Hisense 50E77HQTUK QLED Gaming Series 50-inch 4K UHD Dolby Vision HDR Smart TV with YouTube, Netflix, Disney + Freeview Play and Alexa Built-in, Bluetooth and WiFi, TUV Certificated (2022 NEW)

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Viewing angles were a downside on the A7GQ which is important if you will be using the TV in a living room with seating off to the sides. The body of the unit is nice with a gunmetal style finish that looks much more expensive than it is.

The larger screen sizes in the A7GQ line-up use IPS panels which have much better off-axis viewing angle performance, but weaker contrast. Some of their naming conventions stay the same; the Hisense U8G is also available in the UK but uses a different smart system. The A7G was at its strongest when used as an everyday TV in a well lit or bright room and is not a display for critical movie viewing in the dark.To try to better understand how long a TV should last, we're running 100 TVs through an accelerated longevity test for the next two years. bandwidth ports with a 60Hz panel, so you lose out on the 144Hz refresh rate of the more expensive models. When watching Jason Statham flick The Mechanic, a quick flurry of movement would cause sections of the screen to lag behind others. Unfortunately, its viewing angle is disappointing, so it's not very well suited for a wide seating arrangement.

However, you won’t be able to do it hands-free: you’ll have to press and hold a button on the remote every time. It is a pity that the sound is not quite up to par, but this is easily solved by connecting a separate sound bar. We’re told these features are in “the early stages of development”, but for now it’s probably better to give them a wide berth. Impressively, this TV has very good image processing, which is welcome for Hisense as it used to be a feature reserved for name brands like LG and Sony.Dolby Vision manages to use the dynamic metadata and tone mapping to make DV content look better than HDR10, but it is still hampered by a lack of peak brightness and dynamic range available from the panel. Hisense claims that this TV can reach an incredible 10,000 cd/m² and has 40,000 local dimming zones, which should help it deliver one of the most visually impressive HDR experiences available on the market today.

It also has fantastic reflection handling with very good HDR peak brightness, so it's no slouch in a bright room. But it uses a PFS Phosphor panel to give it a wide color gamut, making it almost as colorful as the higher-end model.Still, it has very good peak brightness that helps it deliver an impressive HDR experience, with great SDR brightness to match. ports, as standard, with one of those ports supporting ARC to direct audio to an external soundbar or speaker.