Hisense U7N Review | Incredible Value, But What's the Catch?

We review the Hisense U7N, a TV that promises premium features at a budget-friendly price. With 1500 nits of peak brightness, mini-LED backlighting, a built-in subwoofer, and advanced gaming capabilities, it looks like an unbeatable value. But is it really too good to be true? After two weeks of testing, we break down the pros and cons, including the U7N’s performance in gaming, picture quality, and even some surprising drawbacks like dirty screen effect. Find out if this TV is the best bang-for-your-buck option in 2024!

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VIDEO CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:09 Hisense U7N Specs
3:03 Unboxing & First Impressions
3:48 Setup & Software Experience
4:42 Picture Settings & Modes
5:52 Nit Nerds: Brightness & Calibration
9:28 Picture Quality Recap
10:12 Upscaling & Motion Handling
11:16 Blooming, Halo, & Black Levels
12:06 Gaming Performance
13:00 Sound Quality
13:35 Off-Angle Viewing & Panel Uniformity
15:36 Final Verdict

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[Gamalon]

I also have been using one of these for the past two weeks, and I gotta say, good TVs are getting cheap, and cheap TVs are getting good. Very impressive for the price.

[danev]

Thanks for the review. My family helped get my the 75" U7N for my 82nd birthday late last month (August). The 75" version uses a different viewing panel (ADP), so some of the characteristics are different than the other sizes. The side-ish view is good, and even on an all-white/grey screen, no noticeable dirty screen effect. I have the newest set of Spears & Munsil disks and used my Sony 4k/HDR Blu-ray to calibrate. Calibration is important. The biggest issue with this size is that no one who has a 75" has posted recommended settings for the ADP panel. Overall, for my old eyes, it is near OLED in contrast. I use an Ethernet connection, not Wi-Fi, but I find the Google TV experience a bit slow in response, and the ATSC-3 tuner just okay. Streaming apps do well with the exception of the TABLO-TV app (I use the Tablo Gen-4 for DVR recording). The fallback for the Tablo is to have a Roku device, it always works.

[vztanir]

just got this 65 inch 3 days ago so far its great . good review and ty 🤠

[johnnyroese]

I’m excited to see how the TCL QM7 compares to this tv. Hopefully that review is in the near future.

[dennnnnismo]

Watched this review and got it. It's been the best viewing I ever had. Great value for the price. A BIG THANK YOU❤

[Pauliepsi]

I bought the 55-inch on sale for $549. I absolutely love it.

[stevenshelp]

I got the U7K after seeing your reviews on the U7H and saving up money until the "K" dropped and it's seriously a game changer if you've only had super budget tv's all your life. I've never had anything with good contrast ratio or brightness and having both in the same tv is purely stunning. It is as big of a difference as going from 1080p to 4k for my gaming/content enjoyment.

[NilsLorvick]

I picked up the 55" set 2 months ago at $599. The panel I have does have some dirty screen effect, but it's a secondary TV for me and for the kids. In gaming mode, I don't even notice it, and the 120Hz performance along with Dolby Vision gaming is really what sold me on this TV. It's a great value gaming TV.

[richarde]

Another stellar review! Did I miss discussion about the sound? Thanks!

[alunlloyd]

Got the Hisense H7G couple of years back thanks to reviews like these. Great TV for the price. Looking forward to an upgrade hopefully soon for gaming and this looks great

[jjsantangelo]

My U7k also got an update and she is smooth. I love that I can turn off ads now, that’s such a beautiful thing I wish more OP systems had

[jipillow]

I have an 85" u8k (last years model) and i have absolutely loved it

[bernieshaw]

I'm still using my 2012 Panasonic Viera plasma 55 inch. No plans to ditch it yet...picture quality is still life-like and operates like new.

[edgarruizsanchez]

I was trying to get an OLED monitor for my PC. But they are pretty expensive where I live. I heard about this TV and decided to buy one to use it as a PC monitor. The picture quality is excellent, it cost me a fraction of an OLED monitor and I don't have to worry about image burning. 10/10 for me.

[LeezahB]

A thorough review! DSE and bad off-angle viewing are things that really bug me. Thanks for mentioning these in your video!

[yurioxford]

Finally I've been waiting for you to do this Review

[randyduncan]

Now where the heck is the Panasonic review? Did you get snubbed in favor of FOMO & Brian? I appreciate the great work you and those other guys do.

[JohnDoe-nsyo]

Longtime subscriber here love the channel and you do an outstanding job👍👍. 2 questions why don’t you test the 75 u8n with the ads pro panel? A lot of us are very interested in your take on it. And why don’t you measure the black levels during nit nerd segments? It would be nice to actually have real numbers on that aspect. Again thanks for the great reviews.

[magnusjohn]

The wifi issue seems to be across most of their tv's along with a sound issue. The sound issue is not the sound itself but how it interfaces with amps. When you change the volume the icon shows on the tv but it does not tell you what volume it's at.
Neither of these is a deal breaker or major but given how slow they are with updates a fix is likely going to be a long time coming or not at all.

[jrbloom]

I bought this about 3 months ago, have this downstairs the TCL upstairs. I love it!