While I do agree that the laundry list of issues is fairly comprehensive you also need to consider the things that it really gets right. For someone with a bright room and doesn't watch movies critically it's a good option (price aside), plenty bright, sound is decent, good for gaming and then there's the one connect box. Most of the issues this has is inherent in the technology and it seems to me that Samsung are better at managing the limitations than most, if this set got a 4 I doubt you would see an LCD TV get much more than a 5.So it fails on almost everything ( ok maybe slight exaggeration, but… ) that’s important about a TV and it still gets 7?
- Very expensive
- Blooming
- Local dimming dims peak highlights and APL
- Black crush
- Dirty screen effect
- No Dolby Vision
- Video processing adding too much sharpening
- Build quality average for the price point
Looks like a 4 at most to me and one to be avoided.
£3600 for that image quality, reviews given that score are usually reserved for the under £1000 bracket and many of them received higher marks.
Samsung should hang their heads in shame
QD oled is really dimming down the brightness in time.. I learned this from several reviews on youtube, etc. So for bright full field sdr and hdr.. lcd is Top-notch.. still,..Great review and clear sign that high end LCD models are coming to an end.In the end who will pay more for this in compare to S95B if going for 55 or 65inch.
Next year all Samsung focus will be....qdoled
The S95B got 9/10, despite its terrible build quality. I wouldn't say AV Forums are anti Samsung, I would say that AV Forums see's more promise in OLED and QD-OLED than LCD.Why do I get the feeling that AVForums are anti Samsung?
LG & Sony always seem to looked upon more favourably in reviews. Is this because they are willing to do face to face chats & demos when new products are released?
I’ve had 2 Sony TV’s recently- one of which, the A1 is probably the worst TV I’ve ever bought unfortunately!
I am brand agnostic and test every TV the same way. I try to be fair, unbiased and honest with my appraisals in the hope that if there are issues, manufacturers value the feedback and implement changes to make the products better. They have done this in the past and I am sure the feedback from the reviews will be acted on if they feel they can make improvements.Why do I get the feeling that AVForums are anti Samsung?
Samsung are so poor compared to the competitors but they tick boxes for many people, especially ones that don't care about blooming, dse, smearing and blue blacks. I still wouldn't buy an oled of theirs for many reasons, but poor build, poor software support and a terrible OS coupled with the lack of DV would do it.Why do I get the feeling that AVForums are anti Samsung?
LG & Sony always seem to looked upon more favourably in reviews. Is this because they are willing to do face to face chats & demos when new products are released?
I’ve had 2 Sony TV’s recently- one of which, the A1 is probably the worst TV I’ve ever bought unfortunately!