Of course it didn't help his decision. Your post was nothing more than a thinly-veiled "I'm smarter than you." You didn't actually share any information.

I bought the 43inch hisense that Argos were selling cheap for my parents as their TV had stopped working. Very impressed with the picture quality and nearly as good as my own Sony Bravia. Only problem I've found is I have to keep explaining how to use it as they are both in their eighties. Whenever I pop round they always have it on regular BBC/itv rather than HD, and I keep saying "channels 101-105 not 1-5". Do they listen? Do they 4k!
Back on topic, great telly for the price.

I wonder if seeing the Hisense logo everyday during the Euros will tell people this brand is actually not "unknown".

HiSense TV's are Chinese, made in China by a Chinese company...

Sound like you got a TV that was headed for German retail but hit the UK instead..

Anyone else with this model getting this error when trying the YouTube app via the button/menu option?

Hi I have a question hopefully you may be able to help. Which is the best HDMI port to use for connection to Xbox 360? The two side ones are 4K at 30hz but the other two are not marked. Many thanks

how are people finding these TV's, I've just ordered one, so far all I can see if positive reviews which is promising.

Sky Remote code For This TV is 2429

I just stumbled upon it on AV forums thread I was reading on peoples reviews.

First TV was cracked, looks like shoddy delivery, but managed to snag a used one from Amazon so I'm happy. The tv looks great for the money.

The only annoyance is when I plug my keyboard in I can't seem to input a full stop, which is preventing me from logging in to BT open wifi. Oh well, my router is coming soon!

Anyone?

Just received mine - completely smashed screen. Unfortunately the way they pack it they don't appear to include polystyrene protection for the lower half of the screen. One boot in the wrong place from a clumsy courier (read: Yodel) and it's wrecked. Gutted really as now there are no replacements left and I've missed out on the deal!

Probably not helped by the fact Yodel incorrectly sent the package from the Birmingham hub up to Tyne and Wear before realising they'd messed up and sent it back South. Really disappointed!

Out the box first thing I did was try to update the firmware but it says already latest. Other problem is i don't know how to individually check for updates for Netflix, iPlayer etc as some of them are older versions! Anyone got any ideas regarding this thanks

Great for price and i've adjusted display settings according to my taste now, looking forward to trying gaming next week!

Make sure you update the firmware to allow Youtube playing 4K.

Yes and to be fair it's not relevant for TV source or 4k Blu-ray as that's encoded with 4:0:0 chroma anyway how are you enjoying the set?

Thanks for that detailed explanation, I think I somewhat get it. I'm guessing the further away I am sat the less blur etc can be seen, I hope. Received mine a few hours ago, happy enough with it for the price paid, however YouTube is not playing 4K video! Sound is OK, not as bad as some have said, Theatre mode seems to give best for a combination of audible speech and background sound in movies etc. I find it rather fast, especially when using SMART features. I have yet to hook up my Xbox 360 or try my own HD videos. Any help for playing 4K through YouTube appreciated, thanks!

great indepth explanation of the importance of 4.4.4 chroma when using as a monitor. i'm not informed enough to know whether this problem can be corrected by a firmware update or it's a hardware limitation but one thing is certain i won't be buying this tv as i mostly use my tv's as a monitor to stream online content and 4.4.4 chroma is a must.

Hi

If you'd ever done it you'd understand. I can have 4 1080p windows open at once on a 4k set and all are comfortably readable at normal text scaling. It's a massive aid to productivity.

You can't change the name of the ports unfortunately. There's a dedicated PC/Game mode but it still only supports 4:0:0 chroma which really is pretty shocking in the middle of 2016 that manufacturers are peddling us this crap. Especially an up-and-coming manufacturer that wants to take the world by storm! And as I said, half of the HDMI ports can't even handle 60hz!

http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-167428.html

That post is from 2013 saying how shocking it is manufacturers are doing it!

Bhav, 4:2:0 chroma basically means you have 4k resolution for brightness, but only 1080p resolution for colour. Or in other words, you can't go from blue to red in adjacent pixels or green to blue or whatever as colour information is only encoded every other pixel. Same applies vertically (the 0 means the row below get no colour information of their own). So a red pixel can't have a green pixel below it (unless it falls on the boundary).

