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The VIZIO P65-E1 is an versatile 4K TV excellent for a variety uses. It's a great alternative to the OLEDs in this price range and does not suffer from image retention issues.
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Pros
Pro Suitable for watching sports
The VIZIO P-series TV is a decent choice for sports fans as the TV offers good picture quality, large panel size, right color uniformity and excellent response time.
The response time of this TV is 10.9 ms, which means that each pixel of the VIZIO P-series can change its value almost 100 times a second; thus, virtually eliminating the unwanted artificial motion-blur effect.
As for the color uniformity, while the TV is outperformed by the competitors, like the LG seven series OLED TVs and the Sony X930E, its color uniformity still allows it to reproduce uniform and good-looking sports fields as the dirty screen effect is minimised.
Pro Good picture quality
The 65-inch version of the VIZIO P-series features a high-contrast VA panel which is superior to the IPS panel the 55-inch VIZIO P-series has. The panel can reproduce high-quality dark scenes because of its high native contrast ratio, black uniformity, and excellently implemented local dimming. In fact, the local dimming boosts the native contrast ratio of the VA panel from 4675:1 to a whopping 9271:1, which results in deep and immersive dark scenes.
As for the bright scenes, the TV’s 513 nits of peak brightness is enough to reduce glare and display high-quality pictures even in bright rooms. The VIZIO P-Series is more luminous than the majority of its competitors on the market.
Pro Dark scenes looks great
The P65-E1 can handle dark scenes very well thanks to its high native contrast levels, which clocks in at 4675:1 native, and it can go up to double of that at 9271:1 with local dimming enabled. This, along with good black levels and uniformity, gives the TV the ability to achieve great representations of dark scenes beyond most expectations.
Pro Highly versatile
Being suitable for gaming, movies, and sports, the VIZIO P-series is one of the most versatile TVs in its price range. While the combination of low input lag and fast response time makes the TV suitable for gaming, the VIZIO P-series is also good for watching sports. Moreover, TV’s uniform blacks, excellent local dimming, and reasonably high peak brightness makes it an attractive option for a home theater.
Pro Compatible with HDR media
The VIZIO P-series is perfectly suitable for HDR-enhanced content because of its full HDR10 and Dolby Vision support. The HDR10 and Dolby Vision are currently the two flagship HDR formats used in the multimedia industry. In fact, all the new HDR movies and shows are compliant with either one of those formats.
The VIZIO P-series offers better HDR support than its competitors like the Samsung Q7C and Sony X930E which are not compatible with Dolby Vision.
Pro Has an excellent remote app
This TV comes with a brilliant, well-integrated phone and tablet application which can transform your smart gadget into a fully-functional remote. The application is particularly handy when you need to input some text, for example, while searching content on YouTube or Netflix.
Pro Good for gaming
The VIZIO P-series is suitable for gaming because of its great motion blur handling abilities and dedicated gaming HDMI port, which has its input lag reduced to 15.9 ms.
The TV’s ability to handle motion blur is directly related to its short pixel response time, which corresponds to the time it takes for a pixel to change its color fully. As the full pixel response time of the VIZIO P-series TV is only 10.9 ms, you will not notice any blur caused by rapidly moving objects on the screen.
Cons
Con Bad sound quality
The sound quality of the P65-E1's built-in speakers is bad — it can't get very loud and the frequencies are not very well-balanced. There is also noticeable distortion at all volumes that gets worse with higher volumes. An external audio setup — such as a soundbar — is highly recommended in order to get the most out of this TV.
Con Bad for HDR gaming
This TV is not a good choice for HDR gaming because its dedicated ‘gaming’ HDMI port does not have enough bandwidth to support HDR-compliant input. This means that you will have to use a regular HDMI input port to feed the TV with HDR content. The problem is that the regular HDMI input has 43.5 ms input lag which is too high for fast-paced, competitive gaming.