Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Hisense 65U8H QLED U8H Series Quantum 4K ULED Mini-LED 65-Inch Class Google Smart TV with Alexa Compatibility, Quantum Dot, 1500-nit HDR10+, Black

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2023

Hello Everyone,

Pros:

Let me just start by saying This TV is Amazing and I think you should try it if you are in the market for a New TV and dont want to spend too much money!!! This TV simply smokes many of the LG, Samsung, or Sony tvs that are in the similar price range or even that are a little bit more expensive. Is it as good as an OLED? No, but it is pretty close! I was gonna buy an OLED but i was worried for Burn-in. I am so glad I bought Hisense U8H and saved a ton of money! I never bought a Hisense tv before this so this is my first Hisense TV. I was using a Samsung KS8000 before for my Game Room. I bought this Hisense U8H 4 months ago especially for Gaming and some Movie Watching. I currently have a 2016 Samsung KS8000 (Edge-Lit) and also a 2017 Sony X900F (Full-Array) paid double for both of these tvs and honestly U8H beats both of them as far as picture quality goes. Blacks are very deep even in the dark room. Believe me when I say this: This TV gets ridiculously BRIGHT!!! I didn't notice a whole lot of blooming. Only noticed it on some occasions but in comparison to my other TVs this U8H is sooooo much better!!! Gaming on it is super amazing, colors are Rich & Vibrant! I do not have the current consoles so I can't say anything about 120hz but upon reading different posts on reddit and after the latest firmware update it works perfectly fine. Sound Quality is pretty good for a TV (it has a 20W Subwoofer in the back). Software wise it is pretty good much faster/smoother than my other tvs. Motion is pretty good but I keep the motion settings off for my movies. Upscaling is good but I think Samsung and Sony upscale the older content much better. Remember: You have to turn "Enhanced Mode" to on for 120hz to work (there is plenty of information you can find on the internet and many YouTube videos about it)

Cons:

It does have color banding issue (which is still not fixed with a latest Firmware) that I've noticed in some games and movies but personally it doesn't bother me so if you are sensitive to that then keep this in mind before buying.

Annoying 4 led lights that come on after you turn the mic button to off ( I think you can also turn it off in the software, but I've gotten used to it so doesn't bother me anymore.

Final thoughts:

I think for me these are the only cons and overall this is a very good TV. Would I recommend to buy this TV? Absolutely YES!!! Try it and if you don't like it you can always return it. Also, If you get a bad unit don't worry just replace it! This getting a bad unit happens with every manufacturer (maybe I am not sure upon reading some reviews it happens more with Hisense I don't know, but I got lucky the first time) it happened to me in the past with Samsung & Sony as well.

Good Luck! 👍

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Sean

Overall an amazing TV for the price and ideal for gaming, but has a few shortcomings

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2023

Size: 55-InchVerified Purchase

I've had this tv a day, and so far am blown away by the picture quality. It has great brightness and blacks are amazing. I am reviewing this in the context of a sub $700 TV as 5 stars because it is not perfect. If it was $1000, it would be a 4 star tv. After having a day, some things that were a bit frustrating. Some I could work around and others I just have to live with.

- Default HDMI is not enhanced and causes issues and has to be picked in menu
- Only 2 HDMI are 2.1 120Hz and one of those is ARC so for me sound bar gets one only leaving one for PS5, but cannot hookup PC to other due to sound bar
- Smooth motion on by default and needed to adjust as movies and tv shows getting soap opera effect (if that bothers you)
- Although HDMI CEC works to power on items and off and control with remote (Apple TV, PS5, etc.), it doesn't auto switch which is frustrating; like PS5 will go on, but not play back through ARC unless I switch sound bar to ARC or the Apple TV won't come up unless I switch the input. My previous TCL that died always worked going between sources flawlessly, and may just be something I have to figure out
- Navigating Settings and Menus could be easier; there is a setting button on remote and settings through a menu from remote and not all setting are in one place and having 2-3 deep to get to some often used functions on picture settings is a pain

PS5 gaming is NIGHT AND DAY compared to the TCL. I had a TCL 4 Series with HDR, but it was really criminal to call it HDR. Now I get why HDR is so touted. I feel like my PS5 went to a PS6. I can't describe the difference, but it is so much better. This TV supports 120Hz (tested with Doom Eternal). You can set inputs on TV to specific settings and Game Mode and other Gaming choices are all there. Supports variable refresh rate also. So far playing very will with PS5. I highly recommend this set for gamers.

