The Hisense 75U8N is a mid-range TV released in 2024 and replaces the 75-inch Hisense U8/U8K from 2023. What makes this size option unique is that it uses an ADS Pro panel instead of the VA panel found in all other sizes of the TV, which is something Hisense has done with the 75-inch models in their entire ULED lineup. Since it uses a different panel, it's the odd man out in the U8N lineup, but it still has the exact same features. You still get local dimming, Dolby Vision, ATSC 3.0, Wi-Fi 6E, HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two ports for up to 4k @ 144Hz gaming, and VRR support. Like the other sizes, it uses the popular Google TV interface, which is loaded with apps and has smart features like voice control. It comes equipped with the same built-in 50W 2.1.2 channel speaker system as the other sizes. The U8N is available in five different sizes: 55-inch, 65-inch, 75-inch, 85-inch, and a massive 100-inch model. This review is only valid for the 75-inch model, but you can find our review of the other sizes here.
Our Verdict
The Hisense 75U8N is impressive for mixed usage. It's well-suited for use in a bright room since you aren't distracted by reflections on your screen, but it also provides deep enough blacks to look good in a dark room. The TV displays bright highlights and vibrant colors in HDR content, so you get an impactful HDR experience. Fast motion also looks good on the TV, which is great for watching sports or playing video games. Speaking of video games, the TV is loaded with modern gaming features, so it pairs well with modern consoles and powerful gaming PCs. The TV has a wider viewing angle than many other LED TVs, so it's alright for watching TV with a group.
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Fantastic HDR brightness for very bright highlights.
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Incredible reflection handling and superb SDR brightness makes it suitable for very bright rooms.
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Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
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Only alright viewing angle.
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Much worse contrast and dimmer overall than the other sizes.
The Hisense 75U8N is great for watching TV shows. It has superb SDR brightness and incredible reflection handling, so it easily overcomes glare in a bright room. Finding your favorite shows is easy thanks to the huge selection of apps on the Google TV interface. If you still watch older shows on DVD, they look good thanks to the TV's good upscaling and very good low-quality content smoothing. The TV has an alright viewing angle, so the image remains mostly consistent from a slight angle, but it's still not a great option if you watch shows with large groups.
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Incredible reflection handling and superb SDR brightness makes it suitable for very bright rooms.
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Very good low-quality content smoothing for low-bitrate content.
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Does a good job upscaling low-resolution content.
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Only alright viewing angle.
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Much worse contrast and dimmer overall than the other sizes.
The Hisense 75U8N is great for watching sports. The TV has a great response time, so there's not too much blur behind quick-moving players and objects. It also has good gray uniformity, so you won't be overly distracted by the dirty screen effect when watching sports with large areas of uniform color, like hockey. The TV easily overcomes glare in a bright room thanks to its superb SDR brightness and incredible reflection handling, so you can watch Sunday afternoon NFL games with the curtains open. The TV has an alright viewing angle, so the image remains consistent from a slight angle, but it's still not wide enough if you watch the game with a large group of friends.
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Incredible reflection handling and superb SDR brightness makes it suitable for very bright rooms.
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Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
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Only alright viewing angle.
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Much worse contrast and dimmer overall than the other sizes.
The Hisense 75U8N is excellent for playing video games. It pairs well with modern consoles and gaming PCs thanks to its HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 144Hz, 1080p @ 240Hz, and VRR support. VRR works well for the most part, but there's a minor response time issue when the TV hovers around 100Hz, and VRR doesn't work at all when gaming @ 240Hz. Enabling PC/Game Mode has very little impact on picture quality, so you get the best possible performance without trading in much image quality. Fast motion has minimal blur behind it thanks to the TV's great response time, and you also get a responsive gaming experience thanks to its incredibly low input lag.
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Incredible reflection handling and superb SDR brightness makes it suitable for very bright rooms.
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Up to 4k @ 144Hz, HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, and VRR support.
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Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
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Incredibly low input lag for a responsive experience.
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Minor VRR issues around 100Hz and VRR doesn't work @ 240Hz.
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Much worse contrast and dimmer overall than the other sizes.
