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JVC Fire TV Edition 49'' Smart 4K Ultra HD HDR LED TV


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Best price: £498.99

Product Summary

  • Everything looks better in 4K with four times the resolution of Full HD, you'll marvel at the detail and colour definition.
  • Plus, with HDR content you'll see a greater depth of colour and brilliant brightness for a more realistic viewing experience.
  • With the Fire TV experience built-in, enjoy thousands of apps, Alexa skills, and channels including Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Disney and more (subscription fees may apply).
  • Fire TV Edition seamlessly integrates live broadcast TV and streaming channels on a unified home screen (TV aerial required).
  • Easily control your TV with the included Voice Remote with Alexaplus, launch apps, search for TV shows, play music, switch inputs, control compatible smart home devices, and more, using just your voice.

Brand

JVC


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Product Review Analysis*

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

61.0% 11.9% 27.1%

Senti score  [72.9%]

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Pros & Cons

absolutely brilliant

"very good just what i wonted absolutely brilliant"
100.0%

really pleased

"excellent tv really pleased"
100.0%

excellent product

"excellent product easy to set up"
100.0%

very pleased

"very pleased"
100.0%

brilliant picture

"brilliant picture and alexa function spot on"
100.0%

very likeable

"generally speaking this is a very likeable tv"
100.0%

really excellent

"great tv and picture quality really excellent"
99.9%

amazing experience

"an amazing experience all round from placing the order to sat in an evening watching netflix"
99.9%

quite good

"the operating system is great it takes a while to configure and get pic settings right but its quite good black levels for budget tv not quite figured out auto luminance settings yet but contrast is good for the price of tv"
99.9%

brilliant product

"brilliant product"
99.9%

very bright

"it's a very bright tv when your using fire tv mode i do find that the home screen is a bit too bright it would be nice if you could adjust it but adjustment can only be done for external sources tv set top box blu ray etc "
99.8%

superb sound

"great picture and superb sound the alexa built in makes it so easy to operate"
99.8%

highly recommend

"would highly recommend"
99.6%

best thing

"as its on offer for £250 its well worth the money no the picture quality isnt the best thing but for a uhd 4k smart tv at this price point its well worth the money"
99.6%

real winner

"the 55" a real winner in our family lounge"
99.5%

extremely good

"extremely good value for money"
99.4%

really good

"really good tv picture quality is outstanding"
99.3%

works superbly

"the tv works superbly with alexa as does the built in amazon fire stick"
99.1%

smashing great

"it’s super smashing great"
98.8%

works perfectly

"great product works perfectly and easily"
98.6%

really decent

"it has everything that modern tv needs and it is really decent price"
98.6%

completely amazing

"my goddess i adore this tv completely amazing i am in love 🥰 🥰"
98.5%

excellent picture

"excellent picture and sound quality"
97.5%

nice telly

"nice telly does what it’s supposed to!"
95.9%

highly recomend

"would highly recomend"
95.2%

impressive though

"tv is impressive though well ahead of my last panasonic which was less than 3 years old and probably about twice the price and smaller"
94.3%

behaved brilliantly

"alexa works on the remote by holding the speaker button as you speak and she behaved brilliantly"
94.1%

make a bargain

"low cost alone does not necessarily make a bargain"
93.1%

it's excellent

"for the price i think it’s excellent"
93.1%

it's a bargain

"all smart features work well and for the price it's a bargain"
93.1%

such a bargain

"good picture good sound easy to set up so easy to use just tell alexa what you want her to do and she does it brilliant and such a bargain 😊"
93.1%

alexa is great

"alexa is great"
92.9%

brilliant i love

"for my bedroom it brilliant i love it"
92.5%

great thoe

"ye bit harsh after a few days living with it seems ok the one remote is great thoe"
92.0%

very effective

"voice control for finding things via the internet is easy to use as well as being quick and very effective"
91.8%

very smart

"great tv it's very smart looking and great for the price "
91.7%

navigate around

"i absolutely love this smart tv the remote once set up is so easily accessible and can take you to different apps so rapidly the screen is big and has such a good picture on it i find the remote so easy to use and i can navigate around to different places swiftly"
90.6%

excellent quality fire tv

"excellent quality fire tv os works well"
90.6%

still great

"the tv is a little bit slower when navigating around the apps than the latest fire stick etc but it is still great"
90.4%

excellent wifi connection

"size picture quality easy set up and excellent wifi connection perfect for my needs"
89.4%

amazing and very good

"picture quality size and sound all amazing and very good price"
89.2%

good inputs

"for me the image is good the sound is good inputs good and integration with amazon good"
88.8%

fits best in our room

"we were looking for a 40" tv as that size fits best in our room so options were limited and this was probably the best of the bunch on offer"
88.6%

perfect for my needs

"size picture quality easy set up and excellent wifi connection perfect for my needs"
88.5%

clean and elegant

"clean and elegant black design with few alluminium inserts"
88.5%

very snappy

"the interface was very snappy and impressive"
88.2%

great telly

"great telly"
88.0%

well separated

"the audio quality was much better than expected too with rich crisp well separated audio channels"
87.7%

great addition

"a great addition"
75.0%

look great

"i have multiple consoles running through it including the latest and they look great"
75.0%

