Hisense U8HQ Mini LED Review - A true HDR gaming TV you can afford

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Hisense U8 series of TV's always gets a lot of attention, even though last year's model did not meet our high expectations, following the impressive U8QF.
This time, we got to test the Hisense U8HQ, latest model that features Mini LED backlight, significantly better gaming features and many other improvements.
Is this finally a proper successor to the aforementioned Best Buy model?
Check out our in-depth review to find out.

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@henrywinters9496 Жыл бұрын

You guys need to do more TV reviews!! They're insanely good and well detailed, and the great thing is you're in Europe!

@BenchHouse Жыл бұрын

There are more on the way 🙂

@jasephase2k933 9 ай бұрын

Have a hisense E7 series very awkward configuration I can't even find HLG or DTS colours don't pop not very clear

@DrFlozz 6 ай бұрын

10/10 Tv,got it yesterday after having a 4k Led for 2 years and the difference is huuuuuge,sound and picture quality is perfect,my parents bought a Qled samsung that cost the same and it is not even near the Hisense picture.

@MrMareradule 4 ай бұрын

Can you tell me the best settings to achieve best quality picture

@DrFlozz 4 ай бұрын

@@MrMareradule yea sure,when I get home from work im gonna write you.Im mostly using Dynamic during the day,and night for well,at night 😃

@miludion4802 Жыл бұрын

Great review ! THANK YOU !

@rinaldo8754 7 ай бұрын

Great review 👍 What do you think of the HISENSE 65U8KQ? I saw it here in a local shop Maybe you can do a review of this type in the near future ;)

@marcusturner5291 Жыл бұрын

Nice review keep up the good work

@R6ex Жыл бұрын

Great review! Not for me though, coz I hate the IPS glow, especially for subtitles - super distracting for immersive movie/shows watching in the dark! 😅

@shebjjeje9720 Жыл бұрын

Turn subtitles off then ? 🙃😂

@jamesmuldoon590 Жыл бұрын

Hi there can I ask what type of power cord does the TV have as I have bought but will need a longer one if it is not the figure of 8 type. Thank you

@BenchHouse Жыл бұрын

It is a figure 8

@dynastes4938 Жыл бұрын

I have had this TV (55") for about 2 weeks now. I am not a videophile, but overall the experience is really quite pleasant. Gaming is great via Xbox Series X, the TV itself is very responsive, too.

@Ghostlynotme445 Жыл бұрын

Does it still have problems displaying 120hz because they said they have problems with 120hz not displaying

@jarekzahary Жыл бұрын

U noob

@dynastes4938 Жыл бұрын

@@jarekzahary Well, thank you for noticing :) I am sure, you are a rather large noob yourself :)

@dynastes4938 Жыл бұрын

@@Ghostlynotme445 I did not have this issue at least.

@joseluislopes3956 Жыл бұрын

@@Ghostlynotme445 I think those issues were only present on the U8H (NA model) which is Google TV and uses a different processor

@mimora786 6 ай бұрын

I need your help. U8H vs U7K. Which is a better buy? The prices seems to be the same at the moment from where I am from.

@BenchHouse 6 ай бұрын

We prefer U7K, unless you're really picky about viewing angles. Much better contrast and overall image quality

@Cenfus Жыл бұрын

I've been looking at this tv quite a bit, i'm from the UK. I'm well aware of the fact it's not the same as the US model equivalent. Just that's gotten really cheap here and i'm wondering if it would do a decent job of dark room performance. Not expecting miracles. I game a lot, watch anime and tv shows just as much. I'm wondering for £500 is this a decent tv?

@mrbrookeyoung 10 ай бұрын

Yes it's good for that price

@Matthew-tp5mu 3 ай бұрын

I have rhis tv and a ps5 with a 2.1 hdmi and the tv doesent show 120hz, fix?

@colin1235421 Жыл бұрын

Is this good for viewing in a dark room? and how does it compare to the Samsung Q60b ? I also fell for the trap of looking at USA reviews and was shocked to see the South African model is not the same.

@gillleehahn7451 Жыл бұрын

Hi I saw everywhere at makro and takealot that prices have dropped to around 12k for the 55inch model. So im tempted but ja ips glow can be a problem.

@brendanvanbiljon3861 5 ай бұрын

@@gillleehahn7451 It's R 9,999 on Takealot today. Disappointed that it's not the US version. Did you guys buy anything at the end of the day?

@R6ex Жыл бұрын

Please review the IPS version of the Hisense U7H. TQ!

@BenchHouse Жыл бұрын

We will try to get the U7HQ as well, thought it looks like it's VA

@dynastes4938 Жыл бұрын

@@BenchHouse Actually, all Q versions should be IPS. That is, as I understand it, the main difference between the European releases and the American ones.

