Someone finally did it: a high-end TV with a DisplayPort connection actually is coming this year, including 4K 180Hz support

4K at 180Hz over DisplayPort, on top of the HDMI 2.1 connections? It's a rarity, but Hisense has done it

05 Apr 2026, 14:00 by https://www.techradar.com/uk/author/matt-bolton · TechRadar

News By Matt Bolton published 5 April 2026

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I just attended a demo of Hisense's new 2026 TVs, and while discussing the new UR9 RGB TV, one unusual feature jumped out at me: it has a DisplayPort connection. It's not a full-size DisplayPort port, but it's 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 preferred by the PC hardcore in many cases. In general, it seems more hassle to include DisplayPort than it's worth on most TVs, so it's just never on there — which is why this one obviously caught my eye.

Hisense didn't explain exactly why it went for it on this particular model, but there are two things going on with this TV that might explain it.

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First, the set has 3x HDMI 2.1 ports, not 4 like most high-end TVs. This was also true of the Hisense U8QG last year — it appears to be a result of the particular connection control chip that Hisense is using.

When Hisense revealed this to me, it explained that the TV has three HDMI ports, then made a point of saying it also has DisplayPort, which will support 4K at 170Hz/180Hz (depending on size). So it's possible that adding a DisplayPort was simply a way of offering a fourth 4K 170Hz/180Hz input, overcoming whatever HDMI limitation there is.

But the second element is that this is an RGB-backlit mini-LED TV, and Hisense claims that it should be able to hit over 100% of the BT.2020 pro color space, and is also Pantone validated (though the latter doesn't mean too much — Hisense's more affordable TVs have this rating too).

RGB TVs such as the UR9 here promise super-rich colors and potentially less blooming from their LED backlights (Image credit: Future)

So there could be an element of Hisense aiming to include DisplayPort for maximum color depth for creatives who want to use the wide color support of the screens. Whether the TV will hit the claimed color figure is something we'll have to wait to see — there are multiple ways to measure the color space, and the Hisense UX116 released last year with RGB tech hit 92.6% of the BT.2020 space in our tests. This is way better than regular mini-LED TVs, which have tended to max out at around 75-78%, but obviously isn't quite 100%.

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