I stream almost all my movies, and 4K UHD digital with Dolby Vision are amazing. I paused a couple of movies, like Tom Hanks leaving hanger in Maverick where he goes from dark and shadows to outside, and I did see a bit of pixilation which could be result of streaming as much as TV, but it was not as bad TCL. Overall though, blacks are amazing and near OLED quality with some, but much less blooming that I have seen on any other non-OLED tv.

Other thoughts. . .this TV is heavy. It easily weighs twice as much as the TCL it replaced. I have no comments on sound as I use a soundbar, Airpods and headphones when watching TV or gaming. Also, I have no use for smart tv functions, google, etc. as I use Apple TV for my front end to everything and do live tv through Hulu on there.

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C

Great panel, good SmartTV SoC

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2022

Size: 55-InchVerified Purchase

If you're here, you've probably already read the rtings and you know how good the panel in the U8H is (and if you haven't, google it, post-haste!), and you've probably also been the the thread about the U8H on avsForum. I can't begin to replicate the kinds of detailed tests that rtings does, but I will say that this TV looks great in person -- if you have a bright environment or lots of glare, this thing can get eye-searingly bright. The setup process was not entirely smooth -- I had to cancel the app-based installation and do it on-screen -- but since I'll only do this once over the decade I'll have this TV I don't really see it as a big deal. The on-screen setup proceeded without a hitch and everything worked flawlessly. The pictures attached to this review are screenshots of various bits of system information and benchmark results that I gathered while assessing the built-in smart TV functions (more details on that below).

One place where rtings is lacking in their reviews is their evaluation of smart TV features ... and indeed, the folks on AVSForum were looking for more information on that as well. I will endeavor to provide it. Here are some specs that I gleaned from AIDA 64:
- The motherboard is listed as an "MT9900", but the SoC is listed as an MT5895, listed as a 4-core Cortex-A73 clocked at 1.8Ghz. I ran geekbench and gfxbench on it, and the CPU performance is slightly better than my Sony X91J (which has an MT5895), but the GPU performance is ~25% worse. This may just be due to implementation, or it may be due to the fact that this TV is running Android 11 while the Sony is still on Android 10.

- This TV has 6GB storage and 2GB RAM. I'm happy to see more than the 4GB I've seen on some other sets, it gives a bit more breathing room for apps. Another gig of RAM would have been nice for future proofing, but it does well with current apps with the RAM that it has.
- In Geekbench 4, this TV scores around 1065 (single-core) and 2925 (multi-core), and in Geekbench 5 it scores around 220 (single-core) and 635 (multi-core). For reference, the Sony X91J Geekbench 4 scores are around 1075 (single-core) and 2763 (multi-core) -- it seems very likely to me that this TV is running the same MT5895 as the Sony.
- Running the GFXBench T-Rex Offscreen test, this TV was able to render 1920 frames (~33FPS). For comparison, the X91J renders 2446 fraames (44FPS). Both TVs report having a Mali G52 GPU, so either HiSense has a software issue, or the hardware is different in some way (clocked lower, slower memory, etc.)

To put this into context, it's a good deal slower than the current generation Fire HD 10 tablet, a fair bit faster than the Retroid Pocket 3 gaming handheld, and faster than pretty much all stand-alone Google TV Boxes except for the nVidia shield. If you would like to game on your TV, you should easily be able to emulate everything through SNES, and also run some of the easier-to-emulate N64, Dreamcast, and PSP games. It should also run those Android games that support Android TV reasonably well.

