Best TVs Under $1000 In 2023: Sony, LG, Samsung, Amazon, TCL & More!
Best TVs Under $1000 In 2023: Sony, LG, Samsung, Amazon, TCL & More!
David \u0026 David rate and #review the best TVs under $1000 in 2023. We put seven #TVs to an identical test to get an apples to apples #comparison.
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📺 Amazon Fire TV: https://geni.us/gQmcaCs
📺 Hisense U8G: https://geni.us/S7Zf
🏆 LG NanoCell: https://geni.us/vZfai5g
📺 Samsung Q70A: https://geni.us/3FCVp
📺 Sony X85J: https://geni.us/NIEgC
🏆 TCL QLED Roku Smart TV: https://geni.us/FHpp
📺 Vizio MQ8: https://geni.us/xElo81
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🕓 TIMESTAMPS
0. Intro [0:00]
1. Amazon Fire TV Review [0:22]
2. Hisense U8G Review [3:00]
3. LG NanoCell 90 Review [5:32]
4. Samsung Q70A Review [9:48]
5. Sony X85J Review [14:31]
6. TCL QLED Roku Smart TV Review [18:49]
7. Vizio MQ8 Review [22:15]
8. #3 Best TV: Sony X85J [26:42]
9. #2 Best TV: LG NanoCell 90 [27:49]
10. #1 Best TV Under $1000: TCL QLED Roku Smart TV [28:09]
11. #4 Worst TV: Samsung Q70A [30:27]
12. #2 \u0026 #3 Worst TVs (Tie): Amazon Fire TV \u0026 Hisense U8G [31:06]
13. #1 Worst TV: Vizio MQ8 [32:07]
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0.08 -> we spent 6 000 of our own dollars on
3.04 -> seven tvs to find the best one under a
5.44 -> thousand dollars and we put each one to
7.6 -> an identical test to get a direct
9.28 -> one-to-one comparison keep watching this
11.519 -> video till the very end you'll learn how
13.2 -> you and one other person two people are
15.839 -> gonna win our top two tvs
17.76 -> and we're gonna link to all of these tvs
19.52 -> in the description section below let's
21.279 -> get started amazon fire tv omni series
25.039 -> probably one of the lightest tvs we
26.4 -> looked at definitely 22 pounds shipped
28.88 -> so if that's consideration it's light
31.119 -> yep the legs are you know pretty cheap
33.2 -> plastic and the tv itself is it's not
35.04 -> super thin not super thick it's you know
36.8 -> pretty average very average it's a very
38.32 -> average looking tv in terms of the menus
40.879 -> and the setup experience it's terrible
42.879 -> it was for me anyway it was very laggy
44.8 -> when i took it out of the box i had to
46.239 -> do a firmware update which took about 20
47.76 -> minutes and then for the first day or so
50.32 -> that i used it i think what was going on
52.16 -> is it was downloading content in the
53.52 -> background it just kept crashing so i
55.84 -> would try to switch an input and it
57.6 -> would be laggy and then it would crash
59.039 -> it would have to unplug the tv and plug
60.719 -> it back in so if you do have a fire tv
62.64 -> and you're watching this now it does get
64.64 -> better but it doesn't get great a lot of
66.64 -> these user interfaces in the menus they
68.4 -> have a really polished look and this one
70.159 -> was just a little bit grainy for me and
71.6 -> that caught my eye almost immediately if
73.119 -> you have an amazon fire tv you're going
74.72 -> to be familiar with the interface but i
76.479 -> really think they could have done a much
77.68 -> better job of optimizing it for this tv
80.4 -> there are also a lot of pre-installed
82 -> apps and i think when you get a tv for
83.28 -> the first time you turn it on it can be
84.56 -> a little bit overwhelming when there's
85.759 -> just so many things going on and it's a
87.439 -> new tv for you the remote itself pretty
89.36 -> lightweight pretty easy to use i think
90.72 -> it's pretty user friendly really it
92 -> really is a pretty decent remote but it
93.759 -> does feel kind of cheap to me and it
95.439 -> also doesn't light up so if you need to
97.04 -> light up remote well there's only one tv
98.72 -> that had a light up yeah that's kind of
99.84 -> a trend we noticed is that you know back
101.439 -> in the old days the buttons were glow in
102.96 -> the dark so if it was dark it would they
104.64 -> would just light up and now that's just
106.24 -> not the case if it's a dark room you're
108 -> kind of in trouble can't take that for
109.439 -> granted and that's why i like the
111.2 -> remotes with fewer buttons and this one
113.36 -> actually is pretty good in terms of that
114.799 -> when it came to the dolby test the
117.04 -> blacks just weren't really that black
118.56 -> and i didn't think the colors were all
119.6 -> that vibrant no it looks pale the blacks
122 -> it's not that they're not just black
123.52 -> they're blue so it's kind of a dark blue
125.759 -> that you get instead of a black it
127.2 -> really does not look good
129.36 -> at all i was surprised when i started to
131.52 -> watch this tv because i associate the
133.92 -> amazon brand with really good quality
135.52 -> stuff
136.879 -> this is an exception to that rule dark
138.8 -> movie scenes i thought looked pretty bad
140.8 -> because the black is more of a blue it's
142.879 -> not it's just not black the red scene
145.52 -> that we looked at and the more vibrant
147.28 -> color scenes i thought looked okay but
149.52 -> they had a greenish tint
151.2 -> so it really was not that great of a
153.44 -> movie watching experience everything
154.959 -> else was just kind of flat and when you
156.239 -> start to look at these same scenes over
157.92 -> and over again on different tvs the the
159.92 -> small differences really stand out and
161.68 -> for me this tv was just it was not good
164.16 -> the hdr black and white test not as
166.879 -> jittery as some of the tvs but it wasn't
168.64 -> really smooth the blacks are blue yeah
171.12 -> the whites were okay yeah the corners
172.64 -> were rough too you can kind of see up in
173.92 -> the corners where it was supposed to be
174.959 -> really black or really white and it was
176.319 -> just there was a little bit of fogginess
177.84 -> there and consistency across the panel
179.76 -> yes the high sense u8g this tv has some
183.36 -> really unique legs
185.44 -> and at first it's kind of weird to see
187.519 -> triangle legs they they grew on me i'll
189.2 -> admit it over time i was like oh that
190.48 -> like that instead of like the plain legs
193.28 -> sometimes they have the plain legs that
194.64 -> just stick straight out and then they
