TCL 8K TVs to get the first 8K streaming service

TCL 8K TVs to get the offset 8K streaming service

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TCL launched its starting time 8K TVs earlier this twelvemonth with the TCL Roku TV 6-Series 8K (R648), only but a few months later, the Goggle box maker has stepped upward its game by offer TCL customers the first 8K subscription video service available on smart TVs.

TCL 8K TV owners will be able to get the Explorers 8K premium subscription service, the new 8K streaming service from the The Explorers Foundation. The TV maker has partnered with The Explorers Foundation, an initiative built around protecting and promoting biodiversity through documenting the planet in all its glory.

Specifically, by gathering and sharing a big library of 8K and 4K ultra Hd video devoted to the natural, cultural and human heritage of Earth.

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I've written at length in the past nearly the consummate lack of 8K content options available on 8K TVs. Upward to this point, you're pretty much stuck with YouTube and Vimeo, which host 8K videos. Simply the content choice is thin, the discovery process is lousy and the 8K content available is drowned out by the mountains of other videos the services offering. There hasn't been a good source of 8K content for TV owners to savor.

With The Explorers streaming app, TCL is hoping to alter that. Pulling from a community of documentarians and filmmakers, The Explorers offers a mix of 8K and 4K content from around the globe. And not simply in the sense that media is made in unlike countries. Nosotros're talking nigh footage from icy Arctic glaciers to tropical islands of French Polynesia. The Explorers platform is devoted to exploring all of Earth, whether that'southward nature, culture or human events.

TCL 8K streaming through The Explorers app — (Prototype credit: TCL)

"8K HDR enhances images with stunning sharpness and depth of field," said Gregory Martoglio, world-renowned nature cinematographer and frequent contributor to The Explorers. "The powerful images of the natural world that we've preserved in 8K video look spectacular on The Explorers Channel through the TCL 6-Series 8K TV."

What that means for TCL TV owners is that in that location is a library of 8K content bachelor now. And the promise is that there will be new content through the app daily. Even if it doesn't have the latest movies and TV shows, the thought of a steady drip of 8K content is a major stride up from where we've been, giving 8K Telly owners something new to lookout every single day.

TCL customers can get a complimentary trial subscription for 3 months, and standing subscriptions cost $2.99 per month. The Explorers Foundation gets a portion of the proceeds from this monthly fee, and then a subscription is also a great way to support a adept crusade.

Information technology's worth noting that The Explorers app is available to all Roku customers, and but the 3-month free trial is exclusive to TCL customers. It will also be available on futurity 8K Roku models, though just TCL is making those at the moment.

The Explorers 8K app is available through the Roku Channel Shop, but sign up will require setting upwards an account on the Explorers Plus web page.

Brian Westover is an Editor at Tom'southward Guide, covering everything from TVs to the latest PCs. Prior to joining Tom'southward Guide, he wrote for TopTenReviews and PCMag.