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I went with this because it has better D65 P3 and BT.2020 coverage than either the C1 or G1. They’re all very close on P3 but it’s better by quite a bit on BT.2020, and I’ll take color accuracy over being able to crank up the room lights. 23.98fps material seems fine, and it’s able to handle higher bitrate Dolby Vision material over the LAN so I don’t need to reencode anything.It kills the Nano85 I was using originally in image quality of course, but that’s replacing a dying computer monitor where the edge-lit HDR won’t matter.Few regressions over the Nano / 2020 models:1) Pause and play buttons on the remote are gone. I had to get a $9 RCA IR remote because I need these. I often watch stuff while I make food or paint and can’t gunk up the magic remote wheel. Now I have a bunch of buttons for streaming services and voice assistants I don’t use that I plan to cover with plastic and encase in epoxy so I don’t press them. The 2020 remote pause and play buttons also work via IR, but as soon as you hit the wheel it pops up the “incompatible remote” dialog.Bad form in general removing the pause & play, they’re more useful inside the streaming services than the button for said service obviously.2) The file browser for the internal player tries to thumbnail everything. For small files this is kinda quick but for a 120GB .m2ts with no preset thumbnail it takes forever, and makes initial browsing of the network each boot horrible. Why there’s no option to not show thumbnails I don’t know. Weirdly .m2ts will show random frames when selected like anything else, so why it doesn’t just pull the first frame as a thumb is beyond me.3) Signed 24 bit PCM surround and TrueHD 5.1 tracks now play as garbled screeching. I didn’t test THD 5.1 on the Nano but PCM worked fine.4) Some subtitles won’t work, particularly with 1080p DolbyVision (internal pgs or external .srt). I’ve also hit 4k UHD DolbyVision subtitles that failed to display, while others worked fine. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to which work and which don’t. For example the forced subs on the John Wick titles all work fine (including 1 & 2 remuxed with generated DV and 3 with native DV), but the forced subs on TMNT with Rifftrax audio fail to display. It may be an issue of multiple audio tracks messing it up, more testing is needed.5) Not a regression, but since the BT and Wifi seem to have ungodly range I still get the random pairing requests from bored / stupid neighbors to share sound or video, with no way to block them from happening once short of a faraday cage around the back of the set. Please add an option to disable pairing requests? My simple Yamaha stereo receiver solved this by having a pairing mode that has to be entered first; my network is hardwired with wifi off on the TV so it just seems like a security risk to allow the random requests from any phone within 200 yardsAside from those relatively minor nitpicks it’s a great upgrade over the Nano series and an awesome price since I didn’t need 120Hz or obscene brightness. I’ve only hit issues with the dynamic contrast in one source (cartoons) and it even manages to upscale DVD .VOB pretty amazingly (but sadly can’t read the subtitle format used for those, so the old PS3 will see some use there).Edit: So the subtitle issue seems to just be .sup in general and those that I was seeing were hard-coded… So I tried a same-named .srt file, but they don’t work for .m2ts, or they’re broken in Dolby Vision titles (didn’t feel like using Dolby’s dog-slow muxer to create a compatible .mp4 to test this). External .srt and such do load with SDR .mkv files, anyway. Since my 1080p DV files are self encoded / DV generated, I just burn in the forced subs on encode now. 4k sources are a bigger issue because I’d rather not reencode and lose quality for the sole purpose of what are usually only a few lines of subtitling. As is I’m already dropping FEL data to convert to profile 8.1 so the set will play it. I wish they would have just left full profile 7 support in the TVs, from what I can determine it was better than that of any actual UHD BD players.Stereo PCM works so I’ve been able to use it for a few movies.The dynamic contrast issue has to do with this set’s silly inability to automatically switch between limited and full range for network files… The nano didn’t have a problem with this, and the TV needs to read the same header information to display the correct colorspace for the file, which makes me wonder whether it’s actually reading that.6) I’ll add one more nitpick; although never officially supported, apparently on the C1 you can use a USB 2.0 gigabit ethernet adapter at around half its speed to fix issues with very high bitrate network files. I hit a few issues and tried it… Doesn’t work with the A1, which is sad since 25 feet from the router the 5GHz WiFi is still slower than 100Mb Ethernet with no other devices on the Wi-Fi… Even if it were much faster:7) the last time I had wifi on I got hit with 3 wifi-direct pairing requests from one device within 3 minutes, with a popup over a big chunk of the middle of the video, defaulting to “accept” so it couldn’t be quickly dismissed. No option to block of course. One of them popped up instantly on dismissal of the previous, which means you could basically DOS anyone with one of these TVs on WiFi by writing a script to constantly try pairing with the device, rendering video unwatchable and controls useless. That last one goes beyond nitpick to “product breaking flaw” for some people and is the same in the whole OLED series AFAIK. I tried to report it to LG but they’ve shut down their own support forums and moved to Facebook, which I won’t use because I have *some* morals, and I couldn’t find a “bug report” page, so here it is. Have fun with it, trolls. 😉

UPDATE: (5 Stars).7 months in and we’ve had zero problems with this TV. Our fiber internet provider updated the Wi-Fi equipment in our house and this Fire TV is now able to pick up a 160 mbps typical signal strength. The quality of the picture is actually slightly better close-up now, though from several feet away, it’s just as good as before..No complaints thus far – a worthy investment. Upping my rating for the trouble-free operation!.ORIGINAL REVIEW: (4 Stars).I wanted to upgrade our 12- and 17-year-old TV’s and have been researching all the options. I used rtingsdotcom to compare performance, as well as online reviews, and it wasn’t easy. It seemed that unless you were spending big bucks, rtings always had issues.In the end, I went for the 65″ Vizio M65Q7-JO1 for the main TV. The ratings were pretty good and the value seemed good at $699 with an OEM 3-year warranty from my local membership warehouse. So, far I’ve been very pleased with it.This TV also allowed me to have a reference point for the rtings reviews. Knowing what they said about the Vizio compared with what I saw, I was able to use that to gauge other TV’s against my needs..These first gen Fire TV’s aren’t rated at all highly. However, when the 43 inch Fire TV was on sale for $259 with a free Echo Dot, I decided it was worth trying. The smaller TV is used almost exclusively by my wife to watch Food Network and HGTV (!) from a distance of about 13 ft. She doesn’t care about smart features and sits almost square on to the TV, slightly down and to the right in a brightly (daylight) illuminated ‘sunroom’, just off the kitchen..After unpacking the Fire TV, I immediately mounted it on a stand. (PERLESMITH Universal TV Stand – Table Top TV Stand for 37-55 inch LCD LED TVs). The included Fire TV feet would be too wide for the cabinet’s shelf. The required mounting screws were already in the VESA mounting points, which was great! No searching around for the right thread and length screws..On powering up the TV, Amazon had it all set up with my Wi-Fi password and Amazon account. Somewhat scary, but understandable, given that we have Echo Dots all around the house. So it automatically updated the firm- and soft-ware and was ready to go! The screen was looking good with no defects. Interestingly, the TV comes with just a short, get-up-and-run pamphlet, with no manual. I searched online and found a pdf, though, being an engineer, I was able to just go through the menus and quickly understand the systems. Other’s might struggle. Vizio actually has the manual built into the TV’s menu..We use Chromecast with Google TV and stream YoutubeTV on both TV’s, as well as my daughter’s TV, while she’s at college. I didn’t even bother to check out the Fire TV apps and immediately installed the Chromecast.I had trouble with the Chromecast remote. Google doesn’t list ‘Amazon’ or ‘Fire TV’ as options for the remote codes. I knew from research that the Fire TV is a TCL rebrand and tried that remote code offering. It sort of worked but wasn’t good enough. The volume was slow to respond, unless right up close to the TV. The power worked but didn’t work to turn on the Chromecast once it had turned itself off. The input selection was also problematic. After much trial and error, I got the Chromecast remote working correctly using the settings shown in the photo.I also found that I could connect the Fire TV remote to the Chromecast. There’s a video on YT on that. The Fire TV remote connects via BT to the Chromecast by long pressing the HOME button to go into pairing mode. You do have to hold the remote right next to the Chromecast itself to get it to connect to the Fire TV remote. It’ll come up as ‘AR’. Once connected it works perfectly but has to be disconnected to do anything with the TV settings. In the end, I just disconnected it and use the Google remote..I have found that my old TV’s had much better reflection handling. Any reflections were very muted. The modern TV’s all seem to be more reflective. The Fire TV is a little worse than the Vizio. You can see that in the photo. Fortunately, where my wife sits, the windows are out of view on the TV screen and it’s only with a black screen that the reflections are an issue. On the Vizio, I keep the curtains drawn over the window directly behind me..Brightness is as rtings said; not that bright. I found the best picture setting was DYNAMIC, with Cinema mode, Noise Reduction and Dynamic backlight OFF and standard white balance. This gives the brightest picture and the nicest color saturation. The TV works well in the room during the day. The Cinema mode resulted in a noticeable Soap Opera effect, which I don’t like.The display panel washes out very quickly as you view it off-center. At 40 degrees to the screen, the colors are not at all good and faces start to look a little gray. The Vizio is similar, but not as bad. Both are best viewed from directly in front..With 4K content, the picture quality is actually pretty good. I have no complaints. However, really close up, you can see artifacts and a white ghosting around objects. This is especially noticeable on non-4K content, where the close-up image also seems out of focus, with lots of artifacts. However, from a 6ft distance, the image isn’t bad.I watched some old 1980’s Bergerac episodes and the picture quality was quite acceptable with my picture settings.I do see that news text on the screen is not as well defined as on the Vizio. In the photos, you can see the Fire TV letters’ edges are rougher and less defined on the Fire TV compared with the albeit a larger and Quantum dot Vizio.CONCLUSION:If you are on a tight budget, I think the Amazon Fire TV is a viable option, but I certainly don’t recommend you buy it above $280. There are likely better options out there for a few dollars more.

