Sony A95L Out Of The Box vs Samsung S95B Calibrated SDR, HDR, HLG, Gaming - A95L OOTB Good Enough?

I have my recommended picture settings for the Samsung S95B (can use for the S90C/S95C as well) here at the bottom of the description box.

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PICTURE SETTINGS

Filmmaker Mode SDR (FW 1622)
Brightness: 27 (36 OEM)
Contrast: 45 (45 OEM)
Sharpness: 10 (0 OEM)
Color: 23 (25 OEM)
Tint: 0
Picture Clarity: Custom (I use 3 Blur 4 Judder) (OFF OEM)
Contrast Enhancer: Off (OFF OEM)
Color Tone: Warm 2 (Warm 2 OEM)
BT.1886: 0
Shadow Detail: 0
Color Space: Auto
Peak Brightness: High (Medium OEM)

Filmmaker Mode HDR & HLG (FW 1622)
Brightness: 50 (50 OEM)
Contrast: 50 (50 OEM)
Sharpness: 10 (0 OEM)
Color: 25 (25 OEM)
Tint: 0
Picture clarity Custom (I use 3 Blur 3 Judder) (OFF OEM)
Contrast Enhancer: Off (OFF OEM)
Color Tone: Warm 2 (Warm 2 OEM)
ST.2084: 0
Shadow Detail: 1 (0 OEM)
Color Space Settings: Custom DCI-P3 (Auto OEM)
Peak Brightness: High

Game Mode SDR (FW 1622)
Brightness: 50
Contrast: 50
Sharpness: 10
Color: 22 (30 OEM FW 1622)
Tint: 0
Contrast Enhancer: Off (High on OEM FW 1622)
Color Tone: Warm 2 (OEM FW 1622 Standard)
BT.1886: 0
Shadow Detail: 0
Color Space Settings: Auto or Custom (Normal on OEM FW 1503)
Peak Brightness: High

Game Mode HDR (FW 1622)
Brightness: 50
Contrast: 45 (50 OEM FW 1622)
Sharpness: 10 (10 OEM)
Color: 18 (28 OEM FW 1622)
Tint: 0
Contrast Enhancer: Off (OEM High)
Color Tone: Warm 2 (OEM Standard)
ST.2084: 0 (Slider works in Game Mode now)
Shadow Detail: 1 (Set to 1 with OEM 1622)
Color Space Settings: Custom BT.2020 (Normal OEM FW 1622)
Peak Brightness: High

[ThePrinter-mtiu]

This confirms that the first generation QD-Oled S95B is still competitive against the third generation QD-OLED’s. With the latest firmware 1622 and your (ICE) settings my S95B is back in action and maybe the best tv untill now. Thank you for the hard work 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[michaelwyckoff]

Yo Iceman my S95B still looking good.😊 I don't even look at it as a 2 year old TV because it's such a awesome 1st gen TV.😊

[ComicalMusic]

95b holds up well against it, some scenes even look better.

[ehenningsen]

S95b showed up LG G4 in gaming today. It is a monster

[Adrianek]

hello my friend, great video as always, samsung add hue app to the samsung tv from 2022 but sadly its not free.

[sashobsable]

In front of the TV, I see a big difference in favor of Sony. I guess live the difference is even bigger.