Hisense - 65" Class - LED - H9 Series - 2160p - Smart - 4K UHD TV with HDR

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• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Great TV if you can accept some shortfalls

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  Pros Near OLED quality for less Very bright screen reduces effects of glare Very thin profile Includes option for professional color calibration profile Metal frame is actual metal giving high quality feel Ample inputs for nearly anyone Colors accuracy is far better than nearly any TV HDR makes challenging scenes better Very good range can produce very dark blacks and white whites Excellent controller has very nice feedback when pressing buttons Large number of adjustments available Extremely loud speakers Smart functions are usually operate quickly Cons Metal backplate prevents devices mounted behind from passing wireless signals Random bright flashes on screen. Frequency increases with HDMI inputs Noticeable backlight uniformity issues in dark scenes. Black scenes appear to have faint clouds Either remote or TV randomly stops responding for several seconds Range of speakers is limited HDMI Arc is unreliable often losing lip sync HDMI Arc volume randomly pops up screen as 10 when volume hasn’t changed HDMI CEC won’t allow other devices to turn it off or on Very heavy for its thickness Very fragile during moving Opera TV OS lacks apps The 65H9D Plus is Hisense’s answer to OLED TV’s where you can get the quality of OLED without the premium price. It uses what Hisense dubs ULED. A combination of techniques are used to achieve very dark blacks and very white whites as well as an overall wide color gamut. Combined with HDR and a very bright screen, a viewer can make scenes punchy and vibrant or as accurate as the creator intended. To start, the 65H9D Plus is a very thin TV. It measures in at just ¾ of an inch in all areas except the bottom where all the connectors are placed. Hisense may market this as more affordable but by appearance you would think otherwise. The frame and back are metal or convincing enough to appear metallic. Taking it out of the box the frame felt colder to the touch like metal but either way, it gives the TV a very premium appearance. The back is most certainly metal which, although giving more of a feeling of getting a great value, comes at the cost of blocking wireless signals. If you are thinking about hiding any streaming or gaming devices behind it, you want to plan otherwise now. Devices mounted behind it controlled wirelessly will work inconsistently and some not at all. Trying out three different devices behind the TV results in warnings of disconnected remotes to random fits where the remote would move long after commanded in random ways. Game controllers would randomly drop out in the middle of gameplay. Of course, this is easily solved by placing devices either on a shelf or on the wall around the TV. Regardless of the actual materials used, one thing you will find is this TV is very heavy for its size and thickness. Although once placed it shouldn’t matter much you will find moving a tedious venture as the instructions are very specific on how you remove the TV from the box and how you move it. Ignore the instructions and you risk damaging your shiny new TV. This is a two-person job to lift. If you had any thoughts of wall mounting be sure do double check the weight rating of your mount as well. The way the TV hangs from a wall mount puts all the weight at the bottom of the bracket. This means it wants to tilt down. Without strong tilt brackets, the weight will cause the TV to simply tilt down even after you lock it in place. Included with the 65H9D Plus is probably one of the more satisfying remotes to use. No fancy touchpads or voice controls but just plain old buttons with a satisfying click. You know distinctly when you press them. The sound produced may not be the most enjoyable but the tactile feedback of the pressing the buttons is very satisfying versus the spongy feeling of most traditional button style remotes. If anything could be improved about the design, it would the addition of a backlight for nighttime use. With this many buttons sometimes, you might find yourself turning on a light to look