What They Say
FlatPanelsHD has had close look at the Samsung QN95A miniLED ‘Neo QLED’ TV which was based on a VA panel (there is a suggestion in the article that IPS and VA panels may be supplied in different regions). It also used a separate ‘One Connect’ box. Observations from the review include:
- Very good anti-reflective coating
- Although the remote control uses solar cells to recharge to avoid the use of batteries, power consumption of the set at 190W is not great for the environment.
- There are interesting comments on Atmos support – the sets support pass-through of Atmos signals, but cannnot process Atmos from all internal streaming apps, although the Netflix app did.
- The reviewers didn’t like Samsung’s game mode which is very bright and has a strange colour performance
- Colour coverage was 94% of DCI-P3 and 70% of Rec.2020
- Calibrated brightness was 105 cd/m² in SDR (246 cd/m² out of box). Black levels 0.025 cd/m² /0.04 cd/m² respectively.
- Peak brightness gets up to 1500-1600 cd/m² (2% – 25% and 760 cd/m² for 100% screen coverage in HDR mode. 1% drops to 887 cd/m²
- The blog counted 36 x 16 dimming zones (576 zones), but ‘heavy blooming’ around bright spots and the dimming system ‘gets confused’
“Ultimately, Samsung QN90A / QN95A is one of the best LCD TVs on the market but it does not match the HDR or SDR picture quality of cheaper OLED TVs out there”
What We Think
The comment about the good anti-reflective coating hit home with me. I have recently been watching the Amazon Prime ‘Underground Railroad’ series which is in PQ with a lot of dark scenes. The reflections from the windows in these lighter evenings on my Panasonic OLED TV have been a real distraction, so we have resorted to ensuring all the curtains are closed. (BR)
