Hisense TV

[symbiote28]

looking for a 4k tv solely for my ps4 and this seems to be value for money (50K3300UW). it'll be my room tv which i would probably use it about a couple of times per week. how's the experience with the ps4 pro on this after using it frequently? best value for money?

 

[dreamwalkz]

Ok nvm I just answered my question...

Here we only have models like 50K3300UW which is sold in Asia and Australia and etc, while the USA has H8 H7 H6 etc...

The laggy one is the H7 with no HDR while the good one is the H8 with HDR

And 50K3300UW doesn't have HDR

My 50K3300UW came with updated firmware, supporting HDR for my ps4 pro.

looking for a 4k tv solely for my ps4 and this seems to be value for money (50K3300UW). it'll be my room tv which i would probably use it about a couple of times per week. how's the experience with the ps4 pro on this after using it frequently? best value for money?

Using this in my room as well, enjoying it very much, playing Nier.A, SF V, P5

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[wwenze]

My 50K3300UW came with updated firmware, supporting HDR for my ps4 pro.

Yea but my concern isn't whether it has HDR via firmware update, but rather whether it has input lag, which is related to the age of the chipset hence indirectly related to whether it has HDR at the time of release.

 

[dreamwalkz]

Yea but my concern isn't whether it has HDR via firmware update, but rather whether it has input lag, which is related to the age of the chipset hence indirectly related to whether it has HDR at the time of release.

Barely noticeable for me, can't complain for $599.

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[wwenze]

Hmm can't find any picture regarding the amount of screen reflection for 50k3300uw

Is it as bad as this? (43H7C2)

 

[wwenze]

Owner review: 50K3300UW

For comparison is a Sharp LC-40LE430M which I will compare against to see which areas are improved and which are deproved on the Hisense.

1. Reflection

Slightly worse on the Hisense than the Sharp. But just slightly, and does not cause much issue with normal usage.

The photo above appears to show the Hisense being slightly better, but in reality it's the opposite with the Hisense being slightly worse by about the same amount. I blame angle differences.

If viewed at an angle, the Hisense becomes much worse, with more amount of light reflected and the reflected images are in-focus; the anti-reflection coating is not doing a good job at diffusing the light. But this only happens at steep angles and performance under normal usage is more acceptable.

 

[wwenze]

2. Photos of speakers

For each channel:

One downward firing

And one backward firing

Didn't bother testing. Ever since TVs became slim speakers became suck. And these aren't the worst I have heard on slim TVs so I don't get why people are saying they are bad; good enough for TV drama. Anyway if you can spend $600 on a TV which lasts 3 years you should just buy a $300 speakers that last for 10.

Should have kept the speakers when I threw away the Sirius LCD (The speaker compartment is detachable), that thing makes cheap soundbars sound like a joke, even based on driver size alone.

 

[wwenze]

3. Screen uniformity / Dirty Screen Effect

This is a flat, edge-lit screen, so you know what to expect.

I should feel lucky that my unit does not appear to have any random defect.

White

Gray 25%
http://i.imgur.com/4psfrdg.jpg

Gray 50%
http://i.imgur.com/IzcevTf.jpg

With typical content, one can notice the left/right edges being slightly darker. And also the four corners are really dark. With uniform content, you can also make out a rectangle that follows the edge of the panel. But since the defects are symmetrical and are not at the center of the screen, they are not intrusive, except maybe for the four corners due to sheer amplitude of the defect, even with typical content.

Since the defects are symmetrical, I'm assuming that the defect is systemic and due to design, unless the manufacturer wants to prove otherwise.

Meh, this is an edge-lit panel, I have seen worse, even on expensive TVs, where the defect is not symmetrical.

 

[wwenze]

The corners stand out during some loading screens too.

4. Viewing angle

I do not have the capability to test as well as this website. But Hisense is well-known for having poor viewing angles on both the older series 7 and the newer series 8, so I just need to check if it is the same for this series 3.

And it is.

Indeed, just a slight shift of angle and the color becomes less saturated. Only by sitting dead center will you get the full color saturation.

