It’s been over a year since the
first 8K tellies started cropping
up, and we’re still no closer to
being able to watch World’s
Strongest Man at 7680x
resolution... so manufacturers
have started to come up with
other ways of convincing us to
covet their latest wares. To be
fair, it’s worked, because we’re
already measuring up a space
to house this nearly bezel-less
75in Samsung.
Just 15mm thick and with
a screen-to-frame ratio of
almost 99%, the QLED Q950TS
looks like a screengrab on a
stand, but Samsung has still
found space for speakers on
every side and even subwoofers

round the back. AI-assisted

upscaling means it’ll spruce

up ‘mere’ 4K content, and that

AI will also help to automatically

adjust brightness and ensure

surround-sound performance

is accurate.

Bixby is on board and will

now allow you to ask the TV

to display soothing scenes

if you’ve just watched a

particularly harrowing episode

of Neighbours, but you can still

use Alexa or Google Assistant

instead. You might want to

start by asking them when

there’s actually some 8K

content coming.

As hot as... Stefan Dennis

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Samsung Q950TS

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The Q950 has AI

ScaleNet tech, which

compresses whatever you’re

streaming and restores it as it

arrives on the TV. This cuts

down on the bandwidth

required to stream

hi-res content.

Speak up

You’re engrossed in a

tense scene, then someone

starts blending a smoothie

in the kitchen... Active Voice

Amplifier automatically

detects any loud noises

and raises the volume

of the dialogue.