Hisense H6570G  TV Review

The Hisense H65 Series has a plain and basic design. It's entirely made of plastic and looks a lot like 2019's Hisense H6570F. Sadly, the TV doesn't feel well-built and the plastic flexes easily. It has thin borders along three sides with a thicker bottom bezel. There isn't anything premium that stands out, and it's what you expect from an entry-level TV.

Note: It seems that the 85 inch model has a different look than the other sizes. It seems to have gray, metal-looking feet, and the design of the back is different. If you have the 85 inch model, let us know what it looks like.

The stand is almost as wide as the TV itself so you may need a big table to place it on. The feet move a bit, and there's a bit of wobble.

Footprint of the 50" TV: 38.9"x 8.9"

Note: The 85 inch model has a different stand with gray feet, and it seems to have a bigger footprint.

The back of the TV has a different design than the Hisense H6570F. It's mainly made of a plastic that looks like metal, and the plastic holding the inputs has a textured pattern. Sadly, there's no cable management.

It seems that the 85 inch model has a different look than the other sizes. The design of the back is similar to the Hisense H8G. If you have the 85 inch model, let us know what it looks like.

Note: The VESA mount is listed as 300x200 on Hisense's American website and 200x300 on the Canadian website. We measured 200x300.

The borders are thin and aren't distracting.

The Hisense H65G Series isn't very thick, but due to the shape of the back panel, it may stick out when wall-mounted.

Note: The 85 inch model seems to have a different shape than the other sizes. The panel seems thinner, but there are handles on the back, which may cause the TV to stick out when wall-mounted. See the photo from Hisense's website here. If you have the 85 inch model, let us know what it looks like.

The Hisense H65G has a disappointing build quality. It's entirely made out of plastic, and the plastic housing near the inputs wobbles and flexes quite easily. The stand isn't the sturdiest either, and like the Hisense H6570F, it feels like you can torque the entire screen.

Our unit also seems to have panel issues. There are stuck pixels at the bottom left portion of the screen, and there's a lot of backlight bleed along the top and bottom edges. We don't know if this is an issue with our unit alone or a common issue. If you have this TV, let us know if you have any problems in the discussions.

Excellent contrast ratio, which is expected from a VA panel TV. It delivers deep blacks when viewed in the dark. Although its contrast isn't as good as the Hisense H6570F, this is something that may vary between units. We received reports that the 75 and 85 inch models have local dimming that would improve the contrast, but we don't know for sure.

The Hisense H65 Series has poor SDR peak brightness. It doesn't get bright enough to combat glare in well-lit environments. It has consistent brightness across varied content, except small highlights are a bit dimmer.

We measured the peak brightness after calibration, in the 'Theater Night' Picture Mode. We reached 314 cd/m² in the 10% window in 'Game' mode with Active Contrast set to 'High'.

The Hisense H65 Series doesn't have a local dimming feature. The video is provided for reference only. We received reports that the 75 and 85 inch models have local dimming, but we don't know for sure.

The Hisense H65 Series has bad peak brightness in HDR. It doesn't get bright enough to truly bring out highlights in HDR content.

We measured the peak brightness before calibration, in the 'HDR Theater' Picture Mode. If you want a brighter image, set the Picture Mode to 'HDR Standard', as we were able to get 313 cd/m² in the 25% window test.

Mediocre gray uniformity. The edges of the screen are darker, and there's visible dirty screen effect in the center, which may be distracting during sports. On our unit, you can visibly see the group of stuck pixels near the bottom left corner. In near-dark scenes, the stuck pixels are still visible and have a blue tint, and there's also backlight bleed along the four edges.

Note: Gray uniformity may vary between units, and our unit may have an issue with the group of stuck pixels. If you have this TV, let us know how the uniformity looks.

Mediocre black uniformity. The entire screen looks blue and the stuck pixels near the bottom left corner are visible. The backlight is also noticeable along the four edges of the screen. If you want a TV with better black uniformity, take a look at the Vizio V Series 2020.

Note: Black uniformity may vary between units, and our unit may have an issue with the group of stuck pixels and backlight bleed. If you have this TV, let us know how the uniformity looks. We also received reports that the 75 and 85 inch models have local dimming, improving black uniformity, but we don't know for sure.

The Hisense H65 Series has poor viewing angles, which is expected from a VA panel. If you have a wide seating arrangement, an IPS TV like this model's replacement, the Hisense A6G, might be a better choice.

The Hisense H65 Series has decent reflection handling. Similar to the Hisense H6570F, it handles moderate amounts of light well but struggles in well-lit environments.

Decent out-of-the-box accuracy. Most colors, except for reds, are only slightly inaccurate, and the color temperature is a bit warm, giving the image a red/yellow tint. Gamma follows the target curve fairly well, but dark scenes are too dark and bright scenes are slightly too bright.

Note: Accuracy may vary between units.

Outstanding accuracy after calibration. White balance significantly improved, and the color accuracy only slightly improved, but most people won't notice any color inaccuracies. Color temperature is extremely close to the 6500K target, and gamma follows the target curve almost perfectly.

Our panel has uniformity issues, and the color temperature varies across the screen. We don't know if this is caused by the stuck pixels near the bottom left corner, but it made calibration a bit difficult.

You can see our recommended settings here.

Unlike the Hisense H6570F, the Hisense H65G Series doesn't have many issues upscaling 480p content. It looks great, much like the Toshiba Fire TV 2020.

