Home Cinema Choice has run the TCL 85C805K and the framing is the interesting bit rather than the score: an 85-inch mini LED set at a price ordinary households can genuinely reach. TCL is driving that harder than anyone, and the direction of travel over the last three years has been remarkable. A screen that size used to be a custom install line item.
Where I would slow down before ordering one. Dimming zone counts get quoted as a single number, but a zone on an 85-inch panel is physically much bigger than the same zone on a 55. Same count, worse blooming, because each lit block covers more of your field of view. Star fields and white credits on black are where you notice it, and that is exactly the content people buy a big screen for.
Second thing: seating distance. At 85 inches most living rooms end up too close rather than too far, and being close is precisely where a value panel's off-axis falloff and any dirty screen effect become obvious. It is worth taping out the footprint on your wall before you commit.
Third thing nobody mentions until delivery day: two people and a proper mount rated well past the panel weight, or a stand and a piece of furniture that is actually wide enough. A lot of 85s end up on a unit designed for a 65.
Anyone here running an 85 in a normal-sized room - did you end up sitting further back than you expected?
Where I would slow down before ordering one. Dimming zone counts get quoted as a single number, but a zone on an 85-inch panel is physically much bigger than the same zone on a 55. Same count, worse blooming, because each lit block covers more of your field of view. Star fields and white credits on black are where you notice it, and that is exactly the content people buy a big screen for.
Second thing: seating distance. At 85 inches most living rooms end up too close rather than too far, and being close is precisely where a value panel's off-axis falloff and any dirty screen effect become obvious. It is worth taping out the footprint on your wall before you commit.
Third thing nobody mentions until delivery day: two people and a proper mount rated well past the panel weight, or a stand and a piece of furniture that is actually wide enough. A lot of 85s end up on a unit designed for a 65.
Anyone here running an 85 in a normal-sized room - did you end up sitting further back than you expected?
