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Digital Trends
3 days ago
- Business
- Digital Trends
This 50-inch TCL QD-Mini LED 4K TV is $350 off — buy it for below half-price
Best Buy is a fantastic source of TV deals, and we've found an offer that's going to be hard to refuse. The 50-inch TCL QM5K QD-Mini LED 4K TV, which is originally priced at $650, is on sale for a very affordable $300. We're not sure how long this bargain will stay online though, so if you want to get this TV at less than half-price, you're going to have to push forward with your purchase as soon you can. If you hesitate, you may miss out on the savings of $350! Why you should buy the 50-inch TCL QM5K QD-Mini LED 4K TV TCL is one of the best TV brands in the market, and TCL's QD-Mini LED technology enables amazing picture quality with 300 precisely controlled local dimming zones in the 50-inch TCL QM5K QD-Mini LED 4K TV. The TCL Halo Control System eliminates the halo effect, where bright parts of the screen bleed into the darker areas, while 4K Ultra HD resolution and HDR support create lifelike images that will let you appreciate your favorite shows and movies even more. The TV isn't focused on just the video though — with an Onkyo 2.1 speaker system with subwoofer, you'll experience awesome stereo sound and intense bass. The 50-inch TCL QM5K QD-Mini LED 4K TV is also a smart TV, powered by Google TV. The platform not only provides access to all of the popular streaming services, but also lets you use voice commands with your preference between Google Assistant, Amazon's Alexa, and Apple HomeKit. The TV also works with Google Chromecast and Apple AirPlay 2, allowing you to stream content from your mobile devices to its 50-inch display. You can never go wrong with TCL TV deals if you're thinking about buying a new screen, though some offers are more attractive than others. This one from Best Buy is very tempting — a $350 discount for the 50-inch TCL QM5K QD-Mini LED 4K TV, which brings it down from $650 to only $300. We expect this bargain to draw a lot of attention, so you need to act fast before it gets taken down. Add the 50-inch TCL QM5K QD-Mini LED 4K TV to your cart and finish the checkout process immediately to be able to secure yours at less than half-price.
Tom's Guide
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
Your TCL TV just got even more free channels — here's what you can watch now
TCL TVs are home to a slew of free channels, but they're set to get even more following a new partnership with AMC Networks. TCL's streaming service, called TCLtv+, will be getting 11 FAST channels from AMC Networks' catalog. It will make many of the best TCL TVs even better if you love free content, now corralling as many as 400 ad-supported channels. You might know AMC best for "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead," the latter of which has its own dedicated FAST channel playing episodes nonstop. Additional sports and news channels will also be available on TCLtv+, like NESN Nation, a New England-based sports broadcast that focuses on Bruins and Red Sox coverage. The full list of 11 new AMC FAST channels includes the following: You can download TCLtv+ today on your TCL TV to gain access to all these new FAST channels. To find it, head to apps and search TCLtv+ and click download, though it should already be available within the home app carousel. FAST stands for Free Ad-supported Streaming Television and it's fast becoming one of the best ways to stream content on smart TVs. Most TV interfaces are equipped with these types of channels, from Samsung's TizenOS to Google TV, which is available on a wide variety among the best TVs. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips.
UPI
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: Rachel Brosnahan's 'travel curse' nearly cost her 'Superman' audition
1 of 5 | Cast member Rachel Brosnahan attends the premiere of the sci-fi motion picture "Superman" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on July 7. She talked about her travel curse on "Tonight" Wednesday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo July 17 (UPI) -- Superman actress Rachel Brosnahan says she had a "travel curse" that nearly caused her to miss the audition to portray the iconic Lois Lane. The former Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star, 35, discussed the curse, and how she broke it, when she stopped by The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday. "This is a good example of the curse," she said, referring to her Superman audition. Brosnahan was in New York City doing a show on Broadway and was attempting to make it to Los Angeles for the audition. "We got offstage at like 11:00 p.m. The only flight that would get me there in time was at 6 a.m. So, I got to the airport. I got there early, and the flight starts getting delayed and I just had a bad feeling about it, because curse," she explained. The flight was ultimately canceled and she ran back and forth across the airport trying to book another flight. "I got there and honestly I feel like the chaos that came with me after what I'd been through that morning must have felt so Lois Lane-coded or something because it worked out just fine," she said. She added that her curse is so bad she hired a witch to break it ahead of the Superman promotional tour. "I got really desperate and I started asking people if anyone knew like an energy healer or like a past-life reader... And so I called a witch and brought her to my house," she said. "...She brought a wishing well and a wand and she signed an NDA." Brosnahan reports her travel curse has since been lifted. Superman raked in some $122 million at the box office over the weekend. The film stars David Corenswet as the titular hero. David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan attend 'Superman' premiere Cast members David Corenswet (L) and Rachel Brosnahan attend the premiere of "Superman" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on July 7, 2025. Corenswet portrays Superman, with Brosnahan as Lois Lane. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Straits Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Rising star and new dad David Corenswet wants to be a Superman you can count on
