Best TV For The Money! Sony Bravia 7 VS Hisense U8N

[@valueelectronics9390]

Looking forward to your comparison of these two very popular new QD MiniLED TVs! 🎇

[@Capri-j4i]

Product reliability top of the list!!

[@miltyap5600]

A while ago I was in a tv store and I was browsing through the different brands of tv. I saw the Sony tvs and noticed the picture to be very natural looking with the skin tones looking as they should be, from Bravia 3, all the way up to the Bravia 8 and 9, be it oled or led. Then I came to the Hisense tvs and immediately noticed the colours to be very saturated and unnatural looking, the picture just don’t appeal to me. It’s as if they cranked up and sugar coat some aspects of the picture to immediately appeal and catch one’s attention. Naturally I got the Bravia 7. This is just my opinion, I am sure it differs from many others. 🙏

[@larrydunn4626]

there is a setting called Color saturation. On al lmy TVs going back 20 years, from Panasonic Plasma to Samsung LED, to Sansung QD OLED to Hisense Mini LED, I adjust color saturation for each program I am watching, since color correction is usually pretty bad on cable, youtube, Prime Video and Netflix shows.

[@diego1294]

Every video about u8n calls my attentiton. Thank you.

[@Radarcb329]

I’m seeing more weird color on that B7 than seen before on other comparisons.

[@realifeHD]

Great video as usual Brian! I'm curious if the new Sony Bravia Projectors 8 & 9 finally have a picture quality that can be seen as comparable to the Bravia 7-9 QLED and OLED tvs since Sony has implemented and included the XR clear into the projectors for better tone-mapping. Thanks again

[@bungalowtomcat1]

And thank you so much for this Video ❤😊

[@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY]

My pleasure my friend!

[@markh351]

Happy New Year Brian. Based on this video, I give the U8N a narrow edge overall probably because I prefer the richer colors that come with a slightly dimmer screen. I do not have brand loyalty. I agree reliability is a top consideration though since I don't suffer from FOMO and tend to keep a TV for several years and don't want it to crap out after 2 or 3 years. I'd probably trust the Sony more in that regard. I've had my entry-level Samsung NU7100 for six years now with nary a hiccup.

[@MattyDaddy14]

Is it just me or is the U8N have a Much faster response time? It seemed to me the B7 had a delay everytime the image switched. Also, would be great if included things like motion, upscaling etc or cable/satellite feeds. Please please when discussing buying opinions, it would be great if you included other features like sound options, DTSx, Sony picture core, other features than just pic quality would be awesome to have a better understanding of all the tv offers. For example, does either tv have QMS, or even multi view, etc? Thanks for great video’ can’t wait for CES COVERAGE!! 🎉

[@FURognar]

I could tell which was the Sony immediately by which one had more highlite and color detail and which one was clipping.

[@MattyDaddy14]

Btw thanks for all of your hard work!! And happy new year! Please please for 2025, please get the mfr to send you the 85” or bigger versions so we can more accurately compare the extra LDZ, features etc for the sizes we all aspire to buy! 🎉 thank you!! 🎉

[@marcinradoszewski6561]

i love this intro before stream

[@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY]

@marcinradoszewski6561 it's youtubes sci fi intro. It's amazing

[@grantw7946]

Never figured I'd ever buy a 75 in TV. Just watched John Wick 4 on Prime, in Prime Mode, on a 75B7 from Costco for US$1800. 87 days left to figure if I want to do a return. I'll enjoy it until CES 2025 and maybe send it back after.

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

Haha! Im in a similar situation. Bought the LG C4 for Christmas trying to decide if I want to keep it or go with something else. Have until January 31th to decide if I want to keep it or Not.

[@michaellubeck8464]

I went back to a Sony 900F from 2018.....mover broke my sony x90L and i'm kind of glad he did...The 90L was brighter, but didn't have nearly the contrast and wow factor that the Sony 900F has. I saw an ad locally for a Sony 900F...i went and snatched it up ..i'm in love with TV again..the. 90L was just kind of Okay and my X95K is meh..but the sony 900f is a phenomenon!

[@GenX_in_the_wild]

New year, New Video 🎉😊

[@lbudt29]

Hisense is amazing, but the Sony gets it because of their color accuracy and reliability. However the Hisense is perfect for the budget minded, can't go wrong.

[@Sploitheworld]

The shadows on the B7 😮‍💨

[@Buzza235]

Top comparison

[@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY]

Thank you my friend!

[@atj87_]

Brian u r the man

[@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY]

@atj87_ thank you my friend!

