The Hisense 98QD5QG is an entry-level model released in 2025. It's one of the cheapest TVs available in this size range, but it's a very basic 4k TV with an LCD panel and no local dimming. However, it does have modern gaming features like two HDMI 2.1 ports, 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR. It utilizes Google TV as its smart OS, which has a ton of available apps, and gives you smart features like voice control and the ability to cast content from your phone using AirPlay or Chromecast. We bought and tested the 98-inch model, which is the only size available.
Our Verdict
The Hisense 98QD5QG is sub-par for mixed usage. The TV is just bright enough to handle glare in a moderately lit room, especially when combined with its matte screen coating. Unfortunately, it looks quite bad in a dark home theater due to its awful contrast and poor HDR brightness. The TV has modern gaming features, but its gaming performance is really held back by very blurry motion. That motion blur also affects the clarity of fast-paced sports. Fortunately, it does have a wide viewing angle, so it's alright for a wide seating arrangement.
Great handling of direct reflections.
Wide viewing angle.
Awful contrast and poor black uniformity makes the image look washed out.
Too dim in SDR to handle glare in a bright room.
Too dim in HDR for an impactful experience.
The Hisense 98QD5QG is a poor TV to use in a home theater. It has awful contrast, so blacks look gray during most scenes, and dark scenes look washed out. It also has poor HDR brightness, so highlights don't stand out at all in HDR movies, which leads to an underwhelming experience. Fortunately, colors have good accuracy out of the box in SDR and HDR, but it doesn't display dark colors or bright ones well at all. Fortunately, it does a good job upscaling and cleaning up low-quality content.
Very good color accuracy in SDR and HDR out of the box.
Good upscaling and very good low-quality content smoothing.
Very little stutter due to slow response time.
Awful contrast and poor black uniformity makes the image look washed out.
Too dim in HDR for an impactful experience.
Struggles with dark and bright colors in HDR.
The Hisense 98QD5QG is adequate for a bright room. It's just bright enough in SDR to handle some glare in a moderately lit room, and its matte screen coating does a great job reducing the intensity of direct reflections. However, blacks are very raised, and color saturation drops, so you lose a noticeable amount of image quality in a bright room.
Great handling of direct reflections.
Too dim in SDR to handle glare in a bright room.
Black levels are raised and colors lose saturation in a bright room.
The Hisense 98QD5QG is alright for watching sports. It's bright enough for a moderately lit room and does a great job reducing the intensity of direct reflections. It also has a wide viewing angle, so the image mostly stays consistent when viewed from the sides of the screen. However, it has a very slow response time, so motion in fast-paced sports is blurry. It also has mediocre uniformity, so anything with uniform color, like a hockey rink or playing field, has dim corners and a dirty screen effect towards the center.
Very good color accuracy in SDR and HDR out of the box.
Great handling of direct reflections.
Good upscaling and very good low-quality content smoothing.
Wide viewing angle.
Too dim in SDR to handle glare in a bright room.
Very slow pixel response times lead to blurry motion.
Dirty screen effect and dim corners due to poor uniformity.
Black levels are raised and colors lose saturation in a bright room.
The Hisense 98QD5QG is sub-par for gaming. It has two HDMI 2.1 bandwidth ports, 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR, so it has great compatibility with modern consoles. It also delivers low input lag, so gaming feels responsive. However, pixel response times are very slow, so there's a lot of motion blur, especially in faster titles. HDR games have next to no impact due to the TV's awful contrast and poor HDR brightness. It also has lackluster image quality in SDR, so games don't look very good at all.
Very good color accuracy in SDR and HDR out of the box.
Very low input lag, especially at 120Hz and 144Hz.
HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR.
Awful contrast and poor black uniformity makes the image look washed out.
Too dim in HDR for an impactful experience.
Very slow pixel response times lead to blurry motion.
Struggles with dark and bright colors in HDR.
The Hisense 98QD5QG has poor brightness overall. It's just bright enough in SDR for a moderately lit room. However, its poor HDR brightness means highlights don't stand out as they should in HDR, leading to a lackluster HDR experience.
