50-inch Quantum Pro 4K 120Hz QLED HDR10+ Smart TV with Dolby Vision, Active Full Array, 240Hz @ 1080p PC Gaming, WiFi 6E, Apple AirPlay, Chromecast Built-in, M50QXM-K01, 2023 Model

Almost infinitely “tweakable.” I use this strictly as a glorified computer monitor, and it does an absolutely 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 job at that. I don’t have it connected to broadcast or cable sources (as if! 😂) and don’t even let it connect to the Internet (take that, Google 😏). But I do occasionally watch HBO or Prime via my computer’s web browser. From the factory, the monitor was not very impressive. It was obviously adjusted for minimum latency, not image quality. [I should note that I pre-ordered the monitor, so I got one of the first units available; later units may have different image defaults.] Tonal scale was somewhat truncated, with washed out highlights and slightly crushed blacks. BUT…unlike other televisions (and even monitors) I’ve tried or seen, this Vizio sports a veritable smörgåsbord of image adjustments, allowing you to tune the result to perfection. Thank heavens. 😮‍💨 With about an hour of iterative adjustment and mode-switching, I had the image looking just mah-velous 😎 While the peak brightness of my Samsung “television” may be retina-melting, I actually don’t like monitors to be adjusted like that—after about an hour, it’s just too hard on the brain. Fortunately, this Vizio has very good zoned backlighting, so you can dial down the peak brightness and still maintain good contrast. Not nearly as epic as OLED, of course, but I should note that when the screen goes black, from any source, it truly does go 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘. As in, all the backlights turn 𝑜𝑓𝑓, and if you are in an otherwise completely unlit room, you will not be able to see. This is in contrast to many other monitors—even those that claim to have modulated zoned backlighting—where a “black” screen will still produce more than enough light to navigate your way out of a room. 🌚 Not this beast. 🙂 In the “con” column is…the remote (ever cursed be thy name). The power button is 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑜 the “sponsorship buttons” (Disney, Netflix, Prime, etc.)—so close that it is tricky to avoid hitting the Amazon Prime button instead of the power button (if that was an intentional ploy by Mr. Bezos, he should give a raise to whomever closed that deal). Also, the volume rocker is close to the bottom of the remote, where it is difficult to reach. They must have exhausted their engineering budget qualifying this puppy for image gymnastics; did they not have anything left to design a usable remote? 🤨 At least it’s RF instead of IR, and therefore is completely insensitive to orientation with the monitor. After living with it for a few months, I’m ready to say that this is one of the few pre-orders I’m actually happy with. If Kickstarter of yore ever produced anything half as good as this, I’d be ecstatic. 😑 Recommended…if you’re patient. Not recommended, if you expect your televisions to come from the factory “pre-calibrated” 😵‍💫

I had a Vizio LCD for the last 20 years with zero issues. I wanted to replace it with a newer model and couldn't believe Vizio was offering a 120Hz QLED at this price. So far (2 weeks) it has been wonderful. Shipping was fast and package arrived pristine. The display is vibrant and bright, and I haven't noticed any viewing angle issues (although we don't have seating beyond the 45-degree threshold). It was plug and play ready and simple to set up and connect to everything (including our soundbar). We had a Roku stick previously, so the user interface for streaming is very familiar and straightforward. So far, very satisfied... we'll see how the next 20 years go!

I wanted to be able to Play My Video Games and Watch TV at The Same Time and End up Getting this TV for Playing Video Games. This TV has a Good Refresh Rate (120hz) for Gaming, has HDMI 2.1 (Which is Great for the PS5), is VRR Compatible, and is HDR Compatible (HDR10+ and Dolby Vision) Out of the Box. The TV has Good Picture and Sound Quality Out of the Box as Well. The Picture Quality is Better than My Old Gaming TV (Which I Use for Watching TV) The TV is Bigger, but Thinner than My Old Gaming TV. 43" is Good, but 50" is Better. This TV vs My Old Gaming TV: The Sound and Picture Quality of Both TVs are Good, but the Sound and Picture Quality of this TV is Better. This TV is 120hz Refresh Rate (Native). My old Gaming TV is 60hz Refresh Rate (Native). Both TVs are HDR Compatible. This TV is VRR Compatible. My Old Gaming TV is not VRR Compatible. This TV has HDMI 2.1. My Old Gaming TV does not support HDMI 2.1.

