Hisense H8G – One of the best new Hisense TVs?

The Hisense H8G comes with a nice look and a good manufacturing. Its has adjustable feet which are made of metal, just as half of its backside. The rest is made of plastic. Because of the leg adjustment it is easy to place the TV also on smaller surfaces. But some wobble is possible. The cable management works with hooks on the feet. In general the design leaves space for improvement, but is solid.

Because the TV comes with a VA-Panel it has the typical characteristics: Contrast, black level and peak brightness are satisfying while the viewing angle ist quite poor. Not even the available Enhanced Viewing Angle setting can fix this problem and unfortunately there is no special layer included to improve it. Therefore the H8G is best for frontal viewing positions and only small groups sitting together. Used as a computer monitor this problem is less decisive. The H8G offers Full Array local dimming but this is not advanced enough to contribute further to the contrast and to improve the image in dark surroundings. Nevertheless its wide color gamut creates vivid and strong colors for SDRStandard Dynamic Range – image/video with a conventional gamma curve (opposite: HDR) – “normal” videos as well as HDRHigh Dynamic Range – image/video with more dynamic range (contrast range) content.

The Hisense H8G has a refresh rateHertz is the derived SI-unit of frequency with 1Hz=1/s – When talking about TVs this means how many different pictures a TV can display in one second. of 60 HzHertz is the derived SI-unit of frequency with 1Hz=1/s – When talking about TVs this means how many different pictures a TV can display in one second.. With a response time of about 6 seconds it performs quite good. Further it has motion interpolationArtificial calculation of more frames than the source material has to offer to minimize motion blur. Unfortunately this does not seem to improve a lot and only works for 30 fps and not for 60 fps. Black Frame InsertionProcess that inserts black “blank images” as intermediate images. This makes movements appear finer and clearer. feature, called Motion Clearness, works very well. Moreover with 960 Hz the flicker of the TV is fast enough to be not noticeable by the human eye. For films judder is also removable in the settings.

With an input lag of about 12 seconds for 4k @ 60 HzHertz is the derived SI-unit of frequency with 1Hz=1/s – When talking about TVs this means how many different pictures a TV can display in one second. + 10 bit HDRHigh Dynamic Range – image/video with more dynamic range (contrast range) this TV ranks very high compared with others on the same price level. This gets even better in the game mode. Nevertheless it is not really recommendable for gaming fans because it does neither offer HDMI 2.1 nor a VRRVariable Refresh Rate – synchronizes the display’s refresh rate with the output refresh rate of the graphics card or Auto Low Latency Mode to further shorten the input lag. CO-OP gaming will be difficult due to the limited viewing angle and therefore it is rather suitable for single player games.

Unfortunately not even the sound of the TV is really convincing. The two integrated 10W-speakers can reproduce dialogues quite well and get very loud but they still leave space for improvement because the bass could be louder. Supported sound formats are Dolby DigitalMulti-channel-sound-system for up to 5.1 channel Surround Sound and DTSMulti-channel-sound-system (Surround Sound) competing with Dolby Digital via ARC or Optical, while HDMI eARC is not available. What should be emphasized is that the H8G offers Dolby AtmosObject-based surround sound format with 3D-Sound from any direction directly integrated.

In terms of Smart TV the Hisense H8G offers many features and amenities. What is definitely positive is that the whole interface is free from annoying ads and the selection of apps is really huge. The TV operates with Android 9.0 software. The smart remote works with the app Hisense RemoteNOW and voice control via Google Assistant.