Design
Curved No
The Vizio OLED has an incredible design and looks nicer than the LED Vizios we've tested. The main frame is made out of smooth, matte metal, while there's plastic on the back. There's cable management through the stand and panels in the back, and they hide all cables. The stand looks good and raises the TV more than most other stands, so it's good for taller soundbars but you may need more vertical space.
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Design
Uniformity Pictures
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Design
Update 11/04/2020: We incorrectly stated that the back part of the stand can't be removed without removing the front part. You can in fact remove the back part while keeping the front part to hold the soundbar.
The stand is designed to hold the Vizio Elevate soundbar, and even though you can put any soundbar on it, it may not fit perfectly. Also, because of the way it's elevated you need more vertical space than most TVs of its size. If you wall-mount the TV, you can keep the front part of the stand to hold the soundbar and remove the back part, so that the TV sits flush against a will.
Footprint of the 55" TV stand: 21.2" x 10.8".
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Design
Wall Mount VESA 300x200
The top half of the back is smooth metal while the bottom half where the inputs are is textured plastic. You can remove the plastic panels for cable management, and it hides all the loose wires, but the panels are a bit difficult to take off.
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Design
Borders 0.35" (0.9 cm)
The borders are thin and aren't distracting.
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Design
Max Thickness 2.01" (5.1 cm)
Update 11/04/2020: We incorrectly stated that the back part of the stand can't be removed without removing the front part. You can remove the back part while keeping the front part to hold the soundbar, and it allows the TV to sit flush against a wall.
The TV is thin and won't stick out much if you wall-mount it. You can keep the front part of the stand to hold the soundbar and remove the back part if you wall-mount it.
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9.0 Design
The Vizio OLED has an outstanding build quality. It's well-put-together, and the metal and plastic parts both feel solid. The stand supports the TV well and there isn't much wobble. The glossy part on the back feels cheap, almost like you can take it off. That said, this is only a minor flaw, and there aren't any obvious issues.
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10 Picture Quality
Native Contrast
Contrast with local dimming
Like any OLED, it can individually turn off pixels, resulting in an infinite contrast ratio and perfect blacks.
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6.6 Picture Quality
Real Scene Peak Brightness
Peak 2% Window
Peak 10% Window
Peak 25% Window
Peak 50% Window
Peak 100% Window
Sustained 2% Window
Sustained 10% Window
Sustained 25% Window
Sustained 50% Window
Sustained 100% Window
Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)
Update 03/14/2022: This TV received a firmware update to version 5.41.29.13-1, and it made it a bit brighter in SDR. Most test slides are about 80 nits brighter, but the Real Scene Peak Brightness didn't change much. The new Black Detail setting doesn't do much to improve the brightness.
The Vizio OLED's SDR peak brightness is okay. It gets bright enough to combat some glare but large areas get noticeably more dim due to the aggressive 'Automatic Brightness Limiter' (ABL).
If you leave a static image on the TV for more than five minutes the screen automatically dims itself, and it returns to normal when you press any button on the remote. Unfortunately, there's no setting to control it.
There was a problem with the Peak Luminance setting. If you make any change to it, it resets the screen's brightness to the max, even if you have the Luminance setting at '0'. The brightness returns to normal once you make any adjustment to the Luminance setting.
These results are from after calibration in the 'Calibrated Dark' Picture Mode with Gamma set to '2.2', Color Temperature set to 'Warm', Peak Luminance on 'High', and Luminance at its max. If you want the brightest image possible, use the 'Vivid' Picture Mode with Color Temperature set to 'Cool', Peak Luminance on 'High', and Luminance at its max, as the TV reaches 534 cd/m² with these settings.
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10 Picture Quality
Local Dimming
Backlight
Update 07/28/2021: Added the real content local dimming videos.
Since the Vizio OLED doesn't have a backlight, it doesn't have a local dimming feature. It can dim pixels individually, so bright objects and subtitles are displayed perfectly, with no visible blooming.
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10 Picture Quality
Local Dimming
Backlight
Update 07/28/2021: Added the real content local dimming videos.
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6.7 Picture Quality
Real Scene Highlight
Peak 2% Window
Peak 10% Window
Peak 25% Window
Peak 50% Window
Peak 100% Window
Sustained 2% Window
Sustained 10% Window
Sustained 25% Window
Sustained 50% Window
Sustained 100% Window
Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)
Update 03/14/2022: This TV received a firmware update to version 5.41.29.13-1. Unlike in SDR, the HDR peak brightness in the 'Calibrated Dark' Picture Mode didn't change, but the 'Vivid' mode improved by about 70 nits.