works well

"excellent quality fire tv os works well"
75.0%

decent picture

"i really wanted to like this tv as the features along with alexa are great it's currently very quick to switch between apps also but i cant get past how dull and grainy the picture quality is and a decent picture is ultimately what you need the tv for"
75.0%

good price

"so easy just like a firestick everything you could want and for such a good price"
75.0%

great price

"the 4k is a definite upgrade from the usual hd and is a great price"
75.0%

looks good

"build quality feels and looks good and i didn’t find the plastic flimsy as one reviewer claimed"
75.0%

great features

"many great features and much faster than my fire stick i really like it"
75.0%

smart elements

"the faniliar fire tv ui works for navigating the smart elements of the tv but comes up short when navigating the live tv element"
75.0%

reliable software

"easy setup reliable software and smart features"
74.9%

great value

"tv is great value for money"
74.9%

perfect size

"very pleased with this perfect size and great picture and sound quality"
74.9%

looks brilliant

"the panel itself looks rly good 4k content looks brilliant"
74.9%

useful bonus

"integrated 4k fire tv is a useful bonus as it allows to down load other apps and tv programmes"
74.9%

smart features

"we wanted a new tv for our bedroom and we definitely wanted smart features"
74.9%

quite sturdy

"i think you can add usb to increase storage too ok the build quality is not the greatest it does look good with a samsung esque stand design its quite sturdy overall quite impressed especially as there are likely to be frequent updates with amazon too so all in all a good purchase for the price of the tv plus the remote is great and even alexa voice control so not bad indeed"
74.9%

looks great

"the design looks great in my room and also looks very modern i cannot find a fault with this purchase"
74.8%

working great

"brilliant for the price picture good sound good easy to set working great"
74.8%

picture quality

"great sound picture quality and the fire tv software is smooth and easy to use"
74.8%

finally price

"and finally price very happy"
74.8%

technical info

"i would refer you to the outstanding review by mr p sleight for detailed technical info"
74.7%

nice design

"lots of available apps good picture quality and a nice design"
74.7%

very quick

"really good tv easy to set up picture quality excellent and very quick delivery and great price"
74.7%

hdmi ports

"great tv great value for money at under £250 only downside are the hdmi ports are tricky to get at when hung on the wall"
74.6%

lovely picture

"so called experts may see things that normal people don’t but it was a lovely picture in my opinion and the colours are nice and bold"
74.5%

easy to navigate

"it's quick and responsive and easy to navigate"
74.5%

best value

"easily the best value for money tv out there no comparison"
74.5%

good picture

"i absolutely love this smart tv the remote once set up is so easily accessible and can take you to different apps so rapidly the screen is big and has such a good picture on it i find the remote so easy to use and i can navigate around to different places swiftly"
74.5%

just perfect

"just perfect"
74.5%

good enough

"probably good enough for your main tv set if your not obsessed with hdr picture quality"
74.5%

amazing price

"amazing price for a really good tv"
74.5%

please advise

"please advise"
74.5%

smart tv's

"the tv is just as good as any other good smart tv's with a lot of extra apps"
74.4%

excellent value

"overall this tv is excellent value for money i can’t fault it"
74.4%

pretty good

"sound quality is pretty good it goes nice and loud but also when it's on quiet you can still hear it which is great as some tvs you have to put up to about 60 to actually hear it and then get deafened by music"
74.4%

high quality

"this is tv is perfect it's so easy to navigate and set up from the start the picture quality is fantastic and the sound is great and with alexa and an abundant of apps you can download it's great ignore the negative comments for the price of this tv it's a bargain you can pay £800 for a sony smart tv with less features minus the alexa aswell on it or pay 360 and get an abundance of apps and high quality virwing"
74.4%

added bonus

"using alexa with the voice option on the remote is an added bonus"
74.3%

super easy

"picture is great super easy to set up and tonnes of apps and features"
74.3%

integrates together

"prime video tells you the definition of the video as it plays and everything integrates together perfectly"
74.3%

bright enough

"again not as bright as some other tvs but bright enough"
74.3%

good value

"this television is good value"
74.3%

image quality

"the image quality could have been better but for the price you can’t really expect more"
74.3%

simple and easy

"this is just simple and easy for anyone to use"
74.2%

really nice

"really nice picture quality for the price and perfect if you have prime"
74.2%

very intuitive

"fantastic if you use netflix and prime as the integration of the services is very intuitive"
74.1%

good device

"otherwise the tv itself is a good device: picture and sound great for its price point"
74.1%

capable smart

"to switch everything off when you go to bed all in all a very good capable smart tv and a bargain too!"
74.1%

quick and easy

"il liked the whole tv package it was quick and easy to assemble the instructions were easy to follow also reasonably priced i’m very impressed with the picture quality and channels available"
74.0%

good purchase

"i think you can add usb to increase storage too ok the build quality is not the greatest it does look good with a samsung esque stand design its quite sturdy overall quite impressed especially as there are likely to be frequent updates with amazon too so all in all a good purchase for the price of the tv plus the remote is great and even alexa voice control so not bad indeed"
74.0%

