I just attended a demo of Hisense’s new 2026 TVs, and while talking about the new UR9 RGB TV, an unusual feature caught my eye: it has a DisplayPort connection. It’s not a full-size DisplayPort port, but it is a USB-C port with full DisplayPort support and branding.
HDMI has obviously dominated the world of TV inputs, but DisplayPort is still the most common output on GPUs and, in many cases, the one preferred by PC fans. In general, including DisplayPort seems like more trouble than it’s worth on most TVs, so it’s never there, which is why this one obviously caught my eye.
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First, the set has 3 HDMI 2.1 ports, not 4 like most high-end TVs. This was also true for the Hisense U8QG last year – it appears to be a result of the particular connection control chip Hisense is using.
But the second element is that this is a mini-LED TV with RGB backlighting, and Hisense claims that it should be able to achieve more than 100% of the BT.2020 pro color space, and it is also validated by Pantone (although the latter doesn’t mean much: Hisense’s more affordable TVs have this rating too).
Therefore, Hisense could aim to include DisplayPort for maximum color depth for creatives who want to use the displays’ wide color compatibility. We’ll have to wait to see if the TV will hit the claimed color figure – there are several ways to measure color space, and the Hisense UX116 launched last year with RGB technology hit 92.6% of the BT.2020 space in our tests. This is shape better than regular mini-LED TVs, which tend to max out at around 75-78%, but obviously don’t go all the way to 100%.
The only potential issue for both gaming and creative use is the size of the TVs: The UR9 series will come in 65-, 75-, and 85-inch sizes, with 100-inch sizes also available in the U.S. That means it’s not desktop-friendly, but it could still have potential for both.
I think PC gamers looking for a couch setup will find this more interesting. You’ll have the flexibility to use the HDMI ports for whatever AV connectivity you really need. requires HDMI and you will be able to take full advantage of the high refresh rates of DisplayPort.
The TV supports AMD FreeSync and, although Hisense has not confirmed it for this model, most of its mini-LED sets are G-Sync compatible, although they are not G-Sync certified.
Their TVs tend to have fairly low latency when we measure them and have easy-to-use game menus to adjust settings.
But the other tantalizing factor is that mini-LED RGB technology isn’t appearing in monitors just yet, and it’s a really interesting new technology. It uses a mini-LED backlit LCD panel, but the backlight is not a single color: each light element has red, green and blue LEDs, so effectively the backlight creates a low-resolution version of the image, and then the LCD layer adds the final color filtering and details.
In theory, it’s more efficient than regular mini-LED, while also having a wider color gamut and potentially less noticeable blooming from light to dark areas.
And it’s much brighter than OLED, and this TV has a slightly matte anti-reflective coating so it works well in brighter rooms, if you’re gaming during the day.
Having a DisplayPort option won’t be a big change for most people, but it’s rare enough that I had to mention it, and it’s especially interesting that this is a TV technology that you can’t get in a smaller version, so the UR9 offers something unique.
However, it won’t be cheap: in the United States, the 65-inch model has an official price of $3,499. We don’t have UK or Australian pricing yet, but they’re around £2,650 / AU$5,080.
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