Hisense looks to be making all the right movies in 2024, and that’s a great thing if you’re in the market for a new TV.
Just when we thought we knew what the Hisense 2024 TV lineup looked like … surprise, there’s a new model! Say hello to the new Hisense U9. Oh, and since we’re here, how about we take a closer look at the UX series, too.
We’re going to give the full rundown of the U9 in terms of critical specs, pricing, and when we expect actual availability, along with some new info on the UX series. And then we’ll look at the U9’s performance, because I did take some time to measure it — and spent some time watching it, too.
Let’s start with how the U9 fits into the Hisense lineup. In 2023, the U8K got as large as 85 inches. And the UX series started at 85 inches and went up from there. The price and performance gap between the the U8 and UX series was substantial.
This year, the U9 comes in to bridge the gap in terms of price, as well as performance. But overall,we can see that Hisense has allowed its technology to trickle down. You’ll note in our Hisense U8N review a good many similar performance specs compared to 2023’s UX, believe it or not. And the Hisense U9 in some ways outperforms that TV, too. That said, the new 2024 UX is just on an entirely different level.The 2024 Hisense lineup
Let’s take a look at teh 2024 lineup in as organized a manner as we can.
The Hisense ULED lineup starts with the U6 at the lower end, then the U7, and then you get to the U8 series. That’s simple enough.
The 75-inch U8N promises about 3,000 nits (though I’ve already measured it at closer to 3,500 nits) and comes in at $2,000. You can buy that TV now if you want. The 85-inch U8N also puts out about 3,500 nits peak brightness and costs about $2,800. That TV is expected in late summer.
Then we step up to the 75-inch U9, which promises up to 4,000 nits. It’ll get even brighter — more on that in a moment — and run about $3,000. That TV is expected in midsummer.
The 85-inch U9 increases peak brightness to 5,000 nits, is expected to cost $4,000, and is expected in late summer.
Then we get to the absolutely over-the-top UX series.
There’s a 98-inch model that is promised to hit about 5,000 nits. It’s expected to cost $8,000, and it is coming out sometime in the summer. That’s about as specific as I can get right now.
But don’t forget that Hisense still offers the 100-inch U8K from 2023, as well as a new U76N this year. Both have huge screens that cost far less than the premium 98-inch UX.
And finally, there’s the 110-inch UX. It’s promised to hit up to 10,000 nits for brief moments. We don’t have a price yet, and it will the be the last TV to come out, probably this fall.
So Hisense covers a lot of options with different blends of price, performance, and size.Hisense U8N update
One of the little quirks that bugged me about the Hisense U8N was that if you turned the volume all the way down — not muted, just turned down — you got this mute icon in the upper right of the screen, and you couldn’t turn it off.
