Телевизоры vizio 2020

Out of the box

If you’ve never owned (or moved) a 65-inch TV, you may be surprised at just how gargantuan they really are — it’s easy to overlook until you bring one home. The box for the P65-F1 model we reviewed is somehow the biggest we’ve ever wedged into a compact SUV, and at 88 pounds boxed up, it’s no lightweight.

That equates to just over 55 pounds for the TV itself, which is just above average for an LED TV with full-array backlighting, a hallmark of Vizio’s lineup. While the P65-F1’s 2.7-inch depth is thicker than some premium LED TVs (or cheaper edge-lit models), it lines up with similar offerings from TCL and others. Fresh out of the wrapping, the P-Series’ new three-sided, bezel-less design feels more premium than last year’s model, while the thinner aluminum feet offer a tad more elegance.

Problems with the Vizio P-Series Quantum

Though Vizio’s TVs are known for their competitive prices, that impressive value usually comes with a few trade-offs — particularly when it comes to software. Though my experience with the P-Series Quantum has been mostly smooth, some quirks and stability issues did pop up.

Vizio’s 2021 TV lineup initially suffered from a known problem with the PlayStation 5 which prevented the console from working through the TV’s HDMI 2 or 3 ports. This meant that players couldn’t use the 4K 120Hz feature for compatible PS5 games.

Though the P65Q9-H1 had this problem when I first received the review unit, Vizio has released a firmware update to fix it. My PS5 now works just fine through the HDMI 2 and 3 inputs, and the console’s settings menu confirms that the TV is able to receive a 4K 120Hz signal from the system.

But, while 4K HDR gaming works without any problems, I still encountered a very strange bug with the PS5’s 4K Blu-ray playback. The P-Series Quantum TV seems to be limited to 1080p whenever I watch a 4K Blu-ray through the PS5. This doesn’t happen when I use my standalone 4K Blu-ray player or my Xbox One X. I’ve reached out to Vizio about the issue and it’s looking into it.

The recent firmware update was also supposed to address compatibility issues that the TV has with some AV receiver models. Unfortunately, this seems to still be a work in progress. My 2019 Denon AVR-X3600H works perfectly, but the TV still has problems with my older 2016 Onkyo TX-NR555. Following the firmware update, I was able to get video passthrough to work from the Onkyo, but after changing inputs or rebooting the TV, the signal would often stop working again.

The TV is also prone to a minor glitch that seems to force the «Enhanced Viewing Angle» setting on whenever I restart the display. I prefer to keep this setting off to preserve the most accurate image, so I have to manually turn it off every time I reboot the TV. The picture quality difference with this setting on or off is extremely subtle, so most people won’t notice or care, but it’s still something that bugs me.

Our Verdict

7.9

Mixed Usage

Overall, the Vizio P Series Quantum 2019 is a great TV for almost any usage. It’s a great choice for movies or games in a dark room, and HDR content looks great in a dark room. It’s also a very good choice for TV shows or sports in a bright room, but the image degrades at an angle, so it isn’t a great choice for a wide seating area or for watching the big game with a group of friends.

Pros

Great peak brightness.
Deep blacks and a great local dimming feature.
Outstanding wide color gamut.

Cons

Noticeable uniformity issues.

See our Mixed Usage Recommendations

8.2

Movies

Great TV for watching movies in a dark room. It has excellent contrast and a great local dimming feature, so blacks look black in a dark room. It also has good black uniformity, and it can remove judder from 24p sources or the native apps.

See our Movies Recommendations

7.5

TV Shows

This is a very good TV for watching TV shows in a bright room. It has very good reflection handling and great peak brightness, so glare shouldn’t be an issue in most rooms. Unfortunately, lower-resolution cable shows aren’t upscaled as well as on other brands, and it has a limited selection of streaming apps, which might disappoint cord-cutters.

See our TV Shows Recommendations

7.6

Sports

This is a good TV for watching sports. It has very good reflection handling, an outstanding response time, and great peak brightness in SDR. Unfortunately, the image degrades at an angle, so it isn’t a great choice for watching the big game with a group of friends.

See our Sports Recommendations

8.0

Video Games

The Vizio P659-G1 is an excellent TV for playing video games. It has outstanding low input lag on the dedicated low-latency HDMI port, and the other ports are almost as good. It also has an outstanding response time, resulting in very little blur behind fast-moving objects. 1080p content from non-4k consoles is upscaled well and looks almost as good as native 4k.

