> Update 9/13/2024: TCL explained to Tom's Guide that the TVs associated in these reports are not US-based models.

Oh, well then I guess it's okay...

If you conduct your own study suggesting that the accusing study was wrong, would you also bring up a flimsy argument like "don't get involved, because geography?"

> The QLED TVs in question are the TCL C755, C655, and C655 Pro. According to both SGS and Intertek, these models don’t contain any signs of indium and cadmium. These are elements used in the creation of quantum dots.

Cadmium? I thought we tried to get rid of that. Perhaps QLED was a bad idea? Or is it just TCLs QLEDs that are a bad idea, so they fixed the environmental problems for us?

Faulty QLED film is a better outcome than my initial thought that they were redefining LED as QLED.

After a few months of picking out a new budget TV, I bought a 55" TCL 4K QLED TV with a miniLED backlight (basically equivalent to Samsung's "Neo QLED") for $700. One of the highest quality TVs I've ever seen - couldn't notice a difference between this TV and an OLED one. The blacks are perfectly black, looking at it from a 2m distance - even if I looked closer, I think I wouldn't notice that nearby LEDs are lighted up too. For $700 I didn't expect much, but it comes even with Dolby Vision (which Samsung infamously doesn't support!) and it has a 144 Hz panel. I don't know the exact price range for the TVs mentioned in the article, but if I can get this high quality in a $700 TV - I couldn't care less about some quantum dots.

I'm surprised more of this kind of validation doesn't happen on products out in the wild more.

I didn't know you still got colour without the presence of quantum dots in these kinds of panels, I thought they were integral to how the displays worked. (unless this is some kind of hybrid)

I was sure this as a link to the onion.

I mean, it would be very clever to call a feature you migth or might not include as quantum

Why would anyone care whether their TV literally has quantum dots in it? It matters how bright it is, how wide its gamut, how accurate the colour reproduction, how much power it consumes, how long it lasts, etc., and maybe all those tend to be different for panels with quantum dots in them, but it's those things that matter, not what technology is inside.

(I don't mean it doesn't matter whether they're lying. They shouldn't lie, and if they're lying that's bad. But this just seems such a weird thing for anyone to care about at all.)

I am old enough to be taken aback by the first few words: what has happened to the Tcl/Tk language??

Aren’t Tcl tv’s on the cheaper end? Not saying it makes deceiving customers justifiable, but I don’t think people buy their products looking for cutting edge quality.

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