I've owned this TV for almost a year in both the 55" and 75" models and they are absolutely fantastic televisions! Videos like this are great for convincing people to buy other models instead and now they're selling super cheap. I bought a second 75" QN90C from Amazon last week for $1477... an amazing deal! Get one now while they're still in stock!
Hi, I've been debating for the longest time between the 75" Samsung QN90C and the 75" Sony x93L. They both looked great in store and I just pulled the trigger on the Samsung at Bestbuy primarily due to price-- the Samsung was $1750 and the Sony was $2500. I hope I made the right decision as the Samsung seems to get a lot of hate which I don't really understand.
@@user-yz5mn2go2d Wait until you turn it on the first time! The haters can hate all they want while you thoroughly enjoy your amazing new TV! I have a 4K Bluray player and it looks absolutely stunning on the QN90CQ75!
Can Samsung's QN90C 55" tv have a Samsung Q990D or Q910D soundbar's center rest the top of the tv's stand while not blocking the tv's frame? How much room is between the top of the tv stand and the bottom of the tv frame? Thanks!
I needed a new TV so went shopping at Costco and ended up with the 75” for $1100 because it was their display and it came with a five year warranty. No scratches or anything on it and couldn’t be happier
There's a problem from my understanding, that Samsung haven't made a direct replacement. The 90C is now comparable to the 85B. The 90B (last years) is now comparable to the 95C. Due to a rebrand and something to do with the USA market. At least that's how I understand it. So the only way to compare would be in pricing not model numbers. As the 90B was more superior to the 90C as I understand it.
Interesting they seem to have changed their tune on the QN90C pretty recently. They had it as the best bright-room TV for a while and best QLED. Now they have the X93L and the Hisense U8 ranked ahead of it on the website.
I know. I think that viewing angle is severely under-valued for ratings. Just about every living room I've been in has a couch with the comfy corner seats that are outside of the Hisense's viewing angle window. I would live it if Rtings did a deep dive on what the average living room actually looks like. People probably sit off-angle way more than they think.
my last tv was from more than 10 years ago. after much consideration, i went with the qun90c. im glad to report that im super happy with my choice. i wanted a tv that absolutely rocks at gaming on pc and console, and that is quite suitable for movie watching. ive seen a lot of hate thrown at this tv in comments so that got me worried when i picked it up. im just here to balance things up and confirmed that nothing stands out as being absolutely horrid. this TV is a safe, good around pick. id say Its a very good offering, but then again im not a huge tv buyer so what do i know.
I'd say don't worry too much about the comments section peanut gallery. According to the comments section every tv is trash. Way too much brand bias in the tv community to take the comments seriously.
Thanks for all the reviews for samsung, lg, and sony. I waited for the QN95C review since Sept. and once it arrived decided to save 1k and buy the QN90C after the QN95C wasn't as widely available and seemed plagued with quality issues.
@brownskinb5084 Don't know, never set up the smart features in order to avoid being defaulted into the Samsung tv/ads when I turn it on. My Xbox has all the apps I need installed.
I've had this TV for over a month, the picture is incredible. I've enjoyed tuning the settings for a while and finally have them exactly how I like them. I use both Movie "Calibrated" mode and Dynamic mode depending on what I'm watching. 4K movies are life like, Anime looks incredible, Upscaling SDR is excellent and PS5 (Tekken 8, Horizon Forbidden West & Street Fighter 6) with some adjusting looks crisp and vibrant. This Tv can get Extremely bright. I had the Sony X90J (2022), the picture appeared like looking through a piece of glass (its a Sony thing) & the VA panel made it have very narrow viewing angles so I returned the Sony. Brought my Samsung Q80T out from my bedroom until I purchased a 55" QN90C. Yes there is blooming but I only notice when there is a single icon on the corners of a blank screen, subtitles don't have any blooming. I read that the 65" has more dimming zones so less blooming, I hope this helps.
I bought this TV in the 75" a week ago and I am blown away, it is just a fantastic TV, it was the most expensive TV I have ever bought but it is worth every penny, I have a room with massive windows and this is excellent at handling the brightness ...no more squinting for me. The blacks are black and the picture is amazing. Read other reviews online. Wonderful TV!!
I made the mistake of trying to use an OLED for a PC Desktop/Gaming TV. LOTS of burn in and there are many other characteristics of OLEDS I cant stand. This will most likely be my next display. The 55" is $997.99 on Crutchfield right now.
Big panel issue in the 55inch model. Look out for dark shadows on all 4 corners of the tv. Check with an all white background. Seems like Samsung is sweeping this issue under the carpet. They don’t acknowledge it. My friend changed 3 brand new tvs and they all had the same issue
Yeah, but the VA panel viewing angles are terrible. Way too underrated a problem. Even if people usually don't watch TV in groups, livingrooms are still set up to host, which means the comfy spots are often in the corner of the couch outside of the viewing angle.
@@benthompson8683 naw viewing angles arent that bad. There isnt any noticeable degradation from my left and right seats compared to the middle seat of the couch. I havent seen an LED/LCD with what I would consider bad viewing angles in 10 or 15 years. Back in the day, those old rear projection tvs were terrible. You couldnt see a thing (an all grey washed out screen) if you went more than 20 or 30 degrees off angle. That is what I consider a bad viewing angle. Not a 10% drop in direct light output when 45° off axis.
@@benthompson8683 oh and my room is a dedicated room with two rows. A three seater couch for the front row and a two seat theatrical style loveseat for the back row. No one is wildly off axis.