Cast member David Corenswet attends a premiere for the film Superman at the TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, on July 7. NEW YORK – Even before he became the linchpin of a new superhero universe, David Corenswet took great pride in being reliable. It is a reputation the American has cultivated since he was a child actor, when he once delivered his lines so efficiently during a commercial shoot that the crew got to go home early. 'I want people to feel that every day my name is on the call sheet is going to be a better day – a little bit of an easier day, and maybe a more fulfilling day,' he said. Now, Corenswet's reliability will be put to its ultimate test. The 32-year-old is playing the iconic title character in James Gunn's Superman reboot, which is showing in cinemas and has earned US$220 million (S$282 million) at the global box office. If this latest iteration is the foundation for the American film-maker and DC Studios head's ambitious, years-long plan to revitalise DC, then Corenswet is its cornerstone, and his take on the character could not be more different from the moody brute Henry Cavill played in the Superman films of 2013 to 2017. Buoyant and good-natured, Corenswet's version sees the best in everyone, winces at bad language (he's more likely to exclaim, 'Golly!' or 'What the hey, dude!'), and is so devoted to doing the right thing that in one chaotic action scene, he even swoops in to save a poor squirrel from being crushed. But this is no boring Boy Scout. Corenswet brings plenty of charm and humour to his portrayal and, during tetchy tete-a-tetes between Superman and his girlfriend Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan), shows just how troubled the character can become when his unsolicited do-gooding has real-world repercussions. 'Oftentimes Superman, in media, has been just this perfect blank slate without a personality,' Gunn said. 'And that's not David's Superman at all.' (From left) David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Warner Bros. PHOTO: AFP The 1.93m-tall Juilliard School graduate's first major leading role came in American writer-director-producer Ryan Murphy's period drama Hollywood (2020), a TV series set during the golden age of the film industry – fitting, since Corenswet's own tastes run more to TCM than TikTok. 'He's very much like Superman,' Gunn, 58, said, 'in that he seems very earnest and odd, more like an alien than you would think.' Though people might expect a rising actor on the brink of a breakthrough to live in Los Angeles or New York, Corenswet has instead moved back to the outskirts of Philadelphia, where he grew up. He initially relocated to start a family with his wife, actress Julia Best Warner (their daughter was born in 2024), but he hopes that continuing to live away from the spotlight will keep him grounded in the months ahead. 'I don't really like going out,' he said. 'I like being at home, I like the inside of hotel rooms, I like the woods.' And if he starts getting recognised on grocery runs? 'We'll see what happens,' he said. 'Maybe I'll get some Groucho Marx glasses and a moustache to walk around in.' Gunn, who has spent the past few weeks watching fans fall for Corenswet during their press tour, foresees an unavoidable rise in fame for his leading man. 'I think he's the biggest movie star in the world,' Gunn said. 'I just don't think people know it yet.' Other people in Corenswet's orbit have long had a similar hunch. His manager was an assistant on Cavill's team when that British actor booked the Superman role in Man Of Steel (2013), and he sensed the same potential in Corenswet early on: Whenever he introduced the young actor to industry figures, he would tease that Corenswet was the guy to cast if Superman was ever rebooted. 'I never got my hopes up at all,' Corenswet said, 'but there was always a glimmer in my rep's eyes.' James Gunn (left) and David Corenswet on the set of Superman. PHOTO: WBEI That turned into something more than a glimmer when Gunn took over DC Studios in 2022 and announced that Superman would be his next major project. Still, years of expectations added immense pressure to Corenswet's audition. He said: 'I said to my wife, 'There's something sad about this. As long as they weren't remaking Superman, it was always fun to fantasise about, but now I'm going to audition and I'm not going to get it.'' At that time, Gunn was not much more optimistic about finding his lead. He recalled how arduous the casting search for his Marvel-Disney superhero movie Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) had been, with hundreds of actors auditioning to play Star-Lord until, after many months, Chris Pratt finally convinced the doubtful writer-director. Gunn warned his DC Studios co-chief, Peter Safran, that he would not move forward with Superman at all unless they could find the right man to embody him. 'And I wasn't sure if that person existed,' Gunn said. Gunn's script scared Corenswet a little simply because it was so different from anything he had seen before: In the first 10 minutes alone, there is a caped super-dog and a quartet of robotic assistants. But also, what if the movie turned out so well that no one could think of him as anything but Superman? 