Hisense QD7N [QD7, QD75N] QLED TV Review

The Hisense 65QD7N features a similar design to many other budget Hisense models, with a metal back enclosure, plastic housing for the inputs, and a set of plastic feet. It's simple, but it's a functional design that looks good enough.

The TV uses two plastic feet that don't take up a lot of space. They lift the TV about three inches, so most soundbars fit underneath without blocking the screen.

Footprint of the 65-inch stand: 39" x 11.8".

The top section of the TV is metallic, and the section that houses the inputs is made of plastic. Most of the inputs are side-facing, but they're located towards the middle of the TV, making them hard to reach when the TV is wall-mounted. The Ethernet, digital audio out, and the USB port that are located on the back are inaccessible if you have it mounted flush to the wall. Unfortunately, the TV doesn't come with any clips to help with cable management.

The TV's build quality is alright. It wobbles a bit on its feet when pushed on, and there's some minor flexing on the back, but this is to be expected and doesn't cause issues. Unfortunately, our unit has a bulge that slightly separates the glass from the LCD.

The Hisense QD7 has terrible contrast, even compared to cheaper models like the Hisense QD6/QD65NF QLED. Blacks are raised and look gray when any highlights are also on the screen, and the TV lacks a local dimming feature to improve its contrast. For a budget TV with better contrast, check out the TCL S5/S551G.

This TV doesn't have a local dimming feature, so there's no blooming around bright objects or subtitles in dark scenes. However, as the TV can't brighten highlights without impacting the rest of the image, dark scenes look washed out.

This TV doesn't have a local dimming feature, so it doesn't adjust the backlight of individual areas to brighten up highlights without impacting the rest of the image. This means that there are no distracting flickers or brightness changes as bright highlights move across the screen.

The Hisense QD7 has just okay HDR brightness. Unfortunately, highlights don't stand out during darker scenes due to the TV's terrible contrast, so HDR content lacks impact.

These measurements are after calibrating the HDR white point with the following settings:

• HDR Picture Mode: Filmmaker Mode
• Brightness: 100
• Contrast: 50
• Black Level: 0
• Dark Detail: Off
• Gamma: ST2084
• Active Contrast: Off
• Dynamic Tone Mapping: Off
• Color Temperature: Warm 1

Results with Dynamic Tone Mapping set to 'On':

• Hallway Lights: 379 cd/m²
• Yellow Skyscraper: 317 cd/m²
• Landscape Pool: 248 cd/m²

There's no noticeable difference in HDR brightness when the TV is set to PC/Game Mode.

These measurements are after calibrating the HDR white point with the following settings:

• HDR Picture Mode: HDR Game
• Brightness: 100
• Contrast: 50
• Black Level: 0
• Dark Detail: Off
• Gamma: ST2084
• Active Contrast: Off
• Dynamic Tone Mapping: Off
• Color Temperature: Warm 1

Results with Dynamic Tone Mapping set to 'On':

• Hallway Lights: 374 cd/m²
• Yellow Skyscraper: 318 cd/m²
• Landscape Pool: 249 cd/m²

The Hisense QD7 has good PQ EOTF tracking overall. Blacks and dim shadows are displayed brighter than intended. Most mid-tones are displayed a little bit brighter than intended, and there's also a dip with brighter mid-tones and some highlights that make them darker than intended. With content mastered at all nit levels, there's a gradual roll-off to maintain detail in highlights that are brighter than the TV's capabilities.

The Hisense QD7 has very good SDR brightness, and it overcomes glare in bright rooms.

These measurements are after calibration with the following settings:

• Picture Mode: Theater Night
• Brightness: 100
• Gamma: 2.2
• Color Temperature: Warm 1
• Active Contrast: Off

The TV has a very good HDR color gamut. It has outstanding coverage of the commonly used DCI-P3 color space, but all colors are a bit undersaturated, and there are some color mapping errors. The TV has adequate coverage of the wider Rec. 2020 color space, but colors are highly inaccurate and very undersaturated.

