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Oct 22, 2015 · Check out Consumer Reports' Amazon Fire TV review. This new streaming media player has 4K videos and the Alexa digital voice assistant. Should owners of the older model upgrade?
Jul 5, 2023 · Amazon upped its Fire TV game late in 2022, when the company introduced a new line of Omni QLED 4K sets offering advanced video features like a Quantum Dot display and a full-array...
Sep 9, 2021 · Consumer Reports shares details of the new Amazon Fire TVs, which Amazon is making. The new 4-Series and Omni Series TVs will be available exclusively at Amazon and Best Buy.
- A Simple Design
- So Many Features
- Price-Appropriate Picture Quality
- A Promising Start
The Omni perks up an otherwise nondescript design with a bit of chrome around the edges. The screen is framed by an almost-as-thin black border, giving it a nearly bezel-less look. Only the bottom edge has a bezel, a gunmetal strip with the Fire TV logo in the middle and a small protrusion with near-field microphones below that (a small switch on t...
As its name indicates, the Omni runs on Amazon’s Fire TV platform, like the Toshiba C350 and Amazon’s own Fire TV media streamers. It provides a feature-rich, Amazon-centric interface with a wide selection of apps and services. Amazon Prime Video is of course integrated directly into the platform, but all of the major non-Amazon streaming servicesa...
The Amazon Fire TV Omni is a 4K TV with a 60Hz refresh rate. It supports high dynamic range (HDR) content in HDR10 and hybrid log gamma (HLG), and the 65- and 75-inch versions also support Dolby Vision, but not the smaller screen sizes. We test TVs using a Klein K-80 colorimeter, a Murideo SIX-G signal generator, and Portrait Displays’ Calman softw...
Amazon’s first Fire TV offers features galore, but the company clearly isn’t trying to push any boundaries in terms of picture quality. That said, the Fire TV platform is very functional, hands-free Alexa voice control is wonderfully convenient, and $830 for a 65-inch screen makes the Fire TV Omni an appealing choice for the price. If you can affor...
- Lead Analyst, Consumer Electronics
- Amazon
Dec 2, 2021 · Consumer Reports reviews the new Amazon Omni and 4 series Fire TVs sold under its own brand.
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Jul 16, 2024 · Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek. Read update. We've reviewed our recommendations and these are still the best Fire TVs you can buy. Fire TVs offer a large selection of streaming apps and Amazon's helpful Alexa voice assistant, making them an excellent option for your living room.