@AfdhalAtiffTan Жыл бұрын

@@BenchHouse I found U8HQ, U7HQ, and U8GQ in Europe, not sure which one is the best. Can't wait for your U7HQ review!

@Jezhumberston Жыл бұрын

Be warned, most of the good reviews for the U8H are for the USA version. That particular TV is good as it has a VA panel and over 500 local dimming zones. You can identify the USA version as it has a pair of adjustable height legs. The UK version and most probably the European version, has a single metal stand. This TV is nothing like the USA version. It has an inferior IPS panel with only 180 local dimming zones. IPS panels are notorious for blooming issues and shouldn't be in any good LED TV. Also the audio spec has been dumbed down too. A decent mini led TV should have a minimum of 500 local dimming zones to be effective, the really good ones have a 1000+. I bought one, stupidly taking the USA reviews into account. Dreadful TV.. awful blooming, a terrible satellite TV interface that was at best unusable, issues with the eArc with stuttering and glitching sound, worst problem was the motion.. no matter what settings were used and even after a factory reset, the frames would stutter after every change of shot watching HD and 4K content. Very noticeable and ruined the whole viewing experience.

@AfdhalAtiffTan Жыл бұрын

@@Jezhumberston Any good UK Hisense model that you know of?

@neillobrien6147 Жыл бұрын

Super through thank you

@PotatoeJoe69 Жыл бұрын

It's really shocking too me how much worse the international model is of the U8H when compared to the American U8H. I cannot understand why Hisense did that - they're completely different TV's.

@paulmidgley8040 10 ай бұрын

Is it that bad? I was really set on getting this tv but if the uk version is so bad I think I'll go with Samsung.

@PotatoeJoe69 10 ай бұрын

@@paulmidgley8040 Unfortunately yes, it seems significantly worse. Not even the same TV, actually

@birdtj82 Жыл бұрын

It’s still impressive panel 😊 2020 top 3 tiers of Samsung QLED panels , 3rd one was IPS -Q70T $800 USD (ON SALE , normally about $$1000 or something )- 55” (i almost bought it ) identical Specs to this one ! This one is 2022 model Hisense already have huge improvements in color n has HDMI 2.1 It’s also comparing to Samsung 2021 QN85A (IPS ) performance !!!-- 2nd highest tier It’s NOT BAD panel . Hisense U8HQ model It’s like BMW X3 , X4 ,,, U8H is like BMW X5 X6 …. Aus has such small population n shipping parts n set up shop wear house 🏠 for population (Equal 1 City in China -- Shanghai ) is EXTREMELY Unproductive when huge import tax ! In USA there is NAFTA trade agreement between US, Canada 🇨🇦, Mexico 🇲🇽. So Canada can benifit d cheap labor from Mexico also d Massive bull order n shipping system thats setuo . In Business school 🏫-- “IF u make product too premium in NEW Market, u will have to charge higher price ! So making it too premium will lead higher price , no one knows d brand ENOUGH to buy Premium product . But they will test on decent tier n decent price . Consumers want premium, go -- straight to their fav brand ! Do not release Premium Product to new Market when entering . But Low price n medium price items ! If u sell top American Truck to Japan 🇯🇵 they will still chose their own NIsan Toyota truck 🛻. Not ford or GM ! So if Ford or GM ever want to go to Japan 🇯🇵, sell their mid -low range with low price ! Same with Japanese/Korean go to USA 🇺🇸! Thanks for d read eveyone , this TV is literally International Business class , Marketing L1 L2 … so interesting 🤔 see that is d Exact d platform big companies very carefully approach . Just hang in there . More Premium stuff will come !

@trivicristo Жыл бұрын

Hisense ist best buy, great job Bench 👍

@jarekzahary Жыл бұрын

Best buy for suckers 😂

@GreenSpeedo Жыл бұрын

@@jarekzahary costco tvs are the best as I can return them before 90 days 😂

@FromPrussiaWithLove 10 ай бұрын

Does this tv have a "filmmaker mode"? Thanks

@FromPrussiaWithLove 10 ай бұрын

Ah, it has 8:30 😀

@postaldude87 Жыл бұрын

Is the TV in the Video identical with the 65U87HQ?

@ragnarone5409 Жыл бұрын

In EU Hisense is crap.

@mrbrookeyoung 10 ай бұрын

@@ragnarone5409this is the EU one genius

@ic3man669 Жыл бұрын

IPS panel.. 😕😕

@kmimiteh Жыл бұрын

I would buy it if was the same versiom of VA panel as the US one... why they are being like that? I am normally a Samsung fan, but for the last few years just keep disappointing with bad OS, bad updates, overprice for quality, lottery panel... I thought I had an alternative, but possible... I think I will stick with my modest Samsung Crystal model and my Firestick on it (my tv is not connected to Wifi becase I do not wanrmt any tricky update), for the time being until I can find a decent led tv... so sad that, when finally looks that I find it, is not in Europe...

