Today, Hisense is a large company that has been manufacturing televisions since 1969. Although it is only in the last few years that you have been able to buy televisions with the Hisense brand, they have been around for a long time owning or supplying panels and screens to a long range. of smaller brands that are better known in the West. Hisense, unlike many other brands, has the advantage that they do not need to buy in panels and technology, because they have their own factories and development departments. Among other things, this has resulted in them being very far ahead with 100% original mini LED TVs.
For more ordinary customers, they also make very good QLED TVs – an LED panel with a Quantum Dot color coating that provides better colors and still high brightness from an LED panel – without going crazy in price. The design is classic and angular with two hidden metal legs on each side, making it so suitable for placement on a TV stand if it is not very wide.
Hisense is particularly fond of its E7 series, which it markets heavily to gamers. There is even a special mode Black Myth: Wukong where everything is optimized for this particular game. It’s a very interesting approach to having specific game profiles on TV. As I understand it, this mode was developed directly by the developers of the game and it provides better dedicated HDR effects, black level optimization and colors calibrated specifically for the type of LED panel. is used. Especially the latter are very impressive, and we can only hope that other developers will work with TV manufacturers and monitor to ensure more accurate and accurate color reproduction and effects HDR. For now, though, it’s only on select Hisense TVs, and only with Black Myth: Wukong. But this level of custom calibration has great potential, as in theory you should be able to update it via firmware updates.
Input delay is acceptable, under 20 ms according to Hisense, but it can always be improved, even if LED technology has its limitations. In game mode, however, it drops to below 11 ms according to Hisense’s own figures, and then it starts to perform very well. Fortunately, gaming is taken seriously and we have full HDMI 2.1 support on all four ports. The native 120Hz panel automatically switches to 144Hz in Gaming Mode with just two taps on the remote, but pretty much everything else is fully automatic.
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The platform is the Linux-based VIDAA system, which, in addition to being very impressive graphically, also offers several customization options that I have not even entered. It handles it much better than many other systems that start stuttering when you open a third app However, the edge is some of the cheapest plastic I’ve held in my hand in a while great, and it could be better because of the price. in the mid-range sector. It also comes with a rather nice and very image oriented TV-OS, which is much better than what, for example, LG and Samsung can deliver.
Where Hisense lags behind is on the information front. There is, for example, a built-in subwoofer system, but it is difficult to find concrete information about this on the Hisense website. I could only find basic information about clarity on a semi-accessible subpage on their US website. However, the maximum brightness is 450 nits, which does not seem like much, but it actually works well in a well-lit room. Furthermore, the exact number of smoke zones cannot be stated, other than “less than 100”.
The sound is surprisingly good. There is no other information except that the speakers are 10 watts each and there is a 20 watt subwoofer. It’s a bit like saying a car has a 55 liter fuel tank. It’s useful, but not a true indicator of sound quality. I’m a big believer in buying at least a soundbar or real speakers, but this TV can work as a backup. The extra woofer (I’d almost call it a subwoofer) adds dynamics and power to the sound, whether it’s cars hitting the asphalt or machine guns being fired. It also gives voices more depth and nuance, even when it comes to something as simple as news. In fact, I’d go so far as to say it’s a pretty good standard for TV audio, where almost everyone else falls short in my opinion. But again, get a soundbar at the very least.
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Image quality is of course the most important. Despite a suggested retail price of approx. £800, the red and green calibration out of the box surprised me. Colors are strong and can be overwhelming in HDR content, but that’s just the point. The light is evenly distributed, and the green color seems very natural. Gray levels and black levels tend to be a big issue for non-OLED based panels, but I found that turning the brightness down to just 45 makes a noticeable difference in black and gray reproduction – green The image is fluid and very clear, especially in Gaming Mode, but I would probably recommend that most people use Movie Maker Mode for anything but video games. Standard Mode has less saturation and color than many other TVs, and the motion engine is not so aggressive that everything looks like a strange fever dream as it often does in stores. Unfortunately, it seems that only in Sports Mode you can get the last bit of light out of the TV, and it would be nice if this was possible in all HDR settings. The TV supports HLG, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision IQ.
The upscaling is very reasonable and most 1080p content looks great as long as you don’t get too close. As stated earlier, I recommend lowering the brightness to 45 and running in Film Maker Mode the entire time.
It’s a very user-friendly TV, and the VIDAA platform also makes it an engaging experience to navigate and watch modern content with good color reproduction. The TV is also excellent for console gaming, and while die-hard home theater enthusiasts will probably want even better black levels and higher brightness, it actually costs a lot more than the Hisense E7 Pro.
2024-10-28 09:02:00
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