The Vizio Quantum Pro QLED is a midrange LED TV released in 2023. One of only two Vizio TVs released in 2023, at least at the time of publication, it replaces the Vizio M Series Quantum X 2022 and sits above the Vizio Quantum QLED. It offers a full array local dimming feature, Quantum Dot colors, and a wide selection of gaming features, including HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for 4k @ 120Hz gaming from the latest consoles. Unfortunately, it's still powered by Vizio's lackluster SmartCast smart interface. It's only available in two sizes: 65-inch and 75-inch, so there's not a lot of variety for different room sizes.
Our Verdict
The Vizio Quantum Pro is a good TV for most uses. It's good for watching shows or sports in a bright room thanks to its high peak brightness and excellent reflection handling, so you don't have to worry about glare. It's also great for gaming thanks to its great response time, low input lag, and advanced gaming features, including support for VRR and 4k @ 120Hz gaming. It's just okay for watching movies in a dark room, though, as it has low native contrast, just okay accuracy, and it can't smooth out low-quality content.
- Wide viewing angle.
- High peak brightness and excellent reflection handling.
- Buggy SmartCast interface.
The Vizio Quantum Pro is good for watching shows in a bright room. With its high peak brightness and excellent reflection handling, glare isn't an issue, even if you have a lot of bright lights or windows in the room. It also has a wide viewing angle, so you can walk around the room with the TV on, and the image remains consistent. On the other hand, its image processing features are very basic, and it can't smooth out or upscale low-quality or low-resolution content well. Its smart features are also limited, as you can't add new streaming channels, and only a few are available.
- Wide viewing angle.
- High peak brightness and excellent reflection handling.
- Buggy SmartCast interface.
- Limited selection of streaming apps.
- Very limited image processing.
The Vizio Quantum Pro is very good for watching sports in a bright room. It gets very bright in SDR and has excellent reflection handling, so glare isn't an issue if you're watching the big game in a bright, sunny living room. It also has a wide viewing angle, so you can watch the game with a large group of friends, and everyone will enjoy a consistent image, even if they're not sitting directly in front of the TV. Motion is clear and easy to make out, thanks to its quick response time. Unfortunately, there's some noticeable dirty screen effect in the center, and the smart interface has a very limited selection of apps, and many sports apps aren't available.
- Wide viewing angle.
- High peak brightness and excellent reflection handling.
- Quick response time.
- Buggy SmartCast interface.
- Limited selection of streaming apps.
- Noticeable dirty screen effect.
- Very limited image processing.
The Vizio Quantum Pro is an impressive TV for gaming. It has incredibly low input lag, ensuring a responsive gaming experience. It also supports 4k @ 120Hz gaming from the latest consoles and PC GPUs, but only on one port, so you can't take full advantage of multiple consoles. It has a quick response time, resulting in clear motion with very little motion blur behind fast-moving objects. It also supports a 1080p @ 240Hz mode, delivering smoother motion and lower input lag at the expense of visual fidelity. It doesn't look as good in a dark room, though, as it has a low native contrast ratio, and there's a lot of distracting blooming around bright highlights with the local dimming feature enabled.
- High peak brightness and excellent reflection handling.
- Low input lag.
- Quick response time.
- Supports 4k @ 120Hz gaming.
- Low native contrast ratio and poor local dimming implementation.
- Only one HDMI 2.1 bandwidth port.
The Vizio Quantum Pro is just okay for watching movies in a dark room. It has a low native contrast ratio, and the local dimming feature is very limited, so there's distracting blooming around bright highlights in dark scenes. It gets decently bright, so bright scenes stand out well, and it has an excellent color gamut, so colors are vibrant and stand out well. The image processor on this TV is very basic, though, and it can't smooth out low-quality content or upscale low-resolution movies on DVD very well.
- Excellent color gamut.
- Low native contrast ratio and poor local dimming implementation.
- Buggy SmartCast interface.
- Limited selection of streaming apps.
The Vizio Quantum Pro is great for gaming in HDR. Overall, it delivers an impressive gaming experience with low input lag, a quick response time, and support for advanced gaming features like VRR and 4k @ 120Hz. It has an excellent color gamut in HDR and decent peak brightness, so it's very colorful and vibrant in bright scenes. It doesn't look very good in a dark room, though, as it has a low native contrast ratio and a very limited local dimming feature, and there's distracting blooming around bright highlights in dark scenes.
