![]() ![]() If you’re a gamer who doesn’t mind trading some eye-candy for faster response times, this is the port you want to use. The fifth port, however, is HDCP2.2/HDMI v1.4 and is designated as low-latency 1080p. Four of these ports are HDCP2.2/HDMI 2.0 capable to handle 4K resolution and offer HDR support. Occasionally, however, you’ll still spot some motion blur and scenes that look unnatural due to overprocessing, but largely there’s nothing to complain about in this area.Īround the back of the screen in the cutaway space for the inputs, you’ll find five HDMI ports. Motion, handled by Vizio's proprietary Clear Action 960, gives us a 240Hz effective refresh rate and works very well with both fast-paced and dialogue scenes, all of which looked natural throughout our testing process. (It’s a problem when the TV plays something in HDR, but we’ll get to that.) While Vizio’s P-Series Quantum doesn’t pack any other nifty upscaling tricks - like HDR+ on Samsung’s 20 QLED TVs or LG’s four-step upscaling process that radically improves clarity and color- SDR content on the P-Series Quantum still benefits from the ultra-bright backlight and its 192 dimming zones really quash any blooming with the dimmer SDR content. Movies like Blood Diamond (available on Netflix) look significantly better on this screen than a comparable 1080p TV - and rival native 4K content in all but a few scenes shot at dusk where graininess creeps into the picture. To that end, unless you’re really taking a critical eye to it, most HD/SDR content looks great. Vizio’s upscaling process is massively improved from a few years ago - and the P-Series Quantum is really the pinnacle of Vizio’s achievement in the area. You can stream most video or audio apps from an iOS or Android device to the screen, and the TV will instantly pick up the content from your device.īy and large, it’s SmartCast’s defining (and, in my opinion, redeeming) feature. ![]() Having Chromecast Built-in is like having a Chromecast attached to the TV at all times. ![]() The platform supports most major streaming services on the built-in interface, and anything missing usually can be cast to the TV using Chromecast Built-in. If not, if you’re just here to stream Netflix or find a film using good ol’ text search, SmartCast is fine. In its defense, however, there is WatchFree (a re-skinned version of PlutoTV) that gives you some free content right out of the box and voice support for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, a big plus if you've got a smart speaker at home. In terms of apps, your selection of content isn’t broad nor does SmartCast offer a traditional app store that you’d find on other smart TV platforms. After logging dozens of hours with the screen, I was still getting recommended nonsensical content. Often, SmartCast would recommend content to me that had little relation to the shows, movies and YouTube clips that I watched, even after spending weeks with the TV. The featured content row is almost exactly what it sounds like - a place for Vizio to highlight new apps or content from its partners.ĭiscover, however, is a bit of a letdown. The main interface is divided into three rows: one for featured content, a discovery row and a row that lists all the available apps on SmartCast. Startup from a complete shutdown takes a seriously long time, and navigating around the interface isn’t nearly as snappy as LG’s WebOS or Samsung’s Tizen platform. If there’s anything substantial holding the Vizio P-Series Quantum back, it’s Vizio’s smart platform: In just a few words, SmartCast is one of the least robust platforms and one of the slowest, too. Voice search has become fairly ubiquitous at this stage, and its absence is definitely felt on a TV that otherwise feels just as premium as the competition. What the remote is missing, however, is a voice search button. it still needs line of sight to the TV) it's fairly powerful, so don't worry too much if you have a big soundbar that blocks the front of the screen. The remote will feature shortcut buttons for some of the most popular streaming services including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Vudu. Similar screens from Samsung use a t-bar design that relocates cables down through the stand, and that keeps things looking clean.Īlongside the TV, you’ll also get a fairly standard plastic remote. The cutaway design makes it easy to connect new devices if the TV is wall-mounted, but when it’s sitting on a shelf cords jut out of the side and make your beautiful new living room centerpiece look cluttered and unrefined. What is more of a deal breaker is how the TV handles cabling.Īround the back of the screen you’ll find a cutaway space for all the inputs and outputs. ![]()
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