A friend asked me for a TV recommendation in November and gave me a budget of "under a thousand if possible, please don't make me read RTINGS." I told him to buy a 65-inch U7N. He bought one, he sent me a picture of it on the wall the next day, and the message said "this cannot be right for this money." That is the U7N in a sentence.
What Hisense got right is the brightness. Mini-LED with a few hundred local dimming zones produces a picture that punches in HDR in a way that, three years ago, you had to spend twice this much to see. In a sunlit living room with the blinds open, the U7N is more watchable than most OLEDs at any price, which is a sentence I would not have written even one generation ago. Sports look like the broadcasters intended; HDR streaming actually delivers HDR.
Gaming is the other surprise. Native 144Hz panel, HDMI 2.1, VRR, FreeSync Premium, low input lag. The Game Mode Pro overlay is genuinely useful and toggles automatically when a PS5 or Xbox wakes the TV. For most people who play games on the couch this is the entire feature set you need, and the U7N has it at a price point that, until very recently, only got you a basic 60Hz panel.
The catches are the corners Hisense had to cut to hit the price. Off-axis viewing is mediocre. Sit on the far end of a long couch and the contrast drops noticeably. Black levels are good for Mini-LED, but the local dimming algorithm occasionally produces visible blooming around bright objects on dark backgrounds (the white subtitle on the credits roll is the classic test, and it does the thing). The included stand wobbles slightly and the legs are spaced very wide; check your TV stand before you buy a 75-inch.
Google TV is the operating system. It is fine. It is also ad-supported in a way that has gotten worse over the last year, and there are sponsored rows on the home screen that you cannot remove. I tolerate it because I plug an Apple TV into the side and ignore the Hisense interface, which is what I'd recommend you do too.
The long-term concern is build quality, which is the historical knock on Hisense and which I cannot evaluate without three years of use. Mine has been on the wall for eight months without incident. Multiple panels in extended testing have held up; a small number have failed early. The two-year warranty is okay but not industry-leading.
Verdict: Buy this if you want the most picture-per-dollar on the market and you don't care about the operating system. If you watch in a dark room and care about pure black levels, save longer and get a Bravia 8.