Hisense 55A6HInstalled on a wall mount in my daughter’s bedroom. Remote control is very intuitive and could not be easier to navigate. Including Disney plus, Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock keys on the remote. Could not be easier. Unit also connected seamlessly with Directv. However, the picture contrast is a disappointment diminishing the overall picture quality. In fairness it is a entry level tv at a very attractive price. Smart midlevel TV’s with less features but with better contrast and picture quality are available usually at higher prices. Spending more for higher contrast and overall picture quality is a personal decision. If you can live with the average contrast, the question I asked myself is it worth $75 or more for better contrast and less features. Warranty from Hisense I believe is 2 years which is a plus. Overall big bang for the buck!Hisense 55A6HInstalled on a wall mount in my daughter’s bedroom. Remote control is very intuitive and could not be easier to navigate. Including Disney plus, Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock keys on the remote. Could not be easier. Unit also connected seamlessly with Directv. However, the picture contrast is a disappointment diminishing the overall picture quality. In fairness it is a entry level tv at a very attractive price. Smart midlevel TV’s with less features but with better contrast and picture quality are available usually at higher prices. Spending more for higher contrast and overall picture quality is a personal decision. If you can live with the average contrast, the question I asked myself is it worth $75 or more for better contrast and less features. Warranty from Hisense I believe is 2 years which is a plus. Overall big bang for the buck!Hisense 55A6HInstalled on a wall mount in my daughter’s bedroom. Remote control is very intuitive and could not be easier to navigate. Including Disney plus, Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock keys on the remote. Could not be easier. Unit also connected seamlessly with Directv. However, the picture contrast is a disappointment diminishing the overall picture quality. In fairness it is a entry level tv at a very attractive price. Smart midlevel TV’s with less features but with better contrast and picture quality are available usually at higher prices. Spending more for higher contrast and overall picture quality is a personal decision. If you can live with the average contrast, the question I asked myself is it worth $75 or more for better contrast and less features. Warranty from Hisense I believe is 2 years which is a plus. Overall big bang for the buck!Hisense 55A6HInstalled on a wall mount in my daughter’s bedroom. Remote control is very intuitive and could not be easier to navigate. Including Disney plus, Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock keys on the remote. Could not be easier. Unit also connected seamlessly with Directv. However, the picture contrast is a disappointment diminishing the overall picture quality. In fairness it is a entry level tv at a very attractive price. Smart midlevel TV’s with less features but with better contrast and picture quality are available usually at higher prices. Spending more for higher contrast and overall picture quality is a personal decision. If you can live with the average contrast, the question I asked myself is it worth $75 or more for better contrast and less features. Warranty from Hisense I believe is 2 years which is a plus. Overall big bang for the buck!Hisense 55A6HInstalled on a wall mount in my daughter’s bedroom. Remote control is very intuitive and could not be easier to navigate. Including Disney plus, Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock keys on the remote. Could not be easier. Unit also connected seamlessly with Directv. However, the picture contrast is a disappointment diminishing the overall picture quality. In fairness it is a entry level tv at a very attractive price. Smart midlevel TV’s with less features but with better contrast and picture quality are available usually at higher prices. Spending more for higher contrast and overall picture quality is a personal decision. If you can live with the average contrast, the question I asked myself is it worth $75 or more for better contrast and less features. Warranty from Hisense I believe is 2 years which is a plus. Overall big bang for the buck!Installed on a wall mount in my daughter’s bedroom. Remote control is very intuitive and could not be easier to navigate. Including Disney plus, Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock keys on the remote. Could not be easier. Unit also connected seamlessly with Directv. However, the picture contrast is a disappointment diminishing the overall picture quality. In fairness it is a entry level tv at a very attractive price. Smart midlevel TV’s with less features but with better contrast and picture quality are available usually at higher prices. Spending more for higher contrast and overall picture quality is a personal decision. If you can live with the average contrast, the question I asked myself is it worth $75 or more for better contrast and less features. Warranty from Hisense I believe is 2 years which is a plus. Overall big bang for the buck!

Good:Picture looks really nice3 HDMI ports + 1 HDMI ARC and CEC for hooking up a soundbarworks great with my xbox one x (if you have a Series-X then you would want at least a 6-Series TV or better)Roku app/streaming service selection – 3 out of 4 of my local news stations have apps on Roku (good for local news and weather) they are not on any other platform that I know ofBad:The picture looks great but it is a bit too dark in the dark areas and you really can’t do anything about it. The HDR does this – looks like someone added some black around the edges of all the objects and a slightly darker look overall.Maybe its me but I see no improvement between this QLED and the previous 5-Series LED TV, in fact, the older LED may have had a slightly better (brighter) picture.What I dislike very much about this TV:The remote has 4 very large buttons for specific paid streaming services – completely useless if you don’t subscribe to all 4 of them. But its much worse than that because, picture this: you’re in an online co-op (far cry 6, etc.) or fps (COD, etc.) and suddenly you are suddenly, without warning, no longer in the game but watching a loading screen for Apple + Streaming service you don’t even have. Or maybe you don’t play games but you are watching an exciting movie right in a vital scene you are suddenly in a HULU loading screen instead. Need I say more? The buttons are very easily pressed accidentally. Unfortunately, the TCL/Roku TV is a device that comes with advertising not just in the home screen but also built into the physical buttons. So my advice to TCL is allow the customer to disable the buttons in the settings or at the very least, offer customers the option to order a remote without the paid advertiser buttons so they can have a better TV viewing experience.General Impression:My previous TV was a 2017 TCL Roku 55 inch 5-Series. I loved it (except hated the paid advertising buttons on the remote). The screen got broke due to a careless accident is the only reason it was replaced. I decided on this TCL that’s 4 years newer and 25 percent more expensive and I prefer the picture on the old one better. It was not QLED – it was only LED but a slightly brighter and better picture. This one is still pretty good though and I do like it – just see very little difference and don’t interpret it as an improvement.The 5-Series TV case now has a brushed silver along the edges. The previous 5-Series TV had a round power button on the lower right that lit white when off and was off when the TV was on. I liked it. Now there is a wide light in the middle that flashes every time you press a key on the remote. It is as bright as a night-light at night but you can turn it off in the settings so its not on all the time you are watching TV but the light will still light momentarily when you push a button on the remote. (good to indicate the button press was received by the TV because some times the button presses don’t result in any action – the TV must be doing other things of its own priority. The power button is now located in the back and doubles as a d-pad type selector button for menu selections.Despite any negatives I’ve mentioned, its a nice TV for the price and I’m happy with it.Purchase and Delivery by Amazon went great – very happy with the experience.Update after 5 months: Really nice picture, really nice sound with my hdmi-arc soundbar, really nice selection of apps, including apps for local network TV news. Marred by the fact that sometimes the TV does not respond to button presses on the remote (yes I know its the type of remote you have to point exactly at the receiver on the bottom of the TV) and either its a few seconds freeze or else I need to unplug the TV and plug it back in before it will respond. Also the fact that sometimes when I turn the TV on the screen brightly flashes rapidly on and off for a few seconds – the whole screen – then automatically goes into an app or input at random without any user input. I find this behavior very bizarre and disturbing when it happens – and it did not start until I’ve had it for a few months. Also the fact that the 4 large paid advertising buttons are very sensitive and easy to hit accidentally, so I am taken out of my movie/show and then thrown into another app suddenly or into an app I don’t pay for so it just sits on a sign-up page. Man do I hate that. I have also had times where I see vertical lines top-to-bottom on the screen or image burn-in look to it but when I go into another app or turn it off and on again the lines are gone. Because of this I don’t know how long this TV will last because it gives the feeling it could just die any time I turn it on now. Because of these issues I have to lower my rating from 4 stars down to 2. I doubt I will take a chance on another TCL TV in the future. My advice – stay away from this model.

