VU K160M Review

Curved : No

The VU K160M looks good with black colour border on the four sides. The entire TV body and table stand is made up of decent quality plastic. There is a small LED at the bottom which glows in red and blue colour when the TV is off and ON respectively.

The TV comes with a table stand and a wall mount bracket. The table stand is black in colour and is made of good quality plastic. Each leg of table stand is attached to the TV with the help of two screws.

The back is fully made up of plastic. The power cord is attached at the back and thus not available separately. If wall mounted, the ports on the back at the bottom of the TV will be hard to reach.

Top & Side Border : 0.6" (1.5cm)
Bottom Borders : 0.9" (2.4cm)

Borders are made of plastic and have medium thickness.

Max Thickness : 3.3" (8.5cm)

The TV is very thick from top to bottom.

The VU K160M has an average picture quality. Colours are quite saturated out of the box and remains same even after calibration because there are very less options available to adjust the picture quality. Colour uniformity is very poor and bright clouding is visible across the entire TV screen with severe flash lighting at one corner.

Black : 0.202 cd/m2
White : 121.713 cd/m2
Contrast : 601:1

The TV has poor contrast ratio with blueish blacks.

The TV has poor black uniformity. There is severe flashlighting and clouding visible across the entire screen. Also the blacks are not pure and appears blueish.

Peak 2% Window : 238.8 cd/m2
Peak 10% Window : 238.8 cd/m2
Peak 25% Window : 238.9 cd/m2
Peak 50% Window : 238.9 cd/m2
Peak 100% Window : 238.8 cd/m2

The K160M does not get very bright hence picture will look washed out in a well lit bright room. Also the peak brightness remains same with change in window size thus small highlights in the picture will not pop out when viewed in a brightly lit room.

The TV has a decent gray uniformity. There are some black patches visible across the top right and left corners.

This feature is not available in K160M.

We have not measured the viewing angles but the screen looks good when seen from the sides hence suitable for living rooms.

The TV is not able to play the exact 24p content and thus displays judder.

Game mode : NA
Outside Game mode : 30.6ms

The K160m has a low input lag and thus it’s a good TV for gamers.

The K160M is not very good at upscaling the low resolution content.

The cable TV resolution or 720p also looks blurry and lacks clarity.

Since the TV is HD Ready, the TV has to upscale to show the 1080p content and after upscaling the picture quality is much better as compared to 480p and 720p.

The picture quality is slightly better as compared to a dark room but reflection causes problem in bright room as well.

The picture will not be clearly visible when there is a strong reflection from the back.

White Balance dE : 12.28
Color dE : 8.36
Gamma : 2.2

Both colour and white balance are off prior to calibration.

White Balance dE : 6.88
Color dE : 8.6
Gamma : 2.12

Few basic controls are available to adjust the picture quality and the main difference in the picture after calibration is due to change in backlight. This is done to make the TV viewable in a dark room.

USB : 1 Port
Headphone Out : 1 Port
Component In : 1 Port
Composite In : 1 Port
Analog Audio In : 1 Port

HDMI : 2 Ports
PC In (VGA/DVI) : 1 Port
RF Connection (Cable/Antenna) : 1 Port

Power Consumption (Max) : 32.83 W
Power Consumption (Standby) : 0.0 W

The readings are taken after calibration.

The TV comes with a basic remote of black colour made up of plastic.

- Remote
- User Manual
- 2 Batteries
- Screws
- Table Stand
- Wall Mount