See our Video Games Recommendations

8.1

HDR Movies

This is a great TV for watching the latest HDR movies. It has outstanding contrast, especially when the local dimming feature is enabled, and it has good black uniformity. It can’t get bright enough to fully display the content creator’s intent in HDR, but it’s still good, and small highlights stand out well. This TV supports HDR10 and Dolby Vision, but not HDR10+.

See our HDR Movies Recommendations

7.7

HDR Gaming

Excellent HDR gaming experience. It has excellent low input lag when gaming at 4k @ 60Hz HDR, and an outstanding response time, so there is very little blur behind fast-moving objects. This TV has an excellent contrast ratio and an outstanding color gamut, and it has good peak brightness in HDR.

7.6

PC Monitor

Overall, the Vizio P Series Quantum 2019 is an excellent TV for use as a PC monitor. It has excellent low input lag, and it supports most of the common input formats. The response time is excellent, and it has no chance of burn-in. Unfortunately, there are some noticeable uniformity issues, and the image degrades when viewed at an angle, which might be an issue if you’re sitting too close.

See our PC Monitor Recommendations

7.9

Mixed Usage
8.2

Movies
7.5

TV Shows
7.6

Sports
8.0

Video Games
8.1

HDR Movies
7.7

HDR Gaming
7.6

PC Monitor

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Smart(ish) cast

Vizio has made multiple tweaks to its Chromecast-based Smartcast TV interface over the years, including ditching the remote altogether for a tablet-based system in 2016, before reverting back to the hybrid system on the current P-Series, which offers a solid collection of onboard apps and a fully loaded remote to go along with Chromecast streaming from your mobile device.

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Smartcast has made some improvements this year, including more apps, basic voice control with an Alexa or Google Assistant device, a new WatchFree feature for free streaming TV (similar to Roku’s), and new app functionality for features like text-based entry from your phone. The latter wouldn’t work for us with some apps, including Amazon Prime Video, but that’s likely an issue on Amazon’s side. You can even save and name your own picture settings, though you’ll still have to select it for each source.

While the new features are appreciated, the interface was surprisingly sluggish in our testing. Changing picture settings, for instance, would sometimes freeze the screen, causing us to scroll past the setting we were searching for. On the input side, the P65-F1 was able to read and name some of our inputs (e.g., our Samsung Blu-ray player and Roku Ultra), but others, like our Oppo UDP-203 Blu-ray player didn’t show up. The system also doesn’t seem to know when an input is hot or cold, forcing you to page through inputs that aren’t connected. That’s a feature even our 2013 Samsung plasma mastered, so it’s notable that a 2018 TV can’t match it.

While Smartcast is getting there, we still prefer the speedier interfaces you’ll get from Samsung and LG, and the dead-simple Roku interface on TCL’s best models. As such, you may need to add a dedicated streamer like the Roku Premiere+ or Fire TV Stick 4K. On the bright side, setup is a breeze, and the TV seems to offer more consistent Chromecast streaming from Netflix, YouTube, and others than in previous years.

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Setup and design

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The P-Series Quantum is fairly simple to get unpacked and set up, though you will want an extra hand to help with the process. The display includes two separate left and right feet that need to be attached if you’re placing the unit on an entertainment console.

Though I prefer the look of pedestal stands, I’ve come to appreciate the simplicity of feet stands since they’re usually easier to work with and install.

Once assembled, the TV looks nice with a standard industrial design. The display’s bezels and borders are unobtrusive but nothing fancy. At its thickest point, the TV’s profile comes out to about 3 inches. The P-Series Quantum doesn’t have the wow factor of thinner OLEDs or nearly bezel-free models from Samsung, but its design is solid for a model in this price range.

Four HDMI 2.1 ports are built-in (one eARC). Two are side-facing and two are up-ward facing on the back right of the panel. That said, only the two side-facing ports are labeled as supporting

/120Hz.

Though Vizio initially intended to include a voice remote with its 2021 TVs, the company ended up shipping the lineup without one. Vizio tells me that it wants to ensure the best user experience, and it ultimately decided that the voice feature wasn’t quite ready yet. The click-button remote that’s included works fine, but it’s a disappointment that Vizio remains the only major TV maker that still doesn’t have a voice remote.

After you power on the TV, you’ll be treated to the usual assortment of housekeeping items, like Wi-Fi setup and privacy policy agreements. This process is all standard for smart TVs and only takes a few minutes.