Great review. It seams that LG is way behind in LED TV's with their QNED models for 2023. They try to promote and push them little bit on the market by throwing free examples reviewers all over the world and we can see and hear same generic info about them. No one measure peak brightnes, dimming zones and all other good stuff. That's why i have way more respect for people and channels like RTINGS who bought TV with their own money!!!
This TV punches SO HARD for gamers I bought the 85 for $1999 on sale at Best Buy. It does have a little blooming in some areas watching movies but you kinda have to look at it to see it ( I am sensitive to blooming i have an LG oled so I like black}. Upscaling on UA-cam could be a touch better. I have the 4k MAX app and it is mind blowing good. Best way to describe is you get what you give with content, feed it good signals and you will get what you paid for. The highlight pop on this tv will have you questioning oled a bit in some scenes, that is something I really want you to take away if you read this. TV is a solid 9 IMO.
I would love to see Rtings do a deep dive on the average living room dimensions, seating arrangement, and lighting. I don't think I've ever found a living room where viewing angles weren't a problem at the edge of the couch, much less with the ubiquitous "to old people in separate chairs" layout. Who's the target market for these VA panel TV's? Single people with no friends and one chair in a windowless apartment?
I've had VAs in the living room for a long time now. Mounting on an arm mount solves vast majority of seating situations and I have a family of 4. You know 90%+ people aren't discerning enough to notice slight color washout unless you go out of your way to point it out. Most people won't notice it unless they're at an extreme oblique angle.
I mean a lot of that will depend on size and viewing distance. Most people don't sit really close to a giant tv so viewing angles generally aren't a problem. Obviously if you have a really tiny living room and want to put a massive tv in it, you will need to plan accordingly. But that is not most people.
I just setup my Samsung Q90C. Used the expert calibration. I am very picky with movies and sandy grainy issue on many movies and it depends on what I am watching. Any movies where there is a landscape scene intentional blurriness, like The Flash, there is a sandy grainy quality to the picture. The main subject comes in very clear and fine, especially video games. In one movie there was a panorama and the main subjects are walking in a valley the picture is quite grainy instead of the intended blur that you would get from looking at something from a distance. Absolutely show and plays games better than my 8 year old Samsung curved, but not movies. The old Samsung shows things in the distance with a proper blur not a grainy blur. How weird.
I’ve just setup the Q70C and the issue you are having with movies, I’m having in both movies and gaming. Very sandy grainy + blurriness. Almost like watching a video at 720p despite the screen and quality being set on 2160p
@@j01150126 I had a technician come over and he said it is normal, not a defect. And he said “Honestly, this is normal, just increase your viewing distance up until you can’t see it anymore. I can send it to the shop but so long as there aren’t any dead pixels I promise they’ll send it back as is as fixed without doing any tests” … so anyway I now I have a Q70C listed for sale like new 😂 might switch to LG, Sony, or Panasonic.
Mounted our 55" QN90C to the wall yesterday and it looks absolutely fantastic! I would say it looks better than my Coolermaster GP27Q 1440p monitor with 576 zones at 27" So far i have been very impressed but havent hooked up the PC to try gaming (yet)
Until you realise how horribly intense the ghosting is. And how the mid-dark blue colors are way too bright and overlapping, as if there's only 1 tint of blue. I'm about to return mine.
@@HiddenDeadX I don't know about the blue colors. Mine looks pretty close to my a80j OLED. As for the motion. It doesn't bother me. I came from a worse VA panel monitor. This thing is an upgrade all around.
I've had my 43" for PC desktop now for a month. I sit in front of this for 10+ hrs a day, mainly for desktop work (not publishing type work though) and some gaming in the evening. Whilst it is not perfect, for me the advantages of this over the 32" 1440p monitor it replaced, far outweigh the disbenefits. Everyone's mileage will vary and I understand if some wouldn't get on with it. For me I took a punt on this knowing that there was a chance I would end up ditching it. For me though, I'm really glad I took the gamble.
I'm about to buy this to change my Gigabyte M27Q 1440p. Would you say this 43" model on Qn90c is a significant upgrade? I play mostly single player story games and I use both PC with a 4060ti and a PS5. I plan to use it both as a monitor an occasional streaming netflix.
Very glad you guys like your TV's! I just ordered my Qn90c 43'' and i can't wait to test it. The main reason i bought it is to enjoy hogwarts legacy alot more. Coming from an 10 years old 37'' 60HZ 1080P LG TV it will make a huge difference!
@@MrGerardoMarquez I have the QN90C and its very good for gaming. The picture quality is almost perfect and with 144hz everything is smooth. Also movies are a whole new experience. I never really watched movies but since i have this TV i began to watch them because the quality is so nice.
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The 75 inch was £3,999 when it first came out, it is now £1,999 but can be got cheaper with money back deals, I ending up getting it with 20% cash back so £1600, there are good deals out there and this TV is a bargain at that price, no dolby vision but I can live with that!
There's a few things that no reviewer really talks about. I want to know how many mini LED's each size has and what the differences in number is compared to last year's model. The older 43 inch model from 2022 did not have anti reflecting coating did they resolve that in the 2023 version? And something that the 2022 models had was that you can't fast forward on h.265 videos it can only play the video's but it can't scroll through them. Has this been fixed?
