The Hisense U6/U6K is a budget-friendly 4k TV. It's the 2023 entry-level model in Hisense's flagship ULED lineup and uses quantum dot technology to display a wider range of colors than traditional TVs. It replaces the Hisense U6/U6H and sits below the higher-end Hisense U7K and Hisense U8/U8K. As it's a budget TV, it lacks some gaming features that Hisense's higher-end models have, like HDMI 2.1 bandwidth and a 120Hz panel, but it supports every VRR technology for a nearly tear-free gaming experience. It comes with the user-friendly Google TV 11 interface and supports both Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant for voice commands, with microphones in the remote and the TV for hands-free voice control. It's available in three sizes: 55, 65, and 75 inches.
Our Verdict
The Hisense U6K is a decent TV overall. It has excellent contrast and adequate HDR brightness, so it looks pretty good when watching HDR content in dark rooms. It also gets bright in SDR and has decent reflection handling, so it handles bright rooms well. Unfortunately, the TV's viewing angle is inadequate, so it's a poor choice for a wide seating arrangement, like when watching sports or shows with friends. Though it's good for watching content from physical media, thanks to its decent low-resolution upscaling, it isn't as good with content from streaming platforms because of its limited low-quality content smoothing capabilities. Finally, its input lag is fantastic, and this model has a good response time, so it's a very good gaming TV.
- Excellent contrast for deep blacks.
- Decent low-resolution upscaling.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Some noticeable uniformity issues with bright colors.
- Narrow viewing angle.
- Poor low-quality content smoothing.
The Hisense U6K is okay for TV shows. It has good SDR brightness and decent reflection handling, so it's bright enough to handle glare in bright rooms. Unfortunately, its viewing angle is inadequate, so this is a poor choice for watching shows with a friend sitting beside you. Its upscaling capabilities are decent, so lower-resolution shows from DVDs look sharp enough for a good viewing experience. However, its low-quality content smoothing capabilities are limited; shows watched on streaming platforms have a lot of macro-blocking in dark scenes.
- Decent low-resolution upscaling.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Narrow viewing angle.
- Poor low-quality content smoothing.
The Hisense U6K is satisfactory for sports. It has decent reflection handling and gets bright enough in SDR to handle glare from bright rooms. It has a good response time, so while there's some blur when watching fast-moving sports, it's still a pleasant viewing experience. Unfortunately, the TV has an inadequate viewing angle, so it's a poor choice for a wide viewing arrangement. While satisfactory overall, its gray uniformity has noticeable horizontal and vertical lines on large areas of bright color, which is noticeable in certain sports, like hockey.
- Decent low-resolution upscaling.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Good response time with most content.
- Some noticeable uniformity issues with bright colors.
- Local dimming feature has very noticeable lighting zone transitions.
- Narrow viewing angle.
The Hisense U6K is a good choice for gaming. It looks great in Game Mode, although you can't have VRR and local dimming enabled simultaneously in that mode, so you have to choose between having better image quality or a nearly tear-free gaming experience. Still, the TV gets bright in SDR and has decent reflection handling, so it handles bright gaming rooms well. Its input lag is fantastic, so your inputs quickly translate to the on-screen action. Its response time is good overall; there's some blur when playing fast-moving games, but it's still a pleasant experience. However, its response time is worse in dark content, so this isn't the best TV to play horror games on.
- Excellent contrast for deep blacks.
- Decent low-resolution upscaling.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Very low input lag.
- VRR support.
- Good response time with most content.
- Local dimming feature has very noticeable lighting zone transitions.
- Slow response time in dark scenes, leading to some black smearing.
The Hisense U6K is good for movies, especially if you like to watch your movies on physical media rather than through streaming platforms. The TV's contrast is excellent, so dark scenes look great in a dark room with deep blacks. Its HDR brightness is adequate; not enough to make highlights pop, but enough to provide a pleasant HDR viewing experience. The TV's color accuracy is great with minimal calibration, so movies look as they should. Unfortunately, the TV's low-quality content smoothing capabilities are limited; movies from streaming platforms have noticeable compression artifacts in dark scenes.
- Excellent contrast for deep blacks.
- Decent low-resolution upscaling.
- Removes judder from 24p sources.
- Great PQ EOTF tracking.
- Very colorful due to its wide color gamut.
- Great color accuracy with minimal calibration.
- Small highlights don't stand out versus the rest of the scene.
- Poor low-quality content smoothing.
- Slow response time in dark scenes, leading to some black smearing.
The Hisense U6K is a very good TV to play HDR-enabled games on. Its HDR brightness in Game Mode is only adequate, but as the TV has an excellent contrast ratio, it still looks very good in a dark room. Unfortunately, you can't have VRR and local dimming enabled simultaneously in Game Mode, so you must choose between better contrast or a nearly tear-free gaming experience. The TV's input lag is fantastic, so your inputs are quick and responsive. Its response time is good overall, so blur is only noticeable with fast-moving games. However, its response time is noticeably worse in dark content, so this isn't the best TV for horror games.
