Amazon Basics 55-inch Fire TV

Amazon Fire TV 55" 4-Series 4K UHD Smart TV

Hey, guys welcome to realatedtechnology1311.blogspot.com and what we have for you today is the Amazon Basics TV. This TV is available in a bunch of Screen Sizes, ranging from 32 inches up to 55 inches!!! We are going to review the 55-inch variant here and the unique thing about this TV is that it's running on the Fire TV UI.

Build and Design of Amazon Basics 55-inch Fire TV

Let's quickly start with the build and design of this TV, it is a relatively slim tv considering its price, but a good thing is that it has relatively slim borders all around. It also has two metal feet, unlike the Realme SLED TV, for example, which had a more angular feed. This one kind of has an arch design that is different looking and if you're going to put this table on a tabletop it does look quite nice. Although if you have a small set-top box, you should do just fine if you have something like a gaming console or a soundbar you may want to reconsider its positioning. All the connectivity options are on one side and a good thing about this TV is that the power cord is removable, so if you ever need to change the power cord this tv has a removable one. It has a standard three HDMI ports and two USB Ports for your connectivity needs.

Display and Performance of Amazon Basics 55-inch Fire TV

Coming to its picture performance, this TV is a 55-inch 4k panel with support for HDR 10+ and Dolby Vision Content and it also supports Dolby Atmos. When it comes to HDR content we have a large catalog of content that we consume on Netflix. For Dolby Vision, a show like Our Planet which has a nice day to night transition it looked quite pleasant on this tv. Now when it comes to the picture settings you have Dolby vision Bright, Dolby Vision Dark, and a couple of other pictures preset. It's I say stay clear of those picture presets simply because, between bright and dark you do get the slightly warm color, which is what you expect from Dolby Vision content. It essentially just reduces the back Lighting and the brightness, whereas the other presets give the picture a slightly cooler tone, which in my opinion looks a little unnatural. So be Vision bright and dark same thing for HDR 10 and HDR 10+ content is you have bright dark and a slew of other presets, and again bright and dark with the same thing which is to reduce the Backlighting and the brightness.

But with HDR 10+ content, we notice something now a show like Grand Tour season 1 episode 1, where you have all these cars running Around on a desert. There is a slight green tint to it, did of course look at the same content on higher-end TVs, TVs that cost around 800$ and 900$ and more, and you do notice the slight green color bias, but it was slightly more pronounced out here. We have seen this happen on budget TVs that support HDR 10+ content and it's maybe something we should look into a little more. But on the other hand, a show like the boys which is also in HDR 10+ on this tv on Amazon Prime video was a great experience.

This TV isn't really very bright, it's in the ballpark of 350 nits for its brightness which is at bar with other budget TVs. We have of course seen budget TVs with 400 and even 500 nits of brightness. When it comes to the blacks they aren't the deepest we've seen out there, of course considering the price. But if you have a little bit of bias lighting in the room, maybe your light is on a window is open, if you're watching  content in the daytime, then the blacks don't look really that gray. Which is good when it comes to HDR content, be it for watching things like documentaries or a slew of movies on streaming services or even set top box Content, you should be fine with this TV, it actually is an enjoyable experience.The movie presets are the two that I recommend, because dynamics sometimes makes content look way too vibrant. So you might want to stick between the standard and movie.

When it comes to gaming the TV doesn't have a game mode. But when we have connected an Xbox one X to it and started playing a few games, we did get all the HDR settings. For normal HDR content in a game like Forza for example, we could switch between HDR bright and dark. and that did the exact same thing we saw when consuming HDR content in movies and tv shows. So no, game mode is a bit of a disappointment. In a game like Gears 5 and the Heat of the Action, we did notice a little bit of lag. Now to notice lag on a TV, means that the input lag is really really high. So if you are a competitive gamer this TV may not be for you.

UI of Amazon Basics 55-inch Fire TV

Another thing is that you can actually change from HDMI 2.0 to HDMI 1.4 on this TV, which means if you want to consume content in HDR from an external source, you can do that on this TV. But we have seen that in some other TVs when you do this, content which would otherwise be in HDR, looks vibrant and different and sometimes better and that's because that particular TV couldn't produce HDR really. Well on this tv the difference wasn't really as wide.

Considering how good the UI of this TV is, because it's running on the Fire TV UI, you really don't need an external source. When consuming content coming to the UI and of course the remote control this is the exact same remote control we saw with the Aakai TV and if we hit the branding you wouldn't know which is which. It has the traditional Fire TV remote control, controls along with channel and volume and mute and a few OTT hotkeys which include Amazon Music, Prime Videos, Netflix and of course a button to bring up your apps the UI.

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