This 55-inch Freely TV can replace Sky, is Mini-LED, 144Hz and almost 50% off – so what's the catch?

Surely the Hisense U7QT at £529 is a typo? Well, prepare to be astonished

Hisense U7QT TV
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There are plenty of TV bargains this Black Friday, with top-line manufacturers slashing the prices of its 2025 models in time for the holiday season – when TV viewing it set to rise.

But few of the deals I've found so far are as good as this one. Hisense is one of the few makers to build Freely into its sets, and as such they can be an ideal Sky Glass alternative if you would rather stream your channels for free.

One of them, the Hisense U7Q Pro received five stars in our review in August, and now another member of the same family has plummeted by almost 50%. And considering you won't have to pay for your TV service, its £529 price ticket for a 55-inch model seems mind-blowing.

Hisense 55U7QTUK 4K HDR Mini-LED TV
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Hisense 55U7QTUK 4K HDR Mini-LED TV: was £999.99 now £529 at Amazon

This 2025 Hisense ULED Mini-LED TV supports just about every format you can throw at it, including 144Hz gaming and Dolby Atmos passthrough. It is also a Freely TV, so streams all the UK's major channels for free.

Why choose a Hisense U7Q series TV?

There are several TVs in the Hisense U7Q series for 2025, which we've been impressed by whenever we've seen them.

Take the U7Q Pro, for example. It scored the full five stars in August, with our reviewer – Steve May – saying that "it's a stonking buy" for "big-screen gaming and everyday TV".

It cannot also be ignored just how much of a bonus Freely is on this TV. I recently reviewed the first Freely box to be released in the UK – the Netgem Pleio – and it's trandsformative for those who don't want to pay for their everyday viewing, but still want all the major TV channels delivered over the internet.

This means you don't need a satellite dish, aerial on the roof, or cable TV – just a decent broadband connection.

The TV has all the main streaming services and apps too, of course, so you can opt to subscribe for extra content, but it's not mandatory. And then there's the set's excellent prowess with gaming too.

It's hard to find a catch at this price.

Rik Henderson
News Editor

Rik is T3’s news editor, which means he looks after the news team and the up-to-the-minute coverage of all the hottest gadgets and products you’ll definitely want to read about. And, with more than 35 years of experience in tech and entertainment journalism, including editing and writing for numerous websites, magazines, and newspapers, he’s always got an eye on the next big thing.

Rik also has extensive knowledge of AV, TV streaming and smart home kit, plus just about everything to do with games since the late 80s. Prior to T3, he spent 13 years at Pocket-lint heading up its news team, and was a TV producer and presenter on such shows as Channel 4's GamesMaster, plus Sky's Games World, Game Over, and Virtual World of Sport.

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