Design
Curved No
The Hisense 55R6090G looks a lot like the Hisense H6570G with a decent style. It has slim borders on three sides and a slightly thicker bottom border, and it looks nice in any setting. It's made entirely out of plastic, and even though there's nothing premium about it, there's nothing bad about it either.
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Design
The stand consists of two plastic feet that are almost as wide as the TV itself. The manufacturer advertises this TV to offer multiple stand positions, but unfortunately, we sold our unit and can't confirm this. The Hisense R6 variant has a fixed stand position. The TV wobbles fairly easily when you move it around.
Footprint of the 55" inch TV: 40.6" x 8.2".
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Design
Wall Mount VESA 200x300
The back of the Hisense R6090G is exactly like the Hisense H6570G. It has a thin plastic back panel that feels like metal, and the plastic at the bottom feels more solid. Sadly, there's no cable management.
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Design
Borders 0.35" (0.9 cm)
This TV has thin borders that aren't distracting.
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Design
Max Thickness 3.31" (8.4 cm)
The panel itself is fairly thin, but the TV may stick out a bit when you wall-mount because of the way the bottom part comes out.
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6.5 Design
The Hisense R6090G has okay build quality. It's entirely made of plastic, which feels solid near the inputs, but bends easily everywhere else. It wobbles quite easily and feels like you can torque the entire screen. These shouldn't be issues if you just leave it in one spot, but it may pose a problem if you constantly need to move it around.
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8.9 Picture Quality
Native Contrast
Contrast with local dimming
The Hisense R6090G has an amazing contrast ratio, which is expected from a VA panel. It displays deep blacks when viewed in the dark. Note that contrast may vary between units.
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LEARN ABOUT CONTRAST
5.7 Picture Quality
Real Scene Peak Brightness
Peak 2% Window
Peak 10% Window
Peak 25% Window
Peak 50% Window
Peak 100% Window
Sustained 2% Window
Sustained 10% Window
Sustained 25% Window
Sustained 50% Window
Sustained 100% Window
Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)
Update 02/25/2021: We retested SDR peak brightness after measuring the HDR peak brightness in Game mode. This resulted in slightly lower SDR peak brightness.
The Hisense R6090G's peak brightness is disappointing. It doesn't get bright enough to combat glare, even in dim-to-moderately lit rooms. It maintains its brightness extremely consistent across different content, except small highlights are slightly less bright.
We measured peak brightness after calibration in the 'Movie' Picture Mode with Backlight at its max and Gamma at '2.2'.
If you don't care about image accuracy and want a slightly brighter image, set the Picture Mode to 'Normal', Color Temperature to 'Normal', Gamma to '1.8', and TV Brightness to 'Brighter'. We reached 306 cd/m² in the 10% window using these settings.
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LEARN ABOUT SDR BRIGHTNESS
0 Picture Quality
Local Dimming
Backlight
Update 12/04/2020: We incorrectly listed it as being edge-lit, when the backlight is direct LED.
This TV doesn't have a local dimming feature. The video above is provided for reference only.
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LEARN ABOUT LOCAL DIMMING
0 Picture Quality
Local Dimming
Backlight
This TV doesn't have a local dimming feature. The video above is provided for reference only.
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4.8 Picture Quality
Real Scene Highlight
Peak 2% Window
Peak 10% Window
Peak 25% Window
Peak 50% Window
Peak 100% Window
Sustained 2% Window
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Sustained 25% Window
Sustained 50% Window
Sustained 100% Window
Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)
Update 02/25/2021: We retested HDR peak brightness after measuring the HDR peak brightness in Game mode. This resulted in slightly lower HDR peak brightness.
This TV has poor peak brightness in HDR. It doesn't get brighter than in SDR and it's not enough to make vivid colors pop. Once again, small highlights are slightly more dim than larger highlights.
We measured HDR peak brightness in the 'Dark HDR' Picture Mode with Backlight at its max and everything else at their default settings.
The EOTF follows the target curve fairly well until the roll off at its peak brightness, except some scenes are slightly over-brightened.
If you find HDR too dim and want a brighter image, use the 'Dark HDR' Picture Mode with Gamma set to '1.8', Color Temperature set to 'Cool', and Contrast and Backlight each at their max. This results in a noticeably brighter image, as seen in this EOTF. However, the image is inaccurate as increasing Contrast makes the image too blue, as seen in this color gamut photo.
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LEARN ABOUT HDR BRIGHTNESS
4.8 Picture Quality
Real Scene Highlight
Peak 2% Window
Peak 10% Window
Peak 25% Window
Peak 50% Window
Peak 100% Window
Sustained 2% Window
Sustained 10% Window
Sustained 25% Window
Sustained 50% Window
Sustained 100% Window
Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)
The HDR brightness in 'Game' mode is the same as outside of 'Game' mode. We used the same settings as the testing for the regular HDR peak brightness.
