Should You Buy a Hisense TV?
Hisense is one of the most popular TV brands as well as being well known for its fridge freezers, fridges and washing machines.
If you are wondering how Hisense TVs compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared over 8,300 TVs by objectively and impartially analysing over 260,000 user and expert reviews and over 2,600 awards from hundreds of different review sites.
Hisense are recognised for their good selection of mid-range and award winning TVs. Their TVs start at $190 for the 40H4 which has a display diagonal of 40", a thickness of 81.2mm and is a full hd TV and go up to $1,000 for the 65H9 which has a display diagonal of 65", a thickness of 53.34mm and is a 4K TV. The average price of a new Hisense TV is $659.
Is Hisense the Best TV Brand?
So are Hisense TVs any good? We give every TV a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all TVs we are able to impartially rank all the TV brands.
Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Hisense is the 7th best TV brand out there.
| #1 |
South Korea
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95% |
95%
159,089 reviews
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| #2 |
South Korea
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94% |
94%
304,752 reviews
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| #3 |
Japan
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88% |
88%
6,479 reviews
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| #4 |
United States
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88% |
88%
4,570 reviews
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| #5 |
Supersonic
United States
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87% |
87%
2 reviews
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| #6 |
Curtis
Canada
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70% |
70%
254 reviews
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| #7 |
China
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69% |
69%
5,430 reviews
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| #8 |
Japan
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69% |
69%
1,967 reviews
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| #9 |
SunBriteTV
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68% |
68%
40 reviews
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| #10 | 67% |
67%
3,302 reviews
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| #11 |
PROSCAN
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65% |
65%
66 reviews
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| #12 |
Japan
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65% |
65%
9,017 reviews
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| #13 | 64% |
64%
1,744 reviews
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| #14 |
Japan
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64% |
64%
1,733 reviews
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| #15 |
RCA
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63% |
63%
155 reviews
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| #16 |
Viewsonic
Taiwan
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61% |
61%
9 reviews
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| #17 |
Neovo
Taiwan
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57% |
57%
0 reviews
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| #18 |
NEC
Japan
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51% |
51%
0 reviews
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Let's look at how Hisense TVs compare to the other TV brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.
| All TV Brands |
| Hisense TVs |
At an average purchase price of $659, Hisense TVs tend to be cheaper than most other TV brands. Hisense also have better reviews than the typical TV brand, with the average rating of a Hisense TV being 72%.
When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Hisense TV is $34 (based on a person typically using a TV for 5 hours per day), which makes them more efficient than most other TV brands.
There's a smaller selection of Hisense TVs available compared to other TV brands, with only 2 Hisense TVs currently on the market in the US.
No. Of TVs |
Average Price
$818 |
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| $0 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $4,500 | $10,499 | ||||||||||
No. Of TVs |
Average Price
$659 |
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| $0 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $4,500 | $19,999 | ||||||||||
What Do the Hisense TV Reviews Say?
We've added up all the reviews for every Hisense TV to work out the average distribution of reviews for Hisense and then compared this to the other TV brands.
Expert Reviews
| 5 stars | 36 | |
| 4 stars | 99 | |
| 3 stars | 26 | |
| 2 stars | 0 | |
| 1 star | 0 |
User Reviews
| 5 stars | 3,675 | |
| 4 stars | 832 | |
| 3 stars | 200 | |
| 2 stars | 152 | |
| 1 star | 328 |
Over 84% of expert reviews and 87% of user reviews for Hisense TVs are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 91% and 92% respectively across all TV brands.
Purchasers of Hisense TVs frequently mentioned that the product was easy to use, carefully designed and easy to connect to other devices. Their TVs have also won 20 awards.
In the table below we compare the average review score given to Hisense TVs by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other TV brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.
