Hisense QD7QF  TV Review

The HDR brightness on this TV is disappointing. While most moderately-lit scenes like the landscape photo look pretty good, bright scenes and bright specular highlights don't stand out at all.

There's no visible difference in HDR brightness when using Game Mode.

The Hisense QD7QF has okay peak brightness in SDR. It can handle some glare, but it's not bright enough to overcome the glare caused by bright lights or natural sunlight.

This TV has great contrast. The panel's native contrast is high enough to deliver deep blacks in more difficult scenes where local dimming can't keep up. The Mini LED backlight also helps deliver considerably better contrast than its lower-end sibling, the Hisense QD6QF, and it performs surprisingly well, even beating out the higher-end Hisense U65QF.

The dimming precision on this TV is mediocre. Given the relatively low zone count, it can't dim around fine objects, and there's noticeable haloing in dark parts of the scene and around subtitles.

This TV has decent zone transitions. There's noticeable flicker both trailing and leading lights as they move across the screen, but there's very little trailing halo effect.

There's no noticeable difference in dark scene performance when the TV is in Game Mode.

This TV has just okay black uniformity. As mentioned above, it can't dim tightly around oddly-shaped bright areas, so there's noticeable haloing around bright parts of the scene. With local dimming disabled there's no haloing, but the screen is a bit more washed out and cloudy.

The Hisense QD7QF has decent color volume in SDR. Like almost any TV in 2025, it easily covers the entire range of colors in the BT.709 color space used by most SDR content. It has good coverage of the wider DCI-P3 color space, but mediocre coverage of the widest BT.2020 color space. If you enjoy saturated colors, though, you have to use the 'Dynamic' picture setting, as it clamps the color space to BT.709 in the 'Movie' mode.

This TV has just okay color volume in HDR. It displays deep colors well thanks to its high contrast ratio, but most bright colors are nowhere near as bright and vibrant as they should be. It also can't display the full range of colors supported by HDR.

The Hisense QD7QF has great SDR accuracy before calibration. It has fantastic color accuracy, with no noticeable issues at all, and the white balance is great. Gamma is a bit high in dark shades and midtones, so those scenes are a bit too dark, and there's a bit too much red in all shades, giving it a warm color temperature.

The SDR accuracy after calibration is stunning, with no noticeable issues at all. Gamma, white balance, and color accuracy are all nearly perfect.

See our full calibration settings.

The Hisense QD7QF has great accuracy in HDR out of the box. The white balance is great, with just a few issues in midtones, and color accuracy is good overall. The RGB balance is very good as well, and the overall color temperature is just a bit warm.

This TV has fantastic accuracy in HDR after calibration. The color accuracy and color temperature are excellent, and the white balance is nearly perfect, but there are still a few issues in midtones.

This TV has decent PQ EOTF tracking. Most scenes are slightly too bright, but it's barely noticeable. It hard clips at the TV's peak brightness regardless of the content's mastering level, so there's a loss of fine details in content that exceeds its peak brightness.

Unfortunately, this TV is ineffective at smoothing out low-quality content. There's very little loss of fine details, but there's very little reduction in macro blocking and pixelization, either.

The Hisense QD7QF has decent sharpness processing. Fine details are sharp and clear enough, but text isn't as clear as it is on the Hisense U65QF.

This TV has good gradient handling. There's some minor banding in all colors, but it's not too noticeable.

The Hisense QD7QF has great input lag when you switch to Game Mode. It's low enough to deliver a very responsive gaming experience. Oddly, it doesn't support 1080p @ 120Hz but 1440p @ 120Hz is supported. The input lag in that mode increases to a very high 28.2ms, and it feels very sluggish.

Unfortunately, this TV has limited format support. At its native 4k resolution, it supports a maximum refresh rate of 60Hz. It doesn't support 1080p @ 120Hz, but 1440p @ 120Hz is supported, which is incredibly odd and likely a bug. Note that the 75-inch and up models of this TV support up to 144Hz.

Although Hisense doesn't mention any VRR support on this TV, it does in fact work with all three types of VRR. Due to its low maximum refresh rate at 4k, though, the refresh rate range isn't wide enough to work with low framerate compensation (LFC), so you'll see tearing if your framerate drops below 48Hz. 

With a 1440p resolution, VRR works up to 120Hz and down to <20Hz, so that resolution does work with LFC.

Unfortunately, the Hisense QD7QF has disappointing pixel response times at the max refresh rate of 60Hz. There's very little overshoot, but transitions are slow, resulting in blurry motion overall. It's worse in near-blacks, resulting in more blur in dark scenes.

This TV doesn't support a 120Hz refresh rate at it's native resolution.

Unfortunately, pixel response times at 60Hz on this TV are disappointing. There's very little overshoot, but transitions are slow, resulting in blurry motion overall. It's worse in near-blacks, resulting in more blur in dark scenes.

