My mini-review of the TV. Sorry, it's a bit all-over the place.
It arrived at the weekend. The box it came in was about 5 times the width of the tv and a good foot taller on each side, but it had the nice black inserts in the side so you can pull them out and then the sides of the box come free to lift up over the box base and tv meaning getting it out of the packaging is a breeze. The base was already attached which was nice for anyone not wall mounting it, but meant I had to lay it down (on it's back) and remove the 7 screws to get it off. It was nice and snug but came off easily. The feet aren't right at the end of the TV like some of last years bigger screens so it fits better on shorter tv stands (I didn't measure the length so can't give you specifics). It's a bit big and heavy for 1 person to lift and wall mount, so please use 2 people. It didn't come with mounting screws but I got M6 screws 25mm and they fit great with my wall mount.
Picture quality is fantastic. I've also turned off smooth motion, The soap opera effect is pretty strong which I'm not a fan of. I've noticed some slight clouding in the top left and a dark spot in the very top right of the screen, right in the very corner, but both are only noticeable when you have a solid white screen. Can't notice anything at all while watching something. Picture is clear. I'm not happy with the default settings of the tv, it's a bit dark and possibly a bit too red, but I will wait for someone better than me to suggest better calibration settings.
Glowing Hisense logo can be switched off which is nice, and the even though it has a bezel round the edge when you're watching something it seems to fill the whole TV, and it's a BIG screen. It's a good 4.5/5 meters away from where I'm sitting and it's still awe-inspiring. I didn't notice any banding but I'm not a sports fan so haven't tested it with football which is usually a good test, and if i can't see it, I'm not gonna go looking for it, because then I'll never unsee it!
I've got my PC hooked into it as I use it as a monitor. At first I had it plugged into the Arc (HDMI 1) port and I was only getting 720 as the default resolution and I couldn't up it. I moved it to HDMI 2 and it instantly recognised it as 4k 60hz. Using it as a monitor is an absolute pleasure. I can't test it as a 4k gaming pc yet as my old graphics card would just laugh at me, but I haven't noticed any input lag, and the text on screen is incredibly readable and scales perfectly on windows 10 (though I had to reboot it first to get the scaling to kick in)
Built in Netflix is great, responds quickly to a press of the Betflix button and the picture is fantastic. I can't seem to browse movie subcategories though or browse specifically for 4k titles so finding something to showcase the screen was a hassle. Netflix 'original' shows were the best bet, and they looked great. A few even have HDR but I have to admit I've no idea how to check if the HDR was working or not, couldn't find an option to toggle it on and off. Subtitles were huge, BIG WHITE TEXT THAT COULD BLOCK PARTS OF THE PICTURE, and no way to change the size or colour that I could see, but it was a minor complaint that we will live with.
Got an AV Receiver that I don't have hooked up yet, It says to hook it up from the ARC hdmi on the tv to the arc port on the receiver, but when I did that, it just said 'no signal or weak signal' and it doesn't recognise it. So I'm a bit confused what the arc port is actually for, it won't give me 4k and it won't work with the receiver so either I'm doing something wrong (quite likely) or there's an issue with the port? Not too sure at this point. I'm coming from a non-smart 32" tv that had a single hdmi and a 720 default resolution so all this new-fangled technology is still a little over my head.
Sound without a sound bar was very good. I'm no audiophile, but it came out loud, voices were clear and explosions sounded ok, I can't turn it anywhere near full volume, in fact not even to half way volume before it gets too loud so no idea how it sounds louder than that.
Overall I'm incredibly happy with it. I'd like to sort out whatever I'm doing wrong with the Arc input, and get some better picture settings but other than that it's great.
you easily get used to 70 when its up and running. The MRs was not happy saying it taking over room , now she loves it
