We misspoke about the IR emitter. It's meant to blast a signal out to compatible devices like set-top boxes, soundbars, receivers, etc. This lets you voice control them all through Alexa so you can do a number of tasks hands-free like changing volume, power on/off, or set up full routines so a single voice command turns on the entire home theater system.

@LibertyTroopers

2 жыл бұрын

among us

@tahsin28

2 жыл бұрын

What do u expect from a guy who watches tv in Normal colour temp n vivid mode instead of warm/warm2/expert/movie.

@oldcracker3383

2 жыл бұрын

askers

@rearmisser

2 жыл бұрын

@@tahsin28 did you even watch the whole video

@tibettenballs4962

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve milked 14 no… NO!! 15 baby snakes. Who wants a milking?

Amazon Basics will be selling prebuilt PC’s before long.

@hop-skip-ouch8798

2 жыл бұрын

Considering how bad prebuilts from companies like dell are, that might actually not change much

@sobber69

2 жыл бұрын

Comes prepared with viruses

@TruFalco

2 жыл бұрын

Give it 5 years.

@samuelfranco3744

2 жыл бұрын

They already do

@joempoem478

2 жыл бұрын

*shudders*

given Amazon's skill at creating user hostile UIs, I can't imagine having to use a TV that they made.

@onyxskull

2 жыл бұрын

still no dark mode on one of the most popular shopping apps btw

@jeremyphillips3087

2 жыл бұрын

I tried it and it's actually not that bad. Yeah, the UI could use some work, but the most important thing is that we are all the universe experiencing itself. All separation is illusion. We are simultaneously the most remarkable and important things in the universe, and yet our limited lifetimes make our experiences both precious and meaningless. Nothing matters and everything matters. Just be kind to yourselves and each other.

@Pumciusz

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyphillips3087 Please stop smoking mid sentence.

@perpetualcollapse

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pumciusz lol

@nawm8

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyphillips3087 Be kind to everyone else by not baiting them into reading your introductory New Age message.

Amazon creates a TV sourced from other manufacturers, overprices it and makes it worse. What a surprise.

@ki5aok

2 жыл бұрын

Sound on par with Amazon.

@richardroberson9277

2 жыл бұрын

Do you not listen to the first 30 seconds dude…damn. Its a good amount less. Probably won’t read this as you can’t read.

@NRay7882

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardroberson9277 make up your mind, am I listening or reading? My brain must not work as well as yours to shill for Amazon's shit product ripoffs.

@richardroberson9277

2 жыл бұрын

@@NRay7882 ooga booga tv cost less not more. maybe subtitles would help your ass. 900

@c1ph3rpunk

2 жыл бұрын

And they’ll sell a billion of them at HALF OFF NOW!!! prices undercutting their own customers (sellers).

As an owner of the exact same TV, The "Game" mode came via an OTA update some time last month. I returned one of the TVs due to the same issue. There was also one problem where the power LED used to blink continuously and wont just shut up! Best bit the technicians from TCL came for the service.

@LarsonChristopher

2 жыл бұрын

Do yourself a solid and get a Sony 91J

@insainllama

2 жыл бұрын

We have tcls at my work and the leds are constantly blinking. I think it’s some form of “notification” light.

@josemariadelapena7678

2 жыл бұрын

@@LarsonChristopher isnt it several times more expensive?

@samiraperi467

2 жыл бұрын

@@LarsonChristopher F off, the Sony costs more than twice as much. They aren't in the same class.

@DokuFREENET

2 жыл бұрын

@@samiraperi467 I also have a Sony ( an older model) with Android tv and Cromecast build in - i love it, SOny is not cheap, yes , but you actually getting a nice tv.

"What's next, a Kirkland Signature gaming PC?" Be careful Linus, that might just happen, given what we've seen from Walmart. Though i suspect a Costco built PC will be *slightly* better quality.

@shepjohnson2372

2 жыл бұрын

Unironically would buy a Kirkland signature PC. If I can get something at Costco, I'm getting it there.

@the1observer

2 жыл бұрын

@@shepjohnson2372 dad ?

@MaxMacZone

2 жыл бұрын

Is there any Kirkland product that isn’t great?

@thatguyalex2835

2 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, Kirkland makes leather jackets apparently. Lol... I'd be embarrassed to say that I got a leather coat from Kirkland, the same company that makes my peanut butter. My leather jacket is thankfully not from Costco, I got it second hand from someone and is Luis Alvear brand.

@WillOnSomething

2 жыл бұрын

@@shepjohnson2372 Oh definitely, I don't know how good it will be but it would probably be okay for the price. Would likely be loaded to the brim with bloatware, but that's nothing a simple reinstall can't fix. Their chocolate chip cookies are amazing, so I guess I should expect the same if they started building PCs.

Ting Mobile: _sponsors Linus Tech Tips_ Linus Sebastian: "Ting Mobile." Caption: "T-Mobile." Ting Mobile: _cuts off sponsorship_

I wonder if Bezos actually practices his super-villain maniacal laugh, or if it just comes naturally?

@FudoCesar

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he is using a Micro-LED TV and not this shit

@TH3C001

2 жыл бұрын

He literally looks like the Kevin Spacey Lex Luthor from the 2006 Superman Returns movie.

The requirement that you must be signed into a amazon account to even use the television is reason enough to avoid it.