My Amazon delivery team delivered my TV yesterday, so this is review based on 1 day of using this TV. The first issue I had is that to even use the TV you have to download the Samsung Smart Things app and go through a set up process that takes around 25 minutes. You cannot just plug and play. Once that was done, I was able to use the remote to navigate through the TV functions. The remote is sleek and user friendly and so is the Samsung TV menu. My other TV is a 2017 UHD TV by another top manufacturer, so my opinions of this TV are based on how much better this TV is compared to my existing one. I got this curved TV, because I have only owned flat screens previously. This TV is a 55″, so I didn’t experience an immersed feeling like I would have if it were an 85″. However, the picture quality while watching a movie is excellent and it does feel like you could walk right into the screen. Vivid and rich colors. I did notice that around the perimeter of the TV screen that you can see very faint white shadows that take away from the screen ever being dark black while it is turned on. That is okay with me, because I am not a gamer where dark black colors seem to be important. This is not noticeable while watching a movie.the most important thing to me is the picture quality during a movie. The speakers are awesome. I will not need to buy a soundbar. I am happy that I have a curved TV, but I think that if you are buying a curved TV for the immersed feeling like you are in a movie theater this a 55″ curved TV will not be for you. You may find a flat screen that will better suit your needs. The built in Alexa is an awesome plus for me and my smart home. I will also be using this screen as monitor, to edit media content. This will be amazing for that too! Lastly, to be able to use the free TV apps is AWESOME because I just cut off my satellite TV last week. There are a ton of free streaming apps built in. I highly recommend this TV, and I would buy another one if they came in 85″. Unfortunately, I have read that they are discontinued in that size. Excellent TV for me!

As you can see from the picture, the FIRST TV I was sent was not an acceptable product. And honestly, I believe they sent this shattered screen one on purpose because I called & complained about a delivery hold up, so I believe they just grabbed a broken one & threw it on the truck because I suddenly & very quickly got it like the next day, strangely enough. Even more strange was that the two capable gentlemen who delivered this one had it strapped securely to the inside rear of the truck with absolutely nothing around it (in an empty 10ft radius) nothing that could’ve damaged it so badly, & these guys were not reckless or dropsy, so I’m still not sure how a TV shipped & handled that securely got shattered across the entire front of the screen while being handled by such careful pros. Thankfully the replacement was much better and I received a free, “DELUXE DELIVERY & UNBOX” which was a very misleading thing because when they got here w/ the TV, the young gentleman in charge continually explained how they could do nothing but take it out of the box, plug it in and ensure operation, which amounted to making sure it turned on, and then take the box and leave. That’s it, that’s all! They literally wouldn’t even help me lift it onto the table where it was to sit. I still don’t know what was “DELUXE” about this Deluxe Delivery & Unbox. Oh, & the same guy complaining about all they couldn’t do for me instead of focusing on what he could do? He also had to (quite annoyingly) repeatedly tell me that they weren’t even “supposed to deliver to you because of the construction” going on in what used to be our apt bldg’s parking lot. Yet Amazon delivers here practically everyday. But for some strange reason he was insistent that the construction out front was a definite No No for Amazon deliveries (or maybe he meant just for TV deliveries). I’m stil not sure. Either way, still makes no sense.So now to the TV. I ordered this 65″ Samsung Crystal Tizen for TWO MAIN REASONS.1) It had a voice remote & 3 voice assistants to choose from, but since I like Google & they were pushing this as a Google TV w/ Google Assistant, that was a big selling point for me. Actually the biggest selling point. I knew I could very easily connect my already established Google Assistant like I had done on a 4K Chromecast I bought from Walmart in 2020. But sadly, THAT NEVER HAPPENED! After speaking extensively to Samsung TV support, Google & Google Assistant support, Amazon support, & even some support chat bots & emails & community support forums & you name it, I tried it. The best advice I got to simply move forward from this nightmare fiasco was to go ahead & just use one of the other two remaining voice assistants that were still available on the TV, Samsung’s Bixby, or Amazon’s Alexa. Both of which I dislike. What I had seen of Samsung’s Bixby from interaction with it on my Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets was that it was fully advertisement saturated, and I dislike that immensely. Whereas Amazon’s Alexa is just one big speaking algorithm designed primarily for nothing more than selling more Amazon merchandise. I don’t need that on my TV remote & I’m also not buying another device to connect to it just to get it to work properly with the TV. Because of course if you select Alexa as your voice assistant they immediately try to upsell you into an Echo or some other unnecessary thing you don’t need to operate a voice assistant on your TV remote. Why do I need another device to make my TV remote work correctly with a voice assistant? I’ve been using Roku voice remotes for 3 or 4 yrs now & they work just fine w/ their system as is. No extra device purchase necessary. My Google Chromecast works amazingly well with its Google Assistant voice remote. Both of those items were less than $100 each. Buuuut, a brand new 65″ 4K Samsung Crystal Tizen has the WORST voice assistant remote I’ve ever encountered. And it WILL NOT HOOK UP TO GOOGLE ASSISTANT. So, on to the . . . .2nd REASON I PURCHASED THIS TV?Because it had 4K UPSCALING!!! What a huge feature in a TV this inexpensive! I’d purchased a Sony Blu-ray player w/ 4K upscaling and it was amazing. I fell in love with how old DVD movies were brought up to nearly 4K quality with doing nothing more than putting the movie in the carriage and pushing play. So when I saw that this Samsung Crystal Tizen had 4K upscaling in all picture viewing formats, BOOM, I was all in. That 4K upscaling & the 4K picture clarity in it’s Dynamic viewing mode have been the ONLY redeeming qualities in this entire fiasco of a purchase.Talk about a bunch of ridiculous false advertising, pitiful customer support & delivery inadequacies, & more difficulty & flawed merchandise than one person should have to endure in an entire year? But of course these are all avoidable issues that I somehow created on my own when I clicked, “Add to cart” & made a purchase, fully believing & trusting that i was going to receive what i had read & saw with my own eyes, in the time i was told I’d receive it.(Speaking of, did I mention the reason I called and complained about the delayed shipping to begin with was that my item, the broken TV in the picture, had been sitting in a little suburb about 20 minutes outside of town for going on 2 days and had not moved according to the tracking details? Which is why i personally believe that when I called to inquire about it, that my inquiry was taken as a slight & perturbed the heck outta whomever received it & because of it, this broken mess is what they sent me. Nearly 2 days in one spot 20 mins away from me? What would you do?)Oh, & apparently I’ll never have Google Assistant on this TV. It just won’t connect. Keeps telling me to login & connect but won’t let me. I’ve been FORCED to use Samsung’s Bixby as the voice assistant for the TV & remote. UGGGHHHHH!!!IN CLOSING – ITS A GOOD TV FOR THIS PRICE, BUT IF THEY RAISE THE PRICE? LOOK ELSEWHERE. AND REMEMBER, THE ONE FEATURE YOU’RE PERSONALLY AFTER? THE ONE FEATURE THAT MAY BE THE SELLING POINT THAT SOLD YOU ON THIS TV? IT’S HIGHLY POSSIBLE IT MAY NOT WORK AT ALL, OR MAY NOT WORK CORRECTLY. It’s also a very high possibility that if you run into shipping and delivery issues, you can end up with a broken TV and have to do a long & painstaking, time consuming, long time waiting for your money back, refund and return. Yay Amazon & Samsung!