Hisense – 65″ Class U6 Series Mini-LED 4K UHD QLED Google TV

Years ago I would walk in to Best Buy and see all of the big name/high priced TVs and I absolutely wanted one. However, several years ago I got my first Hisense 65″ TV and I haven’t looked back. This makes my third Hisense TV. They all still work great. I have one in the bedroom, this one in the living room and my former living room TV is now in the garage.
First, the picture quality is excellent. I would put it up against the big name brands. Are theirs a little better? Sure, but is that worth double or even triple the price? I personally don’t think so. The colors are bright and vibrant. Blacks are truly black. Out of the box, I found most of the settings were fairly spot on. This TV has tons of adjustments for the picture. Everything from your basic brightness setting to specifically the black level and dark detail. You can set the active contrast level to really make the images pop. I find that Dolby Vision IQ handles everything well.
The remote is often overlooked, but this one is great. It is backlit which is great for nighttime viewing. Simply touch it or pick it up and it lights up. There are dedicated buttons for Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+, tubi and a “heart” (or favorite) button. In the settings, you can set this button to your most used service that is not already there. I’ve set ours to open Hulu. It doesn’t have number buttons, but it does have a button for numbers. Pressing this brings up the numbers on the screen that you can select. I don’t mind this as it (and the TV itself) have voice controls, and I don’t really use anything that would need them anyway.
As far as gaming goes, the first thing I noticed when I started my PS5 was that the TV switched to game mode. This helps with the Variable Refresh Rate and response time when gaming. However, I did notice that it made the brightness far too dark for what I like, so I had to make adjustments to it to get it where I wanted it. Another thing that I found was that if you press the menu button on the remote, it takes you to a menu bar on the TV. It’s like a quick access button to various settings. These include, picture settings, picture mode (so you can quickly switch between Dolby Vision IQ, IQ Dark, IQ Custom and IQ game modes), sound, game settings, sleep timer, etc. You can also edit it to include up to 26 of the settings, so you can customize it to what you need the most, and remove the ones you don’t need. The interesting one is the “Game Bar”. Going to this allows you to get to the settings for gaming. It has dark detail, brightness, instant game response, crosshair and more. If you go to more settings, you can enable your FPS viewing (showing the current frames per second on the screen) and you can set it to any of the four corners. The crosshair setting is interesting. I’ve only seen it on PCs. While all shooting games have a crosshair, having it from the TV in the exact center can be helpful. There are six different crosshair types, so you can choose the one that works best for you.
A couple of things that could be improved. First, I did notice some bloom in one specific instance. A guy was being interviewed outside. It was a fairly bright background and he was wearing a black cowboy hat and dark blue shirt. At first I didn’t pick up on what I was seeing, I just noticed something was “off” about it. I paused it and then noticed the bloom around him. It was like he had a bright white aura around him. I spent about 20 minutes playing with various settings (brightness, color, contrast, local dimming, etc.). I was able to make it less noticeable, but it never went away completely. I haven’t noticed it any other time than that one particular scene. With the TV having a microphone, they give you the ability to turn it off. However, when you do, 4 yellow LEDs turn on next to the switch at the bottom of the TV. They are fairly dim, but still noticeable. Mine is covered by my soundbar, so it doesn’t bother me. If you have the TV mounted or it’s not covered, you may find this annoying. There doesn’t seem to be a way to disable them, so you would probably just have to cover it with tape or something to not see them. I wish there was a little more room between the HDMI ports. I use a Fire Stick and with the power cable coming out of it, it wouldn’t fit with another HDMI (my soundbar) plugged in above it. I had to use an extender so it would fit properly. Just something to note if you use a Fire Stick.
Overall, at this price point, you’re getting a lot for your money. I definitely recommend this Hisense TV as it has a ton of great features and customization options.

The U6N is a heavy hitter in the mid-budget arena and presents compelling value, especially when compared to similarly priced name brand TVs that don’t offer as many features or performance.
The U6N is packed with features that even the most enthusiastic cinephiles will have to give a nod to. It supports every major HDR format on the market (HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and HLG). Dolby Vision format media enjoys extra attention with picture modes based solely off of this format including a surprisingly effective “Dolby Vision IQ” setting that tunes the picture very well and serves as a great “beginners” setting that does a lot of the heavy lifting of picture adjustment for you. HDR formats really pop, especially in a dark room and, while this TV is limited to 600 nits, it still can make small highlights bright enough to make for an impactful and lifelike picture. I found the local dimming feature very effective at producing bright star fields such as you’d see in Star Wars.
There are no dumbed down HDMI ports on the U6N as all support the enhanced format (4K @60Hz chroma 4:4:4) while HDMI 3 serves as the eARC port. Hisense even has an on screen graphic showing you how to take advantage of eARC if you’re a first timer. Dolby Digital and DTS formats can be passed through or you can choose what format to have the TV send back (Auto, PCM, DD, and DD+)
Picture quality is fantastic as the mini-LED backlit creates stunning black levels; nothing you’d confuse with OLED in a dark room but still inky black nonetheless. In a well-lit room, the gap closes even more with zero hint of backlight bleed. Colors definitely pop because of the Quantum dot technology – something that’s basically a must with LCD screens at this point and remain saturated at higher brightness.
The picture settings give you a ton of adjustability with all the typical features like brightness, local dimming, etc. but also include 2 and 20 point white balance adjustments to squeeze 100% of the juice out of this TVs picture quality if you have the right equipment. However, the U6N is quite accurate to my eye out of the box using the Warm 1 setting and turning off extra processing modes such as black detail, enhanced contrast, and super resolution”. These all can enhance the picture in their own way but they make the picture less accurate in the effort to push every dial to 11. Enhanced contrast in particular does exactly that but introduces noticeable graininess to the picture even from viewing distance.
Gaming on the PS5 on this TV is exceptionally delicious as you get to enjoy a very quick response time that makes controls feel snappy. The TV has game settings that allow you to take advantage of things like VRR and enhanced response time. Happily, the TV can support 1440p gaming from the PS5 which allows you to enjoy exceptional fidelity while also pushing frame rates higher for ultimate smoothness. PC gamers will likely balk at the 60Hz cap but it’s respectable and 120Hz plus is definitely in the next price tier of TVs and realistically is still only really present on TVs priced much higher.
The smart interface is very snappy and works well. The TV can be controlled with Alexa or Google voice with or without the remote and, because it uses the Google TV interface, it meshes very well with everything Google such as YouTube.
There have been a few day one issues that I’m 100% sure are software issues that could easily be fixed with patches and updates. My TV cuts audio for probably less than a tenth of a second about 20 minutes after turning on and then doesn’t do it again. Also (and I have to say quite annoyingly), should you choose to use the switch that disables the microphone on the TV for voice commands, 4 yellow LEDs light up at the bottom of the TV frame indicating it’s disabled and there is seemingly no way to disable them.
Overall, this TV performs exceptionally well for its price and offers a lot of features that only a few years ago would’ve been present only on some of the more expensive TVs and brands. The picture is outstanding and while it can’t push the same peak brightness of higher end TVs, it’s still likely an improvement over many 2-3 year old TVs, especially those in the budget category. The U6N is easy to use and learn and I found myself completely comfortable with everything after 1-2 days.