720p content, such as from cable boxes, looks great. There aren't any of the same issues that we saw with the Hisense H6570F.

1080p content looks almost as good as native 4k content.

The Hisense H65 Series displays native 4k content very well, but there are some upscaling issues. There's some subpixel dithering, in particular with blue pixels, that causes a crosshatching effect. This is a similar issue to what we saw with the Toshiba Fire TV 2020. If you want something that displays native 4k content perfectly, then look into the TCL 4 Series/S435 2020.

The Hisense H65 Series is a 4k TV that can't display 8k content.

Like the Hisense H9G, this TV uses a BGR subpixel layout, which may affect the way text is displayed when using it as a PC. Read about it here.

Our unit has stuck pixels near the bottom left portion of the screen. You can see some damaged pixels here. All the pixels should be off in these pixel photos, but they're not: Photo 1 and Photo 2.

The Hisense H65 Series has an okay color gamut, but it doesn't display a wide color gamut for HDR content. The EOTF follows the PQ very well until it rolls off, so most scenes are displayed at their correct brightness. 'Game' mode results in a slightly brighter image, as you can see in this EOTF.

If you find HDR too dim, set Active Contrast to 'High'. The image gets slightly brighter, as seen in this EOTF.

We received reports that the 75 and 85 inch models display a wide color gamut for HDR content, but we don't know for sure.

The Hisense H65G has mediocre color volume. Due to the lack of a wide color gamut, it struggles to display colors at a wide range of luminance levels. We received reports that the 75 and 85 inch models display a wide color gamut, which could improve the color volume, but we don't know for sure.

Okay gradient handling. There's noticeable banding in the dark grays and greens, and there's some in the reds too. The Hisense H65 Series has a Noise Reduction setting, but it doesn't improve the gradients at all. If gradient handling is important to you, check out the Hisense H6510G.

You can see the stuck pixels on our unit in the blues, in the bottom left portion of the screen. The screen also looks warmer towards the top right corner, and this is likely caused by the uniformity issues on our panel.

There are no signs of temporary image retention on the Hisense H65 Series, even immediately after displaying our high-contrast static test image for 10 minutes.

Note: Image retention may vary between units.

We don't expect VA panels to experience permanent image retention, as the VA panel in our long-term test appears immune.

The Hisense H65 Series has a decent response time, but it's not as good as the Hisense H6570F. There's some motion blur with fast-moving objects, and there's image duplication due to the backlight's flicker.

This TV uses Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) to dim its backlight. It flickers at 180Hz at any backlight setting below 100, which may cause image duplication.

The Hisense H65 Series doesn't have a Black Frame Insertion feature. The backlight flickers at 180Hz at all backlight levels below 100.

This TV doesn't have a motion interpolation feature.

Due to the TV's slower response time, there's not much stutter when displaying lower-frame rate content.

The Hisense H65 Series automatically removes judder from native 24p sources, such as from Blu-ray players or native apps. There's no setting needed to remove it.

This TV doesn't support any variable refresh rate technology.

Update 09/30/2020: We've retested the 1080p @ 60Hz input lag. The result is the same; however, it seems to be affected by chroma subsampling. Changing from chroma 4:4:4 to 4:2:2, 4:2:0, or RGB lowers the input lag to 11ms.

The Hisense H65 Series has a fairly low input lag in 'Game' mode, but there's more lag than most 4k TVs in 2020. It's lowest with a 1440p resolution and increases with 1080p or 4k content. This TV isn't suggested for competitive gaming. If you want to use it as a PC monitor, set it to 'Game' mode to get the lowest input lag possible. If you need a TV with lower input lag, check out the Toshiba Fire TV 2020.

The Hisense H65G displays most common resolutions at 60Hz, which is great. It displays proper chroma 4:4:4, which is important for text clarity, and something the Hisense H6570F couldn't do. It accepts 1080p and 1440p @ 120Hz signals but skips frames because it's a 60Hz panel. To achieve full bandwidth, enabled HDMI 2.0 Enhanced Format.

The 85 inch model of this TV is listed to have four HDMI inputs, instead of the three found on the other sizes.

This TV can pass both DTS and Dolby Digital via ARC or optical, which is great, but it doesn't support eARC.

Bad frequency response. This TV doesn't produce much bass, but still has a fairly well-balanced sound profile, resulting in clear dialogue. It gets loud enough for some noisy environments, but it doesn't get as loud as the Hisense H6570F. Sadly, there's a lot of compression at its max volume, which results in some pumping artifacts.

The Hisense H65G has okay distortion performance. There's minimal distortion at moderate listening levels but it gets a lot more noticeable when playing at its max volume. However, some people may not hear this and it depends on the content.

The Hisense H65 Series uses Android TV as its smart OS. It's fairly easy and smooth to use. We didn't encounter any bugs during testing. If you want a Hisense TV with built-in Roku TV instead of Android TV, then check out the Hisense R6090G.

Unlike other Hisense TVs we've tested in the past, such as the Hisense H8G, there are ads on the home screen.

The Android TV interface offers you access to the Google Play Store with a large number of apps, which should cover your needs.

This TV comes with the same remote found on other new Hisense TVs. It has quick-access buttons to popular streaming services and a built-in mic for voice control through Google Assistant. You can ask most basic commands through voice control, such as search for content, but you can't ask it to change some settings.

There's a button underneath the TV that allows you to power on/off and change inputs.

• Remote (with 2x AAA batteries)
• User manual