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On Monday, at CES 2024, TCL announced a set of new TVs. As one typically does at CES, it is the Consumer Electronics Show after all. But when so many other companies are releasing new TVs at CES today, you really have to grab our attention, and TCL did. It announced the new TCL QM8 TV, which now comes in a 115-inch size. The official model number is 115QM89. We don’t have pricing or availability yet, but TCL has told me that they will be pricing this pretty cheap for what it is. So expect a few thousand and not a few tens of thousands here.
As you might expect, this is a heavy TV, too. It’s technically about four times the size of a 65-inch TV since TVs are measured diagonally. That means this TV is a few hundred pounds, around 250 lbs actually. So it probably weights more than you.
What really catches your eye with the 115QM89 is the sheer size and brightness. This is a 115-inch TV, which is just massive and the largest single display on the market today. There are other larger TVs, like Samsung’s The Wall, but that use multiple smaller display panels that connect together. With this TV, TCL is touting 5,000 nits of peak brightness, which is absolutely incredible. No matter how much ambient lighting you have in a room, you’re going to be able to see this TV.
That’s not the only large TV TCL is announcing today
TCL also has a couple of other large TVs on display at CES this week, which includes a pair of 98-inch TVs in the QM8 and QM7 lineup. The QM7 is essentially a smaller upgrade to last year’s QM7 lineup. This one uses premium High Zone QD Mini LED with precise control of up to 1,500+ Zones. It also has a new High Brightness Ultra LED Backlight that also has incredible brightness with up to 2,400 peak nits of brightness.
The company is also adding a native 120Hz panel refresh rate on all screen sizes, with Game Accelerator 240, HDR Ultra with Dolby Vision IQ, and a 2.1-channel speaker system.
Then there’s the QM8, which is a slightly higher-end model from TCL. The TCL QM8 includes QD Mini LED Ultra for ultra-high zone dimming with up to 5,000+ zones. That is also twice the number of zones of the previous flagship level for truly inky blacks. It includes all of the features of the QM7, along with an Anti-Glare Screen to maintain contrast in ambient room light conditions. There are built-in Dolby Atmos speakers, too.
Finally, coming a bit down to earth, TCL also has the Q6 Pro series. This is a less-expensive model that still offers some really great features, and also comes in smaller sizes. Making it more affordable. The Q6 Pro series will offer TVs from 50 inches up to 85 inches. It also has all of the great features from the Q6 model, along with a Full Array of Local Dimming, which provides for deeper and more inky black levels. As well as about 33% more brightness with 600 peak nits.
Pricing nor availability has been announced for any of TCL’s new TVs. We expect that to happen in the next few months since these TVs aren’t going on sale right away. Last year, TCL’s TVs that were announced at CES did not go on sale until May, so we’d expect the same sort of timeline this year.