Grundig Vision 8 GUB8040 Fire TV Edition in the test

Smart TVs pose major challenges for their manufacturers. Because they have to ensure that the latest apps for all relevant streaming providers are always available on their devices. For an international giant like Samsung, that’s not a big problem. Other manufacturers such as Philips, Sony and TCL rely on the Android TV operating system to reduce their own programming effort. With Fire OS as the operating system, Grundig offers a clever alternative: As with the Fire TV Stick, not only is the app available for Amazon Prime Video, but also for Netflix, Disney +, for media libraries and much more. According to reports, Apple TV and Sky Ticket will also follow. Smaller TV manufacturers with their own operating systems cannot offer this selection.

The same applies to picture and sound quality. The screen in the Grundig Vision 8 GUB8040 is sufficiently bright at 325 candelas per square meter, but not particularly high-contrast, very dark parts of the image drown easily. The high image definition (UHD or 4K, 3840×2160 pixels) decreased in motion, something that only more expensive 100-Hertz televisions can do better. The Grundig also did well in the test with natural colors. If HDR films (from Amazon or Netflix, for example) were on the program, the colors increased noticeably, and the picture looked a tad livelier. The laboratory confirmed that the Grundig can display more colors than its cheaper LCD siblings, albeit not as many as the much more expensive OLED models (DCI P3 color space coverage 81 percent, simple LCD models around 72 percent, OLED TVs at 98 percent). In addition, the colors change comparatively little when viewers look sideways at the screen, thanks to the IPS technology. The sound is completely okay, especially for speech contributions. They sound a bit nasal, but they are easy to understand. If you want more, you can connect a soundbar.