| Average Review Score | Samsung | LG | Philips | Sony | Toshiba | Hisense |
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77%
238 reviews
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77%
161 reviews
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74%
31 reviews
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71%
22 reviews
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|
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88%
34 reviews
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81%
208 reviews
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80%
113 reviews
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74%
37 reviews
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74%
7 reviews
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|
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84%
181 reviews
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82%
116 reviews
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83%
35 reviews
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86%
12 reviews
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69%
24 reviews
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80%
4 reviews
|
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85%
144 reviews
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80%
82 reviews
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83%
38 reviews
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83%
10 reviews
|
76%
28 reviews
|
78%
10 reviews
|
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95%
117 reviews
|
82%
83 reviews
|
84%
42 reviews
|
82%
9 reviews
|
66%
16 reviews
|
72%
5 reviews
|
 |
72%
104 reviews
|
69%
78 reviews
|
78%
22 reviews
|
89%
14 reviews
|
54%
7 reviews
|
68%
8 reviews
|
 |
81%
133 reviews
|
81%
39 reviews
|
78%
23 reviews
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84%
5 reviews
|
65%
13 reviews
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84%
5 reviews
|
 |
88%
59 reviews
|
90%
64 reviews
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89%
36 reviews
|
91%
12 reviews
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83%
11 reviews
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|
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76%
98 reviews
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62%
59 reviews
|
75%
11 reviews
|
88%
5 reviews
|
60%
5 reviews
|
|
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84%
38 reviews
|
86%
81 reviews
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83%
38 reviews
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86%
10 reviews
|
90%
6 reviews
|
75%
4 reviews
|
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81%
66 reviews
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83%
66 reviews
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68%
23 reviews
|
74%
7 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
|
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76%
89 reviews
|
73%
48 reviews
|
39%
1 review
|
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62%
8 reviews
|
65%
4 reviews
|
 |
91%
67 reviews
|
81%
42 reviews
|
88%
24 reviews
|
87%
3 reviews
|
74%
7 reviews
|
80%
4 reviews
|
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79%
51 reviews
|
81%
44 reviews
|
81%
27 reviews
|
80%
5 reviews
|
73%
3 reviews
|
77%
2 reviews
|
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88%
84 reviews
|
88%
37 reviews
|
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87%
6 reviews
|
85%
1 review
|
|
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75%
64 reviews
|
72%
45 reviews
|
64%
4 reviews
|
70%
9 reviews
|
65%
4 reviews
|
80%
1 review
|
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70%
57 reviews
|
77%
47 reviews
|
|
70%
7 reviews
|
61%
9 reviews
|
70%
4 reviews
|
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83%
75 reviews
|
83%
41 reviews
|
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86%
2 reviews
|
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|
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77%
62 reviews
|
78%
38 reviews
|
80%
9 reviews
|
86%
7 reviews
|
70%
1 review
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|
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85%
49 reviews
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85%
35 reviews
|
91%
20 reviews
|
88%
5 reviews
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85%
4 reviews
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| Other Expert Sites |
78%
1,599 reviews
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77%
1,276 reviews
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75%
468 reviews
|
78%
306 reviews
|
68%
106 reviews
|
72%
62 reviews
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| Average |
82%
3,409 reviews
|
79%
2,690 reviews
|
78%
934 reviews
|
82%
502 reviews
|
71%
283 reviews
|
75%
113 reviews
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How Many Industry Awards Have Hisense TVs Received?
After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 21 industry awards for Hisense TVs. The table below compares the number of awards received by Hisense to other popular TV brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.
| Number of Awards | Samsung | LG | Philips | Sony | Toshiba | Hisense |
|
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128
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29
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17
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
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78
|
58
|
22
|
2
|
12
|
1
|
|
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96
|
33
|
24
|
4
|
11
|
3
|
 |
105
|
33
|
10
|
14
|
4
|
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|
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19
|
50
|
45
|
13
|
3
|
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60
|
26
|
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2
|
1
|
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51
|
16
|
11
|
3
|
|
|
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30
|
15
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17
|
4
|
|
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|
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37
|
12
|
10
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
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12
|
32
|
12
|
4
|
|
2
|
|
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25
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20
|
13
|
2
|
2
|
|
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13
|
37
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
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32
|
17
|
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2
|
4
|
|
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17
|
20
|
10
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7
|
1
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31
|
21
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2
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|
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14
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20
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5
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2
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6
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10
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16
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10
|
1
|
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|
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22
|
13
|
1
|
1
|
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|
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18
|
11
|
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
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8
|
13
|
12
|
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| Other Expert Sites |
277
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211
|
85
|
57
|
4
|
6
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| Total |
1,083
|
703
|
310
|
130
|
63
|
21
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How Reliable Are Hisense TVs?
We checked over 260,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Hisense TVs. over 220 of these reviews mention reliability of which 82% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Hisense TV owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.
So, most people think that Hisense TVs are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Hisense TVs that mention reliability:
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NOT RELIABLE
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