Vizio 4k Ultra Hd 50 Inch D Series Reviews
Vizio's 5-serial smart Telly (the $300, fifty-inch model V505-H19 is reviewed here) is the 2d 50-inch TV I've evaluated recently, the other existence the slightly cheaper ($280) Konka U50.
Both are infinitely superior to anything you lot could've plant in this price range five years ago. That said, the Vizio provides a bit meliorate processing, backlighting, overall image and experience. But it lacks the Konka's handy Bluetooth connectivity.
This review is part of TechHive'due south coverage of the best smart TVs, where you'll find reviews of the competition'southward offerings, plus a buyer'due south guide to the features you should consider when shopping for this type of product.
Specs and blueprint
The V505-H19 is a sparse-bezel unit whose staid, but swish appearance belies its low price. The 50-inch-class panel delivers 10-bit color, a 60Hz refresh rate, and 3840 10 2160 (4K UHD) resolution. It has a full-array LED backlight, then information technology is not zone dimmable. That means it'southward lit from behind with multiple lights, but the lights aren't dimmed or shut off to decrease light bleed.
The V505-H19 is very light for a 50-inch Television at a mere 21.5 pounds. I had no issues slinging the TV around to put the feet on, sliding information technology around to achieve the cable connections, and then on. That also means there will be little strain on the 200mm x 200mm VESA mount point, the mount, or your wall.
Vizio knows that there's lots of legacy equipment in this market segment, and so the port option includes composite video input and RCA analog sound input/output. There's also optical digital (Toslink), coax for cablevision/satellite TV or an over-the-air antenna, too as iii HDMI 2.ane ports (2160p @ 60Hz, with ane supporting ARC output). A USB port is on hand for playback from mass media (pollex drives, etc.).
Vizio Vizio likes to have care of customers with legacy equipment past providing blended video and RCA sound inputs
There's no Bluetooth, but the Wi-Fi is dual-band 802.11n, which is hands fast plenty for streaming most content. If it isn't, there's besides an ethernet port.
Props to Vizio for including support for HDR10+ in add-on to Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG. Not all TVs do that, and not simply TVs at this price. The TV likewise handles DTS surround and Dolby Atmos, offers a low-latency game mode, and supports both Apple AirPlay ii and Chromecast. The Goggle box is also compliant with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri voice command.
Interface and remote
Content-wise, Vizio's SmartCast Home is as complete as TV user interfaces come up, with all the usual streaming providers, as well as curated free content. SmartCast is besides easy to use, and can be controlled using the SmartCast app on your smartphone or tablet if you so desire. My only complaint, a distinctly modest one in this day and age, is that it's completely reliant upon an internet connexion and does non when if your broadband connection is down. You can still apply the TV, but with express functionality.
On the other paw, a repeat quick shoutout (I besides noted this in the Vizio OLED review) to the company for fixing the Media Player app. It's still a apparently DOS-like file browser, but now it's responsive, plays all the media I throw at it, and doesn't crash.
Vizio The Vizio V505-H19's remote is elementary, if not always the easiest to use.
The remote is simple and easy to apply, though I would've appreciated defended transport controls to make media playback a flake easier. Still, information technology fits in the hand nicely and is large plenty to not disappear forever between the couch cushions. I don't talk to TVs outside of testing, but the remote'south lack of a mic might bother some. Hey, what tin I say? It's entry-level, and you tin can use the SmartCast phone app for that purpose, as well as the other supported protocols (Siri, etc.).
Operation
As I said in the intro, the V505-H19 reminds me quite a bit of the 50-inch Konka U5-series I just reviewed. It's a dead ringer every bit far as the slight blueish colour skew and backlighting are concerned; all the same, it suffers a chip less moiré, shimmer, and other artifacts when processing detailed areas in movement.
The V505-H19 offers a bit more than color saturation, but because of the heavy bluish content of the backlight/filter technology, reds skew slightly orangish; greens, slightly lime. Very slightly, I should say. Many users might not even find. Again, same every bit the Konka.
Also, forget the advertising virtually Dynamic Motion Rate 120. If you read the clarification carefully, nowhere does it say smooth action or no judder. There's no motion compensation of whatsoever kind—same as with the Konka. That said, within its 60Hz/no bounty limits, it'south better than some I've seen. And scenes that produce the judder result, fast pans and large items moving speedily across screen, are relatively rare.
Vizio Vizio'south V505-H19 delivers a good picture for an entry-level Tv. Please note that entry-level is vastly improved over the entry-level of just a few years ago.
While the V505-H19 supports the most popular HDR formats, it doesn't really have the contrast to practice a lot with them. Blacks are slightly amend than with the Konka, but it'south even so array backlighting with no local dimming. We're talking charcoal gray more than black. Basically, information technology handles HDR, but doesn't lend it the drama that engineering science can convey with higher-dissimilarity—and more expensive—TVs.
When information technology comes to audio, the V505-H19 is okay for coincidental, occasional, listening, only I constitute information technology annoyingly dingy. If I were you, I'd claw upwardly something more than sonorous in curt society. Notation that subsequently a firmware update, the audio disappeared and didn't reappear until I switched to the free curated content. If you experience the same phenomenon, that's the trick.
The omission of Bluetooth isn't unexpected at this price point, as it was with the visitor'due south far more expensive OLED, the absence of Bluetooth back up does slightly aggravate the weak sound issue. If you want to listen privately on headphones, you'll demand to purchase a carve up Bluetooth transmitter ($30 and up) or make other arrangements, although you can use your phone and the SmartCast app to heed using headphones. That's not an platonic solution in my volume.
Conclusion
The V505-H19 is an fantabulous entry-level TV with a slightly improve overall image than the Konka I've been comparing it to. If you're comparing it to higher-cease fifty-inchers, revise excellent to decent.
Still, entry-level is the not the painful, bereft-of-color viewing experience it was but a few short years ago. Indeed, the $300 V505-H19 compares favorably with $1,500 sets in our start roundup in 2015.
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