I bought the BIGGEST TV I could. When size matters.

Guys, look.

Look how big this is!

I'm, like, eight foot, right?

I've got the wingspan of probably
one of the biggest birds in the world.

Whatever that bird is.

And I'm not exaggerating.

But this really is the one time where

size actually matters.

So let's go back a bit.

This is what my lounge used to look like.

It was pretty much an empty shell,

which is actually quite nice

because it means
I can really make it how I like.

So the first TV I bought
was actually the Samsung Serif.

However, I bought this TV as a stopgap

as my intention was always

to have this TV upstairs in my bedroom.

I just had it in my living room

until I found a TV suitable for the space.

My lounge is quite big,

so even at 65 inches,

the Serif TV was just too small.

So I did play around with the idea
of having a projector, of course.

It just makes a lot of sense, right?

You can see a big white wall.

Who wouldn't want a projector?

The only issue is in Dubai

there is a lot of natural sunlight.

I have big windows here,
as you can see behind me.

So there's a lot of natural light
coming in constantly,

all throughout the day.

It's actually cloudy today,
so it's usually brighter.

And because of that,

a projector just wouldn't make sense.

I wouldn't be able to watch TV
in the day whatsoever.

And also setting up a projector,
putting it on the ceiling,

getting all the cabling,
everything sorted,

it was just a lot of work,

so a TV made more sense.

I've been searching for large TV for a while

and I saw that Linus posted a video

of the Hisense 110UX

and I was gonna get that TV

until I saw the price tag.

Because that TV was $20,000.

I can't afford a $20,000 TV.

Well, I say I can't afford it.

I just don't wanna spend
$20,000 on a TV.

Now, Linus actually got his TV for free,

so he didn't pay for it either.

But Hisense,
if you guys wanna send me that TV,

let me know.

I'd love to have it in the space.

Anyway, I was looking for

what I could get for less than $5,000,

was the biggest TV I could get

that could fit this space.

And this is what I've got.

After a ton of research

and just looking
at so many different options,

I settled for the TCL C855.

So they have a few different sizes.

This is one of the biggest they do.

This is 98 inches.

It might as well be 100 inches.

And look it, it's just ginormous!

And it looks amazing.

It looks fantastic.

I feel like the camera doesn't
actually do it justice.

How big it is.

By the way, this TV also weighed 60 kilos.

That's absurd.

That's the weight of a human in a TV.

That's just ridiculous.

But anyway, because I'm as big as The Rock,

you know, I set it up, no problem.

But regardless,
you're definitely gonna be--

If you're interested in this TV,

you're definitely gonna need
two peopel to set it up

because it is ridiculously heavy.

It's one heavy boy.

Because my living room is pretty big,

I have a big white wall

and I'll be sitting
a couple metres away from my TV.

I wanted something big

and finding TVs around 100 inches in size

is actually harder than you think.

One key feature with this TV
is that it's Mini LED.

Now, of course, in a dream scenario,

I would love to have OLED

I've had LG OLEDs in the past

and they're absolutely fantastic.

They're brilliant.

But getting an OLED at this size

is near enough impossible.

Unless you want to spend $20-30,000.

It's just ridiculous
how much you need to spend

to get an OLED at this size.

And of course, Mini LED TVs like this one

get much, much brighter than an OLED.

And OLED would be nice

if it was in a cinema room,

in a room that didn't get
much natural sunlight.

But in a room like this,

Mini LED just makes a lot of sense.

And it's why I had to settle for it.

One key feature with this TV,

and it's probably the most important
feature on why I chose it over an OLED,

is the brightness.

It goes up to 3500 nits in brightness,

which is just outrageous.

It's hard to explain how bright that is.

For comparison,

The LG C4, which is a very popular,

very well-regarded OLED TV,

probably one of the most popular
OLED TV lines

that you can get right now.

That is a thousand nits brightness.

This does 3,500.

The difference is night and day.

There is no other way to say it.

However, something which a lot of people

make the mistake of thinking

is that nits are measured in a linear scale.

3500 nits is not actually 3.5
times brighter than a thousand nits.

It's actually around 1.5 times brighter,

but it still makes
an absolutely huge difference.

And I have no issues
with watching this TV in the day

with the bright Dubai sunlight
beaming into my living room.

The downside of Mini LED

is, of course, you have far fewer
dimming zones compared to an OLED TV.

This has 2160 different dimming zones.

And to be honest, when watching content,

I don't even notice the fewer dimming zones

unless I have an image on the TV,

which has a very small, bright spot
compared to the rest of the image.

So for example, if you were to look
at a star in a black sky,

that's only when you would notice it.

But how often do movies
actually have shots like that?

Generally you won't even notice.

The only time I notice any blooming
is really in extreme examples.

Like I said, when you have something

that's super bright and white on the TV
against a black background,

that's the only time
you're really gonna see blooming

or maybe you have really bright subtitles
or something like that,

but generally when you're watching content,

there isn't actually that much content

that has such a large range of contrast.

I also can't even describe
how bright this TV is.

Recording it on camera does not do it justice.

It's so bright that legit

it actually hurts my eyes.

I'm like, oh my God,
I have to squint towards the TV.

I've had to turn down
the brightness on the TV.

I don't think I've ever had
that experience with any other TV.

Yeah, it is just ridiculous
how bright it gets.

When there's a movie
with a bright object, like the sun,

or there's an explosion and a flash.

