The finest TVs I’ve reviewed use OLED screens, however OLED is not the be-all, end-all in image high quality. Excessive-end TVs with LCD-based screens can get brighter than any OLED tv and are available fairly shut in different essential areas like distinction. Samsung’s QN90B is a good instance, delivering searing brightness with few different compromises because of QLED, mini-LED and native dimming know-how. It is a futuristic-sounding mouthful, nevertheless it works.

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Samsung QN90B sequence (2022)

$2,100 at Samsung

$2,098 at Amazon

$2,100 at Greatest Purchase

Like

• Greatest non-OLED image high quality we have ever examined
• Unbelievable brightness with minimal blooming
• Fashionable design, full of options

Do not Like

• Costly
• Barely worse distinction, off-angle and uniformity than OLED

I in contrast the Samsung side-by-side with an LG OLED TV and whereas the LG gained, the Samsung got here as shut as any non-OLED TV I’ve examined. The QN90B’s capability to focus that mild output with little or no blooming or stray illumination produces wonderful punch, distinction and total constancy, surpassing the efficiency of final 12 months’s wonderful QN90A.

And as ordinary Samsung’s design and options are top-notch. From the slick stand to the tricked-out distant to a raft of gaming extras, together with a brand new cloud gaming hub with Xbox Recreation Move compatibility, the QN90B is solely stacked. Should you’re within the high-end TV market and searching for an alternative choice to OLED, otherwise you simply have a shiny room, the QN90B deserves a glance.

Samsung QN90B sizes

I carried out a hands-on analysis of the 65-inch QN90B however this evaluate additionally applies to the opposite display screen sizes within the sequence. All sizes have related specs and will present related image high quality. 

• Samsung QN43QN90B, 43-inch
• Samsung QN50QN90B, 50-inch
• Samsung QN55QN90B, 55-inch
• Samsung QN65QN90B, 65-inch
• Samsung QN75QN90B, 75-inch
• Samsung QN85QN90B, 85-inch

The QN90B sits on the high-end of Samsung’s 4K Neo QLED TV line for 2022. Its primary enchancment over the less-expensive QN85B is healthier native dimming, based on the spec sheet. Samsung does supply a more-expensive 4K mannequin, the QN95B, however its primary perk over the QN90B is a separate OneConnect field for the inputs that means that you can run a single cable to the TV. Samsung additionally expenses extra for its 8K sequence, however we do not assume it is value paying additional for that greater decision. The flagship 8K QN900B has higher native dimming than the QN90B and will ship a superior image, nevertheless it’s greater than twice as costly.

Distinctive touches, wonderful distant

On the skin the QN90B seems to be principally the identical as final 12 months’s QN90A, and that is a great factor. Minimalist and practically all-picture, its most distinctive characteristic is the stand, which Samsung’s web site calls a “bending plate.” I am right here for that. Centered, with a small footprint, it seems to be cleaner and sleeker than the twin legs discovered on most TVs. My favourite side is the way it suspends the massive panel above my credenza, seeming to drift. 

Samsung’s smooth, rounded distant is my favourite TV clicker total because of superior type and performance. The keys are well-placed, pleasantly sparse and lack garish colours, the raised quantity and channel bars are a pleasant change from normal buttons and the metallic, wraparound end feels high-end. I really like that it is rechargeable somewhat than reliant on batteries, and you may high it off by way of USB-C, the photo voltaic cell on the again or RF harvesting. I did not check the latter two strategies.

Cluttered menu, cool cloud gaming

I went by my complaints with Samsung’s new 2022 TV menu design in my Q60B evaluate so I am going to point out them solely briefly right here. An excessive amount of display screen actual property is wasted with advertisements, litter and gadgets I do not care about, whereas many helpful capabilities are buried deep in sub-menus. All of the choices may be enjoyable to discover, however total the menu seems to be dated and feels much less private than Google TV on Sony, for instance. I am nonetheless a fan of Roku TV for its simplicity, and this iteration of Samsung’s TV menus is the alternative. In contrast to the Q60B, nevertheless, I did not encounter any lag with the QN90B — responses have been a lot fast.

Like all Samsung TVs the QN90B has Samsung’s new gaming hub, which connects to cloud gaming companies together with Xbox Recreation Move, Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce Now and Amazon Luna. I attempted it out with a quick wired Ethernet connection, as Samsung recommends, and the expertise taking part in Halo: Infinite was fairly good. My Xbox controller paired simply to the TV and responses have been fast as I fought grunts and rode the Mongoose throughout the map. Graphics have been fairly a bit softer than the sport on an Xbox Collection X, as anticipated, however gameplay was related.

As with all cloud companies your mileage could range. I attempted out a a lot slower Wi-Fi connection, for instance, and the sport was unplayable. However assuming you’ve a great connection (Samsung recommends 50 Mbps or extra), the power to play video games utilizing simply the TV, while not having a console in any respect, is basically cool.