Thanks! Have you ever thought about showing the differences in ... lets call it clarity? by using the simple "adjust clear type text" using a connected pc? My personal 55qn90c panel fails in all regards. It simply can´t show text (white on black + black on white) correctly. My marco pictures show orange and blue beeing lit up as well on the border between black and white. Orange on the left and blue on the right. VLC playing in native resolution has its time counter skewed wth the ":" beeing a brighter blue than black. And whatever i try to clear or smooth out: the text always looks like it needs anti aliasing. Coming from a 50qn94c, which can brilliantly be misused as a pc monitor if the desk has 40 inch depth, this .. "ads"? panel seems to be not fit for work. I´ve read your article and setting suggestions and have tried even the wrong settings (anything but 4.4.4). Could anybody kindly test this as well? And it is not only medicore in its upscaling. BG3 Charactes have less detail than on my 50qn90a: I´ve made a burly blue eyed ork with fairly visible eyelashes that look far too feminine on him. Those are simply gone in any portrait picture. And his cheek tatoo hard can be seen. I´m still testing to see what i could be doing wrong..
...I have a Q70R...is the QN90C worth the "upgrade"? Both are close in the mixed usage rating on your site. I am waiting to pull the trigger on this TV...
The sony that you guys reccomended that is better is $1000 more but it's not $1000 more better I own both lcd and oleds I bought an oled and regretted it as it was in a well lit room now it's in my dark bedroom works just fine lcd is still king in lit rooms
Because of the IPS panel, the QN90c is really no better than LG's QNED offerings with the same IPS tech. Samsung cut corners for more profit by not using a better VA panel on all QN90c panel size options .
I have an LG model number 55UM7400 that does HDR quite well apart from live sport (Sky and TNT Ultra HD). The picture is too dark when watching football. If I upgrade to the QN90C, 50 inch, will I see a noticeable difference in the picture quality, or is the HDR on this LG just as good? Cheers.
No, blooming is barely noticeable on my 85 qn90c. Only regret is not buying it after superbowl cause it got a big price drop. Mini led don't worry about picture image
a WOled and Oled, with less brightness vs a high brightness tv like led qled, mini led qled vs upcoming microled TV which are also has self lighting features. Which one is perfect will survive longer?
Oled have more contrast in a room that doesn’t get a lot of sunlight oled will be nicer. Although mini led seems you can get a bigger screen for less money so if a big screen is wanted for a more affordable price mini led is the way to go! You can get the qn90c with 85 inch screen for $2200 a C3 oled is 3300 for 83 inch
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How does it compare to x90L? Would you choose x90l or QN90C? X93L is not available in india and x90L has very less dimming zones but have heard it handles blooming better. So bit confused with x90l vs QN90C or even S90C..they all are priced very similar in India. Need good brightness also.
@@jollama I am aware they have but numbers dont define everything. Seeing both tv's side by side is a different thing all together which cannot be represented by ratings methodology. Rting-just a suggestion how about you start recording and upload video of tvs in their review playing same content in exact same lighting and give an option to view it side by side
Go for X90l! I got a similar comparison between the same three(s90c, qn n x), and took me a week to decide to go with Sony due to its image processing upscale and brightness..though it has some blooming which can be seen
Sounds like OLED is the better option if you aren't afraid of burn in. The point of Min-LED is to have better blooming control but the QN90C can't even get that right even with the better hardware therefore defeats the purpose of getting it. I have an X90L, and an OLED monitor, both are good but at night I prefer my OLED even at the smaller size, and even though the upscaling doesn't look as amazing as on the X90L. Consider what your use case is first before picking between the S90C, and the X90L.
Sony may have better processing, but my 2yr old Bravia died last year. UNREPAIRABLE! Totally insane to make such an expensive product be disposable! I was a sony fan for the past 30yrs, too.
But can you tell me if the 50" will be fine for me? 50" is all I can fit with still being comfortable in my basement so will I be fine with this tv in the 50" size?
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One more thing this tv looses eye poping the further you get but guess what your living room is probably not 20 feet or longer this is the only down fall from a watching stand point the oled distance stays constant and crisp this is great to enjoy for like close up living room maby like 12 feet away oled goes strong at more angles but oled is kind of boring watched side by side no a big difference however the Best Buy guy blames the wi fi
I think lg prolly has the best burn in prevention not sure tho. If I were you I would just get it from best buy and get the burn in warranty. But honestly really shouldn't worry about burn unless you just watch the new all day or something. I got an LG c1 for 2 years now and play videogames for hours on it and got no burn in. Ima get a qdoled next tho
The QN94C has Ultimate UHD Dimming Pro Micro Dimming, theoretically providing them with slightly better local dimming than the QN90C. But we haven't tested it so we can't confirm for sure
We have! You can watch our video review here: ua-cam.com/video/pR40rg1Pmmw/v-deo.html And the full results on our website: www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/x95l
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Abby is a fantastic presenter. The way she does it so naturally is very rare. Not sure what she is paid, but my gut feeling tells me she needs a raise or she will be nubbed to another site. I think LMG could pay her much more and she'd might be a good fit!
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I got the QN85C and yeah, the low quality content smoothing isn’t great, especially on FuboTV. My question is, if I got another device, like an Amazon fire stick, would watching Fubo on that have better picture quality? I’m wondering if doing that would have the other device do the image processing and maybe the picture quality would be better, although on my current Apple TV 4K Fubo doesn’t look much better. Otherwise, another gray review Rtings, keep up the good work!
