The Hisense 100U8QG is the largest size available of this model. It's a mid-range model released in 2025, sitting above the Hisense U6QF and the Hisense U7QG. It's powered by the Hi-View AI Engine Pro processor, with HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on all three ports, and it has a USB-C port that can act as a DP Alt port for PC gamers. Like the smaller sizes, it has a ton of gaming features like 4k @ 165Hz, 1080p @ 288Hz, and VRR to help reduce tearing. It also supports Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and DTS audio formats. The TV runs the popular Google TV smart interface, and it has a ton of smart features, including hands-free voice control. We bought and tested the 100-inch model, and this review focuses solely on that size, but it's also available in 55, 65, 75, 85, and 100-inch options. We also reviewed the 65-inch model separately.
Our Verdict
The Hisense 100U8QG is a great TV overall. It's a versatile TV, with incredibly high peak brightness but impressively deep blacks that make it a great choice for both bright and dark rooms. It has a great selection of gaming features like VRR support and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, and it has low input lag for a responsive gaming experience. It's good for watching sports, but there are some noticeable uniformity issues, and the viewing angle is bad, so it's not a good choice for a wide seating arrangement.
Outstanding SDR brightness.
Incredibly deep blacks with minimal haloing around highlights and subtitles.
Does a great job smoothing out low-quality content, with very little loss of fine details.
Can't reduce the intensity of direct reflections.
Distracting uniformity issues.
Image degrades rapidly when viewed from an angle.
Extremely cold color temperature out of the box.
The Hisense 100U8QG is a great choice for a home theater. Blacks are deep and incredibly uniform thanks to its very high zone count and impressive Mini LED local dimming feature, and there's just a bit of haloing around bright highlights and subtitles. It gets incredibly bright in HDR, so bright scenes stand out well, and you can still make out fine details in the brightest parts of the scene. It's a bit too bright, though, and although it tracks creative intent well in shadow details and midtones, bright scenes are overblown. Finally, it has great format support, including Dolby Vision and HDR10+ support, as well as DTS passthrough.
Incredibly bright in HDR, specular highlights stand out well.
Incredibly deep blacks with minimal haloing around highlights and subtitles.
Does a great job smoothing out low-quality content, with very little loss of fine details.
Bright HDR content is overblown.
Some stutter in slow panning shots.
The Hisense 100U8QG is great for use in a bright room. It's impressively bright in SDR, so the TV easily overcomes glare from indirect lighting in even the brightest of rooms. Ambient light has no noticeable impact on picture quality, as it maintains color saturation and deep blacks even when the lights are on. On the other hand, the screen does very little to reduce the intensity of direct reflections, so any light source you have placed opposite the screen is clearly visible, especially during darker scenes.
Outstanding SDR brightness.
Ambient lighting has no noticeable impact on black levels or color saturation.
Can't reduce the intensity of direct reflections.
The Hisense 100U8QG is a good TV for watching sports. It's bright enough to easily overcome glare from indirect lighting, but the screen coating does very little to reduce reflections from direct reflections, so you should avoid placing the TV screen opposite a lamp, window, or overhead lights. It also does a great job improving the appearance of low-quality and low-resolution feeds. Unfortunately, it has a bad viewing angle, so despite its size, it's best-suited for a narrow seating arrangement, as the image degrades very rapidly when you move off-center. It also has bad gray uniformity, with distracting dirty screen effect.
Outstanding SDR brightness.
Does a great job smoothing out low-quality content, with very little loss of fine details.
Can't reduce the intensity of direct reflections.
Distracting uniformity issues.
Image degrades rapidly when viewed from an angle.
The Hisense 100U8QG is a very good TV for gaming. The TV supports HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on all three HDMI ports and VRR to reduce screen tearing. It also has a unique USB-C port for PC gaming, but it doesn't support VRR or the refresh rate boost feature over that port. It supports 4k @ 165Hz and 1080p @ 288Hz, and it has incredibly low input lag, so gaming feels responsive. It also delivers fantastic picture quality even in Game Mode, with high peak brightness and impressive dark scene performance.
Incredibly bright in HDR, specular highlights stand out well.
Low input lag at higher refresh rates for a responsive feel.
Sluggish pixel transitions results in blurry motion when gaming.
USB-C port doesn't support advanced gaming features like VRR.
The Hisense 100U8QG is an incredibly bright TV. It easily overcomes glare from indirect lighting in a well-lit room thanks to its outstanding SDR brightness. It's also exceptionally bright in HDR, so specular highlights stand out well, and very bright scenes are intense.
Incredibly bright in HDR, specular highlights stand out well.
Outstanding SDR brightness.
The Hisense 100U8QG has excellent black levels. Blacks are incredibly deep and uniform thanks to the TV's impressive Mini LED local dimming feature. There's slight haloing around bright highlights and subtitles, but it's not very noticeable in most content.
Incredibly deep blacks with minimal haloing around highlights and subtitles.
