VIZIO E-Series 65" (E65-E1) vs VIZIO E-Series 43" (E43-F1)

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.

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.

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.

The VIZIO E-Series is a good home theater TV because it offers good picture quality when placed in a dark environment where it can reproduce beautiful images that have inky blacks and bright and colorful highlights.

The blacks look good thanks to the TV's high native contrast ratio that measures at 5900:1 which is a decent result for a TV in this price range. Additionally, the blacks don't look cloudy thanks to their high uniformity.

You'll not need to spend time calibrating this TV because its out-of-the-box color accuracy is quite high. The color inaccuracies cannot be spotted by a human eye because of the TV's average color inaccuracy measures at the dE of 1.97.

The VIZIO E-Series TV is an excellent choice for those looking for a large panel to hook up with a computer thanks to the TV's excellent responsiveness and its ability to work with the non-compressed video signal received from a computer.

When connected to a computer, the TV doesn't feel laggy because of its low input lag that measures at around 20 milliseconds - on par with the best TVs in its price range.

Text appears sharp and free of artifacts thanks to the TV's full chroma 4:4:4 support.

Motion looks smooth and free of the artificial effects of motion blur thanks to the TV's low pixel response time. Measuring at 12 milliseconds, the TV's full pixel response time ensures that each pixel needs only 12 milliseconds to change its color fully.