I already purchased the TCL 43S425 (2018) last year and was very pleased, but they no longer make that version, and, being in the market for a new TV, but also having less money to work with compared to last year, I saw a pre-Black Friday sale deal at the beginning of the month in which installment payments were offered - and yet the cost was cheaper for the 50 inch compared to the 43 inch. (As of this writing, now the 50 inch is no longer available for installment payments and the 43 inch payments are smaller.) 50 inch was “bigger than I needed” but not “bigger than I could handle”. Physically setting it up was easy, connecting it to the Internet was easy, but it needed to update itself (of course) and when it had done so or whether it was doing so was not at all clear, I had to soft reboot the TV. Then it wasn’t clear how to connect the cable box to the TV, I had to You Tube that. Then it wasn’t clear how to switch inputs and how to keep the input on “cable box”, I had to Google that. I still can’t figure out how to connect to the Vizio soundbar I have (but the TV speakers are alright). And then finally, the picture. I don’t mind “cool temperature” picture, but I do mind things that make film look like video, so I had to tinker around with it until this tools were disabled by default. Then I compared streaming quality. HBO MAX looked great, whether it be bright (Selena + Chef), dark (Matrix Reloaded) or intermediate (Young Sheldon). Netflix did not, particularly I could see a lot of compression artifacts in the opening credits to “Iron Fist” which has both a lot of dark and a lot of motion. I am going to test Netflix with an standalone streaming stick (Fire 4K and Roku 4K) to see if there is a difference as I’m told smart TV’s don’t have the processing power to keep up with high bitstream. I was really disappointed in the picture, I thought the Roku TV looked better, but then I looked closely at the Iron Fist credits on the Roku TV, and I could see the same artifacts when I looked closely (and this is being at about the same distance between the two TVs) so then I assumed it must be pixel density but 4k at 50 inches is not that much different than 4K at 43 inches. Gaming on the TV seemed fine to me: while it might have an inadequate response time, I found my Battlefront 2 game improved just for the sheer size of the screen. The Amazon TV seems flimsier than the Roku. I would not recommend to get this TV brand unless, like me, you need a new one sooner than later, and installment payments are less onerous than full price up front.