@Alexrocksdude_

2 жыл бұрын

and that it comes with both a camera and microphone... why would anyone want to take another step closer to 1984

@qwertykeyboard5901

2 жыл бұрын

And i thought roku dropping you into the oobe setup on connecting to the internet was bad.

@j4yd34d5

2 жыл бұрын

This is so absurd I thought it was a meme, but nobody’s laughing… Bleak future ahead of us.

@zachw6754

2 жыл бұрын

I mean why would you buy an Amazon tv if you dont link your account to it lmao. Like buying a cellphone and not using a sim card

@kaldo_kaldo

2 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it's a requirement or is that an assumption? Linus signed in but it could just be that the prime video is not available without doing so, or the "smart" features aren't available.

"Why does it have so many 5 star reviews ?" Because Amazon star system is broken. 4 stars means "works slightly worse than expected", and 5 is "work as or slightly better than expected" You can only know if a product is terribly bad with this system. If it has 4 to 5 star average, then it lands somewhere between "it works" and "it's a revolution", but there is no way to tell

@Safetytrousers

2 жыл бұрын

On UK Amazon there is no description for the stars. It is simply 1 to 5.

@arnox4554

2 жыл бұрын

These days, I just ignore the star rating completely and skip right to reading the 3-star reviews first and see if I can notice any consistency in the complaints.

@130rne

2 жыл бұрын

@@arnox4554 That's exactly what I do. Run through the low star reviews, ignore one offs and look for patterns that would be a deal breaker. It's a much better way to use the reviews.

@Safetytrousers

2 жыл бұрын

@@130rne The ones are usually idiots who complain about the delivery service, or some other idiocy, or they don't leave a comment at all. Twos and threes are more valid. But often I end up discounting them because of one thing or another.

@writerpatrick

2 жыл бұрын

Amazon routinely bans bad reviews. And many of the sellers put up fake reviews. If you're buying something on Amazon, look at the bad reviews first.

My parents just bought 4 of these. 2 big ones and 2 middle sized. 75" and 55". The main reason is that they just bought a new house, my dad is slowly converting the entire thing into a smart house via Alexa. That's one of those Amazon specific features that you were talking about. He has smart switches/outlets/lightbulbs in nearly every room that can turn on and off via Alexa voice control. Also, he has a smart doorknob on the utility room since it is outside, it also reports to Alexa. Combined with his 2 ring doorbells and the security cameras that he's going to set up, he's going to have full view and control of the exterior of his house and full control on the interior as well. Another thing he did was run full home ethernet to each room in the house. All of the TVs are on it as well as his office equipment and all of his security cameras as well. They are power-over-ethernet. Needless to say, it is pretty cool to walk around the house and tell Alexa to do things.

I'm so glad Linus is so honest. Keeps these companies on their toes

@John-Perry

2 жыл бұрын

@ladawg81 1.1 million people watched this video. Even if only .5% of the viewers were dissuaded from buying this TV by Linus directly, that is still 5,500 consumers, and $5.5m dollars that Amazon will not make. I think you underestimate how many people come to LTT for purchase advice, and how much clout he has in the tech world.

So my dyslexia kicked in and I thought the title said Amazon basics has a TV show... not gonna lie I'm a tad disappointed... that would be hysterical.

@redpheonix1000

2 жыл бұрын

I read it the same way the first time as well, wtf

Linus can you call out Nvidia for adding ads to the shield UI? No ads was a reason why many of us paid the extra money for the shield.

@joeykeilholz925

2 жыл бұрын

Apple tv master race

@spac18

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeykeilholz925 Apple tv slave race

@Woozy91

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeykeilholz925 Shield is significantly better.

@littlejackalo5326

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeykeilholz925 Apple TV beta race. It's a foot race, and all the competitors are lacking athletic ability. They are stumbling over each other's pear shaped bodies. It's a mess.

@haydenw8691

2 жыл бұрын

Master race? Don't make me laugh.

For a 75", $1100 isn't crazy, but also with what the TV comes with, It definitely belongs closer to $800 or $900. Which I'd imagine that might be what Amazon does after getting all the first buyers out of the way. Once the sales drop lower, they'll probably drop the price a bit more to keep selling it. Or at least that sounds logical in my head.

@mikeoxlong6351

2 жыл бұрын

800 is the max I'm paying for this type of TV.

@toriless

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, or an item with no reviews and only 7 purchases. Do you want to be guinea pig for others or find something else. I was on their review program but was never offered anything I would actually use.

@bradysteeley3435

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@ki5aok

2 жыл бұрын

I see this going the same way as their Fire Phone.

@BeanoNoir

2 жыл бұрын

Legitimately in the same class as the $600 Walmart Vizios.

It's nice to have voice control for when you lose the remote. It's also great for accessibility. If you have difficulty handling a remote or if you drop your remote and can't physically get it.

When Linus was talking about the weird picture settings menu, I instantly remembered TCL from my TV sales manager days. They have a weird issue where if you're watching something and press the video settings button you get very limited settings unless you go into the settings menu then video settings and get all the options. Lo and behold, TCL.

@toriless

2 жыл бұрын

That is EXACTLY how LG sets work!! You either use All Settings or Speaker to switch to a Bluetooth headset from TV Speaker since Speaker + Bluetooth is designed for Bluetooth Speakers and not headsets. Everything else is useless including the Gaming menu since you can not change any settings in it.