(What follows is an addendum to my review (11/16/22)THE REMOTE…….? Worst remote I’ve ever used. And I am not saying that lightly. Most remotes are pretty ergonomic and you can adapt to them easily, although sometimes it may take a while to get accustomed to it. This remote? It’s been months and I still fumble with it. For one, it’s much to small & thin. My biggest gripe about it, though, is that I often watch videos inside of streaming apps. And the main problem w/ the remote here is when you push the PLAY/PAUSE button? Every third or fourth time (sometimes several times in a row if your tired or absent minded) you will mistakenly also push the channel selector button which is right below it. So this obnoxious channel guide button on the remote? It’s placement & size makes it stick up off the remote face much too high, so it’s very easy to accidentally graze it w/ your thumb when clicking the PLAY/PAUSE button. Which then immediately takes you out of the video you were watching, closes that app and switches the input over to the TV channels. And this happens frequently. I cannot overstate this. Because, after all, what button do you use more frequently on your Smart TV remote than the PLAY/PAUSE button? Can you imagine how annoying it is to REPEATEDLY have to log back in to an app to finish watching a movie that you should only have to push PLAY on the remote to finish? Or how startled you REPEATEDLY are when the TV channels suddenly pop on in a LOUD COMMERCIAL when you were merely pushing the PAUSE button on the remote so you could go fix a soda in the kitchen while the movie was in a slow spot? And to have this happen every 3rd or 4th time you press that PLAY/PAUSE button on the remote? And don’t think it’s because I’m thick fingered or ignorant. I’m a guitar player & artist with extremely nimble & dexterous digits, so it’s not me! So if you decide to get this TV, maybe seriously consider a different remote. Don’t get me wrong, I love my Samsung TV. It’s a huge step up from that 65″ 4K TCL/Roku piece of crap I bought from Walmart in Oct 2020 that died on me TWICE & went into the black screen of death. And all before 2021 was through. A TV that barely makes it over a year before it dies twice? Yeah, that’s a bad TV. This is a much better product and I am much happier. And I don’t know what TCL Roku thinks UHD or 4K looks like, but that wasn’t it. Looking at the clarity on that junky old TCL ROKU TV was like the difference in looking at a muddy puddle compared to looking at clear water, and this Samsung is the clear water. So, I am pretty satisfied w/ the TV itself. It’s mainly the delivery process, the unclear definition of what a deluxe delivery and unbox means, the process required to return a broken TV and get a replacement, The Voice Assistant issue which I had massive problems with, and this piece of “you know what” remote. I would also like to highlight the fact that I finally figured out what the problem was with the Google Assistant. There is a small setting way off in an almost undisclosed area of the SmartThings settings (on your phone or device) for those of you who use Samsung products, and in that setting you have to delete and reset your Google Assistant. It was very hard to find and I only found it randomly and by chance. And I’m telling you this because I went through EVERY setting in SmartThings AND Google Assistant trying to find the problem with why Google Assistant would not connect on this TV. I WENT THROUGH ALL THOSE SETTINGS MULTIPLE TIMES and never saw this until one day I randomly came across it. And it is not easy to find, so I’m not even going to try and explain how to get there. Hopefully you’ll find it on your own. But I’ll tell you now, it is not an easy setting to find. It does not tell you about this setting ANYWHERE and not a single Tech or help agent was able to direct me in the way I needed to go to fix this so the TV would work with Google Assistant. It stands to reason that one would think this is something that would automatically configure on its own so that your systems would Jive together. But it does not. So, yes, I was finally able to get Google Assistant to operate correctly on this TV. If you have Google Assistant set up on something other than this TV, say a Chromecast or in the SmartThings app on a Samsung smartphone? You will need to reset it and go into every setting and reconfigure it to get it to work with this TV. Hope this helps someone not to suffer and struggle through the nightmare I endured here. But after all’s been said and done, I AM VERY HAPPY with my purchase and very satisfied with the reasonable price. I just wish the service had been more helpful and thorough with instructions and directions & just good general customer support. But, all that aside? I got a great TV for a very fair and reasonable price . I’m very satisfied with my purchase even though it has taken me literally months to work out these goofy little kinks that should have been fixed on day one.Thank you for the awesome Samsung TV, Amazon! (Please make them restructure this 💩 remote!)

HISENSE PROMO FRAUD UPDATE No. xxx I’m almost embarrassed to keep adding to this review at this point. I just want people to know what can happen with “promotions” and online TV purchases, at least with Hisense, Inc. It has now been more than two weeks since the TV I returned to Hisense was delivered and signed for by a Hisense representative. I sent a message through the promotion webpage four days ago, which promises to respond within 2 business days. It seems doubtful at this point that they will ever honor the promotion even though my claim was approved. If they ever do, I will update this review. But as of right now it looks bleak.UPDATE:If you read below you will see that my experience with my Hisense purchase has been dismal. Not only was the TV I purchased defective, but my experience with the Hisense 100-Day Promotion has been highly disappointing and stressful. It has taken so much time for me to deal with the return shipping process (there were issues with the return shipping label), the numerous calls and emails to Promotion Support and to UPS (which refused to pick up the return unless I had a UPS account and agreed to pay $31 for the pickup – supposed to be paid for by Hisense) that I will never again purchase a Hisense product, and will certainly never have anything to do with any Hisense “promotion”. Had I known the difficulties that I would face with this purchase and promotion, I would have run the other way as fast as possible. As for the return shipping, I was able to avoid the $31 fee for the UPS pickup as I happened to have a UPS Ground delivery and they took the TV when they delivered the package. I don’t know what would have happened if the UPS driver had been unable or unwilling to take the TV during the stop. But, as it stands right now (Saturday 11/12/22) the UPS tracking for the return shows that the TV was delivered to Hisense at 10:37am on 11/07/22 (Monday). However, when I checked the Hisense Promotion website, it shows that they are still waiting for me to return the TV. I called Promotion Support and they advised me that “the system” will not update to show that the TV was received until “the recycling department” signs off on the return. No mention of how long this could take. But the Hisense Promotion webpage states that refunds will be issued within 30 days of the recycling team signing off on the return. So, there is no way to know when I might get my refund, if ever, since it all depends on how long it takes for the recycling team to do it’s job. However, if the matter is not resolved in the near future, I will take whatever actions I deem necessary, up to and including legal action. As for Amazon, I called Customer Support and tried to explain the situation to see if they would accept a return of the TV given the problems I have had with Hisense. I was told that they would accept the return for a full refund. However, they issued me a partial refund immediately and charged me a $110 restocking fee. Therefore, I did not return the TV to Amazon and am waiting for them to deduct the partial refund from my bank account.So I received a return shipping label for my TV return. However, the attached email states that the label is for a laptop return for a laptop purchased at Costco. I am returning a TV not a laptop. Also, I purchased the TV from Amazon not Costco. I am afraid to use the label since the email has the wrong purchase details. I am even more worried that Hisense is attempting to get out of its obligation, regarding the promotion and my return. I will now have to call customer service again on Monday, as they don’t accept calls on the weekend. This will be the second time I have had to call, and it takes a long time to get through the automated phone response system. My advice – if you purchased a Hisense TV from Amazon under this so-called promotion, you have 30 days to return it to Amazon. After that, you are stuck with dealing with Hisense. Therefore, if you think you are not happy with the purchase, you should return it to Amazon within the 30 day return period and thereby avoid having to deal with Hisense.WARNING: HISENSE PROMOTION FRAUD – I purchased this TV under the 100-Day Hisense Promotion. “Try it for 100 days and return it if you don’t love the TV” Well I decided to return it because it has numerous problems, including audio problems, turning off by itself, etc. The return was approved by Hisense. I received a confirmation email stating that a return shipping label would be emailed to me within 5 business days. However, it has been five business days and I received no label. I called Hisense customer support and was told they are “having a problem ” with their return shipping labels. I was told to wait another five days for a label, and if I haven’t received a label by then, to call customer service. I don’t know how they can have a “problem” that prevents them from issuing return shipping labels. I fully expect that I will not