Amazon Fire TV 55" 4-Series 4K UHD smart TV with Alexa Voice Remote Enhanced, stream live TV without cable

This television was such a good deal and a fantastic value for the money. The integrated tv rendered all of my old devices and sticks obsolete. It’s very easy to set up with your phone and Alexa. The sound quality is impressive and the picture was about what I expected. Some very old productions and standard definition programs look strange or shadowy but this is common with all scaling and this tv is fine.The connectivity is great. I swear it looks huge for a 55 inch. It has legs so you don’t have to mount it. I prefer a horizontal footing because it’s easier to find stands for but these legs definitely give it a lot of stability. Overall this is a very high quality and highly functional item. If this holds up long term I may never buy a different brand again.

Very affordable and nice picture nice content

Love this TV. Crystal clear picture never lags when you're changing apps Alexa works great. I am extremely happy with this TV definitely recommend it. Way better than a onn TV. Or Roku actually you can watch Roku on this TV. Thank you Amazon love your TV Great product.

Purchase:I purchased this TV based on the price and reviews as well as being part of the Amazon Fire family. I have had it set up for almost a week now and am enjoying it quite a bit.Responsiveness:My wife and I have used Amazon Fire TV devices for years now and it's nice not needing a stick or a cube to access the Fire interface. The menus are quick to load and responsive with content loading quickly and easily. (Note: this TV is used via ethernet connection in conjunction with 300Mbps download cable Internet).Packaging:Packaging was secure and kept the TV from damage in shipping. There was a small dent and tear in the box upon arrival but the 1 inch thick corrugated cardboard shield protecting the screen kept the TV from receiving any damage. The TV arrived within the 2 day Prime delivery time. The box was the store shelf box and was not a nondescript plain shipping box so anyone seeing the delivered TV would know what it was. Fortunately, my wife was at home to recieve the delivery so she asked the guy to place it in our garage for her.Setup:Setup was as easy as advertised. Connecting power and a few cables (ethernet, HDMI, HDMI eARC, etc.) and it was up and running. An update was downloaded and installed immediately and after a rapid automatic restart, the Amazon account setup opened on screen. Since we have an account, I just paired it to my account and selected to import all my account settings. Done and running.I mounted the TV to a raised stand bracket we used for our previous TV and was pleased all my existing harware worked for the new TV. The mounting holes on the back of the TV fit with the universal mounting bracket I already had and the harware worked flawlessly. Bonus!Sound:I paired this TV with an Amazon suggested soundbar (Sony HTS100F 2.0ch) and was delighted with how easily they paired up and that the Amazon Fire remote controlled the soundbar immediately without any code cycling or other shenanigans. In fact, I didn't even bother to put the batteries in the Sound soundbar remote.Picture:Going from a 10 year old LCD 1080p TV to a 4K TV was a vast improvment in picture. I pulled up Disney+ and started Book of Boba Fett to see how it displayed the dark scenes in that first episode. After messing with the brightness and backlight settings a bit I had a picture I was extremely happy with. I checked the show info and saw I was watching in 2160p and marveled at the difference between my previous 1080p experience. With a 2TB data cap though, we'll have to watch our 4K streaming consumption.Connections:This TV has 3 dedicated HDMI ports and an HDMI eARC port. It has ethernet, USB, optical audio, etc.) I also use this TV with a home theater PC connected via HDMI and was delighted with the resolution upgrade while using the TV as a PC monitor.A few snags:1. On day 2 I was unable to get the TV to respond to the remote to turn on. I used the physical power button in the bottom middle of the TV to start it manually and the remote functioned fine after that. Since that, the remote has functioned flawlessly to turn on the TV. I have no idea what caused the initial issue.2. I left the TV set to HDMI 1 (HTPC) when I shut it one night and the next day when I powered on the TV, the screen was flickering white noise and wouldn't bring up my Windows home screen. I used the home button on the remote to get back to Amazon's Fire interface and then switch back to HDMI 1 (HTPC) and had no issue with the picture. I have not been able to repeat this issue so am unsure what may have casued it.Thoughts:Despite a few odd snags, I have been extremely pleased with my experience with this TV so far. I belive the manufacturer is TCL and is considered a lower tier manufacturer but I haven't noticed any inferior features or quality in picture or sound. A wonderful experience on the whole. The two snags were the only thing keeping this from a 5 star review. I would say this is more like a 4 3/4 star review.

