Best Samsung 2025 QLED TVs | First Look

We take a first look at Samsung's 2025 flagship Neo QLED mini-LED TVs, the QN990F (8K) and QN90F (4K). He explores the unique features that set Samsung apart, including the innovative Vision AI, real-time subtitle translations, and on-screen click-to-search. Caleb also highlights Samsung's anti-glare technology, Wireless One Connect Box, and Music Frame, which adds a new dimension to lifestyle audio. With Samsung pushing the boundaries of what a TV can do, Caleb shares his thoughts on whether their cutting-edge features and bold 8K strategy are enough to win over consumers in a competitive market.

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VIDEO CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:34 Samsung Vision AI
4:37 Anti-glare technology gets an upgrade
6:07 Samsung's flagship 8K QN990F
10:00 Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN90F

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[digitaltrends]

Do you think Samsung’s persistence with 8K and anti-glare will pay off?

[technow_]

All I want is a good display. They can keep the AI data harvester out of my living room.

[eBoardR]

*Samsung has Vision... just not Dolby Vision* 🤣😭

Another great video!
🤙🏽⚡️🤟🏽⚡️👌🏽

[PharaohII]

Honestly, no DV is no big deal. To me their stubbornness with the anti-glare coating hurts their top of the line TVs much, much more.

[Debbief]

I have always bought Samsung tvs and been very satisfied with them. I’m not a tv nerd I just know mine have always lasted a very long time with no issues. I want a bigger 85” now, but want to do it on a budget. I watch OTA most of the time so I’m looking for the 3.0 tuner and it seems that Hisense is the only one that has the updated tuner on a budget large tv. I’m assuming that the new Samsung still doesn’t have the upgraded tuner.

[we]

8K on a 115 inch TV makes complete sense!

[Chef_Frank]

People got musicians people got actors I got Caleb . I’m a Stan for digital trends . Just wish my pocket allowed to try all this tvs personally

[milansajan]

😇🥰😍 💘 8k glossY tv...go samsung go....whoohoo...!!

[Lord_Fidel]

I hope 8K takes off, this year I upgraded feom a 65" to an 85" and I can tell 4K is already stretched too thin at this size. At 75" it looks fine, but the pictures lack the same sharpness at 85

[nightdrive_doomer]

They fool me back in 2013, lesson learned when I buy a tv I care only of the picture quality.

[kamrankazemifar]

The main problem I have with 8K TVs is that it doesn't upscale output from consoles like Xbox Series X or PS5 to 8K or even output from a gaming PC. Heck I would buy one if it did a simple upscale from 4K to 8K but it literally doesn't.

[MKR]

Tizen OS is already buckling under its own weight, adding even more bloatware to the mix? Gonna be a fun time....

[Dr.Stasis]

Samsung should have made the QN900F a QN800F, and released a version of the QN990F with a normal One Connect Box as the QN900F.

[scoob]

I have a 50"QN90F coming this Thursday. Sucks no one makes good tv's at this size (and at the 43" size) but Samsung. I have a 55"QN90C in my game room which is still a very good tv. Gonna move it to my bedroom since my Sony died. I mainly game on PC and console with it, which I will do with QN90F as well.

[thealcohologist]

I spoke to a Samsung rep once, he said the big reason why they still do 8k has to do image quality on large screens. Hence why you only see 8k on 65+ size tvs

[Steve_RobbieRaygun]

All I'm interested in is what the DSE/Banding and blooming is like. I returned my QE55QN95D, it was pants.

[LKill-gxbl]

“Samsung as a vision and they see it through” no kidding, like never fixing their motion issues would be the first thing I would do if I was Samsung instead of keep making new TV’s, start at the beginning as motion is the most basic important thing a TV needs to do.

I have a S95D and firmware 1301 as made the motion worse than it was before and now after a year I am considering going LG G5 after waiting for them to fix this problem, but I guess they are too busy making more TVs instead.

[Comeback]

I'm glad I just bought QN90f before any price hikes and supply issue come about.

TV last a long time, so I can avoid those price hikes until 10 years from now to buy a new TV in the 2030s.

[thhole]

Ok Calib, i understand your upscale 4k to 8 k processing, .
But what about 4k to 4k or is that not a thing on8 k tv

[volpedo]

Hey Caleb! In the pilot episode, Harvey uses a VPI Super Scoutmaster turntable and PrimaLuna ProLogue Two integrated tube amp, but in later episodes, he uses a Pro-Ject RPM 1.3 turntable