Hisense U7K Review (Class U7)

[@danieldevito6380]

I just hit the 6 month mark with my 65" U7K and I'm still just as happy as I was when I bought it. I'm still amazed by the deep blacks and rich colors, especially when gaming on my PS5. I even went back to some previously completed games, such as Forbidden West and Ragnarok, in order to experience them in near OLED. Needless to say, I'm still in love with this TV.

[@javiercales5019]

After using my 55U7K for more than 15 days, now I can say the picture quality is outstanding. I was surprised how bright it is compared to my old TV and HDR looks fantastic. It makes daytime watching pleasant, even when viewed from far angles, the viewing quality does not go down. HD movies look nice as it has a range of vibrant colors and its Mini-LED technology have done magic here. The sound quality is great and does not get noisy even with very high volume. I sometimes play games too and this TV is 4K at 144hz. I did not see any lag or jitter, the variable refresh rate (VRR) has really worked well.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

I know thats the WEIREDST THNG!!! I was lucky that I bought HIsense without over researching it fist . I FOCUSED on real content like Quatntum TV n Stop d FoMO etc. doign side by side. N once i bought it i was watching those--digital Trends…etc seeing him bashing Hisense : this issue, that issue. So I was watching my tv Waiting for BAd something to JUMP. Nothing, 3 months in NOTHING. Then 12 months in NEVER anything that truely bothered me me. After 12 months my ONLY regret was --why did I NOT get the 65” so i got u8 65” 1 yr later. The same thing again with the oNLINE bashing etc. So i started to realize 90% of online reviews are bullshit. 😅

[@djd-loc9477]

How was gaming?

[@javiercales5019]

@@djd-loc9477 Gaming is great on this TV. I play Gears 5 all day on it lol!

[@javiercales5019]

@@djd-loc9477 Great

[@jthiel0711]

Bought the 65 U7K for $699 from BestBuy back in October. I have no complaints really. Then again, we were upgrading from a 11 year old plasma tv so anything was a massive upgrade. The wife and kids love it so that is all that really matters to me. Surprisingly, the speakers on this TV are pretty decent. Probably the most shocking thing to me. For the price, I am extremely pleased with my purchase.

[@Quiselott]

Yea I'm watching people tear these apart and I'm literally upgrading from an 8 year old 55 inch LG that's blue tinted now and a 4 year old 58" Onn television that I got for $200 even on Black Friday... ANYTHING is an upgrade at this point 😅 I'm just splitting hairs

[@kevinagullana742]

All the PRO reviews the U7K better than the TCL Q7 and actually ranks the U7K almost as good as the TCL Q8..

[@wds3222]

yeah with supported numbers. This guy is just a casual reviewer so dont expect too much.

[@cmiller4525]

Great objective detail in this review, which so many skip on in favour of ambiguous subjective opinion.. Good job! Contrasst ratio, dimming zones, FRC etc 👌 Would love a Hisense U8K review too!!!

[@Atharun18999]

I purchased the U7K and its a good tv overall. However, I ended up returning it due to motion issues with animation. Also, the Dolby IQ feature was completely broken. It would cause large black artifact boxes on content when enabled. Turning that off wasnt an issues. It was mostly the ghosting and motion on anime that was a deal breaker for me. Color banding was also very noticeable. Not sure if its indicative of the model or just the unit I had, though.

[@ryzenpeak]

The banding could've just been low bitrate content, hisense struggles smoothing out low bitrates, anything streamed has downsides, but Ive watched seasons 1-5 of rick and morty on my u6g which admittedly is a different model lineup but I've had those banding issues, and on a blu ray through a 4k blu ray player, there's 0 banding whatsoever. And in gaming I've never seen banding on this TV, the V series vizio i had on the other hand had awful banding even on native content. QLED is also just a whole different word compared to normal LCDs. Also if your not using the built in OS for your content and using a shield or something of the sort, if you were on the 2.1 inputs it could've been causing that it was a thing in the past.

