It does seem to vary channel to channel. However I've had no issues with the channels.j usually watch personally. Usually a very good picture.Depends where it's being used but get a soundbar that has a night mode / voice mode. Heard so many where dialogue becomes inaudible at low volume or you suddenly get a big jump in volume, can annoy the neighbours late at night
Perfect is a bit much, I'd say its between SD / HD quality. Not as good as netflix or iplayer.
Now TV has a paid HD upgrade option now but haven't tried it.
Going full on streaming
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Searching on my Hisense TV's Prime function is a pain. Firestick 4k is really easy and has voice search with which you can search for specific things or categories.
And Firestick gives you much better playback control than from my TV function.
BTW - My new Hisense doesn't have HDCP 2.2 which is needed for the 4k on the 4k Firestick, you will need something that strips it which my Onkyo surround amp does.
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So in other words, yes he would be fine with his HiSense at a budget
Obviously one is far superior, but there are also plenty of decent little run-arounds that suit a budget and do a sterling job to the level required.Dumb question but are there any free Freeview HD channels?
Just got our first smart TV and plugged in the satellite that comes with the flat (into the satellite port, coaxial aerial currently unused) and it found ~100 channels. However none are HD. Is it a case that we have to get them through a service like Virgin?
Not a big fan of streaming but am quite enjoying Prime and Netflix (standard borrowed family account
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Just got our first smart TV and plugged in the satellite that comes with the flat (into the satellite port, coaxial aerial currently unused) and it found ~100 channels. However none are HD. Is it a case that we have to get them through a service like Virgin?
Not a big fan of streaming but am quite enjoying Prime and Netflix (standard borrowed family account
), and then my HTPC to fill in the gaps .Dumb question but are there any free Freeview HD channels?
Just got our first smart TV and plugged in the satellite that comes with the flat (into the satellite port, coaxial aerial currently unused) and it found ~100 channels. However none are HD. Is it a case that we have to get them through a service like Virgin?
Not a big fan of streaming but am quite enjoying Prime and Netflix (standard borrowed family account
You'll be on freesat rather than freeview if you use a satellite instead of an aerial. I believe you get some HD channels but not as many as on freeview
Thanks but our TV states it has 'Freeview HD with Freeview Play / Freesat HD' built in (it's listed in that link you posted) so I was under the impression we would just need an aerial/internet connection to get it going.
So perhaps it's an aerial I need to use instead of this Sky looking satellite I plugged in at the weekend?
Yeah I edited my post as I didnt see you were using a satellite feed.
You do get some hd channels on freesat but the lineup looks a bit rubbish compared to freeview via aerial.
https://www.freesat.co.uk/whats/full-channel-list/
I'd try using an aerial for freeview and see what channels you can pick up before going the freesat route
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Awesome, thank you
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So in other words, yes he would be fine with his HiSense at a budget
Not if he is wanting HDR, ATMOS, etc. You need decent equipment to do dolby vision any justice for example.
Sorry, maybe I missed where those were stated as 'must haves'? The point stands. Most people that want a nice enough ride to work and the shops will be just fine in a Fiesta and spending £60k just isn't warranted.
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not must haves but he is talking about UHD content.
UHD content isn't really that much different to 1080p. it's when you add HDR, ATMOS, Dolby VISION and a capable tv into the mix you start to really appreciate the difference.
he could always go second hand or smaller if price is an issue. plenty of capable and high end tv's available off avforums, etc for cheap. same goes for the sound. atmos isn't a huge upgrade over 5.1 but 5.1 is a huge upgrade over tv speakers.
Which we know it is, he's stated this a couple of times I think.
While it’s obvious you have direct personal experience of the YSP range (I quite like them as well), can I ask if your opinion on Hisense is based on personal experience, or just repeating what you’ve read? It’s just as someone who has direct personal experience and has put them next to some of the best 1080 plasma screens ever made, once tweaked, they are very watchable, for the money, nothing significantly beats them until you are paying a lot more.
The 7100/7300 pretty much have the entry level sewn up, Vestel is the only competitor on a like for like basis in that section of the market and even the Toshiba’s (it’s flagship brand) are a good way off. The 7500 is a genuinely good screen, add in the long warranty and decent track record for ongoing software support and I only wish other ‘established’ Japanese/Korean brands would do the same. That said would I want to replace a calibrated plasma with one for a dedicated movie room that I’d spent tens of thousands of pounds on? Probably not, or at least not yet. Hisense do sell OLED, but it’s a newish tech for them and not readily available to view/test.
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sure no problem.
i bought a hisense when i bought my current home as i needed a tv and i didn't want to spend huge money as i had a house to kit out with furniture, fridge freezer, carpets, washing machine, dining table, sofas, coffee table, etc, etc. you get the idea a lot of expenses all at the same time as well as the cost of buying the house. i also ended up buying solar panels and a new car too at the same time so i decided to try them out as a stop gap and see if they were any good.
this was my first time buying a cheap tv and the picture on it sucked. my dad also bought a hisense (his was much larger though) and i tried tweaking his picture but it still sucked. they suffer from i think it's called poster effect. where large patches all come out the same colour. like a persons face a patch will be the same colour then all around it a different colour, etc. again this is something some people who don't know what to look for will miss out on, etc. colours all seem off by a mile too. the screen i'm typing on just now has been properly calibrated using a colormunki advanced display calibrator. so it's as close to 100% perfect as it can get. it's rare for people who actually go on about picture quality to get screens properly calibrated which is 100 times better than just tweaking a few settings here and there.
if you want to know my tv history i have owned 3 top of the range plasma panels from panasonic and samsung towards the end. i've got a top of the range LG which replaced the hisense i bought as a stop gap. i've also got a sony FALD upstairs which replaced a top of the range sony tv from 3-5 years previously it was bought for console use exclusively but then i sold the console and i moved it to the bedroom from the games room and sold the plasma that was in there previously. so my tv history is pretty much all high end quality sets bar the hisense. i also have a history of using properly calibrated screens. from what I have seen hisense do have some very rare sets which are decent. however most people buying hisense are buying the crap ones.
i can't remember the last time i saw a tv review from hdtvtest, avforums or rtings which said one was decent. must have been 2-3 years back now. i wouldn't trust other review sites to be as good as those 3. especially rtings.
https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/compare/sony-x900f-vs-hisense-h9f/585/908
look at this. i can't find the h9f in the UK anywhere. no idea what model numer it is called in the UK but in canada it's called a Q9 i can't find that here "55” HiSense H9F (called Q9 in Canada)"
i'm comparing that tv against mine and they are on par. mine is better for movies and HDR but the hisense better in some other areas.
if you could show me where i can buy that tv in the UK and for what price. that would indicate to me whether hisense is even an option. currently their decent tv's are unavailable here in the UK
"color accuracy and HDR representation leaves much to be desired though so it is difficult to recommend this tv for video enthousiast even considering its affordable price"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmA9jAEw3es
i think that is the best tv they currently sell here in the UK and it gets a damning review at the end. it's also around £649 now so would have been around £1K a year ago when it launched.
which means no reason to choose it over the sony.
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I watch mainly Netflix and BBCi player on my AppleTV 4k box.
I have defiantly switched across to more streaming now, I even buy the odd movie from iTunes if its in a good sale, I do still rent discs though as I have an Oppo203.
I have defiantly switched across to more streaming now, I even buy the odd movie from iTunes if its in a good sale, I do still rent discs though as I have an Oppo203.
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