Hisense U8G Review (55U8G, 65U8G) (2024)

Curved No

The Hisense U8G has a nice, premium design. It has a nearly bezel-less design on three sides, so the picture blends into your surroundings. The bottom bezel is quite a bit thicker than high-end TVs, though, and the silver finish stands out a bit. The stand has a unique design that takes up very little space.

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Wall Mount VESA 400x300

The back of the TV is made of plastic, with a nice checkerboard pattern. There are tracks along the back of the TV for cable management, and removable clips that help to keep everything neat. The inputs are on the left-hand side of the TV when facing the front, and they're easy to access. There are large vents along the top of the TV to help with heat dissipation.

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Borders 0.39" (1.0 cm)

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Max Thickness 3.86" (9.8 cm)

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The Hisense U8G has good build quality. The stand supports the TV well, with little wobble. The materials used aren't very premium, but they don't feel cheap, either. The border around the screen is metal, but most of the body is plastic. There's very little flex, except around the VESA mounts, but this shouldn't cause any issues.

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Contrast

Native Contrast

The Hisense U8G has outstanding contrast, delivering deep blacks and bright highlights in dark scenes with minimal blooming. The full array local dimming feature is effective at boosting contrast significantly, but it's not as good as the newer Hisense U8/U8H, which delivers nearly twice the contrast with local dimming.

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Local Dimming

Backlight

Dimming Zones Count Of Tested TV

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Hallway Lights (~1950 cd/m²)

Yellow Skyscraper (~700 cd/m²)

Landscape Pool (~300 cd/m²)

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Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)

The Hisense U8G has impressive peak brightness in HDR. Small specular highlights are brighter than the Hisense H9G and significantly brighter than the Sony X90J. These measurements are in the 'HDR Theater' Picture Mode, which is the brightest and the most accurate HDR mode on this TV.

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Hallway Lights (~1950 cd/m²)

Yellow Skyscraper (~700 cd/m²)

Landscape Pool (~300 cd/m²)

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Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)

Switching to Game Mode results in no noticeable change in peak brightness with HDR content. These results are with the same picture settings as outside of Game Mode.

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600 Nit Tracking Delta

1000 Nit Tracking Delta

4000 Nit Tracking Delta

Unfortunately, the Hisense 55U8G doesn't follow the EOTF properly, as almost all scenes in HDR are displayed a bit brighter than they should be. It's especially noticeable in most average-lit scenes and shadow details, but near blacks are displayed accurately. There's also a very sharp roll-off at the TV's peak brightness, which clips bright highlights, causing a loss of fine details in extremely bright scenes. The IMAX mode tracks the EOTF accurately, but almost all settings are locked out in this mode. Unfortunately, there's no way to correct this, but there are reports that the TV tracks the PQ EOTF properly with Dolby Vision content.

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Real Scene Peak Brightness

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Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)

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Wide Color Gamut

DCI P3 xy

DCI P3 uv

Rec 2020 xy

Rec 2020 uv

The Hisense U8G has an excellent HDR color gamut, with nearly perfect coverage of the DCI-P3 color space used by most current HDR content and good coverage of the wider Rec. 2020 color space. The tone mapping is good in both cases, ensuring fine details are preserved in content that exceeds or approaches the limits of the TV's color gamut.

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1,000 cd/m² DCI P3 Coverage ITP

10,000 cd/m² Rec 2020 Coverage ITP

White Luminance

Red Luminance

Green Luminance

Blue Luminance

Cyan Luminance

Magenta Luminance

Yellow Luminance

The Hisense U8G has excellent color volume. Saturated colors get very bright, and it has excellent coverage of the DCI-P3 color space at all luminance levels. Thanks to the high contrast ratio, this TV displays dark, saturated colors well.

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White Balance dE

Color dE

Gamma

Color Temperature

Picture Mode

Color Temp Setting

Gamma Setting

Out of the box, the Hisense U8G has excellent color and white balance accuracy in SDR. There are some noticeable inaccuracies in certain colors, especially with shades of blue. However, the white balance is excellent, and gamma is nearly flat, close to our target of 2.2 for a moderately-lit room.

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White Balance dE

Color dE

Gamma

Color Temperature

White Balance Calibration

Color Calibration

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50% Std. Dev.

50% DSE

5% Std. Dev.

5% DSE

The Hisense U8G has decent gray uniformity. The corners are noticeably darker than the center of the screen, and there are three dark vertical bands near the center of the screen. There's a bit of dirty screen effect as well, which is distracting when watching sports or anything with a large area of uniform color. Dark scenes are a bit better, with significantly less dirty screen effect.

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Std. Dev.

Native Std. Dev.

The Hisense 55U8G has excellent black uniformity. With local dimming disabled, the black background isn't quite black, with slight cloudiness to the entire screen caused by some backlight bleed on all four corners. Enabling local dimming significantly improves uniformity in dark areas of the screen, but there's more blooming around the bright test cross.

