As this yearTCL's flagship model,X11H has a lot of progress and fresh selling points compared with the previous generation of products,After all, its own screen factoryTCL Huaxing,Cost and technology are very advantageous,At presentTCL, many products have very high configuration and relatively cheap prices,Very competitive,User attention is also very high,As far as X11H is concerned,Let's make a summary of the specific selling points first:

The biggest highlight should be that TCL finally has its own independent image quality chip, with some built-in image quality improvement AI algorithms, called TSR image quality chip, and the picture on the back.
10,000-level light control partition, 6500 nits peak brightness, may be the top Mini LED TV in the same price range. As for what kind of effect tens of thousands of partitions have brought, let's look at the actual comparison.
25mm slim integrated fuselage,Note that it is an integrated fuselage,There is no external host,The whole fuselage is so slim,It is the thinnest of domestic mass-produced Mini LED TVs,Standard magnetic hanger,It looks very good on the flat wall。
What's special is that this model supports the installation and use of Netflix TV devices,This year, Sony's new products no longer support Netflix,TCL has become the only TV in China that supports Android Netflix TV。
Low reflection film is the standard configuration of high-end TVs,Especially large TVs,The requirements for anti-reflection are relatively high。

We also got an 85-inch version here, and then let's take a detailed look at this flagship product from the aspects of appearance, configuration, games, and picture quality.

Note: 85X11H is the official test sent by TCL, and no evaluation fee is charged.

Design:

The front appearance still continues the design style of the previous generationX11G, with a full screen with narrow bezels on three sides, accounting for up to 98% of the screen, and the bezel can almost be ignored, which can bring people a more immersive viewing experience.

The bezel is made of metal, Galaxy blue, which looks calm and atmospheric, and the right-angle bezel with splicing design is adopted, and the part of the bezel surface close to the screen is made of metal drawing, and the part near the back is frosted.

The right bezel has a gold label of Premium QD-Mini LED, which looks very exquisite, and the gold lettering with the Galaxy blue bezel will give people a noble and elegant feeling.

At the top of the TV,There is a sky channel on the left and right sides,There is also a golden Dolby Atmos next to itLogo,Tell the user that this model supports Dolby Atmos,The sound effect is guaranteed。

In the middle of the bottom edge, there are pickup microphones, infrared receivers, physical buttons, breathing lights and other components, and the whole is also Galaxy blue, and there is a TCL gold logo on the front of this module.

Its breathing light is a small dot in the middle of the logo.

The back of the TV is well integrated,The back panel is very flat,Checkerboard-style starry sky texture design,The holes of the hanger are hidden in a small square with a slightly lighter color。

In the middle and upper part of the back panel, there are four subwoofers, a dark blue glossy design, and Onkyo Audio's gold logo.

There is a wire duct under the back plate, and a few buckles are also made to buckle it to prevent the wire from falling, and the design is more careful. The previous generation did not have this.

The shape of the tripod has not changed much, the metal material, dark gray, the texture is good, but it is still quite long, so it needs a certain amount of space.

In addition, the tripod is equipped with two height adjustment modes, which is still very friendly for people who need to place the sound bar.

The back of the tripod has a cable management groove design, which can pass through the holes, and the wire duct on the back plate can avoid the cable mess and achieve a better look.

The thickness of the previous generationX11G is about 3.5 cm,It's already very thin,This time85Inch X11H is even more thick.2.5 cm,98 inches are only 2.7 cm,The integrated fuselage can be so thin,X11H is still the first。 And with the flat back, the effect on the wall is absolutely a must.

The overall exterior design of the X11H has not been changed in particular, but compared to last year's X11G, it gives a more refined feel.

In terms of hardware configuration:

The SOC of the TCL X11H series has not been changed, it is still MT9653 (A73 quad-core 1.4GHz processor), with 4GB of running memory and 128GB of storage space.

In addition, this model supports HDR10+, Dolby Atmos, and Dolby Vision IQ mode, supports far-field intelligent voice (small T) and dual-band WiFi6 (up to 700Mbps), and there are no boot ads.

