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Product Description:
MINI-LED PRO+: Experience the latest and best in backlight technology. Mini-LED Pro+ is big on little details with Up to Peak Brightness 3000, you can detect each star in the night sky. Add in the Full Array Local Dimming Pro, with up to 2000+ local dimming zones, and every game, show and movie comes into even higher contrast and crisper focus. Once you see the darkest darks, whitest whites and brightest brights, there’s no going back.
QLED: See color like you’ve never seen it before. QLED Quantum Dot Technology, significantly broadens the range of color you perceive to create over a billion individual shades. So, you can soak up every wave of the Caribbean Sea and every brushstroke of the desert sunset.
HI-VIEW ENGINE PRO: Enhance the quality of your picture. The Hi-View Engine PRO chipset is the brain behind your screen, processing the most dazzling imagery before your eyes. The AI chipset uses deep learning and other innovative technologies, like: Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro, Face Detection, AI HDR Enhancement and AI Detail Enhancement to continuously improve your viewing experience.
2.1.2 MULTI-CHANNEL SOUND: Immerse yourself. Our 5-speaker setup delivers all-encompassing audio to your senses. With 50w Max Power and a smart audio decoder, get a 2.1.2 Surround Sound experience without any additional equipment. Now, sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
DOLBY VISION*ATMOS: Get transported through the screen. Dolby Vision captures even the most subtle emotions flickering across an actor’s face during a dark night scene. And the multidimensional sound of Dolby Atmos puts you smack-dab in the action, whether that’s a jungle, urbanscape or rocketship.
144HZ GAME MODE PRO: Level up your gaming. The 144Hz Game Mode Pro is designed with the technology you need to get on the leaderboard. With a Variable Refresh Rate of 48Hz to 144H, your console and PC gaming can beat any opponent that comes your way. AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, Auto Low Latency Mode and Low Latency MEMC, virtually eliminate annoyances like screen tearing and controller input lag in your play. The New Game Bar lets you customize and adjust your gameplay right from your TV, with your remote, not just your controller.
GOOGLE TV: The entertainment you love. With a little help from Google. Google TV brings together movies, shows, live TV and more from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them just for the user. And helps the user discover new things to watch with recommendations based on their interests.
Products Specifications
MINI-LED PRO+: Experience the latest and best in backlight technology. Mini-LED Pro+ is big on little details with Up to Peak Brightness 3000, you can detect each star in the night sky. Add in the Full Array Local Dimming Pro, with up to 2000+ local dimming zones, and every game, show and movie comes into even higher contrast and crisper focus. Once you see the darkest darks, whitest whites and brightest brights, there’s no going back.
QLED: See color like you’ve never seen it before. QLED Quantum Dot Technology, significantly broadens the range of color you perceive to create over a billion individual shades. So, you can soak up every wave of the Caribbean Sea and every brushstroke of the desert sunset.
HI-VIEW ENGINE PRO: Enhance the quality of your picture. The Hi-View Engine PRO chipset is the brain behind your screen, processing the most dazzling imagery before your eyes. The AI chipset uses deep learning and other innovative technologies, like: Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro, Face Detection, AI HDR Enhancement and AI Detail Enhancement to continuously improve your viewing experience.
2.1.2 MULTI-CHANNEL SOUND: Immerse yourself. Our 5-speaker setup delivers all-encompassing audio to your senses. With 50w Max Power and a smart audio decoder, get a 2.1.2 Surround Sound experience without any additional equipment. Now, sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
DOLBY VISION*ATMOS: Get transported through the screen. Dolby Vision captures even the most subtle emotions flickering across an actor’s face during a dark night scene. And the multidimensional sound of Dolby Atmos puts you smack-dab in the action, whether that’s a jungle, urbanscape or rocketship.
144HZ GAME MODE PRO: Level up your gaming. The 144Hz Game Mode Pro is designed with the technology you need to get on the leaderboard. With a Variable Refresh Rate of 48Hz to 144H, your console and PC gaming can beat any opponent that comes your way. AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, Auto Low Latency Mode and Low Latency MEMC, virtually eliminate annoyances like screen tearing and controller input lag in your play. The New Game Bar lets you customize and adjust your gameplay right from your TV, with your remote, not just your controller.
GOOGLE TV: The entertainment you love. With a little help from Google. Google TV brings together movies, shows, live TV and more from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them just for the user. And helps the user discover new things to watch with recommendations based on their interests.
Product Review
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More ‘big specification at an eye-catching price’ magic from Hisense. If you’re willing to budget just a little for a soundbar and can scrape by with just a pair of high-speed HDMI inputs, this Mini-LED TV makes plenty of sense for the money. Its 4K images are composed and convincing, it’s a more confident upscaler than many a rival, and it covers every HDR base in some style – and with searing brightness, it must be said.
I have owned the u8n for the last year. It is a very good smart TV once you get through a few bugs and programming issues.
There is a bug in SDR filmmaker mode where it doesn't work on all apps. It will also revert to theater night for no obvious reason. Because of this, I chose to use theater night as my preset, and it works well.
In hdr10 there is a bug in filmmaker mode that elevates the eotf and over brightens the image. This is found in the HDMI dynamic range setting which can be accessed with a 4k Blu-ray player. If you cycle through the settings from auto to limited to full then back to auto, it will resolve the bug. Filmmaker mode also doesn't work consistently across all apps. Because of this I chose to use HDR theater mode with the same settings as filmmaker mode, and it works well.
Hdr10+ theater mode has the most accurate color. Unfortunately, Hisense programmed it wrong by having local dimming and peak brightness turned off by default. This causes you to have poor contrast and exposes panel uniformity issues. I overcame this by setting the local dimming to high and then adjusting the peak brightness manually, and it looks good.
Finally, in Dolby Vision, I found Dolby Vision dark to be the most accurate. I tried Dolby Vision IQ, but the light sensor is too aggressive and causes the image to be too dark.
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Reviewed on 29 Oct, 2024
More ‘big specification at an eye-catching price’ magic from Hisense. If you’re willing to budget just a little for a soundbar and can scrape by with just a pair of high-speed HDMI inputs, this Mini-LED TV makes plenty of sense for the money. Its 4K images are composed and convincing, it’s a more confident upscaler than many a rival, and it covers every HDR base in some style – and with searing brightness, it must be said.
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Posted On: 21 Nov, 2025
I have owned the u8n for the last year. It is a very good smart TV once you get through a few bugs and programming issues. There is a bug in SDR filmmaker mode where it doesn't work on all apps. It will also revert to theater night for no obvious reason. Because of this, I chose to use theater night as my preset, and it works well. In hdr10 there is a bug in filmmaker mode that elevates the eotf and over brightens the image. This is found in the HDMI dynamic range setting which can be accessed with a 4k Blu-ray player. If you cycle through the settings from auto to limited to full then back to auto, it will resolve the bug. Filmmaker mode also doesn't work consistently across all apps. Because of this I chose to use HDR theater mode with the same settings as filmmaker mode, and it works well. Hdr10+ theater mode has the most accurate color. Unfortunately, Hisense programmed it wrong by having local dimming and peak brightness turned off by default. This causes you to have poor contrast and exposes panel uniformity issues. I overcame this by setting the local dimming to high and then adjusting the peak brightness manually, and it looks good. Finally, in Dolby Vision, I found Dolby Vision dark to be the most accurate. I tried Dolby Vision IQ, but the light sensor is too aggressive and causes the image to be too dark.
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