Sony A8F 65" (XBR65A8F) vs Hisense H9E Plus 55" (55H9E Plus)

The high-quality glossy screen finish allows this TV to absorb 98.6% of the incoming light, which is a remarkable result. Only a couple of high-end TVs can match that result.

The Sony A8F is an exceptional home-theater option because it offers exceptional picture quality that only a couple TVs on the market can match. The TV performs remarkably in both dark and bright environments.

The Hisense H9E Plus offers decent performance while dealing with the non-HDR content thanks to its good overall SDR picture quality. The TV reproduces beautiful images that feature relatively bright and accurate colors as well as some pretty deep blacks.

The H9E Plus offers a relatively wide range of vivid and accurate colors. It can reproduce a wide variety of colors thanks to its wide color gamut that measures at around 86% of the DCI-P3 - only the best TVs in this price range can perform on par with the H9E Plus. In the SDR mode, the colors look genuinely bright thanks to the TV's sustained brightness that peaks at around 300 nits.

Regarding its dark scene performance, the H9E Plus performs on par with the best TVs in its price bracket thanks to its ability to reproduce uniform and inky blacks. The dark areas look genuinely dark without losing the detail thanks to the TV's high native contrast ratio that measures at 6000:1. Also, blacks don't look washed out thanks to the TV's high black uniformity that measures at around 1.2 %.

The main interface of the Hisense H9E Plus is free of ads. Additionally, you have an option to opt-out of the suggested content.