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The 65-inch Hisense U65QF TV is now selling for $547.99, marked down from $847.99, and price trackers confirm this is its lowest recorded price.
It’s a solid drop for a TV that is also PCMag’s Editors’ Choice pick, praised in an “outstanding” review as “a bright, beautiful TV at a budget-friendly price.” That summary fits. The TV’s mini-LED backlight is the first thing that stands out. It gets bright (crossing the 1,000-nit mark), which you feel immediately when you watch something mastered for Dolby Vision or HDR10. Scenes with high contrast, like night shots filled with neon signs, look sharp and bold, though you’ll notice some light bloom in those high-contrast edges. Still, for a 65-inch model at this price, the picture feels more vibrant than last year’s Hisense U6N, which already had a solid reputation. If you’re looking for something bigger, the 75-inch and 85-inch versions are also priced under $1,000 at the moment.
The U65QF handles motion in a way that makes day-to-day viewing feel easy, whether you’re watching a late-night movie or catching a weekend match. The 144Hz refresh rate keeps fast scenes clean, so car chases, quick pans, and rapid game replays don’t break into blur. That same responsiveness carries into gaming. AMD FreeSync Premium Pro keeps the picture stable when frame rates dip, and the input lag—4.6ms at 1080p/120 and 13.1ms at 4K/60—helps the TV respond as soon as you do. The panel’s brightness also plays a big role. Highlights stay strong without washing out shadows, and the screen holds its color well even when you’re off to the side, giving it better viewing angles than you’d expect from a budget TV.
Hisense does shift direction on the software side, moving from Google TV to Amazon’s Fire TV, and that change shapes the experience noticeably. Fire TV is familiar, smooth, and supports every major streaming app, but the interface leans heavily on ads. The platform still covers the basics well, offering AirPlay for Apple devices, though the lack of Google Cast means Android users lose an easy streaming option they may be used to. Alexa remains part of the setup and handles voice commands without trouble, but the absence of hands-free microphones means you’ll still rely on the remote’s mic button each time. It’s a workable setup, just not as flexible as before.
