TVs · Review
TCL QM8L 65"
Close to flagship brightness at a mid-range street price, and the LCD to pick for a sunny room.
89
out of 100
Our verdict
TCL's 2026 QM8L is its brightest mainstream Mini LED TV, with a claimed 6,000-nit peak and a wide-angle VA panel. CGMagazine measured between about 3,700 and 5,500 nits on the 75-inch model, called blooming hard to notice in normal viewing and scored it 9/10, while Tom's Guide gave it four stars. All four HDMI 2.1 ports run 4K at 144Hz, and it adds Wi-Fi 6 and an ATSC 3.0 tuner over the QM7L. Reviewers flagged oversaturated reds and blues in Standard mode and a flimsy plastic stand, but its street price has fallen to roughly half its MSRP.
What's good
- Extremely bright HDR, well suited to bright rooms
- Wide-angle panel holds up better off-center than the QM7L
- Four full-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 ports at 4K 144Hz
- Bang & Olufsen speakers better than most built-ins
What's not
- Reds and blues run hot out of the box
- Plastic stand feels flimsy
- Filmmaker Mode not reference-accurate
- No 55-inch option
How it scores
How we rate →Specifications
- Size
- 65"
- Backlight
- SQD Mini LED, thousands of local dimming zones
- Panel
- Wide-angle VA
- Peak brightness
- Up to 6,000 nits claimed; CGMagazine measured about 3,700-5,500 nits (75")
- Refresh rate
- 144Hz native (4K), 288Hz at 1080p
- HDMI
- 4 x full-bandwidth HDMI 2.1
- HDR
- Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, IMAX Enhanced
- Smart OS
- Google TV