[@tomjones1007]

I just got mine yesterday in 85 inches and I'm not impressed as soon as I turn it on I noticed that the menu screen is kind of blurry almost like a soft affect turn sharpness all the way up and other options but still can't get rid of the softness effect. Also I see people say how bright the TV is for my son is I don't only have to turn the brightness up to 30% and it's good enough for me, the Hisense I have to turn it to 50 or higher maybe I just got a messed up one.

[@MrJnapkid]

I have watched every review on the u7K and Q7 I could find. This is the only one to pick the Q7 over the u7K so far.

[@anthonyscalese5455]

Im tossed on what 75" to get...Highsense U7 or TLC Q7?... was leaning the U7 but more I look more it's really a toss up... I think the the TLC is thinner but something as stupid as having feet vs pedestal and a sound bar sitting flat on a TV stand vs slightly raised on the pedestal might make my decision lol.... See what black Fri brings between the 2! Have a decent sound bar to match you recommend?... in the upper budget mid range like these TV's?

[@gman5218]

@@anthonyscalese5455u7k is superior specs wise

[@4touchdowns1game29]

​@@anthonyscalese5455i just got a 65 inch u7k and honestly it looks amazing. Was tempted to get the q7 at best buy because it was like 100 bucks cheaper. I had read reviews but after looking in person its honestly not even close. The u7k looks way better than the q7. The u7 and u8 looked so good in fact that i bought it instead of the oled a2 that i was originally going to buy. The u7 and u8 are the closest things ive seen to oled in a non oled screen.

[@stormtropper88]

The u7 is better then the q7

[@hansyali_]

Yeah, but literally every single human on Reddit says to get the TCL so I literally just cancelled my U7 order from Amazon lol

[@shanechesterfield6808]

Would the 100 inch u7k have a better picture ?

[@scupking]

Just ordered the 75U7K for $899. I hope I will like it. It will be replacing a 6 year old insignia Roku TV.

[@murphicus]

Ordered the 65U7K from A-Zon for $699, A-Zon Pay gave me 0% apr for 12 months, $58 monthly, and it included day of choice for delivery and in-room of choice set-up, so if it's a lemon, they will take it back for me.... over Costco (which ended up being sold out), and I'm upgrading from a 7 year old TCL 32" that I bought on Black Friday for $125 back then! Yup, a major upgrade... fitting it in my Micro Studio will be interesting! Not hard to pick the room!

[@justinconnor6661]

I can’t decide between the u7 vs Q7. There is about 150 dollars more for U7 currently

[@MrTensu21]

Been doing my research gearing up for Black Friday week sales hopefully it'll get cheaper but I'm grabbing this one

[@nanfoodles]

U7K over Q7 every time. Gaming and Movies. Its just no contest unless price is the only factor.

[@oilerguy5494]

Why

[@nanfoodles]

@@oilerguy5494 Q7 only beats picture quality for sports. U7k is better at everything else. I mostly game and watch movies. I did a side by side comparison and the Q7 just lost.

[@Anilgowda1985]

I am Confused between the tcl q7 and the Hisense u7k . Pls recommend one out of the two

[@ITACHIRAGE_REACTS]

This video was very helpful 💯👍

[@stephenperry5021]

Coming from a 2017 LG, this looks like a nice upgrade. 👍🏼

[@1BeatleManiac]

What lg did you have? And did you buy this?

[@stephenperry5021]

@ I’m not sure tbh. I ended up getting the LG C4 48 inch and I’m glad I did. I got a crazy deal on it at Best Buy.

[@scupking]

I have had the tv now since Friday! One thing that bugs me is the blooming on the black bars when watching movies... Did a little research and seems this is an issue with all TVs that have local dimming...

[@Bonjour-World]

What about the Hisense 100-Inch Class U7 Series ULED 4K UHD Google Smart TV (100U76N, 2024 Model) ???

[@JavierCrow-hm7vp]

Good morning, can you use local dimming in game mode and have VRR activated?

[@daywalker5458]

I just bought a Hisense 55" UK7 and Netflix 4K videos have a black bar at the top and bottom I can't adjust to full screen while HD video are full screen. Is this normal? And I note screen - picture size - wide and overscan features show unavailable.