@cosmoshfa88savant66 Жыл бұрын

What does anyone recommend at around 1000 pounds 65inch

@mrbrookeyoung Жыл бұрын

This

@copyandpastification 10 ай бұрын

there are some differences between between the usa and EU version... anybody knows anything about it? I tried to get in touch with the UK department and they never replied.... not a good sign to start with

@mrbrookeyoung 10 ай бұрын

This review is the EU version. It's weaker than US version tbh. US variant has VA panel and much more local dimming zones

@mrbrookeyoung 10 ай бұрын

EU version is still decent though if you can get it for less than original price

@carlbutchers486 Жыл бұрын

Is this panel the same as the UK or USA?

@BenchHouse Жыл бұрын

@ragnarone5409 Жыл бұрын

EU/UK crap

@indexartcenter9671 Жыл бұрын

is there a difference between u8h and u8hq?

@mrbrookeyoung Жыл бұрын

@jeff_costello 11 ай бұрын

@@mrbrookeyoungthere is and everyone is talking about it, actually there are huge differences between them.

@mrbrookeyoung 11 ай бұрын

@@jeff_costello no they're talking about U8H American Vs U8H UK

@jeff_costello 11 ай бұрын

@@mrbrookeyoung yes the UK model is different fro the US model.

@gman5218 Жыл бұрын

Don’t touch these or TCL outside USA. They every time give us a tv with the same name with way inferior specs than USA and then have the cheek to charge us more for the privilege. Nearly all reviews for these brands on KZfaq are USA models… be careful

@ionutmarin5494 Жыл бұрын

for the price i got it fuck it..works like a charm. I respect people that are good with specifics but for me it looks and works splendid and i know my movies even though i have weird taste in movies...the movies i like look like you are in the theater with the actors...absolutely amazing for the price

@robertayres1986 Жыл бұрын

I would have to agree, I spent weeks looking at reviews for my hisense TV that I am happy with but still very disappointed as the reviews where the USA version which had hdmi 2.1 yet the UK versions doesn't but initially it was sold with the USA specs on all the consumer websites!

@AlexxxxxSaysHi 7 ай бұрын

@@robertayres1986ilthe uk version does have 2.1 in port 3 and 4.....

@lucy2022 6 күн бұрын

Il mio u8hq funziona benissimo, ne sono molto soddisfatto

@Jezhumberston Жыл бұрын

Bought this only to discover it's a dumb downed lower quality version of the well rated USA version... swapped a good VA panel for an IPS panel and reduced the local dimming zones down from 500 to 180. The sound system is also lower spec. Selling in the UK for more than the far better US version. Sent mine back after a few days, awful motion issues no matter what settings are on and off, terrible satellite tuning that took over 10 minutes, awful eArc sound with stutters and cracks, terrible blooming. The motion issues involved a bad frame stutter every time the camera shot changed on screen. What Hifi have slated it for the awful motion issues.

@matthewsmith22 Жыл бұрын

There's a crazy deal on this TV on Costco, when I delved deeper I can see why, what a letdown! What set did you end up going with?

@Jezhumberston Жыл бұрын

@@matthewsmith22 I ended up going with the top 2022 Samsung Neo QLED. There's no such thing as a perfect TV, so I picked the best non OLED TV that suits me. Got a great price and a free sound bar that's going to be quickly sold on.

@matthewsmith22 Жыл бұрын

@@Jezhumberston I was eying up that set, but I keep coming back to OLED, what made you avoid oled?

@Jezhumberston Жыл бұрын

@@matthewsmith22 I am a gamer, I tend to play the same game daily, it has a yellow heavy HUD which tends to be a pain with OLEDs. Couldn't afford the risk of screen burn. The LG G2 was tempting as it comes with an LG 5 year screen burn warranty. Checked them out at a showroom, asked to have football played on the LG and there were motion issues/ghosting. OLED TVs can have issues with football.. I watch a lot of football. The Samsung Neo QLED looked great with football playing plus the gaming side ticked all my boxes (have an Xbox Series X) so 120hz gaming is covered.

@ejdhdjejejebdnem Жыл бұрын

@@Jezhumberston good choice, I have my lg oled tv 4 years old and after 2 years got heavy burn in. all I can see now is apex legend ghosting on screen 😂 never order a oled again

@spalion3 Жыл бұрын

Can this TV play games in dolby vision at 4k 120hz?

