Amazon 4K43N400A vs LG 55UP8000PUA

First of all, let me say that I rated the Alexa and Smart Features in the middle just because I don't use them -- at least not yet. So don't judge the product based on that!

It offers the option to program the numbers so that you can push a single button to get to one of your streaming services. For example, we push 1 for Fubo, 2 for Prime, and 4 for Netflix. It's a handy feature.

On day 2 I was unable to get the TV to respond to the remote to turn on. I used the physical power button in the bottom middle of the TV to start it manually and the remote functioned fine after that. Since that, the remote has functioned flawlessly to turn on the TV. I have no idea what caused the initial issue

It still is happening. Very annoying. Also the pointer option on the remote sucks. Very hard to control

This TV (I know, it is a FireTV) is very app/streaming centric, but once I found the setting to default to last input, and that is 99% of the time HDMI1, then it behaves like I want, turn on and display my input, not the apps home screen where I have to use the TVs remote to clear it and show input in HDMI1. I mainly use the remote for my satellite service, and rarely use the TV one, but since it is also the streaming apps, I will use it, and it adds yet another Alexa mic to do things from, TV related or not. TV can be slow sometimes to turn on (it turns on reasonably, but doesn't show what is on the input for a while), again thought the remote was misbehaving again, it was just taking time to show anything. Sound is better than old TV, none of them are real great, I do have a sound bar but I can use this TV with out for watching news and normal shows (not action movies or things with lots of audio like music)

Update: i had some sound distortions issue. So i thought it was soundbar that i have but it was the TV! It happends when you use HDMI(arc) so check your TV also has same issue. And i couldnt exchange when i realized this cause of its been over 30days. Anyway i hope this is helpful 🙂

I will say that the FireTv interface is very spammy. There's a few sponsored banners on the home page. A lot of the recommendations are for Prime Video -- which I have -- but a lot of them aren't free with Prime. They're recommending me content that I have to buy /rent -- which makes it feel like I'm being advertised to

I literally selected resume in Prime Video app on XBOX and it was way better. Considering the age of the XBOX it's beyond disappointing that the LG os and apps perform so poorly. While the screen itself is probably a 3/5 in quality the poor user experience and quality of their software demotes this from a "Smart TV" that I paid for to an overpriced 65" monitor

Actually called me today about my review. They never asked any personal information and never will, just for you to verify the information they have is correct. This is awesome customer service. The call came from an unknown number from Washington D

I would summarize by saying that this set delivers value commensurate with its price.