{"id":124371,"date":"2021-02-02T09:12:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T09:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=124371"},"modified":"2024-02-28T08:14:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:14:54","slug":"vizio-oled55-h1-review-can-compete-with-the-top-4k-tvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/tv\/vizio-oled55-h1-review-can-compete-with-the-top-4k-tvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Vizio OLED55-H1 : Can compete with the top 4K TVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the fact that Vizio mainly present their products in the overseas market, it was interesting for us to review the Vizio OLED55-H1 as a representative of this series.\u00a0Let&#8217;s see if the OLED55-H1 can compete with the top selling OLED models.<\/p>\n<h2>Vizio OLED H1 review<\/h2>\n<p>Among the\u00a0Vizio 2020\u00a0lineup\u00a0, the OLED-H1 series in question is premium.\u00a0It offers two TV sizes &#8211; OLED55-H1 and OLED65-H1.\u00a0Price category 65 diagonal &#8211; up to $ 2,000.\u00a0Recall that LG from the unpretentious\u00a0LG BX\u00a0series\u00a0with the same diagonal will cost $ 2333.<\/p>\n<h3>Design, packaging, assembly<\/h3>\n<p>Inside the box there is a remote control (without voice control), batteries for the remote control and some parts of the Vizio OLED55-H1 TV stand.\u00a0There is also an information booklet, but there is no instruction manual for the TV.\u00a0Perhaps the manufacturer relies on the consumer himself and his ingenuity for installation.<\/p>\n<p>The installation of the Visio OLED55-H1 must be carried out by two people.\u00a0There is a warning about this on the huge stickers on the front of the TV.\u00a0This should be taken into account as the OLED screen is quite flexible.\u00a0To secure the stand, the TV is supposed to be laid on a flat surface.<\/p>\n<p>When installed, you will feel the screen flex slightly.\u00a0This is especially true for the large diagonal OLED65-H1, so special care must be taken when assembling and installing.\u00a0It would be nice for the manufacturer to take an example from the\u00a0Sony XG95 packaging\u00a0, where the TV does not need to be\u00a0stowed\u00a0, and the stand legs are mounted in an upright position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-dizajn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-dizajn-700x386.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-dizajn-700x386.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-dizajn-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-dizajn-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-dizajn.jpg 1600w\" alt=\"Vizio OLED H1 design\" width=\"700\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The relatively thin body of the OLED55-H1 TV is attached to a graceful platform in the center of the screen.\u00a0The second part of the stand is installed on the back of the case.\u00a0The main stand has a wave-like profile and looks slightly futuristic.<\/p>\n<p>The body is made of dark matte plastic.\u00a0The connectors are located on the left side of the TV, facing sideways and downward.\u00a0The interface compartments are closed with decorative covers.\u00a0Bottom cables must be routed to the center first and then down through the center auxiliary stand.\u00a0Believe me, it is often not so easy to lay the antenna cable, and you have to leave the decorative panel cover aside.<\/p>\n<h3>Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The Vizio OLED55-H1 has three HDMI ports facing downwards.\u00a0One of them has eARC and a couple of others have 4K @ 120Hz support.\u00a0Several ports on the side are composite, HDMI and USB and are easier to access.\u00a0Vizio has tried to keep the back of the OLED H1 in a design minimalism.\u00a0But in practice, this turned out to be superfluous.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, with the &#8220;correct&#8221; laying of wires, their length will increase by half the width of the TV case.\u00a0Some information about HDMI ports.\u00a0There are only two interfaces labeled 4K @ 120Hz, and Vizio claims these are HDMI 2.1 ports.<\/p>\n<p>That is, they are capable of supporting variable refresh rate (VRR) and automatic low latency mode (ALLM) at 4K @ 120Hz.\u00a0Upon verification, it turned out that this is not the case.\u00a0But Vizio has already released a firmware update that resolved this issue.\u00a0Therefore, the Sony\u00a0PlayStation 5\u00a0will work well with the TV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-vid.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Compatibility<\/h3>\n<p>The operating system in the Vizio OLED55-H1 TV is SmartCast, the digital tuner does not support the DVB-T2 standard.\u00a0Therefore, the use in the European segment simply as a &#8220;TV out of the box&#8221; will not work, unless you use a satellite receiver.\u00a0Here you should immediately think about purchasing some kind of external set-top box, for example, on\u00a0Android TV\u00a0.<\/p>\n<h3>Black level<\/h3>\n<p>As you&#8217;d expect, the Vizio OLED55-H1&#8217;s black levels are impressive.\u00a0It&#8217;s an OLED TV, after all, so when the pixels are off, you get true blacks.\u00a0But that&#8217;s not all it takes for a good image.\u00a0Good gradients are always needed, fading to dark grays, shadow details and blending.<\/p>\n<p>And here in the Vizio H1 OLED there is a small drawback.\u00a0In fact, there may be problems with viewing dark images if the TV is installed in a bright room.\u00a0The image does not smoothly go beyond black, so there is no shadow detail.\u00a0And viewing ideal dark scenes is difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a tip &#8211; place the Vizio H1 OLED in a dark place.\u00a0On the other hand, the black uniformity is perfect, which allows the H1 OLED TV to be tuned for excellent contrast.\u00a0The gray gradient on the screen, like the uniformity of the gray, is almost perfect.<\/p>\n<h3>Brightness<\/h3>\n<p>What&#8217;s interesting about Vizio&#8217;s H1 OLED is that when factory calibrated, the image itself isn&#8217;t very bright.