each hdmi port

"i love that you can set individual settings pet each hdmi port"
74.0%

fantastic price

"wonderful television at a fantastic price"
74.0%

very happy

"very happy with this purchase"
74.0%

price quality

"it's what you'd expect for the price quality of the picture is fine"
74.0%

smart application

"it is a very good tv although we are yet to utilise the smart application fully so therefore i cannot comment on that part"
73.9%

quick and responsive

"it's quick and responsive and easy to navigate"
73.9%

smart phone

"it's like having an excellent new smart phone with every feature but you can barely hear anyone"
73.9%

prime video

"prime video tells you the definition of the video as it plays and everything integrates together perfectly"
73.7%

very prompt

"also had great and very prompt support from seller advising on blue tooth connectivity"
73.7%

good solid

"i've had this tv now for about a week and i've given it a good amount of testing i think first of all it feels a good solid tv apart from the stand"
73.7%

picture fidelity

"os runs a bit slow on start up and the picture fidelity is a slightly dull but aside that is is a great smart tv with the incorporation of amazon's alexa feature"
73.7%

good product

"good product still navigating my way around it endless possibilities & choice selections"
73.7%

alexa aswell

"this is tv is perfect it's so easy to navigate and set up from the start the picture quality is fantastic and the sound is great and with alexa and an abundant of apps you can download it's great ignore the negative comments for the price of this tv it's a bargain you can pay £800 for a sony smart tv with less features minus the alexa aswell on it or pay 360 and get an abundance of apps and high quality virwing"
73.5%

integration features

"for the price this is a really excellent value tv the picture and sound good quality as was the smart integration features"
73.5%

ordering another

"will be ordering another when my refund is processed in the hope that this is the case"
73.5%

handy feature

"another handy feature is the ability to instantly throw my phone to the large screen this is helpful when demonstrating apps to friends or streaming from mobile devices also allowing for the streaming of consoles from room to room you need a fast network for this and i also accomplish this on other tvs with a raspberry pi "
73.4%

connection possibilities

"easy to setup pre loaded with the most common apps tonnes of connection possibilities"
73.4%

good quality

"the sound is good quality the picture quality is amazing"
73.3%

surprisingly good

"i had been looking for a 2nd tv for the bedroom and decided to get this one it was on offer 🙈 i'm glad i did nice tv with a decent picture quality and surprisingly good sounds quality"
73.3%

very impressed

"over all very impressed"
73.2%

arrived well

"new tv arrived well within the time limits"
73.2%

good amount

"i've had this tv now for about a week and i've given it a good amount of testing i think first of all it feels a good solid tv apart from the stand"
73.2%

even better

"firstly i wanted the amazon operating system as already own the cube and a dolby atmos soundbar the good part is connected via arc only one remote is required for tv blu ray fire cube and soundbar even better was that via arc was able to get dolby atmos from tv netflix and prime even though the tv supposed does not support it via tv speakers it does via atmos soundbar"
73.2%

excellent price

"great product and excellent price"
73.0%

remote buttons

"the remote buttons are tiny so if you accidentally hit the guide button for example whilst engrossed in a particular programme you end up losing the picture and sound for at least a minute sometimes"
73.0%

sound quality

"great tv with latest tech but sound quality nt great"
72.9%

decent enough

"the tv is decent enough but is probably best suited as a second tv perhaps for the kids room"
72.8%

deal price

"i bought this tv at a great deal price and i’m very pleased with it both picture alexa integration no complaints at all and very easy to set up"
72.7%

cinema quality

"i use it in my bedroom so don't need cinema quality but i love this"
72.6%

brilliant the spec

"this tv is brilliant the spec for the price is unreal"
72.6%

highly recommended

"highly recommended"
72.6%

being quick

"voice control for finding things via the internet is easy to use as well as being quick and very effective"
72.5%

would recommend

"would recommend"
72.4%

gret value

"gret value"
72.3%

have prime

"really nice picture quality for the price and perfect if you have prime"
71.9%

nice and sharp

"1080p from a blu ray and streaming source are great nice and sharp"
71.9%

much better

"the audio quality was much better than expected too with rich crisp well separated audio channels"
71.9%

very watchable

"but still a very watchable and enjoyable picture"
71.7%

remote numerous times

"tried unplugging tv and plugging back in resetting remote pairing remote numerous times but no joy"
71.7%

netflix and prime

"fantastic if you use netflix and prime as the integration of the services is very intuitive"
71.7%

than described

"so easy to use and is better than described!"
71.6%

well happy

"for all different channels well happy"
71.4%

standout feature

"a standout feature for me is youtube and prime hd video quality"
70.9%

samsung generally

"i found the samsung generally ok but not outstanding"
70.8%

sound easy

"might cheap tv great picture and sound easy to set up"
70.7%

good service

"absolutely brilliant good price good service "
70.6%

work better

"but then a tv running android can do that and the catch up apps might work better"
70.6%

wonderful television

"wonderful television at a fantastic price"
70.5%

relevant department

"i have contacted amazon and it’s been passed on to the relevant department but i’m not sure if it’ll be resolved"
70.0%

quality easy

"size picture quality easy set up and excellent wifi connection perfect for my needs"
69.8%

price delivery

"great tv for the price delivery was a joke waited a week"
69.8%

deal breaker

"quality of the picture using live tv itv hd bbc has etc wasn’t great and as it’s going in our living room this was a deal breaker for us"
69.7%

