Customer Ratings & Reviews

I really like this TV for about 75% of my uses. Unfortunately for the other 25% of my use, I really dislike it. What I liked: The panel is a true 10 bit panel. It supports true 4:4:4 chroma which is an absolute MUST if you plan to use it as a PC monitor. Input lag at 1080p is decent at around 35 ms. The refresh is pretty fast so not too much ghosting. The tv supports HDR-10 which is pretty amazing at this price point. What I didn't like: The input lag at 4K is pretty unusable at around 60+ ms. If you plan to game at 4K, then look elsewhere. This is not the TV you're looking for. To give an idea, if you are playing a FPS fast action shooter, if you push the trigger, two or three whole frames will pass before it shows up on the screen. Viewing angle is really narrow. Who this TV is for: Those who want a TV for watching movies but aren't concerned with wide viewing angles. People who are planning to use it as a PC monitor but not for gaming. This TV makes a FANTASTIC PC monitor due to 10bit and 4:4:4 chroma support. (if you don't know what chroma support is, see attached pictures. The crisp sharp text is the chroma 444 and the blurrrier one is chroma 420) Want a great picture but are on a budget Gamers who only plan on gaming at 1080p Who this TV isn't for: Gamers who want to play 4K resolution Large crowds where people will not be able to be able to view from straight on. In conclusion it's a fantastic value if you aren't gaming in 4K or require wide viewing angles

This tv was actually rated as one of the best around $500 on rtings.com. Picture looks great, but losses some quality at side angles more than 45°. I was able to reduce how much it appears to degrade by having a lower backlight, contrast, and brightness. I like a warmer and darker picture anyway. Some people like it bright with a cool tone. If this is you, and you aren't always looking at the tv straight on, I may look at a different tv. HDR did not work on my xbox one straight out of the box. Required a firmware update which was very simple to do through the tv's menu. No issues at all since. If you want a cheaply priced 4k tv with hdr, this is truly hard to beat. Even some Samsungs that cost $200 more didn't look as good. The 5yr geek squad protection plan is great and relatively cheap. I recommend getting it. * Green LED backlight in pictures is something I added. Does not come with tv.

Took a chance on an unknown manufacturer, product had all the right features. I am very happy with the outcome. Screen is bright and. Clear, resoulation is amazing, upscaling is beyond belief.

This was my first 4K tv and I got it when my bedroom plasma tv got a line in the screen. We decided on this tv because it looked good in the store and the price was right. We hung it on the wall and it looks fantastic. I did a online search and found the optimal picture settings and I have to say the picture looks amazing. It upscales regular tv and makes old shows and movies looks awesome. I watched the old Terminator movie from 1984 and the tv made it look so good it was like seeing it in a whole new way. The Smart Tv is good but not great like on my other tvs. But the picture makes it worth it. I bought another 4k roku tv and this one beats it hands down because of the excellent picture. I would rather have picture quality over smart features without spending an arm and a leg. Overall this is my favorite budget 4K tv that I have purchased and it works great as a bedroom smart tv. Very happy with it!

My purchase of the TV at Best Buy was really a smart by for the money I spent I can't believe the quality of the picture that I get it I didn't even have to buy special cords or anything like that so I'd suggest this TV to anyone of my friends that are out looking for TVs right now great deal for me

Purchased thus Smart TV last week and just open d today to be able to mount it, when I turn TV on, it has a cracked screen!

Pics speak a thousand words My 4k vizio vs my new Hisense

The TV has a awesome picture and great sound quality. I would recommend this TV for the price any day. You get a good amount of smart tv apps as well and can adjust the visual settings if you are not used to 4K Ultra as well. The sound quality is top notch.

Watching Netflix on this tv is so amazing! Very easy to use and I love the fact that they have a buttons on the bottom of the control that take you directly to Netflix , Amazon , vision and YouTube.

Surprised how vivid colors are on this tv, brought my blue ray movies back to life, I'm going to buy another one for my game room, I'm very happy with my purchase.