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6.4 Picture Quality
50% Std. Dev.
50% DSE
5% Std. Dev.
5% DSE
The Hisense 55R6090G has mediocre gray uniformity, but this may vary between units. Our unit actually looks a lot worse than it does in the picture as the edges are visibly darker. It's noticeable in real content with any full-sized image or videos where there isn't a lot of movement. There's also dirty screen effect in the center, which could get distracting during sports. The uniformity is better in near-dark scenes, but the vignetting is still visible.
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LEARN ABOUT GRAY UNIFORMITY
9.0 Picture Quality
Native Std. Dev. 0.647%
Std. Dev. w/ L.D.
The Hisense 55R6090G has outstanding black uniformity. However, it looks worse in person, and like with the gray uniformity, there's noticeable backlight bleed and vignetting along the edges. It's visible in real content and could be distracting when watching movies in dark rooms. Note that black uniformity may vary between units.
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LEARN ABOUT BLACK UNIFORMITY
5.3 Picture Quality
Color Washout
Color Shift
Brightness Loss
Black Level Raise
Gamma Shift
The Hisense R6090G has narrow viewing angles, which is expected from a VA panel. You lose image accuracy when viewing from the side, so it's not ideal for a wide seating arrangement. If you have a wide seating area, then look into the 55 inch model of the Toshiba C350 Fire TV 2021, which has wide viewing angles.
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LEARN ABOUT VIEWING ANGLE
7.5 Picture Quality
Screen Finish
Total Reflections
Indirect Reflections
Calculated Direct Reflections
The reflection handling is good. It performs well with a moderate amount of light directed towards it, but it's best to avoid placing it in a well-lit room as the reflections may become too distracting.
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LEARN ABOUT REFLECTIONS
7.6 Picture Quality
White Balance dE
Color dE
Gamma
Color Temperature
Picture Mode
Color Temp Setting
Gamma Setting
The Hisense R6090G has good out-of-the-box color accuracy, but this may vary between units. White balance and most colors are only a bit inaccurate, and the color temperature is close to the 6500K target. However, gamma seems to follow a target of 2.3 instead of 2.2, so most scenes are darker than they should be.
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LEARN ABOUT PRE CALIBRATION
9.1 Picture Quality
White Balance dE
Color dE
Gamma
Color Temperature
White Balance Calibration
Color Calibration
The Hisense 55R6090G has outstanding color accuracy after calibration. Any remaining inaccuracies can't be spotted with the aid of a colorimeter, and the color temperature is almost spot on with the 6500K target. Gamma follows the target much better, except some really bright scenes are slightly too bright.
You can see our recommended settings here.
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LEARN ABOUT POST CALIBRATION
8.0 Picture Quality
This TV upscales 480p content, such as from DVDs, without any issues.
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8.0 Picture Quality
The Hisense R6090G displays 720p content well and there aren't any artifacts.
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9.0 Picture Quality
1080p content, such as from Blu-ray players, is displayed almost as well as native 4k content.
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10 Picture Quality
This TV displays native 4k content perfectly, and unlike the Hisense H6570G, there aren't any obvious artifacts.
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0 Picture Quality
This is a 4k TV that can't display an 8k input.
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Picture Quality
Type LED
Sub-Type
This TV uses a BGR subpixel layout, which may affect the way text is rendered when using it as a PC monitor. Read about it here.
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6.7 Picture Quality
Wide Color Gamut
DCI P3 xy
DCI P3 uv
Rec 2020 xy
Rec 2020 uv
Like the Hisense H6510G, the Hisense R6090G has an okay color gamut, but it's not considered a wide color gamut for HDR content. It has good coverage of the commonly-used DCI P3 color space, but limited coverage of the wider Rec. 2020.
The EOTF follows the target curve fairly well until the roll off at its peak brightness, except some scenes are slightly over-brightened. It's the exact same with Game Mode enabled because you can enable it in any Picture Mode, as seen in this EOTF.
If you find HDR too dim and want a brighter image, use the 'Dark HDR' Picture Mode with Gamma set to '1.8', Color Temperature set to 'Cool', and Contrast and Backlight each at their max. This results in a noticeably brighter image, as seen in this EOTF. However, the image is inaccurate as increasing Contrast makes the image too blue, as seen in this color gamut photo.
