Bush 65UT24SB

Frameless doesn't mean invisible, and it's worth calibrating expectations here. The bezel around the screen is slim by budget standards, but the panel itself sits in a black plastic shell rather than the brushed metal or glass trims you'll find on pricier sets. Independent hands-on testing of this exact TiVo platform TV line describes the finish as glossy but noticeably light and plasticky, with a build quality that feels basic rather than premium — an honest trade-off for the price, not a defect.

The stand is wide rather than deep: the two feet splay out to span roughly 125cm, meaning you'll want a media unit that's at least that wide if you're not wall-mounting. With the stand fitted, the TV sits about 87cm tall and reaches back around 26.5cm, so it's not a shallow-footprint set for a narrow console table. Take the stand off and the panel itself is a slim 8.2cm deep, which is where the 65-inch model earns its "frameless" billing.

Weight is where the size becomes tangible: at 17kg without the stand, this is comfortably a two-person job to lift onto a wall bracket, and the compatible bracket pattern is the common 400 x 200mm standard, so most universal wall mounts designed for large TVs will fit without hunting for a specialist bracket. The supplied power cable runs 1.5 metres, which is enough for most setups but worth checking against your socket position before you mount it, since running an extension to a wall-mounted TV is never a fun retrofit.

The remote follows the same value logic as the TV itself: a button-heavy, plastic design rather than a slim backlit clicker, but it includes a built-in microphone for voice search and dedicated shortcut buttons for major streaming apps, which matters more day-to-day than how premium it feels in the hand.

The headline resolution — 3840 x 2160, standard 4K — puts this TV on par with sets costing considerably more when it comes to raw pixel count and sharpness for native 4K sources. Where budget TVs usually differentiate is in the panel technology and light control behind those pixels, and that's the more interesting story here.

This set uses a direct-LED backlit VA-type panel rather than the OLED or Mini LED technology found in premium televisions. In plain terms: the light source sits directly behind the screen rather than around its edges, which typically gives deeper blacks and better contrast than cheaper edge-lit alternatives — a meaningful advantage for movie and drama viewing in a dimmed room. What you don't get at this price is local dimming (the ability to brighten and darken different zones of the screen independently) or a quantum dot colour filter, both of which are reserved for higher-tier sets, including Bush's own QLED sibling models in the same range.

HDR (High Dynamic Range, the technology that expands the gap between a picture's brightest and darkest points for more lifelike contrast) is supported here through Dolby Vision, the same premium format used by significantly pricier TVs, alongside the more common HDR10 and HLG formats used for broadcast HDR content. Independent testing of this platform found HDR performance genuinely competent for the price bracket: dark scenes hold their shape without looking flat or overly grey, colour looks more natural than expected, and the panel doesn't struggle with the kind of brightness instability that plagues cheaper sets during sudden light-to-dark transitions. The trade-off is peak brightness — this isn't a TV that will dazzle you with blistering HDR highlights the way a mid-range or flagship set can, so the effect is more "solid uplift over standard-definition" than "cinema-grade wow factor."

The stated 89/89-degree viewing angle rating reflects the VA panel's known weak point: picture quality — particularly contrast and colour saturation — falls away noticeably once you move well off-centre. For a couch positioned squarely in front of the screen this is a non-issue, but for a kitchen-diner layout where people watch from an angle, or a large room where seating fans out to the sides, it's worth knowing this isn't the strongest performer in that scenario.

The 50Hz motion rate is a modest, standard figure for this class of TV rather than the higher refresh rates found on gaming-focused or premium models — fine for typical broadcast and streaming content, less suited to fast-paced sports or motion-heavy content where smoother handling becomes noticeable.

The smart platform is genuinely the headline feature here, and it's what separates this Bush TV from the sea of interchangeable budget sets. TiVo's operating system is built by a company with decades of experience organising and recommending home entertainment content, and independent reviewers testing this exact software found it consistently slick, well-organised, and free of the lag or clunkiness you might brace for on a value-priced smart TV. The content "shelves" that group and recommend shows and films are genuinely useful rather than just filler, and the voice search built into the remote is unusually capable — reviewers found it recognised natural speech patterns and even film quotes, not just rigid title searches.

The full app roster covers the essentials: Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, My5, and All 4, alongside a built-in web browser and Miracast for screen mirroring from a phone or laptop. One honest limitation worth flagging: this isn't an open app-store platform where you can freely download additional apps beyond what's pre-loaded — if a specific niche streaming service isn't already included, you won't be able to add it later.