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I have to disagree this tv is amazing the contrast is great almost 7 out of 10 upscale is at about a 6.8 the motion and brightness is were you want you don’t want an oled stale picture great uniformity yes great contrast yes exciting picture yes but it’s more like your watching something out of this world the qled is more like you ate a special candy and your in a movie big difference both great but this tv outranks Sony because Sony still has blooming on the 93l and is about perfect at the x95l but that’s top of the line and pictures get great detail and smoothness yet slightly lack enthusiasm towards the film goals
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Unfortunately this is expected behaviour. We talk more about it in the review section of our review if you’re curious! www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/qn90c-qn90cd-qled
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Amy I am sorry but I disagree with your review. It Is terrible when it comes to glare!!! We close all of our window shades during the day time. In the evening we can’t use our table lamps because the glare is so bad. My wife and I fight over the best place to sit in order to avoid the glare! The Samsung channel selection system is slow, we are always waiting for the channel to show up. Yes we have great cable WiFi. Our doesn’t have any problematic in bedroom has great. I highly do not recommend this tv! I am about to sell and hope I get half my money back! Oh! I have advertise it the day it is working. It would be great for a gamer in a dark room sitting in front of tv! Great picture when you can see it!
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@@TimothyTurtle32 yea I understand that but them black bars be dark as night no light bleed a total joy to watch movies and game on it, I just can't go back but i know the OLED technology drawbacks definitely taken preventive measures
I've owned this TV for almost a year in both the 55" and 75" models and they are absolutely fantastic televisions! Videos like this are great for convincing people to buy other models instead and now they're selling super cheap. I bought a second 75" QN90C from Amazon last week for $1477... an amazing deal! Get one now while they're still in stock!
Hi, I've been debating for the longest time between the 75" Samsung QN90C and the 75" Sony x93L. They both looked great in store and I just pulled the trigger on the Samsung at Bestbuy primarily due to price-- the Samsung was $1750 and the Sony was $2500. I hope I made the right decision as the Samsung seems to get a lot of hate which I don't really understand.
@@user-yz5mn2go2d Wait until you turn it on the first time! The haters can hate all they want while you thoroughly enjoy your amazing new TV! I have a 4K Bluray player and it looks absolutely stunning on the QN90CQ75!
Can Samsung's QN90C 55" tv have a Samsung Q990D or Q910D soundbar's center rest the top of the tv's stand while not blocking the tv's frame? How much room is between the top of the tv stand and the bottom of the tv frame? Thanks!
@@user-yz5mn2go2d samsung qn90c is way better than x93l too bloomingwise
I needed a new TV so went shopping at Costco and ended up with the 75” for $1100 because it was their display and it came with a five year warranty. No scratches or anything on it and couldn’t be happier
You should always compare to last year's model. You guys used to do that but not anymore.
Fair point! That's something we can look to include in future videos, appreciate the feedback!
or a what are you getting over last year
@@RTINGSdotcomis this tv good for UA-cam? My cu7000 isn’t that great. The picture quality looks a bit off
There's a problem from my understanding, that Samsung haven't made a direct replacement. The 90C is now comparable to the 85B. The 90B (last years) is now comparable to the 95C. Due to a rebrand and something to do with the USA market. At least that's how I understand it. So the only way to compare would be in pricing not model numbers. As the 90B was more superior to the 90C as I understand it.
Did i mention that's my understanding of it 🤣
QN90C is great on my PS5. Just purchased it last August 2023.
Congrats. Sony does have the best of the best processing. The X93L is just a stunning TV. The X95L will blow you away!
congratulations. any ghosting/double image / trailing... in games?
How’s the blooming with local dimming set on high?
I just got it today for my ps5 but it looks a bit washed out playing gran turismo 7
@@paulsmith2823put gaming mode on
Interesting they seem to have changed their tune on the QN90C pretty recently. They had it as the best bright-room TV for a while and best QLED. Now they have the X93L and the Hisense U8 ranked ahead of it on the website.
I know. I think that viewing angle is severely under-valued for ratings. Just about every living room I've been in has a couch with the comfy corner seats that are outside of the Hisense's viewing angle window. I would live it if Rtings did a deep dive on what the average living room actually looks like. People probably sit off-angle way more than they think.
They get paid to promote other tvs
@@joemeyer6320This
The site does seem to be comprised it is pretty sad.
Paid to promote tv's and compromised? Give me a break guys. Just admit you have brand bias.
my last tv was from more than 10 years ago. after much consideration, i went with the qun90c. im glad to report that im super happy with my choice. i wanted a tv that absolutely rocks at gaming on pc and console, and that is quite suitable for movie watching. ive seen a lot of hate thrown at this tv in comments so that got me worried when i picked it up. im just here to balance things up and confirmed that nothing stands out as being absolutely horrid. this TV is a safe, good around pick. id say Its a very good offering, but then again im not a huge tv buyer so what do i know.
Why anyone nowadays would keep a TV for 10 years is beyond me.
@@Tony-uo4mlexpensive????
You know, most of the world is poor...
If you think a TV is such an unaffordable extravagance then dont buy one.
@@Gadottinho
@@Tony-uo4mlwhy not? You'd rather be wasteful?
I'd say don't worry too much about the comments section peanut gallery. According to the comments section every tv is trash. Way too much brand bias in the tv community to take the comments seriously.
Thanks for all the reviews for samsung, lg, and sony. I waited for the QN95C review since Sept. and once it arrived decided to save 1k and buy the QN90C after the QN95C wasn't as widely available and seemed plagued with quality issues.
What's the issue? I have the 85 90c.
@calgary2800 Issues I heard about were with the 95c specifically. Got the 90c and the menu looks weird but it's a great looking picture
@@joshuaw2143 I have had oled before and to me the qn90c look more real life picture quality.
@@joshuaw2143does yours have HBO MAX?
@brownskinb5084 Don't know, never set up the smart features in order to avoid being defaulted into the Samsung tv/ads when I turn it on. My Xbox has all the apps I need installed.
