When comparing VIZIO E-Series 65" (E65-E1) vs Toshiba Amazon Fire TV 2018 55" (55LF621U19 ), the Slant community recommends VIZIO E-Series 65" (E65-E1) for most people. In the question“What are the best TVs?” VIZIO E-Series 65" (E65-E1) is ranked 126th while Toshiba Amazon Fire TV 2018 55" (55LF621U19 ) is ranked 145th. The most important reason people chose VIZIO E-Series 65" (E65-E1) is:
The 2017's VIZIO E-Series TV offer performance that is on par with the best TVs in its price range when placed in a dark room. The TV's reasonably high native contrast ratio and excellent blacks are in charge of its excellent performance in dark environments. The TV's native contrast ratio of 5307:1 allows the 2017's E-Series to deliver saturated dark scenes. This TV is capable of reproducing some deep and inky blacks that are on par with what the best LCD TVs offer. The TV's evenness of blacks measures at around 0.5% native standard deviation - only the best LCD TVs can beat that.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Good home theater TV
The 2017's VIZIO E-Series TV offer performance that is on par with the best TVs in its price range when placed in a dark room. The TV's reasonably high native contrast ratio and excellent blacks are in charge of its excellent performance in dark environments.
The TV's native contrast ratio of 5307:1 allows the 2017's E-Series to deliver saturated dark scenes.
This TV is capable of reproducing some deep and inky blacks that are on par with what the best LCD TVs offer. The TV's evenness of blacks measures at around 0.5% native standard deviation - only the best LCD TVs can beat that.
Pro Decently low input lag makes it an ok gaming TV
There are two main considerations when looking for a gaming TV: Input lag and does moving objects tend to leave a trail behind them. The input lag of this TV is under 40ms which is about average when looking at 4k TV's all the way up to $1500 and beyond.
Pro Great value for money
If you don't live in a very bright apartment, there is really nothing you're giving up buying this 65inch TV for $850 vs the alternatives at $1400+. If you want OLED and all the other fancy features you're looking at well over $1,500 and at basically half that price this TV is a great deal.
Pro Decent performance in a dark room
When placed in a dark room, this TV offers fair picture quality thanks to its ability to reproduce decent blacks. The blacks look deep and inky because of the panel's high native contrast ration and high black uniformity.
The panel's native contrast ratio measures at 5000:1 which is a good result for a TV in this price bracket. This means that, within the same frame, the brightest highlights are 5000 times brighter than the dimmer blacks.
Pro Supports HDR
This TV can play HDR10 content.
Cons
Con Not great in bright apartments
The panel isn't as bright as some of the more expensive alternatives. If you put this in a room where you can't control the light very well this TV might be disappointing for you.
Con Requires calibration
You'll need to spend some time calibration this TV because it's out-of-the-box colors are noticeably off. Namely, all the colors look horrible at the default settings. All the critical calibration parameters are available on the Internet.
Con The main interface has ads
There are a lot of ads and suggested content in the main interface of this TV. Sadly, there's no option to opt out of that.