Hisense TV
Ranked 8 of 9 smart TVs by recommenders
People recommend Hisense TVs as good value for the money and a well regarded mid-tier brand. Critics most often cite ads on the home screen, data collection and tracking, and reliability problems.
People recommend Hisense TVs as good value for the money and a well regarded mid-tier brand. Critics most often cite ads on the home screen, data collection and tracking, and reliability problems.
26 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 20
- approval share
- 23%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Best value for the money
“It was the best bang for my bucks when I bought it.”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV” “Worth it for the price though.”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Ads and adware on home screen
“You can buy a $5k TV and its startup time, auto-play adware at the Home Screen, constant OS popup notification BS, etc are almost universal.”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV” “the ads are rolled out to customers a long time after purchase to escape the return window”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads” “The implicit contract when you buy from Hisense is that you'll see ads.”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads” - Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch”
Microphone and viewing data collection
“it's a straightforward CFAA violation - if laws actually applied to corpos.”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads” “They all use Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) and collect profiling data”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby” “Also turn on the microphone in the background (what my Hisense tv does).”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads” Power supply and panel failures
“did they ever make a model that haven’t had its power supply die after about 4 years?”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads” “developing really bad white spots just outside the warranty period”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV” “power supplies giving up on Hisense TVs”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working” Seen as a budget brand
“If you deliberately buy a bargain brand Chinese television, you earned the consequences of that decision.”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads” “Hisense has never operated at the top end of the spectrum.”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV” “Hisense is garbage and actively user hostile.”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV”
Other smart TVs people recommend
The four most recommended other smart TVs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG smart TV | 57 | 303 | 16% | 11 | 5 yrs16 owners | — |
| Samsung TV | 37 | 134 | 22% | 9 | 10 yrs14 owners | — |
| Sony Bravia TV | 19 | 6 | 76% | 7 | 11.8 yrs9 owners | Approved |
| TCL TV | 17 | 14 | 55% | 9 | 6 yrs4 owners | — |
| Hisense TVThis page | 6 | 20 | 23% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
26 of the 27 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“as it is not compatible to your environment”
“I could not proceed without downloading the companion app.”
“They all use Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) and collect profiling data”
“The thing then runs like a basic display.”
“Hisense is garbage and actively user hostile.”
“Also turn on the microphone in the background (what my Hisense tv does).”
“For years Hisense has been a highly recommended brand for mid-tier TVs”
“This just asks to be jailbroken.”
“If you deliberately buy a bargain brand Chinese television, you earned the consequences of that decision.”
“The implicit contract when you buy from Hisense is that you'll see ads.”
“I presume the same mind thought this up.”
“it's a straightforward CFAA violation - if laws actually applied to corpos.”
“did they ever make a model that haven’t had its power supply die after about 4 years?”
“the ads are rolled out to customers a long time after purchase to escape the return window”
“It was the best bang for my bucks when I bought it.”
“Hisense has never operated at the top end of the spectrum.”
“developing really bad white spots just outside the warranty period”
“You can buy a $5k TV and its startup time, auto-play adware at the Home Screen, constant OS popup notification BS, etc are almost universal.”
“Worth it for the price though.”
“Another brand I will not buy.”
“it's a lot of the brands: Hisense, LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL”
“It turned on personal recommendations and advertising.”
“my TV still crashes a few times a month and needs to be power-cycled/takes about a minute to reboot”
“Pretty cool, but realistically I don't see how it's different from HDMI from a usefulness standpoint.”
“The TV functions as nothing but a dumb display.”
“power supplies giving up on Hisense TVs”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.