I’d like to see a comparison or scale when talking about colour accuracy and brightness. Similar to how you do your benchmarks. Would give us an idea of what is good at a certain price or technology

Does Linus have a list of good options for large 'dumb' TVs? I'd rather save my money by not having any apps or home screen features. I'd like a TV that just... displays the incoming video signal. lol

@keltonhankins8165

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s kind of frustrating only having “smart” TVs on the market

@pharder1234

2 жыл бұрын

Well hopefully more BFGs will be hitting the market soon

@StrixyN

2 жыл бұрын

I have a similar question for Linus. (It's actually the same question).

@nolecheporfavor1581

2 жыл бұрын

No, Linus only caters and considers rich Americans because they really do not live in the real world. They can afford all the tech they want so obviously the whole world can.

@zeron851

2 жыл бұрын

You can actually expect to spend MORE money if you want a dumb tv. Devices get cheaper because they can harvest user data and said data be sold to various data brokers, offsetting the loss any device might be sold at with more tech. To these companies we're all just labrat monkeys with money. We give them money for a product then they make us run the hamster wheel to sell that data off to the highest bidder if you ever choose to connect it to the internet and not block telemetry. It's a sad state of affairs.

Great honest video! Please do more!!!

Haven't watched the video yet, but I work at Best Buy and the Amazon TVs seriously concern me. They are hands down the lightest TVs we sell. I literally can pick the 50 inch model (box and all) with one hand *just gripping it from the top.* Weight doesn't necessarily correlate perfectly to quality, but I can't imagine one of these TVs would last very long.

@snoopii2507

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pre-watch too - I can’t imagine they’re any good

@anonymouskultist

2 жыл бұрын

maybe you've had some sweet gains bro. I kid, that is concerning for two reasons first is as you mentioned the durability isn't going to be great but secondly how many people are going to use the included legs with the TV and how easy it would be for a kid or a pet to knock it over and injure themselves on it.

@grintharke

2 жыл бұрын

That would be horrible if it didn't last very long and you had to buy another one sooner than expected. $$$

@mayshack

2 жыл бұрын

I have a Roku branded tv that feels like it's made of paper--it's comical how light it is.

@HyperDragon01

2 жыл бұрын

Onn is just as bad about the weight. They also have like 0 packing materials, unlike Samsung which tend to be in the biggest boxes.

I really don't like that youtube went through with the "no amount of dislikes" thing... damn... really hope they switch it back!

@bmxscape

2 жыл бұрын

its pissed me off for years that the dislike button does literally nothing on comments, now it's true for videos too

@Jaxv3r

2 жыл бұрын

@@bmxscape yeah it's just there to exist, heck you can't even see how much dislikes you've gotten in comments itself

@FluffMongo

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! I'd just like to tell ya that there are extensions for both Chrome and Firefox that add the dislike functionality back

@arnox4554

2 жыл бұрын

@@FluffMongo I'm sure Google's going to block them from operating sooner or later though.

@InfernoPhoenixFX

2 жыл бұрын

And now finding legit tutorials is going to be a hassel. Atleast KZread implement a system where misleading videos that has tons of dislikes are harder to find

A "small" note on that privacy part with the microphone kill switch at 11:25 : If a "physical switch" creates a software-popup, it ist most likely NOT a physical switch. Instead, it is likely just a slideable soft-button. The state of the button is read by the software, which then can act differently depending on the state of that switch. So you are still relying on the software not to spy on you, once you flip that switch. But once you buy a TV from Amazon, you are pretty much lost anyway in that regard.

@tylobedo

2 жыл бұрын

It may be a software switch but a software pop has absolutely no indication if it is or not. Operating systems are designed to monitor what devices are physically connected. Plug or unplug any cable from any device and the software knows.

@overPowerPenguin

2 жыл бұрын

That doesn't mean the mic isn't phisically disconnected, entirely the data line or the power. You can read that and display on screen.

@specialopsdave

2 жыл бұрын

Computers are capable of detecting open circuits, which is what would happen if it was a physical switch

@fred-youtube

2 жыл бұрын

The software probably saw that that the microphone was disconnected to show that popup

@EigenvectorSeven

2 жыл бұрын

wtf is this shitty logic lol. If you physically unplug your webcam from your PC, windows is entirely capable of having a pop-up saying the webcam was disconnected

Linus doing an amazing review. Seriously Amazon couldn’t have passed this to a more amazing tech influencer.

Linus makes a good point. Anyone can rate anything whatever score they want. The problem is a lot of people either aren't objective in their reviewing (like in games, acknowledging problems is something most don't do), or they just don't have the background/technical knowledge to be accurate in a review. There's nothing WRONG with liking something, if you haven't seen or had anything better. But I think it's rather naive not to listen to someone with the proper knowledge who can tell you what the faults are, so that in your next upgrade, you know what to look for to get an improvement

@Squiesh

2 жыл бұрын

You are right but for people who use Fire Sticks, this is what they see when they press the power button anyways. This TV probably is a decent value for the target audience, not people who are rolling with 30k in home theatre in their unfinished basement.

@Katoptrys

2 жыл бұрын

@@Squiesh I mean, on the brightness and colors side. Those are measurably awful. It's like people who buy 300 USD gaming headsets. You can get measurably better headphones for a third of the price. Yet people think they sound amazing because they have never used anything better, and either they know the brand, or some X streamer recommended it without knowing about audio

@Squiesh

2 жыл бұрын

@@Katoptrys No you're right, I was scrolling comments before that part. btw wanna buy a lighty used pair of virtuosos?

