Hisense revealed its 2023 TV lineup, and it had a surprise in addition to the usual flagship features. Its entry-level models are under $500 and have mini-LED.
Hisense has revealed its 2023 lineup of TVs at CES 2023, and it’s chock-full of high-brightness mini-LEDs, including a new flagship known as the UX. There are 14 models with mini-LED backlighting, from the high-performance U8K Series to the step-down U7K Series and the affordable U6K Series. With the exception of the U6K, which it says will start at an incredibly affordable sub-$500 price, Hisense hasn’t said how much the new models will cost or when they’ll be available.
Despite the launch of the new UX, featuring Hisense’s ultrabright ULED X technology, the company is still referring to the U8K Series as its flagship. Last year, the U8H was the first Hisense Mini LED, but this year, it’s just one of many such models. For 2023, the U8K more than doubles the U8H’s local dimming zones, while preserving the same claimed 1,500 nits of peak brightness. That should lead to better black levels and less light bleed from the bright areas of the screen into the darker ones.
Hisense hasn’t detailed all of the available screen sizes, but says there will be U8K models ranging from 55 inches to a new 85-inch option. Each size has an antiglare and low-reflection screen to keep ambient light reflections to a minimum.