build quality

"build quality feels and looks good and i didn’t find the plastic flimsy as one reviewer claimed"
69.6%

great purchase

"for the price this tv is a great purchase"
69.5%

another plus

"another plus is that the tv is very lightweight and slimline"
69.4%

pleased with the quality

"this model i bought for the bedroom and am pleased with the quality"
69.1%

hooked mine

"as good as most of these type of tvs can do but i hooked mine up to a soundbar anyway"
68.6%

some features

"picture quality is ok alexa is slow general os is slow and some features are just badly thought out"
68.5%

great though

"amazon are great though and reimbursed me the money"
68.5%

worth the money

"as its on offer for £250 its well worth the money no the picture quality isnt the best thing but for a uhd 4k smart tv at this price point its well worth the money"
68.4%

first class

"absolutely first class"
68.3%

quite straight forward

"however i was managed to go through the set up which was quite straight forward"
68.3%

love alexa

"i love alexa"
68.1%

superb value

"superb value for money"
67.4%

quick delivery

"easy set up good price and quick delivery"
67.1%

great picture experience

"it’s a gives a great picture experience"
66.8%

thoroughly recommend

"i would thoroughly recommend it"
66.6%

sony smart

"this is tv is perfect it's so easy to navigate and set up from the start the picture quality is fantastic and the sound is great and with alexa and an abundant of apps you can download it's great ignore the negative comments for the price of this tv it's a bargain you can pay £800 for a sony smart tv with less features minus the alexa aswell on it or pay 360 and get an abundance of apps and high quality virwing"
66.5%

very nice picture

"decent sized tv with very nice picture and sound quality"
66.3%

pleased for price paid

"very pleased for price paid"
66.3%

easy to handle

"the tv is light and easy to handle"
66.3%

samsung esque

"i think you can add usb to increase storage too ok the build quality is not the greatest it does look good with a samsung esque stand design its quite sturdy overall quite impressed especially as there are likely to be frequent updates with amazon too so all in all a good purchase for the price of the tv plus the remote is great and even alexa voice control so not bad indeed"
66.2%

cost alone

"low cost alone does not necessarily make a bargain"
66.2%

easy to download

"lots of apps easy to download etc"
66.2%

lovely in my front room

"it went from being delivered to watching it within 20 mins i got the 49" which fits lovely in my front room "
65.9%

current price

"a good tv for the money and features especially at the current price of £250 i paid £299 a week or so ago from store but i think i might look to replace it as our main tv in the near future"
65.8%

delighted with

"what an absolute brilliant tv for the money i’m absolutely delighted with it"
65.8%

pleased with

"fantastic tv very pleased with it"
65.8%

prime fine

"i have noticed similar but not as frequent occurrences of restarts in youtube for netflix and amazon prime fine so far"
65.8%

great tv for everything

"great tv for everything"
65.7%

great viewing experience

"this really delivers a great viewing experience"
65.5%

great picture

"great picture and sound with well performing integrated amazon fire tv"
65.4%

worthwhile purchase

"this tv has proven itself to be a worthwhile purchase at £249 delivered"
65.2%

very good value

"very good value for money"
65.2%

which is great

"sound quality is pretty good it goes nice and loud but also when it's on quiet you can still hear it which is great as some tvs you have to put up to about 60 to actually hear it and then get deafened by music"
65.2%

smart system

"budget tv with amazon's fire tv smart system at its core"
65.1%

easy to install

"this tv is so easy to install and has alexa enabled features and very straight forward set up with access to apps internet a broad range of channels which are easy to navigate"
65.0%

pleased with purchase

"overall pleased with purchase"
65.0%

fully so therefore

"it is a very good tv although we are yet to utilise the smart application fully so therefore i cannot comment on that part"
64.9%

really like

"many great features and much faster than my fire stick i really like it"
64.7%

amazingly well

"i use it in my room and it was a perfect add to finish my room off works amazingly well i can download whatever i want on it and great quality"
64.5%

whole operating system

"it's strange at first that the whole operating system is run by the fire tv brand but its fairly easy to get used to"
64.5%

smart side

"great picture and the smart side of it is good"
64.5%

that price

"im not sure if thats just how the model is or its just a bad unit but for that price i think it might be normal"
64.4%

very technical

"i'm not very technical"
64.4%

plex great

"so far a great tv put kodi on it also plex great tv"
64.3%

best way to fix that

"best way to fix that is unplug it at wall"
64.2%

increase storage

"i think you can add usb to increase storage too ok the build quality is not the greatest it does look good with a samsung esque stand design its quite sturdy overall quite impressed especially as there are likely to be frequent updates with amazon too so all in all a good purchase for the price of the tv plus the remote is great and even alexa voice control so not bad indeed"
64.1%

original firestick

"my original firestick does not seem to work in my old tv when it did before?"
64.1%

great colours

"amazing tv easy to setup great colours and good sound for a tv"
64.0%

nice and bold

"so called experts may see things that normal people don’t but it was a lovely picture in my opinion and the colours are nice and bold"
63.9%
...