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LEARN ABOUT COLOR GAMUT
5.8 Picture Quality
Normalized DCI P3 Coverage ITP
10,000 cd/m² DCI P3 Coverage ITP
Normalized Rec 2020 Coverage ITP
10,000 cd/m² Rec 2020 Coverage ITP
The color volume is disappointing. It displays dark, saturated colors well thanks to its amazing contrast. However, it's limited by the lack of a wide color gamut and by its low peak brightness.
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LEARN ABOUT COLOR VOLUME
6.7 Picture Quality
Color Depth
Red (Std. Dev.)
Green (Std. Dev.)
Blue (Std. Dev.)
Gray (Std. Dev.) 0.297
The Hisense R6090G has okay gradient handling. There's noticeable banding in all shades, especially with gray and green. The Noise Reduction setting in the Roku app doesn't improve the gradient handling at all.
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LEARN ABOUT GRADIENT
10 Picture Quality
IR after 0 min recovery
IR after 2 min recovery
IR after 4 min recovery
IR after 6 min recovery
IR after 8 min recovery
IR after 10 min recovery
There are some very minor signs of image retention after displaying a high-contrast static image, but it's not detected in our testing. However, this may vary between units.
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LEARN ABOUT TEMPORARY IMAGE RETENTION
10 Picture Quality
Permanent Burn-In Risk
We don't expect VA panels to experience permanent image retention, as the VA panel in our long-term test appears immune.
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LEARN ABOUT PERMANENT BURN-IN RISK
7.2 Motion
80% Response Time
100% Response Time
The Hisense R6090G has a decent response time, but you still may notice some motion blur in fast-moving scenes. There's a bit of overshoot in dark transitions, so you may notice some motion artifacts in dark scenes as well.
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LEARN ABOUT RESPONSE TIME
4.7 Motion
Flicker-Free
PWM Dimming Frequency
This TV uses Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) to dim its backlight at all brightness levels below 100. It's flicker-free with Backlight set to its max.
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LEARN ABOUT FLICKER-FREE
4.5 Motion
Optional BFI
Min Flicker For 60 fps
60Hz For 60 fps
120Hz For 120 fps
Min Flicker for 60 fps in Game Mode
The Hisense R6090G doesn't have a Black Frame Insertion feature. The backlight flickers at 180Hz at all backlight levels below 100.
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LEARN ABOUT BLACK FRAME INSERTION (BFI)
Motion
Motion Interpolation (30 fps)
Motion Interpolation (60 fps)
This TV doesn't have a motion interpolation feature.
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LEARN ABOUT MOTION INTERPOLATION
7.9 Motion
Frame Hold Time @ 24 fps
Frame Hold Time @ 60 fps
Due to the TV's somewhat slower response time, there's not much stutter when displaying lower-frame rate content.
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LEARN ABOUT STUTTER
7.8 Motion
Judder-Free 24p
Judder-Free 24p via 60p
Judder-Free 24p via 60i
Judder-Free 24p via Native Apps
The Hisense R6090G automatically removes judder from native 24p sources, such as from Blu-ray players or native apps. There's no setting needed to remove it.
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LEARN ABOUT 24P JUDDER
0 Motion
Native Refresh Rate
Variable Refresh Rate
HDMI Forum VRR
FreeSync
G-SYNC Compatible
4k VRR Maximum
4k VRR Minimum
1080p VRR Maximum
1080p VRR Minimum
1440p VRR Maximum
1440p VRR Minimum
VRR Supported Connectors
This TV doesn't support any variable refresh rate technology.
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LEARN ABOUT VARIABLE REFRESH RATE
9.5 Inputs
1080p @ 60Hz
1080p @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode
1440p @ 60Hz
4k @ 60Hz
4k @ 60Hz + 10-Bit HDR
4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4
4k @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode
4k @ 60Hz With Interpolation
8k @ 60Hz
1080p @ 120Hz
1440p @ 120Hz
4k @ 120Hz
1080p with Variable Refresh Rate
1440p with VRR
4k with VRR
8k with VRR
The Hisense R6090G has an excellent low input lag, and it's a significant improvement over the Hisense H6570G and the Hisense H6510G. It stays low as long as you have Game Mode enabled, but it significantly increases with a 1440p resolution, so it's not ideal for 1440p games with the Xbox One Series X. If you want to use it as a PC monitor and want the lowest input lag possible, you just need to enable Game Mode.
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LEARN ABOUT INPUT LAG
8.3 Inputs
Resolution 4k
1080p @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4
1080p @ 120Hz
1440p @ 60Hz
1440p @ 120Hz
4k @ 60Hz
4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4
4k @ 120Hz
8k @ 30Hz or 24Hz
8k @ 60Hz
This TV supports most comment resolutions at 60Hz and displays chroma 4:4:4 at any resolution. If you want to use it as a computer monitor and for it to display chroma 4:4:4, you just need to enable Game Mode. It also accepts 1080p and 1440p @ 120Hz signals, but it skips frames and doesn't display proper 4:4:4. For full-bandwidth signals, enable HDMI 2.0 for the input you're using.