Subjectively, the interface animations are smooth and it has no trouble running the current TV apps. The Wifi is quite fast, and even when connected to my 802.11AC access point, it was achieving well over 100mbps. I was able to pair a bluetooth mouse and get a cursor, which is a feat that not all Google TVs can achieve (my Sony, for instance, will only work with a mouse that has a dongle). After installing a web browser, pages loaded quickly and rendered correctly. I feel no need to connect my usual Media Center PC to this set, as the built-in Google TV processor is fully sufficient.

All in all, I'm very happy!

EDIT: A few notes that I forgot in my initial review
- I haven't tried it yet, but since this runs the same SoC as my Sony (which I do use for cloud gaming), it should run GeForce Now just fine
- You should also be able to side-load the xBox GamePass app and use the cloud portion of that subscription. The difficulty level there is a bit higher, because you will not be able to install it via the play store (it doesn't officially support ANY Android TV yet, but the smartphone app works if you install it)
- Since this uses the MT5895 chipset, it is likely that if you try to drive it at 4k120Hz, it will halve the vertical resolution. There have been reports of this, and Hisense is said to be working on a fix. In my use case (gaming from ~12ft away), it's not noticeable. If you're using it for a PC monitor, it may be bothersome.

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Skee77

Impressive, but some flaws

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2022

Size: 55-InchVerified Purchase

I have tried several TV's since last year and have finally returned them.
But I will keep this one because it is impressive.
I tried 2 Hisense previously, the U6GR which was really bright but colors were oversaturated, faces looked red and such; and then tried the U6HF recenlty, but it was not bright enough.

This one is really bright, with good colors that don't look oversaturated, deep blacks, so it is really balanced.
Motion is good but not great, but still that varies depending on the source.
I mostly do streaming on Fubo TV which is 720p and everything looks good.

Some settings I am using:
-For SD:
I am using the settings by Quantum TV on Standard.
I use the default Sports for sports
And Filmmakermode as it is by default when I don't like how Standar looks.

-For HDR
I use Filmmaker mode or Theater Day as they are by default.
Theater Night at night so it is not so bright.

-Dolby Vision
I use Dolby Vision IQ as it is out of the box.

The only thing I changed on all of them is turning off the automatic light sensor because it dims everything.
It looks really good with those settings.

Oh and use Motion on Standard or Smooth... the Film setting makes the screen stutter and doesn't looks good.

For gaming, I have a Series S and I use the TV gaming mode for SDR or Dolby Vision. No HDR, because I use the 1440p resolution at 120 Hz which I think looks better than 4k, and the Xbox has an issue of don't displaying HDR on 1440p, but it still looks good, almost all games support Dolby Vision now.
But still was a little dim for me, so I raised the backlight to 100, Contrast to 70, and color to 60 as well. Local Dimming on High.

For sound, I use it with a Bose 900 and there is no delay.
BTW I had to put the soundbar on top pf the TV legs because there is no space otherwise.
I have it on eARC enabled and Audio Output as Passthrough and got Dolby Atmos without issue or delay.

The only thing that makes me reduce one star is that the UI has some bugs. One that I have seen in Paramount+ is that when you try to change the picture settings it goes out of the video, so you cannot change the settings... For intance watching something on Dolby Vision, you click the menu and the screen goes black and the options for picture settings are for SDR (because Dolby Vision is out) so you cannot change Dolby Vision. This issue was on other apps and they already fixed it, but left Paramount+ as this.

So if they fix all the little bugs on the system that are software related, it will be 5 stars.
And not 5 stars for the price, or for budget TV, if everything is sorted out, it is 5 stars at any price, really.

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James R. S. Galloway

Just buy it

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2022

Size: 75-InchVerified Purchase

TLDR: Buy the TV

I bought the 75" version and I've gotta tell you, this thing is amazing. Great color, mindblowing contrast, wonderful features, and flawless streaming. Also, if you are into that sort of thing it gets so bright you could use it in a room with wide open windows, that or forget the settings and turn it on in a dark room and basically blind yourself. We're talking snowblind levels of brightness.

That said I do have 4 issues.