As an example, if you have:

RGBRGB
GBRGBR

it would show as:
RRBBGG.
RRBBGG

As you can see, in six pixels on the bottom row, not one is the colour it should be and only one in two pixels on the top row are the colour they should be!

For games or graphics it's absolutely horrible and makes text (even white text on a black background) fuzzy. The worst thing is it's just blatant penny pinching. Yes this is a budget set, but it costs **** all to enable 4:4:4 chroma. Hisense would rather save a few cents a set and lose customers. I know I'm ranting, but I hate this crap that manufacturers think is acceptable. It isn't.

it may be a long shot and you proberbly have already done this but is it possible that you can change the name of the hdmi port you're using in the tv's settings? some tv let you change the port name to something like pc or similar in order to activate it as 4.4.4 chroma .i may be wrong but on modern tv's i think there is also only one hdmi port where it gives you the option to do this so check them all.

Sent mine back this morning as I was unable to get it to stop the contrast/brightness varying on its own whenever the edit cut to a new scene. Amazon didn't have any replacemenst available so its a refund- shame.

Please explain all this chroma business as I am due to receive mine tomorrow.

Why would anyone even want to use this as a PC monitor? :neutral_face::neutral_face::neutral_face::neutral_face:

Just tested again and it gets worse. Not only will it not do 444 chroma, but this piece of junk can't even handle 422 chroma so everytime you connect a 4k sourceto it your losing massive amounts of quality. Incredibly poor Hisense.

Received mine. Utterly useless as a computer monitor as it does't do the basics of 4:4:4 chroma. It's an absolute disgrace that a big company in the middle of 2016 is still releasing utter junk like this. Half of the HDMI ports don't even do 60hz let alone 4:4:4 chroma so are completely useless. As a TV it's ok (but far inferior to the Samsung I looked at that was a little more) but this one's going back. Not impressed at all. I know Hisense are a budget brand but pretty much everything from Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic etc. etc. at least get the basics right.

Watching sky sports 1 sd now... Pretty standard for sky sports standard definition as I would have expected. Not experiencing any lag or ghosting to be honest though. Not got sports HD so would have to wait until I can watch the euros on bbc/it later to comment on the quality of sports on HD channels but sd is exactly as I expected, I would say it's a long way from being unwatchable though.

just read a review posted today about your particular model and it says footy and sports are unwatchable due to lag and ghosting. what's your unit like for sports? the reviewer may need to tweek some settings to remove the problem

50" arrived this morning. In tact. More than happy with it. Delivered as just the TV box this morning so no poly bag with no markings on!

both mine came via DPD

the original impact seemed to be the size of a large grapefruit...that implies the same thing happened to both TVs,....or the same person maliciously caused the damage in the warehouse by punching them ?

I'm in hampshire

I suspect that the couriers are not taking care of these boxes as they are not marked as fragile TVs

the packaging also appears to be poorly designed. the screen is protected by a small piece of standalone polystyrene, which if pressure is applied to it would distribute the pressure evenly against the LCD, rather than the bezel or other packaging, so I would think a good hard impact to that side of the box would cause the LCD to crack all around the bezel

hope amazon get this sorted soon, I was really looking forward to a 48inch 4k screen

no issues at all with amazon to return faulty goods

it was easy to book the return automatically, and also easy to web chat with a person in a call centre to have that extra special personal touch, i.e. confirm return courier at no cost to me, and 24hr turnaround

disappointed that I don't have the TV, but there was never any apprehension with not getting a refund

amazon is completely safe to purchase from

my one arrived yesterday...screen smashed, visible circular pressure mark where something must have slammed against it in transit

Mine arrived yesterday as well XDPEXPRESS delivered it with a broken screen with a big circular punch like cricket ball hit it. It must be the same delivery/packaging incident? I am in Coventry by the way.

​I just rang them and explained and they arranged a next day collection of the faulty item, had to leave a note in the box with my Amazon order no. For them to identify. Once they receive they'll issue the refund.

Is it straightforward to return something to Amazon if it doesn't meet your expectations? Never had to send anything back before.

