The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is a very basic, entry-level 4k TV. Along with the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series and the Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED Series, it's one of the first Amazon-branded TVs. It improves on the 4-Series marginally, with Dolby Vision support on the larger sizes and better build quality. It's great for a dark room, with excellent contrast and good black uniformity. It's bright enough to handle glare in most rooms, as long as you don't have a lot of natural light. It has a great selection of streaming apps, and it can remove judder from any source, which is uncommon for a 60Hz TV. The remote has built-in voice controls, and there are microphones on the TV for hands-free control. Unfortunately, it also has many of the same flaws as the 4-Series; it has disappointing accuracy out of the box, with just a basic white balance calibration system. It also has a slow response time, resulting in noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects.
Our Verdict
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is an okay TV overall. It's alright for watching movies in a dark room, as it has excellent contrast. It's a decent choice for watching TV shows in a bright room, but it's not ideal for sports or video games due to the slow response time. Sadly, HDR adds almost nothing to movies or games, as it can't get very bright in HDR, and it can't display a wide color gamut. Finally, it's not recommended for PC use, as text looks blurry.
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Excellent contrast.
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Great selection of streaming apps.
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Decent reflection handling.
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Slow response time.
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Disappointing accuracy and limited calibration settings.
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Image degrades at an angle.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is an alright TV for watching movies in a dark room. It has excellent contrast, resulting in deep blacks in a dark room. It can remove judder from any source, which is uncommon for 60Hz TVs, and it has a great selection of streaming apps. Sadly, there's no local dimming feature, and it has disappointing accuracy, so colors look off.
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Excellent contrast.
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Great selection of streaming apps.
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Can remove judder from any source.
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No local dimming feature.
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Disappointing accuracy and limited calibration settings.
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480p and 720p content isn't upscaled properly.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is a decent TV for watching shows during the day. It has decent peak brightness and decent reflection handling, meaning it can overcome glare in most rooms. It also has a great selection of streaming apps, so you're sure to find your favorite streaming service. Unfortunately, it has narrow viewing angles, so it's not the best for a wide seating arrangement, and it can't upscale 480p and 720p content properly, which is disappointing if you have a lot of shows on DVD.
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Great selection of streaming apps.
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Decent reflection handling.
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Disappointing accuracy and limited calibration settings.
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Image degrades at an angle.
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480p and 720p content isn't upscaled properly.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is a fair TV for watching sports in a bright room. It has decent reflection handling, and it's bright enough to overcome glare in most rooms. It also has a great selection of streaming apps, including most sports channels. Unfortunately, it has a slow response time, so fast-moving objects, like players, looks blurry. It also has narrow viewing angles, so it's not the best choice for a wide seating arrangement. It also can't upscale 720p content properly, which can be an issue with some cable TV channels.
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Great selection of streaming apps.
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Decent reflection handling.
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Slow response time.
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Disappointing accuracy and limited calibration settings.
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Image degrades at an angle.
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480p and 720p content isn't upscaled properly.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is decent for playing games. It has fantastic low input lag, resulting in a responsive gaming experience. It also has excellent contrast, resulting in deep blacks when gaming in a dark room. Sadly, it has a slow response time, so there's more noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects, and it doesn't support any advanced gaming features like HDMI 2.1 or variable refresh rates.
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Fantastic low input lag.
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Excellent contrast.
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Slow response time.
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No VRR support.
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Disappointing accuracy and limited calibration settings.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is passable for watching HDR movies in a dark room. It has excellent contrast, and it can remove judder from any source. It has a great selection of streaming apps, so you're sure to find the latest streaming movies. On the other hand, it has no local dimming feature, it's not very bright in HDR, and it can't display a wide color gamut, so HDR adds very little overall.
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Excellent contrast.
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Great selection of streaming apps.
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Can remove judder from any source.
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No local dimming feature.
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Can't display a wide color gamut.
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Disappointing accuracy and limited calibration settings.
