a year after Amazon released its first
internally built TVs in the Fire TV Omni
comes the release of the improved Fire
TV omniq LED new this year are quantum
dots for richer colors full array local
dimming for increased contrast and an
optical room sensor that enables an
ambient experience but is it enough of
an improvement to upgrade from your
current Smart TV that depends on how
much you love Amazon Services I've been
testing the 65 inch model and will leave
a link in the description if you want to
check it out for yourself let's get
started by talking about the picture
quality with last year's Fire TV Omni I
mentioned how impressed I was when it
came to brightness and Rich colors when
compared to similarly priced competition
but I'm not as enthusiastic about the
more expensive qled model in this same
area in terms of brightness you're
getting a peak of about 575 nits which
to me just doesn't cut it at this price
range a lot of people will ask me how
bright do you need your TV to be and the
answer is that it's not about overall
brightness I don't need the entire TV
set to blast me with light however Peak
brightness allows things to shine and
Sparkle a sunrise diamonds hitting the
light fireworks light bulbs in the
background when these are in a scene you
want them to look accurate and the
mixture of peak brightness and contrast
is what makes this happen when that
firework pops off just those pixels need
to be lit brightly while the rest of the
display stays at a normal brightness and
that's where the magic is especially for
HDR viewing and that's where the Fire TV
omniq LED struggles now when it comes to
local dimming zones Amazon says you're
getting 80 of them in this television
and they do a very good job of making
everything look uniform it's hard to
pick out those zones a lot of times on
less expensive TVs you can tell where
the different phones are but not so here
on the Fire TV omniq LED that said the
TV does also support Dolby Vision IQ and
hdr10 adaptive thanks to a built-in
sensor these picture modes adjust the
brightness curve of the TV based on how
much light is in the room but I didn't
find it very helpful for the omniculate
in particular since it just doesn't get
very bright in the first place when it
came to color performance things
remained fairly average I was hoping to
be a bit more wowed since the Fire TV
Omni key LED costs a couple hundred
dollars more than similar competition
from the likes of TCL and Hisense but to
be honest I don't think picture quality
is where you see the value for your
money here on the Fire TV qled model
thankfully the TV does have some other
tricks up its sleeve moving on to audio
this is one area where the Fire TV
omniculate actually punches above its
weight class don't expect sound that
will rival a dedicated surround setup or
high-end sound bar but it definitely
sounds way way better than I expected
TVs in just about any price range cheap
expensive they typically don't have
fantastic sound but in the omniq ledge
price category the sound is normally
pretty trash so Amazon did a good job
here at making the speakers sound good
for the price that said similar to the
less expensive Fire TV Omni the qled
version supports the super cool Alexa
home theater feature what it allows you
to do is pair Echo speaker devices to
the TV wirelessly and use them as
wireless surround sound speakers you can
pair two Amazon Echo or Echo Studio
devices to the TV and get immersive
audio with Dolby Atmos you can also add
in an echo sub to even get better bass I
was impressed by how well this works and
using two Echo Studios gives you sound
that is so much better than what you get
from the TV and since their Amazon
devices they aren't even that expensive
do that and you'll have a really great
audio experience when it comes to the
design of the TV the omniq lid is
available in just two sizes 65 inches
and 75 inches that's it so if you're
looking for something smaller you'll
need to grab one of Amazon's non-q-led
Omni models or look at a different brand
entirely it's been said by others at the
Fire TV omniq LED looks like the tcl5
series from a hardware perspective and
once I heard that I really can't unsee
it the feet style and placement the
metal backing and microphone slash
sensor area at the bottom all match up
and by the way those feet can only be
placed near the edges of the TV there's
no way to put them more centered which
means you'll need a TV stand at least
that wide to hold the TV the power cable
connects to a port on the left side of
the TV's rear panel and all the other
ports are on the right side including
four HDMI ports one of which supports
ERC a USB port an ethernet port that
does not support gigabit Ethernet but
thankfully the TV supports Wi-Fi six
optical audio output a 3.5 millimeter
headphone jack and a 3.5 millimeter port
for the included infrared blaster and an
antenna slash cable connector next let's
talk about the smart TV functionality
because one of the best things about the
Fire TV omniq LED is that it runs Fire
TV OS so smoothly compare this to Google
TV or Roku TV OS television sets and
similar price ranges and it's just night
and day Fire TV OS on this TV flies in a
way that makes it feel like using a much
more expensive LG or Samsung television
built-in apps also load quickly and
using Alexa to control everything works
as fluidly as you'd expect connect a
webcam and the Fire TV omniq LED lets
you make voice and video calls with
Amazon's drop-in service Skype or zoom
and this is where I think Amazon poured
most of the value into this TV making it
an actually smart smart TV think of it
as a giant Echo go show device where
Alexa can not only play whatever TV
content you want it to but it can also
control all your other Alexa capable
smart home devices hands-free it also
provides useful information like weather
forecasts sports scores and your
calendar ambiently on screen in helpful
widgets when the TV isn't in use thanks
to a built-in proximity sensor that same
sensor can automatically turn off the TV
when no one's in the room saving you
power in the process I think this
ambient mode will be the biggest hit
with Buyers aside from the optional
widgets you can have it display your
photos or other built-in artwork making
it into a great looking art piece in the
room and that auto off feature
integrates with the art mode so that if
no one is in the room the TV isn't just
displaying art to no one I like this so
much that I want to see every TV and
computer monitor adopt this to cut down
on waste electricity once the TV did
text someone is in the room it'll simply
bring the art right back onto the
display the Amazon Fire TV omniq LED
resolves some of the main issues I had
with the previous model while it should
definitely be brighter its contrast is
much higher thanks to better black
levels and its color range is wider and
decent out of the box where the
omniculate shines is the seemingly
Limitless set of features that Amazon's
Fire TV platform provides alongside the
hands-free Alexa integration and ambient
experience while It ultimately look
elsewhere if I wanted a TV primarily for
gaming the Fire TV omniq light is a
great buy for the price especially if
you're an Amazon Prime member and
someone who uses Amazon services and
Alexa compatible smart home devices
regularly those are my thoughts drop any
questions down in the comments below
I'll make sure that for further
discussion thanks for watching as always
guys I appreciate your support I'm andru
Weber and I will catch you in the next
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