Comments on: Hisense UR9 vs TCL QM8L: Which Next-Gen Mini-LED TV Should You Buy?

By: Daniel Brown

Daniel Brown — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:41:04 +0000

“…Samsung’s Tizen is a superior smart interface compared to Google TV…”

Sorry bud, you are in the tiny minority if you believe that, MANY of us Samsung owners buy an external device for a very good reason.

That said, I have a higher end Hisense with Google built in and a Google TV 4k steamer for my Samsung and both work really well. Modern SoC’s on TV’s are finally to the point where unless you really want an Apple TV 4k you can buy a TV with excellent built in app performance now. Just remember to disable ACR and ad tracking no matter what OS you go with!

By: Daniel Brown

Daniel Brown — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:36:48 +0000

In reply to Notaek. Just about every TV has settings to disable ACR and ad tracking, it's LG you have to worry about.

By: ORT

ORT — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:58:30 +0000

Okay then. If you are that worried about the built in mic try this to ease your mind. Don’t push the “mic” button on your remote and ask the TV a question? Does it respond? No. Stop worrying. If it does, check to see if your remote has a sticky “mic” button. If not. Now remove the batteries from your remote and push the “mic” button and talk to your TV. Does it answer? If yes. Perhaps you should look into who built your TV. If not, again…Don’t worry anymore. We could go even deeper and crazier but I don’t want to.

Do you have an “Alexa” product and do you feeeeeel better when you press the “mute” button because it turns “red”? Have you tried testing it? Hmmmmm?! LOL! I am not that important and if I were I wouldn’t worry about it as I would just disable the mic myself and hope there wasn’t another hidden in there somewhere.

ORT

By: ORT

ORT — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:51:39 +0000

I own and have given both as presents to family and friends. That said the finest TV I have ever personally seen and owned is the TCL QM9K 75″. ’nuff said!

As someone who knows stuff, unless you remove the mic your self or put in a bypass you have no idea if the mic is dead or not. Look, most of us are not that important to have to worry about being listened to…No. Really. We’re not. But I used to disable BlueToof for reasons of security so I get it. Have you decided to remove your BlueToof?! Yeah…Thought not.

ORT

By: Notaek

Notaek — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:48:30 +0000

Yeah but which TV doesn’t spy on you with the mic? Seriously include privacy as a review metric, it’s the only way to make a change.