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Only the 65" and 75" models support Dolby Vision.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is alright for playing games in HDR. It has fantastic low input lag, resulting in a responsive gaming experience, but it has a slow response time, resulting in more noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects. On the other hand, it has no local dimming feature, it's not very bright in HDR, and it can't display a wide color gamut, so HDR adds very little overall. It also doesn't support any advanced gaming features like HDMI 2.1 or VRR.
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Fantastic low input lag.
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Excellent contrast.
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No local dimming feature.
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Slow response time.
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No VRR support.
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Can't display a wide color gamut.
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Disappointing accuracy and limited calibration settings.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is okay for use as a PC monitor, but there are a few limitations. It has fantastic low input lag, so mouse movements feel smooth. Unfortunately, it has a slow response time, so there's significant blur behind fast-moving objects. The biggest issue is that it can't display 4:4:4 chroma properly in any supported resolution, so text looks blurry. There are ways around this limitation, and not everyone will notice it, but it's not ideal.
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Fantastic low input lag.
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Decent reflection handling.
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It can't display 4:4:4 chroma properly.
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Slow response time.
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Disappointing accuracy and limited calibration settings.
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Image degrades at an angle.
- 7.6 Mixed Usage
- 8.6 Movies
- 7.0 TV Shows
- 6.7 Sports
- 7.8 Video Games
- 7.9 HDR Movies
- 7.9 HDR Gaming
- 6.3 PC Monitor
- Updated Apr 03, 2023: We uploaded the brightness measurements and uniformity photos after running the TV for four months in our Accelerated Longevity Test.
- Updated Feb 24, 2023: Updated to Test Bench 1.9, modifying our Contrast testing and splitting our local dimming testing into multiple sections covering Blooming, Black Crush, and Lighting Zone Transitions. You can see our full changelog here.
- Updated Feb 06, 2023: We uploaded the brightness measurements and uniformity photos after running the TV for two months in our Accelerated Longevity Test.
- Updated Dec 16, 2022: Updated to Test Bench 1.8, adding a new box for PQ EOTF tracking and updating our Color Volume and Color Gamut tests to better reflect real world usage. You can see our full changelog here.
- Updated Dec 14, 2022: Updated to Test Bench 1.7 with an updated HDR Brightness test that better reflects real world usage. We've also split the console compatibility boxes into separate PS5 Compatibility and Xbox Series X|S Compatibility tests. You can see our full changelog here.
- Updated Nov 22, 2022: We tested the Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED Series and added a few relevant comparisons to this review.
- Updated Nov 17, 2022: We uploaded the initial brightness measurements and uniformity photos for the Accelerated Longevity Test.
- Updated Apr 05, 2022: Firmware update Fire OS 7.2.7.4 (PS7274/3256) added a white balance calibration menu. We calibrated the TV and updated the post-calibration section of the review. We also rechecked the SDR peak brightness and contrast to see if they were affected by the calibration, but nothing changed. We updated the settings page to include our calibration results.
- Updated Nov 23, 2021: Review published.
- Updated Nov 19, 2021: Early access published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 65 inch Amazon Fire TV Omni Series, and we also expect most of our results to be valid for the 43 inch, 50 inch, 55 inch, and 75 inch models. There are some differences between them, which are listed below.
| Size | SKU number (U.S.) | SKU number (Canada) | Dolby Vision | Finish |
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| 43" | 4K43M600A | 4K43M600C | No | Black |
| 50" | 4K50M600A | 4K50M600C | No | Black |
| 55" | 4K55M600A | 4K55M600C | No | Black |
| 65" | 4K65M600A | 4K65M600C | Yes | Metallic silver |
| 75" | 4K75M600A | 4K75M600C | Yes | Metallic silver |
If someone comes across a different type of panel or their Amazon Fire TV Omni Series doesn't correspond to our review, let us know, and we'll update the review. Note that some tests, like gray uniformity, may vary between units.
You can see the label for our unit here.
Compared To Other TVs
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is a very basic entry-level TV. Most budget models offered by competing brands, including TCL and Hisense, deliver much better picture quality and have better features. There are much better TVs available if you're willing to spend a bit more.
