TCL 43S305 43-Inch 1080p Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model)

I bought this tv for my bedroom to place on top of my dresser at the foot of my bed. I was hesitant in buying this tv after reading some previous reviews, however I decided to take a chance and I’m SO happy I did. The price can not be beat for this quality. I have another larger size TCL tv in my living room and it’s great quality as well. This 49 inch TV arrived safely in double packaging without damage. The tv stands for the bottom of the tv were very easy to set up. I was able to set the entire tv up within just a few minutes. It was light enough for me to pick up and place on top of the dresser on my own. There were no Roku requests to add my credit card information as previous reviews stated. I signed into my established accounts normally and without complication. The remote came with batteries, however one of the batteries was corroded which was fine since I had extra AAA batteries on hand. The remote is easy to use and works as expected. The picture on the tv is clear and vibrant. The sound is clear. I recommend this tv 100%. I will update if anything changes.

We're using this in our kitchen eat-in area. Setup was a breeze and both our 2.4G and 5G wifi were immediately found, as were several of our neighbors' wifi. For just over $100 we've got an HDTV with a great picture and resolution, with built-in Roku and great connectivity and expandability. Add to that the ability to select my FireTV (then control Fire with it's own remote) and 100% control of everything else built-in and connected using my Harmony 650 universal remote, which had the model number in its database. I don't need to use the Kindle remote at all. That's a lot of options and combinations all from one HDTV and one remote!I set my Harmony remote up so we can either use the TV's Roku home page to select the function/input/channel or use the "Watch TV" for cable input, or "Watch a Movie" to select our FireTV streaming input, or just use the Kindle home page to watch as a native Roku streamer.I really can't rate the durability fully, other than to say this seems to be a quality HDTV with good fit and finish. As to the sound quality, it's pretty tinny as you might expect for a small and cheap tv. I set it to add base, which makes the audio adequate. The sound volume range is very decent.I didn't knock off a star for the sound since I have the option to add RokuTV wireless speakers if I want and the total price would still be very reasonable for the excellent functionality.

Great TV for me. I have a FIOS internet connection and the tv only took a moment or two to run its updates when I first powered it on and connected it to my wifi. Since Amazon Video is the only place I have an existing account right now, I tried it with that first. It was unable to connect initially and told me to try from within the channel, so I skipped that to revisit later. Next, I went ahead and plugged an hdmi cable from my computer to my tv and hooked up my computer. (Remember to change monitor display settings from extend desktop to duplicate desktop if you just want the tv to show what's on your monitor, then turn off your monitor.) Arranging my furniture and peripherals was the most interesting challenge, but I got it done. I finished off a james bond movie from my amazon prime via the computer display on the Roku tv yesterday. Warcraft on a 40-inch screen tv is awesome as well. I revisited the Amazon Prime app in the Roku tv today and it simply worked, so maybe it just needed time or some kind of activity to initiate itself. I have an old episode of STNG running off my prime video to the Roku tv even as I type this review on my computer now. I didn't have to create a new prime account. I'm looking into spectrum, vudu, hulu and such now, but see those interesting mixes of paid and free so will see. I have a digital antenna hooked up as well, but my building is a cell/tv signal black hole, so I only get a few channels. The Roku TV actually has many free channels of its own, coming over my excellent wifi connection I presume, but most are news (ABC, CBS, FOX, some weird ones, but no CNN or RT that I can see - I try to watch multiple news stations and guess what's really happening :)), or fringe sports/music/documentary, or maybe an odd beta-test tv/movie service here and there.Also if you lose your remote, you can get another for ten bucks: https://smile.amazon.com/Control-Replacement-40FS3750-40FS4610R-65US5800/dp/B01J3UF9P8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496615739&sr=8-1&keywords=replacement+remote+for+roku+tvMight go ahead and order a spare now if you live for tv. But I suppose if you live for tv, you're not careless with your remotes. :)Lastly, it's a pretty menu-driven tv and doing things like searches or entering your login credentials to get various apps setup will be a bit tedious if you have numerous accounts to setup all at once. HDMI cable from your computer is the quickest way to just slam everything into it all at once at the start, then you can circle back and connect various of your online accounts to the Roku at your convenience later. So your TV can get back to being a tv and you can type reviews while watching your amazon prime videos. :)