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LEARN ABOUT SUPPORTED RESOLUTIONS
Inputs
Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)
PS5, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR
PS5, 4k @ 120Hz
PS5, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR
PS5, 1440p @ 120Hz
PS5, 1080p @ 120Hz
PS5, Variable Refresh Rate
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 120Hz
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR
Xbox Series X, 1440p @ 120Hz
Xbox Series X, 1080p @ 120Hz
Xbox Series X, Variable Refresh Rate
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Inputs
HDR10
HDR10+
Dolby Vision
HLG
HDMI 2.0 Full Bandwidth
HDMI 2.1 Class Bandwidth
CEC Yes
HDCP 2.2 Yes (HDMI 1,2,3)
USB 3.0
Variable Analog Audio Out Yes
Wi-Fi Support Yes (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz)
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Inputs
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Inputs
HDMI 3
USB 1
Digital Optical Audio Out 1
Analog Audio Out 3.5mm 1
Analog Audio Out RCA 0
Component In 0
Composite In 1
Tuner (Cable/Ant) 1
Ethernet 1
DisplayPort 0
IR In 0
SD/SDHC 0
The Hisense R6090G has one USB input, but the Hisense R6E3 variant at Walmart has two.
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Inputs
ARC
eARC support
Dolby Atmos via TrueHD via eARC
DTS:X via DTS-HD MA via eARC
5.1 Dolby Digital via ARC
5.1 DTS via ARC
5.1 Dolby Digital via Optical
5.1 DTS via Optical
This TV can pass both DTS and Dolby Digital via ARC or optical, which is great, but it doesn't support eARC. For ARC to work, simply enable ARC and set S/PDIF and ARC to 'Auto Passthrough'.
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5.2 Sound Quality
Low-Frequency Extension
Std. Dev. @ 70
Std. Dev. @ 80
Std. Dev. @ Max
Max
Dynamic Range Compression
The Hisense R6090G has a bad frequency response. It doesn't produce any bass and doesn't get loud, either. However, it has a fairly well-balanced sound profile that helps with listening to clear dialogue.
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LEARN ABOUT FREQUENCY RESPONSE
7.1 Sound Quality
Weighted THD @ 80
Weighted THD @ Max
IMD @ 80
IMD @ Max
This TV has decent distortion performance. There's minimal distortion at moderate listening levels, and even though it slightly increases at its max volume, most people won't hear it and it depends on the volume.
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LEARN ABOUT DISTORTION
8.0 Smart Features
Smart OS Roku TV
Version 9.4.0
Ease of Use
Smoothness
Time Taken to Select YouTube
Time Taken to Change Backlight
Advanced Options
The built-in Roku TV interface is easy-to-use and the menus are very smooth to navigate. We did experience one bug during testing; when we went to the 'Home' page and back to the input we were originally on, the screen would cut in half vertically, as seen in this photo. Returning to the 'Home' menu and back to the input once again resolved the issue the majority of the time. If you have this TV and experience the same issue, let us know.
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0 Smart Features
Ads
Opt-out
Suggested Content in Home
Opt-out of Suggested Content
There are ads and suggested content on the 'Home' page and there's no way to opt-out of them. We couldn't get a picture of them, but you can see the ads on the TCL 5 Series/S535 2020 QLED in this photo.
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LEARN ABOUT AD-FREE
8.0 Smart Features
App Selection
App Smoothness
Cast Capable
USB Drive Playback
USB Drive HDR Playback
HDR in Netflix
HDR in YouTube
The Roku app store has a great selection of apps you can download and they run smoothly for the most part.
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7.0 Smart Features
Size
Voice Control
CEC Menu Control
Other Smart Features
Remote App Roku
The Hisense R6090G comes with the same Roku remote as other TCL Roku TVs, such as the TCL 6 Series/R635 2020 QLED. It's a basic remote with quick-access buttons to popular streaming services. It doesn't have voice control but you can use the voice control feature in the Roku app on your mobile device. It allows you to change inputs and search for content, but you can't ask it to change settings on the TV.
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Smart Features
There's a button underneath the TV that allows you to power it On/Off and change inputs.
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Smart Features
- Remote (with 2x AAA batteries)
- User manuals
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Smart Features
Power Consumption 41 W
Power Consumption (Max) 91 W
Firmware 9.4.0 build 4190-94
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