Samsung UN55KU6290 vs TCL 6 Series/R646 2021 QLED

day 2. The set up with the rinky dinky remote was tedious. Finally got it working and looked pretty good but I thought the picture looking dim sometimes.

When you first turn it on, you have to pair the remote to the TV. The remote barely worked, I had to press the button 10 times to get it to do anything. It took me over 10 minutes to enter my email address. I even tried new batteries

Regarding the SmartTV functions, I resent requests to share my location and other personal information, and to consent to agreements that are too long and technical for anyone to actually read. I encourage everyone who has purchased this TV to change your factory default password to something more secure. Samsung could be doing more to educate consumers about security risks, and to protect our privacy.

On the flip side, TCL’s Roku TVs support Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit protocols, but that’s not true of the Google TV models.

especially the remote control. It is not backlit, it does not fit well in my hand, impossible to use in the dark or dim light, only a sparse number of buttons, no tactical feedback sensation to differentiate one function from the other, the system menu is extremely difficult to navigate because the remote is so ackward it times out before I can select what I want to do, the volume control up/down is slow, often unresponsive, as slow to actually change the sound level, after putting the batteries in it is impossible to completely close the case, and it keeps coming open, the scroll up/down/left/right button is barely useable, too many steps to get to any function because there is not enough buttons on the remote, the Apps Bar is useless, and the web browser if the biggest joke ever. I could go on but my fingers are tired.

adjustment in picture,sound, motion clarity,action smoothing, color temp took awhile..UI is easy and the remote is great, just need to get rid of the netflix,disney,hulu,and sling shortcut buttons.

Netflix is slow to load. It's easy to navigate and use, just slow. Netflix has really fine tuned their UI over the last few years, across ALL platforms, and it is no different on this TV. I just wish the TV was a little faster

In this age of instant responses, this OS is not. Moving between videos and selecting one; or another provider is like watching the little clock go around 4 or 5 times.

After getting this TV, I found that it does not have auxiliary audio outputs. I and many of my friends have hearing problems due to old age. Many of us use auxiliary RF or IR headsets to listen to TV without disturbing others nearby. This TV does not have auxiliary audio output RCA jacks that will allow me to use headsets

It has a decent frequency response with a well-balanced sound profile that delivers clear dialogue. It gets very loud, with very little distortion, even at max volume.

These things are somewhat minor (depending on what you're looking for) and could be overlooked were it not for the image quality. I'm not saying that the image quality is bad, it is by no means bad. The resolution is there are colors do seem to bright and vivid. The issue comes with its claim to being HDR capable

This should no longer be an issue when I get my new receiver, but definitely a negative.