​Jesus. When I rang the model was out of stock but I ordered the 50" instead at a reduced price of £369 with free express delivery, due to the hassle of it. Looking forward to receiving it tomorrow but very apprehensive.

my one arrived yesterday...screen smashed, visible circular pressure mark where something must have slammed against it in transit

amazon sent a replacement out yesterday with delivery today, and collection of the damaged one

the replacement arrived, and the damaged one taken away

unfortunately, the replacement is also smashed and now there is no stock

amazon have agreed to pick up the damaged replacement and refund the money

it appears that the remaining stock is put on hold for investigation because of complaints of damaged units

4 units have been damaged from this thread alone...anyone else ?

Just bought one of these and, to be honest, I don't like it. The picture keeps automatically adjusting its brightness and I can't seem to find a way to stop it. I thought it was the "Adaptive contrast" setting but even turning that off hasn't helped. It's really driving me mad and I'm seriously thinking about sending the damn thing back.

This tv has a great picture quality but it also has some problems. I watched a 4k video on netflix that has a perfect, smooth camera pan in it and the video was stuttering. The tv has a feature to correct this called 'ultra smooth motion' or something like that but it makes the video worse by introducing a lot of artifacting. This does not happen with 1080p videos and it works great with a ps4.

Sky remote code anyone? Struggling. Cheers.

nice one mate. glad it's in one piece.

Replacement has arrived in one piece. The Yodel guy even helped me to un-box it and check. He did say that the fact Amazon put it in plain wrapping doesn't help them, if they knew it was a TV they'd handle it a bit better.

Powered up to check and it's all fine. Now to get it up and running in time for the game tonight.

​I checked with my ps4 on the half that was OK. Was great, no blur etc

Has anyone used this TV with a ps4 or xbox one? How is the input lag and the motion blur? Can you play multiplayer without a problem with the input lag?

I re-ordered the 50" for £369 which was good of Amazon as it's priced at £399 at the moment, with free express delivery.
I had DPD rather than Yodel.

In all fairness from the bit of the screen I could see the picture quality was absolutely fantastic. And the sound wasn't tinny or anything as you may expect from lower cost units.

Out of stock now.

Price gone up. £338 instead of £335

let us know what happens with that delivery mate. to be honest i don't know how yodel are still in buisness i've had nothing but trouble with the courier. bought a glass tv stand once from the plasmacentre in newcastle and they managed to smash the thing in transit. i only found out because i had a tracking code and it was sitting in the hub at birmingham for 2 days going nowhere. of course this is just my experiance others may disagree

That's a bummer. I'm waiting on my replacement to arrive today. I'm not letting the Yodel guy go until I've opened the box!

Just received mine 20 minutes ago with the screen also smashed. Called Amazon who have told me they're unable to replace as it is apparently now out of stock.

It has a headphone socket, i'll upload a pic soon, the furthest the feet are apart is about 900mm



2 Years, there's a warranty card in the box to fill in


The general quality seems fantastic, i've got it hooked via ethernet and Netflix is brilliant, especially 4K, I'll have a look at viewing angle.

Went for this, hope I am not disappointed. Anyone know what the manufacturers warranty is?

I'd have bought this tv if it had a more central stand...... wont fit my unit with the legs positioned where they are.
I'll have to stick with my 40" Sammy until another good deal comes up.

Hi, what are the viewing angles like? And how is (if you have wifi connected) the Netflix/Youtube quality? And the general image quality, any motion blur? Thanks!

great. someone who can give us first hand details about this tv, nice one. could you be kind enough to answer a couple of questions about this tv? firstly, does it have a headphone socket? and secondly, my tv unit is 1050mm long will it be big enough to fit this tv depending on where the legs are positioned? thanks

The Turkish brand Vestel?

Just got this and so far so good. Just so you know, don't look for the feet/stand in the accessory pack like the instructions tell you. They're embedded in the top piece of polystyrene.

Well a new order is already awaiting dispatch, delivery for tomorrow with the collection of the broken set arranged for the same time. I can't fault that.

Good luck with that one........ Looks like the days of good customer service are officially over......

Ordered yesterday and received mine today. Looks like DPD had fun with it, because the screen is shattered.

