Amazon Fire TV 32" 2-Series, HD smart TV with Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote, stream live TV without cable

This is my third purchase from this Fire TV line, and it continues to be a solid choice. The interface can be a bit laggy or slow at times, but everything else makes up for it. The speakers actually sound good for a small TV, the picture quality is great, and the remote is simple and intuitive to use. For the price, it’s a dependable, no‑nonsense TV that does exactly what I need. 5/5.

Editing my review from two stars to 5 stars. Very impressive that Amazon actually reads these reviews and seriously cares about how we like their products. Since I posted the original review a very nice, very knowledgeable, tech support lady called me to work my problem of Apps not loading or playing on my FireTV. Basically it boiled down to my new TV needing a software update. I absolutely thought this TV was plug and play, but it wasn't. Just like with any new device I guess everything needs a software update to work properly. The wonderful tech support lady was on the phone with me over an hour, she step by step walked me through everything. We updated all the software and now my FireTV works PERFECT! All my news Apps and weather apps load without a problem. The TV is no longer sluggish. It's all fast and Perfect! So, the next FireTV I order, and there will be more because this is an excellent value for the price, I will know to update the software before logging in or loading any apps! Thank you Amazon for truly caring about your customers 😊 Seriously hate this TV. It's been a HUGE source of frustration for 3 weeks, ever since I hung it on my wall. The picture is great. Sound is great. Remote is great, but the operating system is awful. It WILL NOT load certain Apps, mainly Fox News and Fox Weather and other Apps are sluggish. I know it's not a problem with the App because when I tested them on our living room TV (different brand with Roku hooked up) at the same time, they load perfectly, so I know it's just this TV. I LOVE Amazon and really wanted to love this TV, but I just don't. Daily I have to end up clearing my caches for all the Apps and unplugging the TV for one minute to reset the TV, if I want to watch either of those two Apps. Super frustrating. I still have about another week to return this TV, but I'm concerned if I order another one will I have the exact same problem? If anyone at Amazon Tech support has any ideas why just these two Apps will not load please reach out to me!

UPDATE: I kept trying to connect my BT earbuds and finally one of them did but with a different ID than on my old TV. One earbud still won't pair. And that echo listing finaly went away although it was never installed so there was no way that I could remove it. A speaker I ordered arrived and it paired immediately so IDK what the problem was. The sound seems fuzzy at times but that is probably my hearing which is why I use earbuds and now the speaker. My comments now are that I use it only with firestick and it is slow toload in when I fist turn the TV on. Maybe I need a new firestick. So now I am satisfied with the purchase ; I love the large screen and the clear almost 3D look of the shows I watch. I also really appreciate the monthly payment plan. I'm so annioyed !!! The TV has been good although a bit slow and sometimes the screen goes dark. I have to change the volume for different streamers or shows and sometimes it sounds tinny but it could be my allergy affected hearing. I've been using BT earbuds that make the dialogue more clear. Yesterday I turned it on and I had been signed out of hulu and I noticed some other changes; we did not have any electrical or internet interruptions to cause it. It didn't respond well to the remote, jumped around, didn't work the same. I needed earbuds but they didn't connect and in BT settings none of my previous paired earbuds were listed anymore. I tried to reconnect three buds and nothing worked; only a strange echoshow5 212 showing up that I'd never heard of. So i had to spend over an hour searchin for answers beginning with what the heck is this and how do I get rid of it? I read something that I thought was an answer so when that echo thing showed up (and it took a couple minutes each time I tried to pair the buds when before they connected immediately) and I told Alexa to pair. Got a message that Alexa was not able to do it, so more searching online and more confusion and dozens of options and instructions and reference to things i've never heard of. I just want my normal remote to turn on and off and change channels and volume...how do I get it back? I don't have my old remote anymore or I'd try to go back to using that. I have a month to return this tv and probably will unless I or someone can help me. I didn't select echo on any list, didn't see any option to get it, it just took over my TV and I do NOT want it so I can use bluetooth again. HELP !!! I've u;nplugged, restarted, tried pairing multiple times . i do not want to do a factory reset and have to start over setting up my channels an shows. So just now I went to BT again, the echoshow thing came up but there is no way to remove it so I clicked it and it said it was pairing and then a window popped up saying pairing was not successful. HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS?

I needed a new TV because the one we had in the bedroom started to go dark on the left side and finally died. The settings were on the left side! We had to watch TV in the dark. It was a 43" dinosaur. I chose the Amazon Fire TV because we have one in the den, and the format is the same. It is confusing enough going between the "big" cable remote to the "little" smart TV app remote control and navigating to the right input. I like the smaller size in the bedroom. I don't need to feel like we're at a drive-in movie. This TV is very light, and the picture is crisp and clear. The price was great. I would have given it an easy 5 or even six, except for two problems. The "legs" on the TV were impossible to attach. The TV was unstable and tilted forward. I had to use my screws after struggling for an hour. Here I was, all excited to set up our new TV, and it was precariously tilted forward. The next issue I had was setting up. I am a long-time Prime member, and I had to sign in, but I forgot my password. There is a process of scanning, and I was switching between my phone and PC. Finally! And there is my husband's favorite program on Pluto but I have to download and sign in, verify, etc. I only want to watch TV. This felt more like a house closing! Two rooms away, I have this TV's big Momma. I am looking forward to enjoying our new TV once it is all set up and customised for what Fire TV calls our "stuff".