@Katoptrys

2 жыл бұрын

@@Squiesh Lol, no worries. Also nah, I've got a new pair of Sony IER-M9, they're about my 3rd favorite after Susvaras and og Orpheus (and I can afford neither)

@Squiesh

2 жыл бұрын

@@Katoptrys I looked up the first one and it has a comma in the price but also a hard-earned Crinacle S- 1★, well done!

Smart TVs, where you pay thousands of dollars only to have the top half of your hub menu to be just ads.

@Thalestr

2 жыл бұрын

And godawful amounts of tracking and telemetry gathering.

@nickryan3417

2 жыл бұрын

It's why I have no interest in "smart" TVs and just connect whatever I want to them. Whatever is built in will be obsolete within a couple of years and just dropped by the manufacturer as if it never existed, so save the trouble and just get a "dumb" TV instead. Which are annoyingly hard to find now...

@muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385

2 жыл бұрын

In my Samsung, there's no thing such as ads (except KZread)

@chronology556

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickryan3417 you cannot find a dumb TV, unless it is small, nowadays.

@nickryan3417

2 жыл бұрын

@@chronology556 I know, it's a bit annoying really.

I love the Kirkland comparison. Lol good stuff!

When I saw this last week during the black friday sales, I still choose TCL for the kid's TV. I actually like the Fire stick as a cheap add-on to a plain old TV or monitor, but to have it (poorly) replace baseline TV functionality is a huge fail. Amazon's house brand would have to be significantly cheaper for me to put up with that crap, and TCL is already crazy affordable at the low end so good luck with that.

@evademonique

2 жыл бұрын

I have both a fire stick and a Roku and I find the Roku much easier to use and much more aesthetically pleasing

Linus: "The only question to answer before millions of you rush to buy one is..." At the same time: Linus: "Does it totally suck?" Me: "Is it worth it? ... Eh, close enough."

@Driftwood420

2 жыл бұрын

No way is it close enough lol. There's much better TV's for the same price. Terrible deal

@pumbi69

2 жыл бұрын

@@Driftwood420 i think he meant that he predicted what linus would say and it didn't come out right but was close enough

@SteveDice21

2 жыл бұрын

Ngl. I was expecting a segue like: "who's our sponsor?"

@LarsonChristopher

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a shit tv. Get a Sony and enjoy for 10 years.

@24680kong

2 жыл бұрын

I just noticed that some of the spambot posts are copying other people's posts (like this post), presumably to make them look more legit. Very clever. Too bad youtube can't figure out how to ban them.

One thing I would love tv reviews to include (and this goes for ANYBODY reviewing a tv) is if you can set the tv to turn on and go right to an input or to go to the last input. I do not want a TV where I have to select an option on the TV's remote before I transition to the remote for the device I want to use (Cable box, Fire Stick, Xbox, etc....). This would also be good for people like me who use HDMI switchers because we have too many devices hooked up. My current TV has my sound bar on HDMI1 and on HDMI 2 is the switch with three consoles, BluRay player, wireless HDMI adapter and Fire Cube so I have no interest in ever touching the TV's remote unless it is to change a menu option.

@laurencefraser

2 жыл бұрын

Also would be nice to know how long it takes to start up. Every TV I ever owned started really quickly, like 'if they had had splash screens (they didn't) you wouldn't have had time to see them'' quickly, but my mother's current one has a noticeable delay before the brand splash screen comes up, and takes most of a minute between hitting the power button and actually showing whatever input it's getting. And that's from standby, not actually 'off'. That's kind of relevant when watching live... anything.

@Hunter116

2 жыл бұрын

I don't use my inputs a lot so this may be inaccurate, but my Sony A8H will open whatever app was open when I shut the tv off. It runs Google tv so I'm not sure if that's a Google tv feature or a Sony feature.

@SirVer51

2 жыл бұрын

My TCL goes back to the input it was last on, even when cold booting (i.e. not waking from standby)

@vadnegru

2 жыл бұрын

What about hdmi CEC? TV can startup with console

@robthemodYT

2 жыл бұрын

The Samsung I have defaults to last input.

You finally updated your Calman! Yay!

@markliac1457

2 жыл бұрын

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You definitely can look at content while adjusting it. You have to hold down the home button till the menu pops up

2:35 actually it's an IR Emitter, I suppose for alexa to control other IR devices such as a soundbar

@christophervanzetta

2 жыл бұрын

Repeater

@vadnegru

2 жыл бұрын

Labeled like that but it looks like any other receiver i saw

Amazon's going to end up being a webstore full of only Amazon products that they've ripped off.

@ShotGunner5609

2 жыл бұрын

At least primeday might finally be interesting.

@sirmonkey1985

2 жыл бұрын

it's just rebranding, it's no different from what costco, walmart, safeway, etc do with their inhouse brands.

@trat1x

2 жыл бұрын

Good, hopefully it will force their competitors to make better, more affordable products. Competition is a good thing.

@thischannelisforcommenting5680

2 жыл бұрын

Amazon City soon

@nioxic77

2 жыл бұрын

and americans will keep shopping there, while complaining jeff doesn't pay taxes, or pay his workers properly.