196.64 -> stop i stepped on one earlier and it
198.8 -> wasn't too comfortable but then again
200.159 -> most people don't put their tvs on the
201.599 -> floor tv was about average thickness one
203.519 -> thing i did notice is that the bottom
205.28 -> bezel was just bigger than the ones on
207.12 -> the side and on the top which is i don't
208.56 -> really like that design i wish it was
209.76 -> just consistent all the way around but
211.04 -> that's just a stylistic thing i prefer
212.56 -> that too the remote pretty lightweight
214.48 -> easy you know fits well on your hand the
216.4 -> buttons though they light up but not
218.72 -> really enough they don't light up enough
220.64 -> to be functional
222.319 -> at all yeah but i do like the weight of
223.84 -> it i mean it's a nice light remote yep
225.68 -> what i didn't like about this one is
227.36 -> that the bottom buttons which is like
228.72 -> the youtube etc etc there's six of them
231.36 -> they're big they're ugly and it's kind
233.28 -> of annoying to me to have buttons on a
235.36 -> remote
236.4 -> to services that i don't subscribe to
238.239 -> sure i don't even know what 2b is yeah
240.239 -> exactly i guess you're a newbie to two
242.159 -> apparently in terms of the menus
243.84 -> remember there was an annoying system
245.84 -> sound oh god that we figured out how to
247.599 -> turn off but it was awful it was like it
249.12 -> was how bad can we make this
251.76 -> yeah i mean sometimes it's like a nice
253.28 -> soft tone but this it was like an
254.72 -> aggressive like yeah like you're
256.4 -> pounding a hammer in terms of the black
257.84 -> and white dolby test the blacks were
259.28 -> very black the whites were very white
260.959 -> but once you start to introduce those
262.079 -> other colors blacks turn to blues
264.479 -> exactly in terms of color itself i
266.479 -> thought the bright colors were vibrant
268.16 -> they were nice but those middle tones
270 -> fell totally flat exactly yeah in terms
272 -> of sound for tvs in this category
275.28 -> they're not great compared to a sound
276.8 -> bar in terms of bass not a lot no high
278.72 -> end at all this one was especially bad
280.96 -> and we had some issues when we plugged
283.04 -> in the apple tv
285.199 -> the sound that was coming out of that
286.56 -> one was much quieter than the on-device
289.52 -> youtube app so it was very strange it
292.16 -> wasn't even close we got blasted out by
293.6 -> youtube at 30. in terms of the dolby
295.759 -> movie test i think this one kind of
297.36 -> failed the hardest the reds were not red
299.919 -> and to me it looked like they put like a
301.68 -> dirt filter over the film it just it
303.52 -> looked really bad it really did and
305.759 -> gradients were extremely staggered it
308.4 -> was like we were watching things that
310 -> were supposed to look smooth and there'd
311.28 -> just be these lines instead of
313.759 -> smooth color transitions not sure if
315.84 -> it's the processor on this tv that makes
317.36 -> it so bad
318.56 -> jittery jitter problems is not good very
321.28 -> bad in terms of the hdr test i thought
323.6 -> the blacks were pretty consistent the
325.68 -> whites weren't at all right the panel
328.24 -> not so great big problems with the white
331.28 -> test the lg nano 90 maybe one of the
334.56 -> most stylish tvs we looked at super thin
336.88 -> it'd be great for wall mounting legs
339.199 -> thin everything was sleek and stylish
340.88 -> yeah as soon as we took this one out of
342.479 -> the box or at least started to
344.72 -> this tv had about 9 000 warnings that we
346.88 -> had to be careful with it because it had
348.4 -> a bezel-less display
350.24 -> when we turned it on i was kind of
351.759 -> surprised because
353.28 -> there was a bezel yeah a little bit it
354.56 -> was not bezel-less it's expensive it was
356.4 -> the most expensive tv we bought for this
358.08 -> video so yeah and the stand pretty
360 -> sturdy it may be one of the maybe the
361.44 -> sturdiest of them all tv tv on the wall
363.84 -> it was the sturdiest of them all yeah in
365.44 -> terms of setup we got to web os and
368 -> everything was good
369.52 -> and then it got a little bit ridiculous
371.039 -> because the remote turned into a
372.56 -> nintendo wii yeah it's like a nintendo
374.639 -> wii controller it's like magic remote
376.319 -> you can turn it off but the issue is
377.84 -> that if you press that center button it
379.84 -> turns on again and you kind of need that
381.6 -> center button you need to press it all
382.88 -> the time it was super sensitive right it
384.4 -> was yeah unless you're
386.08 -> familiar with a nintendo wii which we
387.919 -> both happen to be
389.44 -> but
390.4 -> if you're not it's going to be confusing
392.24 -> and it's totally unnecessary well even
394.16 -> if you are familiar with the nintendo
395.52 -> wii out of the box this was like not
397.36 -> calibrated well at all so i was like
398.8 -> pointing it to the side just to get it
400.479 -> in the center it was it was bad also i
402.16 -> don't really like this remote the look
404.16 -> of it i don't like it either the only
405.6 -> thing that lights up is the power button
407.28 -> and it lights up every single time you
409.039 -> press any button well it's interesting
410.479 -> too because the power button is like not
411.759 -> really a power button it's like two
413.52 -> buttons like it's reminding me of like a
414.96 -> hotel remote right like you you know
417.199 -> cheap tv
418.479 -> remote what i really didn't like about
420.16 -> this is the way it felt in my hand
422.72 -> especially the back part which is super
424.8 -> shiny
425.68 -> and if you have sweaty hands at all it
428.639 -> starts to feel disgusting to me
430.4 -> definitely the nastiest remote yeah in
432.16 -> terms of the menu there's a lot going on
433.759 -> and again kind of overwhelming but it
435.759 -> was zippy i thought that there were way
437.199 -> too many options in the menu right off
439.199 -> the bat i mean this thing was like
440.88 -> jam-packed full of things that you could
443.28 -> watch but my issue was that the text was
445.599 -> small and that there were ellipses after
