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(Pocket-lint) - If you're looking for a caller tv and privation 1 of the finest pictures connected the market, past Samsung's scope is definite to beryllium connected your list.
There are QLED TVs from the past fewer years, and successful 2021, Samsung introduced the next-gen Neo QLED, powered by Mini LED tech, arsenic good arsenic MicroLED, albeit constricted to 110 inch size only.
The latest scope of QLED models each connection connectivity done communal dependable assistants, the latest streaming services from Apple and Disney - including AirPlay 2 - arsenic good arsenic a batch of exertion to boost the representation performance.
Understanding Samsung TV names
If you're wondering astir exemplary codes successful Samsung designations: 'R' is 2019, 'T' is 2020 - but Samsung seems to person moved backmost to 'A' for 2021, with a reshuffling of the technologies connected offer.
You'll besides announcement that triple digits is 8K - QN900A - and treble digits is 4K - QN90A, for example, which helps you spot what you're getting astatine a glance.
Worth noting is that QN (QLED Neo) seems to beryllium the designation for the caller show tech; Q is the incumbent QLED tech; and U is LED - oregon Crystal UHD arsenic Samsung calls it.
There are besides named manner TVs: Serif, Sero, Frame and Terrace, each with circumstantial plan features. We're not covering those successful this list, alternatively we covering "normal" televisions.
Samsung 2021 TV choices
Here's the latest Samsung 4K and 8K QLED TV line-up and however each exemplary differs from the next, covering the past mates of years. This isn't an exhaustive database of each Samsung models successful each regions, but is designed to springiness you an thought of wherever your choices prevarication erstwhile it comes to buying a caller Samsung TV.
We're regularly updating this database to guarantee that the prices are the champion you tin bargain and the models are inactive available. Again, determination volition beryllium determination differences.
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QN900A
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- Screen sizes: 65in, 75in, 85in
- Neo QLED, 8K resolution, Quantum HDR 48X, Infinity Screen, One Connect
The 2021 Samsung flagship comes successful fashionable sizes from 65-85 inches and features an Infinity Screen, offering edge-to-edge viewing with a practically invisible bezel. It's a much precocious sheet than erstwhile QLED models, utilizing the caller Mini LED backlighting system, promising little bleed, much precise blacks and greater brightness for an adjacent amended HDR10+ Adaptive experience. The HDR volition accommodate to the country to springiness the champion performance, portion the sheet supports 120Hz and is an 8K model.
There's a slim One Connect container which tin beryllium attached to the TV basal to fell it retired of the way, portion dependable is boosted by Object Tracking Sound Pro, designed to much accurately lucifer the dependable determination to the enactment connected the screen.
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QN800A
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- Screen sizes: 65in, 75in, 85in
- Neo QLED, 8K resolution, Quantum HDR 32X, Infinity One Design, One Connect
The step-down exemplary from the 2021 flagship is the QN800A. This again comes successful fashionable sizes and retains the 8K surface with 120Hz and each the upscaling technology, but there's a flimsy measurement down successful HDR performance, arsenic this features Quantum HDR 32X alternatively than the 48X connected the QN900A.
There's entity tracking dependable again, but there's a simpler statement of speakers, with a little wide output - portion the plan of the TV sticks to Infinity One Design, alternatively than the afloat Infinity Screen of the exemplary supra - truthful there's a small much bezel here. Otherwise, these models are beauteous similar.
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Q950TS
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- Screen sizes: 65in, 75in, 85in
- QLED, 8K resolution, Quantum HDR 4000, One Connect
The 2020 QLED 8K flagship, this TV offers near-complete edge-to-edge viewing and a smart, premium design. We deliberation it's a blase bundle that's definite to entreaty to galore aft a premium acceptable but who person truthful acold resisted the leap to 8K.
The enhanced representation processing borders connected magic, too, portion the beefed-up audio strategy benefits from further processing and entity tracking sound.
Samsung's astute TV level is superb present and we deliberation it's 1 of the champion TVs presently connected the marketplace for HDR, too. Of course, it has been updated with the QN900A.
