Samsung - 55" Class - LED - Q6F Series - 2160p - Smart - 4K UHD TV with HDR

Q: what is the difference between a QLED and an OLED TV besides the price?

A: QLED is an LED. It is playing off OLED for marketing. It is their top of the line LED with a “full array” . LEDs get their light from a bunch of back lights, the more backlights (if you smashed your tv you would see a bunch of lights” a good LED vs a crappy one would have less lights. The more, the better contrast and bleeding, aliasing, etc. “Bleeding” is a term used define light that bleeds off a “pixel” (a dot on the screen that makes your whole image”. UHD 4K is 3840x2160 (4x more than 1920x1080 aka 1080p, a TV standard). With backlights if you have a big white circle in the middle of the black screen you will see bleeding, depending on how good the TV and how pro your eye is, will depend on how much. Look at the promos of a OLED vs LED (QLED) vs an OLED with Dolbyvision HDR. The contrast is not compatible to a professional colorist or VFX supervisor (which I am). LED if you don’t mind the less contest (the difference between blacks and whites) and that the white circle I discussed above bleeds a little white into the black (learn why by reading my OLED quick definition) then save money and get an LED but mind your remember to look at the images on the promos. The LED stuff shows all colorful and full screen stuff while the OLED stuff is always showing off black and white images and colors on blacks. In a word, OLED just look better when there are lots of blacks and lots of movement (especially with blacks). Contrast is not king of LEDs. Plasmas were as good or better than OLEDs but somehow lost out to LESs because I think the margin on the TVs was higher on LEDs and they are already low margins. So big nutshell, sorry, if LED looks just fantastic to you get it but... OLED is a pixel for pixel affair. In the above LED example on a 3840x2160 UHD LED, a full array I believe is 24 back lights, an OLED doesn’t have any. “Wait I thought you said more backlights is a better LED” and I did but OLED EVERY SINGLE PIXEL is lit on its own, like an iPhone X (not the 11) and pretty much all computer screens and ones like the Retina display have more pixels per inch than the standard 72dpi (dots per inch). On an OLED TV there are 3840x2160 backlights essentially but they are not backlights, they are the individual pixels on the screen and each one is its own color. You can have a perfectly white and perfectly black set of 30 pixels (or one) right next to each other and the light from one pixel WILL NOT bleed into the color or brightness of its neighbor giving you near perfect contrast and eliminating things like aliasing (the artifacts created by image. Also has to do with the CODEC (compressor/decompressor) of the image but I won’t get into that to keep it simpler. OLEDs are more like plasma and look smooth like plasma for this reason. It has HDR DolbyVision with near perfect contrast and to the more initiated eye, a much better image like one on a good computer screen. Final word, aside OLED being better for picture because every single pixel is its own backlight, because there are no backlights, the TV is light and small. Next time your shopping take your phone and put it on the side bevel of an OLED, it’s thinner than your phone and WAY lighter. Try to lift the OLED, you can lift an entire side with one hand. So the cons of each, if a pixel dies on an OLED, it is gone forever but there are millions of them and some WILL die over time and it is not cost effective to fix but even worse if an LED backlight dies, it will do significant damage to your TV and is fixable but also expensive but not prohibitively and usually covered for a year or two. I have a Sony Bravia 42” that is 14 years old 1080p and never hard a problem with it. I love LG but mine got grey lines because the mother board shorted or something and it’s not worth fixing because I can get a better TV than it for the less than fixing it if I got an LED. That said, the OLED dead pixels now go black by design because you rarely see an all white image and often are dark scenes or completely blacks screen hiding “dead pixels” remember there are literally millions of them. If you take millions of anything, something is bound to happen to one of them. Some people have 10s of dead pixels and have no idea. Hands down if money is not a factor and you want the best, OLED, and there is no subjectively here, it’s objectively better. BUT is the diet difference which is significant, especially today, you can get a quality 65” LED for $1000 while a quality OLED is $2100 for a 65” and if you want a 75-85, you’re talking $4k vs $1500 difference (approximations on both) and is it worth it to you. For me, the 65” price difference vs quality to price is worth the OLED but as I said I’m a VFX supervisor and I can see things many dont from 25 years at staring and judging images on a screen. It all depends on what you want to do. It should be noted that OLEDs are for all the reasons stated MUCH better in bright rooms because of the individual pixels having their own set of color, greyscale and light. I hope this helps. There is so much more to say but these are the main differences. I promise. Good luck and ask your friends who have both and have a look at the houses, the promos are obviously made to sell TVs and so it’s not the best to judge.

Q: What is the exact width between stands on a Samsung 55" QLed q6f tv?

A: The width between the stands of the TV is 38.3".

Q: What is the difference between this tv and the 55q6fam for 999 at Best Buy? Are the differences worth the extra couple hundred dollars?

A: There is a couple differences. The q6fn does not come with a one connect box whereas the fa does. Also the Q6FN comes with ambient mode and Bixby and what that means is itll be able to blend to your wall so u don't really see it. Go to your local bestbuy to see a demo. Also the Bixby is a more intuitive voice control and smart features. Also the Q6fn is going to have better dimming for your contrast which is your black and whites. Either one is a great deal but I would recommend goin with the q6fn over the q6fa. Q6fa is 2017 model and the q6fn is a 2018 model

Q: What is the width of the base? I will put this on a table 38” wide.

A: Its exactly 38" on the 55" version. I have mine on a 42" stand and it has a couple inches on each side. So you would be cutting it close. Added some pics. Hope that helps.

Q: I need the measurements between stand legs. I have a Bose sound bar that doubles as a TV stand. So I just need to know if the sound bar will still hold the TV on top of it, or will the sound bar fit in between the legs of the stand. Can anyone help?

A: The stand legs measure 38 inches from left to right and 9 inches from front to back, on 4 points. However, the legs canter inwards towards the center of the television (they area at an angle), so placing anything between them would have to be no more than 35 inches long and 3 nches tall. Ref: Sansung Q6f

Q: What is the Hz Rate for the Samsung Q6F?

A: True refresh rate of 120hz. Everything else is "sales fluff."

Q: is this TV able to be used with wireless headphones via blue tooth?

A: Yes it has Bluetooth. I used apple wireless earbuds and Sony wireless headphones with mine.

Q: I was told the QLED is very susceptible to screen burn and that its not covered by the warranty. Has anyone experienced this?

A: My extensive research informed me that OLEDs get "burn in" but QLEDs don't.