If you want the most accurate out-of-box picture, I recommend selecting the Calibrated Dark mode from the picture settings menu and then deactivating all of the TV’s extra features, like motion smoothing, noise reduction, and edge enhancement. You should set the peak luminance setting to low for standard dynamic range (SDR) videos and to high for high dynamic range (HDR) videos.

Gaming

The input lag of the P85QX-H1 is good, at about 13.5 to 14 milliseconds at 4K 60 frames per second with HDR turned on. Unfortunately, the P85QX-H1, like so many other TVs this year, didn’t pull off 4K 120Hz with 4:4:4 chroma at the time of testing. Fortunately, Vizio has since patched that issue with a firmware update, so Sony PS5 and Xbox Series X owners can now max out their video settings. Vizio’s gaming engine is now really good at communicating with those consoles, and it will get those settings right for you automatically.

The P85QX-H1 is capable of greatness, but it needs a bit of a helping hand to get there

Picture quality

Very, very bright and colorful
Vivid mode is intense, but oversaturated
Great for gamers and cinephiles
Bad for cable TV watchers

Despite its middle-of-the-road price, the Vizio P-Series Quantum X competes with the top performers in image quality. It delivers brightness in spades and, with nearly 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space and 90% coverage of Rec. 2020, it has a color range that puts most other 4K TVs to shame.

Its overwhelming brightness is a huge boon if you have a lot of ambient light in your living room — even in its standard ‘Bright’ picture settings it has enough light output to not look desaturated, but that’s doubly so if you use the ‘Vivid’ picture setting.

The problem, however, with both the Bright and Vivid settings is that without proper calibration they can skew a bit red, making flesh tones look slightly unnatural and you’re more likely to run into blooming. Speaking of, how much blooming you see will depend on if you use subtitles (white text on a black background is killer for all LED-LCD TVs) and how bright you push the TV — the lower the brightness, the less of it you’re going to see.

Your best bet to reduce all the issues, outside of getting the TV properly calibrated, is to use the Quantum X’s built-in Calibrated and Calibrated Dark modes. The former retains some of the P-Series Quantum X’s huge light output but tones down the colors, while the latter cuts the brightness for better contrast — which is the way to go if you put the TV in a dark room.

The other issue you’ll run into with the Quantum X is that, while it does an exceptional job with 4K/HDR movies and TV shows, it’s not quite the best at upscaling content from below 1080p. This really wouldn’t be our pick of TVs for folks who have yet to cut the cord and still watch most of their favorite shows in sub-HD quality on an older cable box.

If, however, you’re a cable-cutter or a cable-never and you mostly watch 4K/HDR content or play games in 4K/HDR, the Quantum X is a killer screen. With support for both major types of HDR formats (Dolby Vision and HDR10+) as well as a 13ms lag time with 4K/60 games, this is easily one of the best TVs to pair with a PS5 or Xbox Series X now that it’s gotten the latest firmware patch.

In terms of off-axis viewing, we found the P-Series Quantum X to be somewhat middling. It’s not a 4K TV that looks absolutely awful when you sit too far to one side, but there’s definitely some loss in color saturation that’s distracting. If you can, try to sit close and centered, or far away and just slightly off the mark or else the otherwise decent color saturation takes a hit.

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Smart TV (SmartCast)

The P-Series Quantum uses SmartCast 4.0
Slow when you first turn it on, but should speed up shortly after startup
The TV supports all major streaming services except for HBO Max, and it works with Google Assistant, Alexa, and Apple’s HomeKit

Vizio has long offered TVs with its SmartCast smart TV operating system, and it has been getting a whole lot better over the past few years. It’s far from perfect, to be sure, but it’s getting better.

Vizio has been decent at supporting new streaming services, but it still has some work ahead of it. It currently supports the majority of the big ones, including Disney+, Netflix, Hulu, and so on. But it also doesn’t yet support HBO Max, which is a major miss. Vizio is quick to point out that you can AirPlay or Cast HBO Max from your phone, but that’s far from a real solution.

As with other Vizio TVs, with SmartCast you’ll get Vizio’s WatchFree service, which allows you to stream some free content with ads. The selection is a little lackluster, but hey, it’s free, and it solves the problem for those who like channel surfing.

One of the best things about SmartCast is the fact that it supports a range of smart home ecosystems. The TV supports voice control through Google Assistant and Alexa, plus you can integrate it with HomeKit, adding Siri control too. None of the voice assistants are included on the actual TV, so you’ll need to use other devices for that voice control.

SmartCast does often take a minute or two to collect itself when you turn the TV on. At times, the TV simply seemed unresponsive when it was turned on, meaning you might have to wait a little to start watching. This didn’t happen all the time, but it was frustrating when it did happen.