448.8 -> almost every single title which you
450.88 -> would then have to select and then wait
452.8 -> until it scrolls through the title
454.4 -> because they made everything so tiny on
456.479 -> the tv itself out of the box you can't
458.24 -> see what the things are when it comes to
460 -> the color i think that david and i had
462.479 -> different impressions right off the bat
464 -> because the first thing that stood out
465.52 -> to me was that the blooming on this tv
467.919 -> or like the excess white let's say
469.759 -> around
470.72 -> other bright colors was more noticeable
472.96 -> to me than it was on other tvs yeah i
474.72 -> mean it was definitely noticeable it
476 -> wasn't too distracting i didn't you know
477.599 -> it was i think it's something i would
479.28 -> get used to to be fair yeah because what
481.44 -> would happen especially at the end of
482.879 -> the dolby test what i noticed was that
484.96 -> the dolby logo disappeared and then it
487.68 -> slowly faded the colors out so it's kind
490.8 -> of like the blooming is regulated
493.28 -> smoothly by the processor of the tv
496 -> i think they did a pretty good job of
497.28 -> handling it
498.4 -> and the fact that i could even notice
500.4 -> that means that the blacks on this tv
502 -> were pretty excellent and another thing
504.08 -> that we noticed was that the viewing
506.24 -> angle on this tv was pretty solid and on
509.199 -> some of the tvs when i looked at david's
510.96 -> side and i'm only four feet off center
512.959 -> from let's say the other side of the tv
516 -> it was super inconsistent on this one i
517.76 -> felt like it had a pretty solid
519.919 -> consistent panel i thought that once the
522 -> colors got saturated like it did in the
524.399 -> golden gate bridge i felt like you
526.08 -> started to lose a little bit of clarity
527.76 -> it felt like the saturation was a little
529.68 -> high for me yeah i mean these were just
531.44 -> really vibrant colors and there's one
533.36 -> scene where there's some lava flow and i
535.04 -> thought that that's the best lava of
536.56 -> them all if sound matters to you and it
538.399 -> should
539.36 -> this tv during the movie had the best
541.76 -> sound by far maybe not by far far but
543.839 -> there were two tvs that to me stood out
546.32 -> in terms of having the best sound yeah
548.48 -> this is the winner for me and if sound
550 -> is super super important to you maybe
551.76 -> just invest in a sound bar or a surround
553.6 -> sound system and yeah i have a good one
555.92 -> i'll link to it in the description
557.2 -> section below perfect in terms of the
558.56 -> black and white tests for hdr i thought
560.32 -> it looked pretty good there's a little
561.44 -> bit of fuzziness for me just a little
563.279 -> bit but in terms of smoothness and
565.519 -> distortion i felt like this was probably
568.24 -> the best i saw just a tiny little blip
570.48 -> of something that may or may not have
571.839 -> been real tiniest little blip but a lot
573.76 -> of these other tvs were jittery and
575.44 -> there'd be all these pixelated things
576.959 -> that would happen as soon as it would
578.56 -> start to have smooth motion for that
580.16 -> reason i think that gamers would like
581.76 -> this tv absolutely yeah it also supports
583.92 -> hdmi 2.1 so gamers would next generate
587.2 -> gamers need that the samsung qled
590.92 -> q70a
592.48 -> very stylish very sturdy very thin
595.04 -> bezels really like the look of this tv
596.56 -> yeah very very thin if you're gonna
598.48 -> mount it on a wall i would definitely
600.399 -> consider this one
602.399 -> for like getting it really flush up
603.68 -> against that wall this was the only tv
605.519 -> that had a thin base so the feet were in
607.68 -> the center and probably about a foot
608.8 -> apart yep and then it was like a little
610.64 -> plate mostly stylistic because the legs
612.959 -> themselves look kind of janky yeah but
615.279 -> stick the plate on it looks it looks
616.64 -> super stylish you snap it on there in
618.959 -> the middle so if you have a thin table
621.2 -> definitely consider that however the
623.2 -> base was actually pretty deep so
625.6 -> although the tv is like this the base is
628.399 -> like this so
630.64 -> if you're to try to get it up against a
632.399 -> wall and you have a table
634.8 -> it's not going to go up against the wall
636.64 -> this this is really one that i'd want a
638.24 -> wall mount right it's really good for
640.079 -> that right exactly the remote itself one
642.24 -> of my favorites i really like this the
643.68 -> solar power i don't know how functional
645.279 -> that would be oh it's awesome but the
646.959 -> only one with no batteries that you have
648.8 -> to charge plug it in too you can plug it
650.48 -> into usb c i thought this was the best
652.32 -> for me yeah this is my i think it is my
653.839 -> favorite mode too also very thin if i
655.44 -> had one complaint to be the power button
656.959 -> these netflix prime and samsung tv plus
659.12 -> buttons are a little small but not
660.32 -> really i suppose they're they're pretty
661.68 -> they're pretty good yeah they're okay
663.44 -> but what i do like about this one is
665.04 -> that the remote doesn't feel like a
666.64 -> giant ad for these surfaces
669.279 -> because they're small it's the same
670.48 -> color it's not like these other remotes
672 -> where it's just
673.12 -> netflix logo brand color whole deal yeah
676 -> disney plus i wonder how much
678.88 -> these companies are paying to get
680.88 -> featured on remote controls like 2b how
683.6 -> much did they pay to get featured i
685.04 -> don't know the price looks pretty low if
686.24 -> tube you can afford that one but none of
687.519 -> the other ones yeah maybe we should get
688.959 -> our own button on there sure we'll pay
690.24 -> it forward youtube button that'd be cool
691.519 -> the menu is a bit slow and clunky at
693.76 -> first it gets better over time one thing
695.76 -> that i think was kind of frustrating for
697.279 -> me if you're not familiar with the
698.32 -> samsung tv to get to the sources you
700.56 -> need to like press the left button for
