Here’s a basic, quick review:
Most importantly: it was not broken lol it arrived in great condition. It must weigh like 30lbs and wasn’t hard to carry inside.
Install: I’m hooked it up to a TV stand mount that I also got from Amazon.
Setup: Straightforward. It started to download/install updates for google tv. Took about 45 mins total.
Picture quality: I tested it on some Apple TV + shows & movies, The Batman (HBOmax) and The Moon Knight (Disney+). Once I calibrated to how to my tastes, it was incredible. Now I can’t speak for other HDR TV’s but I have a MacBook Pro 16” 2021 and brightness on that thing blinds me sometimes. The U6G1 is 600 Nits vs the MBP’s 1600 nits. That being said, I personally enjoyed the U6G1 as much as the MBP. One thing that I made sure to do was to turn off the soap opera effect. To do that you need to first 1.) watch what you want, 2.) THEN click settings -> picture -> advanced settings 3.) turn off “Motion Enhancement” & “Motion Clearness.” That should solve it. You can also back out one step and just above advanced settings there an option that says “Apply Picture Settings” and you should choose “All Sources” (one last thing: depending on what source you’re watching it’ll either say “HDR” or “Dolby Vision”)
Audio: I used Bluetooth headphones firectly from the Tv (glad Google TV is added this as this is probably my favorite feature on Roku) and I noticed a slight delay. I fixed it with the Kodi app which allows some slight alterations to sound audio. While not perfect, it’s helps. And the delay does not always occur, but when it does it’s nice to know this app helps.
Comparisons to previously owned units: comparing this to my current TV wouldn’t be fair lol. Granted, I’ve previously owned a Panasonic Plasma TV back when it was giving Pioneer Kuro’s are run for their money but this quality is truly above that. Technology has come a long way.
Not sure what else to say other than hope you get just as good a unit or better than I did. And make sure to register for the warranty. Enjoy :)
Edit: added link for stand