[@diegomontilva6039]

How is the Colour banding? lasst gen Hisense models had issues with it

[@CheapRedBoy]

I've used both 55" TCL Q7 and Hisense U8K and color banding is more noticeable on U8K. U8K also suffers from macro-blocking on large same color backgrounds, like a scene in the dark, you can see the dancing pixelation. Turning on smooth gradient to low (medium, high visually isn't any different than low) reduces it but doesn't get rid of it. These issues on the Q7 aren't nearly as bad.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

I am confused. Cuz i have Hisense 2 flagship tv u7 u8 , i do NOT get NO Ads EVER. I got previous gen Android. Am I missing something? Are ppl falsely accusing the TV with ads ? I have KZbin premium so i do NOT have to watch any ads . So ppl watch KZbin get Ads are NOT HISENE fault. Dude u blame the Wrong thing.

[@sabledg7380]

I saw in another video that the 55U7N, 2024 Model Aspect Ratio could be change from 16:9 to 21:1 and 39:1

[@tomjones1007]

I already added a comment but what is the best gaming settings for the 85 inch uk7 cuz as of now I'm not impressed.

[@Frostbite351]

Very bright picture. Display better HDR highlights than the u8k.

[@jdnaveen321]

Only 55, 85inches are va panel 4000:1 contrast, others ips panel 2000:1 contrast only

[@alexisfernandez3904]

Witch one is better watching sports? Q7 or U7?

[@CheapRedBoy]

Q7 55-inch owner here. I'm not impressed with sports or cable TV. The picture is soft. When I stream 4k content in HDR10, Dolby Vision, or play Xbox or PS4, the image is sharp and detailed but I don't think its upscaling of lower resolution content is great. A relative has a 55 inch Sony X80L (which is a lower tier than Q7) and the cable looks much sharper and clearer for sports and motion in general. The 1080p being upscaled to 4k on her TV is much better. This is one of the TCL Q7 weak point. Built-in speakers aren't great. I don't like the way Game Master is implemented. It has some weird quirks when using as PC monitor for gaming. It has a PC mode that basically disables most of the picture settings (no local dimming, freesync). You have to put it into Game Mode by turning on Game Master to activate freesync and auto low latency mode but this also prevents HDR in games from working correctly. There is also some screen flicker while PC gaming that I troubleshooted being the Freesync. On some games on menu screens, the fps fluctuates 60-65 HZ. This is when it flickers very faintly. But when you're in game (MW3, GTA5), with uncapped frame-rate then it doesn't flicker. Either turning off Freesync or vsyncing the game solves the flicker issue. Ideally, I'd like to plug in my PC with 120 Hz HDMI cable and everything work at the same time like freesync, local dimming, auto low-latency mode, HDR but it doesn't. It can do 144HZ gaming but only at 8-bit 4:4:4 full RGB. 10-bit 4:4:4 full RGB drops it to 120Hz. All this said, I got it for $499 and wish I had the u7k to compare but I can't have everything for $499. Lol.

[@CheapRedBoy]

Just an update. I returned the Q7. I bought the 55" Hisense U8K. I've had the U8K for a week but I'll be returning it. It's viewing angle is horrible. The picture washes out when you barely go off center. It's upscaling is much better than Q7. Watching KZbin vids, Netflix, ESPN app, FoxSports app, Pac-12 app in 1080p appear much better on U8K. The U8K has a couple dead pixels (even if it didn't, I'd still return it), screen vignetting in all four corners, bad grey screen uniformity (you can really notice it when local dimming isn't activated to hide it). Gaming picture quality on the Q7 is much better due to the better viewing angle. Playing Gears of War 5, much of the game is in dark scenes and blacks don't look as black on the U8K. The Q7's better local dimming (contrast), better screen uniformity with full grey and black screen, not noticeable screen vignetting in the corners makes the Q7 overall better for my main usage which is gaming on console and PC. I'll be buying the Q7 again as there's really nothing else under $700 with similar features to these tv's.

[@BrownBagga]

@@CheapRedBoy So what you're saying is if your main viewing will be Sports and KZbin TV with the occasional gaming and movies then go for the Sony.