1:20 Very considerate to not say Alexa but to spell it!

love the analysis

My family had an Amazon Fire TV. They're terrible. After a power outage, or turning on in a long time, the TV would take almost an entire minute to turn on. And once it finally did, it would immediately show you all the Amazon apps and features... You know, instead of automatically switching to the one and only input that you have plugged-in. There were a bunch of other issues, too, like not being able to use your TV if your remote needed to be updated, and the fact that the picture adjust settings were buried through several different menus - And then partly covered the screen so you can't even see the adjustments you're making. It was very bad...

@toriless

2 жыл бұрын

LG does have ads but you can scroll away from them. Same for the Shield. Roku just puts a box on the right side for s "suggested" movie.

You know what I want? A modern TV with all of the HDR and other high image quality goodies that *isn't a smart TV.* But apparently wanting a functional appliance that isn't some IOT web connected "lets spy on you and *serve you more ads* " monstrosity means I am an out of touch tech boomer.

@brycedunlap

2 жыл бұрын

Basically what you have to do is buy a smart TV, and then never hook it up directly to the internet. Any internet connected thing would be via external device, such as a roku, apple tv, fireTV stick etc. etc... That's if the TV allows you to complete setup without connecting in the first place.

@Atticore

2 жыл бұрын

@@brycedunlap That's why I just use a home theater pc and a projector. The only real downside is the latency when it comes to gaming, but other than that I find that a decent projector ticks most of the boxes I would want out of a nice big screen. Since I do most of my gaming on a gaming PC in another room anyways, I don't have many latency issues to worry about, but gaming with a projector you notice the stacked input lag of controllers, the projector, and the game; which all might be minor on their own, but are fairly noticeable on things like fighting games. It's a great option for movies and tv however.

@bbminetesting6837

2 жыл бұрын

@@Atticore This is exactly what I do. I already have a laptop, and I got a projector for $130 (admittedly not the best projector, but it's better than just watching movies on my laptop screen). Why would I spend $300 on a big screen that I can't easily pack up? (I'm in the military and live in the barracks)

@thenonexistinghero

2 жыл бұрын

I guess you could use a monitor for that. But they're still only like 43 inch and cost like $2000. And their HDR still isn't quite as good as the good TV's.

@DemDoolies

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously! That’s why the monitor market is still so fresh to me - because it’s about the quality and complexity of the display as an extension to the device, rather than trying to be a device itself. But the convenience provided to the average consumer means that these “smart” trends will only get worse.

The inlay video inside the TV at 2:58 looks straight out of some old web TV series.

Will you be doing a holiday TV buying guide this year? I’d love to see one! Need a new bedroom TV.

Just another step toward Amazon becoming a real life Buy 'n' Large

@arnox4554

2 жыл бұрын

At least Buy 'n' Large gave us intergalactic cruisers.

@qwertykeyboard5901

2 жыл бұрын

@@arnox4554 And obnoxious spam bots like up top. Apparently.

@InfernoPhoenixFX

2 жыл бұрын

@C A L I N A• •👇 Ratio

I love it when Linus say Alexa A-L-E-X-A so it wony freak out my Alexa

@LitteralBeans

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@x0myspace0x

2 жыл бұрын

I was confused why he said it like that because I don't own Alexa, but that's pretty damn considerate of him!

Your Vizio M class review is what sold me on it. Bought it a month after the short circuit review and have been in bliss since. Going from a Samsung that was 1.5x more expensive, the Vizio is in a class of its own. Love you guys!!!

@markliac1457

2 жыл бұрын

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I just got that TCL QLED as a 55" a few days ago. Nice to see you mention it in a positive light lol. Though, I got the Google/Android version rather than the Roku version. I'm assuming the main difference is just some of the OS/interface, but that the screen quality is the same.

I've been using a 42' Fire TV for a few years now, and can't really say anything good about it. The main frustration is just the software. I find it constantly updating itself, restarting the TV, having huge lag spikes in the home screen... I literally only ever want to just see HDMI 1, but the software on my Fire TV does a really good job of making that as hard as possible

@tacomas9602

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up

@Skiptrac3

2 жыл бұрын

The Lag Spikes may be inadequate cooling. My parents and I used to use a Fire TV Stick with our Vizio M55, and it would just be stupid unresponsive after like, 20 or 30 minutes of use. Turns out, the TV was heating up and cooking the Fire Stick. So, after a year of beating our head against a wall. We just... stopped using the Fire Stick and went to Vizio's TV OS once it had all of the features of the Fire Stick we needed. Oh, and the Fire Stick we were using, wasn't even 4K Capable. So, we got a fidelity upgrade just from not using it.

@KillaBitz

2 жыл бұрын

If you only use the HDMI anyway can't you just disconnect it from the LAN/WiFi (no more updates or work for the CPU to spike on) That's what I did with my JVC TV then I added a smart switch to turn it off (now it's offline it turns on and goes straight to hdmi)

@NijiDash

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skiptrac3 well then, at least you'll be able to say the Fire TV stick almost lives up to its name lol.

@jimmyboy1582

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skiptrac3 that is very interesting. My Vizio usually heats up too especially during the summer. Dont have a firestick but that makes sense that it would cook it.

I was 99.999 precent sure this was a TCL. Just makes sense considering everything they do together already

@prateekpanwar646

2 жыл бұрын

Why not 100%?