Port Configuration:

It's still a 100 Gigabit network port, but if you use WiFi6, you can achieve a maximum network speed of 700Mb with WIFI, and the direct network cable is still only 100Mb, so it is recommended to connect to WiFi.

Because the SOC has not been changed, the port is the same as last year. But there are two upgrade points, here are some of them:

First of all, both full-blooded HDMI2.1 support 4K 144Hz signal input, and the eARC function has also been moved to the first HDMI2.1 port, which is convenient for the sound bar with HDMI2.1 port.

Like the previous generationX11G,There is a side-out USB3.0 interface in the lower right corner of the TV,For consumers who often use USB ports,This design is still very user-friendly。

The port diagram is shown below, let's take a look for yourself:

Speaker Configuration:

Equipped with 6.2.2 channels of Onkyo Hi-Fi audio, the peak power reached 160W, the rated output power is 80W, there are 12 independent sound generating units, two main channels, two sky channels, two side channels, 4 subwoofers on the back, the overall experience is very good, the sound of the sky channel will be reflected from the ceiling, to achieve the effect of surround sound on all sides.

Note: This year, TCL can install the software directly from the USB flash drive, which is more convenient and fast. And the measured X11H also has Netflix TV client certification, which supports Netflix online 4K Dolby Vision.

Console support:

Some consumers may think,I can't use the game function of TV,So don't recommend a TV with a game function to me,In fact, the adaptability of game consoles is not a too difficult technology,It has long become the standard configuration of mid-range and above models,So generally only models with poor configuration in all aspects will have no game support。

4K 120Hz Signal Input Test:

X11H is144Hzscreen,Input 4K 120Hz signal to TV through 3060Graphics card,Check whether the clarity of text and image is normal,Measured and found that it is very clear under 4K 120Hz input,There is no text blur problem。

Input Delay:

Input latency is one of the basic criteria for getting started with gaming TV,So it's important,Generally speaking, as long as the input delay is less than 30 milliseconds,You won't feel the operation delay。 The X11H has a measured input latency of 9.3 ms at 4K 60Hz, 9.2 ms at 1080p 60Hz, and 5.1 seconds at 1080p 120Hz. There is no change in input delay when VRR is enabled.

COMPARED TO THE OLD X11H'S 13.2MS (AT 4K 60HZ), THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

This year, TCL has made certain optimizations in terms of input latency, and several TCL models we tested have improved in this regard, which is friendly to gamers.

VRR (Variable Refresh Rate):

The measured TCL X11H supports G-sync (compatible) mode and Free-sync, and can pass the pendulum test and XSX's VRR detection, and the VRR is certified as FreeSync Premium Pro.

ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode):

The measured TCL X11H supports PS5 and XSX's automatic low latency, and after entering the game, it can be directly switched to the game mode without manual changes, which is very convenient.

Dolby Vision Game Modes:

The measured TCL X11H supports playing Dolby Vision games, and the image mode can display the Dolby Vision game mode, and it is 120Hz. This is also a characteristic of the MT 9653 calibre.

XSX TV Details Detection:

Game Arena Column:

The game competition bar can more intuitively see the image mode, frame rate, VRR opening status, etc., which is still very practical for gamers.

Before the domestic brand, only Hisense, Xiaomi and Huawei supported the function, and TCL has also launched this feature since this year.

Full-featured CEC test:

In addition to the joint venture brand,Only TCL (including sub-brand Thunderbird) and Xiaomi are more complete in China,In addition to realizing the basic on/off linkage,It can also realize the remote control of the TV remote control external equipment,Very convenient and practical。

At the same time, it also supports the function of directly entering the signal source when the computer is turned on.