It's a good job Amazon has a good returns procedure.

Ordered on Friday with Prime one day delivery....... Waited all day yesterday for the delivery which never arrived....
Customer service says "can you wait until 23rd June before complaining about non-receipt of goods"....
Looks like Amazon are full of false promises.......

Stay away from flubit if you want it this year.

SD looks "OK" but nothing more than that. (On all these next gen TVs) The difference is made worse if you then watch HD - even broadcast HD which is only 1080i. If she watches a BluRay or streamed 4K movie & then watches an old show on a weak channel it will look even worse.

Add to that the additional screen size & your concerns are justified...

My wife watches a lot of daytime tv - most of it in standard def. Can anyone tell me how standard def looks on this set? Our current set is a 37" Panasonic plasma which displays sd particularly well and I'm worried that if I got this set she would say the picture is actually worse than what we have now.

Looked at the viewing distances, saw something that said if you want a 40' you don't want to be more than 4 or 5 feet away but it's for my room so I wouldn't be.

Does this have wifi built in?

not sure if that's the correct model on that pic to be honest, website claims to have a scart connector but can't see one on the picture. proberbly need someone who's bought one just to make sure. cheers for the advice on the cable though

Think you need a cable that converts from optical to 3.5mm audio. Only a couple of £ on fleabay. Edited: Just seen Coldfinger's post and he is right - the pic showing the connections definitely shows an audio out/headphone socket so you won't need an adapter.

If you zoom in to the picture of the side panel there is the USB3 socket, HDM sockets then a 3.5mm audio socket next to the service socket. Or am I wrong?

Anyone who ordered it and have started using it care to share their experience?

We bought it from AO when it was on here....worked out at £401 after discount code,£50 trade in for TV & cashback. Keep your eye out, definitely a bargain.....the picture is stunning!

yep. same here. need the headphone out to connect to my logitech speakers. i know the tv has a digital audio out but that's no good for me as my speaker system takes a 3.5mm jack .

Assuming Hisense's website is correct and it doesn't have a headphone output, how would you connect external speakers to this? E.g. at the moment I plug the hifi into the TV using a standard 3.5mm audio jack cable.

the hisense website says this doesn't have a headphone out connector but on some of the photos it looks like it does can anyone confirm this? thanks

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Just waiting for someone who actually bought this TV yesterday on Prime to come back today with a decent review.

​On behalf of the rest of the world "We are all very apologetic for not taking the time to tell you all about everything ."

My parents aren't bothered about picture quality or smart capabilities, but when their TV broke I spotted the hisense and did some googling to see if it was any good. Pretty positive reviews so decided to buy it as u it was a great price. Most cheap branded tvs are around the same price so this seemed the better option. Plus it's future proof, as my parents only buy a new telly when their current one packs up. Hopefully this will last a few years at least.

Does it play avi and mkv files via usb. Anyone please.

Any one confirm what the viewing angle is like on this TV? Thanks.

Thanks for this

If i open it and use it, will amazon accept it as a return?

Yes

are these hisense tvs HDCP 2.2?

if you want to view 4k movies you need a bigger screen.

check the optimum viewing distances for 4k

​i think if it was 2008 panasonic had sorted screen burn by then i have a 2008 panny plasma and the image retention soon disappears. its been used for gaming for years with no issue.

I'm I dreaming it or did I read somewhere that the remote for these is quite poor?? That said, that wouldn't put me off buying one though as the spec levels are superb...heat from me!

I bit the bullet & bought it. Just too good a price. HUKD you will ruin me ! :laughing:

Nice but I don't have any 4k sources (I bought the Philips 4k from argos at xmas but decided to return it as soon as I got home). Plus I am gonna splash out on the Sony VR headset and a PS4 when a good deal turns up.

To be honest most of my sources are standard def or 720P. I have a 58 inch Panasonic plasma that I got off ebay for £295 (it was a £4000 telly back in 2008!) I am very happy with it, though I do worry about screen burn all the time. But wow the quality of this thing is superb, and the sound is also amazing, but it is very heavy and took some muscle and thinking to set it up. LCD are light as a feather.

