The Hisense U9N is a high-end TV released in 2024. It's Hisense's flagship ULED model, sitting above the Hisense U8/U8N and the Hisense U7N. The TV is packed with features like Dolby Vision, local dimming, HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, up to 4k @ 144Hz, and VRR support. It uses Hisense's Hi-View Engine X chipset, their proprietary AI deep learning algorithm, which adjusts the TV's image based on your viewing conditions. It uses the Google TV interface, which is loaded with apps and has other smart features like voice control, and the TV has a built-in 4.1.2 surround sound system. It's available in two different sizes: 75 and 85 inches. We bought and tested the 75-inch model.
Our Verdict
The Hisense U9N is impressive for mixed usage. It's a great choice in reference conditions, with very deep blacks and incredibly vibrant colors. When you turn your lights on, blacks stay deep and colors stay vibrant. Furthermore, it has the SDR brightness needed to overcome glare in well-lit environments, but direct light sources are still a bit bothersome. Highlights in HDR content really pop out, providing an immersive HDR experience. It's a fully equipped gaming TV when it comes to modern features, but its pixel transitions are slow, so motion lacks clarity in fast paced games. The TV's viewing angle is satisfactory when the screen is viewed from a bit of an angle, but it's not quite good enough for wide seating arrangements.
Excellent HDR brightness for very impactful highlights.
Amazing SDR brightness means it easily overcomes glare from indirect lighting.
Good upscaling and very good low-quality content smoothing.
Colors are vibrant, lifelike, and bright.
Incredibly deep blacks with very minimal blooming when local dimming is enabled.
Feet aren't adjustable, requiring a large table if you're not wall-mounting the TV.
Direct reflections are a bit distracting.
The Hisense U9N is great for a home theater. It delivers excellent black levels, with very minor blooming around bright highlights and subtitles. You also get fantastically bright and well-saturated colors in both SDR and HDR, and color accuracy in SDR is very good. Colors in HDR have only okay accuracy, but the TV does an excellent job displaying HDR content near the brightness level intended by the colorist. Furthermore, highlights in HDR content really stand out due to the TV's excellent HDR brightness. The TV does a good job upscaling and a very good job cleaning up artifacts in low-bitrate content, so it's a solid option when your content's quality isn't ideal, like when watching DVDs. There's some very minor stutter during slow camera movements, but most people won't be bothered by it.
Excellent HDR brightness for very impactful highlights.
Good upscaling and very good low-quality content smoothing.
Colors are vibrant, lifelike, and bright.
Incredibly deep blacks with very minimal blooming when local dimming is enabled.
The brightness of HDR content stays true to the content creator's intent.
Some apparent banding in grays and greens.
Requires calibration if you care about HDR color accuracy.
The Hisense U9N is great for a bright room. The TV has amazing SDR brightness, so it easily overcomes glare from indirect lighting. Its direct reflection handling is okay at reducing the intensity of pesky light sources placed opposite the screen, but they're still visible during dark scenes. Fortunately, blacks stay very deep in a room with ambient lighting, and colors stay vibrant too, so you barely lose any picture quality when you have your lights turned on.
Amazing SDR brightness means it easily overcomes glare from indirect lighting.
Blacks stay deep and colors stay vibrant in a bright room.
Direct reflections are a bit distracting.
The Hisense U9N is great for watching sports. It has amazing SDR brightness that makes the TV easily overcome glare from indirect lighting. Its direct reflection is okay, but lights placed opposite the screen are still distracting during darker moments. Colors are very vibrant and accurate in SDR, so you get a punchy image with true to life colors. Its gray uniformity is okay, but there's still some noticeable dirty screen effect when watching sports like hockey. Fast motion is mostly smooth, but there's a bit of blur in very fast sports like Formula 1. Fortunately, the TV has good upscaling and very good low-quality content smoothing, so SDR feeds look sharp enough with minimal artifacts. Its viewing angle is satisfactory if you have a friend or two slightly off to the sides of the screen, but it's not a great option if you have a big living room with a couch or chair situated at a more aggressive angle.
Amazing SDR brightness means it easily overcomes glare from indirect lighting.
Good upscaling and very good low-quality content smoothing.
Colors are vibrant, lifelike, and bright.
Noticeable dirty screen effect.
Direct reflections are a bit distracting.
The Hisense U9N is very good for gaming, mostly due to its excellent picture quality. You get excellent black levels and incredibly vibrant colors, which leads to a punchy image. The TV also has excellent HDR brightness, so highlights in HDR games really pop out. It has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 144Hz, 1080p @ 240Hz, and VRR, so it has great compatability with modern consoles and PCs. It also has low enough input lag, especially at high refresh rates, for a responsive feel. Unfortunately, its pixel transitions are slow, so fast-paced games have blurry motion. Those transitions are fast enough for most single-player campaigns, but if you mostly play PVP titles, it's not the best choice.
Excellent HDR brightness for very impactful highlights.
HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, up to 4k @ 144Hz, 1080p @ 240Hz, and VRR support.
Colors are vibrant, lifelike, and bright.
Incredibly deep blacks with very minimal blooming when local dimming is enabled.
