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Jun 16, 2025 11:16 AM
Costco Members: 75" Hisense U75N Mini-LED TV + $100 Google Play GC + 5 Yr Warranty
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So to clarify what I mean by the U7N having terrible motion handling as someone who's sensitive to high framerate:
While watching movie content, I'm reliant on motion smoothing technology (LG's TruMotion, Motionflow for Sony, Auto Motion Plus for Samsungs, etc) set to a high number. SOE be damned - I don't care. The distraction of the low hz/fps flipbook effect is way worse than the image artifacts that come with high motion smoothness settings for me. The U7N actually IS decent at smoothing out motion *when it works* but what makes it particularly egregious is that it would periodically (like every 10-20 seconds or so) lose its ability interpolate frames for a full second or two and the contrast between when it's working and suddenly not working exceptionally jarring. And this happens over and over and over again.
All TVs I've own that can do this (since the mid 2000s I can't recall exactly when it became popular) have moments where it cannot interpolate frames but for whatever reason, the U7N has much, much more of them. Especially in darker scenes in particular! To recreate the exactly what I'm talking about, stream Moana from where ever (disney plus has it) and fast forward to the scene where the grandma is showing Moana the hidden boats in that dark cave. The U7N is absolutely atrocious! smooooth, stutter stutter stutter, smoooooth, stutter stutter stutter, repeat.
Like I said, I tried multiple rokus (of different generations), an apple TV (recent 2024 model) and the onboard Disney app on the U7N TV itself - they all display the same behavior. I've scoured the web and endless forums, spent hours and hours playing with settings, I never could resolve it. Stream the exact same scene on my 2017 Sony 75X900E TV the Hisense U7N was was suppose to replace doesn't exhibit any of that terribleness.
Now if you're someone who never turns that motion smoothing on, then perhaps you won't really notice it. I'm guessing that's why there's plenty of threads about this TV where someone complained about it and tons replied they don't have that problem. Or, maybe my TV in particular was bad... but in my long experience of being a extremely picky buyer and decades of, some would say, "abusing return policies"... I've never had such a specific issue like this be isolated to one TV. It's almost always the case of, they're all like that but only some people will notice or even care.
Picture wise, I actually am a bit disappointed with the C4 coming from this U7N. It's not that the C4 isn't overall better, it' just isn't 'double the price better'. Again, I really wanted that U7N to work which is why i spent so much time trying to troubleshoot it.
Oh yeah that would be annoying If it was switching on and off every 30 secs. Sounds like you got a dud.
For me, the extra $250 is absolutely worth it. I won't even consider a TV without local dimming, since i feel like that's one of the main features that separates "bad" tvs from decent to great TVs. Plus, the $100 google play credit is like cash to me, since I use youtube TV, and I'll use it up in a couple months. So the net cost to me is really only $700, making the difference only $150. You may not get any value out of the google play credit.
That said, the reviews from buyers on costco are generally favorable for both TVs. You may be totally happy with the Q77, and don't care about local dimming.
Main points: the hisense U7N/U75N is a brighter TV, and has local dimming, which allows for the TV to turn off sections of the backlight in dark scenes so you get really dark blacks (instead of a dark gray) while still being bright for the lit parts of the scene. While OLED is the best at this (since they don't use backlights, but individually lit pixels), Mini-led panels like the U7N/U75N are pretty decent.
The TCL Q77 is a much dimmer TV, and does not have local dimming. So it'll be darker than the U75N for bright scenes, which will matter if you plan to watch the TV in a bright room (lights or windows), and a lot muddier in scenes with a lot of shadows, making it harder to distinguish between dark and light sections. Even my older TCL 2018 6-series, which also has local dimming, is rated much higher in brightness and performance than the Q77.
My local costco has the 55" and 65" Q77 models in stock, so yours may as well. I'd suggest you going there and looking at the TV, and see if you'd be satisfied with how they appear there. Display models usually have their brightness set pretty high. If you think the Q77 appears unacceptably dim on display, then you'll probably find it too dim at home as well.
Check out Rtings.com for more details about both TVs. The Q77 isn't official reviewed, but appears to be a slightly updated version of the TCL Q6.
https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/c...0903/50405
https://www.rtings.com/discussion...s-tcl-q77k
For me, the extra $250 is absolutely worth it. I won't even consider a TV without local dimming, since i feel like that's one of the main features that separates "bad" tvs from decent to great TVs. Plus, the $100 google play credit is like cash to me, since I use youtube TV, and I'll use it up in a couple months. So the net cost to me is really only $700, making the difference only $150. You may not get any value out of the google play credit.
That said, the reviews from buyers on costco are generally favorable for both TVs. You may be totally happy with the Q77, and don't care about local dimming.
Main points: the hisense U7N/U75N is a brighter TV, and has local dimming, which allows for the TV to turn off sections of the backlight in dark scenes so you get really dark blacks (instead of a dark gray) while still being bright for the lit parts of the scene. While OLED is the best at this (since they don't use backlights, but individually lit pixels), Mini-led panels like the U7N/U75N are pretty decent.
The TCL Q77 is a much dimmer TV, and does not have local dimming. So it'll be darker than the U75N for bright scenes, which will matter if you plan to watch the TV in a bright room (lights or windows), and a lot muddier in scenes with a lot of shadows, making it harder to distinguish between dark and light sections. Even my older TCL 2018 6-series, which also has local dimming, is rated much higher in brightness and performance than the Q77.
My local costco has the 55" and 65" Q77 models in stock, so yours may as well. I'd suggest you going there and looking at the TV, and see if you'd be satisfied with how they appear there. Display models usually have their brightness set pretty high. If you think the Q77 appears unacceptably dim on display, then you'll probably find it too dim at home as well.
Check out Rtings.com for more details about both TVs. The Q77 isn't official reviewed, but appears to be a slightly updated version of the TCL Q6.
https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/c...0903/50405
https://www.rtings.com/discussion...s-tcl-q77k
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I was able to get the 75U8N for $940 last month on Amazon. I feel like that was definitely worth the extra $140 over this deal on the U7N
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