I am writing this full review because if you are shopping for an amazing TV under $1000, then this TV and Hisense are for you. Understand this first, I am VERY fussy about TV picture, color, accuracy as well as great features. I also rsearch like crazy but in this case, it was an easy decision because I already had a Hisense 8 series 55 and a 45 for our son. They were so great, I had to get the 65" for myself in our main living room/tv room.
I dont have to tell you about the specs (QLED, NIts, etc) as thats readily available and a million youtube reviews. I want to tell you first hand what I see.
Colors are amazingly acurate. Blues, Reds, indoors, outdoors. No motion blu I can detect, no ghosting, blacks are BLACK. Skin tone is great. And detail ? You see every whisker, pore, reflection, mortar on brickwork. I have never seen duch detail even over and above my prior models.
Setup was a breeze and the way I set my color details, everything, even movies like Top Gin Maverick look live. Many people like movie mode but as a former videographer, I like the LIVE look. Thus, my settings bring out that SHOT on video look. Sound is awesome and it was a breeze paring to blutooth earbuds. - NOte - My Bose QC's didnt like the connection. They worked but drop out. But my Boltunes work amazing.
Okay on to my settings - tastes may vary but from top to bottom, here are mind
Go to settings
Picture
Backlight
Local dimming - low
Level 82
Light sensor - off
Back to picture
Picture Mode
Standard
Contrast - 91
Brghtness - 63
Color - 48
Tint - R1
Sharpness - 39
Scoll down - Apply picture settings - choose all sources (you can do this by source so for example, if you do this fro streaming , you can adust different for broadcast or HDMI input
Back to picture
Scoll down
Select Advanced Settings
Overscan - off
color temp - Medium
Motion enhancement - off
Motion clearness - off
Noise reduction - low
Digial Noise reduction - low
Active contrast - low
Filmaker mode auto - off
Color space - native
Back to picture
Apply to all sources again
You are done
Now maybe its not quite right for you. first, understand what each setting does and when you change things like color or tint, DONT change more than 1 or 2 increments at a time. Example, My color is reduced a tad to avoid oversaturation of color. Its a small change but makes a different. Tint is set to R2 (which is 2 dots higher in red than middle) because otherwise, you may be too far into GREEN which makes flesh tones off. Its that sensitive
Best of luck to all and hope this helps
| Brand Name | Hisense |
|---|---|
| Item Weight | 38.1 pounds |
| Product Dimensions | 48.5 x 3.9 x 28.2 inches |
| Item model number | 55U8G |
| Batteries | 3 AAA batteries required. (included) |
| Color Name | Black |
| Special Features | Game Mode Pro, 4K ULED, Alexa Built-in, Google Assistant; Voice Remote, Dolby Vison and Dolby Atmos, Quantum Dot Color QLED |
| Speaker Type | Built-In |
| Item Weight | 38.1 Pounds |
| Standing screen display size | 54.5 Inches |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 |
| Voltage | 120 Volts |
| Wattage | 240 watts |