Freely is the other half of the smart-TV story, and it's arguably more significant for UK buyers than it first sounds. It's a relatively new internet-delivered service that streams the main UK broadcast channels — BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 — live over your Wi-Fi connection, without requiring a traditional rooftop or set-top aerial. In testing, this delivered broadcast content in surprisingly high quality with no buffering on a decent home broadband connection, and TiVo's interface integrates it neatly alongside on-demand apps rather than treating it as a separate, clunky add-on. For anyone in a rental, a new-build without an aerial socket, or a room where running aerial cable isn't practical, this alone can solve a genuine setup headache — though it's worth noting a traditional aerial connection (via the built-in Freeview tuner) is still supported and required if you'd rather not rely on Wi-Fi streaming for live TV, and viewers in the Republic of Ireland also have access to the Saorview digital tuner as an alternative to Freely.

The port selection here is sensible rather than generous: three HDMI sockets, two USB ports, an optical digital audio output, a headphone jack, and both built-in Wi-Fi and a wired Ethernet option, plus Bluetooth for pairing wireless headphones or a soundbar. Three HDMI inputs is enough for a games console, a set-top or streaming box, and a soundbar or receiver simultaneously, though households running a console, a Blu-ray player, and external audio all at once may find themselves needing an HDMI switch.

For gaming, testing of this exact panel and processor combination measured genuinely competitive responsiveness — input lag low enough to feel snappy for casual and even fairly serious console gaming, and the HDMI ports support VRR (variable refresh rate, which smooths out frame-rate stutter) and ALLM (auto low-latency mode, which automatically switches the TV into its fastest-response setting when it detects a console). There's even a dedicated Dolby Vision game mode, letting you keep HDR visuals active without sacrificing responsiveness — a feature not every TV in this price range bothers to include. The ceiling here is a 60Hz maximum refresh rate, so this isn't a set for 120Hz high-frame-rate console gaming, but for everyday PS5, Xbox, or Switch play it performs comfortably above its price class.

The quad-core processor driving the interface is a modest but adequate engine for a smart TV platform, and it's paired with a CI+ slot for anyone wanting to add a pay-TV viewing card, along with practical extras like a sleep timer and parental controls for shared or family households. USB media playback lets you plug in a drive and play video, photo, or music files directly without needing a separate media player.

Audio is supported by Dolby Atmos processing and a combined output of 2 x 12 watts, and it's marketed alongside DTS HD compatibility for a broader soundstage. In practical terms, Dolby Atmos on a TV's built-in speakers should be read as a nod toward richer, more spatial sound processing rather than the genuinely immersive, overhead-feeling audio you'd get from a proper Atmos soundbar or home cinema setup. Testing of this speaker configuration in the same TV range found the sound thin on bass, with dense action or music-heavy scenes tending to sound flatter and less impactful than the picture would suggest, and higher-pitched sounds occasionally turning a little harsh at volume. Dialogue clarity holds up reasonably well for everyday viewing — news, drama, most streaming content — but anyone who watches a lot of film soundtracks, gig footage, or bass-heavy content will likely feel the gap fairly quickly.

This is one area where budget really does show its hand, and it's also the easiest one to fix after the fact: the optical output and Bluetooth pairing mean adding an affordable soundbar later is a straightforward upgrade path rather than a dealbreaker.

The set carries an energy efficiency rating of E and is estimated to draw around 85 kWh over 1,000 hours of typical viewing — roughly what you'd expect from a large-panel LED TV of this size, translating to a modest few pounds a year in most UK households at typical usage levels and electricity rates. Watching a lot of very bright, high-dynamic HDR content pushes consumption meaningfully higher, to around 145 kWh over the same 1,000 hours, since the backlight has to work harder to hit those brighter highlights. Left on standby, the set draws a genuinely negligible 0.5 watts, so there's little to be gained by unplugging it between uses versus just leaving it on standby.

Within Bush's own current lineup, the UT24SB series this 65-inch model belongs to spans several screen sizes on the same TiVo and Freely platform, alongside a separate QLED-branded range (the QT24SB series) that adds a wider colour gamut for a moderate premium. That internal comparison is a useful way to frame the decision:

Outside the Bush range, the wider budget 65-inch market is populated by similarly-priced VA-panel LED TVs from brands like TCL and Hisense, most running their own smart platforms (Google TV, VIDAA, or Roku rather than TiVo). The genuine differentiator for this Bush model isn't panel technology, where it's broadly on par with that competitive set — it's the specific combination of TiVo's content-discovery strength and Freely's aerial-free live TV, a pairing that, at the time of testing, wasn't available together on any rival budget television. If picture reference quality is your only priority, shopping around at a similar price point is worth doing; if smart-platform usability and cutting the aerial cord matter to you, this combination is currently fairly unique to Bush.