receive a label – again – and I will have to call back and they will have another excuse as to why they haven’t provided me with a label. The time limit for returning the TV once the return is approved is 30 days. Can’t very well return it with no return shipping label. I can foresee them using delay tactics until the time limit expires, and then they will refuse the return because it’s outside the time limit. I should have known that this promotion was too good to be true. I have changed my review to 1 Star because of this issue.UPDATE #2: I called HISENSE customer support about the return shipping label. They say the shipping label I received from them is the correct label and to call UPS to schedule a FREE pick up. The label is for UPS Ground service. However, UPS refuses to pick up the package. They insist that I must pay a $30 fee and I must have a UPS account so they can bill me for the pick up. Hisense insists that the pick up should be free. So here I am, caught in the middle. I have no way to get the TV to a UPS location. To say that I am upset and disappointed with this experience is an understatement. Hisense advertised the promotion as having easy returns, but it is anything but easy. Not sure what will happen next but I will have to call Hisense AGAIN (this will be the third time) to try and get this straightened out. I fear that I am going to be stuck with the TV (which has several issues). I may call Amazon, or file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, to see if they will accept a return. What a major headache and nightmare. I will never buy a Hisense product again, especially under a Hisense promotion.TV Review: I received my brand new Hisense 65-inch U6H Model 65U6H HDTV today. This was sold and shipped by Amazon. The TV ships in it’s original retail box, so no extra packaging to provide added protection during shipping. My U6H arrived with some damage to the outer box. The corner top of one side was damaged, and there was a puncture in the middle front of the box – right in the middle of where the TV screen would be. There was no obvious damage to the TV. Setup of the TV was quite easy. The legs fit perfectly into the base of the TV and each leg only requires two screws to secure to the TV. The screws went in easily and without issue. I was actually able to do the whole setup process myself, and I am a short 56 year old man. The TV is surprisingly light and I was able to lift it relatively easily by grasping it with one hand on the bottom beneath the screen and one hand to balance it on top. I was very impressed with how easy it was to get the TV out of the box. Just cut the three plastic straps, open the box, remove the styrofoam insert, an the outer box just slips right up and off. I was also impressed with the inner packaging. In particular, there were protective plastic shields on the sides of the TV, as well as plastic material all around the frame of TV which strips off easily. So as far as packaging, and the ease of physically setting up the TV, I would give it an A+. I had no trouble plugging in the power cable to the back of the TV and turning it on. Immediately, the TV started the setup process, which I found to be easy and quick versus other TVs I have owned. I was easily able to connect to my WiFi, and tested out several different apps including Netflix, Amazon Prime, and YouTube. Everything happened quickly and smoothly – better than any TV I have used before. There were no glitches with lip sync while viewing content through apps – a problem I had previously with a Hisense TV. Overall, I would give the smart features another A+. Now, we get to the meat of it all – how does the TV perform. My first immediate reaction was wow. I immediately tested the picture quality by watching an 8K Dolby Digital video on YouTube, and I found the colors to be super vivid and bright. In fact, I think the backlight was a little too much, as white colors came out totally indistinctly. However, I was easily able to adjust the backlight and picture settings using the remote. By the way, the remote seems to work very well – there is virtually no lag between pressing a button on the remote and seeing the TV respond. Now is where we get into some problems. Yes, the colors are vivid, out of the box. As far as brightness is concerned, I found it exceptional. In fact, I had to dial back the brightness a bit. Mind you, I watch TV at night in a semi-darkened room. However, if there is an area where Hisense excels, it is in the brightness of it’s panels. The U6H is no exception. Despite it’s advertised relatively low peak brightness, something like 600 nits, I believe it is plenty bright enough for a large majority of consumers. Yes, you could go with a U8H or last years UHG, and get much greater brightness and backlighting. You also would pay considerably more. But in my opinion, the U6H will more than satisfy the majority of users when it comes to just peak brightness. If only brightness were the only issue. Sadly – and I wanted to like this TV so much – there were problems right out of the box. First, the Hisense webpage for this TV advertises that it supports HDMI 2.1 on all of its HDMI ports. That is not true. I can confirm that it only supports 2.0. Period. If you are a gamer, this is a problem for you, as it is for me. And if you are a gamer, you know why. If you are not a gamer, you can skip the rest of this review, until the conclusion. I bought this TV knowing that it is a 60 hertz panel. So I was prepared for that. I have my PC hooked up to this new U6H, using Windows 10, with an NVIDIA 3060ti graphics card. I am using a high quality, high speed HDMI cable, so my problems aren’t the HDMI cable. The problem is, that this TV will not accept full 4K – in HDR – from a PC. It has a limited color gamut. It will not process 4.4.4 Chroma in 12-Bit or 10-Bit color at 60 Hz. In fact, it is limited to 4.2.0 Chroma at 60Hz in 8-bit color. It will process RGB color from the PC – but again, only in 8-bit color. In short, you will not get more than 8-bit color from this TV when hooked up to a PC. This is depressing. I just sold a 2020 Vizio V-Series TV that I bought new for $250 on clearance, and it supported HDMI 2.1, as well as 4.4.4 Chromaor RGB at 60 Hz, 12-bit color. Which leaves me asking myself, why did I buy this TV? It doesn’t do what it is advertised to do – it doesn’t process HDMI 2.1. It doesn’t process more than 8-bit color when connected to a PC – like my old Vizio did – and to top it all off, the TV shut itself off within 1 hour of turning it on. This is exactly one of the problems that I had with the U8G – for which I was unable to get warranty support – they just wouldn’t respond to my support requests. I finally had to return the TV because the return period was about to expire and nobody from Hisense had responded to my complaints. So…where does all of this leave us?Should you buy a Hisense TV or not, and if so, should you go with the U6H? Well, I bought this 65 inch U6H after having a bad experience with the U8G that I had purchased – a bad experience with the TV and a bad experience with customer support. The thing is, I really want Hisense to succeed in it’s mission – to bring high quality TVs to the public at a reasonable price. But I will say that I bought the U6H during a Hisense promotion – I have 100 days to try the TV and return it if I am not happy. So, I decided to give them one more chance to get it right. Right now, I’m not feeling very good about my purchase. I just wanted a TV that I wouldn’t have problems with – I don’t want to have to go through the whole warranty process, or the Amazon return process. But now it looks like I will have to go through it all again. In conclusion, there is something to be said for going with a more well-known brand like Sony, Samsung, or LG. You pay a little bit more at the outset, but in my experience it is worth the extra cost when it comes to overall quality and customer support. Another issue I would like to address is updates. I want my TV to update automatically. And I expect a new update to bring improvement, not make things worse. This is an area where Hisense lags. The last Hisense I bought, the U8G, had audio problems, and Hisense has yet to come out with an update to solve the issue, even though this is a problem going back a year or more. MY CONCLUSION: Hisense makes super bright panels. If brightness is your priority above all else, then yes, you will be happy with a Hisense U6H. But there is so much more that goes into buying a TV. For most people, buying a new TV is a major expense. Like me, they don’t want to have to return a TV or try to get support from customer service for a TV that should just work as advertised, out of the box. Unfortunately, quality control and customer support are areas where Hisense fails miserably. I understand that some TVs come off of the assembly line with defects. What matters is, does the company stand behind it’s product? In regard to Hisense, in my experience the answer is no. They do not stand behind their products. Accessing customer service for support or warranty service is difficult, and they do not respond to requests for help. This means that many people will be forced to return their Hisense