Everything wrong with the Samsung S95B | 23 reasons NOT to buy

Issues, problems, flaws and shortcomings with the Samsung S95B QD OLED TV that may make it the wrong TV for you including Physical, OS and remote, Picture processing, Quality control, Longevity, Brightness and Value.

0:00 Blue pill or red pill?
0:57 #1 - Screen size, it matters!
1:02 #2 - Bent panel and flimsy build
1:06 #3 - Blacks are grey
1:10 #4 - Water spots
1:14 #5 - Laggy OS
1:18 #6 - Small remote
1:30 #7 - Out of the box settings, who calibrates?!
1:36 #8 - Mid tones inaccurate
1:43 #9 - Colour fringing
1:48 #10 - Shadow detail
1:51 #11 - Display suddenly dims
1:57 #12 - Lower bit rate content
2:01 #13 - Smooth gradation
2:04 #14 - Motion handling 
2:10 #15 - Dolby Vision HDR
2:17 #16 - Picture cut off
2:20 #17 - Auto switching doesn't
2:26 #18 - Picture settings lost
2:30 #19 - Longevity, or not
2:35 #20 - Brightness, yes brightness!
2:56 #21 - Value for money
3:02 #22 - Compelling alternatives
3:08 #23 - Perception v measurements
3:30 #24 - False claims

Some of these will equally apply to the Sony A95K.

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[GIChow]

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[RADERFPV]

I see you're getting a lot of hate in the comments, but you're points for the most part are valid. I was able to fix the picture shifting off of the screen by turning off the pixel shifting feature. It looks fine once you do that.

Mine has a slight bend in it like many others have mentioned, the colors are very saturated out the box, and the overall picture looks a little "fake", but good at the same time. I'm not a TV calibration snob, but I do prefer a "real" looking image instead of all the "pop".

My biggest complaint so far is with Tizen, it's really bad. It also shut off on me a couple of times and can get very warm on the back of the panel after long sessions playing with xbox series x.

I also have a TCL 5 series QLED and an LG C2. My favorite of the 3 for picture quality is the C2, no question. But for brightness, I'm leaning towards the s95b, it really is noticeable.

I don't regret getting the s95b, but at the same time, I don't worship the ground it walks on. It's far from being a perfect TV, though I do feel like QD OLED will shape the future of TV's moving forward.

[elieg.]

I found a lot of stutter when playing videogames and aliasing is horrible on some games. im surprised on the avs forum every fanboy denies that. Unless there is a fix im am not aware of...

[Johnnymayfield]

It will be hard to buy a TV then. I found these issues with LG G2;
1. Tinting.
2.Banding
3. Crushing shadow detail due to too little light
4. Black crush
5. Too low brightness of the main colors in HDR:
6 Red
7 Blue
8. Green
9.Yellow
10 Cyan
11. Magenta
12.Too bright in HDR by manipulating EOTF through tricks
13. Most scenes are not displayed at the correct brightness level in HDR.
14. Colors wash out pretty quickly in HDR
15. Awful daytime reflections.
16. not bright enough to get over glare on a sunny day.
17. Cannot display the sun and its reflections correctly in many cases
18 cannot represent fire well.
19. Has problems with neon light
20. Seems too dark with regular SDR material through the cable.
21. Limited Color Gamut REC 2020
22. Limited Color Volume DCP-P3 and Rec 2020
23.Uniformity problems from one angle
24. Aggressive ABL.

You can check most of them at RTINGS. Some are quite well known on OLED TVs, the odd anomalies in EOTF can be checked at RTINGS and D-Nice
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[jesusmarin]

Mine is bad at handling motion, for example flickering sceens or fast moving objects like the wings of a bird flying in the clouds, ita horrendous

[migueche]

hey man, nice vid but I had a bit of a hard time hearing you. The audio seemed muffled.

[Brianmwi]

48 C1 for $400 used 400 hrs

55 G1 for $500 used 1500 hrs

65 C2 unopened new for $900

And last but not least

But still deciding if buy it a

S95b 65 $1000 used unknown hours, probably low to normal average of use.. what you guys think i should do what to keep?