UPDATE: After exactly 1 year, the optical output on the TV broke. Now I am stuck using the TV's built-in speakers because there is also no analog audio output on this TV. Combined with the issues listed below, I can confidently say avoid this TV. I settled on this TV after a long and frustrating search - Most QLED panels are VA type, which gives inky black contrast that, when combined with full array local dimming, gives OLED panels a run for their money in HDR, but sacrifices viewing angle. For my application however, the viewing angle was important, and OLED was out of my price range, so I needed an IPS panel, which has better off-center picture quality but can’t really make black pixels black, they end up looking gray. And I wanted a TV with quantum dots for the vibrant color and brightness. I figured that modern local dimming tech, where the backlight dims in darker areas of the image to allow black pixels to be darker and improve the dynamic range of the display (HDR), would be good enough for my application. It wouldn’t rival an OLED, but it would be an improvement on past TV’s without this tech and negate the disadvantages of IPS, or so I thought… The only 75” panels I could find with IPS and QLED at first were a series of TV’s by LG. The LG TV’s were a little lower in price than this Vizio, but they used edge-lit displays, which can’t really do local dimming because they do not have the ability to turn down the backlight behind specific parts of the image. After a lot of searching, I came across this product, which I was thrilled to find was QLED, IPS, and full array local dimming. It wasn’t well loved by tech reviewers, seemingly mostly due to software, and underwhelming HDR performance compared to the VA-panel equipped competition. The poor ratings of dynamic range were all done with the local dimming turned off, which is no surprise as IPS panels can’t make pixels fully dark. But I figured that was an unfair measure and the dynamic range would be greatly helped by the full array local dimming. I figured this was the only option that met my criteria. When I first set up the TV, I was extremely disappointed in the picture quality. There was simultaneously a lack of detail in the highlights and the shadows, and really inconsistent picture quality across a variety of content sources. I went into the settings to see what I could do to adjust the picture. Turns out the culprit is extremely poor software calibration for the local dimming HDR feature. High, Medium, or Low local dimming all created an over processed image that looks almost like when you convert a video file through multiple formats, as well as deeply unconvincing HDR. But when you disable the local dimming feature, VOILA! The picture quality became excellent. Even watching HDR demo videos isn’t too disappointing, because while the blacks aren’t that black, the screen gets very bright in the bright parts. It is worth noting that to execute local dimming HDR, the TV has to know precisely where the lighting zones start and end, must intelligently adjust the backlight brightness of each zone, and adjust the “brightness” of the pixels in that zone to account for an inconsistent amount of light being pushed through them. This takes sophisticated software calibration to achieve, but once you do it, it’s free to copy it to every TV you make. It is extremely disappointing that this TV has the hardware I want but the software calibration of the HDR feature is SO atrocious it is COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. I’m left thinking that they just copied software from a VA panel calibration and gave an intern half a week to fiddle with variables. This TV has the hardware I was looking for but because they couldn’t be bothered to do the software right, I may as well have dropped my local dimming requirement and bought an LG panel with edge lighting for less money. That said, for a non-HDR IPS QLED, the image quality is very good. The complaints about the usability of the smart features are overblown, it’s not any worse than any other mainstream smart TV software - considerably better than Samsung’s - and the remote control is actually quite nice to use. Plus, I notice that the reflections on the screen are much less clear/bright than they are on my other (LG) TV so perhaps its worth the extra money over the LG IPS panel just for that superior reflection handling. In any case, I’m not going to return it. It’s going to serve my needs just fine. But I’m warning you: There is no good picture quality on this TV unless you DISABLE one of its HEADLINE FEATURES: full array local dimming. And the only reason for that is bad software calibration. Try harder, Vizio; and if getting full array local dimming to work properly on an IPS display actually is impossible, then why build this panel?

My Hisense 50H8F just died after 5 years of use. And I wanted something in the same price range and I wanted to stay away from OLED TVs because of burn in and my primary use will be as a PC monitor. Looked at LG, TCL, and Hisense, but this Vizio had the best price and features. It has been almost 2 weeks using this TV and I have made notes of all the good and bad points. 1. 120Hz works very well with the PC via Displayport or HDMI. 2. Acceptable amount of motion blur. Not terrible, but noticeable. Could be a bother for some people. 3. Images are sharp and clear. Not noticing any smearing of color. 4. Black levels in RGB setting don't seem correct. Looks to be in limited color range 16-235. YCbCr setting has better blacks, but looks like some black crush going on. Very hard to adjust either setting with Backlight and Brightness settings. 5. OEM settings has the TV image very bright. Lowering Backlight and Brightness makes colors not as colorful. Lower Brightness below 40 results in muted colors. I have settled on using the "Calibrated Dark" setting with the Backlight at 46, and Brightness at 42. 6. In "Quick Start" mode with the TV off, it uses almost 10W of electricity. In "Eco mode" with TV off then it is at 0W. But in Eco mode overnight with the TV off, it will not respond to the remote in the morning and will not turn on with the remote. Must unplug the TV from the outlet and plug it back in for it to respond to the remote. This is the most annoying thing I have found so far. 7. Also disappointed the eARC does not pass multichannel (5.1) LPCM to a soundbar or external audio systems. I have a Vizio soundbar and tried using the soundbars HDMI output to the TV, but then I lose 120Hz capability, so that option was off the table. Overall, still like the TV even with it's quirks. Will update with more pros and cons as I use the TV longer term. 1yr Update 9/23/2025 - I have gotten into the color calibration rabbit hole and have noticed the greens are a little weak compared to red and blue. Red and Blue needs to be lowered a bit in white balance to get a good neutral grayscale. And another thing I have noticed is that 120hz cannot do 4:4:4. It is 4:2:2. I have tried this with an Arc A750 and just upgraded to RTX5060 to confirm. 120hz is 4:2:2. Shouldn't be noticeable in games and movies, but for PC use, it throws off the colors and makes text blurry. But I do still enjoy using it as a PC monitor at 60hz.