@IvyLeather13

2 жыл бұрын

I like the 5 series and the 6 looks nice despite having issues with dead pixels.

@18matts

2 жыл бұрын

@@prateekpanwar646 because only the sith deal in absolutes

8:00 Linus reaches the gaming section of the video 🤣 OMG the tone of his voice during "Oh *I guess I get* to try that now?" 😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤

Also, what an extremely glossy surface, I can perfectly see through the reflection on the screen, even over bright content

The thing I love more than honesty is brutal honesty.

Linus saying "A-l-e-x-a" to not trigger peoples wakewords, while meanwhile I'm living dangerously watching LTT videos with my wakeword set to "computer" 🙃

@tg__

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@gajbooks

2 жыл бұрын

@@tennojinesoberi Any Star Trek. TNG especially.

I have one of their small Fire TVs in my OTR truck. Great when I’m able to use mobile hotspot on my iPhone or decent Wi-Fi.

The ir port is for an emitter/blaster. It's not a receiver. The included cable can be run to a cabinet or remote area to control other equipment.

The game mode thing is another giveaway that it's TCL. I had the exact same frustration until I found out about game mode on my TCL. One thing I like about my TCL is it doesn't suck as a smart TV. It's very responsive, probably because they let Roku handle that stuff. I'd expect this might be similar given the Fire Stick is well established.

@toriless

2 жыл бұрын

Game mode is really weird on the C1 with my NVidia Shield, it seem you can change nothing, if you wanted to, and not and all as shown in his videos. I also notice that they ever explain any of the audio settings.

@elijah1931

Жыл бұрын

Game mode doesn’t work on ps5 :(

I wonder if the cable tester could also send a test signal to TV's on known good cables to verify compatibility claims of ports on cheaper tv's like these

Game mode boosting dark parts are good for competitive games, but I think that should either be a standalone setting or there should be a competitive game mode and a scenic game mode

Thank you for taking the thing apart.

AmazonBasics is becoming the no name brand from our childhood

@onodera387

2 жыл бұрын

The TV that got a problem every time u wanna try something ' new'

@bumpsy

2 жыл бұрын

I thought Amazon as a whole already represents that

@HydraulicDesign

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently people aren't aware that 'house brands' existed before Amazon Basics, and I guess think the actual "No Name" brand we have here in Canada should be illegal or something.

Hey... someone just told me they bought a gaming PC at Costco with a 3080. But can we be surprised about an Amazon TV being a garbage experience?

@arnox4554

2 жыл бұрын

Just because it had a 3080 in it doesn't mean it was anywhere near at a reasonable price.

@TheGameBench

2 жыл бұрын

@@arnox4554 Don't know what that has to do with my comment. Just thought it was interesting that Costco is selling gaming PC's, in relation to him talking about a Kirkland branded gaming PC. I had no idea they were, and maybe other people don't. For the record, the person claimed they got it for $1,900.

@toriless

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench They have been for a while but a VERY limited selection, but usually a 3075, even a 3065 is not common there.

I need more scenes of Linus dropping things

I think I’ve seen the entire How to train your dragons movie just from Linus reviewing TVs and I love it

For when you want to buy a TCL but with Fire Stick instead of Roku

We should all just not buy amazon branded stuff, its good to see them failing but unfortunately this fail is competing against other large companies, if only they would fail when they try to push out small companies with imitation products...

@kosmokoshka6232

2 жыл бұрын

This is true. But I would be less bothered supporting a company without a history of abusing employees.

@wck

2 жыл бұрын

Amazon doesn't push out small companies with imitation products. That's been debunked. Every small company that claims Amazon stole their product were just flippers, not inventors. They were buying cheap white-label goods somewhere like Alibaba, slapping their logo on it, then reselling it on Amazon. There's nothing wrong with Amazon doing the same thing and undercutting them.

@CharlieLaBeach

2 жыл бұрын

Idk why you call this tv a fail I been using the 55 inch Omni for about week now and I m have 0 complaints about it

Idk if you guys have kogan in canada but i got myself the cheapest QLED 4k Dolby vision, smart tv i could find, has a matte finish too which is handy for my bright room. They always have sales so i got my 50" for 630AUD+50AUD shipping and am pretty happy with it. I set it to movie mode obviously and there are some quirks with it like PC mode being the only way to get rid of 16:9 overscan and Game mode "sometimes" disabling sharpening. But im super happy with it. Would be cool to see you guys do a review of 1 since its hard to do latency tests and such plus nowhere seems to do indepth reviews of them. I was thinking of investing in an x-rite to fine tune it, 1st new tv i ever got my other 2 are like 10 year old 1080p LCDs. The reviews are super mixed to negative so maybe i just got lucky. But really happy 😬

They have been selling the amazonbasics tv in India for the past 2 years i think. I bought one a few months back. Was a very competitive buy around 450$ i think. 50" 4k TV. I think the small dew drop item is an IR Transmitter and not a receiver to control a cable tv box

$1099 for a 75 inch? WHAT? I paid less than that for my LG like 2-3 years ago and I guarantee it's a better TV.

