Huawei Vision S 65in

When is a telly not a telly?

£550 approx / stuff.tv/visions

■ The Vision S looks like every other 65in flatscreen TV. The bezels are slim, as are the metal feet – which are very far apart, so your surface will need to be wide as well. For £550 it’s very plastic, but well put together.

■ The key here is what’s missing: there are no tuners, so strictly speaking this isn’t a telly, it’s a gigantic monitor. Well, given how we consume content now, perhaps a smart streaming platform is the way to go?

■ This is an edge-lit 4K LED 120Hz screen, with support for HLG and HDR10 HDR, but no HDR10+ or Dolby Vision. A magnetic housing at the top houses a 13MP camera for Meetime video calls to other Android devices, while four 10W drivers provide the audio.

■ Colours are decent, with clean whites and relatively deep blacks. It controls its backlighting zones well and the detail levels are reasonably high. There’s some shimmering in extremis, but by the standards of big affordable televisions the Huawei does well.

■ It’s nothing like as assured where motion is concerned, working awfully hard with less than confident results. Stepping down from 4K to Full HD, motion difficulties are emphasised and images inevitably softened, but detail and colours remain solid. And as far as sound goes, it completely outperforms its price-point.

Tech specs

Screen 65in 3840x2160 120Hz LED OS Harmony OS 2 Connectivity Wi-fi, Bluetooth, NFC, 3x HDMI 2.0, USB, 3.5mm audio Dimensions 1449x837x72mm, 19.5kg

■ Key to the Huawei Huawei has worked hard on its Harmony OS, and it’s certainly clean and logical. It seems likely that a UK version is in the offing and will be more extensive – let’s hope it doesn’t lose the simple slickness of the version we tested.

■ You make loving phone The remote is small and nicely shaped, with a bare minimum of buttons. One of them wakes a mic for rapid, reliable voice control, while NFC means Huawei phones can stream content without being on the same network.