\u00a0The result of the checks is only 400 nits at peak in HDR and about 300 nits in SDR.\u00a0As you can see, this is not a big difference between HDR and SDR content.<\/p>\n<p>However, after resetting the TV and tweaking a few parameters, performance was significantly improved to match the manufacturer&#8217;s stated values: almost 400 nits in SDR and 650 nits in HDR using 10% of the window filled with white.<\/p>\n<h3>Color accuracy<\/h3>\n<p>Adjusting the brightness level can often adversely affect color accuracy.\u00a0However, the standard colors of the OLED55-H1 are fantastic after working through the image calibration mode.\u00a0DCI P3 is 98% covered.<\/p>\n<h3>Motion processing<\/h3>\n<p>Although the OLED55-H1 handles colors well, the handling of dynamic scenes lags slightly behind.\u00a0Of course, there are anti-blur features in the specification.\u00a0But problematic 24p content may play with some jitter.\u00a0Naturally, this was done with the motion and shake compensation settings disabled for the sample.<\/p>\n<p>However, when these enhancing settings are turned on, and even at the lowest levels, we get the ill-fated &#8221;\u00a0soap opera effect\u00a0.&#8221;\u00a0Chances are, as most users assume, it&#8217;s not worth the compromise.<\/p>\n<h3>Image processing<\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, image processing is an area in which Visio must develop.\u00a0It can be said that the clarity of the image is incomparable with the OLED models of LG or Sony.\u00a0Perhaps that is why the price segment is lowered.\u00a0Image processing on Vizio TVs has improved markedly this year, but the H1 OLED is still weak in handling low-resolution content and low bit depths.\u00a0But the high-res content on the H1 OLED looks amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Many people are interested in the part of the OLED TV review, which talks about the possibility of screen burn-in.\u00a0Although burnout is not as much of a problem now as it was in previous versions.\u00a0However, there are still risks in this area, and any OLED TV manufacturer complicates some of the functions against this &#8220;OLED disease&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So, if a user likes to play the same game for ten hours a day, or the same TV channel looms on the screen every day, the problem may be that graphic banners &#8220;burn&#8221; the screen where they are located.<\/p>\n<p>However, the OLED55-H1 fights against this kind of burn-in technologically.\u00a0If the OLED-H1 TV notices a static image on the screen for more than 30 seconds, then the H1 simply goes out.\u00a0In addition, the series is equipped with pixel shift technology and luminance limiting function to avoid OLED burn-in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-kommutacija-700x388.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-kommutacija-700x388.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-kommutacija-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-kommutacija-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ultrahdsu-Vizio-OLED-H1-kommutacija.jpg 1600w\" alt=\"Vizio OLED H1 interfaces\" width=\"700\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Sound<\/h3>\n<p>Oddly enough, the H1 OLED&#8217;s sound quality out of the box isn&#8217;t impressive.\u00a0But after rebooting the TV and making small adjustments, the 2x15W system improves dramatically in terms of sound quality.\u00a0Still, it is believed that such a great TV deserves a separate soundbar.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Vizio has some of the most affordable, high-performance soundbars on the market today.\u00a0In particular, the Vizio Elevate soundbar would be a great choice.<\/p>\n<h3>Game Mode<\/h3>\n<p>After connecting PlayStation\u00a0, the process was expected to be fully automated.\u00a0However, Vizio&#8217;s H1 OLED automatically recognized the console and marked the appropriate input, but the image quality was not up to par.<\/p>\n<p>After walking a little through the settings, we find that the TV does not accept HDR, although the PS5 &#8220;outputs&#8221; this standard by default.\u00a0Having sorted out the settings of the H1 OLED, we managed to get the desired image.\u00a0By the way, you can also do something in the PS5 settings &#8211; manually toggle some parameters to create 4K HDR at up to 120Hz.\u00a0In general, it&#8217;s worth a little tinkering here.\u00a0And the H1 OLED TV is a great choice for a gaming TV with a 3ms pixel response time.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The Vizio H1 OLED models are definitely interesting.\u00a0Vizio&#8217;s main achievement is price reduction, but at the expense of image quality.\u00a0Indeed, Vizio has competitors like LG OLED.\u00a0But as we can see, Vizio has reduced the cost of OLED TVs to almost $ 1000.\u00a0After updating with various patches, in the end, the Vizio H1 OLED turns out to be a good TV with an OLED matrix.<\/p>\n<p>What you can pick as a competitor is the\u00a0LG CX\u00a0OLED\u00a0series\u00a0.\u00a0This is probably a direct competitor to the Vizio H1 OLED, but it costs more.\u00a0For an extra penny, you get slightly more accurate image processing.\u00a0But the Vizio H1 OLED also handles high-definition content well, and most potential buyers can save some money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the fact that Vizio mainly present their products in the overseas market, it was interesting for us to review the Vizio OLED55-H1 as a representative of this series.\u00a0Let&#8217;s see if the OLED55-H1 can compete with the top selling OLED models. Vizio OLED H1 review Among the\u00a0Vizio 2020\u00a0lineup\u00a0, the OLED-H1 series in question is premium.\u00a0It [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/tv\/vizio-oled55-h1-review-can-compete-with-the-top-4k-tvs\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10402,"featured_media":124393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[641],"tags":[778],"class_list":{"0":"post-124371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-reviews"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}