Hisense 50-Inch Class H8 Quantum Series Android 4K ULED Smart TV with Voice Remote + 2.1 Channel Sound Bar Home Theater System with Wireless Subwoofer and Bluetooth (Model HS218)

Been keeping an eye out on a Hisense TV for a year now. Mainly due to the Android TV OS. The only other brand using this platform is Sony which I also owned and loved it. The down side is Sony's price. Yes the picture is a more accurate one, but I love trying different technologies and brands. Well last year the only Hisense TV even worth buying was the 9 series which start at 55" and since I was buying for the bedroom I'd prefer a good 50" at much lower price. I didn't mind getting the 55" but every where you they were sold out and online sites who had them sold way above the retail price, so I waited. Then this TV came along this past month. Yes last year this Hisense had this 8 series out at a cheap price but not nearly as advanced as this years, so I bought two. I'd say this TV is almost on par w/ the 9 series of last year, but still updated software and remote and some actually better features. The Hisense version of Oled the Uled is not bad. Very vivid and this tv is very bright. Believe me on that, and viewing angles are also great. The motion features as all other reviewers mentioned are garbage. Color accuracy is not great, but still very good for half the price of more of other TV's. I must say I have not played with calibrating the set yet, so know fine tuning it better - which takes time, I positive the picture can a d will be more accurate. The Atmos sound is actually much better than expected, it's load. Playing music and bass is very impressive for a TV. Movies even sound great, and no doubt loud enough for 85% of people who buy this tv, who will choose not to buy a soundbar. Android TV setup is very clean and fast! More Apps from the Store than I thought, plus any App they don't have can be sideloaded. Kodi, Plex, and other media players many Firestick users can be also used on this TV, so no need to buy an addons. I hooked a 2TB Mini Laptop SSD Drive one of the USB and instantly formatted it, and now this 8GB TV is a 2TB powerhouse of storage. Downside USB ports are not at least 3.0 to fully maximize speed of external SSD. But still quick. Voice assistant works properly, remote is not the best but works. Can add any Bluetooth Remote of your choice to improve navigation, or adds a Keyboard and mouse, or even a one in all Remote, keyboard, and touchpad. No connection issues so far. TV arrived in perfect shape( Was a worry of mine). Overall without question for the price this TV can not be beat for Picture Quality, Sound, Android OS, and Design (Which could use a little improvement)Cons:*Yes the stupid 1/4in black trim that that blends in with the bevel is a disappointment. Not only does it take almost an inch from the Picture size but makes the small bezel look like an old fashioned TV w/ an 1/2 bezel. Reminds me of Small Bezeled Laptops with the black trim lining on the outside most of the screen but worse. *Old HDMI inputs on a 2020 new model tv also degrades the TV and it's potential.*USB 2.0 Ports (Outdated)*No Backlight on remote, no quick exit from menu, no quick menu options to change pic & sound modes quickly when changing from what your watching. If I want to listen to a news report, music, or movie I don't want to have to go through the whole menu to change modes only to change back modes when switching back to movies.***** Bottom line BUY THIS TV*******Having both a top end Sony Android TV, and this Hisense, the difference in Overall Quality is not much difference between the two. The big difference compared is the Price Tag. If you have lots if money to pay twice the price for a TV that's a tad bit better, then go with the Sony. ^ I'd love to test out the2020^//Hisense 9 Series if $$$ right\\

