Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED Series ZDNET's key takeaways The Fire TV Omni QLED Series is one of Amazon's latest smart televisions, starting at $429 for the 50-inch.
I tested the 65-inch model, which costs $850 and features a gorgeous image, hands-free Alexa+, and Amazon's Ambient Experience.
I wish it had a remote finder. $759.99 at Amazon
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Amazon released multiple new devices at the end of this year, including a Fire TV Omni QLED Series, which I've been testing for over a month now. I've used the 65-inch model of this smart TV as our family's main television, and it's been a huge upgrade from my four-year-old LG TV.
Granted, that TV was an entry-level UN7000 with 4K resolution, so it wasn't a QLED panel by any means. It set me back $500 in 2021, but today, you can get a far superior 55-inch Omni QLED Series TV for $530.
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Although this is a testament to how much more affordable televisions have become over the past four years, I'm not sure if I would have bought a Fire TV over an LG back then -- at least not until I had tested it.
The Fire TV Omni QLED Series is the third Fire TV I've used; I have a 50-inch Series 4 Fire TV and a 43-inch Omni Series. I got both of these for $100 each during Amazon Prime Day sales events, so they were relatively low-risk purchases at the time. I installed that Omni Series Fire TV in my bedroom, and it proved to be far superior to my previous old Westinghouse TV, but the latest Omni QLED Series is even more impressive.
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