worst problem

"the worst problem though is the poor signal message which appears across the screen even when there is nothing wrong with an hd picture and the signal strength is fine"
99.4%

bent or forced

"there was a delay in delivery and the tv despite having a good quality and overall appearance arrived with a defect inside the screen on the bottom part as if it were bent or forced and this specific part gets hot!"
98.7%

hugely disappointed

"hugely disappointed"
98.6%

worst place

"any negative reviews saying picture is washed out you need to adjust all tv's to your room and the worst place to see one is in a shop !"
98.6%

incredibly frustrating

"it’s an incredibly frustrating tv"
98.5%

sooo dissapointed

"sooo dissapointed and very surprised that more people havent commented on how cloudy and faded the picture looks"
98.5%

riddled with bugs

"this tv is riddled with bugs so i cannot recommend it"
97.0%

great very flimsy

"having just set it up which was quite easy and straightforward however there's a problem with the screen at the top there's a slight grey line which is obviously noticed when there are white or blue colours and it's very annoying because your eyes are drawn to that part of the tv the build of the tv is not great very flimsy and the top of the tv doesn't seem to be sealed properly the integration of apps and live tv works great but the build and quality let's it down"
95.7%

extremely cheap

"extremely cheap compared to other models"
93.0%

huge cracks

"on unpacking and plugging in found huge cracks all over the screen"
92.1%

annoying glitches

"for the money i paid i might have been able to if it were not for all these annoying glitches"
91.7%

dumb as hell

"alexa is dumb as hell"
91.2%

heap of junk

"what a heap of junk!"
89.1%

extremely slow

"the interface can be extremely slow i’ve had occasions whereby the sound was still playing whilst the television was off"
89.1%

looked awful

"it looked awful"
87.7%

disappointed customer

"very disappointed customer"
82.8%

sending poor images

"i've tested using a v6 box from virgin on standard definition the picture isn't superb but then that's virgins fault for still sending poor images"
75.0%

back the problem

"curry's have fed back the problem to jvc and it will probably be fixed on a software upgrade at sometime of course i will probably never know as they never tell you exactly what the software upgrades are for"
74.9%

very difficult

"totally unusable and very difficult to return"
74.9%

guide issue

"a recent software update has pretty much sorted the tv guide issue and the itv hub issue so it's getting much better "
74.9%

refuting reviews

"after reading the first review about the washed out picture quality i was pleased to see several refuting reviews with 5 star picture quality"
74.9%

small flat

"i live in a small flat the size is not too overbearing and fits nicely in the corner it does not make the room feel small as others so claim it would"
74.8%

major issue

"for anyone where sound is a major issue they would already have separate speaker systems anyway"
74.8%

more expensive

"i m really happy to have chosen this jvc instead of more expensive tvs with the exact same features"
74.8%

were awful

"but the volume and sound settings were awful"
74.8%

were dreadful

"all internal speaker sound options were dreadful"
74.8%

very laggy

"the tv keeps freezing and can be very laggy"
74.7%

started lagging

"however after about a week or 2 of use it started lagging and became very slow"
74.7%

very buggy

"i like this tv however it is very buggy and needs rebooting from time to time"
74.7%

kind of lacking

"the settings for video are kind of lacking"
74.7%

massive cracks

"i'm not happy with the condition of the tv it has 2 massive cracks on the screen as you can see in the picture"
74.7%

looks pale

"for some reason you can only adjust the picture brightness contrast sharpness on the external inputs but not when using the firetv apps so when watching things on plex or amazon prime the image looks pale and washed out"
74.6%

were unjustified

"i was a little apprehensive at first based on some of the reviews but they were unjustified"
74.6%

became very slow

"however after about a week or 2 of use it started lagging and became very slow"
74.6%

dead pixel

"one dead pixel on the side of the tv when arrived so be wary to check it when receiving"
74.6%

black stain

"had a black stain on top of the screen im waiting for the right moment to returned it considering the only delivery option is from mon to fri and from 8am to 8pm there's no way to set a specific timeframe"
74.5%

only problem

"great tv easy to set up the only problem is the volume is low but beside that great tv"
74.5%

some complaints

"i do have some complaints thou"
74.4%

state buttons

"they sent a trouble shooting link for a different handset and had ignored the bit in my email where i clearly state buttons aren't working apart from the on off button so couldn't follow trouble shooting instructions anyway!"
74.4%

negative reviews

"any negative reviews saying picture is washed out you need to adjust all tv's to your room and the worst place to see one is in a shop !"
74.3%

first problem

"the first problem was with the remote"
74.1%

quality horrendous

"not only was the picture quality horrendous but so was the sound quality"
74.1%

sluggish interface

"i have given 4 stars for the sluggish interface which iam hoping will be fixed in future updates but iverall i am happy with the tv and would recommend it"
73.8%

basically blurred

"sharpness is dreadful basically blurred"
73.7%

major problem

"simple to set up except for one major problem"
73.4%

main problem

"the main problem for me is the very poor picture quality on netflix"
73.0%

same problem

"i went back to curry's & they informed me that they had the same problem when setting up the demo units"
72.4%

virgins fault

"i've tested using a v6 box from virgin on standard definition the picture isn't superb but then that's virgins fault for still sending poor images"
72.3%

buggy players

"itv hub and all4 suffer from intermittent stalls though bbc iplayer doesn't potentially suggesting the fireos tweaks to the buggy players may lag the android versions"
72.3%