[@jensuwe22]

@@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY in the title you have a little typo, U7N instead of U8N anyway, I am very interested to see result of video 👍 I got the Bravia7 and I am really happy (beside it is somewhat dim in the Amazon / Dolby modes). My Brother got the U8N, and I am surprised by the picture it got. Even with the upscaling of 720p (or even SD) TV broadcasts it did much better than I expected

[@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY]

@jensuwe22 thank you my friend! I fixed it! Happy New Year!

[@Blaquegold]

The UN8 is nice but there’s just something special about a Sony picture. And this is from someone who used to be a Samsung guy before they started with all that color saturation. But come on Sony 2 hdmi 2.1 ports need to be extinct! Question for you Brian did you move? Just curious since you used to do most of your reviews from your basement.

[@Lord_Fidel]

Brian will you be able to check the TCL C855?

[@ericswanson9773]

Hisense all the way. Best buy offers 5 year warranty worth the risk

[@bungalowtomcat1]

They look so the same but the Sony's Macro Blocking in dark Scenes looks Clearer and the Motion is Better for every source watching but Gaming goes to Hisense

[@armylrs2391]

Brian, did you not cover letterbox bar performance in this video? I skimmed the video and did not see it.

[@Sey357]

WOW 👑 SONY GOD FOREVER 🥇✌️👑

[@craigosterberg5045]

Thanks Brian

[@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY]

Thank you Craig! Happy new year!

[@rix5301]

Watching these both in stores, the Bravia 7 has more noticeable blooming than the Hisense u8n. Sony is not worth their tax anymore, they used to be. But now the competition has caught up and the $1000+ difference is no longer justifiable

[@Sly_fox379]

Eh? There's only about 200 separating them. The sonys 1300.

[@wxman2003]

B7 for the win.

[@kamrhd]

Did you even watch the video?

[@salesfocus6270]

I can't see a single scene the hisense looks better. So many Chinese bots in the comments. The hisense looks over saturated, lacks colour detail and detail in general. THATS WITH perfect 4K content. Imagine SDR TV broadcast for example.

[@jizzyjake6783]

Hisense #1

[@futurespast5150]

While at Best Buy, I checked out the Sony X90L and the Bravia 7.The X90L looked more natural not as bright as the Bravia 7 but more natural picture the Bravia 7 to me looked too washed out some scenes and too bright maybe changing the settings would help that I know the store settings are usually set on high but for me if you’re set on buying a Sony. I would go for the A90L it’s cheaper or wait for what Sony 2025 TV line up at CES on Jan 6th will bring.

[@vincetaylor3948]

X90L is very good deal for the money. I went with the B7 just because I wanted the mini led 🤷

[@Miguel-Arica]

I finally bought an 85-inch Hisense U8N... Totally disappointed with the image quality. I don't know if the TVs in my country (Chile) are different from the rest of the world, with lower specs or another quality level, cause even didn't come with the new remote, but the last year, fat and black. Side by side, the Samsung QN90D is much better in image, software performance and general specifications. I feel like I've wasted $1,700 dollars...

[@Swat-ev1fk]

If it was your money and they were the same price what would you buy Brian?

[@bungalowtomcat1]

, Input related Will do different things and SONY wins %90 of that 6:35 sony isn't all white on the left

[@JZapata1987]

for the price win H..U8N 🥇🏆 (just calibrated the colors)

[@larrydunn4626]

how did u calibrate? what are your 2 point settings? much diff fronm those on rtings?

[@Mpafanai46]

Hisense look like an oled

[@ForYoutube-jp4tx]

🤣🤣🤣 eyes testing required

[@Mpafanai46]

@ForKZbin-jp4tx you need more

[@larrydunn4626]

I agree it is close. I have Hisense U8N ($899) and Samsung S90D ($1021 open box) next to each other for five days and decided to send the S90D back next week. I slightly, barely preferred S90D at night, and much preferred U8N in the day. My viewing is 50/50, sioHisense is staying. I also could not figure out how to get the S90D to not have a slightly green hue, which bothered me both day and night. U8N, in Warm 2, pushes red slightly but in a pleasing way.

[@larrydunn4626]

@@ForKZbin-jp4tx do you just cut/paste "eye check" everywhere?

