Hisense 65A6EGTUK (65 Inch) 4K UHD Smart TV, with Dolby Vision HDR, DTS Virtual X, Youtube, Netflix HS214 2.1Ch All- In-One 108W Soundbar with Built-In Subwoofer, Operating System VIDAA

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Dolby Vision: Inspired by cinema technology, Dolby Vision HDR technology gives an astonishing brightness and contrast depth by 40 times brighter and blacks 10 times darker than standard picture. It also has a quad-core processor providing sufficient power to ensure a responsive user experience.

There’s some good upscaling and processing as well, allowing the A6G to get the best out of lower resolution content, retaining as much detail as possible and producing an artefact-free image.There’s a good selection of streaming services, including Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube, Britbox and Rakuten TV. The sound bar also comes with three powerful audio modes, Movie, Music, and News, so it would be a perfect companion for your TV.

Thankfully Dolby Vision dominates the main video streaming services and is used by Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV. On the downside, the VA panel does have very limited optimal viewing angles, so you really need to be sat directly in front of the TV.As a result of this very sensible design choice, they measure 500mm from the edge of the screen, which means there’s no danger of cables poking out of the side when viewed from the front.

While this isn’t surprising for a budget TV, it doesn’t necessarily mean the HDR performance will be bad – as long as the tone-mapping is good. The limited colour gamut still looks suitably punchy, and only the mediocre tone-mapping disappoints, producing a tendency to clip highlights. The A6G does support DTS Virtual:X, which is designed to give audio greater dimensionality, but the effectiveness of this processing is minimal. The motion handling is also fairly good, aside from the inherent limitations of LCD as a display technology and the 60Hz refresh rate. However, the lack of any bass, and a tendency to sound brittle at higher volumes, makes it unsuitable for blockbuster soundtracks.

Easy Connectivity: With HDMI (ARC), the Hisense HS214 can connect to your TV through a single HDMI cable (included), connect wirelessly via Bluetooth to smart device, and control both with one remote. There’s also a decent selection of content streaming apps, plus Freeview Play, ensuring a full complement of TV catch-up services. Europe's busiest forums, with independent news and expert reviews, for TVs, Home Cinema, Hi-Fi, Movies, Gaming, Tech and more. There’s also a direct LED backlight, and while there’s no form of local dimming, the direct nature of the backlight produces decent screen uniformity. DTS Virtual X: Enjoy an immersive audio without the need for height speakers, the bass perception engages you into the center of a performance.

There’s a clean interface that presents content in an easy-to-understand fashion, with simple navigation. It’s also fairly common on 4K Blu-ray, which means you shouldn’t find it hard to get the most out of the A6G when it comes to HDR. The direct-lit VA panel delivers decent contrast and screen uniformity, despite the lack of local dimming, but its optimal viewing angles are narrow. This is fairly common with 4,000 and 10,000 nits content, but the A6G was also clipping images graded at 1,000 nits. Thankfully the Cinema Night mode immediately addresses these inaccuracies, with an excellent greyscale performance and an average DeltaE colour variance score of 1.Hisense has included Dolby Vision support, and it’s with less capable displays like the A6G’s that the format’s dynamic metadata really shows its benefits.