The HDR peak brightness is okay. It makes small highlights pop the way the creator intended, but it quickly loses brightness as large areas cover the screen.
These results are from before calibration in the 'Calibrated Dark' Picture Mode with Gamma set to '2.2', Color Temperature set to 'Warm', Peak Luminance on 'High', and Luminance is at its max by default.
You can get a considerably brighter image of 1,010 cd/m² in the 2% peak window with the Picture Mode set to 'Vivid', Color Temperature set to 'Cool', Luminance on '100', and Peak Luminance on 'High'. After a firmware update it has a new Black Detail setting that's supposed to brighten dark areas of the screen, but it doesn't change the peak luminance.
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6.7 Picture Quality
Real Scene Highlight
Peak 2% Window
Peak 10% Window
Peak 25% Window
Peak 50% Window
Peak 100% Window
Sustained 2% Window
Sustained 10% Window
Sustained 25% Window
Sustained 50% Window
Sustained 100% Window
Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)
Update 03/14/2022: This TV received a firmware update to version 5.41.29.13-1, but the HDR brightness in Game Mode didn't change.
The Vizio OLED has okay peak brightness in Game Mode, and it looks exactly like outside of Game Mode.
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8.7 Picture Quality
50% Std. Dev.
50% DSE
5% Std. Dev.
5% DSE
This TV has excellent gray uniformity, but this may vary between units. There's only minimal dirty screen effect in the center and most people won't notice it. The uniformity is better in near-dark scenes but like most OLEDs, there are some faint vertical and horizontal lines that could be visible in very dark rooms.
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10 Picture Quality
Native Std. Dev.
Std. Dev. w/ L.D.
Black uniformity is perfect since this OLED TV can turn off individual pixels.
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9.0 Picture Quality
Color Washout
Color Shift
Brightness Loss
Black Level Raise
Gamma Shift
The Vizio OLED has extremely wide viewing angles, making it suitable for wide seating arrangements.
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9.4 Picture Quality
Screen Finish
Total Reflections
Indirect Reflections
Calculated Direct Reflections
The Vizio OLED has incredible reflection handling. Visibility shouldn't be a problem even in the brightest of rooms.
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7.2 Picture Quality
White Balance dE
Color dE
Gamma
Color Temperature
Picture Mode
Color Temp Setting
Gamma Setting
Update 12/09/2020: We remeasured the accuracy after calibrating our spectroradiometer. The review has been updated.
Our unit of the Vizio OLED has decent out-of-the-box accuracy, but this may vary between units. Most colors and the white balance are only slightly off. The color temperature is warm, giving the image a red/yellow tint. Luckily, gamma follows the target curve fairly well, but most scenes are slightly over-brightened.
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9.3 Picture Quality
White Balance dE
Color dE
Gamma
Color Temperature
White Balance Calibration
Color Calibration
The accuracy after calibration is outstanding. The remaining inaccuracies are hard to spot without the aid of a colorimeter, and the color temperature is extremely close to the 6500K target.
It was difficult calibrating it. We normally calibrate TVs at 100 nits, but even with Luminance and Peak Luminance each set at their minimum, the TV had a brightness of about 120 nits, which affected our calibration. We also encountered a bug where changing the white point value had no effect until we restarted the TV. We couldn't properly calibrate blue because changing the values had no effect.
You can see our recommended settings here.
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8.0 Picture Quality
Unlike other Vizio LED TVs we've tested, such as the Vizio P Series Quantum 2020, the Vizio OLED upscales 480p content well. There aren't any issues.
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8.0 Picture Quality
It displays 720p content, such as from cable boxes, well with no upscaling artifacts.
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9.0 Picture Quality
1080p content looks almost as good as native 4k content.
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10 Picture Quality
The Vizio OLED displays native 4k content perfectly, and there aren't any subpixel issues.
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0 Picture Quality
This TV doesn't support an 8k signal.
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Picture Quality
Type OLED
Sub-Type
Update 11/30/2020: For consistency with other reviews, we've replaced the pixel photo with a closer crop.
This TV has an RGBW pixel structure, but all four pixels are never used at the same time. The image above shows the white and blue subpixels, but the blue is considerably darker than the white pixel. You can see the red and green pixels in these pictures: Photo 1 and Photo 2. The way the red and blue pixels are darker than the white pixels is similar to the LG BX OLED.