1. Occasional motion issues. It's not consistent and only happens in some internal apps but there is occasional issues with motion such as stutter and judder. A notable example of this has been Crunchyroll and Youtube (occasionally) I'm thinking this is due to inconsistency between frame rates on this steamed content but I'm really not sure. I could turn on motion smoothing but I really don't like the soap opera effect. Maybe I'll give it a chance if it doesn't get resolved via an update soon.
2. The built-in web browser SUCKS. I wish I could install something else but I'll just hook up a dedicated PC to it one day. I had to use this to get around some issues I had with a few apps at first that have since been resolved via update and thank god for that.
3. Dolby Vision is broken in some apps like Netflix. I think they are currently trying to fix this via software updates but I haven't seen an improvement yet.
4. I think this is an issue with Google TV itself but I cannot use the voice-to-text feature on the kid's accounts I set up for my daughters. I've tried to resolve this but I cannot find a fix. This is a huge pain when searching for shows for my daughter on apps like Youtube kids as typing in the requests with the remote is slow compared to just saying it aloud and the assistant typing it in for you. At first, it might not seem like a problem, but when my youngest gets into the cycle of wanting to watch something new/specific every 3-5 minutes it can turn into a slog. So for anyone with kids and looking to use the child accounts on the TV. Be prepared to invest in a dedicated wireless keyboard for it.

That said, even knowing what I know now. I'd still buy it. Without a question or a second thought. The picture is that good. It's basically an OLED without the risk of burn-in. I'm not kidding in the slightest. In regular content, I probably wouldn't be able to tell an LG C1 and a U8H apart from a regular viewing distance. Maybe something with a lot of fast or panning motion as the C1's motion is flawless but in most cases, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to tell. It's easily 95% of an Oled at 75% of the price, and it's worth every penny.

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Matt

Horrific Posterization and Jaw Droppingly bad Color Banding Ruin this TV.

Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2022

Size: 55-InchVerified Purchase

This review is for the 55inch version of this TV
The screenshots are from multiple users displaying the posterization and color banding issue found in these TV's that make all benefits like color accuracy and color depth moot because of it. Hisense has yet to comment if this is a panel issue or fixable with a firmware update.

The TV's advertised 4k 120hz down scales to achieve the said 120hz what you are viewing is not 4k in 120hz the resolution is cut. Hisense has commented about this and said they are working on a fix in a firmware update.

For gaming this tv is great in SDR The colors are bright and vibrant. however the color banding is even more apparent in SDR and really ruins the picture. The HDR it is noticeably dimmer than SDR and highlights don't really pop as much as they should. Also the response time is noticeably lower in SDR and motion is more clear its subtle but is noticeable.

Using this monitor for PC kind off worked. It would display 4k 120hz in HDR 12bit RGB however the screen would randomly flicker black for a second. This stopped when using 60hz. Ironically on my PS5 it displays 4k 120hz 12 bit fine and never flickers but its in YUV422 not RGB so i don't know what is going on there with the bandwidth, my HDMI cables are all of the highest quality.

If the Color banding were fixed or even just not as bad (The worst i have ever seen in a TV, ever..) and the 4k did not downgrade the resolution this would be a great premium budget TV.

I gave this TV one star because the levels of color banding are simply unacceptable and ruin every picture it displays. The fact that so many 55inch users are reporting it makes me think it's more a panel issue than software.

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The closest you can get to OLED, without buying OLED!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2023

Size: 55-InchVerified Purchase

1) Brightness:
TV is capable of getting insanely bright. As video reviews suggest, the peak brightness of 1500 knits listed by Hisense is definitely SURPASSED. Some reviewers said they measured over 2200 Knits, and I believe it.

2) The back is curved and the bottom mounting screw spaces are indented into the plastic. Which means grabbing a regular swivel mount and just screwing it into the back WILL NOT WORK.

You MUST use spacers for the bottom screws ( along with longer screws) to mount this TV. I also used a small spacer for the top screws because the Subwoofer bezel is right in the center of the back of the TV and I wanted to play it safe by providing a little bit of extra room between the mount and subwooofer.