As with final 12 months you may select between Alexa, Google Assistant and Samsung’s personal Bixby to your voice assistant, accessible by talking into the distant or by way of talking the wake phrase (“Alexa,” for instance) into skinny air. (The always-listening mic may be disabled if you need.) The TV additionally works with Apple AirPlay.

Slicing-edge LCD TV tech

Crucial picture high quality characteristic on the QN90B is that Neo QLED, mini-LED powered backlight with full-array native dimming. Native dimming improves LCD picture high quality by making sure areas of the image dimmer or brighter in response to what’s on the display screen, which considerably boosts distinction, whereas CNET’s testing has discovered mini-LEDs are brighter than bigger ones. Judging from Samsung’s obscure “quantum HDR 32X” spec the QN90B has extra dimming zones and brighter pictures than the step-down Q85B, and fewer zones than the 8K fashions, however Samsung would not say precisely what number of zones (or how shiny). It does tout new-for-2022 “form adaptive mild management” processing, stated to cut back blooming and stray illumination, and it appears to work properly.

Like all of Samsung QLED TVs, in addition to most higher-end TVs from Vizio, Hisense and TCL, the QN90B’s LCD panel is augmented by a layer of quantum dots — microscopic nanocrystals that glow a selected wavelength (that’s, shade) when given power. The impact is healthier brightness and shade in comparison with non-QD-equipped TVs. The QN90B makes use of a true 120Hz panel, which improves the TVs’ movement efficiency.

The set helps excessive dynamic vary content material within the HDR10 and HDR10 Plus codecs. Samsung TVs lack the Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR assist discovered on most opponents’ HDR TVs. I’ve seen no proof that one HDR format is inherently “higher” than the opposite, so I positively do not contemplate the dearth of Dolby Imaginative and prescient a deal-breaker on this TV.

Connectivity is great. All 4 of its HDMI inputs are suitable with 4K/120Hz indicators, so if in case you have a number of units that output it — like a PlayStation 5 and an Xbox Collection X and a high-end PC card (you realize who you might be…), you are all set. The QN90B additionally handles variable refresh charge, together with AMD’s FreeSync Premium Professional and normal VRR codecs, ALLM (also called Auto Recreation Mode) which lets it routinely change to sport mode to cut back enter lag when it detects you are taking part in a sport, and eARC.

• 4 HDMI inputs with HDMI 2.1, HDCP 2.2
• Two USB 2.zero ports
• Optical digital audio output
• RF (antenna) enter
• RS-232 port (minijack, for service solely)
• Ethernet (LAN) port

The checklist is usually strong, until you occur to personal a legacy gadget that requires analog video (element or composite) or audio. Like many new high-end TVs the QN90B lacks analog inputs completely, audio or video. On the flipside, it’s one of many few TVs with a built-in ATSC 3.zero tuner for Subsequent-Gen TV indicators.

Image high quality comparisons

For my comparisons I arrange the Samsung QN90B subsequent to 2 different high-end TVs, the Sony KD-65X95Ok, one other mini-LED-equipped mannequin, and the LG OLED65C1P, an OLED-based TV and my present Editors’ Selection. I might have appreciated to make use of the newer C2 in my comparability nevertheless it wasn’t accessible, and the C1 is an efficient substitute for the reason that two have related image high quality.

TV and flicks: As ordinary I began my comparability with the montage from the Spears and Munsil HDR benchmark, and the Samsung’s brightness benefit over the opposite two was instantly obvious. The snowcapped mountains, desert sand, clouds and different well-illuminated areas had extra affect subsequent to the Sony and LG. In the meantime in darkish scenes with combined content material, like a nighttime cityscape, the LG seemed extra pure with more true shadows, whereas the Samsung and Sony appeared barely extra washed-out. The colour of the white snow and different areas on the Samsung additionally seemed a bit bluer and less-accurate than the others, nevertheless it’s nothing that may be noticeable outdoors of a side-by-side comparability.

The Samsung did an excellent job of controlling blooming, or stray illumination that may leak into darkish areas from adjoining shiny ones. Within the montage’s troublesome black-background scenes, for instance the pen tip and the honey dripper, I noticed solely very faint brightness close to the sting of the brightest objects on the Samsung whereas the Sony was worse. Particularly contemplating its brightness the QN90B’s lack of blooming is exceptional, though after all the OLED did not present any blooming in anyway.

Switching to an precise film, The Grey Man on Netflix, the LG pulled forward a bit. Within the dramatic darkish scenes just like the preliminary interrogation or the Bangkok nightclub, the OLED TV’s capability to protect darkness in shadows sport it a extra theatrical look. The Samsung was nonetheless wonderful, nevertheless, and the brightness benefit within the fireworks over the town, for instance, was clear over the dimmer OLED. Once more the Sony trailed the opposite two barely, with dimmer highlights than the Samsung and extra apparent blooming, significantly within the letterbox bars.

Gaming: The QN90B is an excellent gaming TV however I appreciated picture high quality in sport mode on the opposite two higher. Taking part in Stray on the PS5, colours seemed over-saturated and inaccurate in a lot of the Samsung’s modes, making the leaves of the foliage seem lime-colored, for instance. The exception was Sports activities mode, which tamed colours (particularly inexperienced) considerably and introduced them considerably nearer to the more-accurate LG and Sony. Of the opposite image modes – Customary, RGP, RTS, FPS and Customized – I discovered it troublesome to see any distinction between the primary 4.

