Amazon announces its first Mini LED Fire TV — and this one’s also built for gaming
by Chris Welch from The Verge - All Posts on (#6S7D6)
Image: Amazon Amazon is today introducing its latest Fire TV Omni TV series, and it's the first to feature Mini LED backlighting for improved contrast, less blooming, and greater brightness than past models. The Fire TV Omni Mini-LED Series" features up to 1,344 dimming zones (depending on screen size) and delivers up to 1,400 nits of peak brightness. That's respectable, but falls short of top Mini LED contenders like TCL's QM8 and Hisense's U8N, which can push all the way to 3,000 nits.
Still, Amazon's TV is priced quite a bit lower than those models and includes Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10 Plus Adaptive, and Dolby Atmos audio. This also sounds like the first Fire TV Omni that's truly cut out for gaming. It's got AMD FreeSync Premium Pro certification,...