Update: After this review was originally published, Hisense reached out to Tom’s Guide, suspecting our original review unit was faulty, and sent us a replacement UR9 to retest. This article has been updated with our findings from the new unit, including revised brightness results and viewing impressions.
I want to start this review by saying that I really wanted to love Hisense’s latest addition to its lineup of RGB Mini-LED TVs, the UR9. I’m usually an OLED guy, but after hearing about the hype behind the UR9 — which is basically a more compact version of the Hisense 116UX that dazzled us at CES 2026 — I was excited to see how the brand’s RGB Mini-LED technology could be miniaturized in one of the best TVs of the year.