If you’re looking for a sweet home theater upgrade for 2025, just in time for the Super Bowl and March Madness no less, the bang for your buck on the 2024 Hisense smart TV lineup is a great place to start. Amazon happens to now be offering the 85-inch Hisense U8 Series mini-LED Pro 4K Google Smart TV down at $1,699.99 shipped once again. This model launched at $2,800 last year at still carries as much at Best Buy where it is now matched. While we have seen it selling for much less than that over the last couple months, this is $1,100 under the price it debuted at last summer and within $22 of the one-time Amazon low.
There are certainly more affordable 85-inch displays, but there are also dramatically more expensive options as well. A quick browse through Amazon’s 85-inch mini-LED listings will highlight as much.
The U8 however delivers one of the more high-end panels and viewing experiences in the brand’s lineup without getting anywhere near the price of the big three TV brands. Your scoring a 120Hz mini-LED panel here with a 144Hz Variable Refresh Rate for gamers, not to mention Auto Low Latency tech, FreeSync Premium Pro, up to 3,000 nits of peak brightness, and a pair of HDMI 2.1 inputs.
From there, you’ll find a TV running on the Google TV platform with direct access to your streaming services and apps as well as built-in Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa voice commands, and Apple’s AirPlay casting.
Just keep in mind you can score Hisense’s less premium 85-inchers for less right now as well:
- Hisense U6 85-inch mini-LED $1,098 (Reg. up to $1,500)
- Hisense U7 85-inch mini-LED $1,300 (Reg. up to $2,200)
Head over to our smart TV hub for more.
Hisense U8 mini-LED Pro 4K Google Smart TV features:
- Immersive Visual Experience: Dive into a world of vibrant colors and unparalleled contrast with the Mini-LED Pro+ backlight technology, Full Array Local Dimming Pro, and QLED Quantum Dot Color, delivering stunning visuals with up to Peak Brightness 3000 and over a billion shades of color.
- Intelligent Picture Enhancement: The Hi-View Engine Pro chipset, powered by AI and deep learning, continuously enhances your viewing experience with features like Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro, Face Detection, AI HDR Enhancement, and AI Detail Enhancement, ensuring every frame is as lifelike as possible.
- Cinematic Audio Immersion: Experience multidimensional sound with Dolby Atmos and a 2.1.2 Multi-Channel Sound system, transporting you into the heart of the action with a 5-speaker setup that delivers an immersive surround sound experience without additional equipment.
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