Too dim in SDR to handle glare in a bright room.
Too dim in HDR for an impactful experience.
The Hisense 98QD5QG has awful black levels. It doesn't have local dimming to deepen blacks, and its native contrast ratio is bad, so blacks look gray during most scenes, and the image looks washed out.
Awful contrast and poor black uniformity makes the image look washed out.
The Hisense 98QD5QG has decent colors. It has solid color accuracy in SDR and HDR out of the box, so colors mostly look as they should. However, the TV struggles with dark colors in SDR and HDR, and it doesn't have the luminance required to display bright, punchy colors in HDR.
Very good color accuracy in SDR and HDR out of the box.
Good SDR color volume.
Struggles with dark and bright colors in HDR.
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 98QD5QG has decent processing. Its PQ EOTF tracking is adequate, but blacks are significantly raised. The TV does a good job upscaling and a very good job cleaning up artifacts in low-bitrate content without losing a ton of detail. Finally, there's some banding in most color gradients, but it's not too bad.
Good upscaling and very good low-quality content smoothing.
The Hisense 98QD5QG has decent responsiveness in its dedicated gaming mode. It has two HDMI 2.1 ports capable of up to 4k @ 144Hz with VRR, so it has great compatibility. You also get low input lag, especially at higher refresh rates, so gaming feels snappy. Unfortunately, the TV is held back by its slow pixel response times, which leads to very blurry motion.
Very low input lag, especially at 120Hz and 144Hz.
HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR.
Very slow pixel response times lead to blurry motion.
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.
Performance Usages
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.
- Updated Nov 21, 2025: Review published.
- Updated Nov 19, 2025: Early access published.
- Updated Nov 11, 2025: Our testers have started testing this product.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the Hisense 98QD5QG, which is the only size available. There's the similarly named Hisense 98QD5N, sold in regions such as Canada, which has the same specifications, so it should perform more or less the same.
| Size | US Model |
|---|---|
| 98" | Hisense 98QD5QG |
Our unit was made in Mexico in June 2025.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Hisense 98QD5QG is one of the cheapest models available in a 98-inch size, but it's an underwhelming TV. At first, you might be impressed by just how large the screen is. However, once the novelty of a huge TV wears off, you're left with a TV that has poor image quality overall. If you want a huge model with better image quality, you're much better off spending more to get a budget model like the 98-inch TCL QM6K. You can also opt for smaller sizes of the TCL QM7K or Hisense U75QG, both of which offer a substantially better picture.
For more options, check out our recommendations for the best 98-100 inch TVs, the best movie TVs, and the best gaming TVs.
The TCL QM6K is much better than the Hisense 98QD5QG. The TCL has local dimming, so blacks are much deeper and more uniform. The TCL also has superior HDR brightness and processing, so SDR and HDR content look better on it. There's a lot less motion blur on the TCL as well, making it the better option for gamers and for watching sports.
The TCL 98QM8K and the Hisense 98QD5QG aren't even on the same playing field. The TCL is significantly better across the board, with drastically better black levels, colors, and processing, so it provides a massive leap in overall image quality. Furthermore, the TCL is much brighter, so it's suitable for very bright rooms and provides a superior HDR experience. Finally, the TCL displays much clearer motion, making it better for sports and gaming.
The Hisense 100U8QG is way better than the Hisense 98QD5QG. The 100U8QG is significantly brighter overall, so it overcomes a lot more glare in a bright room, and highlights in HDR content are way more impactful. The 100U8QG also displays drastically deeper blacks due to its local dimming, so it's much more suitable for a home theater setting. On top of that, the 100U8QG has punchier colors, better processing, and supports 4k @ 165Hz, making it more versatile.
The Sony BRAVIA 5 98 is much better than the Hisense 98QD5QG. The Sony is brighter in SDR and HDR, so it handles more glare in a bright room and highlights pop out much more in HDR. The Sony also has superior black levels due to its local dimming feature, so the image has way more depth to it. To round it out, the Sony displays clearer motion, has superior image processing, and better colors, so it's better for pretty much every usage.
We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests use specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
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