optical cable

"so it's either keeps syncing or go back to the optical cable"
71.9%

drop point

"the screen has arrived broken and now i have to carry the huge tv to a drop point in order to get my money back"
71.9%

manufacturing flaw

"edited review had to return due to an odd "wrinkle" in the inner led panel at the top not obvious at first stupidly tested with video with black bars at the top and bottom leading to a permanent shadow at the top of the screen when viewing bright content in full screen no damage to the outer screen so likely a manufacturing flaw"
71.0%

listed above

"i like all the features listed above but the only thing i dislike is it takes quite a bit of time to come on when the tv is first switched on"
70.2%

been warned

"you have been warned"
69.3%

biggest problem

"that is the biggest problem i see with the tv as some people cant stand that blurryness"
69.2%

does not work

"sometimes the control just does not work"
69.1%

slow in operation

"it is generally slow in operation and takes ages to display picture or sound from switch on even when it is set to just show live tv on powering on"
69.0%

dull colors

"i see what people are saying about a little dull colors etc but for the price i think it works great"
69.0%

completely damaged

"screen completely damaged!"
68.6%

wrong with an hd picture

"the worst problem though is the poor signal message which appears across the screen even when there is nothing wrong with an hd picture and the signal strength is fine"
68.6%

working apart

"they sent a trouble shooting link for a different handset and had ignored the bit in my email where i clearly state buttons aren't working apart from the on off button so couldn't follow trouble shooting instructions anyway!"
67.9%

very grainy

"the picture is abismal when watching sd programmes and is very grainy and blurred"
67.6%

just how difficult

"having had this for two days i was surprised just how difficult this tv has been to set up"
67.0%

totally useless

"i can’t review the product itself but i can say that amazon customer service are totally useless when it comes to assistance it retuning the item leaving me with just the option of getting this rather large and heavy box to the courier myself"
65.8%

dislike about this

"i really can’t find anything to dislike about this tv"
65.3%

dislike this

"the following are just some of the reasons why i really dislike this tv"
65.1%

becomes slow to stream

"every few days i have to turn the tv off at the mains as it becomes slow to stream and pauses the show you are watching every few seconds"
65.0%

wish i had returned

"had over a month now and wish i had returned it"
65.0%

major omission

"some apps are obscure but at least one apple tv+ is a major omission particularly if you have a subscription to that service"
64.8%

leaking on the screen

"sadly when i received this tv it was damaged on the top frame so back light was leaking on the screen"
64.7%

useless for letting

"you lose both sound and picture in the guide and worst of all it often states that "no program information is available" so its basically useless for letting you know whats on tv when you need it"
64.7%

flimsy in construction

"it is flimsy in construction so handle carefully"
64.5%

poor the blacks

"the brightness is poor the blacks are poor and the colours are washed out"
64.3%

does n't quite

"i find that sometimes it doesn't quite register button presses"
64.2%

obscure but at least

"some apps are obscure but at least one apple tv+ is a major omission particularly if you have a subscription to that service"
63.6%

almost unusable

"it’s so slow it’s almost unusable"
63.2%

broken screen

"sad but arrived broken screen 😢😢😢"
63.1%

slow opening

"it is slow opening and leaving the guide"
62.7%

screen glare

"number one is the screen glare you can clearly see a lot of reflections during the day with curtains shut and lights off "
62.5%

damage from a toddler

"i'm not worried about damage from a toddler as it's a cheap tv"
62.2%

bland looking tv guide

"anything involving the bland looking tv guide is awful"
62.1%

arrived broken

"it arrived broken"
61.9%

lacks any bass

"the only thing i would see as a 'negative' is that the sound lacks any bass so can be slightly tinny depending on what you are watching but it is not a big issue"
61.7%

gets very apparent

"it’s a new product with a great resolution so this this defect gets very apparent and interferes with the image of what is being watched"
61.5%

also very obvious

"it is also very obvious that this tv lacks the processing power of comeptitor products and the fire tv sticks which i also own"
61.4%

little apprehensive

"i was a little apprehensive at first based on some of the reviews but they were unjustified"
61.4%

obvious questions

"i asked the obvious questions about weather etc and she always answers"
60.7%

picture poor

"picture poor and when you turn it over it takes ages for the picture to show"
60.1%

telly did n't work

"the telly didn't work"
58.8%

colours are washed

"the brightness is poor the blacks are poor and the colours are washed out"
58.6%

wrong most

"alexa enables just don’t get it its wrong most of the time on instructions"
58.6%

pretty flimsy

"it’s made of pretty flimsy plastic so bends a lot while screwing in wall mount plate and screws got stuck necessitating hacksaw to remove!"
58.3%

remote is too small

"i find the remote is too small and operating the number buttons awkward"
58.1%

sets it out of sync

"but once you have synced the bluetooth the link drops out occasionally which sets it out of sync"
58.1%

does not pair

"have installed plenty of tv’s in my time this is the second try at installing this after having the first tv replaced as the remote just does not pair with the tv"
57.9%

class snob

"who ever is moaning about this tv and rating it a 1star has got nothing better to do and probably an upper class snob"
57.8%

disable them

"seems same as fire stick but with extra menus for the tv tuning inputs etc would be nice to disable them as i don’t use"
57.7%