Smart Desktop:

Although the spirit control desktop is not a new thing, it is indeed widely acclaimed,After all, it can be the same as the mobile phone desktop,Completely defined by the user himselfCommon software and functions on the desktop,There is basically no advertising streaming,Extremely clean and tidy,It is worth learning from various manufacturers,This year I updated some gadgets,More desktop wallpapers,Support application drawers,Support more widgets,And do some linkage with the extreme space NAS client。

Hardware image quality processing technology:

Screen Quality:

X11H uses TCL Huaxing RGB true 4K 8domain high-contrast soft screen, which is the pixel image of the screen in our hands 85X11H.

Screen Uniformity:

This X11H is a high-contrast soft screen with Mini LED backlight, so there is no problem of dark corners. The brightness uniformity of the screen backlight is also quite good.

Low Reflection Film:

TV low reflection film can effectively reduce screen reflection in bright environments,And at the same time can ensure the contrast of the picture,The cost will be relatively high,So it is generally used in high-end models。

X11H uses the butterfly wing star screen,That is, a low reflection film is added,The overall anti-reflection effect is relatively good,Compared with TVs without low reflection film,The screen reflection will be much less。

However, it should be noted that the low reflection film is to reduce the mirror reflection rather than eliminate the mirror reflection, so the reflection can still be seen when the device is turned off, which is the same for everyone. If you use matte matte and other treatments, although it can eliminate specular reflections, it will cause the screen contrast to decrease and affect the picture quality.

Viewing Angle:

Due to the average viewing angle of the soft screen, the X11H will have some differences from the side, and it will lose brightness and color to a certain extent. In addition, some halos can be seen in the dark field if you look at it from the side. However, the side is not the main use case, and it has no effect on normal viewing.

Here is a brief popularization of science,Soft screen and hard screen are not literal,The two have their own advantages due to the different directions of liquid crystal molecule arrangement,Soft screen has high contrast,Hard screen has a good viewing angle。

Peak Brightness:

Peak brightness plays a decisive role in the explosiveness and three-dimensional sense of the TV picture, so we also pay special attention to it. The peak brightness advertised on the X11H official poster is 6500 nits, and when we actually test the brightness of a small window, the highest brightness is 7288 nits, which should be the current brightness ceiling, and the brightness of the full screen can also reach nearly 900 nits.

Of course, in daily use scenarios, it is more appropriate to turn on automatic brightness adjustment, and the picture will not be too dazzling when viewed in the darkroom.

Light Control Zone:

Generally speaking, the more partitions there are, the finer the light control, but if it is not handled well, there may be halo problems or halo tailing caused by light control delays. And X11H The number of light control partitions can be described as amazing,The real ceiling level,98Inch has done 14112 light control partitions,The 85-inch version in our hands has 10368 light control partitions,There are 144 partitions in the measured horizontal,72 partitions in the vertical。 Of course, more light control partitions are more difficult to adjust, and we will see the actual test for the specific effect.

Color gamut range:

X11H uses a wide color gamut of blue quantum dots, so the color gamut is still quite high, which can reach 97%DCI-P3

Image quality chip:

This year, a new TSR image quality chip has been added, as shown in the figure, there are some built-in AI algorithms to improve the image quality effect, but we still do the evaluation from the perspective of user experience, no matter whose independent image quality chip is, in the final analysis, it depends on whether the image quality optimization algorithm is good or not, so I won't talk about it here, let's look at the actual effect.

Screen Refresh Rate:

X11H screen native refresh rate144Hz,High brush with motion compensation algorithm can effectively improve the smoothness of the moving picture,With HDMI2.1It can support4K 120Hz/144HzSignal input,It also supports24P no tremor,It's still more practical。

Actual Quality:

Black Control Effect:

This yearX11H has been upgraded to a 10,000-level partition,The partition is smaller and more refined,The algorithm controls the partition more accurately, Overall, the black control effect is relatively good,The black is very deep,The edges are not easy to appear halo。 However, in some extreme scenes, the typical case is that the bright spot is smaller than a single zone and the background is black, such as the starry sky scene, the stars are very bright, but the stars are smaller than the zone, so there is a halo around it, and it is more obvious if there are more stars. TCL's engineers said that the situation has been improved and will be updated in subsequent releases.