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QN95A/QN90A
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- Screen sizes: 55in, 65in, 75in, 85in
- Neo QLED, 4K resolution, Quantum HDR 32X, NeoSlim Design
Samsung's flagship 4K TV for 2021 is the QN90A oregon the QN95A successful the UK. It offers galore of the aforesaid benefits arsenic the apical 8K televisions, successful that it inactive supports HDR10+ Adaptive and 120Hz, but present with a 4K solution instead. It besides comes successful a smaller size, starting astatine 55-inches, adding entreaty for those with smaller rooms.
There's a flimsy measurement down successful audio output compared to the QN800N, but it offers a akin 70W talker setup with entity tracking. The connections for the TV don't person a abstracted box, they are each connected the rear of the TV itself - but each that comes with a much approachable price.
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QN85A
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- Screen sizes: 55in, 65in, 75in, 85in
- Neo QLED, 4K resolution, Quantum HDR 24X, NeoSlim Design
The 2021 QN85A steps down from the QN90A, again making a mates of changes to contiguous a TV that hits galore of the aforesaid spec points connected the panel, but makes a fewer cuts elsewhere to marque it much affordable. It keeps the 4K resolution, but present offers Quantum HDR 24X, truthful this is simply a mates of steps down successful HDR show from the apical models. Importantly it inactive offers 120Hz, however.
It besides continues to trim the audio performace. While it has a 2.2.2 configuration, the output for this exemplary is 60W with a little blase entity tracking statement than the models supra it successful the range. Again, the connections are each connected the TV itself, but there'a besides a plan change, with a little premium basal than the QN90A.
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Q95T/Q90T
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- Screen sizes: 55in, 65in, 75in, 85in
- QLED, 4K resolution, Quantum HDR 2000, Direct backlight, One Connect
Called the Q95T successful the UK and Q90T successful the US, Samsung's flagship 4K QLED TV for 2020 is simply a cracker, offering a wide scope of premium features, specified arsenic the One Connect container for casual cablegram connectivity. It offers large pictures quality, arsenic good arsenic the latest gaming features, similar 120Hz for those next-gen consoles.
This is simply a antithetic show exertion to the Neo QLED, however, present utilizing nonstop illumination alternatively than the caller Mini LED, truthful it volition beryllium retired performed by immoderate of the newer models successful the line-up. With that said, this is inactive an awesome TV, with plentifulness to offer, if you tin get it astatine a bully price.
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Q80A
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- Screen sizes: 55in, 65in, 75in, 85in
- QLED, 4K resolution, Quantum HDR 12X, Direct backlight
The 2021 Q80A sits successful the mid-range for QLED 4K TVs, sitting beneath the QN85A due to the fact that this acceptable doesn't usage the New QLED system, it sticks to the older QLED system. It inactive offers 120Hz, but the HDR isn't arsenic adept arsenic the QN exemplary that sits supra it.
It has a akin plan to tthe QN85A, with a akin dependable statement with 60W 2.2.2 transmission system. Like the QN85A it has each the connections connected the TV itself - there's nary One Connect container arsenic determination is connected higher spec models, and the older Q95T from 2020. What it lacks compared to the Q80T from 2020 is the smaller 49-inch size.
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Q80T
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- Screen sizes: 49in, 55in, 65in, 75in, 85in
- QLED, 4K resolution, Quantum HDR 1500, Direct backlight
The 2020 Q80T is simply a mid-range QLED model, sitting nether the likes of the Q95T. The plan is little blase and each connections spell into the backmost of the TV alternatively than offering a One Connect box, truthful it's a small little fancy overall. But you inactive get a large panel, with a 4K solution and introducing a smaller size astatine 49 inches, making it adjacent much appealing. Remember that this is simply a procreation older than the 2021 QN85A, truthful though it has afloat array nonstop illumination, it's not the Mini LED strategy of the latest models.
HDR steps down a little, but you inactive get 120Hz to enactment the latest gaming features. There's entity tracking audio from a akin talker setup to the QN85A, aloing with each the mean Samsung functions.
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Q70A
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- Screen sizes: 55in, 65in, 75in, 85in
- QLED, 4K resolution, Quantum HDR, Edge illumination
Sitting somewhat little successful the scope for 2021 is the Q70A, shifting to a plan that's not arsenic premium arsenic the Q80 and Q90 models from 2021 oregon 2020. You inactive person 4K astatine 120Hz, but determination is simply a alteration to the backlighting system.
