Samsung QE75Q950TS review
We review the Samsung Q950TS flagship 8K QLED TV with "Infinity Screen" design & Object Tracking Sound Plus (OTS+) speakers. Topics covered include contrast performance, local dimming, colour accuracy, motion handling, video processing, HDR, as well as input lag for gaming.
Our review sample is the 75-inch Samsung QE75Q950TS, model number QE75Q950TSTXXU which is the UK 3-pin-plug version.
QE75Q950TS: VA + viewing angle compensation film (tweaked from last year),RGB - vertical stripe,+antiglare filter.
Native ANSI blacks was 0.073 cd/m2(nits), if peak white was set at 120 cd/m2 with local dimming set to Low.
with local dimming set to Standard (the relevant zones switched off) ,Native ANSI blacks was 0.001 cd/m2(nits), if peak white was set at 120 cd/m2.
Local dimming could not switch off from user menu.
F.A.L.D. : 30 vertical columns x 16 horizontal rows = 480 dimming zones.
Samsung local dimming algorithm continues to favor minimizing blooming or haloing artifacts and keeping letterbox bars inky black,but shadow detail would also be slightly crashed compared to reference,and there were some backlight flunctuations.
Up close we are talking less than 5" away the Samsung Q950TS exhibited a mosquito net effect at certain shades due to the use of sub pixel rendering to widen the viewing angle .Whether this technique still reproduces true 8K resolution is up for debate ,but at least the effect was not visible from normal viewing distance ,which begs the question "Is there any point for 8K resolution if you are going to watch a 75" screen from 10 feet away?"
For HDR ,peak brightness measured 1504 cd/m2 (nits) on a 10% window after calibration to D65 white point and 375 cd/m2 (nits) full field.
DCI-P3 color gamut coverage :96% uv (aka QLED=quantum dot enhancement film)