Hisense UR9 RGB Mini LED TV review – a new level of picture quality and colour fidelity

We’ve entered a new era with TVs in 2026 and Hisense is ushering the wave of change with its new RGB MiniLED technology that produces a new level of picture quality and colour fidelity.

Tech Guide has had the new UR9 in for review which features the all-new RGB Mini LED technology. We were watching the 85-inch model – a size sure to be popular with customers.

With RGB technology, Hisense has clearly entered a new level of TV quality and colour.

Other brands have also adopted RGB technology in some form in their 2026 TVs as well.

But as we’ve discovered, it’s not just about having RGB technology but also how you use it and control it and enhance it. Each brand has its own secret sauce.

In Hisense’s case, it is using RGB Mini LED. Each Mini LED cell that makes up the backlight has a red, green and blue cell instead of a plain blue or white light.

This means instead of applying a filter to a plain backlight to produce colour they instead produce colour at the backlight level to offer a lot more brightness, intensity and accuracy.

Red, green and blue are the building blocks of all colours and Hisense uses Chromagic Technology to offer precision control of the Mini LED cells to deliver a faithful and natural interpretation of the content.

And with one less layer between the colour and the viewer, the other benefit is brightness.

The Hisense UR9 produces up to 5000 nits peak brightness.

The traffic cop of the Hisense TV is its Hi-View AI Engine RGB which independently and precisely controls every red, green and blue light in real time for colour, brightness and contrast.

There are now more options to produce to colour. Imagine a normal TV is a paint set with 100 colours – this new RGB Mini LED technology is like having 100,000 colours.

In fact, it can reproduce 100 per cent of the of the BT.2020 colour gamut.

Also onboard is the AI RGB Halo Control which does an excellent job in preventing colour bleed and blooming especially when a bright colour is displayed right beside dark colour.

The Hisense also takes it a step further and sharpens the edges of objects to further prevent light and colour trailing outside the lines.

So how does this translate to your viewing experience?

It’s a remarkable step up and a noticeable improvement.

We watched TV shows and movies and sport and the Hisense UR9 was up to the task no matter what we chose.

The level of clarity hasn’t been improved – it is still super high quality but the images looked more fleshed out and lifelike.

Shot of actors like Scarlet Johanssen in the film Lucy were stunning and had such a natural quality that we could see she had a pulse.

Her red lipstick was clearly defined as was the mascara on her eyelashes. And even when her blonde hair was outlined against a bright background, we could not only see every strand of hair but also the detail in the bright area behind her.

Black levels were also superb and as close to OLED quality as we have ever seen.

Look at the difference between same frame from the film Lucy shot on an LED TV and on the Hisense RGB Mini LED.

The differences are like night and day.

The improved colour levels and brightness are obvious from the distinct red colour of her skirt with the pattern even clearer along with the detail of her jacket.

In the background you can see a lot more detail in the trees and even see each stream of water in the fountain.

And top to bottom the colours are far brighter, richer and fuller.

We checked movies that we know very well like Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace and was pleased to see defined and deliberate colours, outstanding contrast and exceptional detail.

In the film Twisters there is a lot of fast motion thanks to objects being blown around by tornadoes and the motion blur is almost completely absent.

This also comes in to play when watching sport and action movies.

We were also pleasantly surprised with the colour boost even on the internet channels.

The Hisense UR9 also did fantastic job breathing life and colour and detail into older movies.

The Sound of Music looked like it was made last year. And even though it was the 4K version on Disney+, the Hisense UR9 treated it with kindness and didn’t put the colours over the top and make it look like a cartoon.

That’s the other thing to consider here. The Hisense UR9 preserves the films to look like they are meant to look.

We’re glad it’s RGB Mini LED didn’t make The Sound of Music look like The Wizard of Oz even though it easily could.

The Hisense UR9 does have Filmmaker Mode, which puts the settings back to their original positions so it can be viewed in the way the filmmaker intended.

But that’s not to say the colours didn’t look their best and the contrast and brightness allow us to see so much more detail it the backgrounds and environments.

Gamers will also be over the moon about the ultra-smooth 180Hz gameplay with variable refresh rate and auto low latency pipeline for even more smooth and fluid gaming.

OK, we can safely say the picture quality is a real winner.

Another improvement on the Hisense UR9 is its Anti-Reflection and Glare-Free technology. This is a feature which will endear the TV to Australian viewers who watch their TVs in bright open-plan living areas.

We watched the Hisense UR9 in a room with a large window to our right.

We could only make out a reflection when the screen was completely black and even then it was just a dull blur on one side.

But when we were watching our movies and TV shows, it was completely unnoticeable and therefore zero distraction to our enjoyment.

Even shining a light into the screen with our phone, you can see the light is dull and dispersed instead of bouncing directly off the screen.

Another excellent feature is the sound.

The Hisense UR9 has 4.1.2 multi-channel surround sound out of the box.

There are speakers on the side edges and top edge of the screen, along with a woofer on the rear panel.

It can truly provide a room-filling sound without a soundbar.

Whether you’re watching an action film or live sport the TV’s speakers immerse you even further into what you’re watching.

It’s not the absolute best we’ve seen but it’s not far off it.

The on-board speakers are tuned by Devialet and provide respectable surround and Dolby Atmos.

AI is working in the background to optimise the audio as much as it is finessing the picture.

To fit in these speakers the TV is thicker than your regular panel at 4.7cm but it’s not like you’re going to be carrying the TV around in your pocket so that added thickness is no deal breaker.

We’d prefer for it to have the added size to achieve a level of audio that’s a step above what you’d hear with other flat screen TVs.

The VIDAA OS is super easy to navigate and puts all your content options, streaming services and recommendations at your fingertips.

The Hisense UR9 remote control has two rows of shortcuts to the more popular streaming services.

And there’s no need to worry about replacing batteries thanks to the solar panel at the bottom of the controller.

The Hisense UR9 is available now and priced at $3,999 (65-inch), $5,499 (75-inch) and $6,999 (85-inch)

VERDICT

The Hisense UR9 takes your TV viewing to another level and breathes new life into your movies, TV shows and sport to make them brighter, more accurate and so lifelike you’ll feel like you’re looking out a window to the world instead of a TV.