@BenchHouse Жыл бұрын

We haven't tried it, but since it supports Dolby Vision, it should.

@mrbrookeyoung Жыл бұрын

No Dolby Vision is limited to 4k 60hz, think only some LGs can do that

@leighwilliams3163 Жыл бұрын

IPs is better than va panel ips got better refreh rates an better colors the only thing the va panel got is better black levels thats all nothing important

@pauloa.7609 Жыл бұрын

Not important?

@d.f.1064 Жыл бұрын

Image quality worse than the 2 year older model u8qf. Good job hisense...

@jarekzahary Жыл бұрын

😸

@joseluislopes3956 Жыл бұрын

This TV does not deserve to be on the U8H series compared to the american model. 1/5 the dimming zones, no google TV, way less bright

@jarekzahary Жыл бұрын

You forgot about the most important thing - a shitty ads panel 😅

@joseluislopes3956 Жыл бұрын

@@jarekzahary that honestly doesn't matter to me, I've a shield TV anyway (only way to get my TrueHD and DTS-X remuxes on the TV), what got me interested was the panel for the price, and then I found the horrendous h8hq version sold on my region...

@jarekzahary Жыл бұрын

@@joseluislopes3956 panel doesn't matter xdddd

@joseluislopes3956 Жыл бұрын

@@jarekzahary panel doesn't matter? What? When you are spending the better part of 1000€, the only thing that matters is the panels. It could be a dumb TV for all I care, plug in a 100 Android TV box pr Apple TV 4K and that's now a smart TV with better capabilities than Samsung or LG. You can inprove the smart TV experience, but you can't improve a shit panel

@jarekzahary Жыл бұрын

@@joseluislopes3956 Well, you wrote that the panel doesn't matter to you 😅

@yafmaverick 7 ай бұрын

U7k much better tv for same price

@ManuelMedellin. Жыл бұрын

So much worse than american U8H, that have VA panels ...

@icaronnem Жыл бұрын

VA panels only do better in gaming. if you are videophile IPS is the way to go. pls to research first

@ManuelMedellin. Жыл бұрын

@@icaronnem What ?!! IPS is worse in anything, the Contrast and Blooming is TERRIBLE

@ThreshyNeonz Жыл бұрын

@@icaronnem cope

@birdtj82 Жыл бұрын

@@icaronnem how OLD r U ? It says u have KZfaq Chanel 15 yrs ago . So I assume U can’t be less than 15 yr old ? U wont like what I JUST said (making assumptions based on 1 narrative )? Why do u Call another guy Videophile ? Wtf is wrong with u labeling ppl over IPS panel ? If u cant tallorate other ppl’s opinion that u need to call them …. “Phile” not amount TV knowledge or LACK of is going to make u look less anti social n Rude . Go to ur uncle n yr best friend’s Dad . Call them Videophile if they prefer VA . If u don’t have d audacity yet sheepishly nod. That will be TELLING . Who is d “phile “ . Ps Stop 🛑telling ppl “do ur research “ if u know something , explain /share . Ur way of speaking is utter degrading . We all have capacity to be nice .

@stevelewis8394 Жыл бұрын

@@birdtj82 Don't get your knickers in a twist, @Bogdan Ionut was not calling anyone nasty names. Look up the meaning of 'videophile' in an English dictionary, it means: "someone who is interested in videos, in particular with regards to features such as high definition, audio quality, etc". If you have the capacity to be nice you'll apologise to him.

@sj460162 Жыл бұрын

Dont get the uk one tho..theyre awful..completely different!

@interstat2222 Жыл бұрын

This is the same as the UK one.

@sj460162 Жыл бұрын

@@interstat2222 apparently the uk variant hasnt got the same specs and is a worse product.

@interstat2222 Жыл бұрын

@@sj460162 This is the same as the UK model. A lot of people complaining just repeat things people said online without actually trying the TV! You know what people online are like!

@sj460162 Жыл бұрын

@@interstat2222 Just hearing what a lot of tv pundits are saying. Surely they cant all be wrong bud. Apparently the new uk Hisense tvs are the same spec as the better abroad ones. Hey dont shoot the messenger my friend...its only all the articles Ive read...read them yourself if you dont believe me. Its a good thing right? If you buy the tv and youre happy no problem. If you dont buy it because its inferior...no problem.

@interstat2222 Жыл бұрын

@@sj460162 No, but they might have personal motives or uses and don’t always think about real world use. I think the UK/EU version IPS technology panel is not the terrible thing those reviewers made it out to be, because many people appreciate the great viewing angles they offer and most of the lower contrast issues go away in a normally lit room. Best to go and see these TVs in person in a shop where you can demo them, I think. It’s clearly a high end TV.