See our recommendations for the best budget TVs, the best smart TVs, and the best small TVs.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED Series is much better than the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series. The QLED model has a full array local dimming feature, resulting in deeper blacks and better overall dark scene performance. The QLED also has a much wider color gamut, so HDR content looks more vivid and realistic.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is better than the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series. The Omni has better accuracy out of the box, and it's a bit brighter. The Omni also has a slightly faster response time, and the unit we bought has better black uniformity. Finally, the 65-inch and 75-inch models of the Omni have a more premium design, with hands-free voice control, and those sizes support Dolby Vision.
The TCL 4 Series/S455 2022 and the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series are very similar overall. The TCL is a slightly better choice for a darker room, as it has better black uniformity, with less cloudiness in dark scenes. The Amazon, on the other hand, gets a bit brighter, so it can handle a brighter room slightly better.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is a bit better than the Hisense A6H. The Amazon TV has much higher contrast, so blacks look deeper and more uniform in a dark room. The Amazon also gets brighter, so it looks better than the Hisense in a bright room. On the other hand, the Hisense has a wider viewing angle, so it's slightly better if you have a moderately lit room with a wide seating arrangement.
The 65-inch Hisense A6G and the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series use different panel technologies, each with strengths and weaknesses, but the Amazon is better overall for most people. The Amazon TV has much better contrast, better black uniformity, and it's a bit brighter. The Amazon TV can remove judder from any source. On the other hand, the Hisense has much better accuracy, even after calibration, as the Amazon TV has only a basic white balance calibration system. The Hisense also has better viewing angles. Note that there are some variants of the A6G that use VA panels; we expect them to perform closer to the Amazon TV.
The Insignia F50 QLED is better than the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series, although the differences are minor. The Amazon is better for watching movies, as it can remove judder from any source, unlike the Insignia, which can't remove judder from any source. On the other hand, the Insignia has much better accuracy out of the box, better uniformity, and a slightly faster response time.
The Hisense U6G is significantly better than the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series. The Hisense has a full array local dimming feature, slightly better reflection handling, and it's significantly brighter. The Hisense also has better black uniformity, much better accuracy, and it can be fully calibrated, whereas the Omni Series only supports a basic white balance calibration.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series is better than the Toshiba Fire TV 2020 overall, but the Toshiba might be a better choice for some people. The Amazon can remove judder from any source, and it's brighter. The Toshiba has better black uniformity and much better accuracy after calibration, as it has a full calibration system compared with the simple white balance calibration on the Omni Series. The Toshiba also has a faster response time and slightly better reflection handling.
Test Results
The 65 inch and 75 inch models of the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series have a more premium design than the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series, with a metallic silver finish and very thin bezels. The smaller sizes have a less-premium black plastic finish, but they have the same thin bezels as the 65 inch unit we bought.
The stand is basic but supports the TV well. The 65" and 75" models have a more premium finish than the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series. The smaller sizes have a similar stand, but with a glossy black finish.
Footprint of the 65" stand: 49.3" x 13.9". The feet raise the TV about 2.5" from the table to the bottom of the IR receiver, or about 3.5" to the bottom of the screen, so you can place most soundbars in front of it without blocking the screen.
The back is plain, but the inputs face to the side and are very easy to access when the TV is wall-mounted. There's no cable management, which is a bit disappointing.
The bottom half of the screen houses all the electronics and inputs, and it's quite a bit thicker than the top half. The thicker section prevents the TV from sitting completely flush against the wall if it's wall-mounted.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has decent built quality overall. The stand feels quite sturdy, and it supports the TV well. The back metal panels are solid, with very little flex, but the plastic portions around the inputs and VESA mounts aren't as solid. Overall, it feels better than the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series, with more premium materials and better construction.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has an excellent contrast ratio, resulting in deep blacks in a dark room. Contrast can vary between individual units, but these results are typical for a VA panel. Sadly, there's no local dimming feature that could improve contrast.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has decent peak brightness in SDR. There's very little variation in brightness with different scenes, which is great, and it's bright enough to overcome glare in most rooms.
