Hisense H9G – Most affordable Premium TV or best mid range overall?

The Hisense H9G has a Premium Look due to the metal borders around the screen. The rest of the TV is entirely made out of plastic though. The stand is a bit more on the bold side than we`re used to with current TV sets.  There are grooves on the back and clips for the feet for cable management. If wall-mounted the Hisense ULED isn’t as flat as competing models but still flat enough. As a few inputs are facing backwards they might be hard to reach or use when wall-mounting the TV.

The TV comes with a 10bit-VA-Panel with deep blacks and a very high contrast ratio of more than 10000:1. The ULED with a Quantum Dot Layer  and a well implemented Full Array Local Dimming Feature reaches a maximum brightness of 1800 Nits. In combination with the wide color gamut and color space coverage this makes excellent specs for HDRHigh Dynamic Range – image/video with more dynamic range (contrast range). And with the Hisense H9G supporting both dynamic standards Dolby VisionDynamic HDR-format with a color depth of up to 12 Bits and Mastering of up to 10,000 Nits and HDR10+License-free, dynamic HDR-format in competition with Dolby Vision you’ll always get the best picture quality possible. It sadly lacks Dolby Vision IQ so when playing Videos with Dolby Vision it can’t optimize the content to the ambient light. As with most VA-LCD-TVs the viewing angles aren’t great so the picture quality will suffer if viewed at an angle.

The Hisense H9G 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 120 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 just about 3 milliseconds it performs extremely well resulting in hardly any motion blur. The Motion Interpolation Feature introduces quite a few artifacts in hectic scenes. But the 60Hz Black Frame Insertion Feature works just as expected. Moreover with 960 Hz the backlight frequency is high enough to be not perceived as flickering by the human eye. The ULED TV can also remove Judder from any source.

With an input lag of about 15 milliseconds gamers shouldn’t notice any delay. But even though the TV does have a 120Hz Panel it doesn’t properly display 120Hz content so you should stick with 60Hz inputs. But as the H9G lacks any further gaming features like HDIM 2.1, VRR or even an Auto Low Latency Mode, it is ok for the occasional gamer but not for the more serious ones.

Unfortunately the stereo sound of the TV isn’t 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. The ULED TV supports DTS and Dolby Digital+ over HDMI ARC but lacks an HDMI eARC connection so you can only get the compressed Dolby Atmos signal via Dolby Digital+ with an external soundbar or HiFi system.

In terms of Smart TV the Hisense H9G 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. It isn’t really a premium remote control but it does the job quite well. Sadly there aren’t any further features like Apple Airplay 2 or a smart hub.