{"id":154728,"date":"2023-02-03T19:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T19:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=154728"},"modified":"2024-06-19T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T16:00:42","slug":"tcl-p637-review-extremely-good-picture-quality-for-its-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/tv\/tcl-p637-review-extremely-good-picture-quality-for-its-price\/","title":{"rendered":"TCL P637: Extremely good picture quality for its price"},"content":{"rendered":"

The purpose of TCL P637 Smart TVs is to offer good picture and sound quality at a better price.\u00a0With 4K resolution and HDR10, the TCL P637 runs the Google TV operating system.<\/p>\n

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The P637 series consists of four models with diagonals from 43 to 65 inches.\u00a0Should I buy TCL P637?\u00a0Is the P637 a good budget model, or is it just a promise?\u00a0In the proposed review of TCL 43P637 4K HDR on the example of a 43-inch TV, we will try to answer these and other questions.<\/p>\n

TCL P637 Review<\/h2>\n

Design<\/h3>\n

TV TCL 43P637 is equipped with a screen with small frames.\u00a0The stand is made in the form of two low Y-shaped plastic legs.\u00a0The screen is slightly raised.\u00a0This makes it impossible to place a soundbar under the TV.\u00a0There is also a wall mount option.\u00a0To do this, you need a VESA 200 x 200 mm bracket.<\/p>\n

When doing this, please note that the hole should be slightly lower, since the screws are very close to the bottom of the TV.\u00a0The speakers are located at the bottom of the case with the working part down.\u00a0The main connectors are located on the right side of the screen, facing away.\u00a0Only the power connector is on the opposite side.<\/p>\n

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Google TV<\/h3>\n

Smart TV TCL P637 comes with the latest version of Google TV operating system, which is a new version of Andorid TV.\u00a0It is an adaptation of\u00a0Android 11 TV\u00a0.\u00a0Navigation is very easy as the whole system is based on what we use in our mobile phones.<\/p>\n

The main difference between these systems is that the screen is not touch.\u00a0The device is quite intuitively controlled via a remote control.\u00a0The biggest advantage of this OS is the lack of application restrictions.\u00a0You can install other apps and services through the Google Play store.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, a simplified smartphone mirroring greatly expands the possibilities of use.\u00a0You can also view other apps on your phone while watching TV.\u00a0Services such as\u00a0Netflix\u00a0, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video and several other services are installed straight from the factory.<\/p>\n

When plugged in for the first time, your smart TV will take a few seconds to fully boot up, from pressing the power button to loading the home page.\u00a0This is normal for Google OS TVs.\u00a0Google TV provides voice control with Google Assistant.\u00a0To do this, the TCL P637 has a button for voice commands on the remote control.<\/p>\n

It is also possible to connect smart home devices to the TV.\u00a0In addition to Google Assistant, you can use the Alexa system.\u00a0The remote control on the 43P637 TV is similar to other models of the brand.\u00a0That is, it follows a minimalist visual format while having a small number of buttons.<\/p>\n

This means that there are no buttons with channel numbers on it.\u00a0Instead, there are 23 buttons, in addition to the arrow buttons and the OK button.\u00a0Also on the remote control there are buttons for six streaming services.\u00a0The remote control is thin and fairly light.\u00a0It runs on two AAA batteries.<\/p>\n

Sound quality<\/h3>\n

Internal audio comes from two 10W speakers each.\u00a0The speakers are located at the bottom of the screen.\u00a0They face downwards and provide good reproduction of mid frequencies.\u00a0The volume rises to 100. In a medium-sized room, normal volume is achieved in the range between 15 and 30.<\/p>\n

At volume levels of 60 and above, you can hear a slight distortion.\u00a0The TCL P637 smart TV also offers fine-tuning of the sound in the settings, but it lacks an advanced equalizer.\u00a0Sound lovers can connect a more powerful external sound system using an optical cable, HDMI ARC or Bluetooth.<\/p>\n

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Image quality<\/h3>\n

The P637 reproduces extremely good picture quality for its price.\u00a0In other words, the TCL R646 has a better price-to-image ratio than the vast majority of its competitors.\u00a0The LCD has a refresh rate of 60Hz and uses 4K resolution with HDR10 standard.<\/p>\n

In short, this is a Utra HD display with some contrast enhancements, at least on paper.\u00a0In practice, the display is also pretty good for a mid-range smart TV.\u00a0Even though the TV has an LCD, the blacks are quite deep.\u00a0In most cases, the screen manages to display a lot of detail, especially in well-lit scenes.<\/p>\n

The display does not lose much in dark scenes either.\u00a0Since the TV uses\u00a0a VA matrix\u00a0, the viewing angles cannot be called wide.\u00a0Loss of colors and contrast occurs if you watch TV at a large angle.\u00a0When viewing 4K images, the sharpness is very good.\u00a0Lower resolution images also look good, with no visible pixels.<\/p>\n

What’s more, the TCL P637 allows the user to adjust saturation and tone in addition to some technologies to improve sharpness and movement.\u00a0For less advanced users, the important thing is that the TCL smart TV shows a good picture at default settings.\u00a0It is also possible to enable dynamic color enhancement, which optimizes the brightness of colors using a built-in algorithm.<\/p>\n

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Connections<\/h3>\n

TCL’s P637 Smart TV is equipped with dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0.\u00a0In addition, the 43″ model offers 3 HDMI inputs with\u00a0eARC\u00a0, ALLM, VRR, CEC support.\u00a0Apparently, therefore, in some specifications, these ports are marked as HDMI 2.1.\u00a0However, the port does not support 4K@120Hz.<\/p>\n

Also available are 1 USB, 1 digital audio output (optical), 1 AV input, antenna inputs, Ethernet input, 1 3.5mm headphone output and a CI+ slot.\u00a0That is, there are enough options to connect, for example, two video games, a cable TV converter plus a soundbar via an optical cable.<\/p>\n

For those who like to display their cell phone on a big screen, the Android TV system makes the process easy.\u00a0TCL P637 has built-in Chromecast.\u00a0In this regard, it is possible to transfer all supported applications from your smartphone to Smart TV via Bluetooth.<\/p>\n

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Conclusion<\/h3>\n

To conclude the TCL P637 review, it remains to add that TCL’s idea is to have more affordable alternatives than South Korean models.\u00a0Thus, the company can attract consumers who are not so demanding, but still want a 4K TV with good picture and sound quality to watch mostly free channels.<\/p>\n

It’s also a good TV for those who don’t want to spend a whole day tweaking the display and sound.\u00a0The Google TV system can draw attention to the simplicity of mobile phone screen mirroring.<\/p>\n

In addition, the presence of HDMI 2.1 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectors is a difference in this price range.\u00a0Most importantly, you should not expect the same picture quality from this TV as in premium models, especially in the HDR standard.\u00a0After all, such models are several times more expensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The purpose of TCL P637 Smart TVs is to offer good picture and sound quality at a better price.\u00a0With 4K resolution and HDR10, the TCL P637 runs the Google TV operating system. The P637 series consists of four models with diagonals from 43 to 65 inches.\u00a0Should I buy TCL P637?\u00a0Is the P637 a good budget […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10402,"featured_media":154743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[641],"tags":[778],"class_list":["post-154728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-reviews"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}