I reckon this is pretty good at the moment on this model. There is currently 10% off Hisense 4K TVs with code Use code HISENSE10 - Looks to be the cheapest by at least £30.
There are a few others that might be worth a nose at - Here
Product Overview Get fully immersed in your favourite films and shows on this Ultra HD certified, 43 inch LED TV from Hisense. It uses upscaling technology to improve HD content to near 4K levels, completely transforming your old Blu-rays. Thanks to HDR technology you’ll get a breath-taking range of colours along with incredible depth and contrast, so everything you watch will look more realistic than ever. Access the best entertainment with Smart TVfeatures, such as 4K streaming, and Freeview HD, which gives you 70 subscription-free channels including 15 in HD. And, with 3 HDMI ports, you can connect your games consoles and Blu-ray players, or hook up external memory to the 2 USB ports to give your home videos the big screen treatment.
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pennyfarthing88
18 Aug 17#1
Personally I think this brand is brilliant and within a price band that is exceptional value.
Needless to say heat.
trajix
18 Aug 17#2
Considering the H55N6800 at £630. Anyone have any opinions on this? Seems a good price, not sure if better out there.
Cheers though, OP.
edit: or is the H55N5700 just as good? Can't seem to find much to explain the price difference.
Back lit over edge lit and slight brightness difference.
trajix to collectorcol
18 Aug 17#6
Thanks - better info than I was able to find!
joffa81 to trajix
19 Aug 17#12
From what I've read the N5700 is the 2017 budget/entry level model where the N6800 is the mid level model. the N6800 seems to have local dimming and a few more features that are part of the Hisense ULED range that the N5700 doesn't. How much different this makes overall depends on what your watching and the quality of the source. one thing I do know the N5700 is more likely to experience banding/DSE due to being direct backlit. I've read a few (not loads) reports of this. The N6800 seems to be more uniform with very few issues other than the odd isolated clouding/backlight bleed issue along the bottom edge.
ive been looking to replace my 4 year old plasma as it's developed a line down the screen and was looking to replace it with either the N6800 (50" version) or the Samsung 50MU6100. I've not seen the Hisense in person but the Samsung are dreadful with widespread backlight bleed issues right away across the MU6XXX range. My advice would be to check out the Hisense TVs and steer clear of Samsung's 2017 models.
joff
mobily to joffa81
19 Aug 17#28
Surely if it's direct led it's less likely to exhibit banding/DSE?
joffa81 to mobily
19 Aug 17#30
you would think so but on some forums there is a a few reports of banding seemingly where the backlight array mounts to the chassis. Also uniformity issues (clouding and blooming/DSE) due to the spaces in the LED array. this is the reason why it's the N5700 is budget/entry level tv and it uses a direct LED backlight. most TVs tend to use edge lit screens as it's more efficient and offers a more uniform screen (but it's not perfect).
pepper85
18 Aug 17#4
Just dropped my 4K Samsung and the screen smashed. FML! Is this a good replacement?
reespaul001
18 Aug 17#5
I'd love a 4k TV, and this is a great price, but I cant justify paying nearly £400 when my 40in Samsung works perfectly fine. :cry:
collectorcol to reespaul001
18 Aug 17#7
It's not a lot of money for a 4K upgrade BUT you get what you pay for so I'm curious myself if the 4K will be much improvement on 1080.
microbar to reespaul001
19 Aug 17#27
Is that what her indoors decided lol.
leehustwait to reespaul001
19 Aug 17#31
Hi was just thinking the same... Got a perfectly good 40 inch sony... no way my wife would let me buy a new tele whilst this is going strong!!
pboo to reespaul001
20 Aug 17#34
I've got a 43" 4k TV and to be honest I can see very little difference between HD and ultra HD on it. I've heard you can only really see the difference on bigger sets.
mdcrawley to reespaul001
20 Aug 17#37
I'm in the exact same boat. Currently trying to encourage my three year old to knock my Samsung over... :joy:
collectorcol to mdcrawley
20 Aug 17#38
:grin: I posted this comment early April...
'I so want one of our tvs to break so I can justify these cheap 4K sets.