This size is too big for me but looking at the 40" for £249, still a decent price? https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01DUPUDXU/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=

As for watching 4K movies and just general gaming - seems good right?

Not trying to be a dic* but have you considered some people might not be into football?
Anyway, having lots of Hisense written on the side of the field now doesn't change it is still new/unknown for most people.
Samsung rings a bell for most, Hisense? Not to me

So why would they need a 4k tv when 1080p will be the highest they will go... Actually 1080i

Upscaling is never a good idea on LCD.

A crystal-clear colors... Yep, Chinglish.
I expect the software to be full of bugs coming from a company that can't get a description right

Heard good things about HiSense!
I paid £410 for my 43" Samsung TV :disappointed:

Please someone help me

Not happy with mine as it seems to have lag on non he channels and a blur round people's faces almost makes my eyes go funny can I change any settings ? Seems great on my Xbox but I was not happy Watching football with lag on itv (I was watching threw virgin box) I know I can install freeview but I'm not sure how to do that and indont have an Ariel do I need one sorry I'm a bit dumb when it comes to tv

Wondered where I saw Hisense before. All around the perimeter of the football stadium at Nice.

Bloody students expecting a discount on everything.

No NUS discount on this- apparently TVs are excluded, even though they don't publish any t&cs to say so!

A guess. From researching latency findings on various sites for various TVs.

nice find

I like the 65 inch 4k hisense TV for £799 at richer sounds. Comes with 6yrs guarantee too. I wish they did a sale on though. Maybe 599

I wonder if seeing the Hisense logo everyday during the Euros will tell people this brand is actually not "unknown".

That's a shame. Is that an educated guess or from experience?

wow who sits 10 metres away

I seriously doubt it.
As far as I know the best TVs for gaming are Samsung's and that Korean brand I've forgotten the name of (starts with a V)

Would this be good enough for gaming? In terms of motion blur etc

​cheers

​cheers I'll have a look :wink:

Does it really matter unless you're hanging it on a wall?

Thanks OP, I've ordered one for delivery tomorrow. I like the fact that this TV is fairly future proof, it will be 2 or 3 years before 8K comes down in price and is supported by Sky, BT, Netflix etc.

Wonder if flubit will create a lower price offer.. Waiting for offer to come from flubit..

Absolutely not. It was questions designed to make people think that's all.

No profile-view pictures. Yet again, the retailer doesn't want to show you how thick the TV actually is.

Of course it didn't help his decision. Your post was nothing more than a thinly-veiled "I'm smarter than you." You didn't actually share any information.

Flubit Elite offered £320.46
(inclusive of 1 item, VAT & Standard Delivery)

Think I'll buy it on Prime and get it next day though, heat OP!

Edit: There's a also a Used(Like New) from Amazon Warehouse at - £318.72

What on demand services does it have?
I'm so fed up with my 49" Sony 4K as it takes ages just to turn on and change channel.

Also on the Red Bull F1 team.

You can do what I do, and just reassign all the HD channels to their SD variants, effectively swapping their placement in the channel list.

​Yeah, sponsoring that unheard of football tournament - Euro 2016.

I'd like to know about lag too. the specs on the 3300 range say 8oohz but no mention of lag. looking for a new tv for my xbox one.

What are Amazon's return policies like? If i don't like it may I return it? If so how? F.Y.I i am not lazy, i am currently on a very poor 3G data connection that is between 20-50kbps :disappointed: thanks!

Chinese not German

What I want to know, and I've asked before is a. will this definitely get the inbuilt Amazon Prime app? And b will it be laggy when playing Fifa on ps4?

So tempted :/ anyone have this exact model? Specs do look great. I want it for movies and gaming (see my other threads). This is only £35 more than the 43" version I was about to get from Argos. What to do? Any Amazon discount codes?

​I'm also tempted. good find

China son...