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Vizio P-F1 2018 обзор

Особенности

Ниже представлены те особенности P-Series Quantum, которые были заявлены самим производителем Vizio.
1. Технология Quantum Dot.
2. Поддержка HDR стандарта Dolby Vision.
3. Пиковая яркость до 2000 нит.
4. Светодиодная подсветка Full Array.
5. Великолепный дизайн экрана.
6. VIZIO Smart TV с 2018 — SmartCast OS.
7. Голосовое управление от Amazon Alexa и Google Assistant.
8. Встроенный Google Chromecast.

Quantum Dot

Фирма Vizio утверждает, что Vizio P-F1 — это их «самый мощный полноцветный» ЖК-телевизор со светодиодной подсветкой на сегодняшний день в сравнении с любыми моделями прошлых годов. Кроме того, Визио добавила технологию на квантовых точках, цель которой — расширение цветовой гаммы при использовании HDR-контента.

Пиковая яркость

Все эти внедрения очень похожи на те, которые проводит Samsung в своих последних телевизорах. Однако Vizio надеется, что добавление поддержки Dolby Vision заставит потребителей сделать выбор телевизора в их пользу. Vizio обещает «максимальную яркость до 2000 нит», что напоминает те же телевизоры Samsung 2018.

Масштабирование и частота обновления

Компания также поясняет, что она включила «Пространственный механизм масштабирования» (Spatial Scaling Engine), и что новый телевизор имеет «эффективную частоту обновления 240 Гц» для более плавного и точного движения.

SmartCast и голосовые помощники

Серия P от Vizio 2018 работает с последней версией операционной системы SmartCast и имеет встроенный Google Chromecast. В линейке телевизоров 2018 года будут встроенные тюнеры. Новые телевизоры также совместимы с Amazon Alexa и Google Assistant.

Подключения

P55-F1, как и остальные модели в этой линейке, имеет 5 разъемов HDMI, 3 из которых находятся на задней панели. Также на задней панели размещены: компонентный и композитный входы, вход Ethernet, аналоговый и цифровой аудиовыходы. На боковой панели кроме разъемов HDMI имеется разъем USB.

Best Vizio LED TV

8.3

Mixed Usage

8.5

Movies

8.0

TV Shows

7.9

Sports

8.8

Video Games

8.6

HDR Movies

8.7

HDR Gaming

8.0

PC Monitor

Type

LED

Sub-Type

Resolution

Sizes :
65″ 75″ 85″

The best Vizio TV we’ve tested in the LED category is the Vizio P Series Quantum X 2020. It’s the flagship LED model from Vizio’s 2020 lineup, and it’s an excellent choice for gaming. It has a high 120Hz refresh rate and a very low input lag for a smooth and responsive gaming experience. It also has two HDMI 2.1 ports for gaming in 4k @ 120Hz. That said, it still has some issues with frame skipping at 120Hz in Game Mode. It supports FreeSync VRR to reduce screen tearing. It also has an optional black frame insertion feature and motion interpolation to reduce motion blur. If you like HDR, it’s an amazing choice, as it supports HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision. It also has a wide color gamut and gets bright enough to make highlights in HDR content truly pop.

Unfortunately, since it uses a VA panel, it has poor viewing angles, so the image quickly loses accuracy as you move off-center. That means it may not be the best option for wider seating arrangements. It has an outstanding contrast ratio and great full-array local dimming feature. It can produce deep, inky blacks that make it ideal for gaming or watching movies in a dark room. That said, we also experienced a strange red tint on our unit, and Vizio TVs tend to be especially subject to the panel lottery, so we may have just received a bad panel. Despite its flaws, it still offers an excellent gaming experience and stunning picture quality that should satisfy most people.

A lot to process

Inside, the TV is loaded with some of Vizio’s best processing tech, including its Xtreme Black Engine Pro local dimming. Full-array backlighting allows for more uniform lighting across the screen than edge-lit displays, and the P-Series’ multiple dimmable zones (100 for the 65-inch, and 120 for the 70-inch), allow the TV to utilize said backlighting to create incredible contrast with minimal “haloing” around bright objects. Those 100 zones are actually fewer than the 2017 P-series we reviewed, yet contrast seems to have improved. We asked Vizio why and got this response: “Improvements to panel performance and to the local dimming algorithm have allowed for a reduction in dimming zones.” In other words, better processing.

Right out of the gate, HDR content looks spectacular.