These measurements are after calibration, in the 'Movie' Picture Mode with the Backlight at its max, Contrast at '50', Gamma at '1', Color Saturation at '45' and the Color Temperature set to 'Warm'. Setting Gamma to '2' with the 'Standard' Picture Mode results in a slightly brighter, but less accurate image, reaching a peak of 389 cd/m² with a 10% window with those settings.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has poor peak brightness in HDR. It's nowhere near bright enough to deliver an impactful HDR experience. Dark scenes are over-brightened a bit, but most scenes are displayed at the correct brightness levels. Unfortunately, there's a sharp cutoff at the TV's peak brightness, causing a loss of fine details in bright scenes. There's very little variation in peak brightness with different scenes, which is great.
We measured the HDR peak brightness in the 'Movie' Picture Mode with the Backlight at its max, Contrast at '50', and the Color Temperature set to 'Warm'. Setting the Color Temperature to 'Standard' instead results in a slightly brighter image overall, as shown in this EOTF, but the overall peak brightness is still about the same. If you don't care as much about accuracy, the 'Standard' Picture Mode with the 'Standard' Color Temperature is slightly brighter, with a peak of 390 cd/m² with a 25% window.
There's no difference in HDR peak brightness in 'Game' Mode, but it tracks the EOTF slightly worse, as near-dark scenes are a bit too bright. It's not really noticeable, though.
Unfortunately, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has just okay gradient handling. There's noticeable banding in all shades, especially in darker colors. There's also noticeable 8-bit banding, which is very unusual, as this display can accept and display 10-bit signals. We discovered that this issue only occurs when the TV is sent a 1080p signal. When sending a 4k signal, gradients look much better, and we measured the following std. dev.:
- Red: 0.089
- Green: 0.092
- Blue: 0.076
- Gray: 0.081
- Overall score: 8.8
For consistency with our other reviews, the posted results are with a 1080p signal. You can see a photo of the 4k gradient results here.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has okay gray uniformity. The brightness varies a bit across the screen, and the sides are considerably darker than the center. There's also a fair amount of dirty screen effect in the center, which can be distracting when watching sports. Near-dark scenes look a lot better, but there's some light leakage along the top and bottom bezels. Gray uniformity can vary between individual units.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has very good black uniformity. There's some noticeable backlight bleed, causing the image to appear a bit blue. Unfortunately, there's no local dimming feature to improve the contrast and black uniformity. Note that like gray uniformity, black uniformity can vary between individual units.
Unfortunately, as expected for a VA panel, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has disappointing viewing angles. It usually isn't an issue if your seating arrangement is directly in front of the TV, but if you have side seating or a wide living room, the image appears washed out to anyone sitting to the sides of the TV. If you want something with wide viewing angles, the 65 inch version of the TCL 4 Series/S446 2021 has an IPS panel.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has decent reflection handling. The semi-gloss finish reduces the intensity of direct reflections but causes some smearing across the display. It's bright enough that glare won't be an issue for most people, though.
Unfortunately, even though it's much better than the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has disappointing accuracy out of the box. The white balance is bad, but colors are okay overall. The color temperature is excellent, and the blue tint we noticed on the 4-Series isn't an issue with this TV. Gamma is close to the 2.2 target we use for a dark room, but most scenes are slightly too bright. The newer Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED Series looks much better before calibration.
After calibration, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has great color accuracy. Firmware update Fire OS 7.2.7.4 (PS7274/3256) added a white balance calibration, but it still lacks a full color calibration. After calibrating it, the white balance is much better, but bright shades of gray are still a bit off. This also improves overall color accuracy a bit, and the color temperature is much closer to the 6500K target.
You can see our recommended settings here.
Like the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series does a decent job upscaling 480p content. Unfortunately, there's a slight issue with 480p and 720p content, though, as the image is cut slightly and then stretched to fill the screen. None of the upscaling settings were able to correct this issue.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series does a decent job upscaling cable TV channels and other 720p content, but like with 480p content, it cuts the image slightly and expands it to fill the screen.
1080p content, including Blu-ray movies, is upscaled well. The aspect ratio issue with 480p and 720p content isn't an issue with 1080p content.
