![]() ![]() The setup of this television was pretty quick. But once you're up and running, it's a very nice experience. I will say, on occasion, the operating system seemed to snag for an undue length of time, and it can be a bit slow to boot up as well. I think it's even faster at launching apps than my Roku Ultra is, which is high praise. The interface is snappy and easy to navigate, and I never really found myself in a situation where I wished something loaded faster. SmartCast doesn't try to be too much, and it operates a lot like Android TV but without all the bulk that can come with that system. Roku is, in my opinion, still better, and Android TV offers you more options for content, but SmartCast beats the pants off LG's now-dated webOS and Samsung's lackluster Tizen. With the experience I've had on this television, Vizio's own SmartCast OS is probably my second favorite proprietary TV interface now. But as of late, televisions have finally been getting processors that are capable of running smart TV operating systems well and the Vizio is no exception. Vizio OLED H1 – Ease of UseI’ve traditionally been wary of built-in smart TV operating systems since, up until this year, Android TV's atrocious interface did a great job souring me to anything other than dedicated external devices. This is not an issue I have experienced before with any other television, so I thought I should mention it. I cannot adjust volume (or mute) my speakers using the speaker remote, because for some reason that causes the OLED to launch Netflix. I had one weird issue with the remote and my Klipsch The Fives bookshelf HDMI speakers: they appear to share the same IR band. I also don't particularly like the number of sponsored channel buttons on the remote, but they're mostly harmless. As with the P-Series, the OLED remote does not have voice activation, so searching for content on YouTube can be tedious. I do wish it had a dedicated pause/play button, but the center "ok" button works fine. It's slim without being too small and offers enough buttons to satisfy me for the most part. Vizio OLED H1 – RemoteThe Vizio remote is pretty much identical to the one that ships with the P-Series Quantum, and I overall like it. I can imagine it also looks stunning wall-mounted, and that swooping stand is designed to work perfectly with the Vizio Elevate Dolby Atmos Soundbar, which I highly recommend you consider for reasons I'll get into in the audio section. The front-facing swoop of the stand curves up beautifully into the base of the television and raises it a good height above my media stand. Once in place, the Vizio OLED is one of the nicest televisions I've ever seen. So while it looks nice, and I personally prioritize this over anything else, it's not particularly practical if you're changing around cables with any frequency. The panels do not come off easily, and the way the cables are routed through the rear foot is also pretty firmly set. Once you get cables in place and pop on the back panels, it feels semi-permanent. It also supports Apple Airplay 1 and 2 as well as Google Chromecast, and works with Siri, Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa if you enjoy connecting your television to your smart assistant. It also has one USB 2.0 port, one optical input, one analog audio input, an ethernet port, and composite video input. It features four total HDMI inputs, two of which are equipped with HDMI 2.1 technology. Speaking of ports, the Vizio OLED offers a very good array of choices. There are two more ports on the side of the television that cannot take part in the cable management system, which is a bit of a bummer since I used almost all of the ports on the OLED and have one that kind of dangles in an rather unsavory manner on the left side of the television. When you get everything in place, most of the cables are fully hidden behind two large panels in the back of the television, with the primary HDMI ports and the HDMI eARC port hidden back there along with the power cable that sits on one site all by itself. For example, the HDMI cable that came with my Nintendo Switch is laughably too short. It's highly likely that cables you own won't be long enough to make the journey. This makes for a really nice, neat cable bundle that is completely hidden from the front of the television, but also is a long way to travel. Answer See ResultsWhile the cable management looks good, it also demands that you own some very long HDMI cables because of how they wrap half the length of the television and route down through the rear foot behind the OLED. ![]()
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