Katherine_K
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RGB mini LED has just dropped into ordinary mid-range money in Germany. The Hisense 65UR8DS is going for 999 euros at Amazon, MediaMarkt and a couple of others, against a launch UVP of 1,999 euros. Not long ago RGB backlighting was a trade show flagship thing, and this is only the step-down model from Hisense's 2026 lineup.
The German spec rundown: roughly 900 dimming zones, a 180Hz panel, four HDMI 2.1 ports with VRR and ALLM, Dolby Vision 2, HDR10+ Adaptive and HLG, an anti-reflection coating and a 2.1.2 Atmos system tuned by Devialet. Hisense says up to 4,000 nits. COMPUTER BILD measured around 2,350 in its lab, and the same German write-up admits rtings got nowhere near 4,000 on the US sister model, the UR8SG. So the marketing figure is off by a mile, which is par for Hisense, but 2,350 measured is still a very bright TV.
Not every shop has matched it either. The price comparison on that page runs from 1,139 up to 1,499 euros, so 999 is the low end at a handful of retailers, not the going rate everywhere.
What I would actually watch is how the RGB backlight handles colour in normal content rather than peak brightness, since extra colour volume is the whole point of the tech. A price halved this quickly usually means retailers want the shelf space back. For a German buyer who wants a bright 65 for daytime football and 120Hz console gaming, 999 euros is hard to argue with, as long as you go in expecting 2,350 nits and not 4,000.
The German spec rundown: roughly 900 dimming zones, a 180Hz panel, four HDMI 2.1 ports with VRR and ALLM, Dolby Vision 2, HDR10+ Adaptive and HLG, an anti-reflection coating and a 2.1.2 Atmos system tuned by Devialet. Hisense says up to 4,000 nits. COMPUTER BILD measured around 2,350 in its lab, and the same German write-up admits rtings got nowhere near 4,000 on the US sister model, the UR8SG. So the marketing figure is off by a mile, which is par for Hisense, but 2,350 measured is still a very bright TV.
Not every shop has matched it either. The price comparison on that page runs from 1,139 up to 1,499 euros, so 999 is the low end at a handful of retailers, not the going rate everywhere.
What I would actually watch is how the RGB backlight handles colour in normal content rather than peak brightness, since extra colour volume is the whole point of the tech. A price halved this quickly usually means retailers want the shelf space back. For a German buyer who wants a bright 65 for daytime football and 120Hz console gaming, 999 euros is hard to argue with, as long as you go in expecting 2,350 nits and not 4,000.