The Hisense 100U8QG has good colors. It has excellent color volume in HDR thanks to its high peak brightness and fantastic contrast, but colors are a bit muted. It has decent accuracy out of the box in SDR, but colors aren't at all accurate in HDR.
Excellent color volume in HDR.
Extremely cold color temperature out of the box.
Note: We're in the process of improving our tests related to image processing, but this score should give you a general idea of how a TV performs overall with its image processing capabilities.
The Hisense 100U8QG has great processing overall. It does a great job removing artifacts from low-quality content, and low-resolution content is upscaled well, with very little loss of fine details. The TV does a very good job of displaying color gradients, with just a bit of banding in brighter shades of red and green. It has excellent EOTF tracking in shadows and midtones, but bright highlights are overblown by the TV, and it doesn't respect creative intent for content mastered at 600 and 1,000 nits.
Does a great job smoothing out low-quality content, with very little loss of fine details.
Good gradient handling in HDR.
Bright HDR content is overblown.
The Hisense 100U8QG has good gaming responsiveness. It supports a wide range of formats and a very high refresh rate, and it works with VRR sources to reduce tearing. Unfortunately, it has sluggish pixel response times, and it behaves inconsistently, with different motion handling depending on the frame rate being sent.
Low input lag at higher refresh rates for a responsive feel.
Sluggish pixel transitions results in blurry motion when gaming.
USB-C port doesn't support advanced gaming features like VRR.
We're in the process of fixing the way we evaluate a TV's overall motion handling. This section is currently broken, and the score isn't indicative of how well a TV handles motion overall.
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Changelog
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Updated Nov 25, 2025:
Added a link to our new Best 98-100 Inch TVs recommendation article in the Popular TV Comparisons section.
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Updated Nov 25, 2025:
We bought and tested the Samsung 100QN80F, and added a mention in the Lighting Zone Precision section.
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Updated Nov 20, 2025:
We bought and tested the TCL 98QM8K and added a link in the Popular Comparisons and Lighting Zone Precision sections.
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Updated Nov 12, 2025:
Added a link to the size comparison article to the Differences Between Variants section.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 100-inch Hisense U8QG, and these results are only valid for that size. If you're interested in one of the smaller sizes, check out our review of the 65-inch model or our head-to-head comparison.
In Canada, the TV is known as the Hisense U88QG, and it performs the same. There are similarly named international models, like the U8QAU in Australia, but Hisense models typically perform a bit differently in regions outside of North America, so our results aren't valid for them.
| Size | US Model | Advertised Dimming Zones | Panel Type (Unconfirmed) |
| 55" | 55U8QG | 1,008 | ADS Pro |
| 65" | 65U8QG | 2,048 (Confirmed) | VA |
| 75" | 75U8QG | 2,160 | ADS Pro |
| 85" | 85U8QG | 3,168 | VA |
| 100" | 100U8QG | 5,376 | VA |
Our unit was made in China in March 2025.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Hisense 100U8QG is a great TV overall with a great selection of features. It's one of the best 100-inch TVs on the market thanks to its incredibly high peak brightness, deep blacks, and fantastic Mini LED local dimming system. It's not without its flaws, though, as colors aren't as bright and vibrant as they should be, and the viewing angle is one of the worst we've seen. There are also some odd processing quirks, including overblown HDR highlights and inconsistent motion handling. Despite its flaws, it's one of the best TVs you can buy if you're dead set on getting a 98- or 100-inch TV.
For more options, check out our recommendations for the best 98-100 inch TVs, the best TVs for movies, and the best TVs for gaming.
The TCL 98QM8K and the Hisense 100U8QG deliver a very similar experience overall, but the TCL is slightly better for most people. The TCL's local dimming feature is better, resulting in a more uniform dark scene experience with less haloing around bright highlights. The TCL also has better colors, and it's more accurate out of the box.
The LG C5 OLED delivers a significantly better overall experience than the Hisense 100U8QG. Although the Hisense is much, much brighter, the LG delivers a far more impactful viewing experience thanks to its perfect blacks, wide color gamut, and amazing motion handling. The LG is a significantly better TV, but the Hisense is still worth considering if you really want a massive model but can't afford the incredibly high price tag of a 97-inch LG C5.
The Hisense 100U8QG is a slight downgrade from the smaller Hisense U8QG. The 100-inch version uses a simpler VA panel without full quantum dots, resulting in worse color saturation and significantly lower SDR color volume. It's also not quite as bright, although most people won't notice that difference. Check out our in-depth comparison between the 65-inch and 100-inch sizes for more information.
The Hisense 100U8QG is significantly better than the Samsung 100QN80F. It delivers much better picture quality, with significantly deeper, more uniform blacks and a lot less haloing around bright parts of the scene. The Hisense is also significantly brighter, allowing bright highlights in HDR to stand out and making bright scenes even more vibrant.
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