Once again an additional to my review Feb 2026 - Well if you read below I had some troubles and it got bad real bad - volume changes at random - at times we were watching 1 channel and hearing 2 - So I solved it - The problems I was having was the remote not the TV - and yes I had tried new batteries in the remote many times- However since I have 3 fire tvs I have 3 remotes so finally “dah” I tried a different remote!!! All this bs was the remote not the TV - I bumped it up to a 5 - why after over a year of BS - Well it’s a good TV - Been a week and no issues with the other remote- So maybe the remote was bad from the get go ? Or did we get some water on it ? Well I am one remote short now - but We do not watch 3 TVs at the same time either- Hope this helps - Additional comment added Jan 9 2026 - I think I am being unfair a bit in the review below as we have 2 other fire tvs and they do not seem to have the same issue- We actually bought 3 fire tvs - 2 reasons the price was good - and we trusted the brand name - Let’s go with the positives picture is great - the TVs are very light weight- and the sound is good. Also I monitor power on all our devices- the tv draws less power for its size! I have not compared this to the 100’s of TVs out there - but its power consumption for its size is lower than other brands we have. That’s a win. So why not a 5 star? Here are the complaints we have - which are relatively minor but annoying. From switching from channel to channel- the volume changes considerably. Our other brand tvs do not seem to do this. Occasionally the tv goes dark - the fix is turn it off and on again- this has happened rarely, but happens. I am not sure if it’s the remote or tv but while adjusting the volume up it keeps going to 100%. I cannot get it to go back down until it reaches 100% - this also happens rarely but happens - maybe we got a lemon not sure. Hope this helps-

Edit: Lowering down to 1 star because of the fact that it constantly "disconnects" and shuts off randomly, and then turns back on, interrupting anything you watch. That, combined with the lag and everything else mentioned, makes this TV absolutely terrible for me. I rarely ever give bad reviews I'm very tolerant but this Advertisement Device (labeled a TV) is just... terrible. *** I've had this TV for 2 months now. I originally was using Roku but I wanted something "smarter" and with bluetooth capabilities and something I can watch Twitch on. So here's the thing. The quality is fine, Bluetooth works. To put it simply it does everything you'd expect. But it's already black screened several times. Sometimes the bluetooth just disconnects, could not for the life of me even get my airpods to connect I had to buy new earbuds specifically for this TV. The worst part for me, frankly, is the advertisements. The minute you turn on the TV 90% of the screen is overrun with some random movie or show ad shoved in my face, leaving the actual applications you downloaded squeezed at the bottoms. There's horizontal scroll ads, there's sponsored channels section. When I open the MY APPS section, the reason I buy the TV, the section is hideous UI and completely separated. I have to open a separate menu to view the apps I have downloaded rather than having a first-row my apps bar. I can only choose 6 favorites, for the main screen, everything else gets dumped to the seperate menu. Why??? I do enjoy having reccomended movies/show on the screen it's nice to quickly scroll around and see what's playing. But why in the would would I want to watch "Instagram TV" (spoiler alert: sponsored scroll bar). Yeah TV is objectively as advertised woohoo but this entire device is a paid ad placement. I'm not even against ads I expected it when I bought this, and yet this TV has made me miss my Roku dearly. If not for Twitch stream capability I absolutely would've returned it. I've tried so hard to love this TV but I hate it.

Perfect size for my home. Picture quality excellent . Fire stick easy to use. Easy to change stations and to get to streaming. Set up easy.

This review is for a TV that cost me $100. This is a great TV for the cost and would make a great TV for the kids room or as a 2nd TV for a bedroom, which is how I use it. This TV is very bright. I actually turned down the brightness by 10% because when I'm in bed in the dark it was a strain on my eyes. The colors aren't as rich and vibrant as on my main TV, but for the cost the picture looks very good. I expected the sound to be reminiscent of an old AM radio. I was surprised at the full range of sound. Obviously the bass won't make the walls shake and if you're listening to music through the TV the highs will be muffled, but for regular TV/Movie watching the TV sounds really good. I haven't cranked up the volume so I can't comment about distortion on louder levels. The only thing that I notice that reminds me that this is a low cost TV is the speed. Scrolling across the apps does have a slight delay. I have 13 TV/Movie apps installed in addition to several apps that come preinstalled. When you turn off this TV it basically just turns off the monitor. The longer I go between actually restarting the TV the worse the delay gets. Restarting the TV eliminates the delay for a few days. If you're looking for a high end TV with incredible picture and sound, this TV is not for you. Of course, if you're looking for a high end TV you should know you will need to spend a lot more then $100. If you're looking for a small TV for the kids room or as a TV for the bedroom, this is a great TV.