These are relatively competitive prices, especially for TVs of this size. It does mean, however, that the TVs compete with the likes of the Hisense U7H and the TCL 5-Series. The legs on the TV are attached via two screws, and are relatively far apart – meaning that you should have enough space for even a large soundbar like the Sonos Arc between them. Most of the build of the TV is plastic, but it doesn’t necessarily feel cheap, and it looks fine from the front. Thankfully, the port selection on the Fire TV Omni QLED is pretty solid. As we’ve come to expect of TVs in this price range lately, you’ll get four HDMI ports, and they all support HDMI 2.1, with one of them being an eARC port. Since they’re all HDMI 2.1, gamers will be able to take advantage of features like auto low latency mode and a variable refresh rate, however since the panel only supports a refresh rate of 60Hz, gamers are probably best looking elsewhere anyway. Apart from the four HDMI ports, the TV offers an Ethernet port and a USB 2.0 port. Unfortunately, the Ethernet port is a 10/100 connection, not a gigabit Ethernet port that is becoming increasingly common. It’s a fine selection, and enough for most people, though competing options do offer more ports. The Fire TV Omni QLED offers full array local dimming with 80 zones in the 65-inch model we’re reviewing. It also leverages quantum dots to make for a more vibrant image. And, it supports all expected HDR formats: HDR10, HLG, HDR10+ Adaptive, and Dolby Vision IQ. For example, the Fire TV Omni QLED achieved a brightness of 425.9 nits in HDR Filmmaker mode at 100% of the display, the Vizio M-Series Quantum reached 322.8 nits and the LG C2 only 165.5 nits. The Hisense U7H outdid all of them, at 617.3 nits, for a similar price. The Fire TV Omni QLED does have some redeeming qualities. It managed to cover more of the color gamut than the U7H in many of our tests, though to be fair it usually didn’t cover that much more. I personally find the much better brightness and backlight control to be more important than the slightly larger color coverage. None of this is to say that the Fire TV Omni QLED looks bad. On the contrary, it looks quite good. Just not good enough to beat the best options in this price range. Not everyone will consider image quality as the most important factor in buying a TV – and if you care more about the operating system and smart features, you’re still getting a great-looking TV. If you’re looking for an excellent audio experience, you won’t really get it from the Fire TV Omni QLED. The TV actually delivered a little more bass response than I was expecting, but as is usually the case with TV speakers, bass response still wasn’t deep, and the detail in the high end wasn’t that great. Fire OS in general works fine, and I don’t mind the general interface. It shows rows of content under a row of your apps, and it’s generally easy to navigate. It prioritizes content from Prime, but it doesn’t totally leave other content behind, which is nice. It also seemed to perform pretty well here, and while when I first started using the TV it was a little slow, I didn’t really run into that much afterwards. And, it supports voice controls, so you can ask Alexa to control different aspects of the software, change the volume, and more.