'To that,' Corenswet said, 'I always refer to the great Christopher Reeve, who said in an interview something along the lines of, 'If this is the only part I get to play for the rest of my life, it'll be a great honour to have such an impactful and rich character be your sole partner.'' Ultimately, Corenswet and his wife decided to go for it. 'David, at the end of the day, was the only one who worked,' Gunn said. 'There were other very good actors. But Superman was David.' Almost everything changed over the next year as Corenswet trained six days a week to put on muscle, and then, as he began to shoot Superman, his first child was born. 'I went to work and I played Superman.' he said. 'And then I came home and got spat up on and changed diapers and woke up at two in the morning and tried to take the best care of my wife that I could.' Now, when people warn Corenswet that things are about to get heady, he is sceptical. Family life still grounds him. 'All I can think about is I'm still going to be changing diapers,' he said. 'I'm still going to be making breakfast, I'm still going to be frustrated when my insurance company bills me the wrong amount, or the car breaks down and I've got to figure that out. 'But mostly, what I'm thinking about is just being back at home with my kid.' NYTIMES
CNET
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
I Watched a $30,000, 116-Inch TV. Now I Need a Bigger Living Room
The whole TV industry is moving towards bigger and bigger screens, and the new Hisense 116UX takes the concept to a room-filling extreme. This is a 116-inch 4K TV that costs as much as a decent new car. But it's not just any 116-inch, $30,000 TV. Hisense built some sophisticated tech under the hood, and I got some hands-on time with it. I can confirm that this is a truly massive screen. Like, absolutely huge. A real unit. To give you an idea of how big it is, I'm 6 feet tall and I could not touch one end and the other at the same time. I can also confirm that I kinda want one. Also read: Best TVs of 2025 Unique tech, meet gigantic TV Ty Pendlebury/CNET First announced at CES, this Hisense 116UX is a different type of TV compared to the $20,000, 115-inch TCL we looked at last year. That was a "hang out with your buddies and watch the game" kind of TV. This Hisense is not just an inch larger diagonally and 10 grand more expensive, it's squarely aimed at the (very) well-heeled video quality afficiando. The LCD-based Hisense 116UX uses the company's proprietary RGB, mini-LED backlight combined with quantum dots and 3,584 local dimming zones. As the name "RGB" suggests, each individual backlight is broken up into a trio of red, green and blue mini-LEDs. Representatives for the company said these zones can also be divided further through software, and that at full pelt the screen is capable of 8,000 nits peak brightness. The remote has a solar panel built in Ty Pendlebury/CNET The TV is set for gaming on with a native 165Hz Panel and support for AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and Auto Low Latency Mode. Though it lacks the level of anti-glare tech found on high-end Samsungs like the S95F I reviewed recently, Hisense's TV has the company's own Anti-Reflection Pro to ward off (though not completely obscure) reflected light. Like most TVs from companies not called LG or Samsung, the 116UX runs on the Google TV operating system. If you have a Google smart home or Android phone it should integrate really well as a result. And similar to recent Samsung remotes, 116UX comes with a suitably large remote control with a little photoelectric panel for charging with your overhead lights. Maybe it also charges from reflected light of the huge panel? It's certainly bright enough. The TV was the room I spent a couple of hours with the Hisense 116UX, in Hisense's New York demo room, which was only just big enough to fit the TV. I was reminded of Magritte's painting of a massive apple in a small room. I watched some movie scenes, including scenes from Spider-man Into the Spider-Verse and Oppenheimer. Apart from the size, I came away with the impression that this TV is great for HDR movies, as exemplified by its surprisingly deft handling of Oppenheimer. In the test scene I used, the Hisense was able to both bring out bright pinpricks of light while also able to show the hills and sky without banding. Spider-man showed how bright and colorful this TV could get. The huge screen was also able to keep up with the movie's frenetic action scenes without smearing. I tested its light output using a Konica Minolta LS-100 light meter, which registered an impressive 7923 nits -- pretty much exactly what Hinsense claimed. It's also double the 65-inch Hisense U8Q, the brightest TV I've ever measured at CNET, and roughly 4 times brighter than the 65-inch LG G5, the brightest OLED TV. The TV has Google TV onboard. Ty Pendlebury/CNET While I didn't test the TV's gaming prowess I have no doubt it would be a real blast to rid Mars of a new demonic scourge on a screen that truly is larger than life. I listened to the 116UX for a little bit but it sounded disappointedly "like a TV," with boomy lower mids and a vocal forwardness. If you can afford a TV like this, you can afford a sound system to go with it, and I will (maybe) come with you to help you buy it. A big price tag to match Is this the Holy Grail of TVs? For some, perhaps. Would I have one in my home? Yes, but only if I could find a rich benefactor to buy it for me -- along with a bigger apartment. For its $30,000 price tag you could buy a hell of a lot of a lot of movie tickets instead. Like around 2,000 of them. But that's hardly the point. This is currently the best (and only) 116-inch TV available, and if you really want to make your living room seem small, the Hisense 116UX it's more practical and fun than a monster-sized piece of fruit.
