Amazon fire TV 55" 4k - $439.99

OP its a rebranded TCL 4 series and the quality is pretty bad.

Price in title please

RedStrikeCa wrote: ↑ I find Amazon products to be terribly slow. I’ve switched to chromecast myself.

This is a whole TV, not a stream stick

Costco has the LG webos real 4k 55” for 499

ysl5710 wrote: ↑ Costco has the LG webos real 4k 55” for 499

Unless they've improved it, our older LG with webos is garbage. Its terribly slow and limited. No issues with any of the hisense roku tv's from Costco.

RedStrikeCa wrote: ↑ All Amazon products that I’ve tried so far are slow

Have tried the Fire Tv Cube. I find it comparable to my 2017 Shield for IPTV.

RedStrikeCa wrote: ↑ All Amazon products that I’ve tried so far are slow

I've got a first gen 4k stick and it's running fine with virgin TV, Disney plus, Netflix all good even with Dolby hdr. Do you have non:4k?
Or did you jailbreak it?

Any RFDers try this yet?
Have a TCL and Hisense, rather have FireTV than Roku

Cronos647 wrote: ↑ OP its a rebranded TCL 4 series and the quality is pretty bad.

Quality is not bad. Its rated decently on rtings, for what it costs compared to others within the same price range. Not to mention 4.5+/5 on Amazon from actual users.

TCL 4 series is decent tv for folks who aren't playing video games and just watching Netflix, tv etc.

RedStrikeCa wrote: ↑ All Amazon products that I’ve tried so far are slow

And yet all my fire tv devices work. 4k stick has been solid for past two years, non stop use.

does it make a good PC monitor? tia but im more wanting a cheap 120hz tv/monitor, any reccamendations?
edit: oh snap! dealbreaker is the chicken side legs for stands! i need a middle base type stand like the LG oled tvs!

mikka2017 wrote: ↑ does it make a good PC monitor? tia but im more wanting a cheap 120hz tv/monitor, any reccamendations?
edit: oh snap! dealbreaker is the chicken side legs for stands! i need a middle base type stand like the LG oled tvs!

Or older style LCD TVs. Most newer models are like this, cross all brands

weedb0y wrote: ↑ Or older style LCD TVs. Most newer models are like this, cross all brands

Don't like it cuz u need a wide desk or table! Sometimes old school is the best!

"Usually ships within 2 to 4 months."
That's not encouraging!

billandmeltoo wrote: ↑ "Usually ships within 2 to 4 months."
That's not encouraging!

With Alexa $469.99: https://www.amazon.ca/amazon-fire-tv-55 ... B08T6DRNDD

joblop wrote: ↑ With Alexa $469.99: https://www.amazon.ca/amazon-fire-tv-55 ... B08T6DRNDD

And better bezels and design tweaks.

Somehow the price on this shows $659 now LOL. That's insane. However the Omni version (which is a much better buy) is still $469. But we've basically had a thread on these already...which was that same Omni thread.

Anyway yes these are basically variants of the TCL 4-series. Basic/low-end TVs but decent. Would definitely buy the Omni over the regular version if buying one of these. At the current prices they are ok buys. Def. not at reg. price where you could just get an actual 4-series for cheaper.

mikka2017 wrote: ↑ does it make a good PC monitor? tia but im more wanting a cheap 120hz tv/monitor, any reccamendations?
edit: oh snap! dealbreaker is the chicken side legs for stands! i need a middle base type stand like the LG oled tvs!

No because they're VA panels. VA would be fine for a smaller monitor but not a huge one--IPS is much more desirable for that. The trick is that IPS makes for poor TVs because of the shitty contrast, while VA panels make for much better TVs. For a monitor the opposite is true because VA sucks for viewing at an angle, and if you are sitting up close to a large screen and you're turning your head to see different parts of it, this will come into play.

Also this is most certainly not a 120Hz panel, lol. Vast majority of 4K TVs are not 120Hz panels. There are 120Hz panels cheaper than before these days, but cheapest 120Hz you're going to find are going to be Sony X85J and Hisense U7G. However these are significantly more expensive and also both VA panels.

Cronos647 wrote: ↑ OP its a rebranded TCL 4 series and the quality is pretty bad.

At 4.5/5 rating, quality is bad? Anyway, the deal is dead.

Not dead...

U4IA wrote: ↑ Unless they've improved it, our older LG with webos is garbage. Its terribly slow and limited. No issues with any of the hisense roku tv's from Costco.

Well yes, they improve specs and the os constantly on their tvs. Amazon is way behind.