Best Buy has
100" Hisense U8 Series ULED Mini-LED 4K UHD Smart Google TV on sale for
$2999.99. Additionally, installation is free w/ purchase (
TV setup and mounting) [
Details]; select in the professional services during checkout.
Shipping is free, otherwise shipping to store for pickup is also available.
Thanks to community member
Undiscl0sed for finding this deal.
Specs:
- Resolution: 3840x2160
- High Dynamic Range (HDR): Dolby Vision/HDR10/HDR10+/HLG
- Refresh Rate: 144Hz (Motion Rate 480)
- Panel Type: LED Backlight LCD
- Full Array Local Dimming
- Brightness: 800 nits
- VESA Standard (600x400) M8
- Ports:
- 4x HDMI (2 ports up to 4K@144Hz)
- 1x USB 3.0
- 1x USB 2.0
- 1x Composite
- 1x Digital Optical Audio
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It's a fine to good panel. The size to price ratio is of course the selling point. But there's sacrifices.
4k hdr/dv is nice, bright, and enjoyable, but not great. 1080p is just fine. Anything below that like 720p on FUBO doesn't translate well to a screen this size even with upscaling from an nvidia shield.
Not that anyone should be comparing this to OLED but for those wondering - not even close, especially with MLA now available on 83" model.
As long as expectations are reasonable, and the immersive quality of a screen size is the ultimate priority, then you should be happy.
But honestly, if I was buying a panel now, I'd get an LG 83" with MLA and sacrifice 17". It gets more intriguing though with upcoming 110" panels. I guess it's about chasing size vs quality.
Unless you live in a cave that is 100ft from surface with no light all year....
The silicon inside (memory, CPU, both?) sucks and don't do well from constant read write cycles from the Android / Google OS. Over time the TV will crash and shutoff randomly requiring resets and unplugging replugging power. This is a known issue on various Hisense models. This also potentially significantly reduces its life versus other TVs.
A potential solution is keeping it a dumb TV and never using connected apps and just hooking it up to a Chromecast TV / ROKU dongle. This fixed all my issues so far and hoping extends the life. Also results is a significantly snappier interface.
The size and packaging is huge. Goodluck moving it upstairs if you need to. Destroyed my walls and needed to hire 2 sets of movers (1st failed) to hoist this from a balcony which barely fit as well.
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I'm not in the market for a 100"+ TV just yet, but good to know these sorts of options are out there along with a warranty.
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I'm not in the market for a 100"+ TV just yet, but good to know these sorts of options are out there along with a warranty.
Yes OLED will have superior response times, blacks, color accuracy, etc but unless you have it side by side to a OLED you won't really notice. The PQ on these mini-LEDs is already fantastic.
What you will notice is just how big a 100 inch TV is. It's significantly bigger than both my 77 and 85 inch TVs. Its way more immersive for movies and games.
Just be sure to get one with good upscaling, it important once you get to this sized screen.
144Hz refresh rate is cutting edge, at this point they should stop with the BS boosted specifications
480hz is from native 120hz but then x2 for motion interpolation and then x2 again for black frame insertion that removes ghosting by flashing 480 times a second with a black frame every other flash. Both are used to fight motion blur and give clarity... but anything above 30% strength looks like a soap opera to me.
In monitor tech, currently 4k 240hz oled is the top of the line oled at 32inch. 360hz for 1440p. For LCD 1080p it's 540hz and last week TCL showed next years model is native 1000hz. And yes to achieve 1000hz you'd need a simple game or a AAA game with dlss3+framegen on a 5090.
So 144hz is not exactly cutting edge, for tv sure but It's $99 for a 1080p 144hz monitor from 10 years ago tech. And $199 for 240hz 1080p and $300 for 360hz 1080p Alienware monitor. Big tvs are just behind in framerate tech yo.
That being said I own a 100inch tcl which is 120hz but has a 144hz 4k input mode and you can literally see people hiding in a building in warzone hundreds of meters away in a dark room wearing dark clothes and have the framerate to do something about it.
Also all the Dolby vision marvel content kicks ass with 30% motion enhancement.
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The silicon inside (memory, CPU, both?) sucks and don't do well from constant read write cycles from the Android / Google OS. Over time the TV will crash and shutoff randomly requiring resets and unplugging replugging power. This is a known issue on various Hisense models. This also potentially significantly reduces its life versus other TVs.
A potential solution is keeping it a dumb TV and never using connected apps and just hooking it up to a Chromecast TV / ROKU dongle. This fixed all my issues so far and hoping extends the life. Also results is a significantly snappier interface.
The size and packaging is huge. Goodluck moving it upstairs if you need to. Destroyed my walls and needed to hire 2 sets of movers (1st failed) to hoist this from a balcony which barely fit as well.
It's a fine to good panel. The size to price ratio is of course the selling point. But there's sacrifices.
4k hdr/dv is nice, bright, and enjoyable, but not great. 1080p is just fine. Anything below that like 720p on FUBO doesn't translate well to a screen this size even with upscaling from an nvidia shield.
Not that anyone should be comparing this to OLED but for those wondering - not even close, especially with MLA now available on 83" model.
As long as expectations are reasonable, and the immersive quality of a screen size is the ultimate priority, then you should be happy.
But honestly, if I was buying a panel now, I'd get an LG 83" with MLA and sacrifice 17". It gets more intriguing though with upcoming 110" panels. I guess it's about chasing size vs quality.
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The silicon inside (memory, CPU, both?) sucks and don't do well from constant read write cycles from the Android / Google OS. Over time the TV will crash and shutoff randomly requiring resets and unplugging replugging power. This is a known issue on various Hisense models. This also potentially significantly reduces its life versus other TVs.
A potential solution is keeping it a dumb TV and never using connected apps and just hooking it up to a Chromecast TV / ROKU dongle. This fixed all my issues so far and hoping extends the life. Also results is a significantly snappier interface.
The size and packaging is huge. Goodluck moving it upstairs if you need to. Destroyed my walls and needed to hire 2 sets of movers (1st failed) to hoist this from a balcony which barely fit as well.
TV manufacturers really need to add 3D technology with passive 3D glasses back to some of these 100"+ TVs, even if they charge $200-$500 more for 3D-capable models.
But then, movie studios need to start releasing 3D blu-ray movies again also…
480hz is from native 120hz but then x2 for motion interpolation and then x2 again for black frame insertion that removes ghosting by flashing 480 times a second with a black frame every other flash. Both are used to fight motion blur and give clarity... but anything above 30% strength looks like a soap opera to me.
In monitor tech, currently 4k 240hz oled is the top of the line oled at 32inch. 360hz for 1440p. For LCD 1080p it's 540hz and last week TCL showed next years model is native 1000hz. And yes to achieve 1000hz you'd need a simple game or a AAA game with dlss3+framegen on a 5090.
So 144hz is not exactly cutting edge, for tv sure but It's $99 for a 1080p 144hz monitor from 10 years ago tech. And $199 for 240hz 1080p and $300 for 360hz 1080p Alienware monitor. Big tvs are just behind in framerate tech yo.
That being said I own a 100inch tcl which is 120hz but has a 144hz 4k input mode and you can literally see people hiding in a building in warzone hundreds of meters away in a dark room wearing dark clothes and have the framerate to do something about it.
Also all the Dolby vision marvel content kicks ass with 30% motion enhancement.
Everyone that sees this from family, friends and neighbors is blown away by this thing.
TV manufacturers really need to add 3D technology with passive 3D glasses back to some of these 100"+ TVs, even if they charge $200-$500 more for 3D-capable models.
But then, movie studios need to start releasing 3D blu-ray movies again also…
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