{"id":21437,"date":"2020-06-08T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2586115"},"modified":"2020-06-08T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T13:55:00","slug":"tcl-starts-selling-android-powered-tvs-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/08\/tcl-starts-selling-android-powered-tvs-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"TCL starts selling Android-powered TVs in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo-36.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-title_mark@tp+ bc-gray-1 col-10-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"t-d7@m- t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl t-d2@d mt-15 mt-25@tp c-gray-3 c-gray-6@m-\">Roku won&#8217;t be your only choice for a smart platform on TCL&#8217;s sets.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"engadget-article-meta-bar\" class=\"o-meta_bar@tl+          mt-35 mt-20@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:articlemetabar;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F10fa9530-a827-11ea-9d7f-9c6815e7d379&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=722d72550d5cd3509d6b02e7fc62325c77f63c55\" alt=\"TCL 3-Series Android TV\" width=\"626\" height=\"417\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">\n<p>You no longer have to use Roku&rsquo;s platform if you want a modern&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-01-06-tcl-8k-tv-roku-mini-led-vidrian.html\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">TCL TV<\/a>&nbsp;in the US. TCL has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tclusa.com\/press-releases\/tcl-launches-first-televisions-with-android-tv-in-the-u-s-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">started selling<\/a>&nbsp;its Android TV-based 3-Series sets in the US through Best Buy. You can buy a 32-inch, 720p starter model for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bestbuy.7tiv.net\/Q719x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$130<\/a>, or jump to a 40-inch 1080p screen for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bestbuy.7tiv.net\/xYdKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$200<\/a>. These won&rsquo;t compete with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-02-04-sony-x800h-x950h-tv-pricing.html\" data-rapid_p=\"5\" data-v9y=\"1\">Sony&rsquo;s sets<\/a>&nbsp;and are slightly less capable than their Roku counterparts (fewer HDMI inputs, for example), but they may do the trick if you&rsquo;re looking for a no-frills set that still hooks into Google features like Assistant and media casting.<\/p>\n<p>The company said this diversified the lineup to supply &ldquo;popular software options&rdquo; and give customers a choice At the same time, this also lets TCL hedge its bets &mdash; it doesn&rsquo;t have to worry if Roku runs into trouble. This might also give TCL more control over its TVs where using Roku&rsquo;s software requires relinquishing some of its power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-01-06-tcl-8k-tv-roku-mini-led-vidrian.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-01-06-tcl-8k-tv-roku-mini-led-vidrian.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo-36.png\" alt=\"\">Roku won&rsquo;t be your only choice for a smart platform on TCL&rsquo;s sets. You no longer have to use Roku&rsquo;s platform if you want a modern&nbsp;TCL TV&nbsp;in the US. TCL has&nbsp;started selling&nbsp;its Android TV-based 3-Series sets in the US through Best Buy. You can buy a 32-inch, 720p starter model for&nbsp;$130, or jump to a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/08\/tcl-starts-selling-android-powered-tvs-in-the-us\/\">Continue reading <span>TCL starts selling Android-powered TVs in the US<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/08\/tcl-starts-selling-android-powered-tvs-in-the-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TCL starts selling Android-powered TVs in the US - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/08\/tcl-starts-selling-android-powered-tvs-in-the-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TCL starts selling Android-powered TVs in the US - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Roku won&rsquo;t be your only choice for a smart platform on TCL&rsquo;s sets. 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