[@CheapRedBoy]

@@BrownBagga Yes, for your usage. I've come to find out that screen size matters too. I've had both the 55-inch Q7 and U8K. I again bought the Q7 as its better for PC gaming. TCL also put out a firmware update that seemed to fix some of the gaming issues with freesync, so I'm happy with it as I got it for $499. My uncle got the 65-inch U8K and that TV is much better than the 55-inch U8K I had. I found out that the 55-inch version of the U8K cuts the dimming zones almost by half. Also his TV is much brighter and pops more with HDR content. So I would recommend at least a 65-inch of whatever TV you go with as I think some features are cut when you go with a smaller screen size. If its in your budget, I'd go with 65 inch U8K or Sony X90L for sports and content you know will be upscaled. The Sony X90L has 120 Hz panel and local dimming where as the X80 model is 60 Hz without local dimming. Brightness matters when watching HDR content, I'd look for at least a 1000 nits rating. Also make sure it has HDMI 2.1 if you want to game with ps5 or xbox series x at 120 Hz. If you watch HDR content, I'd make sure it supports Dolby Vision also. Some TV brands like Samsung and LG don't' support Dolby Vision on lower end models.

[@RandyMarsh0301]

The u7k also has wifi 6e.

[@MrJnapkid]

And the Next Gen 3.0 tuner for 4k over the air local channels when they broadcast it.

[@zhijianxu1463]

I enabled 6e on my route but couldn't connect to it from the TV.

[@RandyMarsh0301]

@@zhijianxu1463 how far is your router from the TV? 6e is great for close range.. But walls and distance kill it

[@Miller_Lite]

How do you activate HDR on this tv, I’m only getting SDR and Dolby Vision through my 4K Fire Stick.

[@Hajj1718]

The technology in the tv automatically formats to whatever the best quality video is available on any given app/platform. In other words, If the movie is available in HDR, the TV should automatically switch over to HDR. Hope that helps.

[@Miller_Lite]

@@Hajj1718 yeah I totally forgot I was watching content that only output Dolby vision.

[@gocawot4165]

Is it possible that this TV comes with different stand in some countries?

[@ksazubbie]

In South Africa the u8k comes with a center stand., not the 2 seperate legs

[@fegodev]

I wonder if Google TV will ever manage to have no lag like Apple TV.

[@criscastro60]

why does nt my tv look shiny and bright likebyours? decent picture but it does not pop

[@nassermohamed8975]

So the tcl is better for gaming??

[@monlegaspi]

So i went and bought the u7k 55" yesterday. My samsung quit on me after just 3 years 😢

[@sandaikitetu7936]

i’ve been doing research for like a week straight now looking for the right monitor/tv and some review online says q7 has problems using VRR (variable refresh rate) over 120hrz on a NVIDIA gpu. no problem with AMD. I hope this helps especially because there aren’t lots of info about using monitors as pc.

[@BRUNGEMUNCHI]

thanks for this im amd and really considering the q7 over the uk7

[@fivenightsatfreddursts2325]

Can’t wait to see the next review in your new $19,000,000 home

[@mrsuri33]

how does it stack up against the TCl c805

[@ardithconley2628]

I bought 1 55" U7K and I am a cord cutter. Let me give you the real review as a cord cutter and a gamer. I gave $479 amazon price. It has a NextGen ATSC 3.0 tuner on it. Which means it could OTA 4K but those channel may get scrambled. However, the standard ATSC channels the nextgen turner brings in more of them stronger. Color should be better Red needs adjusted down. Not liking the gaming but I am working on it. you can get a 120 HZ not 144 HZ in gaming. I should have never hooked the TV up to the internet. Google TV works but you are going to get a buttload of commercials would not get. Better to use your Roku, Fire, Apple, or google box. For me the ATSC 3.0 tuner and the 4k with 2 60 hz and 2 120 hz HDMI 2.1 ports and 1 USB 2.0 +1 USB 3.0 ports makes it worth the under $500 price.+ It has built in wifi to which you are better off not to use but to only maybe upgrade it.