for more obscure ones. A slight annoyance when using the remote is something in the process will periodically pause. It might be a random lag in the TV of the remote but occasionally, the remote will stop functioning for a few seconds. Thankfully it isn’t very common and pausing a couple of seconds allows whatever is happening to recover. Once you have the TV in place and start to use it the color accuracy will become immediately apparent. Often, color accuracy is left to very expensive TVs and more affordable ones have issues with colors such as red being so bright they appear to bleed and no adjustments can fix them. Thankfully, the 65H9D Plus doesn't have any of these problems. Color accuracy is surprisingly good, even performing as good as more expensive TVs. For those who want more true colors, the theater mode does very good while not creating an overly dark picture like some. Combine this with a newer movie with HDR support and the scenes reveal even more detail. Going even further with local dimming, blacks are nearly as inky black as an OLED where all but the most demanding people would happy saving the money. Such an affordable TV doesn't come without sacrifices. Both the original and replacement unit exhibited the same odd bright flashes at random. There was no pattern to the frequency except it occurred more with HDMI inputs than the built-in apps. Hopefully this is something that can be corrected as a software update. Backlight uniformity is very poor. In scenes where the majority of the screen is black or dark, it will appear as though there are barely visible white clouds throughout. Thankfully it is rare in most scenes as other colors hide the effect. If you wish to use HDMI ARC for sound you may find communication is inconsistent with devices sometimes dropping out. In trying to get HDMI ARC to work, four different HDMI cables were used including two high spec ones. All four cables worked without issues on HDMI ARC on a different setup. Ultimately, the TV would only work with one cable and only after a restart. Even when working sometimes voices would become out of sync with the actor's lips. Sometimes a restart would fix this. Another odd behavior was that while connected for audio using HDMI ARC the TV would randomly display the volume bar at 10 regardless of what the actual sound level was set. Nothing would change and no remotes were touched. The bar would pop up for a few seconds and go away. A quick workaround is to just use an optical digital connection. HDMI also has what is called CEC which allows devices to communicate and turn off and on together. Unfortunately, if you have a streaming device that has a remote with all the functions you want the 65H9D Plus does not accept commands to turn off but rather only wants to be the master. Standby commands from other devices at best trigger the TV to turn off and right back on. These are all issues that can be fixed via firmware updates. Hopefully the issues will be gone once the TV has been available for a while. Sound is decent but nothing inspiring. The built-in speakers are extremely loud. In fact, in most cases, listening becomes uncomfortably loud above 20 and yet the volume goes to 100. While it might be the loudest built in speaker setup in a LED TV, sound quality is just good. Not quite up to par with the screen. It's definitely useable but honestly most people who want better sound immediately connect external speakers anyway. Regarding the Smart TV functions, the information on the TV doesn't say anywhere the box or specs but it uses Opera TV. The interface is a little confusing and leads make it look like there are two app stores and the main one is harder to find. You get support for staples such as Netflix, Amazon, Vudu, and YouTube but no support for Sling, Hulu, Vue, or DirecTV Now. Overall, the app store is filled with mostly unknown apps. If you need other streaming services a separate streaming device would be the way to go. Overall the 65H9D Plus with some minor changes and some quality control issues fixed could be the TV to beat. It is still a very nice unit if you are aware of and accept its shortcomings and quirks it offers a great value if you want to be in the range of high end OLEDs but don't want to spend so much money.

