In fairness to Hisense, I've found them to be very honest in their marketing materials and specifications and the brightness claim for the NU8700 is the first time I've seen them exaggerate a number.Interesting review Steve - thanks. Doesn't read like Hisense have delivered on this one - promising the earth in the initial specs and belatedly producing something that doesn't match is not exactly the smartest move, but actually lying about specs is unforgivable.
Seems like they borrowed more than the design from Samsung this year as I expected them to be throwing the kitchen sink at their top-end edge-lit model but they haven't bothered ...
Probably neither, it's more likely that they just weren't able to get the peak brightness that they originally wanted from an edge lit LED TV. Yes we do feed back our findings to the manufacturers and Hisense have been very good at following our recommendations when developing their next generation of TVs.Faulty set or bad QC?
Do you give any feedback to the manufacturers Steve and in return do you get a response to it?
In fairness to Hisense, I've found them to be very honest in their marketing materials and specifications and the brightness claim for the NU8700 is the first time I've seen them exaggerate a number.
Yes that's wrong on all counts.Well hopefully Hisense get round to telling John Lewis - they have it advertised as:
Ultra-HD Premium Certified
1,000 Nits HDR Supreme
4 x HDMI
3 x USB
I just spoke to Hisense, they think the peak brightness should be higher (nearly 1000nits), so they might send me a different sample just to double check. As for the other three items in that list, they agree they are wrong and will contact John Lewis to correct them at point of sale.Well hopefully Hisense get round to telling John Lewis - they have it advertised as:
Ultra-HD Premium Certified
1,000 Nits HDR Supreme
4 x HDMI
3 x USB
The main reason for getting the NU8700 would be if it could do nearly 1000 nits of peak brightness as Hisense claim.Mate is after a budget 65" TV in time for Xmas, is there any reason to consider this over the N6800 at £1000?
Even if it is 120Hz, I still don't see how it's worth the premium. Fair enough if it was 10bit and had proper HDR performance but this is no different to the N6800 from what I can see, except for less connectivity and an emptier wallet, open to correction mind you.
Yup, agreed. I keep thinking back to 65M7000 and 65M5510 etc going for a song less than a year ago, now this for £1500...ahmmm, nope.Trust me I wasn't arguing it was worth the premium, this is probably the most disappointing TV of the year.
Yup, agreed. I keep thinking back to 65M7000 and 65M5510 etc going for a song less than a year ago, now this for £1500...ahmmm, nope.