The 55" smart TV for a little over $300 (was on sale at the time) was delivered almost immediately. Was easy to assemble the "feet" and was already configured to connect to my network. It integrated my Recast almost instantly, without being prompted and was also easy to connect to an Echo Studio for "surround sound". Well, not quite with just one of them, even with ATMOS content, but it beats the built-in speakers.Speaking of the Echo Studio, you lose the on-screen volume indicator and apparently can't hold the volume buttons down, as you can when using the TV speakers. The former is irritating and the latter is just plain silly for such an expensive add-on.UPDATE:Added a second Studio and subwoofer and they were also easy to connect to the TV. Now it does surround sound about as good as an average sound bar, though will pale in comparison to high-end sound bars. Still, these have the potential for a lot more separation, as you can put the two speakers anywhere in the room.This makes for an amazing home theater experience in virtually any room. They appear to connect over ad hoc WiFi networks and the reliability is good, though it will occasionally drop the left or right channel (or both).Generally, it either snaps out of it in a minute or two or pausing and then playing or switching inputs or asking one of the speakers a question or whatever seems to make it reconnect. It's mildly annoying, but have never had to stoop to unplugging anything to get around it. Can always switch back to the TV speakers in the Home Theater settings in a pinch, but that hasn't been necessary here, at least not yet.And, as expected, the speakers play music on demand. Unexpectedly, the cover art, lyrics, playback controls, etc. are displayed on the TV. That's a nice feature.It also integrated with my Ring cameras effortlessly, showing them in the PiP when people are detected. I think that's the the threshold anyway (i.e. not just for motion). May be a Ring setting that controls this, but happy with the way it is working; though beware, Ring cameras sometimes fail to identify people.And speaking of the remote. The redesigned button layout is really stupid. The old layout was much easier to find the right buttons with your thumb. The new one is all uniform rows and columns of same-sized buttons. Maybe they thought that looked "cleaner", but the ergonomics have taken a huge step backwards. Also wish they'd lose the dedicated buttons for Disney+, Hulu, etc. It's advertising and only convenient for those who subscribe to the sponsors' services.Still, couldn't be happier at this price point. Picture looks great to me, though surely pales when compared to sets that cost twice as much. And, as expected, built-in speakers are not great, but soundbar support is rumored to be very good with this model (unlike some previous Amazon-branded TVs that I've owned).Hopefully it will last. I still use the other two I bought three years ago. And hopefully they'll fix the stupid Alexa bug that prevents turning it on and off by name. (!) Yes, "Turn on Den TV" responds with "Den TV doesn't support that". (!!) Oddly enough, this "trick" works fine with the older models, though one of them will go into a "coma" once it is off more than a few minutes, foiling all attempts at automation until the remote is used to turn it back on (defeating the whole purpose). That happened about a year in and they never fixed it, no matter how much feedback I sent. The best advice they could offer was to factory reset the thing. :(Workaround for this new one is "Turn on Fire TV", which is ridiculous and will only work with the linked smart speaker. Support was no real help, but supposedly they escalated the problem. I've heard that before, so won't hold my breath. But at least it stays responsive in standby mode. For now anyway. :)UPDATE: Support indicated that the reason I am having problems with "Turn on Den TV" is that I had the Echo Dot linked to another TV previously. Yes, I did and I unlinked that one and linked Den TV. No idea what I was supposed to do differently, but sure seems like a bug.NBD, as I generally just tell it what I want to watch, rather than telling it to turn on. Still would be nice if I could turn it on and off from the other speakers in the house, as I can do with the other two TVs. No idea whether this bug will prevent using routines to turn the den TV on and off, as I haven't tried that yet. They work with the others, except the one that goes into a coma.

Previously, I reported the picture was good but the remote had shot craps. Update: Customer Service walked me through resetting the remote and now all is well.