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Color Washout

Color Shift

Brightness Loss

Black Level Raise

Gamma Shift

Unfortunately, the Hisense U8G has a sub-par viewing angle, so it's best enjoyed from directly in front. The image shifts and degrades when viewed off-angle, so it's not ideal for a wide seating arrangement or if you like to move around with the TV on. The most noticeable issue off-angle is the gamma shift, which causes the image to appear washed out. Colors stay accurate to a wider angle than the gamma, but it's not as good as IPS-type TVs like the LG NANO90 2021.

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Screen Finish

Total Reflections

Indirect Reflections

Calculated Direct Reflections

The Hisense U8G has excellent reflection handling. The semi-gloss finish significantly reduces the intensity of direct reflections.

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100% Black to 50% Gray

50% Gray to 100% White

100% Black to 50% Red

50% Red to 100% Red

100% Black to 50% Green

50% Green to 100% Green

100% Black to 50% Blue

50% Blue to 100% Blue

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Smoothing

Detail Preservation

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Subpixel Layout

Type LED

Sub-Type

Like most TVs on the market, the Hisense U8G uses a BGR (Blue-Green-Red) subpixel layout instead of the traditional Red-Green-Blue layout. For video content, it doesn't cause any issues, but if you're planning on using the Hisense 55U8G as a PC monitor, this reduces text clarity a bit, although there are easy workarounds for it. You can read more about this here.

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80% Response Time

100% Response Time

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Flicker-Free

PWM Dimming Frequency

The Hisense U8G uses Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) to dim the backlight, but the flicker frequency is very high and doesn't bother most people. There's no variability in flicker between different settings, though; it flickers at the same frequency in all picture modes.

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Optional BFI

Min Flicker For 60 fps

60Hz For 60 fps

120Hz For 120 fps

Min Flicker for 60 fps in Game Mode

The Hisense U8G has an optional backlight strobing feature, commonly known as black frame insertion, which improves the appearance of motion. It can't flicker at 60Hz, though, which causes duplications in motion when displaying 60Hz content. Unfortunately, enabling this feature disables the local dimming feature, resulting in raised blacks. Note that the score here is based only on the supported modes, not how well the BFI feature performs.

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Motion Interpolation (30 fps)

Motion Interpolation (60 fps)

The Hisense U8G has an optional motion interpolation feature that improves the appearance of motion. It's not as good as more expensive competitors, like the Sony X90J or the Samsung QN90A QLED, and there are more noticeable artifacts, especially in busy scenes.

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Frame Hold Time @ 24 fps

Frame Hold Time @ 60 fps

Due to the Hisense U8G's relatively fast response time, there are some issues with stutter with 24p content, like movies, as each frame is held longer on screen. It's especially noticeable in slow panning shots.

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Judder-Free 24p

Judder-Free 24p via 60p

Judder-Free 24p via 60i

Judder-Free 24p via Native Apps

The Hisense 55U8G automatically removes judder from any source, ensuring a smooth movie-watching experience.

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Native Refresh Rate

Variable Refresh Rate

HDMI Forum VRR

FreeSync

G-SYNC Compatible

4k VRR Maximum

4k VRR Minimum

1080p VRR Maximum

1080p VRR Minimum

1440p VRR Maximum

1440p VRR Minimum

VRR + Local Dimming Yes

The Hisense 55U8G supports a variable refresh rate (VRR), and it's compatible with most sources that support VRR, including from an NVIDIA graphics card. Unfortunately, enabling VRR causes more ghosting in some games, and local dimming isn't available with VRR enabled in Game Mode.

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1080p @ 60Hz

1080p @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode

1080p @ 120Hz

1080p @ 144Hz

1440p @ 60Hz

1440p @ 120Hz

1440p @ 144Hz

4k @ 60Hz

4k @ 60Hz + 10-Bit HDR

4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4

4k @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode

4k @ 60Hz With Interpolation

4k @ 120Hz

4k @ 144Hz

8k @ 60Hz

The Hisense U8G has outstanding low input lag, great for gaming or PC use. The 60Hz input lag is a bit higher than the best TVs on the market at the moment and about double the input lag of most monitors at 60Hz, but still low enough for most people. When running at 120Hz, the input lag is on par with the best TVs on the market and very close to most monitors. It's great for a responsive feel when gaming or using it as a PC monitor.

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Resolution 4k

480p @ 59.94Hz (Widescreen)

720p @ 59.94Hz

1080p @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4

1080p @ 120Hz

1080p @ 144Hz

1440p @ 60Hz

1440p @ 120Hz

1440p @ 144Hz

4k @ 60Hz

4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4

4k @ 120Hz

4k @ 120Hz @ 4:4:4

4k @ 144Hz

8k @ 30Hz or 24Hz

8k @ 60Hz

The Hisense U8G displays 1440p resolutions, but these formats aren't exposed in the EDID, so you have to force it. You can do this either through custom HDMI settings on an Xbox or through your graphics card's control panel software as a custom resolution. As of firmware update M0210, released in March 2022, 4k @ 120Hz signals are now displayed properly from sources that support HDMI 2.1 bandwidth; the resolution halving issue has been fixed. Chroma 4:4:4 is displayed properly at this resolution and refresh rate, resulting in clear text.

