Hisense - 55" Class U8H Series Mini LED Quantum ULED 4K UHD Smart Google TV

I've had this since January 2023 and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS TV. The best TV I have ever seen aside from OLED. I upgraded from a TCL 5 series, and the difference was night and day when I swapped them. I was watching the Netflix show "Wednesday," and when I changed them out, I noticed how absolutely gorgeous and bright the image was on this HiSense. This TV is BRIGHT. I got this TV after much research because RTing.com gave it an overall 8.3, which is great for a non-OLED, but especially because it received high marks with contrast, HDR and SDR brightness, color gamut, pre- and post-calibration color, amazing black uniformity, great reflection resistance, and super-low lag. I can confirm all of these are true - especially the brightness, contrast, color, and reflection resistance is truly phenomenal (makes the TCL I had look like garbage comparatively). See photos for an example of reflection resistance, where I have a floor lamp directly behind my office chair that would reflect badly off every other TV I've had. You can just barely see the reflection on the left corner of her shirt. The only downsides are 1) poor viewing angle - if you're too far off-axis, it's pretty poor, but not enough that you need to be head-on (my TV is actually mounted higher up because it's in front of my work desk, and needs to be above my monitors), and 2) audio is pretty average, but I use a soundbar/subwoofer combo and I suspect many other users will too. It's not *bad* audio, just not great (but I've never seen a TV with amazing built-in audio). This has been replaced by the U8/K, but I would get this one while it's still for sale and save the $70. According to RTing: "The U8K has slightly better contrast and gets slightly brighter, but it's hard to notice...The U8H is the more accurate TV, but the U8K is still very accurate overall." Long story short: Best TV you can buy short of an OLED. Don't hesitate.

This is honestly the best tv of 2022 for price to value. Once calibrated (turn OFF energy saver mode!), this tv surpasses the Sony, Samsung, or LG TVs out there. This tv has a black level that rivals OLED, a brightness level that blows away any tv on the market today, and a sound system that is unheard of in today’s world of soundbars. First, the black levels… usually with LED TVs, anytime you have a bright light… such as the moon at night, searchlights, etc, you get a halo effect around the light. This blacks are often gunmetal gray, not true black, This tv, with the miniLED system, manages to keep blacks black and manages whites without strobing or halos. Secondly, the brights. Yes, this tv is bright enough you may need sunscreen. The manufacturer brags about 15000 nits, but independent YouTube tests place it at over 22000 nits. Movies with bright scenes or effects such as lightsabers really benefit from this tv. It’s impressive. Finally, sound. This tv has a BUILT IN SUBWOOFER! yes… a tv with BASS! It actually sounds decent too. Still, I have mine hooked up to my 7.2 sound system. No issues with eARC or lip sync issues. Bonus blurbs… this tv works great for gaming on Xbox or ps5. Super fast refresh rates and excellent color.

I needed a budget tv that was compatible for PS5 gaming that didnt break the bank. After watching and reading hundreds of reviews I chose the Hisense UH8. I had previously purchased a samsung UHD which fell off the wall to a tragic death just 2 weeks after purchase so i didnt have lots of money to spend. Thats what brought me to the Best Buy website. After deciding the UH8 was the best for my needs, i searched for open box models and found this one just 30 miles away from me so i jumped on it and couldnt be happier. The only cons to this tv is that the remote is fairly basic and not backlit, there is only a headphone jack and optical audio out, and it has minimal memory so i cant download many apps and theres no SD card slot for storage expansion. I just added 2tb to the ps5 so i can run apps through it or my phone anyways. Overall, im really happy with this purchase and with the Hisense brand. If you are looking for a gaming TV thats under a grand, u wont go wrong with the UH8.

