Hisense Q8600 Thread

PhireSide said:
Coming from a ye olde Hisense from 2010, I think anything will be a step up from what I have currently. I think that a step up to 4k and a bigger panel should be 'enough', but 33% more for the same panel size is a hard sell for me.

EDIT: Perhaps ignorance is bliss...I've been avoiding the in-store displays in case I get too tempted by them, but the one I did spot was a 58" Hisense 58A7100F and was quite impressed with it. I can imagine that the QLED is quite a step above it, but perhaps the conventional LED one will suffice for me
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Try to get an Android OS TV, the Hisense Vidaa platform is not great. Apps are not updated.


Slip said:
No. But I have had the tv hang when using built in apps. It became completely unresponsive and had to power cycle.

One other annoying issue is if I set hdmi to enhanced mode I lose audio from my explora (original model) decoder and the colour is off.
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I also experience the the hanging, especially with the Showmax app. Needs a power cycle to get back to normal. The lip sync issue with the audio is also annoying, its not consistent so every few months it seems like the settings need to be adjusted.

Mawirepower said:
The Q8600 is a niche TV (South Africa and UAE). If you really want Vidaa 4, the only way is to force Hisense. A twitter trend or complaining directly to the company in numbers might help :cool:.
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Pretty much... :(
The main reason I would like the new OS is for the bug fixes. In other regions, Hisense is rolling out Vidaa4.0 to their 2019 TVs. Since the Q8600 is their flagship in SA, you would hope it gets more than one year of support.

adamr said:
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1. Sound in YouTube ... On both my TVs 55" 8600 in many YouTube videos dialogue goes from sounding centred to feeling spatial and annoying... And it keeps switching between this centred sound and spatial sound. Its only in YouTube. Netflix has none of this ... Im sure others have experienced this
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3. My backlight local dimming is on high and i prefer leaving it like this as watching movies either on netflix or youtube the picture quality is amazing with super deep blacks. But on YouTube or netflix the menus have very noticeable blooming around text espexially gainst a grey or near black background. Funny enough on a black background there is none which makes me think again with firmware tweaking this can be fixed
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1. I also experience this audio problem in the Youtube app only. Not always, but when it does happen it's really annoying.
But have you noticed how the TV distorts youtube videos? I only noticed it when text was being cropped off at the top and bottom of the screen.

2. The bloom around text is really bad sometimes, especially due to the high brightness of the panel. For that reason, when playing content from my PC, I set subtitle colours to be a slightly off-white to grey, which completely eliminates the bright bloom against darker backgrounds.
 

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Just experienced a bug, DD5.1 through optical only outputting only 2.0 to my AVR. This happened after installing the latest firmware that's on the front page of this thread, with a factory reset afterwards even though it wiped all settings in anyway.

Another factory reset fixed the issue.
 
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The bloom your experiencing around subtitles is inherent in how local dimming works. Should be able to remove it by disabling local dimming under backlight.
 
harties said:
Seems like all the 55Q8600 are out of stock everywhere
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Yes, I've been looking, appears they noticed they were supporting such a high end panel amongst their new offerings ... Realised fck... It's cheaper and better... ?
 
X-Gamer said:
Has anyone been having network issues with the Hisense Showmax app on the Q8600? It's my first time using showmax this past weekend and we got to episode 7 of His Dark Materials before the app bombed out, requiring the TV to have a complete power cycle before I could even use the other apps (Netflix and Youtube) again.

My TV seems to be on v1114 but the Netflix app is from Aug 2020, so I'm assuming the apps are auto-updated separately somehow.

@Hisense SA , do you have any fixes for this?

EDIT SIDE ISSUE: The Showmax app's Picture Settings seem to be reset every time the app is launched. For example, the on-screen Brightness will be low (dark), but the old user setting is still displayed, adjusting it + or-1 will make a huge jump to the user setting. The same problem exists for "Smooth Motion" which turns itself on, even though the setting shows "Off".
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Yes. Using Netflix, YouTube it is as if the TV completely looses WiFi signal even though it says it is connected. TV has to be plugged out. Most annoying.
 