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Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)

4k @ 120Hz

1440p @ 120Hz

1080p @ 120Hz

HDR

VRR

The Hisense U8G supports all the features of the PS5, but there are a few issues. 4k @ 120Hz displays properly as of firmware update M0210, but, unfortunately, this introduced some issues with consoles. HDR is no longer displayed properly from the PS5 with any signal, as colors appear washed out, and the entire image is over-brightened. Local dimming isn't working properly in this mode either, and the Active Contrast feature doesn't appear to be working. These issues only occur with the PS5 or Xbox Series X; HDR displays properly from a PC, and both local dimming and Active Contrast appear to be working properly.

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Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)

4k @ 120Hz

1440p @ 120Hz

1080p @ 120Hz

HDR

VRR

Except for 120Hz Dolby Vision, the Hisense U8G supports all the Xbox One S|X's features, but there are a few issues. 4k @ 120Hz displays properly as of firmware update M0210, but, unfortunately, this introduced some issues with consoles. HDR is no longer displayed properly from the Xbox Series X with any signal, as colors appear washed out, and the entire image is over-brightened. Local dimming isn't working properly in this mode either, and the Active Contrast feature doesn't appear to be working. These issues only occur with the PS5 or Xbox Series X; HDR displays properly from a PC, and both local dimming and Active Contrast appear to be working properly.

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HDR10

HDR10+

Dolby Vision

HLG

HDMI 2.0 Full Bandwidth

HDMI 2.1 Class Bandwidth

CEC Yes

HDCP 2.2 Yes (HDMI 1,2,3,4)

ATSC Tuner

USB 3.0

Variable Analog Audio Out Yes

Wi-Fi Support Yes (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz)

New to the 2021 models, the Hisense U8G now has two HDMI 2.1 ports. One of them is also the eARC port, so if you're planning on using an eARC device, you can only connect one other HDMI 2.1 device on the TV.

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HDMI 4

USB 2

Digital Optical Audio Out 1

Analog Audio Out 3.5mm 1

Analog Audio Out RCA 0

Component In 0

Composite In 1 (incl. adapter)

Tuner (Cable/Ant) 1

Ethernet 1

DisplayPort 0

IR In 0

There's no direct connection for composite sources. Instead, it requires an external breakout adapter (included), similar to some LG TVs.

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ARC/eARC Port

eARC: Dolby Atmos Over Dolby Digital Plus

eARC: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1

eARC: LPCM 7.1 Over Dolby MAT

eARC: Dolby TrueHD 7.1

eARC: DTS:X Over DTS-HD MA

eARC: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1

eARC: LPCM Channels (Bitstream)

ARC: Dolby Digital 5.1

ARC: DTS 5.1

Optical: Dolby Digital 5.1

Optical: DTS 5.1

The Hisense U8G supports eARC and can pass all the common formats through to a support receiver or soundbar.

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Low-Frequency Extension

Std. Dev. @ 70

Std. Dev. @ 80

Std. Dev. @ Max

Max

Dynamic Range Compression

The Hisense U8G has a decent frequency response, similar to the Hisense H9G. As usual for a TV, there's almost no low bass, so it can't produce any rumble or thump. It's a bit boomy in the high-bass and mid to high treble sounds are a bit under-emphasized, but otherwise, it has a well-balanced sound profile and can get quite loud.

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Weighted THD @ 80

Weighted THD @ Max

IMD @ 80

IMD @ Max

This TV has an okay distortion performance. There's some audible total harmonic distortion, but mainly at high volume levels; it's not noticeable at moderate volume.

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Smart OS Android TV

Version 10

Ease of Use

Smoothness

Time Taken to Select YouTube

Time Taken to Change Backlight

Advanced Options

The Hisense U8G's smart interface has been updated to Android 10, from Android 9.0 on the 2019 models. The interface has changed a bit, and the overall experience is much smoother and faster. The interface is very similar to the new Google TV interface on 2021 Sony TVs, like the Sony X90J, but there are some slight differences.

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Ads

Opt-out

Suggested Content in Home

Opt-out of Suggested Content

Unfortunately, like almost all TVs on the market, there are ads throughout the interface.

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App Selection

App Smoothness

Cast Capable

USB Drive Playback

USB Drive HDR Playback

HDR in Netflix

HDR in YouTube

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Size

Voice Control

CEC Menu Control

Other Smart Features

Remote App Hisense RemoteNOW

The remote has a built-in mic for voice control, and it works well for launching apps or changing inputs, but you can't use it to adjust settings on the TV. There's also a mic built-in to the TV for voice control. Unfortunately, as of firmware update M0210, it's not working consistently. Some owners have reported that installing the firmware update over USB fixes it.

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The Hisense U8G has pretty standard controls, similar to most TVs on the market. If you're concerned about privacy, there's a physical switch to turn off the built-in microphone, which is a nice touch.

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Power Consumption 61 W

Power Consumption (Max) 203 W

Firmware V0000.01.00I.L0422

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