702.079 -> the sources option to appear sources
704.32 -> like hdmi one two three four et cetera
706.959 -> so if you have never used a samsung tv
709.76 -> before fortunately i was kind of
710.8 -> familiar with the interface and now
712.24 -> you're just like oh it's over here but
713.76 -> if you're not familiar with that you
714.639 -> might just not be able to find it yeah
716.24 -> i'm surprised by how clunky the
718.399 -> interface is there's just a little bit
719.519 -> of lag on these samsung tvs i always
721.279 -> feel like the processor's reach exceeds
723.839 -> its grasp but only slightly blacks were
726.72 -> decent but they weren't you know black
728.72 -> black they weren't the zero zero zero
730.16 -> black yeah i was surprised about that
732.399 -> and i also felt like the gradients were
734.24 -> just a little bit messy not as bad as
735.68 -> some of the other tvs but you could
736.8 -> definitely tell there was you could see
738.48 -> them with this tv it was interesting to
740.16 -> me because david started complaining
741.76 -> about the gradients right away and i was
743.04 -> like what's he crazy but then i looked
745.6 -> on the other side of the tv and then i
747.36 -> saw that there were gradients over there
748.72 -> so we figured out that the gradients on
750.399 -> this
751.2 -> tv the problem
752.959 -> is the viewing angle sure
754.8 -> and you don't have to be that far off
756.32 -> right well i mean we were like you know
757.839 -> the camera is the center this is where
759.279 -> we were sitting essentially yeah in
760.8 -> terms of the color though i thought it
761.839 -> was vibrant pretty clear handled motion
763.92 -> really well really you thought the
765.04 -> motion was good i thought that it was a
766.16 -> little jittery maybe there was some
767.519 -> jittery stuff maybe by that point i was
769.12 -> a little turned off by this tv in terms
770.8 -> of the dolby audio test it felt kind of
773.04 -> flat for me and again they go back to
774.32 -> that lightning where it's supposed to be
775.44 -> this big brack and it's a bang and i
777.76 -> thought this did a good job when it came
780.079 -> to the atmospheric effects like this was
782.639 -> one where it felt like it had some sort
784.88 -> of a virtual surround effect but it had
787.519 -> no bass so it wasn't a problem with the
790 -> software decoding it was a problem with
792.16 -> the actual speakers in the tv like david
794.959 -> said
795.92 -> sounded flat lightning
797.839 -> thunder
799.04 -> you know not in this tv in terms of the
801.04 -> dolby movie test the reds were pretty
803.44 -> red but they were also a little bit
805.519 -> washed out so it wasn't and it wasn't
807.44 -> great right some of the movies where we
809.279 -> looked at the red colors the bright reds
810.8 -> it looked orange to me and this one it
812.8 -> did look red but the blacks similar
814.8 -> problem where if it's pure black looks
817.519 -> okay
818.56 -> but as soon as you introduce a tiny tiny
821.12 -> bit of color into it all of a sudden it
823.12 -> turns blue yeah the one scene that we
824.639 -> looked at where the blacks are more in
826.959 -> play it was just it was really soft this
829.36 -> tv was the biggest loser of the hdr
832.56 -> black and white test there was a point
834.399 -> where our circle was coming across the
836.16 -> screen and i think the processor just
838.24 -> failed yeah it was pretty bad very very
840.8 -> pixelated so if you're a video gamer
842.959 -> what do you think david
844.88 -> exactly
845.92 -> exactly
847.04 -> i thought that the white panel on this
848.8 -> one was actually okay but all the other
850.88 -> problems overshadowed the okayness
853.519 -> the whites and blacks were fine and just
855.519 -> as soon as you get some motions gets
857.199 -> motion or some other colors introduced
859.199 -> into the picture so if you're watching
860.88 -> maybe you know
862.16 -> old black and white slideshows right
865.68 -> the move there is slideshows right
867.76 -> exactly they move slowly this is this is
869.6 -> not good
870.639 -> the sony
871.8 -> x85j very thin very stylish very sturdy
875.36 -> just overall looks great yeah great
877.44 -> solid tv when we picked it up i like the
879.44 -> little sony thing on the bottom it's not
881.279 -> over the top in your face like some of
883.36 -> the other models were thin bezels one
885.6 -> that'd be really excellent again for
887.04 -> mounting to a wall yeah you feel so
889.04 -> inclined we said the tv was stylish
890.959 -> can't really say the same for the remote
892.8 -> it's it's very tall it's very thin and a
895.92 -> lot of the buttons are just really small
898.079 -> yeah so the wheel itself
900.56 -> i need a little bit of click on the
901.92 -> wheel there's the yeah this is a mushy
904.079 -> awful feeling wheel that is very small
907.199 -> and doesn't extend to the edge of the
908.88 -> remote it's all sort of like tiny in the
910.8 -> middle there what are you doing sony
912.8 -> right this is sony being sony putting
915.76 -> lots of buttons on a remote that doesn't
918.24 -> need them unless you have a blu-ray
919.76 -> player you've got other stuff going on i
921.92 -> definitely would not consider this to be
924.24 -> very easy to use remote yeah i had some
925.68 -> difficulty too with the directional
926.88 -> buttons because they're so small that
928.16 -> you kind of almost press the the mushy
929.839 -> center button at the same time and it's
931.519 -> just uh it feels bad it's hard to to
934.32 -> hold this yeah it's it's a two-hand job
937.04 -> really this is a throwback to the
938.959 -> terrible old remote days this is just
941.279 -> it's not a good reminder we don't like
942.399 -> this remote probably my favorite menu
944.8 -> user interface it was smooth it was
946.639 -> intuitive just really easy to use but
948.399 -> i'm also a sony person i've got a
949.68 -> playstation so i like sony setup
952.48 -> processes because they take the time to
954.48 -> put in some like pretty video and have
956.639 -> that sound and bravia and it looks
958.639 -> really good i also liked that it had us
961.12 -> put the apple tv in the right port it's
963.759 -> like are you sure you don't want to put