I had high hopes for this TV considering the reviews and tech specs, however there is a huge flaw with the software that makes the display distorted and therefore the onboard apps are useless.With most TV's you have the option to adjust the picture "Wide, Narrow, Cinema, Zoom, etc.". These aren't the best thing in the world but they can help if you're not getting in a proper signal from your TV provider. However when you activate the TV's onboard apps, the options to select these go away. That's fine as you'd expect the apps to broadcast in a standard widescreen format. Unfortunately when trying the amazon, netflix, ABC, CBS apps there is a huge flaw. The TV seems to crop out the right hand side of the picture (about 2 - 3 inches) and then stretches 2/3 of the screen to make up for this crop. This means you end up with a horribly distorted picture. For instance with CBS live streaming, the stream starts off in a low resolution stream and the picture is just fine, however as soon as the full Hd picture kicks in, there is a slight jump as the picture is cropped (you cana see how the logo is cut off on the right hand side) and the rest of the screen is distorted to fit the picture into the screen. If you go into the screen settings there is no way to adjust the picture or turn this off as most picture adjustment is locked out (you can only adjust the brightness, contrast, tint, motion smoothing etc...)This only happens when using the TV's built in apps. When you connect something like a Fire TV stick and access the same apps, the issue isn't there, the whole picture is displayed as normal without the cropping and stretching.I checked to see if there was a software update to address the issue but the system is up to date. So basically you're paying for an android TV that you can't actually use the android apps on without a horrible distorted picture.When using the Amazon Fire TV stick though the picture is just fine. There is a small bit of blurring during high motion scenes but that's to be expected from a 60HZ native panal. The motion smoothing (which some people may not like) can sometimes help make this blurring sharpen up, but can also lead to some motion artifacts.All in all, if you want a cheap large screen TV and intend to use an external streaming device, this TV is pretty good. However if you're thinking of purchasing this TV and using the built in apps, I would not consider buying this model until the distortion issue has been resolved.**UPDATE** Hisense made the suggestion of resetting the system to get rid of the visual distortion. This 100% worked. I can now use the built in apps and they display just perfectly. I'm not sure why this was an issue considering it was a brand new TV and it was a bit time consuming having to reset up the app accounts and picture preferences but I'm very happy that it's working perfectly now. Thank you hisense and as a result, I have upgraded my rating to 5 stars. A bit of a setup hiccup but it's now fixed and it's a great TV for the price.

Excelente televisor.La calidad de imagen es muy buena. Obvio requiere que la calidad de la imagen que se quiere apreciar también sea de alta calidad. De inicio no se aprecia esta calidad ya que no tiene ajustes de imagen preestablecidos, todos los modos de imagen tienen que ser modificados y personalizados de acuerdo con tus preferencias y ya posteriormente los vamos utilizando de acuerdo a lo que vamos viendo.Amazon Alexa no funciona más que para encender el televisor y apagarlo, si quieres utilizar asistente de voz para hacer más cosas con el televisor es mejor utilizar el asistente de Google, lo bueno es que tiene ambos asistentes y es posible usarlos conjuntamente.El sonido es aceptable.

Hasta el momento es una pantalla que cumple, aun no encuentro la configuración optima pero parece estar mas relacionado al poco contenido en ultra alta definicion, pero el costo que tuvo valio la pena.

Después de apenas 3 años de uso, el procesador se descompuso y no hay de su tipo de procesador disponible en el mercado. Voy a seguir buscando hasta febrero, y si no puedo comprar el procesador, voy a tirar la tele. Que chafa salió esta television!

Uno piensa que par tener una pantalla de ultima generación debe buscar en Samsung o Sony, sin embargo esta Hisense, la habia revisado en varias resañas y en verdad estoy más que sorprendido por la calidad de imagen y el software que trae, he visto otras que es muy lento y este es muy fluido. defivnitivamente una compra inteligente y la relacion con el precio es increible. Muy contento cone esta compra. sin duda, compraria otra.

La televisión se ve bien por tiene buenas dimensiones, llegó en perfectas condiciones. Lo único que no me gustó es que el navegador web que tiene funciona pobremente y tuve que optar por conectar mi celular, digo se ve con el celular conectado pero pierde mucha calidad la imagen), es una pena pues la tv tiene buenos colores, pero ese navegador web de verdad da hasta rabia. En todo lo demás me gusta, hasta el audio que tiene es Dolby atmos así que se escucha bien, solo que hay que tener en cuenta comprar bocinas mejor porque las películas en español pierden mucho volumen en la voz y terminas subiéndose al volumen a la tv y de repente sale música de fondo y si le da a tu vecino un buen susto.