It just looks insane.

I wish I had recorded my first reaction
when I set this TV up.

I wish I had set it up,

sat on the sofa

and you guys could have just seen

because I couldn't believe it.

It was just insane.

At this sort of size as well,

it really does feel like
more of a cinematic experience,

and that's what I'm aiming for.

I want to feel like I've got my own
small cinema in my living room.

I now really look forward to watching movies,

going from cinema to digital download,

so that I can watch them in this setup,
in bright HDR glory.

And of course it supports
Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.

However, it specifically also has Dolby Vision IQ,

which is pretty smart
as it automatically adjusts the picture

based on the content
and the ambient lighting of the room.

When it comes to colours and stuff,

so I don't have any testing equipment
for colour accuracy.

However, from looking at a few reviews online,

especially the one from HDTV,

they gave it an absolutely glowing review.

To my eye it looks incredible,

colours look fantastic,

contrast is one of the best
on any TV right now,

and just the overall experience
has blown me away.

The one downside is that when you do
have it towards the top end of brightness,

colours can start to skew a little.

But I think if you need it to be super
bright whilst watching in the day,

you're probably not paying
too much attention to the colours.

It also has a refresh rate of up to 144 hertz,

making it really great for gaming.

However, I probably won't be connecting up
my PC to this anytime soon

and doing sort of any fast-paced shooters.

But if you have a PS5 or an Xbox,

the experience is fantastic.

Playing my PS5 on this
is an unreal experience.

It feels like I'm enveloped in the game

and because it has
such a great HDR experience,

games that do HDR well,

look incredible.

Again, this isn't something
that can really be translated on camera.

It needs to be experienced first hand.

It also makes me wish that local
multiplayer games were more of a thing

because playing on TV like this,
it's like having two TVs,

when you're playing multiplayer games.

When I was playing Overcooked
and stuff with friends,

it's so much fun.

The software on the TV is Google TV,
which is fantastic.

Even though I have an Apple TV,

I surprisingly use the Google TV more

just because it's always there

and you can have certain apps in Google TV,

but you can't have an Apple TV
if you know what I mean.

Honestly, one of the best TVs I've ever seen

and $4,500 well spent.

I am super, super happy
with this purchase.

And from looking
at other reviews and stuff online,

it also makes me happier about my purchase

because I didn't realise
how good this TV was

until after I bought it.

Even though I had done a ton of research
before buying it.

So yeah, TCL have upped their game.

TCL aren't usually known to have
premium quality TVs

because they're usually

targeting
the budget price range,
the more affordable price range.

Now four and a half thousand dollars.

I wouldn't say it's budget,
but it's definitely affordable

relatively when it comes to the size,
the features

and everything else
that you get with this TV.

I think for the money,
if you want a massive TV,

that's pretty much a 100 inches
this is a no brainer.

So let me run
you guys through the rest of this set up.

So this is the lounge area
or have the sofa, the TV and everything.

And then this is the sort of dining area

still very much a work in progress
as you guys can see.

There's like nothing on my shelving units

and I also need to get bulbs
for this thing.

So yeah, I recently got the shelving unit
dining table here,

which I also need to put stuff on,
but I do have some of my prints.

These are pictures that I actually shot
myself and I put them up on the wall.

Super simple.

I've tried to keep it sort of minimal,
sort of not minimal.

It's kind of just my style.

I really like walnut whites, greys, blacks
and some greenery as well.

That tree is a fake tree, by the way.

It's a fake olive tree,
but it looks very realistic.

Nice one.
You through the rest of the set up.

I actually had to get this to cabinet here
custom made

because I couldn't find a TV cabinet
that was big enough for the TV.

Most of the TV cabinets were smaller in
width compared to the TV.

Just what mission?

Like the TV was on the floor for ages
because I just couldn't

get a TV cabinet anyway.

I also think this does a good job
of showing the scale of it.

This is a so nice arc. Soundbar.

Look how small helix compared to the TV.

Just outrageous.

I have a complete sonar set up here,
so the Sonos soundbar.

I have the Sony sub mini,
which is surprisingly very, very good.

You think because it's the mini,

it wouldn't be that punchy,
but it is super punchy.

Like it's incredible.

And then behind me I have the so nice ones
set up as surround sound units.

So I have one there,
have one over there as well.

And yet they do such a good job
of surround sound with this setup.

I think if anyone is interested in a scene
I set out highly recommended in an ideal

scenario, I'd probably have a speaker
on that side to speak on this side,

a proper AV setup,
but I just wanted it to look clean.

This just looks cleaner.

Obviously it doesn't sound as good

as a dedicated setup up,
but anyone who has tried assignments

they will know like, say
nice round systems are very, very capable.

They're just so good.

The furniture itself
is a mix of pine homes and home centre,

so obviously that formed by
the sofa is from Pan.

I'm, I think the coffee table as well.

And then the chairs
and the benches from high Centre.

Same with this dining table set
up, ignore the cable down there.

And I was actually for the light
that I had when I was recording.

The shelving unit is from IKEA

Billy Bookcase and yeah, I like this
dining table setup is quite nice.

I actually sometimes work here.

I don't actually eat that much.

I only eat here
when I have friends around.

Usually I'm just sitting on the sofa
and I'm eating.

I'm watching TV.

But yeah, actually love the set up.

Like I said, it's like having a mini home
cinema.

I'm just a great price out.

Will you be happy with this?