964.88 -> it in the hfr port it doesn't say that
966.959 -> hfr stands for high frame rate but i
969.199 -> liked that and then my favorite thing
971.04 -> about this was that it calibrated the
973.519 -> audio using the microphone built into
975.36 -> the remote i thought that was it was
976.959 -> cool i don't know how functional that's
978.32 -> going to be how effective it'll be but
979.92 -> it's cool yeah it was a cool idea i
981.759 -> thought it was pretty user friendly
983.12 -> especially if you're an android user
984.88 -> it's a google tv interface so it has you
987.36 -> signing with your gmail account the
988.72 -> other thing i didn't like though was the
990.399 -> volume slider appears on the tv in the
992.639 -> very bottom left hand corner so if
994.88 -> you're trying to change the volume and
996.16 -> you're in the kitchen and you can't see
997.92 -> the very bottom left-hand corner of the
999.6 -> tv you're not going to know what the
1000.88 -> volume is probably not a concern for
1002.8 -> most people but just something to be
1004 -> aware of in terms of the sound it just
1005.6 -> it kind of fell flat for me especially
1007.199 -> because we heard the bravia thing i was
1008.399 -> like it was really cool and then the
1010.8 -> dolby test was just yeah no bass
1013.36 -> but
1014.32 -> a lot of high-pitched audio i think this
1016.56 -> one did a better job with like that
1018.079 -> really high-pitched stuff
1020 -> i was not very impressed with the sound
1021.519 -> on this one i don't know what we
1022.88 -> calibrated it for in terms of the dolby
1025.039 -> whites and blacks i just i didn't think
1026.64 -> the black for all that great really yeah
1028.319 -> blacks weren't good i thought that the
1029.52 -> whites were past gradients gradients
1031.839 -> were super choppy so really not the best
1034.799 -> picture processing maybe on this tv we
1036.959 -> should also mention that this is an lcd
1038.72 -> tv yep so the amazon tv was this one is
1041.6 -> two sony has oled technology built into
1044.72 -> their more expensive tvs which looks
1046.4 -> amazing yep but this would have been a
1049.039 -> really good tv back in the day i'm not
1051.12 -> going to foreshadow what i thought of
1052.4 -> this tv though while the blacks and
1053.919 -> whites weren't necessarily great the
1055.6 -> colors were pretty good and vibrant yeah
1057.52 -> they were very vibrant it was pretty
1059.2 -> smooth when it came to the lava flow
1061.36 -> pretty good processing in terms of the
1062.96 -> colors but not the gradients it was kind
1064.64 -> of weird yeah nice vibrant colors but
1066.32 -> you get the gradients and it was choppy
1068.24 -> let me get to the movie and again the
1070.4 -> blacks just weren't black not black at
1073.039 -> all you could see detail in the black
1074.64 -> colors on this tv unlike other tvs but
1077.2 -> the blacks aren't black they're blue so
1079.2 -> that's not good and the red on this tv
1081.6 -> though and the brighter colors again
1083.679 -> actually looked pretty red it's pretty
1085.2 -> good to me colors are good good color
1087.039 -> blacks were not good exactly hdr black
1089.52 -> and white test again the blacks just
1091.36 -> weren't black and i also noticed a
1092.96 -> little bit of fuzziness in the corners
1094.48 -> of the tv right i thought actually that
1096.08 -> the white panel the white was actually
1098.24 -> very consistent across except for the
1100.64 -> fuzziness so i mean this is the lcd
1102.64 -> technology that sony has been building
1104.08 -> into their tvs i bought a tv that was a
1106.4 -> sony tv in 2008 that was an lcd they've
1109.36 -> really worked out the lcd technology but
1111.84 -> we've moved on sony other samsung even
1114.96 -> qled technology with localized dimming
1117.28 -> none of that on this tv
1118.96 -> don't even get me started a little bit
1120.559 -> of blooming not too bad well if you want
1122 -> a sony tv
1123.36 -> that has the newer technology you just
1125.28 -> gotta pay more than a thousand dollars
1126.64 -> for it exactly maybe we'll make that
1128.32 -> video next the tcl 6 series qled
1132.96 -> smart tv this one was interesting
1135.12 -> because it was thin on top and then when
1136.4 -> you got to the base it got pretty thick
1138.08 -> so i don't know how you'd be able to
1139.2 -> mount that to a wall but yeah it's not
1141.28 -> going to be super flush this tv was a
1143.2 -> little bulky yep it was very bulky
1145.2 -> especially compared to the samsung yes
1147.44 -> two plastic legs a little bit concerned
1149.2 -> about the wobbliness it'll be it'll be
1150.799 -> probably fine but it's just a little
1152.799 -> more concerned there yeah
1154.799 -> more knock-over-able i didn't think it
1156.64 -> was a nice sleek tv overall just so just
1159.039 -> a big bezel at the bottom what we
1160.72 -> noticed right off the bat was that this
1162.88 -> white light on the bottom of the tv was
1164.88 -> just blinking all the time which would
1166.48 -> be super annoying the reason it was was
1168.799 -> that we hadn't connected to the internet
1170.799 -> if you don't plan to connect your tv to
1172.799 -> the internet don't buy this tv that
1174.48 -> would drive me nuts absolutely crazy
1176.559 -> this is a roku tv if you have a roku at
1178.88 -> home you're gonna be right at home with
1180.08 -> this one and this is a roku remote yep i
1183.12 -> like this remote nice and small light i
1185.039 -> kind of like the uh the volume buttons
1186.799 -> on the side it's like a phone i've never
1188.32 -> seen that before on a tv remote but yeah
1190.16 -> pretty cool yeah pretty cool except you
1191.679 -> couldn't figure out i couldn't well i
1193.039 -> figured i thought oh that's cool and
1194.24 -> then i was like where's the volume
1195.2 -> button yeah and then oh wait it's on
1196.48 -> this we were looking in the menus for
1197.84 -> the tv anyway i like the texture of this
1200.559 -> remote on the back it's got a nice feel
1202.88 -> to it yep it's a nice balance my parents
1205.12 -> have a roku so
1207.44 -> one minor criticism there is no input
1210 -> button on this remote i like the input
1211.84 -> button to switch back and forth between
