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The main tab is more or less what we see with most smart TVs nowadays and so from here you can switch to WhaleTV, Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney and of course to the Dune HD media center.

If you press the settings button on the remote control, you'll get a left side quick choice panel (the 1st time I turned the TV on the OS really took its time to load and change pages/tabs).

Once you click on all settings, you'll see the entire tab which again doesn't have that many things to play around with.

The Dune HD Media Center is a cut down version compared to what we've seen with the Dune HD media players through the years. Still, it doesn't need to have much, this is a budget-friendly option at the end of the day.

For any of you wondering since the TCL 43C655 is the closest TV to the Q43R1 (both 43-inch models and both QLED models - the TCL however belongs to a higher tier) above I have a picture of both TVs reproducing a very high bitrate MKV media file. The Q43R1 clearly produces better contrast and sharpness (top) whereas the TCL produces a brighter and smoother picture (bottom).