Hisense has just announced its 2025 smart TV lineup for the U.K. as it looks to reinforce its status as one of the world’s foremost, and fastest-growing television brands.
The new models for this year includes a familiar roster of Mini-LED and QLED TVs, and there’s also a single OLED model entering the lineup.
There’s not many surprises, as we saw Hisense unveil its 2025 TVs for the first time in January at CES, and most of them were refreshed U-series Mini-LED TVs. However, most of the attention back then was focused on its jumbo-sized 116-inch UX Mini-LED model and its living room-bursting 136-inch MX MicroLED TV, which are both destined for the North American market only.
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For U.K. dwellers, we’ll have to make do with the smaller U-series models, which are likely to be better accommodated by our smaller living rooms, but there’s still some pretty impressive looking displays among them.
The flagship model in the U.K. will be the Hisense U8Q Mini-LED television, followed by the U7Q Pro and U7Q Mini-LED TVs, which succeed the U8N and U7N from last year. Unfortunately, the announcement suggests that Hisense's superior U9Q Mini-LED TV will not be sold in the U.K.
The U8Q and U7Q TVs boast the latest version of Hisense’s Hi-View AI Engine PRO technology, which enables a “new level of intelligent, adaptive viewing”, the Chinese company assures us. The technology uses AI algorithms to optimise the picture and sound perfectly to suit the Mini-LED display, with features including Clear Voice, Depth and a 3D Sound Upscaler. All three of the new models crank up the refresh rate to 165Hz, and there’s a Game Mode Ultra mode that promises smooth, no-lag gameplay and super-fast responsiveness when playing console games.
Below those models, there’s a trio of regular QLED TVs in the shape of the E7Q, E7Q PRO and A7Q, which integrate quantum dots to enhance colour. The E7Q PRO is said to be the most gaming-friendly model of the three, as it’s the only one that reaches 144Hz, with the other two maxing out at 120Hz.
As for the OLED TV, that would be the Hisense A85Q, which replaces last year’s A85N OLED model and implements Colour Correction and pixel dimming technology to provide a “visually stunning” viewing experience that’s almost exactly as the filmmaker’s vision, Hisense said. As with the U7Q Mini-LED television, it gets a scaled down version of the Hisense Hi-View AI Engine, without the “PRO” designation, which provides AI Smooth Motion, Dialogue Clarity and Sound Optimiser features and an array of special screen modes for watching movies, films or playing games.
Hisene said the three flagship Mini-LED TVs will all be sold in hefty 100-inch options, in-line with the trend for bigger TVs, and there will also be 75-inch and 85-inch options of those models, and we assume many smaller ones.
The lineup also includes the Hisense A5Q and A4Q, which are Direct Lit LED models that are likely to be sold at an entry-level price, with features such as Quantum Dots and Dolby Atmos.
For those looking for something more stylish, the Hisense S7Q Canvas TV looks like it might be a compelling option, available in 55-inch and 65-inch sizes. It replaces last year’s Hisense S7N Canvas TV, which was likely modeled on Samsung’s iconic The Frame TV that doubles as a digital art display when it’s not in use. Like the latest version of The Frame, the S7 Canvas comes with a Hi-Matte display that should help to reduce reflections caused by sunlight, so you can truly appreciate those works of art you display on it. There’s also an Ultra-Slim Wall Mount that enables it to sit almost flush with the wall, so it looks more like a real painting.
Hisense said that all of its 2025 U.K. TVs will support Freely, the new British streaming app that provides content from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
The company hasn’t said when the TVs will go on sale, and it hasn’t detailed any prices either, but it rarely hangs about after making an official announcement such as this, so we can expect to see them start arriving in British high street stores within the next few weeks.