First time I've wished for something to fail!'
I now own a LG OLED and couldn't be happier with my decision.With the right equipment 4K is absolutely fantastic.
TheFatGrandma
18 Aug 17#8
Does anyone have a picture of how this TV looks like in real life and not a stock model? I want to see if it's a kind of grey-ish silver. Would really appreciate it if someone does!
ANDYGUY
18 Aug 17#9
I bought the Hisense h43m3000 43" 4k a month ago from AO for £320. So maybe this is the new current model. Cant fault the quality for the price in picture and sound and slots at the back are plenty full, and that replaced my sony 40" i had bought new 3 yrs earlier. And amazingly enough the hisense beats it ,which kinda shocked me being brand conscious in the past. Oh and do not forget if anyone wants to purchase the ops deal... If your a first time customer on AO you will get an extra £20 off making this £357.
ammunition to ANDYGUY
18 Aug 17#11
Won't let me stack the codes....Am I doing anything wrong?
ANDYGUY to ammunition
19 Aug 17#32
not to my knowledge. you can speak to one of their customer advisers tell them your trying to purchase as a new customer. their number is on the site or you can google it.
Alvie
18 Aug 17#10
Does the (8-bit + FRC) HDR work on the built-in Netflix?
mb1357 to Alvie
19 Aug 17#13
Well it will if the Netflix app Is HDR enabled but regardless you will not see any difference HDR or no HDR; the technology is mainly suited to OLED tv's which can exhibit pure white/blacks. It is quoted by manufacturers to make people purchase new tv's. Next it will be 8k! For the money seems a great buy
Alvie to mb1357
19 Aug 17#14
Oled can do pure blacks by shutting the pixels off, but I don't think you can get "pure" whites from anything.
Stu.C to mb1357
19 Aug 17#20
OLED can do deeper black, but LED panels are brighter, thus giving more contrast between the highs and lows of HDR... I don't think you can outright say HDR is only for OLED.
Also, Samsung's QLED technology is actually LED, and Samsung will definitely argue that HDR works on their TVs.
BigPro
19 Aug 17#15
Not a bad price for 4K. But in my opinion 4K on 43" is overkill, should be looking at 55" minimum
gordondr1980
19 Aug 17#16
Any good for gaming
iwo
19 Aug 17#17
A good deal for none gamers. At this price though you can pretty much guarantee this will come with unacceptably high input latency in video games, so one might want to research that aspect of set first.
ChrisHicks to iwo
19 Aug 17#18
It says on the Hisense website, that in Game mode the Input Lag is "<50ms", which is quite ambiguous. Can't decide if I want to give it a try or not.
iwo to ChrisHicks
19 Aug 17#22
That's very high. If you're a gamer you're really going to feel it, especially in shooters.
joffa81 to iwo
19 Aug 17#26
Hisense panels in reviews are usually are between 25-38ms (not seen anything above 40ms) in response time going by review. They are about on par with Samsung in terms of response time who are usually at the top of the list of fastest response times. The VA panels are about the fastest you can get in terms of LED and the stated <50ms is just a stated factory number and all panels are much lower than this. Reviews have stated gaming is fine and not an issue and games play great without any noticeable lag.
MaximusRo to joffa81
22 Aug 17#44
VA panels are slower than IPS ones. There now now IPS gaming monitors, not sure if there is a VA one?
joffa81 to MaximusRo
23 Aug 17#46
LG TVs have always had higher response times hence the reason why IPS TVs are always at the bottom of the response times charts. the truth is no panel is really slow nowadays and it seems MVA panels TVs seem to be slightly better in response times than their LG IPS equivalents. It may well be down to all the post image processing the is currently present on TVs, Idon't pc game and as such monitors are of no importance to me.
Sony are regarded as as better as not only do they use LG IPS panels they also use panels from other manfactuers including Samsung. The reason Sonys are regarded slightly better is due to the Bravia image processing engine that is a stepchild ahead of anything LG and Samsung offer although the gap has narrowed in recent years.
