Amazon Fire TV 55-inch Omni QLED series 4K (Newest gen) | UHD smart TV, Dolby Vision IQ, local dimming, hands free with Alexa

I've had this tv for about a month now and have used it mostly for viewing Internet services. I am familiar with the amazon fire tv experience having previously had fire tv sticks for my 40 inch panasonic viera and 24 inch Sony bravia. I like the experience of fire tv and its was a big reason why I choose to buy this television. Its easy to operate and find the app you want such as prime tv and Disney etc. The picture quality is great and has the latest dolby vision. The sound from the internal speakers is OK and is better than my previous panasonic however I have attached my pioneer av receiver to it via hdmi arc so I dont use the internal speakers. I have had no problems with the synchronisation between picture and spoken sound on the av reciever. It's easy to set up the remote to operate your av equipment etc.The only problem I can really point out is what other reviewers have pointed out is that using the terrestrial tv guide is a bit slow. It takes what seems like an age to bring up your the tv guide however once you have been using the guide and channel swapping it speeds up a bit. I have noticed that while scrolling down through the tv channels four at a time speeds things up rather than one a time and waiting for each one to load.I am overall very pleased with the television the internet services and fire tv experience is great and unless you are a big terrestrial tv person I think you will be very pleased with the product if you decide to purchase it.Addition to review December 2024.This was a great TV for the price I paid. However amazon have it for sale at the moment and in the description its says newest gen. This is correct however they have not released a 2024 version which would include the freely app. This version 'newest gen' is not compatible with freely. Be absolutely certain about the model you are buying as this generation of the amazon qled 'The first version' does not support the UK freely app.

I bought the 50 inch version for £380 as a prime day offer. I'm very pleased with the picture, it's not up there with the very top end tvs but it's still very nice, and given the price I paid it's extremely good value. The sound is very good too with quite a bit more more bass than my previous tv. I'm not sure where the speaakers are located but they have done a very good job as it sounds like the sound is coming from behind the screen.I do find it slightly sluggish when navigating around the home screen and within the apps. It's perfectly usable and most people would find it perfectly acceptable, but it's quite as zippy as the fire tv cube I had before was.The Freeview implementation is a bit of a mixed bag. It's very nicely integrated with the home screen, there are tiles showing what's on each channel and when you highlight the tile what's on the channel starts showing. On the downside it can be quite slow, the guide can take a while to populate and it can take 4 or 5 seconds from selecting the programme to it appearing, although it does seem to speed up when you having been using it for a while. That's not a problem for me as I use apps virtually all the time and freeview very rarely, and I'd imagine that to be the case for most people these days.Alexa is built in which means it integrates with other Amazon products with no setup required. If someone presses your ring doorbell for example you get a view of the camera in the top right.I wasn't sure whether to rate it 4 or 5. For the price I paid it's definitely a 5 star product, for the higher prices it's been at since I'd say the responsiveness brings the score down a bit. 4.5 would be more appropriaite than the four I gave but that option isn't available.

When we wanted a new TV we were looking for one with specific specifications like the four HDMI ports for our TV recorders and DVD player, no sky box in this house thank you very much, and at least one USB to show our photo's etc on a flash drive, this TV has two, and we like the fact that there is a built in Amazon fire TV streaming device meaning we don't have to have the fire stick hanging from one of the HDMI ports, and if you like having an Alexa device in your home, this TV has one built in that you can turn off if you don't want it. We also wanted an QLed and this TV ticked all the boxes. We have now had this Fire TV for getting on for a year now so think we can give a fair assessment.We are not technically minded people, just ordinary viewers like most people so can only speak of our experience of watching the TV on a daily basis. Anyway switching the unit on it has always taken a few minutes to warm up, we have the TV on between 10 and 12 hours each and every day so it has had a lot of hammer but I can honestly say the picture is still as bright, clear and with the same richness of colours as the day we first switched it on. As with all modern TVs it can benefit from a decent soundbar, but the sound from the TVs own speakers isn't too bad being a clear and clean sound but lacking a little in the bass department. The screen doesn't seem to pick up much static electricity and it doesn't normally pick up smudges from hands when you have had to move it meaning it is very easy to keep dust and smudge free, the TV is quite light in weight for the screen size and the bluetooth connects easily with wireless headphones or buds to keep the sounds quiet for other people if you're listening late at night or in the very early morning when you can't sleep we connect our soundbar through the optical port. The TV is modern looking with it's slim surround, in short this TV suits my wife and myself down to the ground and we can really recommend it to anyone who is wanting a no fuss, easy to set up TV.