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8.6 Picture Quality
Wide Color Gamut
DCI P3 xy
DCI P3 uv
Rec 2020 xy
Rec 2020 uv
The Vizio OLED displays an excellent color gamut for HDR content, extremely similar to the LG BX OLED and LG CX OLED. It has near-perfect coverage of the commonly-used DCI P3 color space and decent coverage of the wider Rec. 2020.
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7.4 Picture Quality
Normalized DCI P3 Coverage ITP
10,000 cd/m² DCI P3 Coverage ITP
Normalized Rec 2020 Coverage ITP
10,000 cd/m² Rec 2020 Coverage ITP
Despite having an excellent color gamut, this TV's color volume is only decent. It can't produce extremely bright colors, but with a perfect contrast ratio, it can display dark, saturated colors.
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8.6 Picture Quality
Color Depth
Red (Std. Dev.)
Green (Std. Dev.)
Blue (Std. Dev.)
Gray (Std. Dev.)
The gradient handling is excellent. Most of the banding is in the grays while other colors have minimal banding. The Noise Reduction and Contour Smoothing settings in the 'Reduce Noise' section don't improve the gradients all that much.
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8.1 Picture Quality
IR after 0 min recovery
IR after 2 min recovery
IR after 4 min recovery
IR after 6 min recovery
IR after 8 min recovery
IR after 10 min recovery
Unfortunately, there's noticeable temporary image retention on our Vizio OLED, but this may vary between units. You may notice static elements even after 10 minutes of disappearing.
During testing, we left the TV on overnight to warm up, and at some point, it displayed the Windows desktop interface until the morning. The interface looked almost burned-in, and even though it cleared up after a while once we restarted it, it's a serious problem if you want to use it as a PC monitor. You can see the image retention here.
This test is only indicative of short term image retention, and not the permanent burn-in that may occur with longer exposure to static images.
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2.0 Picture Quality
Permanent Burn-In Risk
Unfortunately, like most OLED TVs, this TV isn't immune to permanent burn-in. However, we don't expect people who watch varied content to have any issues, but rather it's a problem if there are constant static displays, like if it's used as a PC monitor. The Vizio has Pixel Shift and Screen Refresher settings to help reduce this issue.
You can read about our investigation into the possibility of long-term burn-in here.
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9.8 Motion
80% Response Time
100% Response Time
The Vizio OLED has a near-instant response time, resulting in almost no motion blur. There's some slight overshoot in dark transitions, so you may notice some artifacts in dark scenes.
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10 Motion
Flicker-Free
PWM Dimming Frequency
This TV doesn't have a backlight but there's a slight dip in brightness every 8 ms, which coincides with the 120Hz refresh rate. However, this isn't noticeable.
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6.0 Motion
Optional BFI
Min Flicker For 60 fps
60Hz For 60 fps
120Hz For 120 fps
Min Flicker for 60 fps in Game Mode
There's a Black Frame Insertion feature available, but unlike the Vizio P Series Quantum 2020, it only flickers at 120Hz and you may notice image duplication with 60fps content. The setting to control the BFI feature is Clear Action. It works differently than on most TVs, as it only activates when there's movement on the screen. Once movement stops, it returns to a state as if the BFI setting was off.
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Motion
Motion Interpolation (30 fps)
Motion Interpolation (60 fps)
The Vizio OLED can interpolate motion up to 120fps, known as the 'Soap Opera Effect'. It works decently, as it smooths out motion when there isn't much action, and panning shots look good. However, there are some artifacts when there's a lot of movement, and it creates halos around moving objects and people.
See here for the settings that control the motion interpolation feature.
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5.2 Motion
Frame Hold Time @ 24 fps
Frame Hold Time @ 60 fps
Due to the near-instant response time, lower frame content appears to stutter. Enabling motion interpolation or the BFI feature can help reduce stutter.
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7.8 Motion
Judder-Free 24p
Judder-Free 24p via 60p
Judder-Free 24p via 60i
Judder-Free 24p via Native Apps
The Vizio OLED removes judder from native 24p sources, such as native apps or Blu-ray players. Simply enable Film Mode for it to work. It can't remove judder from 24p via 60p/i sources and enabling the BFI creates judder in 60p content.