[@glisteninglocal6230]

W95a was washed out compared to b7 in prev video but is washed out here again u8n ✍🏽 On Horizon

[@marklloyd4153]

Right now I would buy the 85 inch Sony over the same price U8

[@WolverineX77]

Prediction,u8n wins

[@ForYoutube-jp4tx]

What a joke 😂😂😂

[@larrydunn4626]

good prediction

[@armylrs2391]

The U8N is actually a stellar mini LED and it absolutely wipes the floor with the Bravia 7 when it comes to contrast ratio, but it has one gigantic flaw: black level performance is extremely unstable. It's particularly noticeable in letterbox bars, which are constantly fluctuating between inky black and light gray. The local dimming algorithm brightens the whole image in low-light scenes to preserve shadow detail, which in turn lifts the blacks. I don't know if it's due to the fact that Hisense paired a relatively weak processor with a very high zone count, but whatever the case may be, this also affects letterbox bars. Whenever there is a low-light scene, the letterbox bars go from being inky black to gray, and this fluctuation is constant, making the TV impossible to watch in a completely dark room, at least for me. I initially thought I had a defective unit and exchanged my first panel, only to find out that the second did the same thing. Further research shows this issue being reported widely on AVS forum as well. What a shame, because otherwise, it's such a great TV. I ended up returning mine and buying a Samsung QN85D, which has vastly better black level performance despite having far fewer local dimming zones. No blooming, and letterbox bars are always inky black. This issue with the U8N isn't something that will bother the average consumer. Overall it's probably the best LED based panel I have ever demoed in many ways.

[@FURognar]

The Hisense does have better contrast than the Bravia 7, you can see it in scenes of color where there isn't too much brightness, but yeah, it lifts the blacks too much to try and preserve shadow detail which makes it seem less contrasty in certain scenes.

[@armylrs2391]

@FURognar The Hisense absolutely wipes the floor with the Bravia 7 when it comes to contrast ratio. I don't remember the exact values but it's pretty close to 50% better which is a massive difference.

[@realitybites8558]

I have had the 65" U8N for over 6 months now and have not had that issue. Letterbox bars are consistently very black with no crush or fluctuation of the gradation of the bars. The only time the bars get less black is with poor content feed quality - that's the feed though, not the set. I use filmmaker exclusively with black level at -1 and the brightness turned way down to 40 in a dark room. If the U8N is set at a very high brightness setting in any mode - it causes all kinds of washout/grey issues in the content. Pick your favorite mode and dial back the brightness and adjust everything else from there. My picture is gorgeous!

[@armylrs2391]

@realitybites8558 It's an extremely well-documented issue. Check out the U8N sub on AVS-it's been extensively discussed there. I believe I was one of the first to suggest running it at -1, which helps somewhat, but it's still a very noticeable issue. I'm extremely familiar with this TV, as I owned it for several weeks. Another thing Hisense does with the U8N is artificially boosting highlights in SDR, similar to what Samsung does with their HDR Remastering setting. However, on the U8N, it cannot be disabled. Highlights really pop with SDR material, and surprisingly, I actually liked what they did there. It's subtle and well-mapped-for example, bright lights will look very bright and realistic but without raising the entire image like a contrast enhancer would. A bit of bias lighting makes the U8N perfectly watchable in a dark room, and I would still choose it over the Bravia 7. The difference in contrast ratio is night and day between the two.

[@JZapata1987]

@@FURognarof course...look at the blacks 👌🏽

[@dis6900]

Great review and happy new year you, Brian! Sold my U8N towards a Bravia 7 65 inch on aale for $1299. Much better TV than the Hisense even if the stats say otherwise. Tried and True Sony>>>Upstart Chinese manufacturers

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

What u know Bravia7 is SEVERLY Matted screen right . U8N is Full Gloss screen like Bravia9 :) ❤

[@furballbear]

I'd never buy Hisense given how many issues my friends have mentioned with those sets.

[@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY]

Understandable my friend

[@jizzyjake6783]

For $900 and a two year warranty I'm willing to take the chance haha

[@hikesandwalks9541]

Bravia 7 all day long for me.

[@TheJohnnyNeat]

My research says TCL > Hisense. Is that accurate?

[@ericswanson9773]

I bought one at best buy 5 year warranty

[@truthx7]

The b7 definitely looked washed out by comparison.i do believe it had a few scenes where the processing helped the b7 a lot.but processing can't beat hardware.the local dimming on the u8n on this match up was too much for the b7processing to overcome

[@MrSelvin78]

U8n is in same class with b9 not b7

[@jizzyjake6783]

​@@MrSelvin78 but is less expensive than the B7 haha

[@ForYoutube-jp4tx]

Have you ever seen natural colors?