The Hisense 75U8N is great for watching movies in a dark room. It has very good pre-calibration SDR accuracy, so you get accurate colors without needing calibration. The TV removes judder from almost any source, but it doesn't remove 24p judder from 60i sources without using a little motion interpolation. The TV has great contrast (albeit not nearly as good as what you get on the other sizes of the TV) for deep blacks in a dark room, and highlights stand out well in HDR movies thanks to its fantastic HDR brightness. Colors are also vibrant, lifelike, and bright in HDR movies thanks to the TV's wide color gamut and outstanding color volume.
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Fantastic HDR brightness for very bright highlights.
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Removes judder from most sources.
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Wide color gamut and outstanding color volume for vibrant, lifelike, and bright colors.
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Dolby Vision and DTS audio support.
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Only alright viewing angle.
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Much worse contrast and dimmer overall than the other sizes.
The Hisense 75U8N is excellent for playing games in HDR. The TV provides a responsive gaming experience thanks to its incredibly low input lag, and its great response time delivers fast motion with minimal blur behind it. The TV has fantastic HDR brightness and great contrast, so you get deep blacks and impactful highlights when playing HDR games in a dark room. Setting the TV to PC/Game Mode doesn't have much impact on overall picture quality, so you don't have to worry about having a worse image if you also want the best performance. It has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR support, so it's an excellent choice if you need a TV to pair with your modern console or powerful gaming PC. Unfortunately, there's a minor response time issue when the TV hovers around 100Hz when using VRR.
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Fantastic HDR brightness for very bright highlights.
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Wide color gamut and outstanding color volume for vibrant, lifelike, and bright colors.
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Up to 4k @ 144Hz, HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, and VRR support.
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Dolby Vision support.
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Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
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Incredibly low input lag for a responsive experience.
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Minor VRR issues around 100Hz and VRR doesn't work @ 240Hz.
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Much worse contrast and dimmer overall than the other sizes.
The Hisense 75U8N is excellent for use as a PC monitor. The TV's incredibly low input lag delivers a responsive desktop experience, and its great response time means there's minimal blur behind fast cursor movements and other fast motion. It has good gray uniformity, so you won't be overly distracted by the dirty screen effect when looking at large areas of uniform color, like when browsing the web. You also won't be distracted by reflections on your screen when in a bright room thanks to its superb SDR brightness and incredible reflection handling. The TV uses an RGB subpixel layout and displays chroma 4:4:4 properly, so text is clear and easy to read. It even has an alright viewing angle, so the edges of the screen are mostly consistent with the center when you sit up close.
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Incredible reflection handling and superb SDR brightness makes it suitable for very bright rooms.
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Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
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Incredibly low input lag for a responsive experience.
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RGB subpixel layout and chroma 4:4:4 support for clear text.
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Only alright viewing angle.
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Much worse contrast and dimmer overall than the other sizes.
- 8.5 Mixed Usage
- 8.4 TV Shows
- 8.4 Sports
- 8.8 Video Games
- 8.3 HDR Movies
- 8.8 HDR Gaming
- 8.8 PC Monitor
- Updated Aug 21, 2024: Review published.
- Updated Aug 16, 2024: Early access published.
- Updated Aug 08, 2024: Our testers have started testing this product.
- Updated Jun 28, 2024: The product has arrived in our lab, and our testers will start evaluating it soon.
- Updated Jun 13, 2024: We've purchased the product and are waiting for it to arrive in our lab.
Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 75-inch Hisense U8N. Since it's the only size that uses an ADS Pro panel instead of a VA panel, these results are only valid for this size. To see how the other sizes perform, see our full review of the Hisense U8/U8N.
In Canada, the TV is known as the Hisense 75U88N, and it performs the same. There are similarly named international models, like the 75U8NAU in Australia, but these models perform a bit differently than the North American models, so our results aren't valid for them.
| Size | US Model | Local Dimming Zones | Panel Type |
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| 55" | Hisense 55U8N | 672 | VA |
| 65" | Hisense 65U8N | 1,600 | VA |
| 75" | Hisense 75U8N | 2,000 | ADS Pro |
| 85" | Hisense 85U8N | 1,296 | VA |
| 100" | Hisense 100U8N | 1,620 | VA |
Our unit was manufactured in February 2024; you can see the label here.