This TV is incredible. A Mini-LED system with such little blooming as to be negligible, thus providing an image experience that genuinely approaches OLED quality with regards to contrast- but because it's an LED (technically QLED, as it utilizes Quantum-Dot technology), it is capable of both color and peak brightness FAR above that yielded by most, if not all, OLED sets currently on the market. Simply put: this is one of the best TVs I've ever seen. Now, it is true that posterization CAN be a problem. But when calibrating the TV using the HDR Calibration app on my Xbox Series X, I noticed something that I have yet to see mentioned online: the default brightness of 50 is too high. Once you lower the brightness, the posterization becomes almost unnoticeable. Most importantly, there is a separate setting for Backlight that controls the actual peak brightness of the image. This means that dropping the Brightness setting does not hinder how bright the TV actually gets when something (especially in HDR) is supposed to pop. At least, that's what it looks like to my eyes. Lowering Brightness while keeping Backlight at 100 allows for what appears (to me) to be a properly balanced image with fantastic HDR performance. My Brightness settings are listed at the end for anyone who would like to try them. Note that one minor annoyance of the way the TV works is that I have to manually adjust the Brightness setting every time I switch between HDR gaming and watching a movie/series in HDR. It's easy to do, but it is an extra step that you have to remember. There is some black smear when playing a game in the U8H's 4K@120Hz modes. YMMV, but it's only in dark scenes, and while it can be distracting... given this TV's price point, I can accept that as a tradeoff. I say "modes" because, yes- as of December 2022, the U8H currently cannot support full 4K@120Hz properly. After a software update, you can choose between "Text Clarity" which displays a native 3840x2160 resolution (i.e. full 4K) @ 120Hz with noticeably worse color/contrast processing, or "Picture Optimization" which displays the same fantastic HDR picture as it does with any HDR movie/TV series but cuts the vertical resolution of the image in half to do so, yielding 3840x1080 resolution @ 120Hz. I am hoping that Hisense is able to release another update that allows the TV to do full 4K@120Hz with proper processing- and then that they can enable 4K@120Hz in Dolby Vision, which this TV is advertised to support, despite the fact that it currently only supports Dolby Vision in up to 4K@60Hz. These are basically all the caveats I have with the TV so far. Some people have mentioned an audio delay when using the TV with a soundbar via the ARC port. I initially had this problem as well, but changing the audio output to "Passthrough" completely solved it for me. Hopefully this information is helpful to anyone experiencing that issue! All in all, even with the 4K@120Hz issues and lack of 4K120 Dolby Vision... the price of this TV makes it too good to pass up. I got mine for less than half the cost of an OLED that doesn't have those issues, but also can't achieve even half the peak brightness of the U8H. And you know what? I'm happy. If this is what Hisense has done this year... I cannot wait to see what they accomplish moving forward. Hisense, the only way I can imagine you topping yourselves next year is if you add 3D to your TVs. Do so, and you will earn my repeat business for life. Note that the pictures I've attached don't even begin to properly represent how good this TV looks in person. I took these pictures with my Surface Duo... the camera absolutely cannot handle the contrast and brightness that the U8H can expel. I've watched the UHD disc of the Assassin's Creed movie many times, but watching it on this TV was... transformative. It was like I was seeing it for the first time. Brightness Settings: I ended up dropping the Brightness to 44 for movie/TV watching in HDR mode (both HDR10 and Dolby Vision) and either 33 or 35 for HDR gaming (again, for both HDR10 and Dolby Vision gaming). 33 provides a very deep, OLED-like level of black at the expense of black crush (i.e. losing shadow detail in the darkest parts of an image, something that affects all actual OLED sets), whereas 35 is a compromise that prevents black crush while not raising blacks to what you normally expect of an LED TV.

