- TCL’s new art TV has a high-end mini-LED panel
- Size from 55 to 98 inches, with super slim design
- It will launch in China first, but is expected to arrive in the US in early 2026.
TCL has introduced a new Nxtvision TV, the TCL A400 Pro, which is a direct rival to the Samsung The Frame Pro, but while it looks like it will triumph in the technology department, it lacks two of the key things that have helped make The Frame TVs so popular.
Let’s start with technology. Behind the traditional matte panel that all art TVs have appears to be a high-spec mini-LED panel. The TCL A400 Pro is a quantum dot mini-LED and appears to be one of TCL’s best panels: Samsung’s The Frame Pro uses its most basic mini-LED panel, which is apparently edge-lit.
The TCL is a true mini-LED panel with lights behind the entire screen, meaning it will likely offer a more accurate display, which is good whether you’re watching a movie or a piece of art.
What the TCL A400 Pro is missing
However, there are two important things Samsung’s Art TV offers that the TCL A400 Pro doesn’t. The first is the One Connect box, which in both its wired and wireless versions (wired on the standard The Frame TV, wireless on The Frame Pro) dramatically reduces cable clutter, which is important when you buy a TV to hang on the wall like a painting.
With the TCL, if you have four HDMI cables, a power cable, and a tuner cable working with it, then you’ll be dealing with six cables.
The second difference, and in my opinion the most important, is that Samsung’s virtual art gallery is many times larger than TCL’s: according to FlatpanelsHD, TCL offers “more than 100” works of art, while Samsung has more than 4,000 pieces from major museums and institutions.
TCL is reportedly working to expand the collection, although there’s no indication of when or by how much. And of course, art is the key selling point of an art TV, so while it’s possible to provide your own images, that’s not as convenient.
As for the rest of the specifications, they are very good: 144 Hz refresh rates for 4K gaming, which can be doubled at half the resolution; variable refresh rate and automatic low latency mode for gaming too; HDMI 2.1 and Wi-Fi 6; Dolby Atmos and DTS:X; and a speaker system made by Onkyo.
There will be models in 55, 65, 75, 85 and 98-inch sizes and the A400 Pro will launch first in China before arriving in the US and other territories next year.
We’ll no doubt get a lot more details about this and other new TCL TVs at CES 2026, which is just a few weeks away.
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