TVs because they cannot get support before the return period runs out. Exactly what happened to me with the U8G. In closing, I would say this – buying a TV is like buying a car. You should buy the best you can afford at the time. The prices for Hisense TVs seem like a bargain – on paper. But I believe, based on my experience, that you will get what you pay for, and in the end the chances are pretty high that you will have problems with a new Hisense TV, and when you try to get help from the company, they will blow you off. You will then be stuck with a TV that doesn’t do what it’s advertised to do, from a company that doesn’t stand behind it’s products, wondering as I do – why did I sell my 2020 Vizio TV. UPDATE: So I was able to get the TV to accept Chroma 4.4.4 color from my PC by adjusting the settings in the NVIDIA control panel. However, I had to lower the refresh rate to 30Hz to get it to do it, and the color depth is still stuck at 8-bit color and “Limited” dynamic range. When I change the refresh rate to it’s native 60Hz, the only color format available is Chroma 4.2.0 with “Limited” dynamic range. So no matter what you do, the TV only outputs the minimal 8-Bit color depth. I can also select RGB color format, which then allows for full dynamic range, but only if I change the refresh rate to 30Hz. So in summary, if you want the TV to run at it’s native 60Hz, you are limited to Chroma 4.2.0 with 8-Bit color and limited dynamic range. To run RGB you will have to lower resolution to 30 HZ, and you will get full dynamic range but still only 8-Bit color. Or, you can run Chroma 4.4.4 at 30 Hz with limited dynamic range.UPDATE: So a little while in, and I have some important updates regarding the 65-inch U6H that I purchased. First, there was a firmware update from Hisense which pushed through automatically. That was an improvement over the U8G that I had owned previously, so way to go Hisense. Also, the update seemed to do some good, as the TV is more stable, i.e. not turning off by itself so often. However, now the TV will not connect to my 5GHz WiFi – it connects for a moment and then disconnects. I’m forced to use 2.4GHz WiFi. It seems to work fine on 2.4 though. Also, this TV has trouble dealing with my Vizio M-Series soundbar. When I turn on the soundbar, the TV shuts off occasionally. At this point, I have to say that although the picture quality is pretty good, I would not pay full price for it, which right now is $598. It’s just too glitchy. I paid $549, and if I keep it Hisense will give me $100. So for $449…yes I’d say it’s worth it. But not $598.

Love the Vizio products.

This is a nice tv. I love Roku. Not a fan of Fire stick systems. Roku is far superior for folks like me that aren’t all that technically inclined. It’s just so simple to get hooked up. Because it’s WiFi you don’t need the old cable box anymore if you want to stream or just hook up to your cable via WiFi. It’s a little bit different tv watching experience. You don’t have numbers on the remote. If you want to hook up your cable box so you have an HDMI you just use the Roku remote to turn on the tv and your cable box remote to change channels. If you’re like me and not too savvy with this technology you probably understand what I’m saying. 😂 The picture is crisp and clear. The sound is good. We put this on our mantle and the feet fit perfectly. We have a standard width mantle. This is a 58″ tv. It’s super light!!! I can’t get over how much lighter it is from an Insignia that we replaced. ( Died in just 2 years…junk) I’ve had 3 RCA’s in my life and I’ve always had good luck with them. We shall see. For the price you can’t go wrong with this. I’m seeing the 43″ haven’t been performing. I’ll update this if something happens to it prematurely.

Over the years I have purchased a number of different flat screen TVs. Hands down, I have been most satisfied with Sony Brand for flat screen TVs, so I always seek the Sony brand first when looking for a new flat screen TV.I needed a 43-44″ unit to replace an older Vizio in my master bedroom. Anything bigger and I have problems with where to mount it to the wall, and I really did not need a bigger screen to have to engineer a solution for. It can be hard to find good smart TVs in this size class, so I was pleased to see Sony offered 43″ units in both the 80K and 85K models. I elected to purchase the 80K 43″ as it had the best value for my needs.Package actually arrived a day early, which is always nice. I promptly did a temporary setup of the TV (not mounting to the wall just yet) to insure everything setup correctly and all the features work. It was truly a breeze to setup, but of course this is not my first rodeo with Sony smart TVs so that helps.This is the first flat screen TV with the newly implemented GoogleTV. My last one, a Sony 65″ was still an Android branded TV, so there are some differences in how this new one interacts with the user compared to my earlier one. 30 minutes of playing with it after it was all set up though.. and I actually like the new GoogleTV format. Sure.. it’s designed to compete with FireTVs and similar smart TVs… pushing a lot of content from a lot of different sources on the Home screen, but I simply ignore most of those and focus on using specific apps installed.My one disappointment is with GoogleTV, the Google Play Movies&TV app from Google is now buried. You can call it up easy enough with the Google Assistant and the voice command feature on the remote, but I prefer to have easy push button access from the Home screen. I found an easy way to do this, as the button on the remote right below the TV button is the input button and when you push it, you don’t just get push button selection of the various input sources to the TV, you can also use it for push button access to a wide range of “system apps” that come native installed as part of Google TV. So I simply moved the GPM&T app icon over to the left hand side of the input displays, and success! Now a simple push of the input button and then a simple click on the app and up it comes. It is actually easier than finding and seeking apps on the Home Screen.Video Quality:In reading online reviews of this model, reviewers (who are typically nerds in this department) seemed kind of worked up about the video quality not being up to the competition Thing is, I find this claim to be nerdishly petty, at least for the smaller 43 and 50 inch screen versions. They may be correct on the larger screen units, as that is where video quality issues are most noticeable. Maybe the 43 uses a different flat panel technology than the bigger units (reviewers usually go straight to reviewing the 65 inch formats), but personally I find the image quality is better than my 2 year old higher end Bravia from Sony. So I am very pleased with the color, brightness, contrast, and black levels…. at least for a bedroom location.Audio Quality:Though I run all my audio through a TosLink digital decoder, then through a pre-amp and on to speakers and headphone set ups, I did test the native speakers and honestly they are pretty good for the stock sound system in this price range and class. All the classic adjustments like equalizer, surround sound, level offset to balance different audio sources, etc are all there and are easy to access and adjust to personal taste. It also have a stock feature that allows you to adjust the voice band of the sound system to emphasize voices, which is a good feature to have with so many modern movies over saturating the sound channel with music and sound effects.Performance:This TV is faster than my high end 2 year old Bravia. Super crisp response to user commands and selections, and the video performance is outstanding. Response to the remote is solid and fast too, which is also important now days since literally every request to the TV is through the remote. I found Google Assistant Voice to be crisp and responsive as well.I cannot comment on reliability specifically for this unit, but honestly Sony TVs have always been rock solid in that department for me. I have a 10 year old Sony Bravia in our Den that still works as good as the first day I fired it up, and never any issues. Same with my large screen Bravia that is two almost 3 years old now. So my expectation is this too will be a solid unit in terms of reliability.Things to be aware of, and cautious about:The screen literally goes to the edge of the sides of the TV chassis. Which means you need to be very careful when handling this unit so you do not stress fracture the screen glass. Sony puts a nice cardboard cover (with a foam package surface on the screen side, which is blue-taped on all four sides to the chassis. This protects the screen from hand contact, and Sony recommends you not remove it until you have installed the TV. It does the job, but keep in mind, you could still crack the glass if you put undo hand stresses on the screen even with the protective cover in place. I’m sure this is more of a concern on the bigger and much heavier larger screen units, so be extra careful and avoid any accidents.Overall a great TV at a great price. Yes, you can find others for less money, but they have other issues to contend with. For me… Sony GoogleTV all the way now days.

