{"id":120950,"date":"2021-02-08T18:22:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T18:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=120950"},"modified":"2024-05-13T20:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:08:23","slug":"hisense-a6140-review-good-picture-quality-and-ease-of-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/tv\/hisense-a6140-review-good-picture-quality-and-ease-of-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Hisense A6140 : Good picture quality and ease of use"},"content":{"rendered":"

You don\u2019t have to sacrifice all the features and picture quality of a 4K TV, even if you don\u2019t have the money to spend on a solid purchase.\u00a0To do this, you just need to pay attention to the Hisense A6140 series.\u00a0This is a line of inexpensive but functional TVs.<\/p>\n

It is equipped with a set of intuitive intelligent features supported by the Vidaa U3.0 user interface.\u00a0The picture is more than decent for a mid-range TV.\u00a0We present our review of Hisense H50A6140 TV 4K HDR as a representative of the series.<\/p>\n

Hisense A6140 Design<\/h3>\n

The discreet, modest design of the Hisense H50A6140 TV should not have problems with fitting into any interior.\u00a0The bezels on the top and sides are thin (about 0.5 cm) and dark in color.\u00a0The one at the bottom is thicker and painted in gray-silver metallic, as is the one-piece stand.\u00a0The body is made of plastic, the stand has a metal frame.\u00a0The design is no different from the Hisense\u00a0H50B7500\u00a0TV\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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The back panel is also all dark and mostly expressionless.\u00a0The protrusion at the top is the only significant decoration besides the eye-catching 200 x 200 mm VESA wall mount holes.\u00a0Keep in mind, however, that the TV in the “thickest” place has a depth of about 8 cm. Plus, some of the connectors come out back.\u00a0Therefore, it will protrude slightly from the wall if you follow this path.<\/p>\n

Image quality<\/h3>\n

For a TV in this price range, the H50A6140 offers above average picture quality, which is especially noticeable in color processing.\u00a0In normal mode, it covers over 99.9% of the Rec.709 color space.\u00a0You will also see accurate colors in Movie mode.<\/p>\n

Colors drop slightly with HDR on.\u00a0In HDR Normal mode, colors were less saturated in both Rec. 709 and Rec. 2020, and color fidelity dropped in all directions, though not too much.\u00a0Rec. 2020’s coverage isn’t as wide as you’d expect from an inexpensive TV.<\/p>\n

TV colors look best when viewed from a direct view of the screen.\u00a0When viewed from a large angle, colors are quickly washed out and take on a distinct gray tint.\u00a0This is due to the use of a VA matrix, which has good contrast ratio (4000: 1) and deep blacks.\u00a0But unlike\u00a0IPS, the\u00a0matrix does not look so good from an angle.<\/p>\n

The A6140 is compatible with two key HDR formats, HDR10 and HLG.\u00a0But besides switching between supported picture modes, you have no control over it – HDR is activated automatically when the corresponding content is played.<\/p>\n

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You can switch between HDR modes, but it is better to stick to Night HDR or Day HDR.\u00a0Dolby Vision support is mentioned.\u00a0But to find clear confirmation that in this case the TV is indeed in DV mode, it has not yet been possible.<\/p>\n

Fast movements on the screen look consistently crisp with minimal smearing.\u00a0A6140 TVs have support for MEMC dynamic compensation technology.\u00a024p movies play reasonably smoothly and without obvious jerks.\u00a0The picture on the A6140 looks good under various lighting conditions.<\/p>\n

In laboratory tests, the TV shows peak brightness values \u200b\u200branging from 300 to 320 nits in normal mode.\u00a0This is, of course, underpowered for HDR content.\u00a0Doesn’t play into the hands of normal HDR display and lack of local dimming.\u00a0Although using direct backlighting, it would not be difficult to implement the function.<\/p>\n

Not all TVs are perfect for gaming, and the Hisense A6140 is no exception.\u00a0Its output latency in game mode is less than 50ms.\u00a0Therefore, you can hardly call a gaming TV.\u00a0The usual recommendation for this is to have a latency (input-lag) of 20ms or less.<\/p>\n

Smart TV features<\/h3>\n

The Linux-like operating system Smart TV Vidaa U3.0 is mastered in the shortest possible time, since all unnecessary and complicating things have been removed from the interface.\u00a0The home screen presents multiple tile strips containing movie theater tiles such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, MEGOGO, and favorites and system tiles.<\/p>\n

The line of icons is an ordinary menu.\u00a0You can either turn on the home screen, select a source, or switch to settings.\u00a0There are not so many preinstalled applications, of course, you cannot compare with Android.\u00a0But you can always go to the APPS Store to find what you need.\u00a0There is no voice control.<\/p>\n

VIDAA OS has a built-in Seraphic 4.0 Internet browser.\u00a0With the Anyview Cast app, you can view your smartphone media on the big screen.\u00a0The built-in player supports many video and audio formats.\u00a0These are AVI, MP4, MKV, TS.\u00a0As well as FLAC and MP3.<\/p>\n

The remote control is conventional infrared.\u00a0No frills.\u00a0There are number buttons, a joystick for menu navigation, volume control buttons and channel switching.\u00a0Present on the remote and dedicated buttons for streaming services Netflix and YouTube.<\/p>\n

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Sound<\/h3>\n

Consider that even higher-end TVs go out of their way to sometimes produce killer sound.\u00a0Unsurprisingly, audio is often a noticeable sticking point for cheaper TVs.\u00a0Hisense A6140 is no exception.\u00a0For a 20 watt system (2 x 10 watt), it’s not all bad, of course.<\/p>\n

The treble and mids are quite expressive, but its bass presence is absent.\u00a0In other words, we will hear the dialogues adequate and clear, and the sound effects of films will be completed by the imagination.\u00a0Or alternatively, you can connect a soundbar.\u00a0Better if it comes with a subwoofer.\u00a0Then you can listen to music without any problems.<\/p>\n

Connections<\/h3>\n

Seen from the rear, on the left is the connector for connecting the power cord.\u00a0All other ports are located on the right.\u00a0There are 3 HDMI connectors (one with ARC support) and 2 USB 2.0 connectors, digital optical audio output and two antenna jacks.<\/p>\n

Composite audio \/ video input and LAN port are looking right at us.\u00a0The Pay TV card slot is located above.\u00a0For wireless Internet connection, there is Wi-Fi that supports standards up to 802.11bgn 2.4 GHz.\u00a0There is also support for Bluetooth 4.2.\u00a0There is no headphone output, but you can always pull out analog audio from the digital outputs through an appropriate adapter.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n

For a conventional TV, Hisense A6140 has important advantages: good picture quality and ease of use.\u00a0You won’t get everything from it that you can get from a more expensive machine.\u00a0But you also won’t feel that something significant is missing from this TV.\u00a0So, due to its cheapness, this series definitely deserves a choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You don\u2019t have to sacrifice all the features and picture quality of a 4K TV, even if you don\u2019t have the money to spend on a solid purchase.\u00a0To do this, you just need to pay attention to the Hisense A6140 series.\u00a0This is a line of inexpensive but functional TVs. It is equipped with a set […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10402,"featured_media":120961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[641],"tags":[778],"class_list":["post-120950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}