r/Tcl

Hello

I own a TCL C7L (Pakistan version) and overall I am very impressed with the TV's brightness, contrast, black levels, and Mini LED performance. However, I have several concerns regarding the color processing and picture tuning that I hope can be addressed through a future firmware update.

My observations are:

- Skin tones often appear too red or overly warm compared to other premium TVs.

- When the Color (Saturation) setting is increased beyond approximately 50, many colors begin shifting toward red instead of simply becoming more saturated. This causes noticeable color crosstalk, where different colors lose their natural hue.

- The Auto Color Space mode improves accuracy but also noticeably reduces color saturation. Reds can even appear more orange than expected, making the overall image less vibrant.

- I would like to achieve colors similar to well-calibrated Sony or Samsung TVs, where colors are both vibrant and accurate, without unwanted hue shifts.

- I also noticed that some picture adjustment options available on the C7K are missing on the C7L, despite the models appearing to share similar hardware. If possible, please consider adding more advanced picture controls through future firmware updates.

I believe the hardware is very capable, and my concern is mainly with the current software color processing and factory picture tuning. If possible, please forward this feedback to your software and picture quality engineering team for evaluation.

If this behavior is already known or improvements are planned in future firmware updates, I would greatly appreciate any information.

Thank you

They are currently on sale for similar prices and I can’t seem to make up my mind between the two. I am upgrading from a 2021 Hisense 55” U6GR so I know either tv would be a huge upgrade. My tv sits about 7’10” from my viewing point and I use it primarily to play my ps5 and stream movies and shows. If anyone has any thoughts or any experience with either tv in their bedroom and have any thoughts would love to hear them.

I've started a new project tclai-apple that will allow a Tcl script to access the built-in Apple Intelligence engine. It is hosted on my fossil mirror: https://fossil.etoyoc.com/fossil/tclai-apple/home

Unpack the Fossil repo and run:

tclsh make.tcl all

The quick and dirty demo:

#!/bin/env tclsh
###
# applefm-demo.tcl — tclai-apple: Apple Intelligence on-device LLM for Tcl
#
# https://fossil.etoyoc.com/fossil/tclai-apple/
###

load [file join [file dirname [info script]] libapplefm1.0.dylib] Applefm

puts "applefm version: [applefm::version]"
puts "availability: [applefm::availability]"
puts ""

# --- One-shot: can it count r's in "strawberry"? ---
puts "Q: How many r's are in the word \"strawberry\"?"
puts "A: [applefm::respond {How many r's are in the word "strawberry"?}]"
puts ""

# --- Multi-turn conversation with memory ---
set sid [applefm::session create -instructions "You are a concise assistant. Answer in one sentence."]

puts "Q: My name is Sean."
puts "A: [applefm::session respond $sid {My name is Sean.}]"
puts ""

puts "Q: What is your favorite programming language?"
puts "A: [applefm::session respond $sid {What is your favorite programming language?}]"
puts ""

puts "Q: What did I say my name was?"
puts "A: [applefm::session respond $sid {What did I say my name was?}]"

applefm::session destroy $sid
puts ""
puts "Done. 100% on-device, no API key, no network."

And the output:

applefm version: 1.0
availability: available

Q: How many r's are in the word "strawberry"?
A: The word "strawberry" contains two r's.

Q: My name is Sean.
A: Hello Sean! How can I assist you today?

Q: What is your favorite programming language?
A: I don't have personal preferences, but I'm proficient in many programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, and Java. Which one are you interested in learning?

Q: What did I say my name was?
A: You said your name is Sean.

Done. 100% on-device, no API key, no network.

I did use opencode (running GLM 5.2) to help me through the swift bindings and auto-generate a lot of the plumbing. And... I ended up adding Swift support to Practcl. But not bad for a couple of hour's work.

The current build system assumes MacPorts is installed, but it should theoretically also work under HomeBrew. Let me know if you run into problems. The system is written in the Practcl toolkit. TL/DR its a self-contained TclOO script. As long as you have a semi-recent (tcl 8.6+) the make file should just run.

--Sean "The Hypnotoad" Woods

See details at https://newsgrouper.org/%3C111mfqp$ncqt$1@dont-email.me%3E (Tcl) and https://newsgrouper.org/%3C111mfuh$ncqt$2@dont-email.me%3E (Tk).