The TV is replacing my 15 year old 52″ that still works but just doesn’t have that good of a picture anymore. I read ALL of the reviews on here and was a little sketched out by how many issues some people were having. I decided to pull the trigger, especially for the $700 price point, and thought if it is junk then I’ll return it and go with something else. Although I have only had this thing for a couple days now, I am extremely impressed by the picture and the OS! I used an Amazon Fire TV Stick before with my old TV and as soon as I turned on the new TV, it loaded updates and then asked me if I wanted to transfer the files from my old Firestick to the new Fire TV. It then proceeded to bring all the apps over and saved me a lot of time dealing with this manually. I also paired it with an Echo Studio… this went seamlessly. I can’t speak for the audio of the TV alone, but when paired with the Echo Studio it is outstanding! I am hoping to add a second Echo Studio and a sub very soon! I also subscribe to YouTube TV and after getting the TV set up and running I upgraded to the YouTube TV 4k trial and that is where you really see what this TV is capable of as far as picture quality! I was not really impressed with how some older shows looked… my wife used the term “soap opera looking” and I think that is pretty spot on. I messed with the settings some but didn’t really find a good “fix”. I will continue to adjust and will update if I get that ironed out. One other thing is I noticed in some of the reviews people were complaining about losing the remote and not having a way to turn on the TV other than via Alexa. This TV actually does come with a power button next to the Alexa mic on/off switch.Overall I am very pleased with the TV. The 4 stars were due to the shipping fiasco. Look, I understand this time of year (between Thanksgiving and Christmas) is a hectic time for shipping items. When I ordered the TV it said the shipping would be in like 2-3 weeks… I was ok with that. But, the 3rd party that Amazon used was terrible. When I would check the tracking update, their website didn’t recognize the tracking number. Then I get an notification that the delivery must be scheduled so that an adult is there to sign for it upon arrival. That’s fine, but they didn’t call and schedule this until the day before delivery to my house. Since the tracking was so jacked up, I had very little time to arrange someone to be at my house between the 4 hour window they gave me! I was able to get someone there for the first couple of hours before I was able to take time off from work to relieve them. I sat there waiting through the entire delivery window and beyond. Finally, 2 hours after the end of the scheduled time they arrive in a smaller box truck. I lost a 1/2 day of work for nothing.The TV itself is great so far and I will update as I get more use from it, but if you are looking for a less expensive 75″ tv… this one is good choice.UPDATE 12/12/2022: After playing around with the settings I have been able to get rid of the “soap opera look”. Using the preset video settings, I was using the “Standard” movie setting. After changing that to “Natural” setting, it now looks more like a movie theater vs soap opera. I have also noticed that the dark/black scenes are not showing grit or grainy video like many mentioned in the reviews. In fact, it is a very solid black that I see and perhaps the grainy complaints are due to the source rather than the tv?The longer I’ve had this tv the more I am VERY pleased with it! It would be nice it if it were a 120Hz vs 60Hz since I do love to watch football and it does pixelate some… but the overall experience has been completely positive for me. I would absolutely recommend this tv to anyone!One last thing, I mounted the tv on my wall using a wall mount that was rated for 110lbs. The tv is said to be approximately 65lbs. The mount I used is an articulating mount for putting the tv in the corner of a room and having ability to pull it out and position it left/right. Although I had plenty of “room” left in the weight column, it does not let me sleep well at night worrying about waking to see my tv on the floor! I would suggest getting a mount rated for at least 150lbs if using the articulating type.UPDATE 12/19/2022: As I mentioned above, I have paired my fire tv with an Echo Studio speaker and it sounds outstanding! However, I had an issue with this pairing that I wanted to mention here in case anyone else has had this problem. When I turned on my tv the other morning it would not load up saying that there was no internet connection. After some quick troubleshooting I verified that the internet was working fine on another tv with a firestick in my house. So I tried to do a “restart” of the fire tv application but that didn’t help. I then decided to try to do a hard reboot by disconnecting the power to the tv and speaker. This didn’t work either. In fact, at this point my tv and the speaker were no longer paired (although it said they were in the alexa app on my phone). The speaker attempted to complete its “setup” after the power was turned back on, but couldn’t complete it. It actually got into a loop of “Attempting to connect to internet… preparing device… etc.” So I unplugged the speaker from power and tried to get my tv to work. After doing another reboot on the tv, it came up and was working fine. Once I applied power again to my speaker… my tv started dropping out again and finally lost internet connection. Bottom line is, the speaker was somehow interfering with the tv so I performed a factory reset on the speaker and went and cleared the pairing out of the alexa app on my phone and let everything do it setup again and I re-paired the tv and the speaker and it all is working happy again. I’ve seen some reviews mention the speaker and tv would lose their pairing so I hope this might help someone else. Still happy with both, but if this gets to be a regular occurrence… I will likely change my mind.UPDATE 21DEC2022: The TV will not work with the Echo Studio via Dolby ATMOS… at least mine don’t. After over an hour on the phone with tech support, the person on the other end told me this after we had tried to factory reset the ECHO Studio and the Fire TV. Hopefully a future OS update will make this work. I suppose it will still work using the fiber optic connection.FINAL UPDATE 06JAN2022: I actually found out what was causing the Echo Studio speakers to stop working with the Fire TV. After no real help through customer support and actually had a refund scheduled, I dug into the forums and finally found the answer. The Alexa app does not play nice with a VPN. I disabled the VPN and the system has been working flawlessly for 2 weeks. I hope they are able to sort this out with future software updates because I do want to use a VPN if possible. I’m very happy, NOW, with this TV and speaker system!