Like last year’s model, the new P-Series supports both HDR10 (the common standard) and Dolby Vision, HDR’s more dynamic version that uses dynamic metadata to adjust screen brightness in real time and also allows for a higher color bit-depth. Vizio claims the TV offers up to 1,000 nits of peak brightness, which is the baseline set by the UHD alliance, and a nice offset to the P-Series’ impressive local dimming. The TV doesn’t get as blazingly bright as premium models from Samsung and Sony, but it can seriously stoke the flames under the right conditions.

The P65-F1 also supports HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma) HDR, designed to future proof it for HDR broadcasts, but doesn’t currently support HDR10+, which, like Dolby Vision, is also designed to offer dynamic adjustment to the brightest moments on screen. (Samsung’s pricier QLED TVs are currently the only TVs that support the nascent technology stateside.)

Wide Color Gamut (WCG), which Vizio calls Ultra Color Spectrum, is the finishing touch, providing some of the best color reproduction we’ve seen yet from Vizio. WCG is available with or without engaging the Full UHD Color option in the Input Settings, but if you want to display 4K HDR content with higher frame rates (e.g. streaming and gaming content), you’ll want to engage it in the menu. Speaking of gaming, the menu also offers a new Game Low Latency option, allowing you to decrease lag while still choosing your preferred picture setting.

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As we discussed in last year’s review, Vizio’s Calibrated and Calibrated Dark picture settings do a good job of displaying a great picture right out of the box. Which to choose will depend on your most common room lighting. Since we watch a fair amount of our TV in bright rooms, we chose a sort of hybrid between the two, backing down the backlight a bit under the Calibrated setting, and making a few minor adjustments to Contrast, Brightness, and Tint. We did occasionally adjust the local dimming from Medium to Low as well — the former offers a brighter image but tended to border on white clipping during sports content.

And a tuner, too

We’ve given Vizio plenty of criticism for abandoning TV tuners, so it’s only fair to give credit where credit is due. Unlike Apple’s penchant for “courageously” gutting features and never looking back, Vizio not only realized a tuner was something viewers wanted, but had the actual courage to implicitly say, “Sorry, we’ll fix it.” Cord cutters who rely on antennas to get their local channels now have more available HDMI ports and less reason to dodge Vizio.

Along with the TV tuner, Vizio offers a ton of ways to connect, including four HDR-capable HDMI 2.0a inputs and one HDMI 1.4 input (number 5), a hybrid composite/component connection, a USB 3.0 port, both optical digital and analog audio outputs, and an Ethernet port to go along with Wi-Fi connection. Our only gripe here is there are only two HDMI ports on the side, forcing you to dig around in the undercarriage for the remaining three.

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Our take

We’re left with mixed feelings about the P-Series Quantum X. One minute it’s kicking ass and looking absolutely gorgeous, but the next minute, it will do something that puts us off in a way that’s difficult to articulate. A TV of this caliber shouldn’t need so much color correction out of the box. But once it is corrected, it does some amazing things — the brightness reveals colors that we’ve never been able to see before.

The takeaway here is that the P85QX-H1 is capable of greatness, but it needs a bit of a helping hand to get there. It needs some adjustment (and perhaps some cable management options), but once those are addressed, it can lead you into brilliant new visual territory.

Is there a better alternative?

Comparing the Vizio P-Series Quantum X to other TVs is made tricky by the fact that even though Vizio launched its new TV lineup at the end of 2020, the company is calling this its 2021 TV lineup, and they’ll be sticking around for the entire year of 2021. That being the case, we’ll update this section once competing 2021 models are released.

Compared to 2020 TVs currently available, the Vizio is extremely competitive in the price-to-performance category. This is one of the boldest, brightest TVs you can soon buy, comparing nicely to the Samsung Q90T, while costing $800 less than the Samsung at the 65-inch size. At 85-inches, the PQX comes in around $1,000 less than a comparably sized Samsung Q90T.

How long will it last?

Given the P-Series Quantum X is outfitted with HDMI 2.1 ports and seems well built, the TV should last for several years, quality control notwithstanding.

Should you buy it?

We’re going to say yes with the caveat that we strongly recommend a professional calibration of the TV. Without a calibration, the TV seems to display an obvious red tint that can’t be taken out with basic settings or guesswork in the two-point white balance adjustment section. Unfortunately, the cost of a professional calibration takes away some of the PQX’s value, but it will remain a more affordable high-performance TV option compared to competing TVs from the likes of Samsung, LG, and Sony.