Hisense - 65" Class U8H Series Mini LED Quantum ULED 4K UHD Smart Google TV

I never thought I would ever buy a Hisense tv because I always thought they were trash. To pay $899 which was on sale was crazy to me because it was a Hisense lol. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS TV..gives the Samsung and Sony a run for its money. Glad I bought it.

First off, I really like this tv. Huge upgrade from my entry-level LG screen from 2021. One of the brightest TVs with the darkest blacks you can buy - and at a great price. Hard to watch anything of lesser quality once you've seen Dolby Vision content on this screen. Great operating system, design/style, sound quality, image processing, color accuracy, etc.... I would sing more praises, but I am heart broken that my product has developed an issue related to an error in manufacturing. You can see the issue & proof of purchase in the pictures attached. This screen has a BGR subpixel layout (so each pixel is comprised of blue, green, & red - in that order). That is important context to know when viewing the "zoomed in" photo of the screen. There is a bothersome black spot in the middle of my screen (doesn't wipe off, pixel refresh doesn't work, etc.) affecting at least 6 separate pixels. I believe this is some sort of debris, rather than a clump of dead pixels, since you can still see parts of the affected pixels shining through the spot (and the shape somewhat changes depending on the angle you're standing at in person). In any case, this tv is far too young and too well taken care of to develop such an issue and it honestly ruins the experience for me. I have owned a ton of monitors and TVs and even my oldest/cheapest products have not developed an issue like this. I have attempted to contact Hisense a few times without any feedback (supposedly have a 100 day satisfaction guarantee and two year warranty). Will update this if they can provide a fix/replacement, but I am not holding my breath. I was unlucky, but had to share my mixed experience. For now, this review stands at 4 stars without recommendation.

What's GOOD: Extremely bright (too bright for a dark room setting but you can adjust the backlight). Beautiful colors that really pop. Sound quality for an LCD TV almost as good as a sound bar with the built in sub woofer. Blooming is minimal for deep black levels in most viewing circumstances. You can also choose between two widths for the stand legs if you have a narrow TV stand which worked out great for me. The Google TV OS is great from the snappy response to the number of apps you can install. What's NOT SO GOOD: The most annoying thing is the color banding you will see from low Bitrate content (even 4k content). You have to feed this TV with high Bitrate quality content to see the magic it can produce without the banding. I'm sensitive to color banding so I hope hisense can fix it through a firmware update to help smooth out low Bitrate content. I do also see some DSE but luckily it won't show much in normal viewing. You really have to look for it to see it. For the price of this TV I don't think you can go wrong, even with the few negatives. The posted photos may show some blooming but in real life you don't see it. Keep in mind that the back light was set to 60 out of 100 because it can sear your eye balls at times.

TV is a great mid range option for PS5, hits all the needed areas. HDR, 120hz, 4K, HDMI 2.1. The craziest thing about this TV is the built in subwoofer and speakers which are incredible.

Best TV for under $1000. 4K is fantastic and it’s the brightest TV I’ve ever seen!

Pro: Google TV , fast and responsive, timely updates. Smooth functioning and excellent picture and sound quality. Cons: No serious one till now, only some pairing issues with remote and soundbars at the time when first bought ,but that is resolved now.

If you love tinkering with tech this TV is amazing. Mounting may give some people issues do to the "subwoofer" on the back. HDR settings need to be inputted per hdr variant.

Such a great tv and the dark scenes sooo good ! So far its been a great purchase.