![]() ![]() There are four HDMI inputs, with various labels. The connections are all side-facing and positioned on the right (worth consideration if you’re replacing a TV with connections on the left). TCL says it has aimed for a flat response curve from the audio system when operating at 85dB SPL. The stand leaves the TV panel 8cm up from the desktop, with the gap to the stand filled by the integrated soundbar, wrapped in on-trend grey fabric and branded to Onkyo, though the cachet imparted by Onkyo may be tempered temporarily for those aware that Onkyo is currently under its second offer of buyout in as many years (an abandoned bid by Sound United now replaced by one from Voxx, parent of Klipsch).īranding exercises aside, however, this is a useful three-way speaker system with mid and tweeter drivers in the bar, and that woofer on the back handling 60-200Hz – though in a slightly vulnerable position when you’re moving the TV. It was pleasingly easy to set up, too, with a single-piece stand connected via four screws to the very bottom of the TV rather than to the back, as is more usual this has the advantage that you can lay the TV on its back rather than its front while connecting the stand, a less fraught procedure. ![]() Indeed we note that in Europe the C825 series will be available in only this 55-inch and a larger 65-inch TV in Australia – Lucky Country that we are – we will get also 75-inch and 85-inch models. ![]() The back of the TV stays quite thick in the centre portion, able to house a useful rear bass driver, while at the edges the entire TV is only 23mm thick on the 55-incher we had for review. TCL’s C825 is an attractive set, the metal frame presenting a couple of millimetres surround to the panel, and a panel bezel of another 4mm around the picture itself, which TCL designates as representing a 99% picture-to-body ratio. The best TVs available today: budget to premium. ![]()
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