Rather than full-array nonstop illumination it uses borderline illumination, a strategy Samsung calls Dual LED instead. This sees a chopped successful the HDR performance, mounting this TV alongside the likes of the Q65T from 2020 and not arsenic susceptible arsenic the Q80 models supra it.
The dependable besides drops to a 20W dual transmission system, little ambitous than different TVs successful Samsung's range.
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Q60A
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- Screen sizes: 43in, 50in, 55in, 65in, 70in, 75in, 80in
- QLED, 4K resolution, Quantum HDR, Edge illumination
The Q60A replaces the Q60T toward the introduction level constituent of the QLED family. It comes successful a wider scope of sizes from 43-80-inches and keeps the 4K sheet with HDR support. Like immoderate of the different lower-range QLED sets, this uses borderline illumination, truthful can't present the HDR show of different TVs successful the range.
It besides misses retired connected the faster refresh rate, truthful if you're a gamer you mightiness privation to springiness it a miss, arsenic it won't enactment the champion framework rates from the latest consoles.
Like a mates of adjacent models, the dependable is 20W successful a 2 transmission arrangement, truthful not arsenic ambitious arsenic sets further up the range.
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Q65T/Q60T
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- Screen sizes: 43in, 50in, 55in, 65in, 75in
- QLED, 4K resolution, Quantum HDR, Edge illumination
The Q65T - oregon Q60T successful the US - is person to the entry-level for 2020 Samsung TVs. While inactive offering 4K resolution, it comes successful a scope of sizes close down to 43-inches. Again this is the older QLED tech, not the fancy caller New QLED system, and present is uses borderline illumination alternatively than the nonstop illumination recovered connected different models. The HDR punch isn't arsenic potent arsenic a result.
The sheet besides leaves retired different desirable diagnostic - it doesn't enactment 120Hz, truthful it's little charismatic to gamers wanting the latest enactment for the newer consoles.
On apical of a mates of sacrifices connected the representation side, the audio is anemic overall. That's not a occupation if you're connecting to a much precocious dependable system. There's inactive immoderate merits, however. You get a batch of visuals for your wealth and if you lone privation to watercourse movies and person a abstracted soundbar, it could beryllium the bargain you've been looking for.
What to see erstwhile buying a caller TV
There's a batch of things that you request to see erstwhile it comes to buying a caller TV. Perhaps the biggest information is the abstraction that you person successful your room.
The inclination is moving towards larger televisions, but if you can't instrumentality it each successful erstwhile sitting connected the sofa - truthful you person to crook your caput to instrumentality successful the representation - past it's excessively large for the room. However, overmuch of the summation successful solution successful caller years has been astir accomodating larger screens.
It wasn't agelong agone that we sat a agelong mode from 32-inch televisions. Now we're sitting the aforesaid region from TVs that astatine 65-inches, with expanding solution and upscaling making definite that the contented looks crisp and you don't person a driblet disconnected successful prime and walk your clip looking astatine a mediocre picture. Ultimately, an 8K TV lets you spell bigger, due to the fact that a 4K TV astatine those larger sizes mightiness look little crisp arsenic the pixels would beryllium truthful large.
Generally speaking, 8K lone truly applies to TVs successful the apical sizes - and 4K volition beryllium good for the bulk from astir 50 inches upwards. Remember that there's astir nary autochthonal 8K TV yet and that these models trust connected upscaling to amended the picture, truthful if you're looking for a 65-inch TV close now, you astir apt don't request to interest astir buying 8K.
As for features, 1 of Samsung's champion features is the One Connect box. This allows you to plug each your devices into an outer container and past person 1 cablegram moving from the One Connect container to the TV itself, which tin marque for overmuch cleaner installation. Not each Samsung TVs person this box, it's reserved for the apical models - but beryllium definite to spot if this is what you get.
Elsewhere, Samsung doesn't connection Dolby Vision, alternatively pushing HDR10+ instead, but it does connection large representation quality, a highly connected astute TV interface and compatibility with your smartphone and different devices.
Writing by Mike Lowe. Editing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 14 February 2019.
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