Like most TVs on the market with VA panels, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series uses a BGR (Blue-Green-Red) subpixel layout instead of the traditional Red-Green-Blue layout. It doesn't cause any issues for video content, but if you plan to use this TV as a PC monitor, it might be an issue for text clarity. You can read more about this here.
Unfortunately, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has just an alright color gamut. It can't display a wide color gamut, which is needed for a vivid HDR experience. Tone mapping is a bit better than the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series
Unfortunately, due to the narrow color gamut, this TV has sub-par color volume. It can't display bright colors very well, and it can't fill out the color gamut.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has a decent response time. Like most VA TVs, transitions to and from near-dark colors are significantly slower, causing a longer trail behind fast-moving objects. It's commonly known as black smearing.
Unfortunately, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series uses pulse-width modulation to dim the backlight, and there's noticeable flicker at all backlight levels below the maximum. This flicker frequency is low enough to bother some people, and it causes duplications in motion.
This TV doesn't have an optional backlight strobing feature, commonly known as black frame insertion, but there's flicker at all backlight levels below the maximum, and it can't be disabled.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has an optional motion interpolation feature, which can improve the appearance of low frame rate content. It's okay overall, but it can't handle fast-moving content well. There are noticeable artifacts and haloing around some content, and it's choppy at times when the camera is moving.
Thanks to the relatively slow response time, this TV has very little stutter when watching movies.
Unlike most 60Hz TVs on the market, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series can remove judder from any source.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has a basic 60Hz panel, and it doesn't support any advanced gaming features like a variable refresh rate.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has fantastic low input lag, but only in the 'Game' Picture Mode. Outside of 'Game' Mode, including in 'PC' Mode, the input lag is unusably high.
Unfortunately, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series can't display proper 4:4:4 chroma with any supported resolution, even in 'PC' Mode, so text appears blurry from a PC.
This TV only supports the basic 4k @ 60Hz formats with both of the new consoles. It doesn't support any advanced gaming features, but it automatically switches to 'Game' Mode when you start playing a game from a supported source.
Amazon advertises the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series as supporting HDMI 2.1, but the ports don't support bandwidth beyond HDMI 2.0. It does support eARC, which is an HDMI 2.1 feature, but doesn't require any extra bandwidth over HDMI 2.0.
Note: only the 65" and 75" models support Dolby Vision. The smaller sizes only support HDR10.
There's also an IR output, which allows you to program the TV to control an external cable box or receiver using the including IR blaster cable.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series supports eARC, and it can passthrough some high-quality audio formats, including Dolby Atmos via TrueHD.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series has a mediocre frequency response. It has a very high low-frequency extension (LFE), resulting in almost no bass response, with no thump or rumble. Above the LFE, it has a fairly balanced sound profile, so most dialogue sounds clear. It gets fairly loud, but there's a bit of compression at max volume.
Unfortunately, this TV has mediocre distortion performance. There's significantly more distortion at max volume than the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series, and it's noticeable and doesn't sound good. It's not too bad at moderate listening level, and not everyone will hear this.
The Amazon Fire TV Omni Series runs a slightly more recent Fire TV interface than the previous non-Amazon branded Fire TVs, including the Toshiba C350 Fire TV 2021. The interface is smooth and easy to use. We encountered a minor bug with the interface. When pressing the 'Settings' button, the on-screen menu would flicker on and off. Pressing the 'Settings' button again corrected the issue.
Unfortunately, like almost every TV on the market, there are ads throughout the home interface and content store, and you can't disable them.
The app store has a great selection of additional apps to download, and you can also cast content from your mobile device.
The remote is nearly identical to the one included with previous Fire TVs, including the Toshiba C350 Fire TV 2021. It has built-in voice controls that can be used to change inputs, launch apps, or search for content, but it can't change settings on the TV. The TV also has a built-in microphone that you can use for hands-free voice control.
Note: Our unit was purchased in Canada, as we weren't able to get one quickly enough from the U.S. The quick access buttons at the bottom of the remote are slightly different on U.S. models.