Picked up the 43" 43M3000 yesterday from Argos. overall happy with it for £299. Slight niggles for those that are bothered, EPG and changing between channels is a bit laggy. also not sure if its my basic aerial signal but notice very minot picture stutter when viewing freeview HD. That said 1080P mkv played crisp and clear from usb., 4K from youtube was crystal and overall for the money very pleased. would have gone 49" but maybe a tad excessive for kitchen/diner. :-)

well it's purely a personal preference and some people may not need the additional connections but apart from the extra inch the 3300 has an sp/dif connector which i would use. it also has a headphone connector which i beleive the 49m3000 doesn't have which, again, i would use. the 3300 has 2x10w speakers as opposed to the 2x8w speakers on the 49inch model. and according to the hisense website the 3300 has a built in subwoofer which the 49inchm3000 doesn't have. again, these are things that i would use but it all depends on the individual. if you're just looking at picture quality then they're identical as far as i can tell.

Decent tv, great price

Don't know if these are like my Panasonic but had the same issue as you so on the Panasonic in the settings you can 'move' the channels. So I swapped the normal 1-5 with the 101-5 and bingo back to 'normal'

What's the main differences between the 2?

Heat, now to convince the missus

if amazon do a deal similar to this on the 50m3300 then i'll bite their hand off. currently £399 at the moment

Firstly do you both know what the benefits of HDR are?

Secondly do you know that not all HDR is the same?

Thirdly, there is a standardised HDR version and products that meet this standard are branded with the Ultra HD Premium logo.

Hope this helps your decision.

Really want a deal on the 55!

Any good for gaming??

Cheers op, looking to replace TV in front room, but don't want a massively big one!

What is the sound like on this tv, will it need a sound bar?

Yeah I keep on seeing Hisense sponsorship at all the games on TV along with some Azerbaijani energy company. Not sure I want to switch from E-on though.

So tempted

​No, it would say in the description if it was as that's a big feature. Need to spend a bit more to get hdr. Some reviews say that 4k TVs don't look that much better than 1080p without hdr.
It's a rabbit hole though as I now want quantum dot TV which gets you in the >£1,000 territory but meant to be closer to oled quality...

Surprised the deal isn't hotter.. specs look super:
https://hisense.co.uk/electronics/tvs/h49m3000

Tempted also for stream/cast/hevc, but my 8 year old panasonic plasma still going strong.

I wish Amazon would sort their reviews out. I'm not sure that any of the reviews actually relate to this model. The Top Positive and Top Critical reviews both relate to the 65" model. Other reviews are for the 50" and 55" models. The product description is also wrong stating.. "Product Description - The Hisense 49 inch UHD Smart LED TV has a 1080p screen resolution projects images in true-to-life with a crystal-clear colours."

Hisense would be perfect for everyone in my opinion very cheap and good quality build, if they could just solve the little problem with the sensor for the remote seems like its got to be pointed at in a straight line and just 10 meters away from the tv other than that I'd recommend them to anyone.

is this hdr

I sent my girlfriend to return the 55" Philips cow and come back with a 49" Panasonic like my brothers new one because it was just so much better, instead she came back with magic beans / the 55" version of this brand I'd never heard of. Point being I'm amazed with it, watching the last episode of Gotham on it was the same if not better than the Panasonic one saw as the benchmark. Brillaint TV at a bargain price, kinda like the Xiaomi phones.
Also Ps4 and Now tv look great on it (the Philips tv couldn't seem to stream very well), also tried my wii u on it, very nice colours

So tempted!

Plenty of advertising at all Euro games, apparently China's number one manufacturer :smiley:

​thank you!

is this TV 4k please?

i have the 40 " of this and its a very good make german brand name they are the official sponsors of the euro 2016 along with 20 others no doubt but i found it very good only downside was the smart functions as its a german make is all german even if you switch it to english which is easy it still has a german app store instead of google play

I bought the 43inch hisense that Argos were selling cheap for my parents as their TV had stopped working. Very impressed with the picture quality and nearly as good as my own Sony Bravia. Only problem I've found is I have to keep explaining how to use it as they are both in their eighties. Whenever I pop round they always have it on regular BBC/itv rather than HD, and I keep saying "channels 101-105 not 1-5". Do they listen? Do they 4k!
Back on topic, great telly for the price.

The Panasonic was probably a Vestel model so I'm not surprised.

​Lol

heat! Anyone tried this model? Good?

Does this one have HDR

Unknown maker - cold.








(I have the 55 and it's very good! :stuck_out_tongue:)