Big W $800 Polaroid 65" 4K UHD Smart TV PU-6516UHD

I recently purchased the Polaroid 65" 4k UHD smart TV model:pu-6516uhd from big w for $800.

The TV isn't top of the line regarding picture quality, settings options and smart TV functions, although you get what you pay for and for a 65"4k UHD TV it isn't all that bad.

True HD content playing through ps4 such as Blu-ray's, YouTube and netflix at 1080p is amazing. some HD and SD TV channels don't look real great but all channels are different. I don't own any 4k hardware so I haven't experienced 4k as of yet. Although the TV has a 4k enhancement setting im not sure if it upscales the image from 1080p to 4k as the TV is saying its receiving a 1080p signal when 4k enhancement is turned on.

Gaming on the ps4 is fairly good apart from some motion blur or slight flickering at times when playing some games which I'm trying to rectify.

The only issues with TV are a bit of motion blur, soap opera effect and limited picture settings in regular menu and the smart TV hub is a waste off space imo, there are 3 apps-YouTube, media player and a slow ass web browser which I use neither as my ps4 is my main smart TV device.

In the picture menu, Noise reduction is set to on and greyed out for some reason, I've contacted tempo and they are still trying to workout why it's greyed out. But I'm able to access the service menu by pressing "menu on remote, then 1147 on keypad" which gives you access to many settings which aren't in the regular menu. I can turn of noise reduction in service menu but remains set to on and greyed out in normal menu. Im still messing around with service menu settings and not all of my settings are saved once TV has been turned off and on again, some settings just revert back to default and it's a pain to have to go into service menu each time I power on TV and adjust the settings to my liking.

I mainly adjust the following, but this has to be done each time I switch sources and turn TV on after being switched off.

Noise reduction - off
VIP - off
Peaking - off
Dlc - off
Gamma - off
Overscan values to 0
Back light around 50-60, at default it's 100

And I set contrast, colour, sharpness, brightness, tint and colour temps in service menu rather than regular menu as the values remain isn't in the main menu either. There are also setting in service menu for saturation and hue which I haven't played with yet.

I'm yet to play with rgb settings and others that I'm not familiar with just yet. Im still researching a lot of service menu settings on goggle before I adjust them and there is a heap so I like to know what settings I'm changing and for what reasons.

If anyone else ones this model TV or other Polaroid models with same firmware etc, please share your opinions and knowledge.

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Comments

  • +1

    Thanks for the review dude. I'm in the market for a TV.

    I'm leaning towards a 55" Hisense at $795 and the 55" Aldi TV with the Chromecast Ultra at $799. I think I'll go the Hisense, cause of the three year warranty.

    • +1

      I to was leaning towards a hisense or soniq 55" but they looked so small. And I wasn't fussed about or interested in the smart TV apps or features when looking at tvs to buy as I use my ps4 for smart TV apps. I previously owned a Sony 55" 3D LCD that I purchased back 2011 and that thing was monstrous compared to the 55" tvs of 2017. I think it's because the screen size isn't measured from corner to corner anymore and is measured from left edge to right edge.

  • Very good review mate thanks

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