I've had this TV for over a month, the picture is incredible. I've enjoyed tuning the settings for a while and finally have them exactly how I like them. I use both Movie "Calibrated" mode and Dynamic mode depending on what I'm watching. 4K movies are life like, Anime looks incredible, Upscaling SDR is excellent and PS5 (Tekken 8, Horizon Forbidden West & Street Fighter 6) with some adjusting looks crisp and vibrant. This Tv can get Extremely bright. I had the Sony X90J (2022), the picture appeared like looking through a piece of glass (its a Sony thing) & the VA panel made it have very narrow viewing angles so I returned the Sony. Brought my Samsung Q80T out from my bedroom until I purchased a 55" QN90C. Yes there is blooming but I only notice when there is a single icon on the corners of a blank screen, subtitles don't have any blooming. I read that the 65" has more dimming zones so less blooming, I hope this helps.
I love how they don't answer anyone's questions and redirect you to the website.
I bought this TV in the 75" a week ago and I am blown away, it is just a fantastic TV, it was the most expensive TV I have ever bought but it is worth every penny, I have a room with massive windows and this is excellent at handling the brightness ...no more squinting for me. The blacks are black and the picture is amazing. Read other reviews online. Wonderful TV!!
Just bought the tv and im watching this video on it. Its amazing for now :)
congrats. would love to hear a full review, and comparisons. OLED???
@@michael-4k4000more exciting than oled I’m choosing this tv the oled in the same room were boring
I made the mistake of trying to use an OLED for a PC Desktop/Gaming TV. LOTS of burn in and there are many other characteristics of OLEDS I cant stand. This will most likely be my next display. The 55" is $997.99 on Crutchfield right now.
I think the title is misleading. It is a great tv, but not perfect. Can not say just good for this premium tv.
Big panel issue in the 55inch model. Look out for dark shadows on all 4 corners of the tv. Check with an all white background. Seems like Samsung is sweeping this issue under the carpet. They don’t acknowledge it. My friend changed 3 brand new tvs and they all had the same issue
The TCL QM8 is a great alternative to the QN90C. Much better contrast because VA panel and many more local dimming zones.
theres more to it than specs on paper
@@Rawzix there always is
Yeah, but the VA panel viewing angles are terrible. Way too underrated a problem. Even if people usually don't watch TV in groups, livingrooms are still set up to host, which means the comfy spots are often in the corner of the couch outside of the viewing angle.
@@benthompson8683 naw viewing angles arent that bad. There isnt any noticeable degradation from my left and right seats compared to the middle seat of the couch. I havent seen an LED/LCD with what I would consider bad viewing angles in 10 or 15 years. Back in the day, those old rear projection tvs were terrible. You couldnt see a thing (an all grey washed out screen) if you went more than 20 or 30 degrees off angle. That is what I consider a bad viewing angle. Not a 10% drop in direct light output when 45° off axis.
@@benthompson8683 oh and my room is a dedicated room with two rows. A three seater couch for the front row and a two seat theatrical style loveseat for the back row. No one is wildly off axis.
I love your videos Abi ... you explain technology so nicely and comprehensively !!!
Great review. It seams that LG is way behind in LED TV's with their QNED models for 2023.
They try to promote and push them little bit on the market by throwing free examples reviewers all over the world and we can see and hear same generic info about them. No one measure peak brightnes, dimming zones and all other good stuff.
That's why i have way more respect for people and channels like RTINGS who bought TV with their own money!!!
They've been behind for years because of their insistance on using IPS panels which lag way behind VA panels on contrast.
They also seem to have confusing names.
@@FURognarqn90c bigger sizes are IPS too... Bad take
@@Gadottinho yeah thats no bueno. IPS is better than it used to be but you still give up some contrast.
@@Gadottinhoin europe we get VA on QN85C and QN90C instead of IPS
This TV punches SO HARD for gamers I bought the 85 for $1999 on sale at Best Buy. It does have a little blooming in some areas watching movies but you kinda have to look at it to see it ( I am sensitive to blooming i have an LG oled so I like black}. Upscaling on UA-cam could be a touch better. I have the 4k MAX app and it is mind blowing good. Best way to describe is you get what you give with content, feed it good signals and you will get what you paid for. The highlight pop on this tv will have you questioning oled a bit in some scenes, that is something I really want you to take away if you read this. TV is a solid 9 IMO.
It's been the 2nd year since samsung didn't increase the zone counts. Let's hope that next year, they make significant changes.
TCL has eclipsed their zone count this year.
For such a high price it's very disappointing.
QN90A we have sounds like a solid tv still then 55inch
I would love to see Rtings do a deep dive on the average living room dimensions, seating arrangement, and lighting. I don't think I've ever found a living room where viewing angles weren't a problem at the edge of the couch, much less with the ubiquitous "to old people in separate chairs" layout. Who's the target market for these VA panel TV's? Single people with no friends and one chair in a windowless apartment?
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I've had VAs in the living room for a long time now. Mounting on an arm mount solves vast majority of seating situations and I have a family of 4. You know 90%+ people aren't discerning enough to notice slight color washout unless you go out of your way to point it out. Most people won't notice it unless they're at an extreme oblique angle.
Been using VA panels for a decade. Even knowing their faults I still don't notice 99% of the time.
I mean a lot of that will depend on size and viewing distance. Most people don't sit really close to a giant tv so viewing angles generally aren't a problem. Obviously if you have a really tiny living room and want to put a massive tv in it, you will need to plan accordingly. But that is not most people.
