element e4st4316h 43" 4K TV Review

The Element e4st4316h 43" 4K is good only if you want 4K cheap and that is it it is advertised as 120hrz but it is technically 60hrz with each frame showed repeated at 120hrz this causes an immense amount of lag.

As you can see it adds a full 5 Frames of lag on non HDMI sources. I have yet to test the HDMI inputs them selves they seem to be better than any of the analogue Inputs but no real hard numbers yet.

An odd issue I have been having is that orange and reds are muted greatly and seem darker than they should be but the color options cant be changed there is supposedly a firmware update that fixes this issue but i cant find it on the website and i have been waiting for element to email the firmware to me some kind of security issue is the reason why they didn't put it online for simple download. If I ever get the firmware there will be an update on this issue.

I do enjoy having a lot of inputs on my displays but can we stop putting them at near impossible to access areas on them the HDMI ports at 4 make the cord bend 90 degrees at the head if you don't have some good 180 degree adapters and may damage the cables the VGA has the same problem it is way to tight for the cable to go straight in with out an adapter of some sort or bending the cable greatly though the side inputs are done really well.

The lowest input the Component input can take is 480i 240p is accepted but is interpreted as 480i it can handle 720p and 1080i fine but if you run a 240p signal through a strait HDMI converter/AV System it will refuse to show 480i is the lowest the HDMI ports will accept on them audio will be heard though.

This TV is also Advertised as a Smart TV and it barely works in that department the apps built in are the only apps you can get Netflix and youtube are the only one to really note
but you get Vudu, Pandora, TG, and Accuweather. Netflix works fine but after about maybe 3 hours the app will crash I have yet to find out why this happens but it seems to do it consistently around 2.5-3 hours of watching. Youtube app works good as well but it suffers the same crashing issue but otherwise the TV uses your own Network for phones to control the youtube app at least 3 phone can connect and queue up videos for it with no issues otherwise despite it not advertising it the TV can connect wirelessly to the network as well and is stable when it does so but it isn't 5Ghz compatible.

Though i may be fairly Harsh on this TV it still delivers the 4K sharpness advertised and gives a good movie night for Blueray players or HD content via Netflix. It can use a USB pendrive to play audio files video files and show photos but i have very little use for it eve less so than the built in Youtube and Netflix but the USB has a some what easier access with have two ports one by the HDMI port and another on the right hand side next to the built in buttons.

But in general the TV is beautiful the bezel is nice and small with a single clear LED on the front indicating the power state with a simplistic low stand that allow a small cable box to peek out of or HDMI switchers to be placed under the stand is about a foot deep may be the only issue that it has so you need a relatively large shelving to place it on if you aren't going to hang it on the wall.It is just the right size for a medium to large size entertainment center and add functionality for those that don't have roku/apple TV or some other kind of streaming capable device definitely get this guy if it is $300 or less i got this guy for $200 during black friday 2016 and has been working well since then.