Compared To Other TVs
The Hisense 75U8N is an excellent TV overall and doesn't really have any major downsides. Unfortunately, outside of having a wider viewing angle, it performs worse than the sizes that use a VA panel in a few ways. It's dimmer overall (albeit still bright) and has a slower response time. The other sizes of the Hisense U8/U8N really stand out in the sea of LED TVs due to their very high contrast ratios that deliver incredibly deep blacks, but you just don't get that on the 75-inch model. Some will take the reduced contrast ratio in favor of a wider viewing angle, but its viewing angle isn't anything special, so it's still not the best choice if you need a TV to use in large group settings. If you prefer better overall picture quality, you might want to step down to the 65-inch model or step up to the 85-inch model. If you're set on a 75-inch TV and don't mind dealing with a narrow viewing angle, you can get much better contrast, a faster response time, and even more brightness on a TV like the TCL QM8/QM851G QLED, since the 75-inch model of that TV uses a VA panel like the rest of the size options.
For more options, check out our recommendations for the best TVs for bright rooms, the best 75-inch TVs, and the best TVs for gaming.
The LG C4 OLED is better than the Hisense 75U8N in almost every way. The LG has significantly better contrast, so it displays much deeper blacks in a dark room. The LG also has a much faster response time for less blur behind quick motion. In addition to that, the LG is the more accurate TV in both SDR and HDR, has better image processing, and has a much wider viewing angle. However, the Hisense is the much brighter TV overall, so it overcomes more glare in a bright room.
The sizes of the Hisense U8/U8N that use a VA panel are better overall than the Hisense 75U8N (ADS PRO panel) in almost every way. The U8N (VA panel) has significantly better contrast, displaying incredibly deep blacks that are approaching what you get from an OLED. When it comes to brightness, the U8N (VA) is brighter overall, so it overcomes a bit more glare in a bright room and displays brighter highlights in HDR content. The U8N (VA) also has a faster response time, so there's less blur behind fast motion. On the other hand, the 75U8N has a wider viewing angle, so it's better suited for watching TV with a group.
The Hisense 75U8N (ADS Pro panel) and the Hisense U7N (VA panel) are better than each other in different ways. The 75U8N is the brighter TV overall, meaning it overcomes more glare in a room with lots of lights on and displays brighter highlights in HDR content. The 75U8N also has a wider color gamut for more vibrant and lifelike colors, and its colors are more accurate in SDR pre-calibration. Additionally, the 75U8N has a wider viewing angle. On the other hand, the U7N (VA panel) has better contrast for deeper blacks in a dark room, although there's a bit more blooming than there is on the 75U8N. The U7N also has a quicker response time for less blur behind fast motion, and it's more accurate in HDR.
The 75-inch TCL QM8/QM851G QLED is mostly better than the Hisense 75U8N. The TCL's 75-inch model uses a VA panel, which helps it deliver much better contrast for deeper blacks, and it has less blooming. The TCL is also the brighter TV overall, so it displays brighter highlights in HDR content and overcomes more glare in a very bright room. When it comes to motion, the TCL is better due to its faster response time. However, the 75U8N has the wider viewing angle, so it's better suited for watching TV with a large group of friends.
The Hisense 75U8N (ADS Pro panel) is mostly better than the Hisense U8K. The U8K has significantly better contrast, so you get much deeper blacks in a dark room. The U8K delivers brighter highlights in HDR thanks to its slightly better HDR brightness, and its SDR colors are more accurate. However, the 75U8N is brighter in SDR, so it overcomes more glare in very bright rooms. The 75U8N is also more accurate in HDR, has a faster response time for less blur behind quick motion, and has a wider viewing angle that makes it more suitable for use in a group setting.
The Samsung QN90C/QN90CD QLED is better than the Hisense 75U8N in most ways. The Samsung is brighter in SDR, meaning it overcomes more glare in a well-lit room. When it comes to accuracy, the Samsung is better in both SDR and HDR, so it displays an image that is closer to the content creator's intent. The Samsung also has better contrast, so it displays deeper blacks in a dark room. However, the Hisense supports 4k @ 144Hz for PC gamers with powerful rigs, and it has a wider color gamut for more vibrant colors.