MaximusRo to joffa81
24 Aug 17#50
Sony, better make? Hard to say that. LG is selling a few MVA models too. Most pro monitors use LG panels, i cluding Apple monitors. Samsung is known for selling TVs with panels manufactured by various other manufactureres (google samsung panel lottery)
Nothing is black and white nowadays, it's just marketing and a race to con the customer
VeedubyaGTi
19 Aug 17#19
I have a Hisense 32" tv in my conservatory, they are a really great bargain if you're not a brand snob, and will buy another without question . Think I'll wait for the 8k sets to come out(and drop in price) as from what I've read, our eyes won't see any higher definition than this :smile:
collectorcol
19 Aug 17#21
QLED is brighter because it still uses a backlight, which brings along all the issues associated with backlights.
I have no idea why people obsess about brightness. The brightness on my B6 is turned down, as it washes out detail, but people will still demand other technology is better because it goes even brighter.
Someone knows the stand length? I need to know if it'll fit on my tv table thanks
collectorcol to Zaguer
19 Aug 17#24
Footprint is 82.2cm.
ChrisD___
19 Aug 17#25
Which is likely to have the better picture quality, this or LG UJ701?
krazyasif786
19 Aug 17#29
Can this be used as a PC monitor?
spenspuma
20 Aug 17#33
Remember the saying "Buying Hisense makes No sense"
h8lly
20 Aug 17#35
Hello, can anyone with this Hisense 43" tv please tell me the distance between the two stand legs? I have a corner tv unit that's slightly smaller than the width of the tv so not sure if the legs are too far apart since the unit is narrower towards the back.
collectorcol to h8lly
20 Aug 17#36
Again... The footprint is 82.2cm.
h8lly to collectorcol
21 Aug 17#42
Thanks. Do the legs come in slightly at the back, or are they perpendicular to the screen?
KrisFerrari
20 Aug 17#39
Bought LG 43 2017 mfg for 399 from Richer sounds 5 year guarantee. Not sure about comparison with hisense
joffa81 to KrisFerrari
21 Aug 17#40
Obviously these Hisense are never going to compete with OLED TVs and were never produced to compete with them. They are however equal to and in some cases better than the Samsung and LG models within the same price range. Most reviews in the last 18 months - 2 years have come to accept Hisense as one of the big brand TVs in the same way they regard Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Sony. Sony seem to be a step above but Hisense TVs are usually in the same league as Samsung, LG and Panasonic in terms of build quality and picture.
MaximusRo to joffa81
22 Aug 17#45
How can Sony be any better when they buy panels from LG and the likes?
mb1357
21 Aug 17#41
Basically Hisense are doing to Korean manufacturers what they did to the Japanese manufacturers in producing similarly spec products at a more competitive price; reviews are generally favourable esp in terms of build quality and image quality which surely are the main points for a T
DADSCAB
21 Aug 17#43
Thanks OP. I think I just got the last one, have some heat.
kongczech
23 Aug 17#47
do not forgot to get your cashback drop the price for £312 (ao code + cashback) Topcashback Hisense Exclusive Offer 10.1%
vamsi4ever to kongczech
1 Sep 17#54
Hi, how do we get the cashback? Also the code HISENSE10 does not work. Is there any other code?
ukbootlegs2015
23 Aug 17#48
Sorry, this product is no longer available
oh well!
mobily
24 Aug 17#49
What's the best TV for screen uniformity?
jamdog30
26 Aug 17#51
I bought one! I think you will need to turn all the fancy settings off at the start.
The screen quality is amazing but the sound is not the greatest so I think a speaker would sort that out.
The smart tv stuff is android from what I can ascertain. The remote has YouTube and Netflix buttons. I plugged a hard drive in and it appears to play everything I have thrown at it.
It is truly amazing how much you get for the price you pay.
Uktvplay
27 Aug 17#52
Does this TV support: 1. DLNA 2. WiFiDirect 3. Bluetooth 4. MHL 5. HDMI-CEC
The Hisense spec sheet doesn't list them, and other sites contradict each other.