3) Sound:

Hisense stepped up their game. Sound is very good, and very loud. I'm not an audiophile, so for me it's enough. The small subwoofer is a nice addition, though j wish it wasn't in the middle of the back which is mounted (subs are non directional so it's not a huge issue).

4) Picture quality. 15/10. The colors look quite natural, very vibrant. The brightness is breathtaking. The whites are super white. The blacks are PITCH BLACK.

5) Color uniformity. Ran uniformity tests and they looked flawless. Definitely an improvement from H9G, even tho that TV had minimal uniformity issues.

6) For 120hz gamint, you must use HDMI 2.1 cable and you MUST turn on the enhanced hdmi setting on your TV.

7) Android Interface: Surprisingly quick/snappy. I like it a lot. My only complaint is the you cannot cast to this TV without installing some a third party cast app. Not a huge deal, as I rarely do that. But nonetheless something I'd expect a smart TV to have from factory.

TV is incredible. BUY IT!!!!

P.S. Buying through Bestbuy for pickup has been a nightmare. Canceled my order had it delivered by Amazon to my doorstep for free.

For those wondering how the delivery works. Just like any other package. They deliver it and leave it on your porch. Definitely want to make sure someone is home so it doesn't sit there (whether bad weather or thieves is the concern). This is the second time I've had a TV delivered and both times they left it on the porch. Thankfully I live in a quiet area and it's not a big cocern, but I could see it being an issue in big cities.

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D. Rose

Best TV I've ever owned

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2023

Size: 65-InchVerified Purchase

This model is my second Hisense. I have the model before, which is the U8G, which I purchased a year ago. The two are very similar and both are exceptional TVs. You get so many features that you would normally pay a much higher price to get the same. First off... I love the Google TV features. The search feature looks across your installed apps and will tell all of your available options free or paid. For example, I use Prime Video, Netflix, HBO Max, Tubi, Freevee and others and when you get your search results, you can just click and go right to your movie and start watching. A huge time saver!

The brightness, colors and clarity with the quantum dot mini-LED technology is absolutely amazing. I spent months shopping and comparing features and no brand gave me everything I wanted and more.
The best part is the buget friendly price.

The cinema audio quality is great as a stand alone or you can add an eARC soundbar to set up a surround sound system and it make setup a breeze. One of my favorite features that the U8H has is that it will automatically detect the best sound settings for the what you are watching such as dolby atmos cinema, sports, gaming etc. It even has the ability to add clarity to the actors dialogue when the music soundtrack can be overpowering.

In short, this Brand and model is exceptional for any tv or movie buff and you will find yourself experiencing the WOW factor as you watch your favorite show.

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Michael Zoran

Disappointing "8-Bit plus FRC" panel & weak "Processing" - Poor "Stuttering" & Viewing Angles

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2023

Size: 75-InchVerified Purchase

The Hisense U8H has many problems that caused me to return the product. I bought the U8H because of reviews saying it is "Bright" and the Mini-LED VA panel has "Blacks" that are very dark. Those things were true; however, the U8H suffers from many other problems - and has all along. These problems have never been solved, and never will be. Some of them cannot be solved - such as the inferior technology used for the panel that is based on "8-Bit plus FRC" technology rather than the "True 10-Bit" technology used by Samsung, LG, and Sony. This "Plus FRC" technology used by Hisense and TCL creates a "Rainbow Effect" that some people (including me) see, and it is very disturbing. It reminds me very much of the days of DLP TV sets where there was a similar type of "Rainbow Effect" that some people (including me) could see.

In the early reviews of the U8H on reliable places such as RTings, it said the U8H had glitches and problems with things such as Dolby Vision and Netflix, and also the gaming suffering from a problem where the vertical resolution was cut in half when gaming at 120hz. RTings said Hisense was aware of those problems and planned to eventually fix them with firmware updates. Most of those particular problems were solved, although other problems were sometimes created. For example, the one firmware update created another glitch in one of the HDMI inputs.