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Test Results
The Hisense 75U8N looks the same as the other sizes. It has a premium design overall, with thin bezels on the sides and top and a slightly thicker bottom bezel.
The TV comes with a metal center-mounted stand that doesn't require a large table to place the TV on. The stand can be adjusted into two different positions. The lower position lifts the TV about two inches above the table, which brings the screen very close to your table. The higher position (pictured above) lifts the TV about 3.54 inches, so most soundbars fit underneath without blocking the screen.
Footprint of the 75-inch stand: 15.75" x 11.42".
The back is made of plastic and has a grid-like pattern that resembles a lot of Sony TVs. Most of the inputs are side-facing, but they're close enough to the edge of the TV that they are accessible when it's wall-mounted. A USB, Ethernet, and optical port are located in a recessed cutout that faces the back. Unfortunately, these aren't accessible if you have the TV mounted flush to the wall. The TV has a built-in subwoofer near the top, and you can funnel cables through the TV's stand to help with cable management.
The Hisense U8N 75-inch has great build quality. It's mostly made of plastic, but it's sturdy and well-built overall. The center-mounted stand provides good stability, and there are no glaring issues with the TV's design. Unfortunately, our unit did have some dirt behind the screen. It's not noticeable with most content, but it's a bit distracting in scenes that have large areas of uniform color.
The Hisense 75U8N has great contrast. Its native contrast is poor, but with local dimming enabled, the TV displays deep enough blacks in a dark room that mostly stay that way when bright highlights are also on screen. Unfortunately, the 75-inch model's contrast ratio is a lot lower than it is on the other sizes, so you don't get the same extremely deep blacks that are approaching OLED territory.
The TV has very good blooming performance, but there's some noticeable blooming around bright objects and subtitles when displayed against a black background.
The Hisense U8N 75-inch has very good lighting zone transitions, but it does struggle a bit with very fast-moving content. There's minimal haloing, but the leading edge of quick-moving objects is visibly dimmer.
There's slightly more blooming when the TV is set to PC/Game Mode, but outside of that, there's no noticeable difference in dark scene performance.
The Hisense 75U8N has fantastic HDR brightness. Highlights really pop out during darker scenes, and the TV is bright enough that most very bright specular highlights even stand out in well-lit scenes. Combined with its great contrast, this TV provides an impactful HDR viewing experience.
These measurements are after calibrating the HDR white point with the following settings:
- HDR Picture Mode: Filmmaker Mode
- Local Dimming: High
- Peak Brightness: High
- Brightness: 100
- Contrast: 50
- Black Level: 0
- Dark Detail: Off
- Gamma: ST2084
- Active Contrast: Off
- Dynamic Tone Mapping: Off
- Color Temperature: Warm 1
The Hisense U8N 75-inch is slightly brighter in PC/Game Mode, but it's hardly noticeable.
These measurements are after calibrating the HDR white point with the following settings:
- HDR Picture Mode: HDR Game
- Local Dimming: High
- Peak Brightness: High
- Brightness: 100
- Contrast: 50
- Black Level: 0
- Dark Detail: Off
- Gamma: ST2084
- Active Contrast: Off
- Dynamic Tone Mapping: Off
- Color Temperature: Warm 1
The Hisense 75U8N has excellent PQ EOTF tracking. Blacks and near blacks are displayed slightly brighter than intended, and everything else is displayed a bit dimmer than intended. There's a slight roll-off near the TV's maximum brightness with content mastered at all nit levels. The TV is bright enough to display content mastered at 600 and 1000 nits, but the roll-off helps to main detail in very bright specular highlights with content mastered at 4000 nits.
The Hisense 75U8N has superb SDR brightness and easily overcomes glare in even the brightest of rooms.
These measurements are after calibration with the following settings:
- Picture Mode: Theater Night
- Local Dimming: High
- Peak Brightness: High
- Brightness: 100
- Gamma: 2.2
- Color Temperature: Warm 1
- Active Contrast: Off
The Hisense U8N 75-inch has an excellent HDR color gamut. It has fantastic coverage of the commonly used DCI-P3 color space, with incredible color accuracy. The TV also has great coverage of the wider Rec. 2020 color space, but very vibrant greens, cyans, and blues are undersaturated and off the mark.