VRR doesn't work properly in 1080p @ 240hz.
Slow pixel transitions leads to noticeable blur behind fast motion.
The Hisense U9N has excellent brightness overall. Its SDR brightness is amazing, so it's very suitable for a bright room. It also delivers excellent HDR brightness, so highlights in HDR content are very impactful.
Excellent HDR brightness for very impactful highlights.
Amazing SDR brightness means it easily overcomes glare from indirect lighting.
The Hisense U9N has excellent black levels. With local dimming enabled, the TV has outstanding uniformity and contrast, so it displays incredibly deep blacks with very minimal blooming around highlights and subtitles.
Incredibly deep blacks with very minimal blooming when local dimming is enabled.
The Hisense U9N has excellent colors. Its color volume in both SDR and HDR is fantastic, leading to an incredibly vibrant image with colors that truly pop out at the viewer. The TV has very good accuracy in SDR without needing calibration, but its HDR color accuracy is only okay, so color enthusiasts will want to get the TV calibrated for the most accurate image possible.
Colors are vibrant, lifelike, and bright.
Very good SDR pre-calibration color accuracy.
Requires calibration if you care about HDR color accuracy.
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 U9N has very good image processing overall. It does a very good job upscaling low-resolution content, leaving you with an image that isn't too soft. It also has very good low-quality content smoothing, so heavily compressed content isn't full of distracting artifacts. Its PQ EOTF tracking is excellent, so it mostly stays true to the content creator's intent when it comes to the brightness of HDR content. Its gradient handling is decent, and there's only apparent banding in grays and greens.
Good upscaling and very good low-quality content smoothing.
The brightness of HDR content stays true to the content creator's intent.
Some apparent banding in grays and greens.
The Hisense U9N has just decent responsiveness in PC/Game Mode. It has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two ports, 4k @ 144Hz, 1080p @ 240Hz, and VRR, so it has solid compatibility with consoles and PCs. Gaming feels responsive at high fresh rates thanks to its low input lag. However, the TV has slow pixel transitions, so motion lacks clarity when the action in a game ramps up.
HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, up to 4k @ 144Hz, 1080p @ 240Hz, and VRR support.
VRR doesn't work properly in 1080p @ 240hz.
Slow pixel transitions leads to noticeable blur behind fast 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
- Updated May 08, 2025: Converted to Test Bench 2.0.1. We did this to fix an issue with our scoring in the Supported Resolutions section, since TVs with a refresh rate higher than 144Hz were being penalized for not supporting 144Hz.
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Updated Apr 11, 2025:
We wrote text for the new tests and rewrote text throughout the review after updating pre-existing tests and scores for Test Bench 2.0.
- Updated Apr 11, 2025: We converted the review to Test Bench 2.0. With this new methodology, we've added new tests to expand the scope of our testing, adjusted our scoring to better align with current market conditions, and added performance usages that group related tests together to give more insight into specific aspects of a TV's performance. You can find a full list of changes in the TV 2.0 changelog.
- Updated Jan 23, 2025: Review published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 75-inch Hisense U9N, but the results are also valid for the 85-inch model. It's a limited release and isn't as widely available as Hisense's other models.
| Size | US Model | Local Dimming Zones |
|---|---|---|
| 75" | Hisense 75U9N | 2,924 |
| 85" | Hisense 85U9N | Up to 5,000 |
Our unit was manufactured in June 2024.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Hisense U9N is a high-end release from Hisense, slotting in between the Hisense U8/U8N and the Hisense UX, and as such, it's an extremely high performer. It's better than most competing products due to its extremely high peak brightness, super deep blacks, and very good local dimming. It's also more expensive than many of these products, and for most consumers, it's hard to justify its high price over the similarly performing U8N and the TCL QM8/QM851G QLED, which offer nearly equal performance at a much lower cost.
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The Hisense U8QG is slightly better than the Hisense U9N, but the differences are very minor. The U8QG is technically a lower-end model, but it's slightly brighter and has better contrast. Both of these TVs perform exceptionally well, though, so with either of them, it's more about future-proofing them rather than taking advantage of most real content.
The Sony BRAVIA 9 is better than the Hisense U9N. While the Hisense is capable of hitting higher brightness peaks in HDR content, the Sony is more consistent. The Sony TV also has better contrast with a superior local dimming solution, is the more accurate of the two TVs, and has better image processing.
The Hisense U8N and Hisense U9N are very similar TVs, with minor differences between them. The U9N has the better contrast of the two due to its superior local dimming feature, and while it's capable of getting brighter than the U8N, the latter is more consistent in that regard and is also brighter in SDR than the U9N. The U9N does have a wider viewing angle and is a bit better for gamers due to its lack of any response time issues when VRR is enabled.
The 2023 Hisense UX and Hisense U9N are very similar. The UX's contrast is a bit deeper, and it gets a bit brighter in HDR and SDR, but the U9N is the more accurate of the two TVs. The U9N is the better TV for gaming due to its lack of VRR issues, its faster 144Hz maximum refresh rate, and its slightly lower input lag. It's also capable of Dolby Vision gaming at 120Hz, while the UX is limited to 60Hz.
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