Yes lemons happen but pretty frustrating to get a brand new tv at this price and have it not work. Only thing that happens is a flashing red light that blinks 5 times. Screen has never lit up. Yes I did all the troubleshooting you can easily find online and did it again with the rep on the phone. This is not my first Sony Bravia TV. Sony customer service tells me I have to wait 3 business days before reviewing my case which is pretty disappointing not having a plan of action.Of course I’ll update this review if things change and hope their customer service will come through.TLDR SUMMARY ADDED 2/20/23In the end, I did my part as a customer and followed the good faith directions by Amazon and the manufacturer. My result was being without a TV for 48 days, jumping through hoops and having to put up with anxiety for a brand new big box product I bought. If I knew then what I know now, I would tell myself (and tell you) that I probably would have just sent the TV back and got a new one in half the time I went through the warranty process. If Amazon and TV manufacturers want to sell customers on doing this process (which is fair), they need to focus on delivering empathy and reassurance to the customer that they’ll make it right and not make it feel like I must have done something wrong. As a result of all this, as happy as I am as a customer with Sony in the past, my customer confidence in being supported is shaken in them for the future.You have hundreds of reviews talking about the TV itself on Amazon. My initial impressions of the TV itself is I will be very pleased now that I have a working TV. Still, I think charting this story out on Amazon was important because it allows you to see how the quality of service during the warranty process up through delivery. The TV may end up being 4-5 stars in my book, but if you order this and get a DoA unit in the future (which can happen), if you’re still in the Amazon return period, consider my experience carefully.My timeline is below including my most recent delivery experience. I want to play with the TV settings more before I give a review on that and update the stars. Still trying to figure out how I score this given the experience I wrote out below.BELOW ADDED 1/14/23As an update, I waited a full week and received no emails nor phone calls from Sony customer service with an update or a plan for my case moving forward. This morning I called Sony customer service and was told it was assigned to the Engineering department and that the case had not been touched since I called a week ago. He said that department is closed on the weekends but that he will make a note in hopes they will address it on Monday when they return. The agent on the phone was great, but this is poor service.I am still trying to give them the good faith benefit of the doubt, but I’m starting to grow cynical. I was told they’d contact me in 3 business days with a plan forward, and I had to call them after a full week to be told they hadn’t touched my case. Having at least a gameplan would make me feel like they are trying to solve my issue. This is my 3rd TV with Sony. This type of customer service for a new product feels unacceptable.UPDATED 1/20/23So after my updated review and talking to Sony last week, I put a tweet out asking for help from Sony Support US on the same day. They responded asking for a case number and I responded back explaining the situation. They then wrote me telling me the same thing I told them the customer service person told me and said “Please kindly provide us with 24 to 48 working hours, so they’ll follow up with you and provide a solution to your case”. That brings me to today, 1/20/23 at the end of a Friday business day with no response from them.When I first discovered this problem, I followed Amazon’s guidance and worked in good faith with the manufacturer. As a quick summary:-I called on 1/7: was told give them 3 business days-I called on 1/14: was told Engineering hadn’t touched the case and it was pending-I messaged Sony support US with the above and they regurgitated what I told them but said give us “24-48 working hours”I have given them 80 working hours (2 full weeks) and I don’t even have a plan moving forward.I know Sony is a quality name but BUYER BEWARE ASKING THEM FOR SUPPORT. I don’t have much more time to give them before my return window closes with Amazon. If there somehow is an update after this I’ll share but I’m doubtful.UPDATED 1/25/23Today was the day I was going to put in a return request with Amazon and today is when Sony called me. It’s been 2 and a half weeks (100 working hours) when I was quoted 3 business days and then 48 working hours. The representative asked me the same questions as the previous person about what troubleshooting steps I went through. I told them the rep went through it with me while on the phone and told them the steps again. They asked if my TV has done anything else other than the red light that flashes 5 times and I said no. He put me on hold and then said my TV needs servicing.From there, he said I was being upgraded to the “concierge department” and it would take 2 business days to hear back from them. I said “so that means you’ll call me on Friday”. He said yes.UPDATED later 1/25/23So within an hour of posting the above an incredibly empathic and positive Sony customer service associate called me and absolutely delivered a stunning customer service performance. They were communicative about the process, answered my questions, put together a plan, made sure I had a contact name and phone number and walked me through next steps to get the support I need. I cannot stress how night and day this phone call was vs. the previous communications Sony has had with me. They have instilled hope in what felt like a hopeless situation.I have to take some pictures of the unit before doing next steps.ADDED 1/26/23So today, a new enthusiastic and empathic customer service staff member called me, confirmed my photos were approved, and said they are delivering a new (not refurbished I confirmed) TV to me. The delivery team is also going to make sure the new TV works, repackage my old TV and take it away. Again, this new associate has NAILED the customer service.I can’t stress how dramatically different this experience has been. It is almost as if I’m talking to two different companies. The last 24 hours have been absolutely impressive and they are providing me an incredible white glove service.This just blows my mind. If the front end experience had even a portion of the “concierge team” empathy and communicated a plan I never would have had an issue. I hope that’s something they consider in their training plans.Yes, I will continue to update my review and am looking forward to writing about the actual TV itself.UPDATED 2/5/23Just a quick update. I don’t have the replacement TV yet. I did get tracking notification and the website says I should get a call this week to schedule a delivery. My return period with Amazon ends this week so that makes me all in on Sony coming through at this point.UPDATED 2/20/23So the delivery of the new TV occurred on 2/17/22. Here’s how it went down:-Friday night of 2/10 I received an email and automated phone call from the delivery company saying my TV would be delivered the following week and to schedule it through their website. When I attempted to do this a couple times the weekend, my order could not be found. I noted the phone number given to me by the automated bot was different than what was listed on the website, so when I called that I was connected to what seemed to be a smaller delivery company. They told me they make a couple of runs to my area weekly and they would text or email me when they would deliver it. I told them that the instructions referred me to a different companies website and they said they are aware of that being an issue (I’m assuming they were contracted out by the delivery company)-Throughout the week Sony concierge team was checking in and telling me they expected delivery. They said I’d be able to pick my time. They then told me they were told I picked a time of Friday morning 2/17. I did not pick any time. They reinforced that the delivery team would unpack the TV, set it up by placing it on the stand, and plug it in to make sure it works.-Thursday night 2/16 I got a text message and email telling me delivery would happen Friday EVENING 4pm-8pm. Again, there was no option for me to pick a window of time.-The truck pulled up around 6:10pm. One guy pushed the TV on the other guys back and I observed a single person carrying my 65 inch TV over their back and shoulder while the other guy walked behind him. It was not the image you would expect to see of 2 people handling a piece of electronic equipment.-The guy gave me a clipboard with the signature page and instructions. The instructions clearly laid out what Sony expected the delivery to do and I began working through the steps.-They came in, set the new TV down, and took a picture of the old TV we set aside for them to package up. They saw the old TV box we had saved and swiftly took the TV, crammed it in the box with the materials, and took it back to their truck-The guy came back to me asking me if I had signed the clipboard because they were all set. I said yes, but noticing that the new TV was still boxed up, I told him that he still had to set it up and plug it in to make sure it works. The guy took the clipboard and said “no we won’t do that”. I persisted, telling him again that it is supposed to be unpacked by them and plugged in and he said no, they won’t do it and walked out of my house. They were in my house no more than 10 minutes.-There were MULTIPLE labels all over the new Sony TV box that were clear in instruction saying the delivery team was required to unpack the TV and place the OLD TV in the NEW box. Instead, the team used the old box and left us to unpack the TV all over again.Despite this ordeal even with the delivery…I can confirm with you that the TV WORKS. I ordered this TV on 12/31/22 and after 48 days I got a working TV. The picture has been beautiful and it works the way I expected a new TV would. Setting it up on my network was very easy and I spent the entire weekend with my family watching TV and playing games :)I said from the onset I know lemons happen and I trust that what was experienced above by me only occurs 1-2% of the time…or whatever the typical error rate is for TV’s being DoA. I’ve had a good track record with Sony products up to this point, being a Playstation owner and this being my 3rd Sony Bravia TV over the years. Knowing this, I never blinked when ordering a big box item through Amazon online trusting that Sony would come through. When things went wrong and I got a DoA unit, Amazon allows returns but pushes us to make a good faith effort to contact the manufacturer first. I did this, and was met with a horrible front end gatekeeping support. The Sony Concierge team who worked on a solution for me made a heroic effort to restore faith and set things right. I can’t speak their praises enough, however the actual delivery was another disappointing experience and not close to the “white glove” the Concierge team asked for rounding out what has been a very frustrating and unsatisfactory support experience. I acknowledge I’m happy with the TV itself, but not with the 2/3 of the service that came off as reluctant and dismissive. Truthfully, my confidence is shaken now for potential future purchases both on Amazon and with Sony. Amazon didn’t do anything wrong to be clear, but I don’t want to go through this again.

I now own three of these, and for the price they’re great. I use one as a third computer monitor in my studio, one in my home gym, and another on a patio under my deck. It’s obviously not an outdoor TV (not bright enough for sunny days and of course not water proof), but I just bring it out in the evening when we’re sitting out there, pop it on an installed wall mount, and then put it back on storage shelf inside when not in use. I wish it was a little brighter for outside, but I’m sure most people will not be using it for that. No issues indoors, user friendly with a good menu.

This is my first curved tv.Before I had a 55” Samsung that was 8 years old.This things a hugeeeee upgrade.I love the free Samsung tv and Apple TV for 3 months alsoThere’s a lot of ammenities I haven’t gotten to but so far, this TV is the best TV I’ve ever had.It’s more clear than the 2018 75” Samsung in my living roomInstallation and setting up was a breezeOnly complaint is I wish the controller wasn’t how it is compared to the older oneEverything regarded,5/5

Ill never go back to LCD again LOVE the OLED goodness.