Vizio comes with the ability to add APPs to it from their store. Vizio has a huge selection of pre-installed APPs and a great Free selection. I find I watch Vizio now more than I watch the cable companies selection. I think I'm going to drop most or all of my cable. It was really easy to set up. It already had all the APPs I use already installed. I only needed to log in to access them. Be sure to have all your log in information to speed things up. You'll also need to know your WiFi information too. I accessed 6 APPs and my cable subscription, and to set all my preferences in less than 30 minutes. I've owned Vizio TV's for over 10 years and never had a problem till the one before this. All I had to do was contact Vizio customer support and give them the information about the problems I was having and they issued a refund. I had that set for over 2 yrs and they gave me almost enough to buy the new set which is a big rise in picture quality. The colors are vibrant and you have the ability to choose the calibration of brightness. This TV is for my bedroom and they even have a choice of brightness for dark rooms such as a bedroom.

We have a very bright sunroom and struggled to see the screen during daylight on our previous 4K tv. We bought this for irs brightness and nit level. While waiting for it to arrive I became concerned about all the reviews I read about its terrible ghosting. But, I figured like any other set we had, it could be dialed it using the advanced picture controls. And yes, that turned out to be the case. Most think they need ‘black detail’ setting on high, to get the most detail. But you want that set low, so instead of brightening up black definition you’re crunching the blacks instead. This results in very minimal ghosting glows.the color on this is phenomenal. We’re witnessing color shades we’ve never had with previous 4K sets. Flawless with zero artifacts. Screen angle viewing is a big plus for everyone on our extra long sectional couch. No one gets a bad angle. In the daytime this shines with a stunning picture even in full sun. Also, if you're hooking up a Roku Ultra use HDMI port 2 for best quality and picture. Each port is tuned for different specs and port 2 syncs best with Roku's 60Hz We've dialed it in to near perfect with minute to no ghosting: Picture Mode: Bright / Dolby Vision Gaming Off Ambient Light Sensor Off Tone Mapping 100 Brightness 48 Contrast 50 Color 56 Tint 0 Sharpness 52 Temp Normal Black Detail Medium or Low / Preference Super Resolution Medium Edge Enhancement Medium Active Pixel Tuning Low Active Full Array Low Motion Control Judder2 Motion Blur Reduction 4 Clear Action Off Reduce Signal Noise Low Block Noise Medium Contour Smoothing Medium Gamma 2.4 External Audio 5.1 Surround

I bought this TV one year ago and am writing this review as it has been put through its paces during that time. We have the TV wall-mounted and have an older Vizio soundbar and 5.1 system connected to it via optical cable. This television set has withstood lots of usage for streaming and video game use and is still performing as it did on day one. We use the native streaming apps on the TV itself and have no issues with their use and with the internet connection. Each app streams well, from 4k streaming to 1080p streaming based on the plan we have for each app. The remote control integrates well with the soundbar and with each app that we use, though there is some room for improvement with the Xbox Series S and PS5 that are connected to it. However, with the soundbar integration, it serves as the only remote that we need to use the TV seamlessly. I recommend turning off the extra visual TV enhancements and to focus on traditional settings around contrast, brightness, sharpness and so on. The extra enhancements don't really add anything and in some cases subtract from the overall quality. Turning these off offers no downside but leaving them on will cause some visual goofiness. We have the TV wall-mounted and have had no issues, so the weight doesn't cause any concerns. This TV is a little thicker than some of the other high-end models, but shouldn't cause any issues if you are in a large enough space. Our toddler is unable to reach it, so we haven't tested his fingers constantly touching the screen, so this is a win. Overall, this is a great TV for the price and if you are looking for quality on a budget without sacrificing the size, this is a great option to consider. We had a 50-inch Samsung before this and the screen completely died after 2.5 years, so seeing this stand up more favorably compared to that one has been great.