Hisense has unleashed a super gaming-friendly television in the shape of the 4K 170Hz E8S Pro Mini-LED TV. It’s on sale in China now, featuring advanced hardware and gaming-focused performance tuning with premium audio capabilities.
The company said (translated from Chinese) the number of Mini-LED local dimming zones depends on the size of the TV, with the smallest 75-inch version featuring 4,200 zones, and the 85-inch model having 7,020. The biggest, 100-inch model comes with a staggering 9,360 local dimming zones, promising excellent colour contrast and picture accuracy.
According to Hisense, the E8S Pro Mini-LED TV uses a custom RGB backlight system with red, green and blue light-emitting chips, instead of the traditional single-colour LEDs. It said this helps to support more realistic colour outputs and increase the brightness of the TV, while eliminating the need for a quantum-dot colour conversion layer. This, combined with its proprietary XDR Pro enhancement technology, allows the display to hit 6,200 nits peak brightness, the company claimed. That’s incredibly bright, especially compared to the most advanced OLED televisions, which max out at around 2,290 nits.
As reported by Notebookcheck, Hisense said the new TV is equipped with its new Hi-View Engine H7 processor that uses AI to perform pixel-level scene recognition, noise reduction and tone mapping, while the panel covers 100% of the BT.2020 colour gamut and has 108-bit colour depth, with a claimed 99% purity. This helps to reduce harmful blue light by around 42% compared to standard Mini-LED TVs. The main processor is MediaTek’s MT9655 chipset with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
As explained, this is a TV designed for gamers, with the native 170Hz refresh rate capable of being cranked up to 330Hz when the resolution is dropped to 1080p. Alongside the blazing fast panel, there are four HDMI 2.1 ports with 48 gigabytes-per-second throughput, and support for Variable Refresh Rates, Auto Low-Latency Mode and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro. There’s an AI Game Mode too, which optimizes the picture and latency depending on the specific type of game being played.
The audio system is impressive too. It integrates a Devialet 4.2.2-channel sound system that has a 7.6L speaker cavity, enabling it to deliver a total output of 270-watts. That’s loud, and it promises to enhance sound quality further with Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced supporting a more immersive spatial audio experience.
Besides the quartet of HDMI 2.1 ports, there are USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 connectors, an Ethernet port for wired internet connectivity, an AV input for external speakers, plus Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4. The TV itself looks the part, with its stylish metallic frame featuring an ultra-slim 44mm bezel and a zero-gap wall mount.
What isn’t clear is if this impressive beast of a gaming TV will make its way over to the U.K. or elsewhere, for Hisense has so far kept schtumm on such plans, if they exist. For now, it’s on sale in China via JD.com and other retailers, with prices starting at 16,599 yuan (around ₤1,763) for the 75-inch model, 20,999 yuan (₤2,229) for the 85-inch version and 29,999 yuan (₤3,184) for the 100-incher.
We’ll keep our fingers crossed that it does go on sale globally, because it would be one hell of an option for U.K. gamers at those prices.