1213.28 -> devices but uh there's an extra couple
1215.2 -> of steps to change inputs
1217.12 -> i like that this tv out of the box the
1219.28 -> menu wasn't overwhelming with a whole
1221.36 -> bunch of different options it was it was
1222.799 -> pretty minimalistic responsive yep fast
1225.679 -> yep you just go okay i want to watch a
1228.08 -> movie and then it's like all right my
1229.76 -> apps and then you could just see the
1231.52 -> apps it's kind of like one thing at a
1233.12 -> time unlike these other tvs like dave
1235.36 -> was saying and then my complaint of
1236.799 -> course was there was a giant ad on the
1238.4 -> right hand side and if you were in the
1240.559 -> main menu there's a little ad in the
1241.919 -> bottom so you can't get away from an ad
1244.32 -> on this tv
1245.76 -> but
1246.799 -> still good in terms of the dolby sound
1248.64 -> test again another tv good good sound
1251.039 -> not going to blow you away i yeah not
1252.72 -> going to blow you away but i actually
1253.84 -> liked this one the best because i felt
1255.6 -> like this tv actually has bass
1257.52 -> it was the most immersive for me in
1259.44 -> terms of the bass maybe not the clearest
1261.36 -> though when we're talking about
1262.32 -> comparing it to other tvs but if you
1264.159 -> want bass this is the best option of the
1266.32 -> seven under a thousand and it's probably
1268.159 -> because i mean it's bigger
1269.84 -> the the actual depth of the bottom of
1271.44 -> the tv i could probably fit more bigger
1273.44 -> speakers in it absolutely in terms of
1275.039 -> the dolby black and white test the
1276.96 -> blacks were pretty good right i could
1278.96 -> see just a little bit of blue i thought
1280.72 -> but the blacks
1282.08 -> very good as david just said i thought
1284.08 -> the colors were nice and vibrant i was
1286.159 -> pretty pleasantly surprised by this tv
1287.84 -> especially for a budget brand movie test
1290.96 -> blacks again really good i thought it
1292.4 -> was one of the best yeah i thought they
1293.84 -> had kind of a greenish tint but also
1295.44 -> very good let me get to the brighter
1297.039 -> colors the reds this is one of them that
1298.559 -> looks a little orange to me
1300.4 -> not the most vibrant right but still
1302.32 -> pretty good yeah i also thought the
1303.679 -> colors had some pretty good contrast
1305.36 -> when we got to the hdr black and white
1307.679 -> test one of the things we noticed was
1309.28 -> some panel inconsistency yeah this one
1311.76 -> was one of the most noticeable in terms
1314.24 -> of it just not being the same across
1316.559 -> most of the time though when you're
1317.6 -> watching tv or a movie you're not going
1319.6 -> to notice it because it isn't just a
1321.28 -> plain white screen right you can start
1322.799 -> to see those shadows
1324.32 -> but yeah yeah also it was interesting
1326.72 -> how the the whites got really really
1329.36 -> cool as you got smaller and smaller into
1331.28 -> that circle
1332.4 -> you mean the temperature the color
1333.36 -> temperature of the color yeah exactly
1335.039 -> the vizio nqa one thing right out of the
1338.559 -> box that i really liked about this tv
1340.559 -> was you had two different leg heights to
1342.559 -> accommodate a sound bar i thought that
1343.84 -> was pretty cool and i don't think anyone
1345.039 -> else was doing that right i think the
1346.4 -> other ones were probably just tall
1347.679 -> enough to it yeah
1348.96 -> this one but this one can get really low
1350.88 -> to the ground for sure pretty thin but
1353.2 -> that bezel at the bottom
1354.88 -> big vizio logo a lot bigger it's more
1356.799 -> than twice the size of the sony logo on
1358.48 -> the sony tv and not the brand you want
1360.4 -> to brag about yeah also relatively light
1363.2 -> easy to yeah easy to carry around yeah
1364.64 -> relatively light so this is one of my
1366.32 -> least favorite remotes because the way
1368.08 -> that it's designed there's like this
1369.36 -> little gap in between the the front and
1371.2 -> the back and when you start pressing it
1372.72 -> makes you feel like you haven't attached
1374.159 -> the back piece on correctly yeah and i
1376.159 -> had to double check i'm like did i screw
1377.36 -> something up here but i hadn't it's just
1378.799 -> that when you press it just it has a
1380.159 -> little bit of give i think it's an awful
1381.679 -> remote and i think the buttons are in
1382.88 -> the wrong places they put all this crap
1385.039 -> at the top yep but the volume button is
1387.039 -> what you need to have in the right place
1388.64 -> every other remote pretty much
1391.36 -> the buttons are intuitive but this one
1393.039 -> you you're
1394.159 -> it's awful yeah also these like the
1395.76 -> peacock netflix these buttons are really
1397.28 -> small they're kind of hard to press you
1398.64 -> can easily press two at the same time
1400.32 -> and why do i want a peacock button or a
1402.64 -> 2b button i mean i can do what's the
1404.88 -> orange one orange one is crackle cracker
1407.84 -> why do i want a crackle button for i
1409.44 -> mean it has an input button okay there
1410.64 -> you go there's a plus but the button's
1412.88 -> small the power buttons
1416.24 -> yeah it's kind of slippery in the back
1417.679 -> it's like there's none of that texture
1419.12 -> that makes it stick well it's just not a
1420.96 -> good remote the tv menus slow
1424.559 -> clunky it was like 720p it was bad it
1428.159 -> was like the processor wasn't strong
1430.64 -> enough to be able to handle a really
1432.32 -> sharp menu with good animation so they
1434.48 -> just used one from like 2007. and there
1437.52 -> were all these like firmware versions on
1440 -> the bottom it was weird yeah and then
1441.6 -> the serial numbers in the bottom right
1443.039 -> it looks like you were a developer i was
1444.559 -> going to say it looks like it's a
1446.24 -> developer mode and you're seeing all
1447.279 -> these numbers like oh what does that
1448.32 -> mean yeah and then it's got this gray
1449.84 -> background yeah it's a stone background
1451.84 -> what the hell is i mean i've never seen
1453.039 -> those developer they're not developer