I just setup my Samsung Q90C. Used the expert calibration. I am very picky with movies and sandy grainy issue on many movies and it depends on what I am watching. Any movies where there is a landscape scene intentional blurriness, like The Flash, there is a sandy grainy quality to the picture. The main subject comes in very clear and fine, especially video games. In one movie there was a panorama and the main subjects are walking in a valley the picture is quite grainy instead of the intended blur that you would get from looking at something from a distance. Absolutely show and plays games better than my 8 year old Samsung curved, but not movies. The old Samsung shows things in the distance with a proper blur not a grainy blur. How weird.
I’ve just setup the Q70C and the issue you are having with movies, I’m having in both movies and gaming. Very sandy grainy + blurriness. Almost like watching a video at 720p despite the screen and quality being set on 2160p
@NSX-ki4bd weird right?
@@j01150126 I had a technician come over and he said it is normal, not a defect. And he said “Honestly, this is normal, just increase your viewing distance up until you can’t see it anymore. I can send it to the shop but so long as there aren’t any dead pixels I promise they’ll send it back as is as fixed without doing any tests” … so anyway I now I have a Q70C listed for sale like new 😂 might switch to LG, Sony, or Panasonic.
Mounted our 55" QN90C to the wall yesterday and it looks absolutely fantastic! I would say it looks better than my Coolermaster GP27Q 1440p monitor with 576 zones at 27"
So far i have been very impressed but havent hooked up the PC to try gaming (yet)
congratulations. any ghosting/double image / trailing... in games?
@PcGamingForFun No its been really good! Oddly it seems better than my monitor with far more zones!
I have the 43 inch as a PC monitor and love it
Until you realise how horribly intense the ghosting is. And how the mid-dark blue colors are way too bright and overlapping, as if there's only 1 tint of blue.
I'm about to return mine.
@@HiddenDeadX I don't know about the blue colors. Mine looks pretty close to my a80j OLED. As for the motion. It doesn't bother me. I came from a worse VA panel monitor. This thing is an upgrade all around.
I've had my 43" for PC desktop now for a month. I sit in front of this for 10+ hrs a day, mainly for desktop work (not publishing type work though) and some gaming in the evening. Whilst it is not perfect, for me the advantages of this over the 32" 1440p monitor it replaced, far outweigh the disbenefits. Everyone's mileage will vary and I understand if some wouldn't get on with it. For me I took a punt on this knowing that there was a chance I would end up ditching it. For me though, I'm really glad I took the gamble.
I'm about to buy this to change my Gigabyte M27Q 1440p. Would you say this 43" model on Qn90c is a significant upgrade? I play mostly single player story games and I use both PC with a 4060ti and a PS5. I plan to use it both as a monitor an occasional streaming netflix.
@@gabrielgutierrez6086 HDR alone is a huge upgrade. You'll appreciate gaming and watching the media on this.
Would’ve been nice to actually show us on the tv “ itself “ instead of slides!
Just got my Qn90c 85" on sale and its outstanding.
Same here! Got a great deal on mine. Absolutely fantastic!
Very glad you guys like your TV's! I just ordered my Qn90c 43'' and i can't wait to test it. The main reason i bought it is to enjoy hogwarts legacy alot more. Coming from an 10 years old 37'' 60HZ 1080P LG TV it will make a huge difference!
@@teeaymusik9811 Watch some 4k/8k HDR videos from YT when you get your TV. Absolutely gorgeous!!
Oled or the 85 qn90c for gaming and movies?
@@MrGerardoMarquez I have the QN90C and its very good for gaming. The picture quality is almost perfect and with 144hz everything is smooth. Also movies are a whole new experience. I never really watched movies but since i have this TV i began to watch them because the quality is so nice.
What is the difference QN92c vs QN90c?
Better blooming better sound
Great review! Does the QN95C have better processing, specifically upscaling and color gradients, or is the processing the same as the QN90C? Thanks!
Most likely same processing quality since the processor is still the same neural quantum version
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Sounds like the QN85c is way better than QN90c.
Thank you for the review.
I bought the 55 inch for $899.00. Beautiful picture, unfortunately screen had a terrible light bleed clearly visible during dark movie scenes.
The blooming is what ruins this TV, other then that it's nice
The 75 inch was £3,999 when it first came out, it is now £1,999 but can be got cheaper with money back deals, I ending up getting it with 20% cash back so £1600, there are good deals out there and this TV is a bargain at that price, no dolby vision but I can live with that!
There's a few things that no reviewer really talks about. I want to know how many mini LED's each size has and what the differences in number is compared to last year's model. The older 43 inch model from 2022 did not have anti reflecting coating did they resolve that in the 2023 version? And something that the 2022 models had was that you can't fast forward on h.265 videos it can only play the video's but it can't scroll through them. Has this been fixed?
Thanks! Have you ever thought about showing the differences in ... lets call it clarity? by using the simple "adjust clear type text" using a connected pc? My personal 55qn90c panel fails in all regards. It simply can´t show text (white on black + black on white) correctly. My marco pictures show orange and blue beeing lit up as well on the border between black and white. Orange on the left and blue on the right. VLC playing in native resolution has its time counter skewed wth the ":" beeing a brighter blue than black. And whatever i try to clear or smooth out: the text always looks like it needs anti aliasing. Coming from a 50qn94c, which can brilliantly be misused as a pc monitor if the desk has 40 inch depth, this .. "ads"? panel seems to be not fit for work. I´ve read your article and setting suggestions and have tried even the wrong settings (anything but 4.4.4). Could anybody kindly test this as well? And it is not only medicore in its upscaling. BG3 Charactes have less detail than on my 50qn90a: I´ve made a burly blue eyed ork with fairly visible eyelashes that look far too feminine on him. Those are simply gone in any portrait picture. And his cheek tatoo hard can be seen. I´m still testing to see what i could be doing wrong..