The Hisense U8N 75-inch has outstanding color volume. The TV displays a wide range of colors at high luminance levels, and most dark saturated colors are displayed well due to its great contrast.
The Hisense U8N 75-inch has very good pre-calibration SDR accuracy. Gamma is close to our target of 2.2, but most scenes are displayed a bit darker than intended. The white balance is decent, but there is too much red in most shades of gray, and blues and greens are a bit underrepresented in most shades. The color accuracy is great, but whites, yellows, and cyans have minor inaccuracies. The color temperature is fantastic, but it's a bit too warm.
The Hisense 75U8N has outstanding SDR accuracy after calibration, but the TV is a bit difficult to calibrate since higher grayscale values don't do much at all. Still, any noticeable issues with white balance are gone, color temperature is essentially perfect, and gamma is even closer to our target of 2.2, with only very dark and very bright scenes still being a bit too bright. The color accuracy is outstanding, with only minor errors that aren't noticeable to most people.
You can see our full calibration settings here.
The TV has good gray uniformity, but there's some dirty screen effect towards the center of the screen and vignetting in the corners. On a very dark or near-black screen, its uniformity is very good, but the bottom left side is lighter than the rest of the screen.
The TV has excellent black uniformity. With local dimming disabled, blacks are a bit cloudy and blueish. With local dimming enabled, blacks are deep and mostly uniform across the screen, with only a bit of blooming around bright objects on a dark background.
The Hisense 75U8N has an alright viewing angle. The image looks mostly consistent from a slight angle, but there's brightness loss, gamma shifting, color shifting, and color washout that worsens the further you move off-center. Although its viewing angle is wider than a lot of other LED TVs, the image is noticeably degraded at an aggressive angle, so the TV isn't the the best choice for a wide seating arrangement.
The TV has incredible reflection handling. Its glossy screen finish significantly reduces the intensity of indirect reflections, like when glare from a ceiling light isn't directly facing the screen. The TV's handling of direct reflections is superb, so reflections caused by something like a lamp positioned in front of the screen aren't distracting.
The TV has very good HDR gradient handling. There's noticeable banding in brighter blues, but all other colors have minimal or no banding at all.
The TV has very good low-quality content smoothing. It does a great job at smoothing out artifacts in low-bitrate content while still preserving details.
The Hisense 75U8N does a good job at upscaling low-resolution content like DVDs or lower-resolution streams. Details are clear enough, but finer details are a bit hard to make out.
Sharpness processing was calibrated with no over-sharpening for low-resolution content, with the following settings:
- Sharpness: 13
- Super Resolution: On
The TV has an RGB sub-pixel layout, so it doesn't have any issues rendering text when used as a PC monitor.
Note that all other sizes of the TV use a VA panel with a BGR subpixel layout, which can affect text clarity.
The Hisense 75U8N has a great response time for minimal blur behind fast-moving objects.
Unfortunately, the TV's response time behaves differently with VRR enabled. It's more aggressive with refresh rates above 100Hz, which leads to a faster response time but with more overshoot errors. When the TV hovers around 100Hz, the rapid changes in behavior when it goes above and below that threshold are a bit distracting. However, it's not nearly as noticeable as it is on the other sizes of the TV that use a VA panel since the overdrive isn't as aggressive. There are no issues at all when running at a fixed refresh rate.
The TV uses pulse width modulation (PWM) to dim its backlight, which introduces flicker that can bother people who are sensitive to it. Fortunately, it flickers at a very fast 7800Hz in all picture modes and at all brightness levels, so it's not noticeable.
The TV supports backlight strobing, more commonly known as black frame insertion (BFI). The feature is designed to improve the appearance of motion by strobing its backlight and reducing the amount of persistence blur. Unfortunately, it only inserts black frames at a 120Hz refresh rate, and the image is blurry with some image duplication.
This TV has an optional motion interpolation feature to improve the clarity of motion, but it doesn't work very well. Even slower-moving scenes have some noticeable artifacts present. In faster-moving scenes, the TV really struggles, and there are distracting artifacts and haloing.
