Is my TV 4K?

by Powerind09

Hello. I am the owner of a TCL 50P815 4K TV, and I have some questions.

Ever since I got the TV I've noticed that a lot of the things are "fuzzy" or "blurry" like the UI for example. But I also find the image to be underwhelming also. I've done a lot of browsing regarding this and I have been using adb (Android Developer Bridge)

So my question is if my TV is supposedly 4K, why do I get the output "Physical Size: 1920x1080" from the command: "adb shell wm size"

A bit irrelevant but I had the same TV and it was amazing, the UI was very sharp and nice, image was perfect and well, it lived up to it's description as being a "4k tv" but then I had to get a replacement because there came issues a long the way. So I got the same TV and as I was setting it up I noticed immediately that the quality wasn't as good. Was I just lucky to have an Android TV that had good UI or something? Even with Netflix the UI was 4K. This post maybe doesn't make any sense and I feel like I'm driving myself crazy, or maybe I am crazy. But uhm, yes, I guess the question is about the output.

Thanks for reading.

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UI on 4K Android TV devices is always 1080p. 4K content will be 4K.

Hotrod369132

First off it's a TCL I've got one and I wish it would quit working so I'd have an excuse to buy a better TV. My 1080p PC monitor is way more crisp than my TCL 4K TV. I've talked to others that have owned them and they all say the same thing. The picture quality is subpar and the colors lack the vibrance you would expect from a 4K television. As far as it saying it's 1080p. That means that the content being displayed on the screen at the time is in 1080p. I'm not sure about your model but mine has a pop out from the top right corner that says HDR for a few seconds after you start playing 4K content.