Thanks Abby. Sony dont do the x93 in 55 tho.
Great video , i thought the qn90c has 504 dimming zones though for 65 inch instead of 720. Maybe 504 is for 55 inch version?
...I have a Q70R...is the QN90C worth the "upgrade"? Both are close in the mixed usage rating on your site. I am waiting to pull the trigger on this TV...
@3:16 my screen shows nothing below the row with "Recent" and "On now"... Despite being logging into multiple services... Any idea why this could be??
Why Samsung tvs doesn't concentrate on upscaling department 🤔
Abby you are the best at TV reviews. I like your style it's very detailed and everything is made crystal clear 😊.
abby is my favorite presenter
Does the qn90c 43 inch come with multiview?
I'm thinking of getting this as a pc monitor for gaming as you can not get better HDR on a monitor at this price.
Can Samsung's QN90C 46" screen tvs have a Samsung Q990D or Q910D soundbar's center rest the top of the tv's stand while not blocking the tv's frame?
Buyed the 43qn90c for ps5 gaming and as a big pc monitor will be delivered tomorrow, I hope it will work out for me.
We hope so too! Let us know what you think!
Samsung would be a world beater if they could figure out image processing.
The sony that you guys reccomended that is better is $1000 more but it's not $1000 more better I own both lcd and oleds I bought an oled and regretted it as it was in a well lit room now it's in my dark bedroom works just fine lcd is still king in lit rooms
My living room mirror has less reflection than that !
Because of the IPS panel, the QN90c is really no better than LG's QNED offerings with the same IPS tech.
Samsung cut corners for more profit by not using a better VA panel on all QN90c panel size options .
I have an LG model number 55UM7400 that does HDR quite well apart from live sport (Sky and TNT Ultra HD). The picture is too dark when watching football. If I upgrade to the QN90C, 50 inch, will I see a noticeable difference in the picture quality, or is the HDR on this LG just as good? Cheers.
Is the blooming effect across all the qn90c sizes? Also, does it depend on the product you get you from retailer or its an issue across the board?
No, blooming is barely noticeable on my 85 qn90c. Only regret is not buying it after superbowl cause it got a big price drop. Mini led don't worry about picture image
I got the 55. It’s incredible.
Yes i ended up buying one on a very cheap sale via samsung excellent tv so far no complaints
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Nice! What mode are you using. I am using Standard mode, movie or film maker too dim for me. @@DaUnboxerPS
a WOled and Oled, with less brightness vs a high brightness tv like led qled, mini led qled vs upcoming microled TV which are also has self lighting features. Which one is perfect will survive longer?
Oled have more contrast in a room that doesn’t get a lot of sunlight oled will be nicer. Although mini led seems you can get a bigger screen for less money so if a big screen is wanted for a more affordable price mini led is the way to go! You can get the qn90c with 85 inch screen for $2200 a C3 oled is 3300 for 83 inch
Please review those eyeglasses too
Samsung qn90c 65inch, or
Sony x90l 65inch, which is the best tv please tell me am confusing...
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Great gaming TV for PlayStation 5 and Xbox series x... QN 90b 2022 even better than 2023 c model
No 90c is beter
How is the upscaling compared to external devices like Chromecast or Apple TV? Is a chromecast going to improve streaming quality?
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which panel is better for gaming with this tv IPS OR VA?
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How does it compare to x90L? Would you choose x90l or QN90C?
X93L is not available in india and x90L has very less dimming zones but have heard it handles blooming better. So bit confused with x90l vs QN90C or even S90C..they all are priced very similar in India. Need good brightness also.
Go for the U8K.
You act like they don’t have a website with a comparison tool
@@jollama I am aware they have but numbers dont define everything. Seeing both tv's side by side is a different thing all together which cannot be represented by ratings methodology.
Rting-just a suggestion how about you start recording and upload video of tvs in their review playing same content in exact same lighting and give an option to view it side by side
Go for X90l!
I got a similar comparison between the same three(s90c, qn n x), and took me a week to decide to go with Sony due to its image processing upscale and brightness..though it has some blooming which can be seen
Sounds like OLED is the better option if you aren't afraid of burn in. The point of Min-LED is to have better blooming control but the QN90C can't even get that right even with the better hardware therefore defeats the purpose of getting it. I have an X90L, and an OLED monitor, both are good but at night I prefer my OLED even at the smaller size, and even though the upscaling doesn't look as amazing as on the X90L. Consider what your use case is first before picking between the S90C, and the X90L.
65" qn92c what is in europe have VA panel. thats not such small difference
Are you sure it has Nvidia GSync??
Looks like it does not?!
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Can you test Nvidia Shield TV 2019 upscaling? If it would make any difference on TVs with bad upscaling
We can't make any guarantees, but we'll pass this along to the rest of the team for additional consideration!
Sony may have better processing, but my 2yr old Bravia died last year. UNREPAIRABLE! Totally insane to make such an expensive product be disposable! I was a sony fan for the past 30yrs, too.
But can you tell me if the 50" will be fine for me? 50" is all I can fit with still being comfortable in my basement so will I be fine with this tv in the 50" size?
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I'm currently split between this tv and Sony X90K, both VA panels, which one do you think is better?
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One more thing this tv looses eye poping the further you get but guess what your living room is probably not 20 feet or longer this is the only down fall from a watching stand point the oled distance stays constant and crisp this is great to enjoy for like close up living room maby like 12 feet away oled goes strong at more angles but oled is kind of boring watched side by side no a big difference however the Best Buy guy blames the wi fi
Hello! Which OLED model in your opinion is best in minimizing burn-in - S90C, C3 or A80L?
