{"id":12779,"date":"2026-05-12T17:09:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=12779"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:09:26","slug":"tcl-reveals-pricing-and-release-dates-for-key-new-c8l-and-c7l-uk-super-qd-tvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=12779","title":{"rendered":"TCL Reveals Pricing And Release Dates For Key New C8L And C7L UK Super QD TVs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After truly coming of age in the U.K. with its uniformly great value 2025 TV range, TCL has now revealed full details, including pricing, of arguably the two single most important series in its 2026 range.<\/p>\n
The first thing to say about TCL\u2019s new C8L-UK and C7K-UK TVs is that they are both built around TCL\u2019s new generation of Super Quantum Dot panels, which are claimed to deliver 69% more color accuracy and 33% more color range than old-school Quantum Dot panels, rather than the also-new RGB Mini-LED technology making its debut elsewhere in TCL\u2019s range. <\/p>\n
These two series also sit in the top half of TCL\u2019s 2026 TV range for the U.K., but maintain the aggressive pricing that\u2019s seen TCL cause such an earthquake in the TV market in recent years.<\/p>\n\n
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The new TCL C8L-UK TV range carry the brand’s new Super Quantum Dot panels and can deliver up to 6,000 nits of brightness.<\/span><\/p>\n
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The C8L-UK range will be available in 55, 65, 75, 85 and 98-inch screen sizes, and will feature the same ultra-thin ZeroBorder design found on the brand\u2019s flagship X11L TVs this year, minimizing the black space usually found between a TV\u2019s active display areas and bezel. This is a result of the SHVA panel technology introduced to great effect in the upper echelons of TCL\u2019s 2025 TV range \u2013 a panel revamp that also introduced new technologies designed to reduce motion blur, backlight haloing, and lost shadow detailing in dark scenes while boosting color, brightness and power efficiency.<\/p>\n
The C8Ls are claimed to be capable of hitting extremely high brightness peaks of up to 6,000 nits (on the 98-inch and 85-inch models), adding potentially huge color volumes to their expanded color gamuts \u2013 gamuts which TCL says stretch right the way to 100% of the ultra-wide BT.2020 color space. <\/p>\n
Brightness needs to be well controlled to contribute to good all-round picture quality, of course, so it\u2019s exciting to hear that the the C8L-UK TVs Mini LED backlighting is joined by as many as 4,032 separate local dimming zones. This is another huge number by LCD TV standards that again bodes extremely well for their performance, especially given how effective last year\u2019s C8Ks were with fewer dimming zones to play with. <\/p>\n
All that brightness can be applied, too, to all four of the main high dynamic range formats: HDR10, HDR10+, HLG and Dolby Vision. So unlike sets from LG and Samsung, the C8Ls will always take in the best version available of any source you feed them. In fact, it\u2019s now confirmed that the C8L models will support the new Dolby Vision 2 format \u2013 albeit potentially not until after receiving a firmware update later in the year.<\/p>\n
Gaming support on the C8Ls is impressive too, with native 4K\/144Hz support and full HD\/288Hz support possible along with variable refresh rates (including AMD FreeSync Premium Pro), automatic low latency mode switching, and a dedicated Game menu that provides features including support for superwide aspect ratios, shadow detail enhancement and genre-specific picture presets.<\/p>\n
As with last year\u2019s premium TCL TVs, the C8L-UK\u2019s sound is delivered by a 2.2-channel speaker system designed with premium brand Bang & Olufsen.<\/p>\n\n
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The TCL C7L-UK range will be the cheapest way to get your hands on the brand’s new Super Quantum Dots.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Stepping down to the C7L-UK series finds peak brightness on the brightest model halving to 3,000 nits, while the peak number of dimming zones (on the 98-inch set) drops to 2,176. These are still substantial numbers for what are set to be strikingly affordable TVs for an upper mid-range series, though. And the C7L-UKs will still deliver 100% of the BT.2020 color spectrum (even though there\u2019s currently no content around that can take full advantage of it). <\/p>\n
The C7L-UKs retain the same level of gaming support that the C8L-UKs enjoy too, and also benefit from 2.2-channel Bang & Olufsen sound systems \u2013 albeit ones that don\u2019t offer quite so much power or quite such premium speakers as the C8L-UKs get. It doesn\u2019t look at the moment, though, as if they will get Dolby Vision 2 support.<\/p>\n
Key details and pricing for each C8L-UK and C7L-UK screen size are as follows:<\/p>\n
The TCL C8L-UK series:<\/strong><\/p>\n
55-inch: \u00a31,199, 1,008 local dimming zones, 3,000 nits peak brightness<\/p>\n
65-inch: \u00a31,899, 2,040 local dimming zones, 5,000 nits peak brightness<\/p>\n
75-inch: \u00a32,299, 2,584 local dimming zones, 5,500 nits peak brightness<\/p>\n
85-inch: \u00a32,999, 3,200 local dimming zones, 6,000 nits peak brightness<\/p>\n
98-inch: \u00a33,999, 4,032 local dimming zones, 6,000 nits peak brightness<\/p>\n
The TCL C7L-UK Series: <\/strong><\/p>\n
55-inch: \u00a31,099, 800 local dimming zones, 2,700 nits peak brightness<\/p>\n
65-inch: \u00a31,299, 1,152 local dimming zones, 3,000 nits peak brightness<\/p>\n
75-inch: \u00a31,699, 1,352 local dimming zones, 3,000 nits peak brightness<\/p>\n
85-inch: \u00a32,299, 1,624 local dimming zones, 3,000 nits peak brightness<\/p>\n
98-inch: \u00a33,299, 2,176 local dimming zones, 3,000 nits peak brightness.<\/p>\n
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