Bring the brilliance of full-colour HDR to your living room with Hisense’s stunning set. Mingling pin-sharp 4K, vivid 10-bit colour and the brand’s innovative ULED technology, your shows will look remarkable. All of this tech is joined by the app-filled Hisense Smart platform, PVR compatibility and elegant Ultra Slim design. Bright, colourful and cutting-edge, this feature-packed set will the hub of your home entertainment system.
Delightful ULED Back-Light
ULED (Ultra LED) delivers a wealth of additional TV tech that goes beyond the 4K UHD package. The Ultra Dimming dims specific areas of the panel to deliver better blacks and unbelievable picture depth.
Brilliant 10-Bit HDR
Hisense have delivered top-shelf HDR with a staggering 10-bit colour depth. This means that there are over a billion individual colours to deepen your view and show shades you’ve never seen in home entertainment before. Usually, studios are forced to dilute the colour of their shows and films to fit on our TVs. Now, HDR screens like this can channel content from studio-to-living room with the same precision and utterly otherworldly hues.
Fabulous 4K
To respond to screens getting bigger, brands have packed their screens with more pixels. This 55-inch screen has four times the number of pixels than 1080p HD TVs, delivering stunning realism, natural motion and incredible detail. Experience this high-spec picture across a range of broadcasts, movies, sports and more thanks to 4K upscaling. As it converts lower resolution content to near-4K quality, anything you watch on the big screen will be truly extraordinary.
Hisense Smart
With the built-in Wi-Fi, you can stream Ultra HD movies and TV shows through Netflix and soon-to-be Amazon, browse YouTube for the latest online sensations, check the weather on AccuWeather and much more.*
PVR Ready
Pop in a memory stick in the USB port to record live TV programmes to watch later. Taken straight from the screen to your USB, you’ll get the same great quality as when it was originally aired. This way, you’ll never miss your favourite shows again.
Ultra Slim Design
Coming in an elegant Ultra Slim Design, this set will fit beautifully into your living room or bedroom.
Freeview HD
Get some of the UK’s favourite TV channels in high definition, subscription free. Channels include BBC One HD, BBC Two HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD as well as BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD & CBBC HD for free. You can also access up to 60 standard definition Freeview digital TV channels and 25 radio stations.
Perfect partners
Enhance your set’s audio with a sound bar here.
Don’t forget that you’ll need an HDMI Cable to connect Blu-Ray players, games consoles or other equipment.
Keep your home cinema set-up organised with a new wall mount or TV stand
*Please note: A Smart TV is a platform that can run 3rd party Apps. 3rd party content providers may remove Apps from the Smart TV platform or stop supporting them at any time and John Lewis cannot guarantee an App’s availability. When new Smart TV products are launched, there may be also be a delay before certain Apps become available. Availability of Apps are not included within the terms of the manufacturer’s warranty or the John Lewis 5 Year Guarantee (2 Year for Audio Visual products).
Top comments
patrick_000
13 Jul 164#14
I doubt it as TVs are usually produced for the whole European market with minor modifications for individual countries as it's far more economical. The UK is likely to carry on with most European standards to make trading easier. I also doubt we will see a reversion to imperial measurements as that'd be completely backward when (almost all) the rest of the world uses metric.
2015
15 Jul 163#44
Im reading so much nonsense in this thread!!
This TV has been due out for 2 months and its finally here. The Australians already have it and all i'm reading is good things. I have ordered it from John Lewis as soon as it popped up.
The general idea of this TV is that you are getting a lot of bang for your buck. Whilst i'm sure its not a perfect TV (only the £2000+ ones are) this will be the best TV you will find in this price bracket. I'm going for this over a lower end Sony/Samsung as this will no doubt out perform them. It would be similar to their mid range TVs but a good 400/500 cheaper.
I've just got off the phone to John Lewis who have told me they have this model on display now so go and check it out!
I personally held off from the cheaper deal of the older Hisense models as this one ticked all the boxes for me.
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doggboy10
13 Jul 16#1
is there anything similar to this set in this price bracket that also carries 3D (passive)
lovelybeer to doggboy10
13 Jul 16#2
Not in 4K, if that's your query: 4K doesn't support 3D at the moment, as the standard isn't quite "standard". I think it has been dropped altogether to be honest and is a legacy 1080p feature.
Highheels1980
13 Jul 161#3
This 4k TV does passive 3D but is a £1,000, the £900 does active 3D
"In all the hype about Ultra HD, the manufacturers and home video studios have also been careful to downplay another issue that some viewers will find disappointing. If you happen to be a fan of 3D (and it seems that fewer and fewer people are these days), you’re completely out of luck. The Ultra HD format does not support 3D. I say again for emphasis: The Ultra HD format does not support 3D. At all. Period. End of discussion. It’s not in the spec. Nobody has any interest in adding it to the spec anytime soon. As far as Ultra HD is concerned, 3D is dead."
