets. There is no 'comparison chart' or data sheet for any, so I don't have any idea what the difference is. It might be just for "marketing" purposes. The apparent downside of the CCFL's are the very wide bezel compared to the LED driven sets.
It seems all the sets except for a few older CCFL LCD's only have one of each; composite, VGA, USB, component, but two HDMI inputs with a headphone and coaxial audio outputs. The somewhat older sets also have a 2nd composite and component, S-video and a 3rd HDMI showing the typical cost cutting that all manufactures seem to do with newer models.
Notice they have direct links to Amazon reviews of the selected model.
Their warranty has a provision for TCL paying to ship the set to a service facility if one isn't near you. Models larger than 33" could be serviced in the home. Link for their "Service Locater";
http://www.tclusa.com/support/
.
Edited by videobruce - 9/26/12 at 5:49am