 

[wwenze]

5. Functionality and features

Ports

It is 2017, this is a cheap TV, and yet this TV still provides a plethora of ports. Composite and component video are still available, when some TVs have already gone HDMI-only. These analog inputs are still needed for old camcorders, DVD players, and gaming consoles without HDMI.

4 HDMI ports is about what is necessary nowadays. TV, smart device (Android box, streamers, or in my case a computer), gaming console, and one for other stuff. There is even MHL support on one port.

Audio out, older TVs have only analog, newer TVs have only digital. Why not both?
There will come a time where all amplifiers have a DAC inside and all audio connections are digital. Now is not the time.

This TV has Wi-Fi. But Wi-Fi is for the weak, so there is a LAN port also.

1A of USB3 connector for your streaming and charging needs.

Settings

Something tells me this product is imported from Malaysia. Something tells me the manufacturer never intended this product to be sold in Singapore.

Very useful audio options. Some TVs' (Heck, even some STBs) audio out is fixed. Some TVs' audio out is variable. And sometimes you need one and not the other depending on the setup. This gives you the choice.

Always good to have a TV that can either output RAW or PCM.

Nothing groundbreaking, but stuff that are good to have.

Anything above Sharpness 0 applies sharpening filter. Leave at zero if using with computer. And leave at zero for pretty much everything.

 

[dreamwalkz]

Yup, the dark corners are very visible on white backgrounds. Otherwise, not really noticeable.

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[wwenze]

I think of it as curved edge. You know like Samsung Galaxy Edge and stuff where people butcher their video experience just because they think it makes the phone looks good.

CRT and films also had this problem. LCD did not have this problem. We are moving backwards.

6. Input resolution support

This thing takes all common resolutions you throw at it. 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1280x720, 1366x768, 1600x900, all displayed sharp and clear without issues.

Background: TVs don't handle "computer resolutions" well. A resolution lower than 1024x768 may be displayed with 1024x768 output mode with weird scaling. Same for 1366x768 and 1600x900 which will be displayed as 1080p with weird scaling. In weird cases I have even encountered problems with 1280x720 via HDMI but not VGA.

 

[wwenze]

7. Input lag

Accuracy of a 30fps camera is not good, so give and take a little... a lot

According to RTINGS input lag of H8C is 30+ ms. The 50K3300UW performs similarly. (My laptop screen itself has ~20ms)

 

[wwenze]

One interesting observation - the rightmost and leftmost pixel of the screen is truncated. As in, if you're using Windows and you move your mouse cursor to the rightmost and leftmost, you can still see the left edge of the cursor. Not on this TV. It's not the signal that is truncated - if I use a square resolution the cursor edge does show up on the screen.

More on edge unevenness

Looks like the info was already available on the internet... RTINGS did see the corner darkness too on their H8C

http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/hisense/h8c

And this is not the only TV showing this issue. Randomly picking, I already found having the same issue: Samsung KU6300 (better), Sony X800D (better), LG UH6500 (worse in amount of area, but better in terms of concentration). But at the same time, there are many screens without this issue. Including the ol' LC-40LE430M and... pretty much most of the older screens don't have this issue isn't it. Even when compared to other screens with this issue, the Hisense is still subjectively the worst, even when compared to the LG.

 

[BlackCube]

Hmm, not sure how to describe, but it sounds really flat and narrow. Even with the preset Movie mode and Sonic boost.
If you use it to watch TV drama, still ok, wait till u try it out with movies or playing YouTube music, your ears will bleed..

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Agree sound is not fantastic. I bought the 55 FHD, cos I don't have any 4K software. Happy user, good for most usage. For FTA program, sound is ok. For movies, I always connect through my home theater system, so no issue there.

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wha, like that better not good hisense liao. say until like that. ahaaaa

 

[Little_orc]

Barely noticeable for me, can't complain for $599.

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Where we can get $599 for 50K3300UW ?

 

[wwenze]

Where we can get $599 for 50K3300UW ?

Qoo10 $100 coupon

 

[wwenze]

I noticed that the amount of visible corner darkness seems to depend on amount of ambient lighting

Now that it is night, it seems to perform better

 

[symbiote28]

how is the smart tv UI on this? can it do dlna media server?

 

[Maserati]

Any advice on how to get the $100 Qoo10 coupon?