Amazon Fire TV Omni Review | Should you buy this? 

I wish there were high-end "dumb" TVs. They all get these smart features but I'd just like to use my own box to provide that functionality. The smart features just get in the way and clutter the controller.

I saw a 55inch Amazon tv at best buy for under 500 and the picture actually looked really good

I had a 12 yr old LG, excellent picture but I wanted a Smart TV, saw the Amazon 43" Fire TV on sale for $269.99. For the price, you can't beat it in my opinion. Had to buy one of those universal stands for $43 because the feet overshot my stand. I'm happy with this for now, will probably replace it at some time in the future with something better, but for now, I'm happy

Great review like always.. You always give me the information I need, and information I didn't know I needed. Appreciate the honest and thorough reviews!

Thank you Caleb for the review. I was literally waiting this because I was in between U7G and the Omni 65 and the U7G is $150 CAD more than Omni but its more worth for 120Hz and better blacks. Congratulations in advance for the 1M subscribers.. could not wait further.. I subscribed too. :)

I think a lot of people must have WAY better eyes than mine. I can't see any difference in any of the TV's out there right now. This TV is totally awesome for me.

Love your channel, and the honest reviews! I was hoping this tv would fair better.

As a family who is engrossed in the Amazon ecosystem this tv fits the bill. We have a 10 year old vizio that is moving to bedroom. Also constantly having the kids loose the remote and having this tv be hands free is plus for any stay at home mom.

Thank you for this review! I needed a 50in tv and looks like I’ll just be sticking to the Hisense u6G.

I can't believe you guys haven't reached 1 mil yet, but thankss for the review as always

Nice jacket boss!!! Can’t wait till you hit 1 mill!!

Great video, really clear to the point content. The Hisense U7G remains at the top of my Wishlist

Great review!

This helped me prevent a mistake. Thanks a bunch!!!

Great video... Almost pulled the trigger on the 75 inch versio! Now I'm going to look for a better TV for around the same $$.. Subbed !

"Do I really care about black levels while I'm camping?.... Well, turns out I do." 😂 Thanks for the good and thorough review. Disappointed that it didn't fare better given its design language from TCL, but good to know it's maybe worth skipping at this point.

I ended up paying $500 for this TV, a 65 inch model. Totally worth it and best I can afford at the moment.

I've been watching your videos forever and never realized you were in Portland!

Have to agree bought the 50 inch as a bedroom TV on pre-sale, set it up, watched it for 3 days then boxed it up and returned it. To me the worse was the upscaling ability. The picture was just too soft no matter how much I played with the settings. My primary TV is a Samsung TU8000 (so not a higher end OLED or QLED) and picture quality between the two was drastic.

Thank you Caleb, I love to console game and watch beautifully shot movies, but I'm so uneducated when it comes to understanding tv specs, very comprehensive review

It's not bad for the price. I got the 43" OMNI for my mom and it came down to the Pioneer, TCL, and Hisense. I took a chance and the picture is pretty good for the price range.

Got the 55" version of this TV for $120 from a lightning deal, and will be using it as a bedroom TV. Don't think I can beat it at that price point but I appreciate the review none the less!

Thanks for the honest review and I would agree completely if these TV's are at regular price. Sometimes they go on for a decent discount which makes them a more compelling option and I like that they have 4 HDMI inputs including one eARC and also a headphone jack. Disappointed at the lack of a composite input for legacy devices however. Will be interested to see how their 2022 models end up being. For streaming, I love my Fire TV Stick 4K that I got for Christmas, but I still keep my old Roku first generation Express+ hanging around in the spare room. It's decent too but the interface is dated and the device is sluggish when navigating around.

Thanks for your honesty, this is why I watch your videos before buying anything.

I got a Pioneer with Alexa built in, it was cheap. All in all it is not bad, pic is decent. I use it mostly as a 43" monitor for my raspberry pi. Great review!!!

Great review

WebOS is my favorite on TV's, runs smooth and looks clean. I have a question for you Caleb, are there any good smaller TV's that you would recommend for small spaces, like in a small bedroom? I see a lot of 32 inch TV's with 720p displays in 2021, and Vizio has a new TV at the 24 inch size, with 1080p. I need a small TV like a 32 inch for some gaming and movie watching. Not looking for anything super fancy or high end.

Thanks for the review. I was seriously wondering if I should put this TV on my Xmas. (To: Jim, From: Jim) but your words definitely changed my mind. I guess I'm stuck with my Panasonic Viera for a bit longer.

They just discounted this down to $500 for a 65”. That’s a fair price for this, and probably better than most in the competitive set. $500 gets you a Hisense A6G (not U6G) of the same size or a Vizio V5. At least you get the benefit of a VA panel and better software than the Vizio. I’d take the Omni over those two. $600 for 65” might even be acceptable, but the $830 launch price was absurd.