Good color accuracy in Movie mode for SDR content and acceptable input lag only in game mode? Even without Nicholas's postscript insert I'd suspect this is a TCL TV at its heart. That's pretty much exactly the verdict you guys had for their TVs back in the budget TV round-up / price challenge video with James last year. I bought a 43" 4k TCL Roku TV last year, primarily to use as my PC monitor. For the sub-$200 it cost at the time, it's perfectly fine. The 43" Omni TV is listed for $400 right now; I think that's a bit much for what it has to offer. At the very least, it shouldn't throw ads in your face like a $20 Fire tablet.

@sejpuV

2 жыл бұрын

I mean you can buy the series 4 which is cheaper than the Omni, only Omni has is the free hands alexa. I myself bought one for my room since I didn't have a TV before and I would watch everything on my monitor.

A lot of TVs I've seen have the game mode built into picture profiles.. I think its common of mid to low price range TVs

Just spoke about this with coworkers. Maybe Amazon getting into tech and then department of defense when they get good. Specifically for Black Friday type deals

Did they upgrade their camera again? Or just get better lighting? Linus @ 6:14 looks INCREDIBLY well defined, like "4K movie" sharp. Wonder if maybe KZread improved their compression or something, because it looks far better than usual

@toriless

2 жыл бұрын

Probably lighting

Was scrolling Basics and found a good deal on a Amazon Prime Security Forces insurance pack. It came with a free curfew extension. Now I can stay out a bit later without being harassed about my departure time via drone. 5 out of 5 stars for my favorite corpo private police force. These privileges are so cheap and convenient.

@flameshana9

2 жыл бұрын

2084 be like:

@toriless

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I got am Amazon basics cable HDMI 2.0 cable a couple years ago and now DolbyVision is not an option on my C1. I do not think you need HDMI 2.1 to support DolbyVision. Both NVidia (Shield Gamers Edition with GForce Now) and LG claim it should be available to enable. Anyhow, I ordered a NON amazon 2.1 cable to replace it. It will arrive soon and hopefully solve the problem.

In the UK they actually sell these as TCL Fire TV

Ya know I was about to get one of these for prime day (Amazon Omni Series 55" ) for 112$ tho I missed the sale and was kicking myself for it but honestly glad I did... I already have a 4 series 2021 TCL and it seems like the act same TV but with android amazon OS instead of roku... Instead I was able to buy a TCL QLED 5 series 2021 for 199$ and while I spend a bit more that seems like an actual upgrade from my old TV...

Amazon made a scuffed streaming platform so they made a scuffed tv to watch it on

Amazing idea of labelling all the IO ports

@Holly_Whittington

2 жыл бұрын

@C A L I N A• •👇 lol no

We just recently (last month) started to sell these tvs now at Best Buy, but never bigger than 55”

I use to work for Philips and their TVs where also contracted out. There is only a few oem manufacturers e.g. TCL being one and the other brands just buy the parts and make their own TV and marketing.

Kirkland signature gaming pc is definitely in the future

@SPOcepSS

2 жыл бұрын

Kirkland signature makes pretty good stuff, at least the stuff I’ve gotten

Even if it was good, would you want AmazonBasics branding on your TV?

@gradientO

2 жыл бұрын

AMAZON

@hop-skip-ouch8798

2 жыл бұрын

since I don't buy products for the brand name, why not

@A.Froster

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but i find it difficult seeing how not only the hardware isn't the best but the software is bloated with garbage. Unfortunately Amazon is not the only one

@gradientO

2 жыл бұрын

@UCPhQ7YegOta3UtUfPKmYrvg I eat Chicks 😳

Just picked up the 55'' on sale for $109 😁😁😁😁 so worth it

Plouffe: one of our new hires in Logistics... I presume that means Dan disassembled the television and it now receives broadcasts from Alpha Centuri.

So before watching I'm wondering how integrated Amazon Alexa is in this thing? I miss just "basic" tv's with simple inputs without any smart features...

@toriless

2 жыл бұрын

It is in the damn C1 and you can not remove it. Only disable it.

As a rule of thumb if it's electronic never buy bargain or off brands. You'll avoid setting yourself up for failure. If it's plastic modeled, or non electric, buy bargain Everytime.

@leonidas14775

2 жыл бұрын

But Samsung is happy to fill up your expensive TV with ads

@GFG2gifted

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonidas14775 not mine. Goodbye troll.

@savagegecko4575

2 жыл бұрын

This is true. Specifically when it comes to medicine, by law they all have to meet the same FDA standards. Also I have a samsung TV and there's no ad's. I did disable the share info and kept my info private. Comes turned on by default. Perhaps that's why I don't get ad's.

I think the physical mic turn off button, it the only good feature I see in this.

Linus keep on creating such creativity.

I own a fire tv for the bedroom and I do appreciate that it doesn't get too bright. However, comparing to my living-room screen, the differences, both in quality and brightness, are so dominant that you really start to wonder how you're being "OK" with the amazon tv.

@sejpuV

2 жыл бұрын

How good is it? I ordered one to just watch shit in my TV instead of my PC, but idk how I feel about it now, I kinda feel like canceling the order

@fancypants5782

2 жыл бұрын

@@sejpuV If you literally only care about watching stuff, then it should more than satisfy your needs. People buy "fully loaded" firesticks with apps that let them watch any movie or tv show they want for free. You can turn your TV into that as well if you just take 10 to 15 minutes out of your day to look up how to download that stuff. That is, if you're interested in that sort of stuff. I honestly can't even tell you the last time I paid to watch, well, anything.

