Fire TV is the other major independent smart-TV platform, alongside Roku TV and Android TV. In 2021, Amazon announced its own brand of Fire TVs, but that lineup does not include any 32-inch models. At the time of our 2021 testing, the two top sellers (according to Amazon search results) of 32-inch Fire TVs were Toshiba and Insignia, and both tend to offer similar features. We chose to test Toshiba’s 32LF221U21, which is a 720p Fire TV that has a voice remote, three HDMI inputs, Bluetooth output, and the option to use a wired or Wi-Fi network connection. Amazon recently redesigned the Fire TV interface, and we like the new version a lot better. It’s not quite as Prime Video–centric as the older version, and it’s more like Google TV in its emphasis on showing previously viewed content and live-TV options. This Toshiba TV was a solid performer in terms of its measured image contrast, brightness, and black level. Where it fell short of our picks is in the color department: Even in the most accurate Movie picture mode, the color temperature (or color of white) was too blue, and the primary colors were less accurate. Plus the TV can only reproduce 80 percent of the HDTV color gamut (our picks can do 95 percent or more), so colors looked noticeably flatter and less saturated. And the viewing angle was not very good.