1454.799 -> options i suppose but i've never seen
1456.08 -> that on a tv before it was like is
1457.52 -> something wrong with my tv did it come
1458.96 -> out of the box in a developer mode and i
1460.799 -> had to turn something off what's going
1462.159 -> on yeah exactly like why am i seeing the
1464.96 -> firmware version maybe and then we did
1467.52 -> the firmware update which took forever
1468.96 -> yeah
1469.76 -> that was annoying the sound i thought it
1471.2 -> was okay again it's just it you know
1473.36 -> it's the the speakers and some of these
1474.88 -> tvs just weren't very impressive and
1476.88 -> this this falls into that category all
1478.32 -> right yeah i thought this was the worst
1480 -> sound okay i didn't think that there was
1481.679 -> any high end or low end and the
1483.44 -> mid-range to me sounded kind of
1484.96 -> telephony it just was not not very good
1487.44 -> at all yeah i mean i didn't think it was
1488.96 -> that bad but i didn't think it was yeah
1490.799 -> it was yeah there you go for the dolby
1492.08 -> tests the blacks were were okay and not
1494.32 -> much else was yep i thought the whites
1496.08 -> were kind of blown out and i kept
1497.52 -> stopping our test and something stood
1500.08 -> out to me that didn't stand out to david
1502 -> everything that we watched on this tv
1504.159 -> looked low frame rate to me it was super
1506.96 -> jittery it was like the processor
1509.279 -> couldn't keep up
1511.039 -> with the smoothness of the 60 frames per
1513.919 -> second video that we were watching
1515.84 -> and that's a deal breaker for me yeah i
1517.76 -> didn't really notice that but i just
1519.12 -> overall i didn't i wasn't impressed by
1521.12 -> the picture quality anyway so yeah it
1522.88 -> was off the colors were fine but they
1524.88 -> just weren't nearly as vibrant as
1527.36 -> any of their tvs we tested them
1528.96 -> everything was dull and it was flat the
1530.48 -> blacks were okay and the whites were not
1532 -> great and it was just everything was not
1533.84 -> good as soon as i walked up to this tv
1535.919 -> too and we turned it on i could just see
1538 -> all the pixels like in a grid more than
1540.159 -> i could see them on other tvs it's just
1542.72 -> really not a good looking panel at all
1545.12 -> for the movie test just the reds had the
1547.36 -> orange
1548.32 -> hint it looked grainy the blacks weren't
1551.2 -> black it's just all the same problems
1552.88 -> from the the dolby test as soon as the
1554.799 -> blacks you introduce any color it looked
1556.88 -> like it was an underwater mode to me
1559.039 -> because the blacks turned a little blue
1560.32 -> green little teal sure if you would like
1562.64 -> to watch tv through algae
1565.2 -> this might be if you're a sea turtle
1567.76 -> yeah this might be for you yeah for the
1569.44 -> hdr black and white test there were
1571.84 -> issues with the viewing angle sometimes
1574.24 -> like it would get brown on the screen it
1576.72 -> just i mean color temperature issues to
1579.279 -> the max and the corners would get really
1581.76 -> dark yeah but then it was also super
1583.919 -> inconsistent across the screen as soon
1586.08 -> as we introduced the motion and the
1587.44 -> motion with jittery
1590.159 -> but other than that it was just it was
1592 -> not good other than that it was other
1593.76 -> than all the problems with the color and
1595.52 -> the sound it's the tv the tv has
1597.84 -> adjustable
1599.2 -> legs
1601.2 -> yeah our top three tvs coming in at
1604.24 -> number three the sony
1606.6 -> x85j i thought this would have been a
1608.88 -> really great tv in 2017 and the reason i
1611.52 -> say that is that it uses lcd technology
1614.4 -> and it uses it well unlike the amazon
1616.72 -> fire tv which uses lcd technology
1620.72 -> not well
1622 -> this is pretty good yeah i mean for me
1623.6 -> this tv number three uh i like the style
1626.64 -> of it thin good for wall mounting has
1628.48 -> the hdmi 2.1 for your next-gen gaming
1631.76 -> consoles it just
1633.6 -> the blacks fell a little bit short of
1634.88 -> our top two tvs and yeah it just could
1637.279 -> not compete yeah it felt a little bit
1638.64 -> short right on color some color gradient
1640.48 -> issues yeah but i mean the the ui is is
1643.6 -> still for me the best overall i wish i
1645.2 -> could take this ui and put it in really
1647.76 -> yeah okay but i suppose you could do
1649.44 -> that with a sony qled or oled tv yeah
1652.48 -> this is part of the disappointment for
1653.84 -> me with this one too is just that sony's
1655.76 -> technology is so far ahead of this tv
1657.76 -> right now with the oled technology that
1660 -> they're building as like what are you
1661.919 -> still doing
1663.279 -> there's they're doing this to sell lower
1665.2 -> end tv give us an oled tv under a
1667.44 -> thousand dollars come on come on we both
1669.6 -> had the same tvs in one and two just in
1672.799 -> a different order so my second best
1674.559 -> overall
1675.52 -> was the tcl with a pretty big caveat
1677.679 -> here that if you're a roku person this
1679.84 -> is your number one tv because the roku
1681.36 -> smart integration is just is so solid
1683.36 -> and that's why i think that this is my
1684.88 -> number one tv is that the user interface
1687.039 -> on a tv is very important and this one
1689.279 -> is easy to use yep the other number one
1692 -> the lg the lg
1693.84 -> is really clunky to use and for anybody
1696.399 -> that doesn't want to have to learn a
1698.159 -> brand new interface and struggle with it
1699.919 -> i think that the tcl is the way to go i
1702.159 -> also think it had probably the best
1704.159 -> bassy sound overall
1706.799 -> but definitely not the most consistent
1708.559 -> panel we saw yeah for me the lg i do
1712 -> everything through my playstation so i
1713.84 -> wouldn't be using that ui at all exactly
1715.84 -> if you're somebody who's gonna be using
1717.2 -> that ui a lot it's it's tough yeah it's
1720.24 -> really tough and i can understand why
1723.36 -> that alone would be such a deterrent
1724.799 -> because if you're using that all the
1725.679 -> time it's just it's a headache right but
