The TCL NXTVISION QLED, which TCL originally launched as the TCL NXTFRAME, is a mid-range 4k TV in TCL's 2024 lineup and is yet another TV in the burgeoning 'Art' TV segment. It comes with a wood-like magnetic frame alongside a series of included landscapes and paintings and is meant to double as an art piece in your home when wall-mounted using TCL's included proprietary wall mount. You can also buy separate stands directly from TCL. Like other art TVs, the NXTFRAME uses a matte screen coating that is meant to significantly reduce reflections in a bright room while making the picture look like a canvas when the TV displays any of its included paintings.
Otherwise, the TV uses a KSF phosphor coating, designed to deliver more vibrant and lifelike colors than traditional LED TVs. It comes with TCL's AIPQ Pro Processor, which is used for image processing and motion-smoothing capabilities. It has four HDMI ports, two of which carry HDMI 2.1 bandwidth with support for 4k @ 144Hz and 1080p @ 240Hz gaming. The TV supports all HDR formats and passes through advanced audio formats from Dolby and DTS through its eARC port. We bought and tested the 65-inch model, but it also comes in 55, 75, and 85-inch formats.
Our Verdict
The TCL NXTVISION is inadequate for mixed usage. It doesn't look good in reference conditions due to its bad black levels and lackluster colors. It's not bad when you turn your lights on, mostly due to its great handling of direct reflections, but black levels and colors look even worse than they do in a dark room, and it doesn't have the SDR brightness needed to overcome glare. HDR content is very underwhelming due to its grayish black levels and HDR brightness, so its best to stick with SDR content on this TV. It has modern gaming features, but since its pixel transitions are slow, gamers will want to look elsewhere. Its viewing angle is acceptable from a slight angle, but it's still not wide enough for large rooms with couches and chairs that are off to the side of the screen.
Great handling of direct reflections.
Good upscaling and great low-quality content smoothing.
No local dimming feature to improve contrast, giving it bad black levels.
Image quality degrades rapidly at more aggressive angles.
Smudges glare from ambient lights across the screen instead of reducing its size.
Poor color accuracy in SDR and HDR.
Lacks the SDR brightness needed for a well-lit room.
The TCL NXTVISION is inadequate for a home theater. It has bad black levels, mostly due to its lack of local dimming and mediocre black uniformity, so blacks look gray anytime highlights are on screen. Its HDR brightness is also bad, which leads to dim and lackluster highlights in HDR content. Furthermore, HDR content is dimmer than the filmmaker intends due to its disappointing PQ EOTF tracking. Colors aren't well-saturated and they're inaccurate in both SDR and HDR, so colors really don't pop out the way they should with modern TVs. Fortunately, it does a really good job reducing artifacts in heavily compressed content. It also does a good job upscaling, so low-resolution content isn't too soft looking. Since the TV has a slow response time, there's very little stutter in 24fps content, and most people won't even notice it.
Good upscaling and great low-quality content smoothing.
Only minor banding in color gradients.
No local dimming feature to improve contrast, giving it bad black levels.
Bad HDR brightness means highlights are dim in HDR content.
Poor color accuracy in SDR and HDR.
HDR content is displayed dimmer than the content creator intends.
The TCL NXTVISION is not bad in a bright room. Due to its matte coating, it significantly reduces the intensity of lights placed opposite the screen, and you barely see them. It's still not an ideal choice for a bright room, since its sub-par SDR brightness means it still struggles to overcome glare. Unfortunately, its black levels are noticeably raised in a bright room and colors lack saturation, so you lose a good amount of picture quality when your lights are turned on.
Great handling of direct reflections.
Smudges glare from ambient lights across the screen instead of reducing its size.
Lacks the SDR brightness needed for a well-lit room.
Black levels and color saturation are affected by ambient lighting.
The TCL NXTVISION is acceptable for watching sports. It has good upscaling and great low-quality content smoothing, so heavily compressed HD streams and broadcasts still look pretty good. It also does a great job reducing the visibility of direct light sources placed opposite the screen. The TV's SDR brightness is sub-par, so it still doesn't completely overcome glare. Unfortunately, colors look a bit muted due to its limited color volume, and there's some dirty screen effect towards the center of the screen. Motion is clear enough in most sports, but fast sports like racing do have some noticeable blurriness. Finally, its viewing angle is acceptable if you're at a slight angle, but its image quality quickly degrades from more aggressive angles, limiting its usefulness in wide seating arrangements.
Great handling of direct reflections.
Good upscaling and great low-quality content smoothing.
Image quality degrades rapidly at more aggressive angles.
Smudges glare from ambient lights across the screen instead of reducing its size.
Lacks the SDR brightness needed for a well-lit room.
Sub-par gray uniformity with noticeable dirty screen effect.
The TCL NXTVISION is unremarkable for gaming. It has bad black levels and HDR brightness, so HDR games are very underwhelming. The TV supports HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR, so it's fully compatible with modern consoles. You also get low input lag for a responsive feel, especially at higher refresh rates. However, its pixel transitions are slow, so you don't get clear looking motion.
HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR.
Low input lag provides a responsive feel while gaming.
No local dimming feature to improve contrast, giving it bad black levels.
Poor color accuracy in SDR and HDR.
Chroma 4:4:4 isn't displayed properly in Game Mode.
Slow pixel transitions means fast motion is blurry.
The TCL NXTVISION has poor brightness overall. Its SDR brightness is sub-par, so it's best suited for a dimly-lit room. Unfortunately, its HDR brightness is bad, so highlights in HDR content don't stand out at all.
Bad HDR brightness means highlights are dim in HDR content.
Lacks the SDR brightness needed for a well-lit room.