I previously owned a U6G55 and I currently own U8G65. This new U8H55 is gorgeous!! A big improvement in terms of picture clarity over the U8. Unfortunately the pics wont do it justice but I hope these will show a good variance of shades of color. A couple pics from the Conjuring which is shot in mostly dark thematics, the blacks look great you can see the specs of dirt in black and they arent blurry. Out of the box I think they finally got it right with picture color and tuning, I had to do very little corrections out of the box and out of habit I made changes. The DolbyVisionIQ and the HDR10+ picture settings look excellent this time around!! The Miniled picture quality is very noticeably better. You can really dial in the sharpness of the picture now. The factory sound on the TV is good and even has a "subwoofer" in the back to help balance the over all sound. This model also comes with a physical Google assistant button as the u8g, BUT it still has those awful yellow lights that turn on. I'd recommend putting electrical tape of them. It does have 2 120hz ports. But in the settings under Game mode, it will allow you to display what refresh rate your TV is performing at as well as if VRR and ALM are turned on. GoogleTV is ok, but I almost preferred AndroidTV even though there nearly 90% identical in function. The menu/setting side bar has changed and has more information and notifications now available to the user. The new remote is backlit as well The set up of the tv is also relatively easy if you have Gmail as you can log in from your phone and it will complete your set and add to your Google Home ecosystem. Things I don't like - when trying to back up one level in the settings, it takes you all the way out of the menu. The remote no longer has a "favorite input", you now have to manually go into inputs and select that source. The tv stands legs are nearly 10inches long and pertrude immensely!!! They will over hang on most setups if you don't have enough shelf space if your tv is not wall mounted. Hisense could've made these 6inches easily! The tv should have come with AV to 3.5AV adapter like the U8g did. Hisense has this weird marketing rollout which has pricing for the tv at $699 (everyday price) but most places are selling at $1149. I was able to find the $699 price and have Best Buy price match it and ship for quicker service and then 2 days later Best Buy removed the tv, so lucky me until the pricing marketing thing is sorted out. I'm glad I got before Best Buy took the tv off the site. I needed a tv and was going to setting for the U6H because I wanted a tv with earc this time and my U6H had a missing Atmos license, so I jumped on this U8h since it had more features than the U6H for only $200 more. Overall, I would easily recommend this TV.

I am giving this five stars, but it's probably more of a 4.5. Games and movies look beautiful, the colors are vibrant, the TV does a good idea of identifying the best setting for the medium being played, and the sound quality is good. This is probably the best TV I have ever owned, and it works well for a gamer like myself (I primarily play PS5 and the Switch). The reason I don't think it's quite perfect is that it inexplicably disconnects from Hulu maybe once every hour; it disconnects for only a few seconds, but it's still jarring, especially considering the 2018 model I had prior to this TV always stayed connected. I ran Spider-Man: Miles Morales on maximum settings on the PS5 and was absolutely blown away. Gaming on this thing is amazing!

Great value for the money, overall really happy so far , Have Samsung tvs in the bedrooms , the kitchen and family , but needed a tv for the office but didn’t want the Samsung price so bought this tv , was so surprised with all the features and picture quality In am going to buy one for the den

The picture on this TV is absolutely stunning. It looks on par with the picture from the likes of LG, Sony, and Samsung, but for a MUCH cheaper price. There is literally no reason to actually buy a TV from the more expensive brands. But Google TV needs lots of work..... and yes I understand that Google's at fault here, but Hisense did choose to integrate so... 1. If you want to hook up a subwoofer or sound system via eARC, be prepared for heartache. It only works half the time when you turn on the TV, even though both systems power up at the same time. 2. Google TV is quite laggy at times, especially at startup. It's not a quick system, and it will only get worse over time. 3. The integrated Google Assistant.... listen, Google's abandoned their assistant, why are we integrating it in the first place?? It devalues the TV SO MUCH. It doesn't play well with any other smart Google speakers that you have within ear shot (they both respond, annoyingly). Google doesn't stream it's own cameras to these TVs. And the bugs! Oh goodness all the bugs... Listen... Hisense, take a page from Vizio's playbook. Integrate Chromecast, and just use your own software. Google is wholeheartedly unreliable and is a stain on your brand. If you want to buy this TV, I would suggest getting the Roku or Fire TV versions if they still make them....