- Excellent color gamut.
- Low input lag.
- Quick response time.
- Supports 4k @ 120Hz gaming.
- Low native contrast ratio and poor local dimming implementation.
- Only one HDMI 2.1 bandwidth port.
The Vizio Quantum Pro is great for use as a PC monitor, but there are a few issues with it. It has a great response time and exceptional low input lag, resulting in a smooth, responsive desktop experience. Text from a PC looks good in most supported resolutions. It has a wide viewing angle, which is important as this ensures that the sides of the screen remain uniform when you're sitting close to the TV. It looks good in a bright room, with high peak brightness and excellent reflection handling that ensures glare isn't an issue. On the other hand, it's a poor choice for a dark room, as it has a very low native contrast ratio, and the local dimming feature doesn't work properly when connected to a PC.
- Wide viewing angle.
- High peak brightness and excellent reflection handling.
- Low input lag.
- Chroma 4:4:4 is displayed properly for clear text from a PC.
- Quick response time.
- Supports 4k @ 120Hz gaming.
- Local dimming doesn't work properly when connected to a PC.
- Noticeable dirty screen effect.
- Only one HDMI 2.1 bandwidth port.
Changelog
- Updated Nov 22, 2023: We bought and tested the Vizio Quantum QLED, which is the step-down model from this one. We added a few comparisons below in the HDR Brightness and Reflections sections of the review.
- Updated Oct 19, 2023: Review published.
- Updated Oct 13, 2023: Early access published.
- Updated Oct 02, 2023: Our testers have started testing this product.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 65-inch Vizio Quantum Pro, and these results are also valid for the 75-inch size. There's no difference in performance between the two sizes, but Vizio advertises the 75-inch size to have a slightly more powerful picture processor.
| Size | Model Number | Picture Processor |
|---|---|---|
| 65" | VQP65C-84 | IQ Ultra Processor |
| 75" | VQP75C-84 | IQ Ultra+ Processor |
You can see the label for our unit here.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Vizio Quantum Pro is a basic mid-range TV with a good selection of gaming features but disappointing picture quality in a dark room. Its smart interface is buggy and limited, so an external streaming device like an Apple TV is a must-have with this TV. Overall, it's a bit disappointing for the price, and competing models like the Hisense U7K and the TCL Q7/Q750G QLED offer better performance overall and a smoother user experience.
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The TCL QM6K and the Vizio Quantum Pro QLED each excel in their own way, and the best one depends mainly on how you plan to use the TV. The TCL has much better contrast, with deeper, more uniform blacks and less haloing around bright parts of the scene. This makes it the better choice for evening or nighttime viewing. The Vizio, on the other hand, is brighter, so it can handle a bit more glare during the day, and small bright highlights in HDR stand out a bit better.
The Hisense U7K is much better than the Vizio Quantum Pro QLED. The Hisense has much higher contrast, resulting in deeper blacks and less blooming around bright highlights in dark scenes. The Hisense also has better image processing and handles low-quality or low-resolution content better, resulting in less noticeable macro-blocking and pixelization. Finally, the Hisense has much better smart features, with a significantly wider selection of streaming apps and a smoother user experience overall.
The step-up Vizio Quantum Pro QLED is significantly better than the Vizio Quantum QLED. The Pro model gets a lot brighter, so it can handle more glare in a bright room, and HDR looks more vivid overall. The Pro also adds a full array local dimming feature, and while this increases the amount of blooming around bright objects, it also drastically increases the TV's dynamic range, so bright highlights stand out in bright scenes, and dark scenes aren't as washed out.
The Vizio M Series Quantum X 2022 and the Vizio Quantum Pro QLED have different strengths, so the best one depends on your viewing conditions. They have similar picture quality overall, but the Quantum Pro looks better in a bright room or if you have a wide seating arrangement, as it has a wider viewing angle and better reflection handling. The M Series, on the other hand, is a much better choice for a dark or moderately-lit room, as it has much higher contrast and better black uniformity.
We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests use specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
Test Results
Older Test Bench: This product has been tested using an older TV test methodology, before a major update. Some of the test results below aren't directly comparable with other TVs. Learn more
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