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Since people seem to be lukewarm to the TV suggested by the OP, I did an Amazon search for 4K TVs under $600:

https://www.amazon.com/s/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_n_size_browse...

Anyone have any experience with the top TVs on this list? The top entry from TCL seems to be the leader, by far, in terms of average customer review, but the price point seems almost too good to be true: $379 for the 55' version, though that may have been a sale price, and the TV is currently out of stock.

https://www.amazon.com/TCL-49S405-49-Inch-Ultra-Smart/dp/B01...



I have the 55" TCL and it's great! Reminds me of the early Vizio days where they had to be priced closer to production cost in order to compete with bigger players. My one con is that the HDR doesn't seem perfect. The blacks don't seem "true black" and based on the comparison lower on the page I wonder if this is because it's not "Dolby Vision HDR"


I have the 43" TCL 4k. I highly recommend turning off HDR when using it as a monitor. Up close it kinda creates this ghosting effect where black text on a gray background will get this light halo kind of thing, ugh, it looked horrible. once you turn it off it is much nicer to look at.


Interesting that you mentioned HDR because I had assumed it wasn't a feature (seems like most TVs that have it mention it in the title). Is it now a standard feature for HD TV?

(I haven't bought a TV since...ever, no that I think about it)


this site does TV review with a category for monitors, this is their current best pick for 43

http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/x720e

definitely not as cheap, but still way cheaper than a comparable monitor.


And that tv is actually on sale for a pretty good price at bestbuy right now (and I’m sure everywhere else).


Samsung MU7000 40" is also excellent.




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