Hisense TV 65XT910 in the test

The new Hisense 65XT910 impresses with Ultra-HD.


Basically good


Hisense has been trying to gain a foothold on the American market for a few years. The TV giant from China first put on the mass market and shocked 2013 with price breakers in the newly created division Ultra HD TV. The fact that the equipment could not contain any future-oriented technology at half the price of all competitors would have had to be clear at the time.


Conclusion


Now it looks quite different. In 2017, a strategic (no financial) partnership with Loewe was pushed to link market knowledge and purchasing advantages and now invest heavily in European development and quality assurance.


Looking at the very latest top model of the XT910 series, has nothing to do with the savings TVs of the past. Already the technical concept lays down specifically with the quality-leading competitors. Ultra-HD resolution in the Curved design, plus a background lighting with revolutionary Quantum Dot LEDs, can only be the most innovative top-of-the-line devices from the other manufacturers.


The fact that the latest chips for HDMI, TV processing and media players are now used is self-evident. So, the playback of 4K @ 60Hz material over two of the four HDMI inputs as well as the playback of our Timescape USB stick or from Recordings of the Astra 4K demokanal in HEVC with 10 bits. Netflix has been granted its own button on the remote control, of course, but it is not possible to offer this content in the highest resolution.


We were positively surprised by our laboratory measurements. The in-picture contrast of almost 10,000: 1 clearly shows that the device offers real local dimming and can therefore have an unbeatable black value.


What even the best manufacturers do today under local dimming is usually no more than the individual control of a few edge LEDs, but Hisense does it right here. The light sources are located directly behind the panel and darken separate areas (clusters) of the screen depending on the brightness demand.


The transitions are quite large. This reduces the gain in black value, but so are the light cores in bright objects no longer disturbing. We could not determine the cluster number with our special test pictures, so they are unobtrusive. If you switch off local dimming in the menu, you can see how much it is in dark scenes.


That these top TVs with their many LEDs consume more electricity, one can not claim at Hisense. The 65XT910 is even more economical with only a good 100 watts at evening brightness. If only small image areas are very bright, the Hisense even turns on the brilliance turbo. An indication that the developers are already dealing with HDR (High Dynamix Range).


What is missing in the extremely color and contrast-intensive hardware is the perfect electronics, which is tailored to the requirements of the coming year when HDR and the color space ITU-2020 are hopefully introduced. Presets for Farbraume are missing as well as a gamma selection. On the other hand, movement compensation, which hardly produced artefacts, was positive. If you turn them off completely, there is a pull-down at 24p.


The really clean processed and noble appearance device has a good basic equipment. Four HDMI inputs, WLAN and four-way receivers are now standard at the UHD mid-range.


Hard criticism must be pleased with Hisense in the sender sorting. This is actually not possible at all. And even the pre-setting of the Astra-LCN car sorting was not satisfactory in the laboratory.


Only the hope of a channel editor on the PC lifts the mood. For this, the classic setting menus are sorted well and quickly called up - with a great selection of the last used menu points .. In our previous version HbbTV did not work yet and some image parameters should be fine-adjusted, everything else was on a good level Br>

With the new XT910 series, Hisense adopts the low-cost image and delivers a piece of technology that does not shine with equipment, but rather with high contrasts and rich colors.