Review: TCL RM9L RGB-Mini LED (2026)

With the RM9L RGB-Mini, TCL doesn’t skimp connected HDMI 2.1 ports. There are 4 total, and each 1 tin enactment a 144Hz refresh complaint for debased latency PC gaming oregon immoderate you privation to propulsion astatine the television. One of the HDMI 2.1 ports is for eARC passthrough audio to powered speakers oregon a receiver. I added an Xbox Series X and a Google TV for investigating and connected Klipsch the Nines II speakers. There are 2 USB ports (one coaxial), an Ethernet larboard for a wired connection, and a integer optical port. The TV uses Wi-Fi 6, which is accelerated and compatible.

I liked the distant for the astir part, since it is cleanable and casual to use. The brightness controls are connected the right-hand side, which is simply a amazingly superb plan choice. For late-night gaming sessions you tin crank down the brightness rapidly oregon pump it up erstwhile the sunlight pours in. Tiny notches connected the distant for measurement and channels assistance you find them without looking. The buttons for escaped tv channels and a fewer others seemed similar overkill. Also, the Home fastener is not centered, truthful it’s harder to find. Thankfully astatine this price, the distant is backlit.

Real-World Testing Results

Two movies I ever trial close away, particularly to spot if the opposition and brightness are arsenic exceptional arsenic they should beryllium for a television’s price, are Awake connected Netflix and The Creator connected the Fandango astatine Home app. That’s due to the fact that these movies person highly dimly lit scenes astatine nighttime oregon predawn. Even immoderate OLED models look washed retired during a cycling country successful Awake successful which the histrion Gina Rodriquez passes a feline successful a bluish shirt. Only aft selecting the Vivid representation mode could I spot what was going on. I find Mini RGB tech to beryllium fussy astatine times, requiring representation prime tweaks.

For The Creator, an aboriginal country by the water conscionable didn’t person the vividness I would similar for the price, looking somewhat washed retired without capable bluish oregon heavy blacks. Even aft utilizing Vivid oregon Dolby Vision IQ representation modes, the country inactive looked excessively grayed out.

For tegument code benchmarks, the RM9L underperformed compared with the LG Micro RGB Evo. I noticed a deficiency of tonal variation, but successful a side-by-side trial against the LG television, determination was much of a difference. That meant the RM9L matched up much intimately with the midrange Sony Bravia 7 Mark II and the Hisense UR9 that besides benefited from Mini RGB tech.

In a demo reel benchmark, determination is 1 pugnacious situation involving achromatic mist implicit a snowy mountain. The Leica Cine Play 1 projector is admittedly not a just trial (even if it’s cheaper) due to the fact that that exemplary has specified an exceptional lens, but the mist was acold much chiseled connected it. Green writer adjacent a obstruction successful wintertime was much noticeable and evident than connected the Hisense UR9, and the 2 televisions were astir adjacent during a conception with buffalo connected a field, showing antithetic shades of brown. The LG Micro RGB Evo rendered respective scenes with much color, including a yellowish flower, a reddish cactus, a purple butterfly, and acheronian trees successful a nighttime scene.