TCL LE46FHDE53010 Review

TCL LE46FHDE5300 Review

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Technical Data:

• Diagonal Screen Size : 46 Inches
• Type : LED
• Pixel Refresh Rate Speed : 60 Hz
• Native Video Resolution : 1080 Pixels
• HDMI Ports : 2
• Video Interfaces : Component , Composite, HDMI, USB
• 3D : No
• Web Streaming Service : NO
• Height : 24.6 inch
• Width : 41.5 inch
• Depth : 2.2 inch
• Weight : 25.8 lb
• Average Contrast Ratio : 3237:1
• Average Black Level : 0.079 cd/m^2
• Peak Brightness : 255.73 cd/m^2
• Average Power Consumption : 53 watt

Design and Features

The LE46FHDE5300 may be cheap, but it does not look cheap. 46-inch panel is framed by a very thin (0.5-inch) matte black bezel on the top and sides, with a slightly wider (0.8 inches) at the bottom of the bezel. The only decoration is TCL shiny logo in the middle of the bottom bezel and silver power button to the right.

At first glance the set looks very thin, measuring only 0.6 inches at its thinnest point. However, jutting out to 2.2 inches at the bottom where the bottom-firing speakers are embedded. 25-pound cabinet is supported by a heavy, rectangular solid glass base but did not provide any playlists. There are four VESA-compliant mounting holes on the back for hanging the TV on the wall using an optional mounting kit.

The right side of the cabinet is home to three rocker button (Channel Up / Down, Volume Up / Down, Menu / Input). Around back, facing left, two HDMI ports, USB ports, and a headphone jack. Downward facing ports, including the port, composite and component A / V, PC audio input, VGA video input, digital audio output, jack and the antenna / cable. As with TCL LE40FHDE3000, and our Editors' Choice budget, RCA LED42C45RQ $ 329.98 at WalMart, this model only has two HDMI ports and do not have a network port, Wi-Fi, or Web applications.

Set to use the same remote that ships with the LE40FHDE3000. It's 8 inches long, with a glossy black finish and 37 non-backlit buttons. No buttons color-coded, but has playback controls and special image button set. I see the lag in response time when using the remote to change the image settings and while navigating through the menu settings, I have not experienced problems with the LE40FHDE3000.

There are six preset picture: Nature, Sports, Cinematic, Vibrant, ECO, and Personal. Basic settings including Brightness, Contrast, and Sharpness. Expert settings allow you to adjust the Backlight, Color, Tint, and Color Temperature. Advanced settings menu offers a choice of SABC (Screen Adaptive Brightness Control) which, when activated, changes in the level of brightness depending on the content being displayed. There are also options that change the Dynamic Backlight backlighting levels depending on the contents of the screen, and three noise reduction settings.

Achievement

Using images from the DisplayMate HDTV diagnostic utility, a Klein K10-A Colorimeter, and Calman 5 software SpectraCal, I do basic dark calibration in LE46FHDE5300 and then measured lighting levels and color accuracy. Set generates peak brightness 255.73 cd / m2 and the black level reading of 0.079 cd / m2. The resulting contrast ratio of 3,237: 1 is nothing to write home about, although higher than what we get from other low set including Insignia NS-42E480A13, UW40T2BW Westinghouse and RCA LED42C45RQ.

Vague color accuracy, as you can see from the CIE chromaticity chart below. The closer the red, green, and blue is for their appropriate boxes, the better color accuracy. (Ideally, every point will be in the box.) In this case, the blues are very close to the ideal, but the red and green landed well out of the box. As a result, the picture is a little hot LE46FHDE5300, or saturated. It's obvious while watching Piranha movie in Blu-ray; flesh tones looked a bit too red, and blond hair Elisabeth Shue green players who have very little to it. That said, the problem is not unusual color accuracy with HDTV in this price range, and is part of the reason you will pay more for the same size set as the Sony Bravia KDL-46HX850

LE46FHDE5300 is relatively energy efficient HDTV budget, requiring 53 watts during the test, which is exactly what is much smaller (40-inch) are used Westinghouse UW40T2BW, and only slightly more than the same-size Sony KDL-46HX850 (47 watts). Symbol and RCA models used 64 watts and 67 watts, respectively, and both have a smaller screen than the LE46FHDE53010.

Conclusion

If you are in the market for a simple, inexpensive, greater than 40 inch HDTV, TCL series FHDE5300 has you covered. It provides bright images and crisp image detail, has a relatively wide viewing angle, and energy efficient. While not optimal color accuracy, offering better all-around picture of comparably priced sets like the Insignia NS-42E480A13 and Westinghouse UW40T2BW. That said, it still can not match the overall picture quality of our reigning Editors Choice for a budget HDTV, 42-inch RCA LED42C45RQ.

Pro and Cons :

Pro

Very affordable. Good image detail. Energy saving.

Cons

Saturated red and green. Remote sluggish. Only two HDMI ports.

The Point

With TCL series LEFHDE5300 you get a capable HDTV LED-backlit display with a price-affordable 46-inch model we tested the ring for less than $ 550. Features are scarce and color accuracy could have been better, but the set is still good for the money.

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