Samsung - 65" Class - LED - NU8000 Series - 2160p - Smart - 4K UHD TV with HDR

Compared this 65 inch tv with the Sony 800F and LGSK9000. I think I will keep it , although I am kinda regretting not going with the LG for $400 more. I have concluded that all these tvs have their pluses and minuses. The higher you pay the more you get. This unit is decent and well priced vs competitors. If I were to bump up my budget I would have gone with Sony 900F or perhaps Samsung QLED. With that said, here are the pluses for the NU8000: 1) good black levels - yesterday I clicked the pause button right after a show ended and the screen was displaying pure black. I thought the tv turned off. 2) good color out of the box. Like most tvs it is a little on the cool side. Could use more color presets. If you are good with RGB sliders (I am not) you can fine tune the gain and bias . In the end I went with standard with slight tint towards green. Depends on content but this looks good for skin tones and uniform colors. TV is wide gamut which is good for displaying colors but stuff that isn't color manged properly such as show banners might look over saturated. 3) good picture quality. Not too saturated or too much contrast - crystal clear for 4K content and sports (more on that below) 4) no bad pixels, banding, light bleeding or other screen issues on my unit 5) sound was better than I expected. It was okay for tv. I did watch one HBO show yesterday that I thought sounded terrible but everything else has been okay. 6) viewing angle is adequate. I have a sectional couch about 15 feet from the tv. All seats are good. If you go off angle than picture does drop off quickly. Here are the negatives: 1) It won't hold my wifi signal. Router is from BigCable Inc, only two years old and is 15 feet from tv. No excuse for dropping signal. 2) Samsung apps on Smart Hub stink. Direct TV Now app is still in beta and not functioning properly. Very annoying. Luckily I have 3rd gen Fire TV which works flawlessly. I also like the interface better on the Fire TV. 4) not a lot of apps in the Samsung app store. No PBS, no AMC. Again, Fire TV makes up for it. 3) Included within SmartHub are free Samsung streaming channels. These channels are total garbage and I wish I could deinstall them. 4) Since I am using HDMI source for Fire TV I sometimes change my source to the TV's SmartHub without shutting down Amazon Fire. Am I double streaming at that point? Not sure. I'm most likely just going to use the Fire TV and ditch Smart Hub for reasons above. Feel like that part of the tv is useless and a total waste of money. One final thought, Pay attention to 'Soap Opera Effect' I love how with auto motion turned on I feel like I am right there watching the action. Great for sports and even talk shows,. You can see every detail. Not so good for ty dramas and movies. Makes the show look like a tv/movie 'set' that you are watching rather then the story. Some people are more affected by this than others. All 4K tvs have this issue but some may deal with it better or worse. Samsung NU8000 allows you to turn it off or customize it, but I have no idea what the custom controls are doing. I just set it to auto or off depending on what I am watching. In the end I would recommend for price and picture quality ; but only if you have a Roku, Fire tv, or other device for reasons above.

I was in the middle of my research when my non-smart Sony Wega finally passed. The motherboard started to go so I began to do as much research as possible; so when the lamp finally gave out I was ready. I'd been researching the Samsung, Sony, and LG 65" TVs to determine which one I was going to buy. I visited the local Best Buy 3-4 times to talk to the guys in the TV section; they were VERY Helpful. I went with the Samsung because the color is simply brilliant; and that wasn't even the top or high mid-line model. Side by side with the next model up you could actually see the difference in color and sharpness; but another $5-600 in price (tv, warranty and tax) just didn't make sense since I knew I wouldn't even be able to tell when it was alone in my family room. The only hiccough was the remote went wonky and wouldn't connect so I called Samsung and they are sending a replacement. The quality of the color and the depth of the picture is amazing, you actually feel like you are there. I've read reviews about people having to tweak and adjust colors to get it perfect; but mine looked great right out of the box - but like I said I'm not a videophile. If you are an average Joe looking for good quality and a decent deal this set was a great bargain - it's already marked down about $400-500 from it's original listing of $1700+ and if you watch they'll pair it with a sound bar for an even better deal. I would recommend a sound bar if you don't already have one - these new TVs with the speakers in the back are tough to hear; plus with the sound bar pushing the sound forward, I can be watching an action movie with the sound blowing my hair back and no one upstairs can hear the TV because of speakers are facing away from the door!

