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If you want more of the same but with improved local dimming and more dynamic range, then the Hisense U8K is more expensive but does offer a little more performance and we’ll have a review available as soon as we get one in. The performance is decent and best suited for broadcast as it serves up clear dialogue quality. It’s also offers decent panning across the soundstage, as well as offering some specificity in terms of where sounds emanate from. Dolby Atmos offers a big step forward in immersive sound. With a more immersive sound, you become enveloped in the action. Just pair with Dolby Atmos compatible media and prepare for room-filling sound. Even better, the Hisense 65U7KQTUK features a built-in subwoofer for a deeper bass response and smoother balance. Very much a ‘hit’ with hardly a ‘miss’ on its scorecard, the Hisense U7K has plenty going for it as long as you stay within its comfort zone. Which means no content of less than 1080p resolution, and no listening to it in any kind of meaningful way. Budget for a soundbar and you're in for a very well-priced treat though. Bezel-less’ is a bit of a daft description for the design of a television. Hisense isn’t the only company to use the word – but it’s just as nonsensical here as it is everywhere else. Of course the 65U7KQTUK has bezels around its screen – but they are, at least, nice and thin. See the screen from the front, and there’s really not much bezel visible at all. Even in profile, the screen surround is only a touch over 5mm. And it’s made of aluminium, which gives a mildly up-market appearance and feel.
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Have you got a source of native 4K content? Ideally with some HDR action involved? If so, you can get the best out of the Hisense U7K - and no matter if you’re using a video streaming service, a current-gen games console, or a UHD Blu-ray player, the Hisense’s best is very agreeable indeed. There are plenty of Mini LED solutions that mainly have the same features, but slightly different brightness and HDR tone mapping on offer. It does equally well with skin tones and textures, draws edges with a steady hand, and can keep even very tight and/or complex patterns solidly defined. Depth of field is also pretty good. It’s all a bit confusing, to be honest, and I’m glad I’m not the one in the showroom attempting to explain it to prospective customers. As you would hope with a TV that combines Quantum Dots with good contrast and brightness for a mid-range TV, the U7K also delivers pretty potent colours. Tones across the board look above average (for this price level) rich and vibrant, but also, provided you avoid the TV’s most extreme picture setting, they tend to maintain a good balance, with nothing – not even heavily saturated reds or greens – drawing too much attention to itself.Although it’s not mentioned in the specs, streaming via Chromecast is an option. Alexa is available through the Remote Now app (iOS and Android), and it’s happy to ‘work with’ Google Assistant via external speakers. The U7Q doesn’t have a glut of smart features, but it serves anyone after the fundamentals. Having liked the U8Q well enough – less so the mid-range A7500F – where does the U7QF fit in? Well, after some updates, we’re quite upbeat about the U7QF’s prospects. Hisense U7QF price and availability
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And this brings us to the contrast performance of the Hisense U7K and in HDR picture modes we measured on/off contrast at 5249:1 with local dimming set to high and 4102:1 with it set to off. This is good for such a TV at this level of the market, but the dynamic range is not huge and the tone mapping employed does clip detail in the brightest reaches of the image. So in 2023 we also get a contrast-rich VA type of Mini LED panel and, for the 65-inch model at least, what we count to be 384 separately controlled light dimming zones. That’s not a world-beating zone count by any means, but it is more than might reasonably have been expected for such a relatively affordable Mini LED TV. The Hisense U7QF wasn’t built with the PS5 or Xbox Series X in mind, so you won’t find High Frame Rate (4K/120Hz), Variable Refresh Rate or Auto Low Latency Mode. Game Mode needs to be turned on manually and when it is, input lag delivers a speedy 10.5ms. Hisense U7QF performance — Bright, colourful and detailed with the right settings There are no real shortages of LCD TVs on the market, but Mini LED tech is still fairly new and at the higher end of the market. You also want a set that handles all the available HDR formats, Dolby and dts audio as well as at least two HDMI 2.1 ports, gaming features like VRR, eARC for use with a soundbar and decent Smarts. What Hi-Fi?, founded in 1976, is the world's leading independent guide to buying and owning hi-fi and home entertainment products. Our comprehensive tests help you buy the very best for your money, with our advice sections giving you step-by-step information on how to get even more from your music and movies. Everything is tested by our dedicated team of in-house reviewers in our custom-built test rooms in London, Reading and Bath. Our coveted five-star rating and Awards are recognised all over the world as the ultimate seal of approval, so you can buy with absolute confidence.As with almost any TV these days, the U7K is able to apply its upmarket lighting system to high dynamic range content made in the HDR10 and HLG formats. Much more unusually, though, it can also play not only both of the premium HDR10+ and Dolby Vision formats, with their extra scene by scene picture information, but also the Adaptive and IQ versions respectively of these advanced formats, where they adapt their images to ambient room conditions. Using a native 100/120Hz screen, the Hisense 65U7KQTUK refreshes images twice as fast as regular TVs. This gives exceptionally smooth motion, making it brilliant with movies and fast-moving sports events. As a ULED screen, you also get a suite of technologies that make it even better. These include Quantum Dot Colour, with over a billion true-to-life colours to get closer to the original image. There’s also Full Array Local dimming, which delivers brilliant realism by controlling individual areas of the screen, for darker and lighter contrast. Assembly of the TV is simple, requiring little more than slotting in the stand and tightening the screws. The stand juts out, and I can imagine would make placement of a soundbar awkward for smaller tables and stands. To wall-mount the set you’ll need a compatible VESA wall-mount. Let’s start with the issue that caused the most grief with previous Hisense sets: motion. Initially the U7Q’s motion remained awkward and in Dolby Vision films there was smearing at the slightest of movements.
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The hope is, of course, that the Mini LED and local dimming light controls will enable the screen to deliver more brightness and contrast than regular LED TVs.
One thing that always impresses with Hisense products at this market level and price point is the materials used and the build quality. It feels like a more premium product thanks to plastics that look and feel good, mixed with some aluminium finishes here and there to add some solidity.
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