Hisense has simply taken the wraps off its new 8K flagship ULED TV, the Hisense U800GR, which prices considerably lower than different 8K TVs available on the market.
Accessible beginning December 8, the 75-inch mannequin will are available at $2,699.99 at Greatest Purchase and Amazon – round $1,000 lower than the 75-inch Samsung QN800A and $2,500 lower than the Samsung QN900A, Samsung’s two newest 8K TVs.
The one 8K TV we learn about with a comparable price ticket is the TCL 6-Sequence 8K Roku TV (R648) that was launched earlier this yr and shares lots of the identical specs as Hisense’s U800GR.
Based on a press launch despatched to TechRadar, the U800GR comes with 180 native dimming zones – frighteningly fewer than its 4K flagship Hisense U9DG that has upwards of two,000,000 – and can assist each Dolby Imaginative and prescient and Dolby Atmos.
The TV has a local 120Hz refresh charge plus auto low latency sport mode and Variable Refresh Charge know-how in addition to at the least two HDMI 2.1 ports.
Evaluation: Cheaper, however possibly not higher…
As people will likely be fast to level out, Samsung’s 8K TVs are so costly as a result of they use Mini LED as a substitute of a standard LED backlight. That provides them higher lighting management and distinction than different LED TVs and places them nearer to OLED by way of black ranges. That may make a world of distinction on a TV of this measurement.
Additionally, as a result of we’re not anticipating native 8K content material anytime within the close to future, there’s additionally the problem of upscaling sub-8K content material – one thing we’ve observed Hisense has had issues with prior to now with its 4K fashions.
That’s to not forged aspersions on the brand new U800GR – as there’s each motive to imagine that it is going to be aggressive with different 8K TVs available on the market – nevertheless it’s one thing to think about earlier than you leap into line to seize one at Greatest Purchase.
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