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  Posted 8 years ago by CraigB

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Hisense H9D Plus rises up!

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  You heard it here. I am was an owner of an OLED TV from LG (EF9500-UA) and I can tell you that not only that this TV has amazing picture quality but has some very advanced tech at a cheaper price from Hisesnse. The image quality is downright jaw-dropping especially with HDR content with deep black levels all across the screen. I've used a range of content on the TV already and I'm extremely happy with it. Picture Quality and Color: This gorgeous 65' in screen showcase the world in wonderful 4K HDR with hands down one of the best color ranges I've seen on a TV. Actually SDR content on this ULEDTV looks amazing with nice detail but all of that changes when you turn on HDR. Whites are bright white for once and while I did enjoy OLED I simply hated the very low brightness on the 65EF9500, Hisense 65H9D PLUS completely destroy it having a brightness level that is way more acceptable for a TV. This is one of the biggest draws to me. Only HDR 10 is supported no Dolby vision here and frankly, it's not missed. I first had to try gaming so of course, The first game I tried was a beta version of Grand Turismo Sport for PS4 Pro which is a racing game. You have really never seen anything like this once turning on HDR. The sun from the clouds pops out at you with a natural tone, The detail in the cars was nothing but visual eye candy with 4K, The scenery from the dirty to the flowers on the side of the road, The tires...oh the tires from manufacturers was spot on with clean lines. If this is the future of console gaming I'm in! The wide color gamut gives each color its own identity in a way with so many shades of red, blues, and greens in-between. 4K gave detail unlike no other to the point where you can see the reflection of the inside of the car from the driver's helmet. The Hisense H9D plus delivered all this in a way that you can appreciate the see the difference. Other games I tried was Horizon: Zero Dawn, The Last of US remastered: Uncharted: The lost legacy, Ratchet and Clank, both PS4's Infamous games...HDR was the star of the show of these games best on Hisense TV. Horizon was the best of the titles because that game has a lot of colors and detail. I can't wait to try the Xbox One X on this TV. Moves look great as I only have three 4K HDR movies Deadpool, Ghost in a Shell, and Planet Earth II. I used an LG UP970 HDR blue ray player on the Hisense H9D Plus, The fight scene in Deadpool with the burning place on fire the orange from the flames come to life at you and Deadpool outfit looks so good with dirt marks and darken shades of red. Ghost in a Shell is another one with colors inks out of the display. Neo Tokyo pallet of colors clashes with each other. Planet Eart II detail is great, the HDR 4K shots are breathtaking letting night shots take the win. 4K HDR Netflix and 4K Youtube was also good, which is what I mostly use. Chef's Table and Ozark was bright and had natural colors on Netflix. Black Levels: Local Dimming is on the TV and it makes a big difference in the way you view darker content. Local dimming is dimming the parts of the screen that should be dark and keeping bright the parts of the screen that should be bright. Does it work here? Yes. and it works great. In fact it's really close to the OLED TV with black levels and for this price that is a good thing. I've watched Atlanta's "B.A.N." episode and here you can see the black levels ink right though as the episode had a black background with the characters colors showing on-screen. As with all led TVs, this one does have some backlight color bleed on the edges but local dimming cuts the light down. Overall I'm completely satisfied with the black levels and best of all no ghosting or burn in at all on this TV like my old OLED which is annoying! Clear Rate / Motion: If you love it or hate it it's here. The super "soap opera" effect is definitely on this TV and I love using it personally. It gives each scene a very smooth look by adding a fame within another frame. Perfect for sports where you want to see every second of the action on screen. H9D Plus model supports "480hz" Clear Action and it does the job well. Apps / Features / SDR content: This TV have all the apps you are most likely going to use but one and that's Hulu as it seems like the only biggest app missing. Come on Hisense, You have to get Hulu on the Oprea store. I won't fault the TV on this because most likely if you are getting this TV you are going to hook up a device with all your apps on it. The rest of the important ones are here (premium hdr) Netflix, Youtube, Pandora, Amazon Video, and Vudu are here with extra in the app store. SDR looks great with streaming apps and among other games (Sonic Mania colors are beautiful on this TV) so no worries there. TV has most other important features you want like CEC, Mirrorcast, and ARC. The ARC is stuck on Input 2 4K@60hz which is one of the only two ports that supported on the TV. For the life of me I can't understand, Who in their right mind thought this was a good idea? Hopefully, your ARC speaker has a HDMI passthrough or you are out of luck. Hisense wants to be one of the top 3 in the United States and if they continue like this they will be. The TV is amazing and there isn't much else to say, there are some downfalls here and there but the overall point is the picture quality and Hisense 65H9D plus delivers on all fronts in that aspect. If you want a great 4K HDR TV without breaking the bank like I did for OLED get this! I highly recommend this TV for anyone who wants to play HDR games and movies going forward. It has a phenomenal build quality too and doesn't wobble. I'm proud to own this TV for years to come and I can't wait for the future of 4K HDR to expand.

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  Posted 8 years ago by CrysisComplex

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  High quality, Low price

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  Friends walked in our guest room and got impressed on it crystal clear screen. Hint: update the software to optimize the system and pictures will be improved. Can integrate with Spectrum remote, also work well with AirTV. Cons: do not know what are the two bars on the back of the TV for. No documentation about them in the menu, seems like handles for lifting up the TV, since they are located on the upper left/right corners of the wall/table mount spacing square.

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  Posted 7 years ago by Handybug