The TCL NXTVISION has bad black levels. It doesn't have a local dimming feature, so despite having an okay native contrast ratio and passable black uniformity, dark scenes with highlights on screen look gray.
No local dimming feature to improve contrast, giving it bad black levels.
The TCL NXTVISION has unremarkable colors. Its SDR color volume is okay, so Rec.709 content will look fine, but any content that exceeds that will look muted. Furthermore, its HDR is mediocre, and it struggles to display both dark and bright colors. Unfortunately, the TV's colors have poor accuracy, so it requires calibration if you care about colors looking the way the filmmaker intends.
Poor color accuracy in SDR and HDR.
Note: We're in the process of improving our tests related to image processing, but this score should give you a general idea of how a TV performs overall with its image processing capabilities.
The TCL NXTVISION has decent image processing overall. It does a good job upscaling low-resolution content and it does a great job reducing artifacts in low-quality content that's heavily compressed. There's some visible banding in dark grays, reds, and greens, but it's not too bad and other gradients have almost no banding at all. Unfortunately, its PQ EOTF tracking is disappointing, since HDR content is displayed dimmer than the filmmaker intends.
Good upscaling and great low-quality content smoothing.
Only minor banding in color gradients.
HDR content is displayed dimmer than the content creator intends.
The TCL NXTVISION has satisfactory Game Mode responsiveness. It has low input lag for a responsive feel, and you get HDMI 2.1, 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR. However, it has slow pixel transitions, so there's noticeable blur when the action in your game ramps up.
HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR.
Low input lag provides a responsive feel while gaming.
Chroma 4:4:4 isn't displayed properly in Game Mode.
Slow pixel transitions means fast motion is blurry.
We're in the process of fixing the way we evaluate a TV's overall motion handling. This section is currently broken, and the score isn't indicative of how well a TV handles motion overall.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Aug 20, 2025:
We bought and tested the Samsung The Frame Pro 2025, and added a comparison to the HDR Brightness section of the review.
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Updated May 13, 2025:
We renamed this TV from the TCL NXTFRAME to the TCL NXTVISION, as TCL renamed the lineup.
- Updated May 08, 2025: Converted to Test Bench 2.0.1. We did this to fix an issue with our scoring in the Supported Resolutions section, since TVs with a refresh rate higher than 144Hz were being penalized for not supporting 144Hz.
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Updated Apr 11, 2025:
We wrote text for the new tests and rewrote text throughout the review after updating pre-existing tests and scores for Test Bench 2.0.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 65-inch TCL NXTVISION (65A300W), and these results are also valid for the 55 (55A300W), 75 (75A300W), and 85-inch (85A300W) models. There are no other known variants of the TV, and the TV is currently exclusive to the North American market.
This TV was originally launched as the TCL NXTFRAME QLED, but TCL renamed the lineup to the TCL NXTVISION QLED in 2025.
| Size | Model Code |
| 55" | 55A300W |
| 65" | 65A300W |
| 75" | 75A300W |
| 85" | 85A300W |
Our unit was manufactured in July 2024, as seen on our product's label.
Popular TV Comparisons
The TCL NXTVISION is an underwhelming TV, but it's fine if you're looking specifically for an 'Art' TV. It has solid image processing, and it handles reflections from direct sources of light very well. It has modern gaming features, but its slow pixel transitions means it's not the best option if you're looking for a gaming TV. Unfortunately, it falls short when compared to its two closest rivals: the Hisense CanvasTV QLED 2024 and the Samsung The Frame 2024 QLED. The Hisense delivers similar, if slightly better, image quality, but it is also sold for a tad below what the TCL is going for. The Samsung, for its part, is much more expensive, but it delivers superior image quality. Ultimately, it's hard to recommend the TCL over the Hisense, as the latter undercuts the former in price for similar performance. If you want a similarly priced TV that performs much better and you don't care about the 'Art TV' style, the Hisense U8/U8N, TCL QM8/QM851G QLED, and LG B4 OLED all offer significantly better picture quality.
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The Hisense CanvasTV 2024 and the TCL NXTVISION are extremely similar products, with little to differentiate them. The TCL has slightly better contrast, but in turn, the Hisense is the brighter of the two TVs, especially in SDR content. The Hisense is a bit more accurate in HDR, but its SDR accuracy is abysmal; the TCL, while not very accurate in SDR either, is still much better than the Hisense. Overall, the two TVs are similar enough that you should get the cheapest of the two, although the Hisense TV's SDR brightness advantage is noticeable.
The Samsung The Frame 2024 is more expensive than the TCL NXTVISION, but it's also noticeably better. The Samsung model is far brighter in HDR and SDR, delivering a more impactful viewing experience. It's also the most accurate of the two in HDR and SDR. While both TVs struggle with ambient sources of light, the Samsung TV's matte coating does a better job at reducing their impact than the TCL's. Overall, the Samsung model definitely delivers a more impactful viewing experience, but at a premium.
The Samsung The Frame Pro 2025 is significantly better than the TCL NXTVISION in every possible way, except cost. The Samsung is a lot brighter in SDR, so it can better overcome glare in a bright room. The Samsung also delivers a more impactful HDR experience, with brighter highlights and better EOTF tracking. Overall, although the TCL is a much cheaper TV, it's so much worse that it's not worth considering.
The TCL Q651G and TCL NXTVISION are similar TVs outside of the latter's Art Mode features, but the Q651G is a bit better across the board when it comes to image quality. The Q651G is a bit brighter in HDR and SDR, and is much more accurate than the NXTVISION in SDR. The NXTVISION does have some advantages, such as its noticeably better image processing. It's also the better option for gamers, as the Q651G is limited to 4k @ 60Hz or 1080p @ 120Hz, while the NXTVISION supports 4k @ 144Hz and 1080p @ 240Hz on its two HDMI 2.1 ports.
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