[@larrydunn4626]

@@ForKZbin-jp4tx I have,. I. mostly look at skin tones and I thought the Sony pushed blue too much and the Hisense looked more natural... but I would knock color saturation down a little if I were playing with settings.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

❤❤contrast U8N 290000:1 U8K-165000:1 U8H-160000:1 X95L- 200000:1 Bravia7- 100000:1 🙈B7 is -- late in game by 3 years?

[@jizzyjake6783]

Hisense #1

[@sebamariano]

Sharp Quattron

[@profitfever]

I honestly can't see a single scene where the hisense looks better. It has this over saturated feel to it. All the scenes with colour detail completely lack colour depth and detail. It doesn't look like a bad TV but all these commenters favoring the Hisense quite frankly havn't got a clue what they are looking at. A bumble Bee isn't just one shade of orange ladies and gentleman. The real key thing to remember here as well is that this is HDR 4K content designed for demonstration purposes, imagine TV broadcast signals. Trust me, that's when the Sony will shine. Go to a store and put NFL on KZbin and put them on the same picture, you would never chose hisense. Stop coping so hard.

[@profitfever]

13:05 is a great example if you want to look for yourself. 14:07 spider, the hairs on the legs So many scenes just look so much better when you factor in the reality of the world.

[@deanhasen3220]

Do the bargain brands like hisense and TCL actually last? What’s the catch with them? Better picture at half the price…there has to be a catch. Someone please educate me on them

[@brealll9647]

Yes they last. They can be a little buggy but I have had three of them. One for almost 8 years. Stellar performance. I have the QM850g and the black levels are amazing. No blooming to cause distractions. Constant software updates quality has improved since I first owned it.

[@paulcox2447]

The catch is they are made in china which means they can be made for a lot less money than TV's made in Korea or Japan. Plus TCL and Hisense are trying to break into the american market since we buy lots of TV's which means they have to have competitive pricing to get people to get them. TCL literally makes every part for their TV's in house, so that really helps them in price vs quality since they don't have to outsource parts and pay markup from other companies on them. If they were the same price as the larger brand names they wouldn't have any sales due to name value.

[@amitavraja3385]

Sony is the master of local dimming algorithm & knows how to manage the backlight system. The Chinese companies haven’t mastered that yet…

[@johnrichemond2350]

The Bravia7 is more expensive for a reason, you do get what you paid for.

[@Kaijaron]

sony look better and brighter and i think sony is the only tv manufacturer that let you used imax for sdr no other tv manufacturer have a imax preset for sdr just hdr

[@samuelreynolds6937]

The Hisense consistently had the better picture.

[@thelion43]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ForYoutube-jp4tx]

😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@ForYoutube-jp4tx]

Samuel needs to get his eyes checked before its too late..🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@larrydunn4626]

I agree with you. and Bias is a real thing ... stronger than objective reality... so anybody saying Sony looked better ib this video -- bias

[@naththoau]

I think Hisense has advantage over Sony cos of miniled. See the shadow details.

[@miltyap5600]

Both are mini led…. 🙏

[@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY]

Both are mini led my friend

[@jean-guydaraiche]

la hisense démolit la bravia 7 the hisense demolish the bravia 7 in picture quality sharpness details black level and contrast loll look close to an oled bravia 7 look washed fade most of the time

[@stennordenmalm1735]

I can not agree on that at all

[@ForYoutube-jp4tx]

Eye check required by Jean

[@larrydunn4626]

@@ForKZbin-jp4tx anyone you disagree with "eyecheck". forget check -- your eyes are broken.

[@TheDrunkenGrape]

Anything Hisense for longevity or true quality 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@andreydavydov6417]

Looks like Sony's tv production just counts its days and Samsung and LG will soon take their place as irrelevant players (perhaps in the LCD segment for now).

[@ForYoutube-jp4tx]

Just a dream nothing else

[@saidsalim9526]

In a Sony TV you won't find any mistakes clarity to the maximum

[@connermckellar9009]

tv's are boring wont be buying a new tv anytime soon same tech new brightness same old crap for years

[@ForYoutube-jp4tx]

Lets meet after 10 years to see your expected change 🤣🤣🤣

[@larrydunn4626]

this is so surprising. Im about 70% of the SDR and HDR material the Hisense had better contrast and detail. And the Sony did not have more accurate color rendition, which is where I thought it would dominate. Even at the same price Hisense wins this one.... the "Sony tax" is real. but will it last as long as a Sony will? That's the only niggle.. You also didn't mention the B7 has the third worst reflection handling in the history of rtings testing.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

❤I bought 85” UX - 🎉 omg I have NEVER seen rich dense subtle color (casted over black-whites ) making image 3D Clean 🧽!