I have the shield and I love it. I gave my firestick to my son.

For anyone looking at this review, may 2022, the 65 inch Omni is $499 (Amazon), while the recommended Hisense u7g 65 inch is $799 (Best Buy) … so factor that you in

Just got the 55 inch for 109.99 off prime day 2022

This is the review I have been waiting for. Thank you so much Caleb. You have helped me beyond measure with my tv selection. I had such high hope for this Omni TV, but it’s going to be a no for me for right now.

I buy Amazon branded stuff too, always been ok (small stuff, never a tv). I always figured they were a big buyer, probably imposed some level of quality on suppliers. I'll avoid big ticket items 👍

More competition the better. I do think the price for the 65" is high, but probably designed to look like a huge discounted Black Friday deal.

Almost got it.. Glad I didn't went wit the 6 series tcl 2021 version.. Can't wait to get it

I have no idea what my Toshiba Fire Tv i got 3 years ago on Black Friday is compared to it. But since its just a flop down and watch TV, not my main movie TV, Ive been extremely happy with it. Picture quality to me looks great. Side by side to a better tv, I assume I could see the difference. For the price point of a 50" and the deal I got, is why I got it. This would be a tv for a random kids room, an older gentleman or women just to watch their shows. Just does a job and moves on

I really like the convenience of Fire TV built in. Not having to switch inputs and remotes. I have a current one based on Insignia and it's decent enough for bedroom use, this might be a decent upgrade. Support for Echo Studio as.an audio device is an attraction for sure.

I'm still enjoying Roku as my go to streaming platform for how long though I don't know since RU-vid and Prime Video are not supposed to be on it in the near future. That being said I'll avoid TV's like this. I have a 2016 65 inch Samsung 4K TV it still works great minus the OS being outdated (I got a Roku Ultra hooked up to it) and a little black dot on the upper left side of the screen it's an older model so maybe I shouldn't expect too much out of it but it still functions and Samsung's have always worked well for me so I'll keep it around until it has run its course. I looked up the price for repairing it and it's honestly not worth fixing for $600 especially with TV's constantly changing every year. I think once 8K hits the market and my TV in my living room craps out only then will I upgrade it for now though I am good with what I got.

My favorite streaming box is my Apple TV 4K I use it all the time and it interacts well with all my apple devices. Especially my HomePods

Is the amazon 4 series worth buying? Or our Hisense TVs a reliable brand?

I see products like Amazon saying, here's our fire tv stick bundled with an alright TV/that can do a coupe extra things, a 2 in 1 idea, rather than the middle ground between high end and affordable, but it's just the first try as you said.

Hey Caleb, those numbers you measured are in line with a TCL 4-Series. Worse than expected. The new TCL 5 5-Series is actually fairly decent and around 700 nits. If it was a rebadged S546 it wouldn't be that bad, but as is I completely agree with you.

My go-to streamer is Apple TV, second is the Amazon Cube…I noticed the Amazon Cube shows a better picture on my Sony A8H OLED.

Any chance your going to do the tcl 6 series google tv?? I can’t seem to get the setting correct… don’t know if it’s my brand new tv or if it’s just me lol

Ended up choosing the Omni 65 cause it’s on sale for 499.99 while it’s competitors are still at 700-1000

I really like the new Apple TV platform. It could use some updates, but all in all a really nice platform.

The 65 inch is on sale for $640 Canadian atm, lower than 5 series for $999 Canadian. Hence, it’s a solid buy!

To be fair enough the 55" is now 379 and the omni 400 bucks, there's nothing wrong with budget TVs, I'm not sure if the U7G is on the same league. Nice review tho

Hi! When do you come out with your X95J review?

Does this tv have a se ond audio out? Do you have a work around for using fire stick and external speakers at the same time? Households with a hearing impared person need it.

Can these TVs work with a regular cable/DVD setup? And with remotes that have number buttons?

I bought this tv because it was on sale & I already have an echo studio hopefully the echo is a good enough substitute to a sound bar

Something that I have not been able to find any info on is what sort of processor is inside these Amazon Omni/4-Series tv's. I currently have the current Fire Cube. Is this tv worth getting with the built-in Amazon Fire interface or am I better off just getting a different TV and keep using the Fire Cube?

