It's bright, very user friendly UI, speakers are LOUD, colors and contrast are great. Turns on and off fast. Quiet.
No bugs, glitches, crashes so far. Casting with ease from both Apple and Microsoft laptops and Chromecast and iPhone. Chromecast can be bossy about what you can and can't cast like unsanctioned streams so it is nice to have the other options. Had to use Samsung support to troubleshoot the Microsoft cast at first, and support was great, but while they were escalating it, it turned out my computer just had to be restarted so was probably the problem to begin with. Didn't hear back from the escalation I no longer needed when they said I would, though, FWIW.
Haven't tried gaming yet. Inagurated setup with the TV show 1899, which is as contrasty as it gets.
Trying different configurations on wall before I decide if I want to get a screen, how big, etc. Currently casting directly on one whole wall of my bedroom at 180" (!!!) for funsies. Wall is textured (sanded off the bumpier parts) so would bug the connoisseurs out, but I'm still tripping re: movie theater size, actors being bigger than I am, seeing my coworkers in weirdly large detail during Zooms ?? . It's specced at 130" tops, but working great and focused at 180" too, including top corners.
I didn't think I'd use the TV tuner, but I keep turning it on without any purpose in mind and getting sucked into random programming.
Drawbacks:
- Yeah I can see the rainbow effect but it is not large, and I only really notice it with subtitles (coz glancing).
- No direct brightness control as far as I've seen and red, which is annoying. The different general video settings accomplish that purpose well enough for me though. Have to wonder if this would be more problematic if I got a screen which would increase the brightness, might be blinding at night.
-Box is indeed white. Make of that what you will.