Image rights: Samsung.
This is an absolute extravagance of
a TV: there’s essentially no 8K
content out there to watch and
some of us even live in homes too
small for its 65–inch panel. But
does that mean there’s no reason
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special, a status symbol that’s an
adept partner to all kinds of media
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Wall appeal is, like many TVs of
this era, absolutely stunning, with
Samsung’s QLED panel packed
into a thin, slim-bezelled frame
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even the issue it might be with
other screens — viewing angles
are the best we’ve seen, with nohint of distortion no matter how
side–on you look at the screen.
Every bit of connectivity and
processing electronics is in an
external box, with only Samsung’s
thin OneConnect cable attaching
the two together, so you can tuck
your sources away.
The Quantum Processor uses AI
upscaling to scale up lesser content
to the panel’s 8K max. This is
tremendous: 1080p sharpens up
nicely if you’re running reasonably
uncompressed content through it,
and 4K looks spectacular, backed
up by the Quantum Dot screen’s
supreme contrast and brightness
levels. We weren’t that impressed
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It’s bursting with features,
including AirPlay 2, and has great
speakers. But right now the Q900R
is strictly a luxury item,
particularly as 4K prices are
normalizing at the same level
1080p was at the start of 2019.
THE BOTTOM LINE. An amazing
TV that’s a glimpse of the future.Samsung 2019 65in Q900R
A big picture with a big price and the tiniest pixels
$4999 From Samsung, samsung.com
Features 7,680 x 4,320 QLED screen, Quantum Processor 8K picture engine, AI upscaling, Ambient mode, HDR/HDR10/HLG,
Airplay 2 connectivitySAMSUNG 2019 65IN Q900R
Incredible picture
Impeccable contrast
Awesome upscaling
Supremely pricey
AWESOMEIs 8K the way?
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