In addition, it was also found that there is a problem that the light control is too late to turn on the light in extreme scenes, the scene is a bright object moving rapidly in the dark background, and there will be a black trail behind it, and the light control partition has no time to turn on the light. The products of the brand next door with more than 5,000 partitions have similar problems, but people don't have time to turn off the lights, resulting in a halo.

Dark Field Bright Field Performance:

The dark field bright field detail performance belongs to the basic image quality ability,X11H This kind of high-end product will not overturn in this aspect,We mainly look at whether the product will increase the brightness of the dark field too much,Resulting in the loss of transparency and black control,Actual measurementX11H in SDR HDR and Dolby Vision mode,The dark field bright field details are very good,The dark field can also show richer picture details under the premise of ensuring black control。

Three-dimensionality and explosiveness:

X11H In addition to doubling the number of partitions,The main improvement point is to be able to carry out a small range of accurate highlighting,Significantly improve the brightness of small and bright areas,So the intuitive feeling of the picture is the reflection of sunlight,Candlelight,Bulbs and other scenes will be very bright,The three-dimensional sense of hierarchy will be much better,In the most extreme case, you can only light up one partition,Light control can be very accurate。

Skin tones and tones:

For SDR and HDR film sources,X11H provides enough bright and vivid picture colors,The big difference is green,For example, grass, forest, leaves, etc. will appear more fresh and green。 The skin tone performance is also relatively good-looking, and the skin tone performance of both white and black people is very natural.

But under the Dolby Vision film source,Because it respects Dolby's standardized tuning,So relatively speaking, more attention is paid to restoration,But the color is lighter,The skin tone also appears more "plain",There is no such bright and bright feeling as HDR standard mode。

Motion Compensation:

TCL uses MediaTek's motion compensation algorithm, and the overall effect is quite good, more reliable than many "self-developed" algorithms, and there are fewer broken frame blur problems in comparison.

24P no tremor function:

After testing, TCL supports three 24P no tremor methods: (you need to turn on the 24P switch in the settings) It makes sense for some film and television enthusiasts.

(1) Local playback (such as USB drive playback of 24 frames movie) support

(2) HDMI input 4K 60Hz signal support

(3) HDMI input 4K 24Hz signal support

Summary:

TCL X11H has been upgraded quite a lot this year,Not only the hardware configuration has been greatly improved,With the built-in AI algorithm on the TSR,It brings more accurate light control ability to X11H,Achieve a better three-dimensional sense of the picture、Deep sense of field,There is also a more beautiful and stable color and skin tone performance,The details of the dark field and bright field are also in place,These points are the most obvious for the audience's perception。 In addition to the basic image quality adjustment level,Due to the greatly shortened OD distance,X11H2.5cm super slim fuselage is also extremely eye-catching,The integrated fuselage on the market can achieve this thinness is basically only TCL,The wall is very good-looking,This is also a point where the user perception is very obvious。 We have briefly brought other high-quality points, which are simple and clean smart control desktop, full-function linkage power on/off CEC, e-sports monitor mode for gamers, and high-end standard low-reflection film.

There are also some shortcomings, let's summarize them:

1. Some brightness and color will be lost when viewed from the side, and some black-controlled demos will also have a more obvious halo when viewed from the side, and some can also be seen on the text and icons on the settings menu. The engineer said that it is being optimized, and updates will be pushed later.

2, The problem of dragging the black tail in extreme scenes(It's too late to turn on the backlight, the specific scene is written above),It seems that it is difficult to avoid such problems on TVs with many partitions。

3. The halo problem of smaller than the partition in extreme scenarios has been improved by the manufacturer, and will continue to be optimized in the future (the specific scenarios have been discussed above and will not be repeated).

After all, TCL X11H, as the world's first mass-produced 10,000-level partition product, has extremely high technical challenges, and there are indeed some deficiencies in extreme scenarios, but these situations will not occur in normal use scenarios, and manufacturers are also actively optimizing and iterating.

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