The Hisense UXAU is the jewel in the crown within the Hisense Mini LED TV line-up. Positioned as a challenger to OLED technology, it promises better picture quality and an overall improved viewing experience.
Boasting an impressive 20,000 backlights delivering 2,500+ nits of brightness and 5,000+ dimming zones, it delivers brightness like you’ve never seen before without compromising on image detail, clarity, and depth.
Equipped with a new Dynamic X Display, the screen is capable of five times less reflection and offers over one billion unique colours. This is coupled with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision IQ which understand the brightness of the space to produce the best possible picture according to light conditions.
Taking this to the next level is IMAX Enhanced certification, meaning the TV meets strict performance standards across viewing modes, resolution, colour, brightness, contrast, and sonic fidelity.
Hisense’s proprietary operating system, VIDAA U7 showcases a rich content offering and streaming apps from sport and reality TV to movies and series, with a curated homepage based on personal viewing preferences. Alongside new additions 10Play, Binge and Apple TV+, watch content across NRL TV, 9Now, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, FIFA+, Foxtel, Kayo Sports, Netflix, Stan, and more. There’s also exclusive VIDAA channels offering live TV across categories including action, crime, drama and comedy.
During my hands-on time with the Hisense UXAU, I wanted to put the display through its paces by watching a variety of content.
On Netflix, I watched the Beckham documentary series with a lot of low light scenes which showcased the deep black levels that can be achieved, but also bright scenes that delivered true to life colours. I then hit play on the Formula 1: Drive to Survive documentary series and was impressed by the super smooth motion of the race cars as they sped across the screen.
In the Life on Our Planet documentary series, there’s an abundance of landscape shots from the greens and browns of barren land, flora and fauna to the blues of the oceans. The display produces such vivid, but realistic, colours. Beyond the vast colour range, the level of detail, particularly in close-up shots like a reptile’s skin, is nothing short of incredible.
Moving to Disney+ I watched animated TV shows and movies including The Simpsons and Elemental. Colour in animated content is critical to evoke emotion and the Hisense TV heightened this experience by delivering bright and bold colours.
Flicking over to YouTube, I moved away from documentaries, series and movies to music videos. Watching the Selected Sounds Radio channel with a lot of moving landscapes and tropical vibes, it was a truly immersive experience, transporting me back to island holidays, relaxing by the pool… enjoying an escape from reality.
Testing out the settings – as we’re all guilty of when we try out a new TV – there were a lot of options and some that went beyond standard picture settings like adjusting backlight, brightness, contrast or colour saturation. Expert settings fine-tune the colour gamut (range of colours), colour tuner (to balance hue, saturation and brightness), and white balance (to adjust intensity of red, green and blue) for a truly personalised picture just the way you like it.
To optimise the viewing experience when watching different content types, there are dedicated picture modes: Sports, Dynamic, Cinema Night, Cinema Day, Filmmaker and Standard. There’s also a Smart Scene option that recognises the scene and enhances picture quality accordingly.
With the effects of too much screen time in mind, there’s also a low blue light option to reduce strain on your eyes by lowering the emission of blue light.
When customers invest in a new home entertainment set-up, they expect the sound to elevate their viewing experience just as much as the picture. In this regard, the Hisense UXAU met, if not exceeded, this expectation. Across all genres of content, the sound was crisp, clear and detailed without the help of a soundbar. With Dolby Atmos, you feel like you are part of the action. And of course, there’s other sound mode settings if you want to adjust frequency, bass and more.
The Hisense UXAU is also compatible with voice assistants including Google Home and Amazon Alexa. AirPlay and HomeKit allow you to wirelessly share content and control the TV using the Home app on an iPhone, iPad or Mac.
It’s hard to fault the Hisense UXAU. It truly puts you in the centre of the action with unparalleled picture and sound, while keeping things simple thanks to an intuitive interface. If you’ve got the budget ($4,999 for 75-inch or $9,999 for 85-inch), it won’t disappoint.