Vizio’s newest TVs offer 4K HDR starting at $550

Vizio’s first TVs of 2017 are a refresh of the company’s E-Series line. They remain Vizio’s cheapest entry into 4K, and this year all models with a screen size of 55 inches and above are gaining HDR. Vizio supports both Dolby Vision and HDR10 in its more premium P- and M-Series TVs, but the new E-Series lineup only works with the latter. That’s not necessarily a problem, as most of the big streaming services — Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube — also support HDR10.

Google’s Chromecast is still the “operating system” on these TVs. But you don’t get a bundled tablet remote with the E-Series line, so you’ll have to control pretty much everything with the phone or tablet you’ve already got. They’ve got local dimming, though the number of zones...

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