Edit: I was wrong. The pioneer fire TV is better. It wasnt tested by rtings so i didnt know but upon seeing other reviews, and that its brightness is only a little below the fire omni, its definitely the better buy. What shocked me is how many more picture and sound settings the pioneer has. It also has dolby vision and dts x virtual surround. You'd think Amazon's own fire tv would be the best software wise but it isn't. Very weird but the settings are super limited Tbh it's pretty damn good now that the price is down. If you want one of the cheapest 4k TVs, this is actually rhe one to get. I compared all the others and used data from rtings and this not only is better on paper, but in person as well because it's direct lit instead of edge lit. It's in the same price range as the tcl 4 series, hisense a6g, etc. But it's easily the best picture quality under $300 (I got a 43 inch) It also looks a lot better than my tcl 5 series from 2018 One thing that helps it is that it is Direct Lit instead of edge lit When looking at cheaper TVs, you absolutely want direct lit instead of edge lit because even though my tcl has better native contrast ratio than this TV, when you actually look at them it's totally obvious that the Amazon omni has better contrast because it's direct lit. The edge lighting can really ruin contrast if the TV doesn't have local array dimming, and cheap TVs never do Also, the Amazon omni has the best brightness out of all the cheap TVs. Or at least out of ones with a VA panel, and trust me, you do not want a TV that is an IPS panel. IPS look absolutely terrible even with local array dimming. They only have around 1000:1 contrast ratio which is atrocious. Even 6000:1 can look bad if they aren't direct lit and don't have local array dimming so do not even think about getting an IPS TV Keep in mind at brick and mortar stores, the TVs demo footage is designed to hide the TVs weaknesses like contrast ratio, and the lights are bright in those places which also hides how bad they are at displaying dark colors

Can you connect echo speakers to this tv similar to the way you can with the Fire TV Cube?

I'm a bit confused. You talk about the Hisense U7G which is currently priced on Amazon at $898.90 being only a little more money than the Omni, but the Omni on Amazon is priced at $599.00. The Hisense is 50% MORE than the Amazon unit. Sure it has true 120hz and full array local dimming but it doesn't have FireTv built in. Am I looking at the wrong models or has Amazon had a sudden price decrease ? Anyone ?

100% gonna try to pick this up for $150 on prime day

I got the 55" one last week at BB, I might return it though. I like the interface and such. Just not a fan of how bright it doesn't get. Got this for the bedroom, but I guess Im spoiled where I have the LG CX in the living room.

Are you guys going to review the new TCL 5 & 6 series???

So we no longer tell how many Dimmable Zones a TV has anymore!!! That is still important to me , and I wished TV manufacturers would make that info readily available to customers from the get go (like on the box). Thanks Caleb. I will keep an eye out for the 3rd generation FireTV. I currently have 2019 Vizio Quantum X 65in and I paired it with a 4K Fire Stick and it works great. Way better than VIZIO’s built in smart TV.

I think I'll stick with my Smart TV and just buy the Fire Cube based on what you alluded to in this excellent video.Great info. Any thoughts on the most recent Fire Cube? I am new to streaming (which I want to switch to very soon) and it is very confusing out here if you never streamed TV before. Thanks in advance. Philip

The built-in *hands-free* Alexa is better for elderly or disabled adults who have difficulty with technology and trouble physically pressing the remote button for other "built-in" Alexa products (like a Fire Stick or non-Omni Amazon TVs). Much more seamless and less problems for relatives troubleshooting from afar.

I got my 65 inch for $499 and I'm happy with it at that price.

I bought a TV 3 years and it just stopped working. I've been looking @ this one to replace it but with a warranty this time. My main motivation for buying this particular TV is its 46% off rn.

Was that picture of you golfing at a local course? I’ve played a lot of golf at Eastmoreland and Glendoveer in Portland so I’m curious

I love the fire tv app. So simple and easy to use.

We got the 75" Omni for 749.99. I understand it's a limited deal but it's probably the correct price for this TV. I would not have gotten it had it been 1099.99.

RU-vid because it's where I watch you, Orr Weisberg, and my other crushes. 😊

Is it worth it now with the Black Friday prices?

Any luck getting an arc connection? My receiver is an Onkyo 787 with arc and earc on this tv. I have to use optical cable rather than an arc connection getting Atmos compressed.

This review video is about to have a lot of viewing before Prime Day.... It's part of the deal that makes it about $112 after an 80% discount. Would be nice if Caleb could comment whether that makes it worth a pick up to replace a household still full of 1080p TVs 👀

As for apps the Nvidia shield TV console has loads, with a bit of simple customising and certain apps you can add whatever you like and remove nearly everything with ease. Games too, although that can change with game developers getting picky about platforms and streaming services and have become increasingly greedy and self important. They have actually put me off most gaming after 40+ years with such huge downloads needed.

I just subscribe good content

Put up a Twitter survey for fav platform. Talk about it on a video, let us vote, then talk about the results. Good content!