PAYBACK said:
Yes. Using Netflix, YouTube it is as if the TV completely looses WiFi signal even though it says it is connected. TV has to be plugged out. Most annoying.
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Have you guys considered turning off the Fast boot option? Therefore doing a power cycle every time the TV starts up. It should help with stability at the cost of boot time.
 
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X-Gamer said:
Since the Q8600 is their flagship in SA, you would hope it gets more than one year of support.
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Highly unlikely. This isn't even unique to HiSense, none of the TVs I've owned keep software up to date. Once they ship it, they begrudgingly update the software when they are forced to. Or in the case of Samsung to prevent people unlocking their TVs using USB exploits to install custom firmware.

But to actually improve the customer experience? Hell no
 
rusting said:
The bloom your experiencing around subtitles is inherent in how local dimming works. Should be able to remove it by disabling local dimming under backlight.
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Yes, that's true. But it doesn't always work especially when watching Dolby Vision content on the built-in Netflix app. Subtitles are pretty much needed for Narcos for instance and local dimming cannot be controlled.
 
Hi guys

Need some help on my 65q8600

First, i want to stream bluray 4k hdr from my pc to the tv without transcoding. the MKV file plays but lags like hell.
btw, file size is 85gb in 2hr. upgraded router to ac1200 5ghz. seems better but still lagging. not gonna upgrade the router again, cause not sure it that is the problem.
if i put the file on a 128gb flash drive, it plays fine on the tv

did run a lan cable. plays worse than the wifi. remember the tv is only 100 base

now im thinking of going android tv box, but cant find one with a gigabit port. Any recommendations on something that will work with netflix, dstv, prime video and showmax?

next issue is that i want to play games from my pc to the tv
i have a 18gbps hdmi cable. all works well until i switch of the pc
switch back on and it doesn't boot. when i remove the hdmi and restart my pc, it boots fine
tested the hdmi on my monitor and that works fine. i disabled the hdmi cec stuff and changed the hdmi port from 1 to 2. same issue.

pc is ryzen 1800x
msi x370 carbon
sapphire rx580

anybody got any advice for me?
 
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rusting said:
Have you guys considered turning off the Fast boot option? Therefore doing a power cycle every time the TV starts up. It should help with stability at the cost of boot time.
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Incidentally, this 'fixed' my youtube/surround sound issue. I have to turn the TV off to get surround sound back, but it's a lot easier than having to do it at the wall.
 
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I found a way to "glitch" the local dimming on Dolby vision settings but it requires fast fingers.
Choose something that has Dolby Vision on Netflix.
Click play and go to picture settings immediately.
The picture settings will show up as non-Dolby vision for the first few seconds while the file loads.
Go into the backlight options and wait for your TV to switch to Dolby vision.
Now you'll be able to adjust the local dimming.
This will now be saved it for all Dolby vision
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MuawiyyahKhan said:
I found a way to "glitch" the local dimming on Dolby vision settings but it requires fast fingers.
Choose something that has Dolby Vision on Netflix.
Click play and go to picture settings immediately.
The picture settings will show up as non-Dolby vision for the first few seconds while the file loads.
Go into the backlight options and wait for your TV to switch to Dolby vision.
Now you'll be able to adjust the local dimming.
This will now be saved it for all Dolby vision
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You my friend are an absolute genius. Just followed all your steps and it worked. You're right about needing fast fingers though.

Now I wonder if it actually reflects as Local Dimming high when changed or if it reverts back to normal once its grayed out again?
 
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Black Smoke said:
You my friend are an absolute genius. Just followed all your steps and it worked. You're right about needing fast fingers though.

Now I wonder if it actually reflects as Local Dimming high when changed or if it reverts back to normal once its grayed out again?
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It definitely saves the local dimming options. When watching in a dark environment the difference between high and medium dimming is huge.
 
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Made an account just for this so sorry if I mess up, but does anyone have the latest firmware? And how do you get 1440p @ 120Hz on this TV?
 
I did ask support for the latest but got a .zip? And my TV is telling me it's on the latest, perhaps it is I guess, J1114?
 
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