Thanks for the reply, in regard to the 3D element what I meant was: is there a TV with spec similar to this that also has 3D included (not 4k 3D) as my current HD TV has 3D and my son enjoys the 3D side of media.
I personally want a 4K but if I can cover all bases then it's a bonus - 4k, smart, Android, 3D and 55" which is 5" bigger than my current LG 3D smart plasma tv
anthony212
13 Jul 16#9
look up hisense 58" 4k on Google, it's 3d and it's less than £500 sometimes
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Opening post
Bring the brilliance of full-colour HDR to your living room with Hisense’s stunning set. Mingling pin-sharp 4K, vivid 10-bit colour and the brand’s innovative ULED technology, your shows will look remarkable. All of this tech is joined by the app-filled Hisense Smart platform, PVR compatibility and elegant Ultra Slim design. Bright, colourful and cutting-edge, this feature-packed set will the hub of your home entertainment system.
Delightful ULED Back-Light
ULED (Ultra LED) delivers a wealth of additional TV tech that goes beyond the 4K UHD package. The Ultra Dimming dims specific areas of the panel to deliver better blacks and unbelievable picture depth.
Brilliant 10-Bit HDR
Hisense have delivered top-shelf HDR with a staggering 10-bit colour depth. This means that there are over a billion individual colours to deepen your view and show shades you’ve never seen in home entertainment before. Usually, studios are forced to dilute the colour of their shows and films to fit on our TVs. Now, HDR screens like this can channel content from studio-to-living room with the same precision and utterly otherworldly hues.
Fabulous 4K
To respond to screens getting bigger, brands have packed their screens with more pixels. This 55-inch screen has four times the number of pixels than 1080p HD TVs, delivering stunning realism, natural motion and incredible detail. Experience this high-spec picture across a range of broadcasts, movies, sports and more thanks to 4K upscaling. As it converts lower resolution content to near-4K quality, anything you watch on the big screen will be truly extraordinary.
Hisense Smart
With the built-in Wi-Fi, you can stream Ultra HD movies and TV shows through Netflix and soon-to-be Amazon, browse YouTube for the latest online sensations, check the weather on AccuWeather and much more.*
PVR Ready
Pop in a memory stick in the USB port to record live TV programmes to watch later. Taken straight from the screen to your USB, you’ll get the same great quality as when it was originally aired. This way, you’ll never miss your favourite shows again.
Ultra Slim Design
Coming in an elegant Ultra Slim Design, this set will fit beautifully into your living room or bedroom.
Freeview HD
Get some of the UK’s favourite TV channels in high definition, subscription free. Channels include BBC One HD, BBC Two HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD as well as BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD & CBBC HD for free. You can also access up to 60 standard definition Freeview digital TV channels and 25 radio stations.
Perfect partners
Enhance your set’s audio with a sound bar here.
Don’t forget that you’ll need an HDMI Cable to connect Blu-Ray players, games consoles or other equipment.
Keep your home cinema set-up organised with a new wall mount or TV stand
*Please note: A Smart TV is a platform that can run 3rd party Apps. 3rd party content providers may remove Apps from the Smart TV platform or stop supporting them at any time and John Lewis cannot guarantee an App’s availability. When new Smart TV products are launched, there may be also be a delay before certain Apps become available. Availability of Apps are not included within the terms of the manufacturer’s warranty or the John Lewis 5 Year Guarantee (2 Year for Audio Visual products).
Top comments
This TV has been due out for 2 months and its finally here. The Australians already have it and all i'm reading is good things. I have ordered it from John Lewis as soon as it popped up.
The general idea of this TV is that you are getting a lot of bang for your buck. Whilst i'm sure its not a perfect TV (only the £2000+ ones are) this will be the best TV you will find in this price bracket. I'm going for this over a lower end Sony/Samsung as this will no doubt out perform them. It would be similar to their mid range TVs but a good 400/500 cheaper.
I've just got off the phone to John Lewis who have told me they have this model on display now so go and check it out!
I personally held off from the cheaper deal of the older Hisense models as this one ticked all the boxes for me.
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http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/sony/bravia-kd55x9005c/sony-kd55x9005cbu
It's meant to be loads better as you don't get the half the resolution of a 1080p screen problem, you get around 1080p per eye with 4K
Also FW update needed to enable HDR on HDMI's
Hisense already a year late with last years models update
http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/ultra-hd-not-always-4k/
"In all the hype about Ultra HD, the manufacturers and home video studios have also been careful to downplay another issue that some viewers will find disappointing. If you happen to be a fan of 3D (and it seems that fewer and fewer people are these days), you’re completely out of luck. The Ultra HD format does not support 3D. I say again for emphasis: The Ultra HD format does not support 3D. At all. Period. End of discussion. It’s not in the spec. Nobody has any interest in adding it to the spec anytime soon. As far as Ultra HD is concerned, 3D is dead."
Is this not better? For £50?
I personally want a 4K but if I can cover all bases then it's a bonus - 4k, smart, Android, 3D and 55" which is 5" bigger than my current LG 3D smart plasma tv