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during roku's rise I was using Windows Media Center Edition like some kind of

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modern caveman so I was shocked to find out just how popular their Smart TV

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operating system is then more recently I

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was shocked again to find out that their first party Roku TVs have moved out of

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the super budget segment and are now available at more premium prices

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how could Roku compete with giants like LG or Samsung

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how about like this the 55 r6a5r is 4K

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it supports every HDR format which is apparently illegal in Korea it hits 500

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in its peak brightness with full array local dimming has a quantum dot layer

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for improved color performance and it runs the Linux based Roku OS which I've

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got to say has become pretty attractive given the Alternatives I mean even if

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there are some downsides here that ain't half bad especially at that kind of

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price it's not the cheapest that award still goes to single backlight

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conventional LCD TVs which can be had for as little as 250 to 300 bucks at

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this size and it's not going to have the best picture quality on the market

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especially if you compare to an OLED or even a mini LED backlit TV that could

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have upwards of thousands of local dimming zones but those options start at

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around six hundred dollars for this size and resolution and go well beyond that

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which leaves a nice little gap for qled one that Roku has absolutely nailed at

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500 bucks or rather 400 since it's already on sale that's the Roku plus

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Series in a nutshell qled is basically a

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Juiced up LED backlit screen that gets super colorful but without sacrificing

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color accuracy it does this by putting a layer of quantum dots between the

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backlight and the LCD panel quantum dot

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layers aren't limited to just LED backlit displays but in fact we've seen

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the technology used in mini LED displays and more recently even in OLED displays

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but this is the most affordable way to access it if you want to learn more

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we've got a whole video explaining Quantum dots and touring the factory

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that makes them but suffice to say the results are really impressive now let's

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that later we measured an average Delta e of just 1.5

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wow that is way below the three to six

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that is generally accepted as being accurate to the average person like

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really wow guys it took some time but

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you officially no longer have to pay a ton of money to get a TV that is color

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accurate right out of the box and it's not just accurate the Roku covers 96 of

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the rec 709 color space that's the standard for high definition content and

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eighty percent of Rec 2020 which is the standard for HDR or high dynamic range

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again that is really good

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I know 80 sounds like a b but for

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context here are some of the high-end TVs that we've tested over the last

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couple of years can we add prices to the overlay here

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okay now you can see why my mind is so blown right now and it gets even better

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support for HDR is one thing but displaying color accurate HDR that is

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entirely another and not only does Roku support every relevant HDR standard HDR

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10 10 plus Dolby vision and hlg it

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manages to hang with the big dogs in a way that I couldn't possibly have

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anticipated in dark mode the most color accurate mode we measured an average

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Delta e of 14 if you include luminance headers that number again doesn't sound

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all that great Until you realize that TVs that cost at least three times as

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much are again not that much better

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thanks to its VA panel the 55r6a5r also

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manages a pretty solid contrast ratio of nearly seven thousand to one don't get

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me wrong we're nowhere close to OLED territory but it was still a pleasing

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surprise during our testing considering that most VA panels reach anywhere from

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three to six thousand to one and especially considering how bright this

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TV gets if you've been buying TVs in this price range or lower for the past

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10 even 20 years you've basically been stuck at around 300 nits that is not

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great for sunlit rooms where glare can completely ruin that day off that you

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planned to spend in Goblin mode 500 nits those days are over I mean

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don't get me wrong they can be more over if you want to blow even more money but

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this is over the threshold where we feel comfortable saying go ahead pull back

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those curtains let the sunlight in

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or don't at least you can say you have the option now but there is an elephant

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in the room full array local dimming or fald is an incredible technology that

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allows portions of your screen to dim or brighten to enhance contrast in the

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scene but not all full arrays are

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created equal with OLED every pixel is

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its own dimming Zone giving you effectively millions of them a high-end

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mini LED will typically have at least a thousand zones but regular LED even if

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it has Quantum dots caps out in the low hundreds with most doing even fewer and

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this is one of those most with a total of just 48 zones it isn't the end of the

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world and it's not too noticeable watching most kinds of content but the

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fewer the zones the more likely you are to see haloing or glowing around certain

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bright elements so white subtitles or a

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news logo can end up looking pretty distracting and fald also requires

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decent processing in order to make sure that those lights are dimming and

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brightening on time unfortunately we noticed a weird delay

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on this model where once it was enabled it seemed like it was lagging behind the

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actual image it does enhance contrast but we lean toward recommending that you

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just leave it off for a more color accurate less distracting experience

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you're not giving up that much though I can't say the same about the

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gaming experience keeping with kind of the theme today it's not bad

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for a 60hz display we're talking pixel response times under seven milliseconds

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on average an input lag at around 12 milliseconds with game mode enabled but

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with current gen consoles supporting 120 hertz you simply won't be experiencing

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the best that they have to offer even variable refresh rate which can help

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smooth out performance during choppy sections is not supported here in terms

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of i o it's all right though featuring four HDMI ports one with ERC and auto

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low latency mode and we opened up the back to see what's inside and found that

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one it was a lot of screws but hey no

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plastic Clips at least and two the fald

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board is also used in ONN devices which

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kind of makes sense considering that roku's lower end TVs are sold under that

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brand at Walmart and the local dimming

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performance of our TV was weak kind of

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like a lower end tv you know what's not sold at Walmart the LTD backpack from

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lttstore.com it won't fit your TV but hey it'll fit a whole lot of other stuff

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by the way Walmart if you do want to carry it my phone's right here

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now it's time to go back to strengths though and the interface is probably

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roku's greatest strength it's responsive enough easy to navigate with their

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simple remote and surprisingly it doesn't throw too many ads in your face

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I hate that that's something that is a standout feature these days but it is I

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mean one minor issue is that streaming apps or platforms are called channels

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but does that matter no is it weird yeah but if that's what

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I'm complaining about I think that says a lot about how good it is the only

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major issue we found is the requirement to make a Roku account we tried to see

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if we could just skip this and change the input to HDMI whatever and start

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using our devices but no dice the TV is

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a brick until you make an account and I can see that being a major turn off for

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some people and okay I guess I do have some stuff

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the basic processor can be felt when you're loading content but come on guys

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compared to the frustration of dealing with you know responsive navigation

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through a bad interface advertising um using the Roku was a breath of fresh air

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and I guess it makes sense considering that they've been working on it for over

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a decade at this point and it can be found in everything from their streaming

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boxes to even third-party TVs notably TCL we actually have a couple of Roku

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Ultras here at the office that we love just because of their ability to handle

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every HDR format now if you can afford

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to spend a little bit extra and snag a mini LED TV instead you are going to get

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improvements pretty much across the board brightness starts skyrocketing

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into the thousand plus nips and you'll get more dimming zones for a more

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pleasing HDR experience but depending on what you buy you might also need to

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spend more on a Roku box to fix the crap interface and at the time of filming

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that's looking like a pretty big price jump I can genuinely say then that I

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don't think you'll be disappointed here and I like roku's strategy if they

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succeed in this new higher price band maybe we'll see them participate in the

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premium segment as well where honestly they're No Nonsense approach to both

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cool