The Hisense QD7QF is a 60Hz TV, so it only supports 4k @ 60Hz on the P55. You can switch it to 1440p @ 120Hz instead, but oddly, it doesn't support 1080p @ 120Hz. It has Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), so it'll automatically switch to Game Mode when the TV detects a game playing, which gives you the lowest possible input lag for games.

This TV only supports 4k @ 60Hz or 1440p @ 120Hz on the Xbox Series consoles. Oddly, 1080p @ 120Hz isn't supported. It has Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), so it'll automatically switch to Game Mode when the TV detects a game playing, which gives you the lowest possible input lag for games. It also supports Dolby Vision gaming with supported titles.

Despite this TV's relatively slow response time, there's noticeable stutter with most low framerate content. It's especially bad in slow panning shots.

Unfortunately, the motion interpolation feature is ineffective at reducing stutter in slow panning shots. While it reduces the frame hold time considerably, the feature is very inconsistent, resulting in an even frame pacing that makes motion look choppy.

This TV can't remove judder from external sources that send a 60p signal, like an older cable box or streaming stick that can't match the content frame rate. It can't remove 24p judder from the native apps, either. For the best motion handling on this TV you need to use an external Blu-ray player or streaming source with a "Match Frame Rate" feature.

Most sources are free of micro judder on this TV. There are occasionally frame drops when watching 24p content sent via a 60p signal, like from an older cable box or streaming device that can't match the content frame rate.

The cinematic response time on this TV is just okay. There's a bit of overshoot, but it's not enough to cause noticeable overshoot. All transitions are slow, resulting in blurry motion in most shots.

Unfortunately, transitions are very unclean on this TV. Colors are uneven and there are very noticeable intermediate colors, and edges are uneven and soft compared to the center.

This TV flickers at a very high frequency, so most people won't notice it. It's flicker-free at the max backlight setting.

The TV doesn't have an optional backlight strobing feature, commonly known as black frame insertion (BFI), to help reduce persistence blur.

The Hisense QD7QF has sub-par direct reflection handling. The glossy coating does very little to reduce the intensity of bright, mirror-like reflections from lights or windows.

There's only some minor black level raise in a room with ambient lighting, so you still get deep blacks with your lights turned on.

The total reflected light on this TV is decent. Reflections are easy to see in dark scenes, but there are no rainbow artifacts or other issues with light banding, which is nice.

The TV's perceived color volume in a bright room is decent. Ambient light has little impact on the total color volume, but it's low to begin with.

The Hisense QD7QF has a mediocre viewing angle. The image starts to shift noticeably at a moderate angle, as colors wash out and gamma shifts considerably very quickly. There's also a noticeable yellow shift as blues drop quickly as you move off-axis, while red and green are stable.

Unfortunately, this TV has mediocre gray uniformity. The screen is patchy and cloudy throughout, with bright spots in the center that are noticeable when watching sports or anything with a somewhat uniform color. Near-blacks don't look any better either.

This TV uses a BGR subpixel layout. It doesn't affect picture quality but can cause issues with text clarity in some applications when using it as a PC monitor.

It uses a KSF phosphor coating to produce red light and has high peaks on reds and blues. This model does have good separation between colors, giving it solid color purity and a wide color gamut.

This TV is limited to HDMI 2.0 bandwidth on all four inputs, and it doesn't support ATSC 3.0, so you're limited to a maximum of 1080p for over-the-air broadcasts. The 75" and larger models have two HDMI 2.1 bandwidth ports instead.

This TV supports eARC, which allows you to pass high-quality, uncompressed audio to a compatible receiver through an HDMI cable. It supports all major audio formats, so you don't have to worry about compatibility with external sources.

The design is pretty standard for Hisense in 2025. It has thin bezels on all sides, but there's a bit more dead space between the sides of the TV and the first pixels.

The two feet are made of plastic and are set at the ends of the TV, with no alternative mounting position.

The footprint of the 65-inch stand is 44.4" x 11.8" x 2.2".

The back of the TV has a textured pattern similar to the Hisense U65QF. All of the inputs are side-facing, but they're in a recessed cutout that makes them a bit hard to access if you have it mounted to a wall. Unfortunately, there's no clips or grooves to help with cable management. 

This TV has decent build quality. It's mostly made of cheap-feeling plastic, but there are no obvious issues.

The TV's Fire TV OS is easy to use, and you won't have any problems finding content to watch. Adjusting settings is simple, but as we've seen with other TVs with the same OS, the backlight slider is very slow to respond to your inputs.

Unfortunately, like most TVs on the market, the smart interface contains ads, and you can't disable them.

• Quick setup guide
• Remote
• 2x AAA batteries
• Power cable

This TV has a mediocre frequency response. There's a noticeable dip in low-treble that muddies dialogue a bit, and it can't get very loud. There's also very little deep bass.