- Excellent contrast for deep blacks.
- Very low input lag.
- VRR support.
- Good response time with most content.
- Very colorful due to its wide color gamut.
- Small highlights don't stand out versus the rest of the scene.
- Limited to HDMI 2.0 bandwidth.
- Slow response time in dark scenes, leading to some black smearing.
The Hisense U6K is a good TV to use as a PC monitor. It has good SDR brightness and decent reflection handling, so it handles bright offices well. Unfortunately, its viewing angle is inadequate, so the sides of the screen look washed out when you're sitting close to the TV. Still, the TV does proper chroma 4:4:4 in Game Mode to give you the sharpest text alongside the lowest input lag possible. Its response time is also good overall, although there's some blur if you quickly move windows around, especially if your operating system is set to dark mode, as the TV's response time is slower when coming out of dark states.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Displays proper chroma 4:4:4 with the lowest input lag.
- Good response time with most content.
- Great color accuracy with minimal calibration.
- Local dimming feature has very noticeable lighting zone transitions.
- Limited to HDMI 2.0 bandwidth.
- Narrow viewing angle.
- Slow response time in dark scenes, leading to some black smearing.
Changelog
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Updated Jun 20, 2025:
Mentioned the newly reviewed Hisense U65QF in the Contrast section.
- Updated Jul 25, 2024: Mentioned the newly-reviewed Hisense U6/U6N in the Contrast section of this review.
- Updated Dec 08, 2023: Mentioned the newly-reviewed TCL Q5/Q550G QLED in the Supported Resolutions section of this review.
- Updated Nov 23, 2023: Mentioned the newly reviewed Roku Plus Series QLED in the Compared To Other TVs section of this review.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 65-inch Hisense U6K, and the results are also valid for the 55 and 75-inch models. In Canada, it's known as the Hisense U68KM and performs the same. This TV has many variants. There's the U68K in Canada, which doesn't have Mini LED. There's also the U6KR, which uses Roku TV instead of Google TV, and even the U68HF, which is an Amazon variant with the Fire TV operating system. These models perform differently from the North American U6K/U68KM, so our results aren't valid for those models.
| Size | US Model | Canadian Model | Dimming Zones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55" | Hisense 55U6K | 55U68KM | 120 |
| 65" | Hisense 65U6K | 65U68KM | 192 |
| 75" | Hisense 75U6K | 75U68KM | 256 |
Our unit was manufactured in May 2023; you can see the label here.
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The Hisense U6K is a budget-friendly TV that offers good value for its cost, especially compared to budget models from brands like Samsung, LG, and Sony. Compared to other products from Hisense, Roku, and TCL, it's nothing special; it's not a noticeable upgrade over the 2022 Hisense U6/U6H, and the TCL Q6/Q650G QLED has more gaming features. The Hisense A6/A65K is dimmer and doesn't have local dimming, but it's cheaper and otherwise almost as good as this TV. The Roku Plus Series QLED has slightly better image quality but has fewer features than the Hisense. Overall, the Hisense U6K is a good low-cost option for a TV that can do many things well.
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The Hisense U6N is better than the Hisense U6K in most ways. The U6N has a higher contrast ratio and much better black uniformity for deeper blacks in a dark room, and its slightly better HDR brightness makes highlights stand out a bit more in HDR content. The U6N also has better SDR brightness, meaning it overcomes more glare in a room with the lights on. Additionally, the U6N has a faster response time for less blur behind quick motion, supports DTS audio formats, and has slightly better upscaling capabilities. On the other hand, the U6K is the more accurate TV in both SDR and HDR due to its much better pre-calibration accuracy and better PQ EOTF tracking.
The Hisense U7K is essentially a better version of the Hisense U6K. The U7K has better contrast and black uniformity, so blacks are deeper when viewed in a dark room. Its better SDR brightness makes it better suited for a bright room since it can overcome more glare, and its better HDR brightness makes highlights pop more in HDR content. The U7K also has a quicker response time for less blur behind quick-moving objects and is the better choice to pair with modern gaming consoles due to its HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for 4k @ 120Hz and its more functional VRR feature.
The Hisense A65K and the Hisense U6K are closely matched, with the U6K being a bit better overall. The U6K has a local dimming feature, leading to much better contrast in dark scenes. It also gets brighter than the A65K, so it's the more vibrant TV. While the U6K is a bit more colorful overall, the A65K is surprisingly colorful for a cheap TV. Outside of that, both TVs are pretty similar in terms of features.
The Hisense U6K and Roku Plus Series QLED are very similar TVs, with little to differentiate them. Still, the Hisense has a slight edge due to being much more accurate after changing only a few settings, and it has a few more features than the Roku, like VRR support and removing 24p Judder from more sources. The Hisense TV also sharpens upscaled content much better than the Roku TV. Still, the Roku does look a bit better than the Hisense, as it gets just a tad brighter, has slightly better contrast with much better black uniformity, and has a faster response time for less blur with fast-moving sports and games.
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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