Samsung TU8000 vs TCL 85S455

Hello, and welcome. Please download the SmartThings app on your mobile to start TV setup. Before we get into the details of this TV, I want you guys t...

Not just any menu to view what is on tv right now, but a menu to show you what is coming up. TCL is so high tech for cord cutters, by adding a USB drive to the tv you can pause live tv. This is amazing. imagine watching your favorite show but you need a bathroom break

You have to slide your thumb or finger around a good bit to find it when not looking. Also when you are holding the remote with the fatter part in your hand as you normally would the control ring and button do not fall intuitively under your thumb. They are a too far up. The volume and channel buttons are okay

A few times it wouldn’t turn on at all. I realized at that point that if the Roku function broke on this, that it would be totally worthless and I would be unable to turn it on to use. The remote control is the same type as you get for a freestanding Roku device that you hook up separately to a smart TV. It just does not work very well, and I have a feeling the TV is going to have a relatively short life before it just won’t work

TLDR; If you just want to turn on the TV, have it be in control and do whatever it does, you'll be fine. But if you step off the narrow path of Samsung-centric experience, you are in for a rotten time.

I had a ROKU device attached to the LG so the choice of a ROKU TV was a given. I do like the O.S. and user interface

- SOAP OPERA EFFECT ENABLED OUT OF THE BOX - Disable this! It ruins 4K movies! You can do your own research on this topic, but bottom line, this TV (like many competitors) automatically enables "motion smoothing technology" which might be OK for sports, but RUINS real 4K movies. But don't despair! Just disable LED Clear Motion in the Expert Settings, and the problem is solved. - Sound. The soundbar also, for whatever dumb reason, comes set up with "sound delay" which means moving mouths do not match the sound

The sound quality is poor. You’d have to buy a sound bar to get greeter volume. Also commercials are so much louder than the program I’m watching. I also set up payments and they tried to take the payment 5 days earlier then they were supposed too!, and then the payment was unsuccessful because I didn’t have enough money in my acct to pay it