Due to the TV's relatively quick response time, there's some minor stutter when watching movies or TV shows, and it's most apparent in slow panning shots.
The TV gives a judder-free experience with 24p sources like a Blu-ray player and native apps. It also removes judder from 60p sources like some streaming devices and gaming consoles. Unfortunately, it doesn't remove 24p judder from 60i sources like some cable TV boxes, although you can use the 'Motion Enhancement' with 'Judder Reduction: 1' to remove judder from 60i sources without introducing noticeable interpolation or artifacts.
The Hisense 75U8N supports all three VRR formats, so it has great compatibility regardless of the source. Unfortunately, with 1080p @ 240Hz and VRR enabled, the TV's built-in frame counter shows 72Hz, and there's bad frame skipping and desaturated colors, and chroma 4:4:4 isn't displayed properly. With VRR disabled, 1080p @ 240Hz works without issues.
The TV also has a response time issue with VRR enabled, which you can read about here.
This TV has incredibly low input lag when set to PC/Game Mode, which ensures a very responsive gaming experience with very little delay between your actions with your controller or mouse and the action on-screen. In 1080p @ 240Hz, the input lag is 3.1 ms.
The TV supports all common resolutions up to 4k @ 144Hz on two of its four HDMI ports. Unfortunately, 1080p @ 240Hz only works properly with VRR disabled.
There are also some unusual issues with 1440p. On NVIDIA PCs, the TV displays 1440p @ 120Hz as a scaled 4k image, but with 1440p @ 144Hz, the image isn't scaled and is displayed properly. On AMD PCs, the opposite is true: 1440p @ 120Hz is displayed properly without scaling, but 1440p @ 144Hz is scaled to 4k. On consoles, there are no issues with 1440p @ 120Hz.
The Hisense 75 U8N is fully compatible with everything the PS5 offers, like 1440p @ 120Hz and 4k @ 120Hz, as well as HDMI Forum VRR. It also supports Auto Low Latency Mode, so you don't have to worry about manually switching to PC/Game Mode to get the lowest input lag.
The Hisense 75 U8N is fully compatible with everything the Xbox Series X|S offers, including 1440p @ 120Hz, 4k @ 120Hz, HDMI Forum VRR, FreeSync Premium Pro, and Dolby Vision gaming. It also supports Auto Low Latency Mode, so you don't have to worry about manually switching to PC/Game Mode to get the lowest input lag.
The TV has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on HDMI ports 3 and 4, with both supporting up to 4k @ 144Hz. Fortunately, HDMI 1 is the eARC port, so you don't lose a high-bandwidth port when you plug a soundbar into the TV. The TV supports all HDR formats and has an ATSC 3.0 tuner, so you can watch over-the-air 4k content.
The TV supports eARC, which lets you pass high-quality, uncompressed audio to a compatible receiver or soundbar through an HDMI cable. It supports all major audio formats, so you don't have to worry about compatibility with external sources.
The Hisense U8N 75-inch has an alright frequency response. The TV gets pretty loud, and dialogue is clear and easy to understand at moderate volume levels, but the sound becomes more unbalanced as you approach its maximum volume. You'll want to avoid using the TV at maximum volume for balanced sound.
Thanks to the built-in subwoofer, the TV produces a bit of bass. Strangely, the 65-inch model produces a bit more bass than this size does.
The TV's distortion performance is very good. There's some noticeable distortion at the TV's maximum volume, but at more moderate volume levels, there's almost no audible distortion.
The Hisense 75U8N uses version 12 of the popular Google TV operating system. The interface is very smooth and easy to use.
Unfortunately, like almost all TVs on the market, the smart interface contains ads, and you can't disable them.
The Hisense U8N 75-inch has a fantastic selection of apps, so it's easy to find your favorite content. You can also cast content from your phone onto the TV or play videos directly from a USB stick.
The TV comes with Hisense's newly designed remote that is backlit. It has buttons for popular streaming services, and you can use the built-in microphone to switch inputs, change apps, search within apps, and ask for the weather and time. Unfortunately, you can't change the settings on the TV using the voice controls.
