The U8G has a gorgeous design, with an edge-to-edge glass panel framed by a silver band that rests just behind it, keeping the screen itself front and center. With the exception of the power connector on the right side, all of the U8G’s ports sit on the left side of the back of the panel. The entire TV sits on two triangular gray metal legs that attach to the bottom, just a few inches past a third of the screen’s width from either direction, sitting significantly narrower than the TV itself and giving you more flexibility in where you can place it. m

Those are impressive results, and that’s only with an SDR signal—with an HDR10 signal, the brightness and contrast get even better. It’s slightly clunkier than the Google TV interface used by the Sony A90J and the Chromecast With Google TV, but it’s still just as functional and loaded with features. In the Theater Day picture mode with default backlight settings and an SDR signal, the U8G showed a peak brightness of 581. The included remote is much less busy than the one that came with the previous model, omitting the seldom-used number pad and color buttons entirely.However, while the Apple TV app is available on Google TV, it doesn’t currently work on Android TV, so you can’t run it on the U8G. Power, Input, and Google Assistant buttons sit above the pad, along with a combination pinhole microphone and status light. We test TVs with a Klein K-10A colorimeter, a Murideo SIX-G signal generator, and Portrait Displays’ Calman software using methodology based on Imaging Science Foundation’s calibration techniques. Google Cast is integrated with Android TV, so you can stream from any Android phone or tablet, or a Chrome tab. Google Assistant is built into Android TV and the U8G features far-field microphones for hands-free voice control.

It has a 120Hz refresh rate and supports automatic low latency mode (ALLM), variable refresh rate (VRR), and AMD FreeSync. The Hisense U8G is a 4K TV that supports high dynamic range ( HDR) content in Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, and hybrid log gamma (HLG). The bottom edge holds a narrow silver bezel with a small sensor array protruding down from the middle. The company is following up this line with the U8G series, which is even brighter than the H9G and adds a number of gamer-friendly features to the mix.