I additionally seen occasional banding in bright-to-dark areas of Stray, for instance across the lights when the kitty fell down the sewer and the image light to black after which again up. The LG and Sony seemed clean by comparability. In sure combined scenes the Samsung’s brightness was an excessive amount of in a darkish room, and I ended up utilizing Customized image mode and decreasing brightness from the default 50 to round 10, however that is primarily a matter of private choice and room lighting.

I did recognize that the TV routinely detected my Xbox and switched to sport mode, and that the sport bar displayed standing icons for numerous settings, confirming once I was utilizing VRR or 120 frames per second, for instance. Murderer’s Creed: Valhalla, for instance, seemed buttery clean in these settings. There are three decisions to cut back enter lag and I stored it on “Quickest,” which measured a decent 10 milliseconds, in contrast with 14ms and 23ms for “Quicker” and “Quick,” respectively.

Vibrant lighting: The QN90B is technically the brightest TV I’ve ever examined, beating out the Hisense U8G in its brightest settings. I say “technically” as a result of its Dynamic numbers, listed under, are badly inflated. Even so it is exceedingly shiny in its correct modes too, particularly in comparison with competing OLED fashions.

As ordinary the Samsung’s brightest setting, Dynamic, has woefully inaccurate shade. For the correct measurements I used Film mode with each HDR and SDR, though for SDR the Film quantity was achieved by setting the native dimming to Excessive (go to House > Menu > Settings > All Settings > Image > Professional Settings > Native Dimming). 

The QN90B maintained regular HDR mild output over time in Film and Filmmaker modes, however in Dynamic mode with each HDR and SDR it fluctuated considerably, beginning out at 3,300 and a couple of,600 nits respectively however falling nearly instantly to round 500 — nearly a sevenfold lower, which is huge. I’ve seen that habits on previous Samsung TVs as properly and it appears designed to attain prominence in charts just like the one you see above. No different TV model I’ve examined exhibits wherever close to that stage of brightness change. This subject in Dynamic mode is not an enormous deal for me, nevertheless, as a result of I do not advocate utilizing that mode anyway.

Samsung’s light-rejecting display screen stays the very best within the enterprise, sustaining distinction and punch in shiny lighting, and decreasing reflections, higher than the Sony and the LG. The display screen, mixed with the QN90B’s prodigious mild output, make it the very best TV I’ve ever examined for shiny rooms.

Uniformity and viewing angle: With check patterns I noticed minor variations in brightness throughout the Samsung’s display screen, extra so than the Sony and LG, however I did not discover them throughout common video. From off-angle seats to both facet of the candy spot immediately in entrance of the TV, the 2 LCDs misplaced shade and black stage constancy at about the identical charge, whereas the LG was basically good. The Sony’s blooming was extra noticeable from off-angle, nevertheless.

Image setting and measurement notes

The default Film and Filmmaker modes have been essentially the most correct, and just about equally so. For HDR, grayscale in shiny areas was less-accurate (skewed an excessive amount of towards inexperienced) than I anticipated within the default Heat 2 setting – switching to Heat 1 helped a bit (it was nonetheless too blue, however higher) so that is what I might advocate utilizing. For the Geek Field measurements under I went with Filmmaker/Heat 1. In its favor the Samsung’s EOTF for HDR was wonderful.

Another reviewers have reported that 2022 Samsung TVs, particularly the S95B QD-OLED TV and the QN95B QLED TV, “cheated” measurements by enhancing brightness and accuracy with normal 10% window patterns. When utilizing non-standard-sized home windows, they reported considerably less-accurate shade in addition to decrease brightness. 

I didn’t see proof of dishonest on my Samsung-supplied QN90B evaluate pattern. I took measurements with numerous non-standard grayscale window sizes (7%, 9%, 11% and 13%) in HDR (Filmmaker mode) they usually have been fairly constant by way of peak brightness, shade accuracy and EOTF in comparison with the usual 10% window. The identical goes for 9% and 10% home windows with shade patterns (ColorMatch HDR). I additionally measured peak brightness over time and for a two-minute interval the picture maintained a wholesome 1900-ish nits in Filmmaker mode (though as talked about above, it fluctuated wildly in Dynamic). I do not doubt the reviews of different reviewers, however for no matter motive I did not expertise this subject. 

Smoothing, also called the cleaning soap opera impact, is totally disabled in Filmmaker Mode, which I desire for TV exhibits and flicks. In Film mode there’s more-noticeable smoothing turned on by default (Judder Discount = 3), however you may alter it to your coronary heart’s content material by selecting a preset or tweaking the Customized sliders (Menu > All Settings > Image > Professional Settings > Image Readability Settings > Customized).

See How We Take a look at TVs for extra particulars and explanations of the Geek Field outcomes.

Portrait Shows Calman calibration software program was used on this evaluate. 

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