Favorite TV OS? Windows. I have different TV's with native OS's so to keep everything uniform I hook up one of my old Windows PCs up to the TV and skip the TV OS completely. Same would apply to using my Mac Mini M1, or Linux OS, if I wanted to. It's a LOT more capable.

My favorite streaming device is Roku, simple to use. The streaming device I dislike is Samsung's smart tv interface. Sometimes it works most of the time it don't, the clock can't even tell the correct time.

The 43" is currently on sale for 299USD and the Hisense 43" R7G5 for 250USD. Which one would be a better deal?

65 inch omni series was on sale at 499, great deal for a decent tv

Sounds about what I expected

55" U7G is $599. a 55" Omni is $299. That's kind of a no-brainer when you just want an extra bedroom tv.

My Google Chromecast Tv Dongle is great. It makes my dumb TVs somewhat smart. I like what I have seen of the OS.

So i went to rtings to see the best budget tv (43 inch) for dark rooms as i currently put my tcl 4 series 55 inch tv in my bedroom but it’s WAY to big and keeps me up at night when watching it due to so much light from the large size even after some setting adjustments. They recommended this tv in the 43 inch for best budget tvs for dark rooms. I went ahead and bought it so we will see. I just needed a smart tv with a smooth OS that has a decent dark room picture. :) EDIT: They also just updated the software therefore you can now edit white balance

What is the voltage? It works with 110 v to 240 v?

I use an LG B8 55 inch for my main TV in my living room but got this tv for $350 50 inch for my room because I didn't really care how good the picture was I just needed something to watch Netflix on in my room.

Hey, could you please make a comparison between latest Omni TV 55" or 50"(as Pioneer doesn't have 55" size) and 50" Pioneer PN50951-22U 4K LED Smart Fire TV?

FWIW if you can snag one of these on Amazon's frequent sales, that goes a long way toward getting the price part of the equation where you want it in that Amazon price/value formula.

Oh god just show me the features and functionality already bye looking for another video that gets to the point!

My preference when it comes to TV OS is definitely goanna be LG's WebOS.

How much was the 65 inch when you made this video? Because prime day 7/12/22 the 75 inch is 750 but some confusing language about getting it for 625 AND a 125 gift card wondering if that's a more realistic price point for its performance

Apple TV 4K 2021 is my favorite streaming device. It has the best user interface of any streamer that I have tried. Also the best picture quality.

I was using Xfinity‘s Flex TV, I think they have the better remote than anyone else. I got rid of Xfinity Wi-Fi service and had to give that back. Then I got l the Amazon fire stick and it’s been pretty good. But that Flex TV remote…! A-1!

Would you recommend a insignia tv 4K f30 over the Amazon Omni

I just use firestick. Very easy to keep me subscriptions straight and buy things if i want. Plus x-ray view etc

I will make a comment. On Amazon my name may be known..but I'm not affiliated or took money from third partys.. So.. I owned a Hisense 50 inch..A couple weeks ago I got a black circle dead center of the screen.. Small.. The TV was Beautiful 100% Hisense buy one no argument there just a glitch.. .. Long story short I looked at reviews and decided to buy the 50 inch Omni Amazon ..Truth and respect for you mentioning it .. I did not know this was Amazons first TV.. Swear to god.. So I was surprised.. When you said that...Respect. The Hisense and every other TV I owned had the same picture grain whatever. The Amazon Omni.. It's different... It's like taking TV life and putting you right there with them.. A long time ago there was RCA,,Sylvania, GE, Sony, There was one TV that looked different.. That one was Zenith..That picture was different from all the rest... Zenith operated on a hot ground.. Technician stuff.. Very hard to trouble shoot without a schematic..Every technician I knew just replaced the boards and boy that was expensive... . When somebody makes a difference completely against every TV . This Omni TV.. is no joke.. It's different.. If your different.. Give it a try.. Hisense great TV.. Amazon Omni a breath of fresh air from traditional tv..

I'm not big on TVs that have branded services built-in. Last year we bought a 55" TCL 6 series roku TV, and a 75" vizio with Google Built-in both have been disappointing. What we've done is locked them into hdmi 1, and plugged in a google chromecast which is a much better experience for us. I did not like getting the ads on the roku tv and the vizio did not have a HBO app available. Plus being able to have the same experience on all our TVs was worth the $200 (4x chromcasts). Lastly, I'm not a fan of Amazon.

Looks like Amazon has dropped Omni price to 599. I also found a 1 year old used Hisense U7G for 400. Which would you choose?

Fire tv is the best for streaming!! The Cube 2nd gen is awesome 👍🏽

I got a 55" omni for 110 bucks on prime day. So I guess my price was just right.

What kind of TV speakers you used.