Samsung QN900B 8K mini-LED TV review | It's shockingly good!

Samsung seems to be writing its own rules about how TVs should look and work. Whether that's ok or not is a valid discussion. But if you put that aside, the QN900B is, at least subjectively, an astoundingly good TV. Here's why.

00:00 Intro
01:15 Does 8K make sense?
03:27 QN900B vs. QN900A
04:35 Shape Adaptive Light Technology
05:17 Off-Angle Viewing
05:40 Numbers For Nit-Nerds
06:37 Upscaling
06:59 Tizen
07:09 One Connect Box
07:28 Samsung's Game Hub
08:13 Design
08:54 Sound Quality
09:25 Some Caveats
11:07 Final Thoughts

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[stephantranquille]

Being the flagship tv, you would expect Samsung to throw every bit of LED knowledge they have at the Q900B. The result is a beautifully crafted screen that is extremely elegant both on wall or on a tv support. The image is staggering and superb.

[troykerby]

I just got mine mounted and set up and so far it's absolutely mind blowing how good this TV is.

[DJR]

We have several QN800B 65 inch models in my office and they all seem solid with no backlight issues.

[flennellparrish]

Yes, I would definitely like to see the Sony Z9K vs the Samsung QN900B for sure.

[LOPANindustries]

The reason why QLED MINI Led is so popular is because it displays more detail in dark colours compared to OLED which crushes it.
I own both tech and if I had to choose one it would be QLED!

[ChesterMan-qdxj]

It’s sad TV companies are putting their best LCD technology behind the 8K pay wall to try and justify the astronomical prices. I will just stick with the best tech 4K has to offer, thank you.

[스페이스엑스-fc]

Cool now i just need to wait 10 years so i can afford it

[stevencavers]

I don't know why I am still watching digital trends I already bought my Samsung TV a year ago but here I am living the dream 😄

[deanwilliams]

I bought one of the first Samsung 8k models back in early 2019 Q900 82". Loved how bright the TV is and the gaming, hated that some movie and TV show dark scenes had the auto-dim all over the place. BUT the biggest issue was on year 4 the TV developed a bright spot (3-4 inches) and a smudge 0.25" that appeared as the TV gets warm. For a TV that was $7k I find that unacceptable and I lost a lot of faith of Samsung's longevity. Just because the screen looks great and has no issues it does not mean it will look like that after warranty. I gave my parents my old 75" 4k Vizio from like 2015 and its still running with no issues. Don't get me wrong, I love the Samsung tech, but they need to increase the build quality and longevity, until that improves my next TV is a LG or Sony.

[boostedgang]

I just bought the 85” QN900B lol and I absolutely love the TV and the infinity screen especially with the q950a speaker system!

[mikhaeldutton]

I have the 75" QN800B (couldn't justify the price hike with the 900B outside of having HDR 64X and Infinity Display) received a perfect panel, I was shocked given the horror stories out there and am completely blown away by the tests I've done.

Sure, it has blooming, no LED completely eliminated it but in 90% of content it isn't noticeable and holy hell do films POP. It looks so damn good compared to other TV's I've had and yes, the blacks are OLED blacks, at least to my eyes comparing them in-store, it is a pure black in content I've tested it with.

Not to mention, gaming, this TV in gaming is incredible. I cannot go back after this TV, the VRR and Game Mode with local dimming (my local dimming somehow remains in High? I've heard the TV is meant to run Game Mode with limited local dimming) and the low input lag combined has allowed my consoles to achieve higher frame-rates. Everything looks and plays silky smooth and 30 FPS finally has removed judder and that lagging motion that makes me sick, it makes 30 FPS look like 40-45.

The colours are spectacular, 8K content (what you can find out there, AI upscaled, YouTube, etc) looks amazing and 4K to 8K upscale is clearly better than 4K native. It's just fact at this point, I play anything in native 4K and it looks so damn crystal clear and vibrant, I cannot go back after the QN800B.

And yes, it may sound like a lot of gushing but after a lot of research and some worrying, I was very surprised by the TV and it surpassed all my expectations. Everything I throw at it currently it's just great (and you know, some will say that below 1080p SDR content looks bad on 8K but it's still clearer on this TV than I've encountered on others, it does as much as it possibly can with sub-par quality and I think personally it looks solid.)

[he.lena]

This TV has almost no vignetting and dirty screen, looks like an OLED TV, incredible.

[marksalamon]

Major TV manufacturers have adopted this attitude concerning their LCD TVs: "Too bad if you want our state-of-the-art technology in a 55" 4K LCD TV. We're not going to provide you with that. If you want the best quality LCD TVs from us, you have to buy a bigger 8k model." I'm just glad that the new QD-OLED TVs are being made available in a 55" size. I'll be investing in that superior technology, instead.

[jjgates]

Samsung's TVs are indeed really amazing. Bought one QLED and is so happy with it

[kev]

If Samsung put 3d on a 8k TV using passive glasses, then we will have 4K 3D. More feature for a 8k TV. Perhaps it would sell more 8k TV. Just 8k resolution won’t sell many 8k TVs, especially when it lowers native contrast on LCD.

[TimLongson]

I would love to see a side by side comparison of ALL current high end 8K TVs in a video please. Especially interested in how they compare for top of the range PC gaming which push their limits.

[sparklingheart]

Imo the best thing about 8k is that it divides evenly into common resolutions i.e. 1080p, 1440p and 4k will all look like they are displayed natively if integer scaling is used

[JoshuaMoreno-wsjc]

I bagged a 75 inch QN900B new for only $1, 000 delivered!!! Love it more than my 65 LG G2. The blacks are almost identical to OLED.

[gregbrand]

I would love to see a review comparison between the Samsung QN 900 B and the Sony Z9K as I am trying to make a decision between the two. Thank you!

[mrjacelightning]

I bought an 85" 4K last year. I can see every pixel. People tell me I can't. I can. People say you can't see pixels that small. I can. The screen door effect is terrible. It's like the TV has a microgrid.

8K isn't about the content. It's about the pixel size.

We need 8K TVs because we need small pixels.

Also all 1080P and 4K content are 8K content because the neural network upscale algorithms now are mind blowing.