No, Hisense does not have a bad reputation overall, but it has a mixed reputation with improving perception, as Hisense is Chinese budget to mid-range brand that historically had average reliability but has significantly improved quality and features in recent years, now considered good value brand. Hisense was founded in 1969 in Qingdao, China as electronics company, making TVs, refrigerators, and appliances, entering North American market in 2000s with low prices. Early reputation in 2010s was average with some reports of higher repair rates at 5 to 6 percent in first 4 years versus Sony at 2 to 3 percent, and software bugs in smart TV platform, leading to perception as cheap budget brand. However recent models like Hisense U7, U8, U6 series QLED TVs have received excellent reviews from Rtings and Consumer Reports for picture quality, brightness, and gaming features, with improved reliability and better processing, competing with TCL and even Samsung QLED, winning value awards. For appliances, Hisense fridges and washers have average reliability similar to Haier, decent for price. In Canada, Hisense TVs sold at Best Buy Canada, Costco Canada, and Walmart Canada offer good value with Roku and Google TV platforms. So Hisense does not have bad reputation now, it has mixed to good reputation as excellent value brand with improving quality, though still not premium reliability like Sony or Bosch, but considered good budget choice with improving trust and 4-year market share growth.
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