I was a little skeptical of buying a brand I wasn't familiar with. But then I looked at the features and mostly positive reviews and decided for $500, why not. After I bought it, my brother tells me this is the one he'd been eyeing at the store- said it had a picture better than all the Samsungs and Sonys with quantum dots and all that... even looked almost as good as OLED. I wondered how this was possible, but I had to admit the picture did look excellent. Apparently this Hisense uses a VA panel which allows for super dark blacks, which is partly how it achieves such an amazing picture. VA panels have their drawbacks- you sacrifice viewing angle (which is why reviews cite picture degradation when viewed from an angle) but if you're sitting directly in front of this TV, it looks absolutely amazing. I never have a whole group of people watching with me anyways, and certainly never from an angle. But it is something to note- if you plan to have people watching from 30-45 degree angles (or more), check it out in a store first and see if you're ok with how it looks. I am no videophile and even I can see the degradation from sharp angles (tends to start losing a little color as you pivot to the side) but, if you plan to watch it straight on, take advantage of this VA panel that gives you near-OLED level blacks without the baggage of OLED (like temporary image retention and larger input lag). The HDR... need to talk about that. So ok, the TV interprets HDR10 format, which is what most HDR sources use. You update the TV via wifi and it gets patched in. But just know that the official Ultra HD Premium logo for "true HDR" requires 1000 nits peak brightness while this TV only hits around 440 (which is still good mind you- 1,000 is just an insane number and because this TV has such incredibly dark blacks the contrast ratio is really good) and the new wide color gamut, which uses rec2020 color spectrum while this TV still uses the traditional rec709. Honest opinion though, if you're an average Joe user like me, the wide color gamut isn't really a big deal. This TV does indeed use a 10 bit panel though, not 8-bit. So while you won't get HDR that takes it to such extremes like a $1200 Samsung, you do get a moderate taste of it, all in a $500 package which is basically unheard of. I've tried the HDR on my PS4 and it's definitely noticeable. I mean, the colors pop more and you can see detail in areas otherwise too bright and washed out... even if it's a toned down HDR it still makes it look noticeably better. And honestly, after all the horror stories of HDR making games look worse from being too dark and bright in areas, I rather appreciate a more toned down effect that enhances rather than taking center stage. As for other features... the local dimming doesn't have that many zones. But still, any local dimming at all is appreciated. I watched Civil War last night and the black bars on top and bottom, they looked so black it matched the black border of the TV itself. It was crazy. When the TV is on but has no signal, you can't even tell it's on. Which is just incredible. There are 4 HDMI ports, but only 3 and 4 are HDMI 2.0 which support 4K @60Hz. I only need one for my PS4. And next year when Scorpio releases it will get the other one. All normal HDMI like Wii U and Switch can use HDMI 1 and 2 with a splitter. All in all, I'm very satisfied with this TV. For $500 you won't find a better deal. The blacks on this TV are incredible, and without the $2,000 OLED price tag. The 4K image is crisp and clear- even Netflix looks sharper than 1080p BluRay. You can see the pores on people's faces like you're standing right there. I'm just blown away, and even my brother, after coming to check it out yesterday, has decided to go buy one of these. Will update if I experience any issues. But usually if a TV has issues it's right out of the box in my experience

I like the view cast feature. It works better than a Chromecast! Looks great on the wall.

So glad I made this purchase, cant go back to 1080

Let me just say this is the best t.v. i have ever owned, i have a sony xbr810c, a samsung ju6300 and a Vizio P series 2015 and this Hinsense blows them all out of the water once the settings are calibrated correctly. Best Buy had every tv in the store playing 4k content except for the Hisense, which was playing a regular Dvd hmmmm i wonder why? I will tell u its because u would purchase the hisense because its way cheaper. I cant lie, i was nervous about purchasing the Hisense because of the unfamiliarity but boy im glad i did. I purchased a bundle package which includes the 55h8c, Philips BDP7501 4k player, and 4 4k blu ray movies all for a grand total $826.00 you can not beat that. Dont be fooled by rtings.com or any other site bashing Hinsense 55h8c. The pictures i post will speak for themselves. U must use these calibration settings: Picture Mode Theater Brightness 52 Contrast 40 Color 42-46 Local Dim On Backlight 40 This was at night Up to You Tint 0 Sharpness 4 Ultra Smooth Off Noise Off Adaptaptive Con Off Color Temp Standard White Balance Offsets R-3 G0 B4 Gain R-2 G0 B5 10 Point Level 10% R0 G2 B6 20% R0 G1 B1 30% R0 G1 B0 40% R0 G0 B2 90% R2 G1 B3 100% R4 G4 B6 Color Tuner Hue Sat Bright All Zero on all Colors Except for Flesh Tones Saturation -4

I got this 12/22. It's already started giving me the small square pixels. I bought this due to the reviews and the 4k nonsense. I heard the support is good, i'll find out and let you know. This is like finding out my pug has a disease....sad day. Yes - I tried a New HD cable. Yes - all cables are tight. Yes - I am P!$$ed.

Wanted to update my older Samsung tv and have been looking at the Hisense tv's and been looking at reviews (taking some of them lightly as sometimes things happen). First impression on tv was the screen is very clear compared to my old 1080p LCD tv. Set up of tv very easy and streamlined. Am using tv with a hopper 2 from dish and watched different types of tv channels. The picture quality was very good , I did turn the smoothing option up. But so far have not found anything negative with tv. I do not have any 4K video equipment at this time so I have not seen any 4K native picture. But would expect it would look very nice. The 4 year warranty was also a big selling point to me.

