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Add to SafariWhen comparing TCL S305 40" (40S305) vs Hisense H9E Plus 65" (65H9E Plus), the Slant community recommends Hisense H9E Plus 65" (65H9E Plus) for most people. In the question“What are the best TVs?” Hisense H9E Plus 65" (65H9E Plus) is ranked 95th while TCL S305 40" (40S305) is ranked 103rd. The most important reason people chose Hisense H9E Plus 65" (65H9E Plus) is:
The main interface of the Hisense H9E Plus is free of ads. Additionally, you have an option to opt-out of the suggested content.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Affordable
The TCL S305 costs noticeably less than the overwhelming majority of equally-sized TVs. You'll be hard-pressed to find a cheaper LED TV.
Pro Doesn't require calibration
You will not need to spend your time calibrating this TV because it's high out-of-the-box color accuracy.
Pro Ads-free
The main interface of the Hisense H9E Plus is free of ads. Additionally, you have an option to opt-out of the suggested content.
Pro Fair performance in standard mode
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 %.
Cons
Con Doesn't support 4K
You will not be able to play native 4K media on this TV because of its low resolution.
Con Doesn't work well in a bright room
When placed in a bright room, this TV can not reproduce crisp and vivid colors because of its low overall brightness. The overall brightness of this TV measures at around 160 nits which is noticeably below what the other TVs in its range offer.
Con Poor build quality
In terms of overall build quality, the Hisense H9E Plus resembles an old, low-end TV. The back of the TV is built from soft and cheap plastics and there are no integrated cable routing solutions present in this TV.
