The Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED available in five different sizes: 43-inch, 50-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch, and an expansive 75-inch option for larger living rooms. It comes packed with Quantum Dot technology for vibrant colors and enhanced brightness With 64 local dimming zones, it offers improved contrast ratios. Also supports Adobe Vision IQ for automatic picture adjustments and includes HDR10 and HLG for a higher dynamic range. For those with Amazon smart devices, and also features hands-free controls, allowing you to issue commands just like your other smart devices.
At the bottom of the AMAZON Fire TV Omni QLED Edition, you’ll find an eight-watt speaker system consisting of two speakers. There are hands-free controls for voice commands, including a microphone mute button and a power button, along with other menu features. Additionally, there are four microphones on top of the TV, enabling voice commands.
On the back side, you’ll find a sturdy metal design. The Omni QLED TV utilizes direct backlighting, which results in a slightly thicker profile and includes ventilation on the top. Moving to the sides, on the left, you have the standard power cord input, and on the right, you’ll find an array of ports, including an ethernet input for wired connectivity, although the TV also supports Wi-Fi. The port selection consists of four HDMI 2.0 ports, an ATSC TV tuner, a USB port, a repeater output for controlling various devices, a headphone output, and a fiber optic output. Additionally, the Fire TV Omni QLED is wall-mountable.
Upscaling and SDR Content
The Omni QLED TV proves particularly useful when viewing older content, as not everyone watches 4K content daily. I’ve tested various demos ranging from 480p to 4K, and the sweet spot appears to be around 720p, as that’s the resolution of most content. The Omni QLED TV excels at upscaling, making regular content from 720p to 4K look impressive. However, it’s worth noting that if you’re watching rebroadcasted IPTV, you may encounter some blurriness in the picture quality.
For the best picture quality, consider subscribing to streaming services like Netflix 4K and Prime Video, where you can genuinely appreciate the difference in 4K content. However, if you primarily watch regular TV, transitioning to YouTube TV for SDR content, live broadcasts, and SD Arc shows, the Omni QLED TV performs quite well overall. The motion handling is commendable, considering it’s not a high-end television.
Picture Motion and Profiles
The Omni QLED TV includes motion controls, and these controls are pre-programmed based on the picture profiles. For instance, in the Standard profile, the picture appears quite smooth. However, if you switch to Movie Bright, you may notice the soap opera effect. To address this and achieve the best picture quality users can explore different modes. When it comes to smoothness, under the Clarity settings, you’ll find an option called ‘Action Smoothness.’ This setting serves as a sort of motion control for the Amazon Omni QLED TV.
The Fire TV Omni QLED TV offers a variety of picture modes, including Dolby Vision and SDR picture modes. However, Dolby Vision IQ stands out as the preferred choice utilizes metadata from your source to enhance the picture aiming for the most accurate and pleasing visual experience. In my opinion, fire TV Omni delivers impressive performance especially considering its budget-friendly nature. The inclusion Dolby Vision IQ certainly enhances overall experience. However, I believe that Dolby Vision offers the best picture quality you can get on this television.
Viewing Angles and Skin Tones
If you’re concerned about viewing angles, it’s worth noting that the Omni QLED TV has a sweet spot right in the center. If you plan on mounting it higher, consider angling it accordingly. I conducted a glare test on the Omni QLED, and from what I observed, it lacks an anti-glare coating. So, if your room has plenty of lights, be prepared for some glare on the Omni QLED screen. This TV features a V8 10-bit panel with frame rate control that simulates a 10-bit screen. Overall, screen does a commendable job of up-converting content to True 10-bit. While I didn’t perform a full calibration, a basic color chart lookup indicated some slight discrepancies, particularly with magenta and red.
The Omni QLED TV excels at recreating skin tones accurately. However, it’s hard to ignore the vignetting around the edges. While it’s more noticeable on a pure white screen, it becomes less prominent when there are many colors on the screen. Nonetheless, it’s worth noting that the vignetting is present.
Gaming on Fire TV Omni
I conducted some gaming tests on the Omni QLED, and overall, I came away quite impressed. Despite the absence of a pop-up gaming menu, the Fire TV Omni QLED TV delivers excellent image reproduction and offers pretty decent sound quality, which I’ll let you experience in just a moment.
While using the Xbox, I accessed the picture settings and found that the Fire TV Omni QLED TV indeed supports 4K at up to 60 Hz, along with Dolby Vision compatibility. In video mode, this TV also offers support for features like auto-low latency and variable refresh rate, ensuring you can maximize your gaming experience. Although it’s a 60 Hz panel, I decided to test whether it could handle a 120 Hz input by overriding the settings.
I also wanted to assess the input lag for all the gamers out there, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that it consistently measured a respectable 9 to 10 milliseconds. This performance exceeds many TV on the market making it a great choice for gamers even without a dedicated gaming menu.
Conclusion
I think Amazon did a good enough job to sell a lot of these, and because they thought about everything that they didn’t put in the previous versions, first of all, you have the quantum dot, which brings in a lot of colors and actually looks really good, and for the gamers, they added a verbal refresh rate. The auto-low latency sound system is pretty good, and it’s easy to use because if you have a Fire TV, it’s easy to get through all your settings.