They’re not answering you
@@jollama Thank you for your response.
I think lg prolly has the best burn in prevention not sure tho. If I were you I would just get it from best buy and get the burn in warranty. But honestly really shouldn't worry about burn unless you just watch the new all day or something. I got an LG c1 for 2 years now and play videogames for hours on it and got no burn in. Ima get a qdoled next tho
@@theelusivememe1772 Don’t type if you yourself don’t know the answer. You’re causing more confusion
@@jollama I'll do what I want dude
what is the difference between the QN90C and QN94C?
The QN94C has Ultimate UHD Dimming Pro Micro Dimming, theoretically providing them with slightly better local dimming than the QN90C. But we haven't tested it so we can't confirm for sure
qn 92-94c is in europe and has va panel and 70 watt boxes, the dimming zones are the same with 720, i opened the service menü
@@CS-pd8zv the qn90c here in Europe is almost 300 Euro cheaper than the qn94c and they are pretty much the same so strange 😅
Thanks Abby
You mentioned Sony. Have you reviewed the sony X95L yet?
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Which tv should i buy Sony x90L or samsung qn90c both 65 inch, i am from india and getting both for the same price at ~ $1700
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Abby is a fantastic presenter. The way she does it so naturally is very rare. Not sure what she is paid, but my gut feeling tells me she needs a raise or she will be nubbed to another site. I think LMG could pay her much more and she'd might be a good fit!
If I use an apple tv, will that solve the smoothing issue then?
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I got the QN85C and yeah, the low quality content smoothing isn’t great, especially on FuboTV.
My question is, if I got another device, like an Amazon fire stick, would watching Fubo on that have better picture quality? I’m wondering if doing that would have the other device do the image processing and maybe the picture quality would be better, although on my current Apple TV 4K Fubo doesn’t look much better.
Otherwise, another gray review Rtings, keep up the good work!
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Very good video!
No Dolby is…a problem…
Samsung qn90c 65 inch which panel
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VA panel or ABS Panel which is the best panel please tell me
@@nu25147 ips is better for games and is more clearer
@@PcGamingForFunva better
I have to disagree this tv is amazing the contrast is great almost 7 out of 10 upscale is at about a 6.8 the motion and brightness is were you want you don’t want an oled stale picture great uniformity yes great contrast yes exciting picture yes but it’s more like your watching something out of this world the qled is more like you ate a special candy and your in a movie big difference both great but this tv outranks Sony because Sony still has blooming on the 93l and is about perfect at the x95l but that’s top of the line and pictures get great detail and smoothness yet slightly lack enthusiasm towards the film goals
right on time
Please do a video review of the samsung ark 55"
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@@RTINGSdotcom O like to see if is better ark 55"or qn90c 55"
What would be a better buy for a darker room: Sony A80L oled, LG C3 oled, or Samsung S90c oled?
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I'd go with the S95C if you're deadset on an OLED TV.
Dts s next to atmos😮
shocked its an IPS panel
I heard it was ADS.
@@TimothyTurtle32 - Basically the same thing. ADS is a variant of IPS panel.
Improved variant...
@@Kryptic1046 A variant that doesn't have the problems of IPS. Which is something people seem to ignore.
Fell in love you both❤
Post calibration?
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My tv has the rainbow like effect with light sources and its a qn90c is this a fault?
When tv is off ofcourse.
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Is it worth ro upgrade to qn90c instead of qn85c.??
Is it alot diffrence.?
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If LED tv's on their negatives appear 'some blooming' on OLED tv's should appear 'burn-in in just x months'
Qn90c is different from qn90cd?
It’s just a warehouse variant! The CD variant has slightly better speakers and a longer warranty but otherwise performs the same
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Amy I am sorry but I disagree with your review. It Is terrible when it comes to glare!!! We close all of our window shades during the day time. In the evening we can’t use our table lamps because the glare is so bad. My wife and I fight over the best place to sit in order to avoid the glare! The Samsung channel selection system is slow, we are always waiting for the channel to show up. Yes we have great cable WiFi. Our doesn’t have any problematic in bedroom has great. I highly do not recommend this tv! I am about to sell and hope I get half my money back! Oh! I have advertise it the day it is working. It would be great for a gamer in a dark room sitting in front of tv! Great picture when you can see it!
Was on sale and on my target budget but I think I'll wait for a year or two more.
What’s up with the bright spot in the lower left corner at 05:27?
Good question. That is strange......
@@asafblasbergvideographer it’s like a dimming zone died. Samsungs QC sucks
It's definitely wonky, but it's seems to be the lower left hidden task bar blooming 😰
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Could you please review the TCL C845? Happy to donate ❤
The 845 is ancient.
@@FURognar : (reading this while considering buying a C645 for my bedroom).
@@FURognarhalf a year and a TV is ancient? ok dude
@@Rawzix I was thinking of the Q825. The C845 must be a european model
Is it add free?
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for some stupid reason X93L is NA only
Cope
but it lacks the reason for going for a Sony this year
Did I just watch a Sony ad?
I went OLED now I can't go back
Yeah, like OLED pop but miss some details and some retention issues.
@@TimothyTurtle32 yea I understand that but them black bars be dark as night no light bleed a total joy to watch movies and game on it, I just can't go back but i know the OLED technology drawbacks definitely taken preventive measures
@@NuttnButKungfu True, but I'll deal with those issues rather than go back to QLED. Every time I do the difference is IMMEDIATELY apparent.
How can anyone take VA or IPS?
So this was sponsored by Sony