[@pumb0]

appreciate the detailed comment here ardith thanks

[@aweskr]

do you like it and how does it compare to OLED

[@anon8613]

​@@aweskroled waaaay better

[@jcools310]

I am bright, honest, and tech savvy. This tv absolutely sucks on all fronts. I can’t believe I’m going to return this. I calibrated it, took 30 mins to setup min. Whether I’m watching content on fire stick max or on the tv it’s bad. The UI and menu are so confusing and not adjustable. You get ads and spam and corporate news all over the UI - WTF? Please go see this tv at a store before you buy. This tv is something I would have thought was $100-300 on Black Friday as the entire tv besides being mediocre at best is a non stop spam ads hassle you product. The remote is nice, that’s it. Not 1 thing is equal or better than a 5yr old $400 crappy sharp tv. I would never buy Hisense again and I can’t believe after an hour of setup I’m going to return this.

[@oilerguy5494]

@@jcools310what did u get instead?

[@doncheto9016]

is the remote backlit

[@ThatCG95]

I just purchased a 75inch U7K today

[@chembsajin5235]

How is it mate?

[@ThatCG95]

@@chembsajin5235 it is really good can't complain at all been jamming a lot of games and watching a ton of movies

[@captospinki]

For me Hisense all the way, it has 3 year manufacturers warranty!?

[@umpus]

5 year!

[@rivariz9125]

7:20 what is the name of that game?

[@SaabTheFox]

World War Z Aftermath

[@robertcarey3975]

The speakers are excellent for me, I don't need a sound bar.

[@sandrocutajar9865]

I want to buy one, but here in Europe 🇪🇺 Vidaa TV not Google Tv

[@jamesbean9935]

This review was more a comparison to the TCL Q7, rather than a actual review. Why would the Q7 be better for gaming when the U7K data shows its better in all aspects in input lag over the Q7 . Q7 has 160 dimming zones and the U7k 384, 65" examples. You give current price of the U7K then say buy the Q7. U7k was $749 and the q7 $799 and you get less for your money. The Q7 has problems with response times in refresh rate because of the VRR bad for gamers. The Q7 When used with Nvidea cards this tv has 120hz problems and it also cant have chroma 4:4:4 and game mode enabled same time.

[@hennocent]

What is that racing/derby game?

[@unpass]

wreckfest

[@dannyvrbica9712]

What is thr Zombie game?@@unpass

[@ibisiii3526]

​@@dannyvrbica9712i read it is called world war z

[@imthelegend2331]

This or samsung Q70c ?

[@gman5218]

Turn off VRR and you will have no ghosting

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

❤❤ Also the stand. Is for STANDING RIGHT UP on the table-its a Self standing 🎉remote🎉 thats why its plastic so won’t knot too violent bang or bounce when it falls on table. 😊

[@anthonyscalese5455]

Im tossed on what 75" to get...Highsense U7 or TLC Q7? 🤔

[@liheath558]

same question here

[@anthonyscalese5455]

@@liheath558 decided on the highsense

[@BrightKidsWhoLookLikeUs]

Why your brightness set as zero 0

[@hawkinspokemon2071]

Hi type-c reviews, I am looking for a 32” ASUS gaming monitor what are your recommendations? Thank you

[@BillyBombastic]

Enjoyed the vid! Looking at the 85" U7k in the new year. Can you Send me the link to that floor lamp please, cheers dude!

[@Dabby724]

a tv will never be as good as a monitor since monitors are designed towards gaming/PCs. So if you're purchasing this for competitive gaming stick to a monitor.

[@itsquiwi8780]

explaine why tho like what is diffrent??? because if you look at the tech its the same on the insides down to vrr my guy tvs have 240hrtz now to oled and monitors barley have oled...

[@spacewatcher0]

Hello sir, I want to work with you as a shorts and long video editor. If you need then please reply me

[@heydeonhere]

early as usual 🎉

[@L0st-n0found]

11:56 85" 684 dimming is not almost 1500 684 dimming zones is not remotely almost 1500 55 240 65 384 75 512 85 684