TCL Reveals Pricing And Release Dates For Key New C8L And C7L UK Super QD TVs

InnovationConsumer TechTCL Reveals Pricing And Release Dates For Key New C8L And C7L UK Super QD TVsByJohn Archer,Senior Contributor.Follow AuthorMay 12, 2026, 12:07pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.After truly coming of age in the U.K. with its uniformly great value 2025 TV range, TCL has now revealed full details, including pricing, of arguably the two single most important series in its 2026 range.The first thing to say about TCL’s new C8L-UK and C7K-UK TVs is that they are both built around TCL’s new generation of Super Quantum Dot panels, which are claimed to deliver 69% more color accuracy and 33% more color range than old-school Quantum Dot panels, rather than the also-new RGB Mini-LED technology making its debut elsewhere in TCL’s range. These two series also sit in the top half of TCL’s 2026 TV range for the U.K., but maintain the aggressive pricing that’s seen TCL cause such an earthquake in the TV market in recent years.The new TCL C8L-UK TV range carry the brand's new Super Quantum Dot panels and can deliver up to 6,000 nits of brightness.Photo: TCLThe C8L-UK range will be available in 55, 65, 75, 85 and 98-inch screen sizes, and will feature the same ultra-thin ZeroBorder design found on the brand’s flagship X11L TVs this year, minimizing the black space usually found between a TV’s active display areas and bezel. This is a result of the SHVA panel technology introduced to great effect in the upper echelons of TCL’s 2025 TV range – a panel revamp that also introduced new technologies designed to reduce motion blur, backlight haloing, and lost shadow detailing in dark scenes while boosting color, brightness and power efficiency.The C8Ls are claimed to be capable of hitting extremely high brightness peaks of up to 6,000 nits (on the 98-inch and 85-inch models), adding potentially huge color volumes to their expanded color gamuts – gamuts which TCL says stretch...