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9.4 Motion
Native Refresh Rate
Variable Refresh Rate
HDMI Forum VRR
FreeSync
G-SYNC Compatible
4k VRR Maximum
4k VRR Minimum
1080p VRR Maximum
1080p VRR Minimum
1440p VRR Maximum
1440p VRR Minimum
VRR Supported Connectors
This TV has variable refresh rate support, but there are bugs and issues when using it. FreeSync works with 4k and 1080p signals over its entire refresh rate range, but there's still frame skipping in Game Mode. However, there are issues with FreeSync and 1440p @ 120Hz signals. It's limited between 40-60Hz on the pendulum test demo, and this problem happened with both the RX 580 and RX 6600 XT graphics cards. However, it was tear-free in Destiny 2 with 1440p up to 120Hz. As for its G-SYNC compatibility, once again there weren't any issues with any signal in Destiny 2, but there was tearing in the pendulum test demo until we restarted our laptop. After the restart it was tear-free, and we encountered this problem with 1080p, 1440p, and 4k signals. Overall, it has VRR support, but it doesn't always work properly. If you want an OLED that doesn't have any bugs with its VRR support, consider the LG B2 OLED.
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8.9 Inputs
1080p @ 60Hz
1080p @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode
1440p @ 60Hz
4k @ 60Hz
4k @ 60Hz + 10-Bit HDR
4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4
4k @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode
4k @ 60Hz With Interpolation
8k @ 60Hz
1080p @ 120Hz
1440p @ 120Hz
4k @ 120Hz
1080p with Variable Refresh Rate
1440p with VRR
4k with VRR
8k with VRR
Update 03/14/2022: This TV received a firmware update to version 5.41.29.13-1, which is advertised to improve the 4k @ 120Hz compatibility. Sadly, even after the update 4k @ 120Hz still skips frames in Game Mode, so we couldn't get a proper input lag measurement. However, with VRR enabled it doesn't skip frames, but we still couldn't get a proper reading as this is an issue we've experienced with other TVs, and we're looking into it.
The Vizio OLED has low input lag, but it's higher than other TVs and not ideal for competitive gamers. You need to be in 'Game' mode to achieve the lowest input lag possible.
There were some bugs in Game Mode during testing, similar to the Vizio P Series Quantum 2020. The TV skips frames with 120Hz content on any resolution in Game Mode, except for 1080p @ 120Hz, so we couldn't test the input lag for it. This TV has VRR support, but there are a bunch of issues, so we couldn't measure its input lag properly.
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9.6 Inputs
Resolution 4k
1080p @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4
1080p @ 120Hz
1440p @ 60Hz
1440p @ 120Hz
4k @ 60Hz
4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4
4k @ 120Hz
8k @ 30Hz or 24Hz
8k @ 60Hz
Update 03/14/2022: This TV received a firmware update to version 5.41.29.13-1, but it didn't change anything with the supported resolutions. 4k @ 120Hz still works fine outside of Game Mode, but it skips frames in Game Mode. Text still looks blurry with 4k @ 120Hz signals with chroma 4:4:4, as you can see here.
Update 07/28/2021: We retested 4k @ 120Hz support with the latest firmware and found that it still can't display 4k @ 120Hz properly in Game Mode, but the exact issue varies from one PC to another. With an RTX 3080, it didn't accept 4k @ 120Hz at all, doing so would cause the screen to go black. From an RTX 3070, it displays properly, but only with the color format set to RGB, as YCbCr444 caused the screen to freeze. 4k @ 120Hz skips frames if Game Low Latency is enabled. With that setting disabled it doesn't skip frames, but it can't display text properly either, even when sending RGB.
Update 05/19/2021: With the latest firmware 5.10.15.12-1, 1080p @ 120Hz now works properly without skipping any frames with 'Game Low Latency' enabled. It now supports 1440p @ 60Hz, but 1440p @ 120Hz still skips frames.
This TV supports most common resolutions up to 120Hz. It also displays proper chroma 4:4:4 with any resolutions at 60Hz, but not at 120Hz. You have to set your PC to 'RGB' and not 'Chroma 4:4:4' because 'Chroma 4:4:4' looks bad. With the PC set to 'RGB', the TV grays out the Full Color 4:4:4 option.
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Inputs
Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)
PS5, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR
PS5, 4k @ 120Hz
PS5, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR
PS5, 1440p @ 120Hz
PS5, 1080p @ 120Hz
PS5, Variable Refresh Rate
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 120Hz
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR
Xbox Series X, 1440p @ 120Hz
Xbox Series X, 1080p @ 120Hz
Xbox Series X, Variable Refresh Rate
Update 03/14/2022: This TV received a firmware update to version 5.41.29.13-1, and it now supports 1440p @ 120Hz signals from the Xbox Series X. However, you need to disable the Allow 4k setting in the Xbox menu for it to be proper 1440p, otherwise it will upscale to 4k.
