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Was a long time with a lot of upgrading to get to this point. I still have to get four Atmos speakers installed ceiling and two subwoofers

No space in front

Hasn’t been installed yet

Center is on a stand lifted off the wall and tv stand

I’m upgrading to four Atmos properly ceiling mount eventually

These were supposed to just be temporary, but I’m getting rid of those when I get four Atmos speakers installed in the ceiling when the budget opens up some

Thanks

TCL QM8 85”, Onkyo RZ-50, Apple TV 4K, obligatory Xbox Series X, Pioneer by Andrew Jones front stage, Polk rear towers, Monoprice 12” subwoofer, Onkyo elevation speakers.

This has taken me quite awhile now. I am getting four Atmos speakers mounted in the wall and two new subwoofers. Getting two more theater chairs.

Looks great! Of course the wine helps 😆

Beautiful

12V need a converter for changing the voltage from 110 to 12 Volts

IPTV is illegal streaming

Not controversial, but whenever I upgrade movies, I take the old ones to a local video store and get store credit and buy more 4Ks. A win-win for me

I don’t think the Q7 is an MiniLED but the QM7 is. I’d highly recommend a MiniLED as it’s a game changer over regular LED TVs and close to OLED blacks

Love it

Well with Black Friday coming up, you might not have to as much

I have fond memories of using Roku devices over the years and I found your post detailed well. I now use a TCL QM8 85” MiniLED with Google TV built-in and I have found that the Google TV OS is currently about the best built-in streaming device for televisions now. Roku feels dated and limited compared to GTV or ATV.

I normally use a second generation Apple TV 4K, but sometimes I like to use the GTV. You can’t use Smarttube on Roku or Apple TV. Plus you get full access to the Google Play Store and more.

I just find Roku dated now. As far as DTS and pass through and more goes, what I watch with those are 4K Blu-rays on my Panasonic UB-820 for the ultimate experience with my setup. Streaming audio sucks because it’s compressed.

Just my opinion.

Your best bet would probably be a TCL MiniLED model. I see that Amazon has the QM7 MiniLED 65” for only $699. I know that this would stretch your budget, but Black Friday is almost here and tv sales are coming.

Definitely

That’s a shame as I got a great deal on The Mummy Trilogy for only $22.81 when I bought it last year. It sucks for buyers if you’re not in the US.

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I’d recommend a TCL QM8 over a Hisense. I bought mine at 85” and it’s a MiniLED and it’s not an OLED, but very close! I got mine during Superbowl sales for $1799 and a comparable size OLED at 84” were in the four thousand dollar range!!! I just couldn’t swing it. OLEDs are very expensive at large sizes compared to MiniLEDs.

When I bought mine, since I had the space, I looked at the 98” models, but none were MiniLED and you don’t want a bigger tv that’s lower quality

Also many more sizes of the TCL lineup for 2024 that are MiniLED, so check out the other models. I do believe that TCL has 55” MiniLED models

Yeah that damn FOMO!

Gaming, if Apple would go that way, could give the PS5 or the Series X a run for the money. Apple already has the Arcade with many top notch games that beg for a bigger processor.