[JavierLi]

Mine turns off and back on because it gets really hot 😔

[ericvaughan]

I get such good laugh out of video's like this. Running out of ideas for content for you channel? I'm curious by the comments here how many new subscribers did you gain from this post. Anyone could find 23 reasons not to buy any electronic device of any kind if all you do is google the and look for any negative comment you can find about it, then make video about it. I could do that with LG, Sony, Vizio, etc. But since you seem to know so much about this TV, I would like to know your personal experience with it? When you first setup the TV, what problems did you personally encounter? I own the TV and almost all the things you mentioned I never had problem with. Because someone complains about a small remote, you list that as reason not to buy a TV, seriously? I kind of like the remote and don't find any issues with it at all. Same with OS system, is it the best I ever used, no. But isn't certainly not the worst by long shot and haven't had any problems with it or would tell someone that is reason not to purchase a product. What you and many other reviewers don't seem to understand is there is NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT TV, doesn't exist. Everybody taste on what they like, or personal use case is different for everyone. So in the end if a particular TV model and/or brand is perfect for them, then that is the perfect TV. No matter how many faults someone else points out. When I compared this TV to my Sony A8H, to me the picture just looks better, plain and simple. Is it the most accurate, no but I don't care because I like how the picture looks better than any other OLED I have owned. Does that make me right and you wrong, no because maybe for you this is worst TV you ever saw. But good luck with your channel you're going to need it.

[grandthefteggo]

First, good luck with the channel standing on the shoulder of giants.
Color accuracy is being addressed in filmaker mode.
Newest update has addressed most software issues.
You throw up somebody elses comparison to the x95k, a mini led with tons of blooming launching at the same price.
S95b is better and less than the g2.
Will be $900/$1000 less than a95k when it launches 2 months from now.
Pq without dolby vision destroys any tv with it in hdr.
Widest color range and color volume on the market.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
But i agree, see it with your own eyes first.
The only question is, have you?

[dtbrown]

Pretty much all the software issues you listed have been addressed with recent update. But yes to all other points mentioned with the exception that what you mentioned only impacted a minority of new buyers. But for the money grab a c1. You get 90% of the benefits of the s95b in almost half the price. That said I love the s95b for my first oled and especially for the price I got it for. And if money is no object wait for Sony a95k.

[jeffik]

You made this video and you probably haven't even seen this TV in person.

[Asterra]

The color fringing is the worst thing about the display, and it's a crushing shame because there was no reason for it. Somebody high in Samsung's food chain decided this was the way the subpixels were going to be: Absolutely guaranteed to have green on the top, red on the left and blue on the right. Samsung pooh-poohs the issue by suggesting similar crap affects every display, evidently completely ignoring traditional solutions like Cleartype and how Samsung's new structure has no equivalent and so will always look washed out like you're watching VR.

[rahb]

Cool another channel to ignore 😎 done by none other then someone who doesn't even have the TV. All opinions become invalid

[isaacbaiden]

What then are you trying to point at ... ?

What other models are you suggesting.

And what are the 23 reasons why people should not buy that models you will suggest.... ?

[theconsoleinthecloset]

Big simpin, cut the cheese. I say he's big simpin to shill for Sony.

[malazan]

The tv is solid but extremely over hyped. I also don't trust Samsung and I'm surprised so many people do with their dodgy colours etc

[centillion]

23???!!!... Is that it? Man, this is hardly anything new. Most TVs have these same "23" issues more or less. GI Chow If this is your Idea of clickbait you are actually indirectly hyping this Samsung S95B without even knowing it. I hate it when people hype things for clicks and likes. Your channel is a BIG mess...Be a man and sort it out. THE END.

[sroo]

hahahaha... give us your views on the $1.2M Bentley that you also read about on 'the internet', cause that will sure be useful as well. Seriously, what did i just watch.... lolol

[leroyrodrigues]

You sound like a sony fanboy stop hating on great technology, I happen to have a A80J and and a C1 and a S95B and the S95B makes both of those TVs look weak so it doesn’t matter what you or any other so called tv reviewer say about this tv, most people will buy it cause Samsung is the leading tv seller whether you or any so called tv reviewers like it or not
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