This TV supports all common resolutions from the Xbox Series X and PS5. Even if it supports 4k @ 120Hz signals from either console, it skips frames once you enable the Game Mode, so it's useless to play 4k @ 120Hz games.
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Inputs
HDR10
HDR10+
Dolby Vision
HLG
HDMI 2.0 Full Bandwidth
HDMI 2.1 Class Bandwidth
CEC Yes
HDCP 2.2 Yes (HDMI 1,2,3,4)
USB 3.0
Variable Analog Audio Out No
Wi-Fi Support Yes (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz)
Update 03/14/2022: This TV received a firmware update to version 5.41.29.13-1. It supports the full 48 Gbps bandwidth of HDMI 2.1 as it accepts 4k @ 120Hz signals with chroma 4:4:4 and 12-bit color depth.
While Vizio advertises all ports as being HDMI 2.1, only HDMI 2 and HDMI 3 support 4k @ 120Hz.
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Inputs
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Inputs
HDMI 4
USB 1
Digital Optical Audio Out 1
Analog Audio Out 3.5mm 0
Analog Audio Out RCA 1
Component In 0
Composite In 1
Tuner (Cable/Ant) 1
Ethernet 1
DisplayPort 0
IR In 0
SD/SDHC 0
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Inputs
ARC
eARC support
Dolby Atmos via TrueHD via eARC
DTS:X via DTS-HD MA via eARC
5.1 Dolby Digital via ARC
5.1 DTS via ARC
5.1 Dolby Digital via Optical
5.1 DTS via Optical
There's eARC support, allowing you to send high-quality audio over a HDMI connection. For it to work, enable eARC and set Digital Audio Out either to 'Auto' or 'Digital'. During testing, it worked at times with it set to 'Auto' and other times with it set to 'Digital'.
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6.5 Sound Quality
Low-Frequency Extension
Std. Dev. @ 70
Std. Dev. @ 80
Std. Dev. @ Max
Max
Dynamic Range Compression
The Vizio OLED has an okay frequency response. It gets very loud but there's compression at its max volume. It doesn't produce much of a bass either and you won't hear any rumble or thump.
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6.9 Sound Quality
Weighted THD @ 80
Weighted THD @ Max
IMD @ 80
IMD @ Max
This TV has decent distortion performance. There's hardly any distortion at moderate listening levels but it gets a lot more noticeable at its max volume. However, this varies depending on its content and some people may not hear it.
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7.0 Smart Features
Smart OS SmartCast
Version 1.40
Ease of Use
Smoothness
Time Taken to Select YouTube
Time Taken to Change Backlight
Advanced Options
Update 11/11/2020: The SmartCast version was incorrectly listed as version 1.60, when it's in fact version 1.40.
The Vizio SmartCast system is decent. It's easy-to-use and fairly smooth to navigate. However, we encountered many bugs during testing that are mentioned above, and the SmartCast system crashes at times. If you want an OLED with a more reliable smart interface, check out the LG C1 OLED.
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0 Smart Features
Ads
Opt-out
Suggested Content in Home
Opt-out of Suggested Content
Unfortunately, there are ads on the home page. This isn't something we saw on past Vizio TVs, and there's no way to opt-out of them.
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6.5 Smart Features
App Selection
App Smoothness
Cast Capable
USB Drive Playback
USB Drive HDR Playback
HDR in Netflix
HDR in YouTube
There's a decent number of apps that come pre-installed, but sadly, you can't download any extra. Luckily, you can cast anything you want from your mobile device. If you prefer an OLED whose interface features an app store, then look into the LG B1 OLED.
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6.0 Smart Features
Size
Voice Control
CEC Menu Control
Other Smart Features
Remote App Vizio SmartCast Mobile
The Vizio OLED comes with the same simple remote as other Vizio TVs. There are shortcut buttons to popular streaming services, but there's no voice control. However, you can use the dedicated app or connect the TV to your Google Home for voice control. If you want a TV that comes with a remote with voice control, the Sony A80K/A80CK OLED is a good alternative.
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Smart Features
There are controls located on the back left side to power the TV On/Off or change volume and inputs.
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Smart Features
- Remote (with batteries)
- User manuals
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Smart Features
Power Consumption 72 W
Power Consumption (Max) 181 W
Firmware 5.10.14.1-1
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