Hisense 65" U6HR Series 4K UHD QLED Roku Smart TV
$358 (Free S&H)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hisens...5977899588
55" U6HR Series... $268
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hisens...6482066990
About this item
4K ULEDâ„¢: Hisense's proprietary ULED technologies boost color, contrast, brightness, and motion. This suite of patented hardware and software technologies delivers an engaging and completely unique picture that can only be delivered by Hisense.
Quantum Dot Wide Color Gamut: See color like you've never seen it before. QLED Quantum Dot Technology significantly broadens the range of colors you perceive to create over a billion individual shades. So, you can soak up every wave of the Caribbean Sea and every brushstroke of the desert sunset.
600-Nit Peak Brightness/Full Array Local Dimming Zones: The average TV is 250-350 nits. Anything over 500 nits is extremely good. This television has up-to-600nits peak brightness across up-to-48 local dimming zones. Above average peak brightness and local dimming are critical to correctly reproducing HDR content.
Dolby Vision™• Dolby Atmos®: Get transported through the screen. Dolby Vision captures even the most subtle emotions flickering across an actor's face during a dark night scene. And the multidimensional sound of Dolby Atmos puts you smack-dab in the action, whether that's a jungle, urbanscape or rocket ship.
240 Motion Rate: Smooth Motion removes the digital 'noise' that can affect moving objects. The TV's native 60Hz refresh rate is the foundation for its 240 motion rate. These technologies work in concert to make fast-action scenes to ensure moving objects have minimal blurring.
Hi-View Engine: Redefine your entire viewing experience with the Hisense cuttingedge Hi-View Engine chipset. AI Detail Enhancement, a deep learning technology, creates lifelike skin tones, sharpens HDR detail and improves your overall picture.
4K AI Upscaler: Bring what's on-screen into crystal-clear focus. Our 4K AI Upscaler transforms beloved classics, home movies, broadcast TV and even streaming content into striking 4K quality. It's amazing what can happen when every pixel works even harder.
Game Mode Plus: Game on! Game Mode Plus is a winning combination of technology that gets your name on the leaderboard. Stress less and play more with a Variable Refresh Rate and Auto Low Latency Mode.
Roku TV: Roku TV makes it easy to watch what you love with built-in Roku streaming. Enjoy endless free, live, and trending TV with all the most popular apps and new features added automatically. Use the Roku Voice Remote to find your favorite shows and movies in a snap—no endless scrolling needed. Searching for and playing all your favorite content is simple and seamless with just your voice.
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Most folks seem to say Roku is good
This is in my price range, should I bite?
Most folks seem to say Roku is good
This is in my price range, should I bite?
Ended up rolling the dice on the cheaper Hisense A7, which is a google OS tv, and even though it has lower specs, the HDR looks much better, likely due to the fact that it has way more customization/calibration options.
So basically, if you're looking for good HDR, I'd pass, even with the local dimming.
These U6HR (1 year warranty from Hisense) sets listed are Roku based and special Wal-Mart only model that lack Dolby Vision IQ (just DV Dark), HDR10+ and any motion enhancement settings. They also have a panel lottery hell all Hisenses probably do. Some panels may be washed out with bad motion blurring and judder and others may look fantastic.
The local dimming on both the U6H and U6HR are really good.
Google TV doesn't need you to login for firmware updates but Roku does. However Roku handles firmware updates in house and more constant while Hisense has to handle the Google TV ones. In the grand scheme this may not mean much just pointing it out. Even if you don't plan to use the smart TV features. Firmware updates can fix issues, add enhancements (rare cases make things worse).
Which TV is better? Both have to cut corners somewhere for the value you're getting. Both aren't bad for the price. You should run tests to make sure you don't get a lemon. Some panels will be worse than others.
Depends on content you consume. You may not need Dolby Vision IQ or HDR10+ or any of the motion enhancement stuff.
HDR is a whole other issue: https://daejeonchronicl
U6HR sets can do local dimming and VRR (freesync, g-sync) at the same time and passthrough uncompressed audio through hdmi ports (good for PC users).
U6H will disable local dimming when used VRR. Though not that big of a deal. Still looks great when gaming. If you feel you need VRR as well. Audio you will need something to passthrough to the audio receiver and display on the TV if using an older receiver. Otherwise if you can't connect directly the TV will output just stereo.
