HISENSE 50U7QFTUK Quantum Series 50-inch 4K UHD HDR Smart TV with Freeview play, and Alexa Built-in (2020 series) , Silver

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The usual Gravity torture test (Sandra Bullock floating off into the darkness of space surrounded in stars) catches it out with lots of star crushing present, but we didn’t expect it to pass that test anyway.

The button placement is intuitive and everything you need to control the TV and change settings is all well laid out and easy to find. The solid, tidy and full-featured remote control is well-appointed and features a handful of shortcut buttons to the main video services. Turning Adaptive Contrast to Low amps up colours and black levels, but higher settings have an impact on detail. As the next set after the flagship U8QF Quantum Series, though, you should expect more than last year’s affordable U7B ULED. Game mode boosts your chances of scoring legendary wins by the specs that are one step ahead of the console.We found the upscaling to be good with only the odd instance of ringing around fine lines in some test patterns, but this was not visible in the vast majority of HD content we viewed. nits isn’t incredibly high, of course, compared to the 1,000-2,000 nits of some new Samsung TVs, but the U7QF knows what to do with what it’s given. We are reviewing the 55-inch version, but the performance between the different screen sizes should be similar. You have all of the major apps such as Netflix, Rakuten, Prime Video, Britbox and YouTube and in 4K HDR for those capable. Hisense makes use of a variety of different smart TV platforms, depending on the set you’re watching, including the third-party Roku and Android TV platforms.

Bought it to replace a ten year old 42" LG plasma which has been a great TV but starting to show its age. Switch to standard-def content from the built-in tuner and the Hisense copes much better, largely because the higher frame rate of the signal requires less processing from the TV, and the motion smearing issue is almost gone. The sound quality was decent from the built-in speakers and certainly good enough if you are not a big movie fan. With all the smartness aggregated in one place, the Hi-View Engine powers to enhance the picture quality scene-by-scene.

Europe's busiest forums, with independent news and expert reviews, for TVs, Home Cinema, Hi-Fi, Movies, Gaming, Tech and more. During setup, we were even presented with a prompt to watch Netflix, making it abundantly clear that the dominant TV streaming service had paid a premium to maintain pride of place on 2020 Hisense TVs. We did encounter some very mild DSE (Dirty Screen Effect) on occasions and some banding when the image panned across a single colour background, such as with some shots in live football games. Looking at the greyscale results and the accuracy on offer for an out of the box preset is reasonably good.

There are several settings and processor modes that you can use to try to find a balance that works but, ultimately, none of them fully solve the underlying problem.The FALD backlight and local dimming system are also good with 72 dimming zones available and a decent algorithm which, in a normal living room, provides a very good performance.