People wondered from the start if Hisense was going to attempt to fix some of the other glitches that reviews talked about. Hisense never promised to fix those particular glitches the way they did the glitches they claimed they were aware of dealing with Dolby Vision and Netflix.

For example, the RTings review points out that the U8H has TERRIBLE problems with "Stuttering" while watching Blu-ray movies running at 24 frames per second. I can tell you this is definitely 100% true. No form of firmware update has fixed this yet as of January 2023, so it is obvious no form of firmware update ever will fix this problem.

You can easily see an example of this "Stuttering" problem if you go to a local store where all the TV sets are on display. I eventually saw the Hisense U8H at Best Buy sitting next to the Sony X90K and the X95K, and the Samsung Q90B, and the TCL Class 6, and several TV sets from LG. Each of them were playing the same stream of movies. The Samsung and Sony TV sets did not display "Stuttering," but the Hisense U8H did have very noticeable "Stuttering." The LG TV sets actually had the worst "Stuttering" of all.

This was particularly noticeable in the new Doctor Strange movie that was on display. The Sony TV sets had virtually no noticeable "Stuttering." But the Hisense U8H showed "Stuttering" in multiple spots - even in scenes as minor as showing Doctor Strange simply rotating his head.

The other problem the RTings review talked about was "Shimmering." This was obvious on the U8H, but not on the other TV sets - exactly as the RTings and Digital Trends reviews said.

One of the other problems with the U8H that people wondered about all along was if the weakness in "Processing" would ever be fixed with firmware updates. Unfortunately, these problems have never been corrected, and obviously never will. For example, the "Digital Noise" option can be selected, but it never does anything visible to eliminate digital noise.

The U8H also suffers from problems with "Posterization" and "Macroblocking" from the various Gradients. These problems are caused by the TERRIBLY INFERIOR technology that Hisense uses in the UH8 and TCL uses in the Class 6 for their panels, which is called "8-Bit plus FRC" rather than using "True 10-Bit" technology for the panel. The Hisense U8H and TCL Class 6 TV sets only have access to a small fraction of the colors available in "True 10-Bit" TV panels. But what is worse is the U8H has such weak "Processing" power that the "8-Bit plus FRC" panel is not capable of processing correctly and ends up with "Gradient" errors and "Posterization" errors and "Macroblocking" errors.

A good example of what I'm referring to was seen at Best Buy when all those TV sets were next to each other and Gran Turismo was shown on display on all the TV sets. A person who had never seen that game and didn't know what the game was "supposed" to look like would never think anything was wrong. But when you see the game next to the other TV sets, you realize how the game is "supposed" to look and you realize why the U8H from Hisense has "Gradient" problems with Posterization. The Samsung Q90B and Sony X90K and X95K show colors in Gran Turismo that look "smooth" and "gradually" go from a dark color to a light color so that it looks like it is a 100% perfect transition from "dark" to "light." But with the Hisense U8H, you don't see a "smooth" type of "gradual transition." Instead, with the U8H, you see the colors shift from a white, to suddenly being a darker white, to suddenly being a grey, to suddenly being a dark grey, to suddenly being a light black, to suddenly being a black. It is not "smooth" and not "gradual" at all with the transition. The reason for this is because of the "8-Bit plus FRC" panel that is used, which is inferior technology.

The "Viewing Angles" of the U8H are also TERRIBLE. As the RTings and Digital Trends reviews say, the moment you start to get off center so that you are not looking directly at the TV, you start to see the shades and tints of the colors change in ways that are not accurate. In fairness, this also happens with the Sony X90K and even the far more expensive Sony X95K. This did not happen as much with the Samsung Q90B, though. But, it was so bad that I decided I would rather have an IPS panel with Mini-LED to improve the "Blacks" rather than having a VA panel with such terrible viewing angles. The LG Class 83 sold at Best Buy (which is just a renamed version of the 2021 Class 90) actually does not do a particularly good job with the viewing angles considering it is an IPS. But, the LG Class 85 2022 model does do a good job with having high-quality blacks and excellent viewing angles due to the fact that it is an IPS panel and has Mini-LED for lighting.