First, I'm not a guy that can talk about gigabytes and quantumbytes, but I am a guy who needs HD and pure clarity. I only watch CRISP HD, not blurry, slow, distorted TV. I don't game, only sports, movies, and HD stuff. The 55" Hisense is right at the top. I own a 52" Sony Bravia and Samsung Monitors. I understand the difference between a $3,500 Samsung 4K and a low end Full HD. The 55" Hisense is Amazing. You have to fiddle with some options, but once you figure out Cable as opposed to Antenna under NETWORD SETTINGS everything became brilliant. I also view in VIVID, I like it to pop like a movie theater in my room. The image i uploaded doesn't give the crisp clarity I have now. Make sure when you set it up, you go slow. It's an easy setup, but a couple of Settings Options will give you 4K. Verify on Youtube with a 4K video. A+ - $499.00 + Free Shipping is unbeatable.

Speaking purely on a picture quality level, the Hisense 55H8C is a commendable performer. Black levels are deep, colors rich and bright and 4K resolution sharp and realistic. The added HDR support boosts color performance above the average 1080p SDR television set or entry level 4K UHD TV. The Hisense 55H8C stands up well against any other entry level HDR display, and does so offering an impressively high level of performance. This 4K Ultra HDTV presentation has a very pleasing picture. The HDR benefits don’t hit you over the head the way they do with more expensive models, so if that is important to you, I’d advise throwing in a few hundred or thousand more and stepping up. If that’s not possible, you won’t go wrong with the 55H8C. The Hisense 55H8C would make an excellent set for a primary or secondary room application, like bedrooms or dens, and with the amount of television you get for your dollar and a four-year free warranty, it’s hard not to be impressed... It seems likely that the set should hold up for a good long time...FUTURE PROOF!

I'm a long time plasma TV user. I needed a new TV but plasmas are no longer made. I've been watching the progress of OLED TVs and LG is getting most of the bugs out and approaching perfection but the price needs to come down...I'll wait a year or two. After researching all the options I came across the rave reviews for this Hisense. It's 4K and has a ton of features only found on more expensive sets; HDR; Local Panel dimming; Frame interpolation for smooth motion.. There are also tons of adjustments to get the picture tuned perfectly. I checked out the TV in the store and was impressed. I had the salesman show me various resolution media (480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K). The scaling of non-4K material was acceptable, better than the Samsung 6300 next to it. Looking at other TVs there was nothing that looked as good even well beyond the price range of this TV. The sound was also great once it was adjusted - there's an EQ, compression, and enhancement. To top it off it has a 4 year warranty. It makes no sense to buy anything else at this time because if you wait a year or two OLEDs will be more reasonably priced and this TV is fantastic enough to hold you over.

Ok, so let me start off by saying I do not write reviews. "EVER" 2 weeks ago, I went into the Elk Grove Best Buy seeking out a new gaming TV. I didn't know exactly what I wanted, but I had an LG 55" Led smart TV in mind that I saw at a family members house recently. I was greeted and helped By Adam Naser in Home theatre and we looked at some TV's on display. The conversation about 4K came up and he showed me a few but they were out of my initial price range. He turned around and said you might want to consider the Hisense 55 here, it's a pretty good TV with 4k under $500. I laughed and said I would never buy a TV with the name Hisense.... He didn't push me at all or try to change my mind, but I wish he would have. I did however find an Open box geek squad certified LG 55" 1080 TV for $390. Purchased it and took it home. It had the wrong remote and no power cable in the box.....so instantly I was irritated with it. I found a cable that worked and played on it for 2 days. I went back to best buy online and started reading reviews on Hisense H8 sets. I was blown away by the positive responses. I figured what the heck .... Boxed up my LG ran back to best buy and they returned my LG no problem and I payed $120.00 difference more for the brand new Hisense H8 55" 4k. I got home and started to unborn the TV and instantly I could see and feel a difference in quality. The legs to the TV were much stronger and sturdier than the LG. The TV was slightly thicker than the LG and had a few more pounds weight...overall just felt sturdier. I quickly set the TV up in the game room and proped it against the wall as I already ordered a wall mount for the LG that would arrive the next day. The initial setup was impressive and took me through Internet settings etc... It then played a demo and I was just in awe... I quickly turned on my PS4 and was even more blown away by the Vivid and fluid color of the screen. I hadn't even turned the UHD setting on in the PS4 yet and 2 of the games I play also have the option for UHD. I didn't know it could even get any better......... It also talks nicely with my game console and sees that it's a PS4 in the Video options. It can turn my PS4 on and vice versa. Bottom Line.... I would have savedone alot of time if I would have just purchased the Hisense on my first trip. If you want a 4k TV with a ton of features and settings.... Buy this TV. You will think back about this review and say... Dang, he was not kidding. Thank you Adam Naser for your suggestion.