The TV's color volume is decent. It doesn't display darker colors well due to its terrible contrast, and it doesn't display vibrant colors very brightly.

The TV has excellent pre-calibration SDR accuracy. Blues are slightly overrepresented in most grays, while reds are a bit underrepresented, which makes the TV's color temperature a little cooler than the 6500K we aim for. The color accuracy is fantastic, with only minor inaccuracies in whites, light yellows, magentas, and more saturated reds. Gamma is very close to 2.2, with only dark scenes and bright scenes being displayed a bit too brightly.

The TV has outstanding SDR accuracy after calibration. The white balance is now close to perfect, so the color temperature is almost exactly at 6500K. The color accuracy is even better, with only reds being slightly too saturated. Gamma is even closer to 2.2, but dark scenes are still displayed too brightly.

See our full calibration settings.

The Hisense QD7 has only decent gray uniformity. The sides of the screen are darker than the middle, and there's noticeable dirty screen effect towards the center of the screen. On a very dark or near-black screen, its uniformity is excellent.

The TV has adequate black uniformity overall, but large areas of the screen are noticeably cloudy and blueish.

The Hisense QD7 has a satisfactory viewing angle. The image looks mostly consistent from a slight angle, but there's brightness loss, gamma shifting, and color washout that worsens the further you move off-center. Its viewing angle is wider than a lot of other LED TVs, but the image is noticeably degraded at aggressive angles, so it's still not the best choice for watching TV in a large group setting.

The TV has good reflection handling. Its semi-gloss screen finish does an excellent job at reducing the intensity of indirect reflections, like when glare from a ceiling light isn't directly facing the screen. Unfortunately, the TV's handling of direct reflections is only decent, so reflections caused by something like a lamp positioned in front of the screen are distracting.

The TV has good HDR gradient handling. There's noticeable banding in dark grays, dark greens, and dark blues, but all other colors have minimal banding 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 QD7 does a good job at upscaling low-resolution content like DVDs or lower-resolution streams. Details are clear enough, but finer details are 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.

The TV uses a KSF phosphor coating to produce red light and a quantum dot color converter to produce green light, as confirmed by the TV's spectral power distribution (SPD).

The Hisense QD7 has a great response time, so there's only some minimal blur behind fast-moving objects.

The TV uses pulse width modulation (PWM) to dim its backlight, which introduces flicker that can bother people who are sensitive to it. The TV flickers at 240Hz in all picture modes with the brightness set at '99' or below, which is slow enough to bother people who are sensitive to flicker. Fortunately, the TV flickers at an incredibly fast 90,000Hz (90kHz) with the brightness set to maximum, which isn't noticeable.

The TV doesn't have an optional backlight strobing feature, commonly known as black frame insertion (BFI), to help reduce persistence blur.

This TV has an optional motion interpolation feature to improve the clarity of motion. It works well with slower-moving scenes. In faster-moving scenes, the TV struggles, and there are distracting artifacts and some minor image duplication.

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 from any source with the 'Motion Enhancement: Film' setting turned on.

The TV 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.

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 2.8 ms.

Unfortunately, a random bug causes higher-than-expected input lag in 1080p @ 240Hz. To fix this, you must power cycle the TV and your PC.

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.

The TV 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 TV 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.

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 QD7 has a mediocre frequency response. Like most TVs, it barely produces any bass. The sound is well-balanced at moderate volume levels, making dialogue easy to understand. Unfortunately, the sound becomes unbalanced near and at maximum volume, which is unfortunate since the TV doesn't get very loud.

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 QD7 Series 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 TV has a great 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 included remote is simple, with no number buttons and six buttons for quick access to popular streaming apps. It has a built-in mic for voice control, and you can use voice commands to change inputs or launch apps, but you can't use it to change settings on the TV.

There's a single button on the bottom center of the TV that can be used to switch inputs and power the TV on/off. There's also a small switch that you can use to turn on/off the TV's built-in microphone.

• Quick setup guide
• Remote
• 2x AAA batteries
• Power cable
• VESA offsets