Amazon Fire OLED TV Preorder

[DoctorX]

These look rather good value at the preorder price, bit of a punt as no-one has tested it though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/amazon-fire-tv-65-omni-ql...

ETA: there are a few reviews it seems. Looks promising and maybe a bargain.

[Douglas Quaid]

Not oled, qled. Led TVs aren’t as good as oled as they have a backlight rather than individual pixels being lit, so black levels are generally poor.

It may well look ok but it won’t be oled quality. The only reason you’d have one of these instead of an oled and a firestick is if you’re watching the pennies.

Edited by Douglas Quaid on Thursday 30th March 14:53

[DoctorX]

Ah! Must get my eyes tested! Still....

[budgie smuggler]

why do i get the feeling the primary reason this thing exists is so they can shoehorn more adverts in for Prime video (+ Showtime, FreeVee, HBO MAX, Disney Plus which are conveniently available through Amazon Appstore)?

[C5_Steve]

Douglas Quaid said:

Not oled, qled. Led TVs aren’t as good as oled as they have a backlight rather than individual pixels being lit, so black levels are generally poor.

It may well look ok but it won’t be oled quality. The only reason you’d have one of these instead of an oled and a firestick is if you’re watching the pennies.

Edited by Douglas Quaid on Thursday 30th March 14:53

But OLED isn't as bright, doesn't last as long, can suffer burn in etc etc so........

Don't disagree that OLED will give you deeper blacks but it's wrong to say the blacks on a QLED are "poor" and no QLED is as good as an OLED. Just won't have as dark blacks as OLED and depending on where you have your TV etc QLED might be better for viewing 90% of the time.

For a lot of people the integration of Alexa/Firestick features with a decent set will be a draw, be interested to see how these do.

[TEKNOPUG]

£700 for a 65" with Amazon integration. I'm sure it will sell well

[RSTurboPaul]

C5_Steve said:

Douglas Quaid said:

Not oled, qled. Led TVs aren’t as good as oled as they have a backlight rather than individual pixels being lit, so black levels are generally poor.

It may well look ok but it won’t be oled quality. The only reason you’d have one of these instead of an oled and a firestick is if you’re watching the pennies.

Edited by Douglas Quaid on Thursday 30th March 14:53

But OLED isn't as bright, doesn't last as long, can suffer burn in etc etc so........

Don't disagree that OLED will give you deeper blacks but it's wrong to say the blacks on a QLED are "poor" and no QLED is as good as an OLED. Just won't have as dark blacks as OLED and depending on where you have your TV etc QLED might be better for viewing 90% of the time.

For a lot of people the integration of Alexa/Firestick features with a decent set will be a draw, be interested to see how these do.

Anyone with family members who have a tendency to leave a screen on a static image while they faff about doing something else in a different room for ages is probably better suited to an LED TV, I would say... lol