My hopes were very high for the Hisense U8H. I have talked with other people who bought the U8H and returned it. Everyone has said, "I would have gladly paid a couple hundred more dollars if Hisense would have just used a 'True 10-Bit' panel, used some technology to improve the viewing angles of the VA panel, and used some technology to improve the "Processing" so it did not experience problems with 'Stuttering' and 'Shimmering.'"

I hope Hisense can fix those problems for 2023. The prices for those Sony, Samsung, and LG TV sets are out of my range, so I didn't buy anything for 2022. I guess I will just have to wait until 2023 to see what is available and hope the prices aren't too high for me. This will be my third year without a decent-sized TV set, because my 70" Sony broke two years ago. I want to wait to get a good one, because I hope it lasts a long time. Best Buy charges WAYYYY TOO MUCH for their insurance, so I won't buy from Best Buy. I want a TV of at least 70", but I'm not willing to pay over $1,500. These TV sets simply don't last as long as they should anymore. That 70" Sony one lasted only four years. It's a good thing I had insurance on it.

The reviews were correct that the TV gets "Very Bright" and has "Blacks" that are "Very Black." But there is a HUGE PROBLEM. If you are watching a Blu-ray at 24 frames per second, it DOES NOT MATTER HOW BRIGHT OR BLACK something is, BECAUSE IT WILL be "STUTTERING"!!!

Hisense needs to understand that you cannot build a skyscraper with 100 floors without building a solid foundation first! Hisense needs to make sure their #1 priority is to build a TV set that DOES NOT have a problem with "Stuttering."

And Hisense needs to make sure their 2023 TV sets forget about this inferior "8-Bit plus FRC" technology that causes a rainbow effect seen by some people. Hisense should ONLY be using "True 10-Bit" technology in their TV sets.

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Andrew M. Dillow

The hype is real this TV is absoluty amazing at this price point or any price point.

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2023

Size: 65-InchVerified Purchase

We have a 77" LG C2 OLED in our living room, and it looks amazing, it should, it wasn't cheap. We have the 65" Hisense U8H in our bedroom, and some days I wonder if I didn't make a mistake and maybe should have just bought the larger U8H for that room too.

I don't know if I can pay the U8H a better compliment than to say that I think I would have been nearly as happy with it in my living room as I am with my OLED.

Since I started this with a comparison to my C2 I might was well finish the review by doing that too.

Picture quality on the C2 is much better on Dolby Vision quality. Hisense did not do a great job with Dolby Vision, so I run the Roku attached to the U8H on HDR Plus settings which is where this TV really shines it is comparable to the C2 in HDR mode, maybe even a smidgen better.

The U8H is much brighter than the C2, you can surf for the nit values if you like, but I'm telling you it's very noticeable, and it's a big plus in my book for the U8H.

I had to play with the picture settings, a lot, to like the U8H. I watched videos on YouTube, I tried other people's settings, and over time I fine-tuned them down to what I like best. It is this reviewer's opinion that this TV is not plug-and-play, not if you want it to look as amazing as it can look.

The C2 does way better job upscaling lower quality content to higher definition. My wife told me, after a week with the C2, that she thought it was cool that so many of the old movies and TV shows she liked were remastered in 4K, it took me a long time to prove to her, it was the TV doing the upscaling, and they were not remastered. The U8H does not shine with upscaling, if the source is not at least HD it's hard to watch, whatever the U8H is doing may even make it a little worse than it would in just plain standard definition.

Avatar looks amazing on the C2, but on the U8H it's breathtaking. Yep, I said it, it's looks better to me. I ran back and forth from each room to make sure, and I can say I like "Avatar Way of the Water" better on the U8H in HDR Plus mode than the C2 in Dolby Vision. I can't make this claim for most movies the C2 win's, but it's not as big an advantage as you would think.

Conclusions: You will be super happy with this TV, you can invite your videophile friends over, and they will be impressed, they will be more impressed when you tell them what you paid for it. You can spend more money and buy the better C2 and invite those same videophile friends over, and they will be only slightly more impressed, especially when you tell them what you paid for it.

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