As far as which UI is better.... I think Hisense's Google TV UI is laid out better with more picture profiles but Roku isn't bad either but not as great.
If you have say a Google TV or Apple TV (unsure on Fire TV) and set it to Dolby Vision and always Dolby Vision you will maintain the best calibrated picture out of the box (usually may need a few tweaks) even on SDR content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKFR2Bv
So both have +'s and -'s depending on your needs. However then we compare screen sizes how far you're sitting and price and that is up to you
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Cheaper Samsungs are not that great imo. One you listed doesn't have local dimming. Low HDR brightness and such. Sure even they get bad batches of panels on the market too.
Rtings praise these because of the value per dollar. Yes cheaper sets can have lower quality control to a degree but these sets show up on slick deals quite often and people seem to be happy with them.
At the end of the day get what you enjoy
Cheaper Samsungs are not that great imo. One you listed doesn't have local dimming. Low HDR brightness and such. Sure even they get bad batches of panels on the market too.
Rtings praise these because of the value per dollar. Yes cheaper sets can have lower quality control to a degree but these sets show up on slick deals quite often and people seem to be happy with them.
At the end of the day get what you enjoy
How much HDR do
people watch? Hardly any. A heavy TV watcher can go thru all the HDR programming they would want to watch in a year. Then all thats left is few new shows and movies worth watching each month. Meanwhile.....there's millions of hours of SDR content out th
ere and if your junky TCL or Hisense has their typical subpar upscaling (I know the pos qm7 I had was terrible at it) then they better prepare to view some really crappy looking movies and shows on their ultra bright mini leds with all those dimming zones that really don't do squat for most programming. If you buy a TV mainly for its HDR specs than good luck with the poorly upscale 90% of programming out there. If you have to have HDR brightness or
effective local dimming then.pay more for a legit brand. If you want these feature for less then roll the dice and hope the best and go Chinese. Personally I have yet to own a Samsung that has broken in any way I just have replaced them with larger sets. Tried my luck with Sharp a few years ago it went black after less than 3 years. I think TCL bought them....
people watch? Hardly any. A heavy TV watcher can go thru all the HDR programming they would want to watch in a year. Then all thats left is few new shows and movies worth watching each month. Meanwhile.....there's millions of hours of SDR content out th
ere and if your junky TCL or Hisense has their typical subpar upscaling (I know the pos qm7 I had was terrible at it) then they better prepare to view some really crappy looking movies and shows on their ultra bright mini leds with all those dimming zones that really don't do squat for most programming. If you buy a TV mainly for its HDR specs than good luck with the poorly upscale 90% of programming out there. If you have to have HDR brightness or
effective local dimming then.pay more for a legit brand. If you want these feature for less then roll the dice and hope the best and go Chinese. Personally I have yet to own a Samsung that has broken in any way I just have replaced them with larger sets. Tried my luck with Sharp a few years ago it went black after less than 3 years. I think TCL bought them....
You sound like someone stuck in the past. You don't need to buy big-name brands to get a good-quality TV. I have had multiple TCL TVs, and none of them had any issues.
Tell me, which budget Samsung TV has good upscaling? 😂
Tell me, which budget Samsung TV has good upscaling? 😂
Most of them score fairly high on Rtings for upscaling even the lowly du6900 hits a 7 shared by lots of more expensive tvs. If I was stuck in the past then I wouldn't have bought a pos Qm7 last December. Super disappointing. The word that kept coming to my mind was "crude". It was as tho TCL made a tv that loaded stats for reviews but in day to day life was clunky and hit or miss when it came to streaming especially SDR. Had to keep recalibrating from app to app. There'd be very bright details in a scene but faces would be half blurred. Faces might look ok in one scene and then be too bright in the next.
TV is in a very bright/glarey room (porch full of windows) so I've been very interested in these high peak brightness tvs since the tcl r646 good deal last year (rtings 800+ nits).
Several questions.
On the older tvs I'm familiar with, maxing out brightness/backlight (while REALLY not that bright), leads to a washed out picture. Do these qled/miniled sets not have or minimize that issue?
In general, do they facilitate easily jumping back and forth between brightness settings so my wife isn't toasting her eyeballs at night if I'm not around?
Any other picture quae issues I should be aware of in these "value" tier qled/miniled sets?
Thanks much
Doesn't their app have a remote listening feature?
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