@manuakasam

2 жыл бұрын

@@sejpuV well i have a very cheap 55inch model for 300 bucks from black friday 2020. It's a typical cheap screen, colors are nothing to compare to a proper OLED display. But I don't feel like I wasted my money. I got a BIG SCREEN with inbuilt FireTV that's very light-weight (so perfectly wall mounted) that is not bright (which is a requirement for the bedroom). Because as awesome as my OLED is, my GF would get blinded on bright scenes in a dark bedroom. Like Linus said, however, there might be more quality screens out there for a similar price - this, however, requires a lot of knowledge and finding those things isn't something that just "anyone" (outside of the tech industry) can easily find.

The question that remains: How much has Nvidia already earned by mining for itself?

I would like to see you go over the Hisense TVs in the same range, especially the u6g and u7g.

A little mistake At 2:56 The caption should be "But being able to take advantage of ER " It is IR

Would it be possible to have something explaining why it is that different TV modes function so differently? It seems like it should be obvious that you want less latency and better color accuracy on any setting, doesn't make sense to me that manufacturers are picking and choosing which mode gets which feature when presumably you'd just want all of them at the same time, especially on a 4 figure TV

@toriless

2 жыл бұрын

@GH0STST4RSCR34M Yeah, but even non crappy TVs have some issues, just not this extreme.

@KyleDavis328

2 жыл бұрын

The post-processing done on the image in other modes adds a lot of latency to the signal. Also TV's are _supposed_ to be meeting power consumption limits for environmental certification, they usually can't do that if their default picture mode pushes the panel to it's limit in terms of responsiveness. So only those who know to switch it to game mode for games will get the low latency. Those watching content don't care about latency as long as the picture and the sound are in sync.

I disagree with there being ANY reason to buy it for personal use. Most TV's that you referenced like the Vizio MQ6 are on sale, even the MQ7 is on sale for $100 less than the Amazon TV and it's just an outright better TV that has better software, better features, more dynamic coloring, and better response times. Even Samsung has their Crystal UHD TV line up that's a bit cheaper and performs better than it in both software and color dynamics. Some of the software features are nice for enterprise or office use, like the ability to join zoom calls in it. Throw one of these in a conference room once they're fully supported and they're quite competitive given it's feature set not being too high or too low. For normal every day use though, just stick with Vizio, Samsung, LG, or TCL.

@LuizHartkopf

2 жыл бұрын

At the same time you could argue that you’re better off saving a few bucks and getting an Apple TV with it and you can just share the laptop screen with zoom on it

the only TCL TVs ive seen in person are a bunch of broken display ones at one of the big shops where I live-

Hey LTT I'm an electrician, and just caught the video on your future plans in the newly acquired building, I don't live near you and I know you guys do most of your own work, but if you need some guidance on any electrical needs feel free to reach out me !!!

I think the most absurd statement made in this video is that a Kirkland branded gaming pc or monitor could exist and somehow be worse than this. Well for one, Kirkland would probably be a rebrand of a popular company or based off of an already popular brand like LG or HP rather than some (mostly) unknown company. And secondly, wouldn't they be directly competing against themselves(Costco) off of already low prices they set themselves rather than trying to set a new low benchmark standard like amazon is doing with this TV?

@HydraulicDesign

2 жыл бұрын

There's no difference between what Costco does with Kirkland and what AmazonBasics does, other than Kirkland has a better quality reputation. The point of house brands is not just to try to leverage the intelligence from what they sell to try to capture more of that profit, it's to expand the market by offering different(lower) price points. Costco doesn't actually have particularly great deals on PCs, most of the time. Not in Canada anyway.

@mercyhenn3778

2 жыл бұрын

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We picked up a 65" TCL 6 series for around $900 back on Memorial Day and have loved it! Full array local dimming, HDR, 4k, Dolby vision, CRAZY bright, the works! Although I don't have the testing skills or tools that LTT does, I have been very impressed with the colors and performance, basically unbeatable for the price. Best Buy is still selling this unit, currently going for $999.

Where i live the max we get in our home is 55Mbps, and thats really good.

i love when the sponsor is short like that @0:40. almost 15 secs and all necessaries information given.

Oled or nothing tbh🤷‍♂️ once you experience the picture quality of an oled all other TVs will feel absolete

@bumpsy

2 жыл бұрын

but how long do they last without stuff like burn-in to happen? They probably deliver the best picture but I'm still concerned about this. The pricepoint is also still quite high

@Dave5gun

2 жыл бұрын

but OLED has many disadvantages like the very low brightness and burnin. when you compare it to QLED, OLED looks more like you're wearing sunglasses. especially in the upper price segment OLED is getting destroyed.

I've owned 2 hisense TV's and picture mode game has always been a low latency for them too. Oh, and you would get a way better tv then this from hisense for less then that. Amazon really blew it

The only FireTv I get people to buy at BBY (weird channel sensors?) is the Toshiba C350, but they're all the same manufacturer. I believe Hisense makes all FireTVs, that being Toshiba, Insignia, Hisense, and Pioneer outside of the Omni lineup. TCL having parts in there still doesn't surprise me.

I had a 55” 4KTCL for a bit over 3 years, I bought it dirt cheap at Target. My only complaint was the black levels and response time. Overall though for what I paid it served it’s purpose and plus some.

@markliac1457

2 жыл бұрын

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