n't long enough

"the power lead doesn’t unplug from the back of the tv and you can’t wall mount as the power lead isn’t long enough "
57.6%

seemingly this problem

"seemingly this problem with hdmi arc is not a jvc only problem other well known brands are having the same problem"
57.3%

slow very slow

"this tv is slow very slow"
57.2%

damaged before despatch

"packaging intact obviously damaged before despatch"
56.9%

always the tricky

"once you put the stand on always the tricky bit it actually sets up pretty quick and easily links up with existing alexa"
56.8%

advised me to return

"i spoke to jvc who advised me to return it"
56.7%

almost impossible

"tv is ok but remote handset packed up within 3 weeks and trying to get any sense out of currys pc world amazon account is proving almost impossible"
56.6%

totally gutted

"gutted bought this delivered today and whole screen and plastic surround is smashed totally gutted"
56.5%

poor signal message

"the worst problem though is the poor signal message which appears across the screen even when there is nothing wrong with an hd picture and the signal strength is fine"
56.3%

it's a cheap

"i'm not worried about damage from a toddler as it's a cheap tv"
56.1%

thst the software

"can't grumble other than the fact thst the software doesn't support now tv but that's always annoyed me about amazon products haha"
56.1%

little lost

"the only downside is that we wish we had bought a bigger one as this looks a little lost now that we have wall mounted it"
56.0%

such a low price

"i was sceptical when i saw some reviews and such a low price however this is probably the best tv i could have purchased"
56.0%

trying to return

"now i am stuck trying to return it"
56.0%

trial and error

"not a lot of information online regarding the alexa integration so a lot of trial and error"
56.0%

little thicker

"my only complaint is that its a little thicker than some of the new smart tvs coming out at the moment but for the price it's hardly an issue"
56.0%

poor epg as no picture

"poor epg as no picture in picture"
56.0%

partially blind

"my mum is partially blind"
55.9%

fire stick

"i love the fire stick i have it in my bedroom so it was a shame i couldn’t have it in my living room"
55.9%

does n't always

"3 the tv guide doesn't always fully populate"
55.8%

software is suspect

"software is suspect too"
55.6%

least 80mbps

"can stream 4k video at bitrates of at least 80mbps without issue"
55.5%

whilst the television was

"the interface can be extremely slow i’ve had occasions whereby the sound was still playing whilst the television was off"
55.4%

keeps freezing

"the tv keeps freezing and can be very laggy"
55.3%

bandwidth issues

"4k content from amazon prime however won’t let me stream at 4k due to bandwidth issues but i do have the bandwidth so i’m not sure what’s happening there"
55.2%

could return it

"if i could return it i would"
55.2%

it's too buggy

"however it's too buggy"
55.2%

poor black levels

"was not sure what to make of this tv before i made the decision to get the 55 inch to replace my high end lg that had poor black levels"
55.0%

lots of trouble

"it caused me lots of trouble to send it back"
54.9%

little bit flimsy

"the stand is a little bit flimsy"
54.9%

hardly an issue

"my only complaint is that its a little thicker than some of the new smart tvs coming out at the moment but for the price it's hardly an issue"
54.7%

will not notice

"in terms of build the set is quite light and though the frame is plastic it does not look to bad and unless you sit just a few feet in front of it you will not notice"
54.7%

very little material

"keep in mind that very little material is indeed 4k so my guess is that most people will do as well with a full hd one"
54.7%

no waiting to boot

"fireos still running when in standby so no waiting to boot when tv turned on"
54.6%

linked overall

"note that the menus are specific to each input not linked overall"
54.6%

smashed when i received

"what when the screen was smashed when i received it"
54.6%

does n't support now

"can't grumble other than the fact thst the software doesn't support now tv but that's always annoyed me about amazon products haha"
54.6%

picture is not great

"don’t be fooled by 4k as the picture is not great but is adequate for the price"
54.5%

faulty unit

"i see some people complaining about faded colours i believe that they either have hdr off or its just a faulty unit"
54.5%

very annoying

"first thought it was too big and that it would be a tv but it works quite nicely minus the huge fact that it seems to have some energy efficiency setting so the brightness seems to adjust itself running as a computer which is very annoying but possibly that could somehow be turned off"
54.5%

catty the tv 1 maile

"dislike it not working dislike having to catty the tv 1 maile to send it back as no transport dont like theives"
54.4%

and look dull

"the colours are not good at all and look dull but the picture quality was ok for the price"
54.2%

made no difference

"i spend most of an hour trying to reset the remote and then trying different batteries as well as resetting the tv but this made no difference"
53.7%

could be better

"excellent tv at a bargain price very fast at loading anything from netflix to prime good detailed picture blacks could be better but it's led and not a plasma and no new tv can compete with a plasma for blacks or motion rate not even an oled"
53.6%

most obvious

"we looked at all three sizes but the 49" was most obvious"
53.4%

strapped to the stand

"i have the tv just placed on a stand and as i have children it is strapped to the stand using the wall mounting points on the back"
53.4%

slightly too long

"like the screen had been left in the sun slightly too long and the colours had faded"
53.3%

defect inside the screen

"there was a delay in delivery and the tv despite having a good quality and overall appearance arrived with a defect inside the screen on the bottom part as if it were bent or forced and this specific part gets hot!"
52.7%