Opening post
There are a few others that might be worth a nose at - Here
Product Overview
Get fully immersed in your favourite films and shows on this Ultra HD certified, 43 inch LED TV from Hisense. It uses upscaling technology to improve HD content to near 4K levels, completely transforming your old Blu-rays. Thanks to HDR technology you’ll get a breath-taking range of colours along with incredible depth and contrast, so everything you watch will look more realistic than ever. Access the best entertainment with Smart TVfeatures, such as 4K streaming, and Freeview HD, which gives you 70 subscription-free channels including 15 in HD. And, with 3 HDMI ports, you can connect your games consoles and Blu-ray players, or hook up external memory to the 2 USB ports to give your home videos the big screen treatment.
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Needless to say heat.
Cheers though, OP.
edit: or is the H55N5700 just as good? Can't seem to find much to explain the price difference.
displayspecifications.com/en/…308
Back lit over edge lit and slight brightness difference.
the N6800 seems to have local dimming and a few more features that are part of the Hisense ULED range that the N5700 doesn't. How much different this makes overall depends on what your watching and the quality of the source.
one thing I do know the N5700 is more likely to experience banding/DSE due to being direct backlit. I've read a few (not loads) reports of this.
The N6800 seems to be more uniform with very few issues other than the odd isolated clouding/backlight bleed issue along the bottom edge.
ive been looking to replace my 4 year old plasma as it's developed a line down the screen and was looking to replace it with either the N6800 (50" version) or the Samsung 50MU6100. I've not seen the Hisense in person but the Samsung are dreadful with widespread backlight bleed issues right away across the MU6XXX range. My advice would be to check out the Hisense TVs and steer clear of Samsung's 2017 models.
joff
this is the reason why it's the N5700 is budget/entry level tv and it uses a direct LED backlight.
most TVs tend to use edge lit screens as it's more efficient and offers a more uniform screen (but it's not perfect).
:cry:
'I so want one of our tvs to break so I can justify these cheap 4K sets.
First time I've wished for something to fail!'
I now own a LG OLED and couldn't be happier with my decision.With the right equipment 4K is absolutely fantastic.
Oh and do not forget if anyone wants to purchase the ops deal... If your a first time customer on AO you will get an extra £20 off making this £357.
Also, Samsung's QLED technology is actually LED, and Samsung will definitely argue that HDR works on their TVs.
Reviews have stated gaming is fine and not an issue and games play great without any noticeable lag.
Sony are regarded as as better as not only do they use LG IPS panels they also use panels from other manfactuers including Samsung. The reason Sonys are regarded slightly better is due to the Bravia image processing engine that is a stepchild ahead of anything LG and Samsung offer although the gap has narrowed in recent years.
LG is selling a few MVA models too.
Most pro monitors use LG panels, i cluding Apple monitors.
Samsung is known for selling TVs with panels manufactured by various other manufactureres (google samsung panel lottery)
Nothing is black and white nowadays, it's just marketing and a race to con the customer
Think I'll wait for the 8k sets to come out(and drop in price) as from what I've read, our eyes won't see any higher definition than this :smile:
I have no idea why people obsess about brightness. The brightness on my B6 is turned down, as it washes out detail, but people will still demand other technology is better because it goes even brighter.
youtu.be/fJP…Rb4
thanks
Most reviews in the last 18 months - 2 years have come to accept Hisense as one of the big brand TVs in the same way they regard Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Sony.
Sony seem to be a step above but Hisense TVs are usually in the same league as Samsung, LG and Panasonic in terms of build quality and picture.
Topcashback Hisense Exclusive Offer 10.1%
how do we get the cashback? Also the code HISENSE10 does not work. Is there any other code?
oh well!
The screen quality is amazing but the sound is not the greatest so I think a speaker would sort that out.
The smart tv stuff is android from what I can ascertain. The remote has YouTube and Netflix buttons. I plugged a hard drive in and it appears to play everything I have thrown at it.
It is truly amazing how much you get for the price you pay.
1. DLNA
2. WiFiDirect
3. Bluetooth
4. MHL
5. HDMI-CEC
The Hisense spec sheet doesn't list them, and other sites contradict each other.