Bought HiSense 55E7K PRO QLED - 55 inch, which supposedly does 240Hz (1080P), and 144Hz (4K), initial impressions are not that great compared (in terms of picture quality) to my 2-year-old Mi 55-inch QLED but this one is especially for gaming on PS5 so going to see how it performs in the next few days!
For casual gaming, I didn't want to spur up to buying the LG C2 OLED 120Hz, but I did want higher refresh rates on a large screen and this was the only TV that can do it.
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This is going to be a long rant- I was in search of a large-size monitor earlier this month and the wild idea of getting a TV crossed my mind, that is when I looked into Hisense, LG, and Sony models. LG, Sony, and Samsung are at least consistent somewhat in their models but Hisense was very misleading, to say the least. I was particularly interested in that 55U7H given the IPS panel and FALD with 120Hz refresh rate. At 80 ppi would mean I had to sit at least 90-110cm farther from the screen. Botched the idea and went with the monitor. Then came prime day and the Amazon prime day salespeople like Vineeth Malhotra making videos on new models being released.
Hisense had put up a few new models this time with not what people wanted but what could sell with buzz words. The lineup included the A6K with 120 HRR (Big Lol), E7K Pro with 240 HRR (Lol). What I found deceptive about Hisense was that they had doubled down on their misleading claims. Earlier I said they had a half-decent model like 55U7H (with 32-72 dimming zones) in their lineup and now with E7K pro they changed to a VA panel (cause many people complained about the supposed cheap IPS panel) and there was no mention of it being FALD.
Hisense E7K Pro-
https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/b22c3346
Hisense U7H-
https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/15162c7a
IMO FALD is crucial for any LCD display like IPS or VA, to overcome their weakness, and the supposed upgrade didn't have it or Hisense was not confident to market it. Now I knew people will run into issues like poor blacks, screen bleed, and uniformity.
In the end, I can somewhat understand the sentiment of these companies wanting to sell sub-par upgrades and keep the customer base wanting a newer model the next year around. Even LG has succumbed to this. I can only see them being more ad-driven moving forward. The great Micro-LED display is still in R&D with issues of production and scaling being reported.
I wish for FALD to become commonplace for upcoming monitors and TVs, for the self-emissive to become more resilient, and for Micro-LED (and heck even Nano-LED) to come soon. Latter would be just my wishful thinking for now...