totally unusable

"totally unusable and very difficult to return"
52.2%

the android versions

"itv hub and all4 suffer from intermittent stalls though bbc iplayer doesn't potentially suggesting the fireos tweaks to the buggy players may lag the android versions"
52.1%

screen was broken

"cannot give true picture on this item as it arrived and the screen was broken so could not see or review"
51.8%

wastes more time

"sometimes when changing channels on live tv it says that the "channel is scrambled" before eventually showing the picture which wastes more time"
51.6%

software upgrades

"curry's have fed back the problem to jvc and it will probably be fixed on a software upgrade at sometime of course i will probably never know as they never tell you exactly what the software upgrades are for"
51.6%

let's it down

"having just set it up which was quite easy and straightforward however there's a problem with the screen at the top there's a slight grey line which is obviously noticed when there are white or blue colours and it's very annoying because your eyes are drawn to that part of the tv the build of the tv is not great very flimsy and the top of the tv doesn't seem to be sealed properly the integration of apps and live tv works great but the build and quality let's it down"
51.5%

4k fire stick

"do yourself a favour buy a normal jvc tv and a 4k fire stick"
51.3%

looks cheap and flimsy

"the whole product looks cheap and flimsy"
51.3%

broken on the screen

"not had the tv long and it has already broken on the screen"
51.1%

delivered damaged

"delivered damaged"
50.8%

disturb the wife's

"i particularly like the bluetooth connectivity i can lie in bed with bluetooth headphones on and not disturb the wife’s kip"
50.8%

that spoils

"it’s the software that spoils it"
50.7%

build and quality

"having just set it up which was quite easy and straightforward however there's a problem with the screen at the top there's a slight grey line which is obviously noticed when there are white or blue colours and it's very annoying because your eyes are drawn to that part of the tv the build of the tv is not great very flimsy and the top of the tv doesn't seem to be sealed properly the integration of apps and live tv works great but the build and quality let's it down"
50.4%
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Top positive statements

Statement Strength**
"Excellent tv Really pleased" 93.1%
"Great picture quality very good sound quality." 93.1%
"great product works perfectly and easily." 93.1%
"good picture good sound easy to set up so easy to use just tell Alexa what you want her to do and she does it brilliant and such a bargain 😊" 93.1%
"Amazing price for a really good tv." 93.1%
"Great TV and picture quality really excellent." 93.1%
"great picture and superb sound the Alexa built in makes it so easy to operate." 93.1%
"Great product and excellent price" 93.1%

Top negative statements

Statement Strength
"It seems to be a good TV however having to have an Amazon account to use it is irritating" 89.5%
"Extremely cheap compared to other models." 88.8%
"Sadly when I received this TV it was damaged on the top frame so back light was leaking on the screen." 70.2%
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Positive mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
Alexa
"Alexa is great"
"like its fire tv capabilities Alexa here is mostly fully functional but won't yet set timers"
"i love Alexa"
92.9%
Sony
"— we bought this 40” as a kitchen tv to replace a 10 year old Sony bravia 26” hd ready tv"
74.2%
Sony Bravia
"— we bought this 40” as a kitchen tv to replace a 10 year old Sony Bravia 26” hd ready tv"
74.2%
Mr P Sleight
"i would refer you to the outstanding review by Mr P Sleight for detailed technical info"
72.4%
Netflix
"fantastic if you use Netflix and prime as the integration of the services is very intuitive"
"i tend to use apps most of the time such as Netflix prime and catchup"
"plus all the other smart apps like Netflix and spotify etc all rolled into one device"
71.7%
Amazon Netflix
"other than that easy to switch between live Amazon Netflix etc"
70.2%
Netflix Prime
"i tend to use apps most of the time such as Netflix Prime and catchup"
65.8%
Amazon
"reminds me of the os from the now withdrawn Amazon fire phone"
"great picture and sound with well performing integrated Amazon fire tv"
65.8%
Amazon Fire
"reminds me of the os from the now withdrawn Amazon Fire phone"
65.8%
PQ
"picture format for best PQ use auto mode"
64.8%
Verry
"Verry good picture quality"
60.5%
Amazon Fire TV
"great picture and sound with well performing integrated Amazon Fire TV"
56.3%

Negative mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
EPG
"poor EPG as no picture in picture"
99.8%
Wtf
"at the time you receive a book with over 90 pages and you think Wtf?"
59.1%
telly
"the telly didn't work"
58.8%
Saturday 6
"ordered the 55inch got delivered Saturday 6 feb crack in screen not impressed never again"
56.2%
Alexa
"apart from the add for audible which doesn't work on the fire tv yet and Alexa not liking my accent"
"Alexa is dumb as hell"
"usage of the Alexa voice control was simple too"
54.8%
Panasonic
"£500 and the Panasonic gx 800 c"
54.0%

Emotion analysis

Positive tone

Neutral tone

Negative tone

35.7% 40.6% 23.8%
  neutral 40.2%
  happiness 19.7%
  worry 15.2%
  fun 6.1%
  relief 5.3%
  sadness 5.3%
  hate 2.0%
  surprise 1.6%
  love 1.2%
  anger 1.2%
  enthusiasm 0.8%
  joy 0.8%
  empty 0.4%

* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-03-21