1727.36 -> if you have an apple tv separately like
1729.2 -> i do and you're gonna use the apple tv
1730.88 -> all the time or if you're just a cable
1733.52 -> box person you're just gonna use that
1735.36 -> all the time and you don't have to worry
1736.88 -> about the ui like david said it's a
1739.679 -> solid choice also if you're a next-gen
1742.24 -> gamer you're going to want to get the lg
1744 -> not the tcl the tcl doesn't support the
1746.48 -> hdmi 2.1 so your ps5 your xbox series x
1750.32 -> they'll still work you just won't get
1751.679 -> the highest quality which is kind of the
1753.36 -> point of getting those next-gen gaming
1754.799 -> consoles to really just get the
1756.399 -> over-the-top ridiculous quality which
1757.919 -> the lg can provide the tcl cannot
1760.48 -> in some respects right but still
1763.279 -> the sony for instance can provide the
1765.679 -> technical over the top quality but it's
1767.44 -> not going to look good not going to look
1768.88 -> not going to look as good as these tvs
1771.76 -> so i don't care what the hertz is hdmi
1774.32 -> 2.1 although it is important especially
1776.48 -> if you're getting a more expensive tv
1778 -> than a thousand dollars and part of the
1779.279 -> reason why i'm putting the tcl number
1781.76 -> one is because it's two hundred dollars
1783.6 -> it's just cheaper yeah if you're looking
1784.64 -> to save some money tcl yep tcl was a
1787.44 -> very big surprise to me that i liked
1789.52 -> this tv so much because tcl to me
1792.24 -> i always had assumptions about the brand
1794.159 -> lower quality yeah put them in the same
1796.159 -> category as high sense or well sometimes
1798.159 -> people do that they say oh this is a
1799.36 -> discount tv brand it's going to be
1800.96 -> discount quality but with the tcl that
1802.72 -> wasn't really the case in art yep and
1804.399 -> with the vizio it was well we sought to
1806.399 -> well i always want to point out that we
1808 -> made a community post on youtube you can
1809.52 -> check that out on our channel somebody
1811.12 -> said you know you can redo any tvs you
1813.039 -> want but the lg is going to win and uh
1814.88 -> sure enough that was my number one so
1816.64 -> really good good prediction that guy
1819.279 -> yeah yeah okay all right
1821.76 -> we did our top three now we're into our
1823.279 -> bottom four because we had seven tvs
1825.12 -> kind of clunky get over it samsung
1828.08 -> number four disappointing it was i i
1830.96 -> when we took it out of the box i'm like
1832.64 -> i think this is gonna be the winner and
1834 -> then we plug it in and it just it fell
1836 -> flat in so many different ways very
1837.679 -> quickly
1838.64 -> became obvious that it was not going to
1840.48 -> be the winner narrow viewing angle yeah
1843.12 -> problems with that qled technology but
1845.919 -> not nearly as good as our number one or
1848.72 -> i will say favorite remote though that
1850.96 -> was cool great remote style yeah yeah
1853.76 -> it's good interface not great i don't
1856.24 -> think it's yeah as bad as some of the
1858.08 -> other ones it's just it's middle of the
1859.44 -> pack it wasn't you know so bad that we
1861.12 -> had put it in our bottom three just
1862.32 -> wasn't good enough to make the top three
1863.679 -> right i don't know and hold it back
1865.84 -> number five for me was the amazon fire
1868.799 -> tv omni series i put this above the high
1871.76 -> sense tv pretty much just because it's
1873.919 -> cheaper and i thought but i had the same
1875.2 -> score for both of them so i was like all
1876.48 -> right well just get the amazon yeah this
1878.96 -> is where we differed we both have them
1880.88 -> and two and three just flipped that's it
1883.12 -> yes yes so amazon fire tv again you know
1886.08 -> it just it wasn't impressive it was
1887.6 -> really light i just think the blacks are
1889.039 -> so bad on this tv they're blue there's
1891.519 -> nothing black about the black colors on
1893.12 -> this tv it's like bad lcd technology you
1895.919 -> also went through a setup process that i
1897.84 -> wasn't a part of so that was that might
1899.919 -> be uh some additional friction for you
1902.64 -> indeed additional friction but you know
1904.72 -> if you want to put the high sense as
1906.159 -> your third worst i you know i respect
1908.799 -> that because it also was not a good tv
1910.88 -> yeah i thought this was just a bad tv
1913.2 -> yeah the bright colors were okay but the
1915.44 -> gradients were terrible and the audio
1917.12 -> for me was the worst overall and i could
1918.559 -> not get over that we had the issue
1920.159 -> setting up the hdr the menu was zippy
1922.96 -> but clunky yeah not a good tv it just it
1925.679 -> really wasn't good but it was still
1927.519 -> better than by by far the worst i mean
1930.799 -> usually we do product reviews there's
1932.32 -> there's a cluster of like really bad
1934.159 -> ones and this one is just the standout
1937.36 -> worst by by not in significant margin
1940.399 -> yes
1941.44 -> the vizio i gave this tv a 0.5 really
1944.72 -> the best thing i can say about this tv
1946.64 -> is the adjustable legs like you come
1948.08 -> back to that point i'm like what's what
1949.519 -> redeeming qualities can i pull away from
1951.039 -> this tv it's the adjustable legs they're
1952.399 -> cool right and the blacks are okay yeah
1955.12 -> awful interface awful
1957.36 -> jittery flickering everything looks like
1960 -> it's playing at 24 frames per second
1962.08 -> even if it's not it's looked to me just
1964.559 -> awful it was a deal breaker black
1966.88 -> started turning brown a little grainy is
1969.2 -> just
1970.159 -> yeah it's like a processor
1972.64 -> cannot keep up with this tv which is bad
1974.88 -> to begin with avoid this tv like the
1977.279 -> client as we said earlier two people on
1979.279 -> our members only discord are going to
1980.799 -> win our top two tvs click that join
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1987.36 -> surprising
1988.72 -> second place we're giving away sixteen
1990.32 -> hundred dollars to like whoa click that
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