I cannot believe how much I love this TV. As background, I bought a TLC from Amazon several months ago and hated it. Not only was it having issues working well with Google and Alexa, but I could never get the color right. It always looked off and meh. I returned it. I finally chose this one for Black Friday, and I cannot believe how much I love it. I have never owned a TV this beautiful in my life. The picture is glorious, it’s like being at the movies. Right out of the box, the picture was very good, excellent even. With some tweaks, it’s just perfect. I will say that reading the calibration suggestions online was pretty useless. It’s not like there’s that many settings, and what I found particularly nice was there were often three or four different options in each setting, each of which made the screen look better. (I opted for filmmaker mode, and just adjusted the brightness, color etc from there.) With the TLC I felt like every calibration option was subpar, nothing made the TV look better. I’m not a TV geek, so I can’t tell you about the blackness level. I CAN tell you that the color is outstanding, the clarity is outstanding, the brightness is outstanding, but it does get to be a little bright sometimes. Of all things, captions are too bright on Netflix. And while the TV itself lets you set the caption color to something less obnoxious, Netflix overrules, the TV caption settings, and only lets you do white or yellow, both of which are way too bright. Daylight scenes can be a bit much, light coming in through a window can be a bit too bright because it’s that bright of a TV. But that’s a small point. It’s simply an amazing tv. One word about the viewing angle, as I read a lot of TVs in this price range are terrible when viewed a little bit off to the side. I’m not noticing a decrease in viewing quality much at all, unlike with my TLC. So that’s a relief. I’m also enjoying the Google interface, seems to work fine, and plays well with YouTube TV, Prime video and Netflix. And it was super easy to set up. Following the instructions to put the stand on the TV was living hell, as there are picture-only instructions like IKEA! Just awful. And the TV is pretty heavy, so you’re gonna need somebody’s help putting it on the stand. But again, those are minor issues. This is the most beautiful TV I have ever owned, and the quality of the picture looks like those crazy pictures you see on display room floor, and know it’s never going to look like that at home. With this TV, it does. One final point, I’m really not understanding why this only has four out of five stars here. The professional reviewers love it (Tom’s, Rtings). It makes me wonder if some people are receiving a TV that substandard. Meaning, if with a few tweaks, this thing is not glorious, consider returning it for another one. I simply can’t express sufficiently in words how glorious this TV is. It was worth every penny (I got it for $890).

For the price around $800, this TV really packs a punch. Super bright HDR, great contrast and is very responsive. Plenty of options to tinker with for sound and video. Speaking of sound, the speakers are actually very decent for built in speakers with subs too. It would be nice to be able to debloat some of the built in apps, but it can sort of be done with adb commands if you're feeling up to the challenge. I was able to add it to home kit and google home with a little tinkering and overall I'm very happy with the experience I've had so far. Hopefully it last for 5-10 years!

Upscalling is horrible. Picture is grainy on some OTA signals.Picture seems flat compared to other brands. Interface is clunky and confusing.Funny thing is my son has a Hisense two years old, and his picture seems clear andshows good depth and image quality. His TV was half the price of my Hisense U8 Series 65U8N.If the TV was $400, I would probably keep it. Howver, it is being returned.One more thing. I have owned many TV's in the past. Hisense leaves me with a bad feeling onquality and reliability. Hisense warranty states they may or may not send a repair technician under warranty to your home. Up to to Hisense to make the determination if you need to send it in on your dime to be fixed. Incredible!Warranty:"ON-SITE SERVICE:Certain Products are eligible for on-site service at Hisense's sole discretion. To obtain on-site service, Purchaser must call or emailHisense as described above to trouble-shoot the issue with the Product. Hisense customer care representatives may determineProduct eligibility based on Purchaser's description of the issue, which may result in a determination that the Product requiresshipment to Hisense's warehouse in lieu of on-site service. On-site service may not be available in certain locations where anauthorized service provider is not available. An authorized service provider is considered unavailable if the Purchaser's locationexceeds fifty (50) miles from the service provider's business address. In the event that on-site service is not available, the Productmust be shipped to Hisense's warehouse. Products returned to Hisense should be shipped in original or equivalent packaging.Purchaser is responsible for delivering the Product to a reputable shipper. If Purchaser is unable to secure proper packaging orshipping services, Hisense may, at its sole discretion, provide packaging and shipping.On-site service requires that our authorized service provider be given clear, complete, unobstructed and easy access to the frontand rear of the Product. On-site service does not include that the service provider removes, reinstalls or transports the Product.It is possible that certain on-site repairs will need to be completed off site, and at Hisense's discretion, require that the Product tobe shipped directly to Hisense's warehouse. All panel replacements or repairs require that the Product be returned to Hisense'swarehouse. Once Hisense receives the Product and repairs or replaces it, Hisense will return the repaired/replaced Product back tothe Purchaser."Check out this Hisense statement:"Non-active pixelsThe LCD panel contains almost 3 million thin film transistors,which provide exceptionally sharp video quality. Occasionally,a few non-active pixels may appear on the screen as afixed black (in the case of a dead pixel), blue, green, or redpoint. These non-active pixels do not adversely affect theperformance of your TV, and are not considered defects."You decide how you spend your money!