I purchased this as a replacement for an ancient DLP that finally died. It's in the loft as a second TV for gaming, TV and movie viewing. Our primary TV is an older and slightly smaller Samsung 3D TV located in the family room, and is an connected to a full blown 7.2 entertainment system. The good. Great native menus for configuring it, decent internal speakers although I quickly disabled them and opted for a receive/external speaker setup. Easy to use and fairly intuitive menus. Plenty of ports, so no worries there either. Got it on sale so it didn't break the bank. I had it professionally wall mounted so can't speak to unpacking, or mounting of the stand. The not so good. Although the image seems bright, fairly crisp with great colors, non 4K content from Blu-ray movies and TV seem to not render action/motion as clearly as my 6 year-old Samsung 3D TV in the family room? This was totally unexpected, and although my old and smaller 3D TV cost more than this and runs at 200 motion rate, I assumed a model literally generations newer with a faster processor would look just as good at 120 motion rate. Sadly, it doesn't and the lesson has been learned. I can't speak to 4K rendering because I don't have yet have any content, but will eventually need to replace the family room older Samsung 3D TV with an 82". Because of the minor motion annoyance of my new 120 motion rate TV, I'm going to spend the money because the 200 motion rate image clarity is worth it. In summary, I recommend viewing it in the store first, and truth be told, if you're upgrading from a slower TV, you'll probably be blown away by this. However, if you're looking to replace an older yet faster model, either scratch up a little more dough or risk being underwhelmed. Bang for buck - it's worth it because it was a LOT more affordable than a similarly sized, high-end 200 motion rate TV, and for the kids loft area works perfectly.

The Samsung 65" NU8000 must be the least reliable product on the market. I picked up one after my 9-year-old Panasonic Plasma HDTV was struck by lightning (Panasonic no longer makes TVs, so I needed a new brand). The first Samsung (of 2!) had a super-noticeable "bright spot" in the center of the screen the size of 3 quarters that looked like a constant sun glare. It was significantly brighter than the rest of the screen and was a manufacturing abnormality. Best Buy noticed it immediately when I returned it and exchanged the unit for a 2nd Samsung. The 2nd Samsung had its own problems. There were bands of non-uniform back-lighting, but I was willing to live with that. What I couldn't live with was the TV's continual loss of signal through the HDMI ports. You'd be watching a movie, and suddenly the TV's "smart hub channel" would switch on by itself. Once I disabled the smart hub channel so that it didn't default to that when the signal dropped, I saw what was really happening... the smart hub was starting by itself when the HDMI signal dropped. With the hub disabled, the screen would flash to black for 2-3 seconds on a regular basis. Sometimes it was just the screen going black, sometimes the sound went out too. It was happening like 3-5 times during a typical movie. I tried everything... changed settings on all of my devices, updated the TV software, replaced all of my HDMI cables with premium certified ones, even hooked my Samsung 4k Blu-ray player straight to the TV, bypassing the stereo receiver. Nothing fixed the problem.... still the HDMI picture would drop 3-5 times over the course of 2 hours. Thankfully, Best Buy allowed me to exchange the TV for a Sony XBR65X850F. I plugged the Sony in using all of the same cables and devices, and the Sony worked flawlessly. I'll never touch anything by Samsung ever again. Stay far, far away from this Samsung, guys.

Here's the bad news: This Samsung doesn't have the incredible, looking-through-the-glass picture quality of the high-priced and highly rated LG OLED TV. Here's the good news: It doesn't have the price tag of that OLED TV. If you're in the market for a high-quality UHD TV that is more reasonably priced than the top-tier sets, this Samsung is definitely worth considering. The picture is sharp, with rich contrast and deep blacks. I watch a lot of sports, and there's very little motion drag. It's not the picture of an OLED or a QLED, but it's exceptional. The set itself is sleek. It's remarkably thin for a 65-inch set, and the bezels are small. If you're using a stand, it's easy to set up, It juts out from the front of the set a bit, but it's okay for my TV cabinet. As is becoming more common, the remote control is minimalist, with no digits and only a few buttons. It took a couple of minutes to figure out the volume is button is an up/down motion, not a press down. It wasn't intuitive. The setup itself was super easy and took only a few minutes. Samsung has impressively simplified the initial start up. There are higher quality 4K TVs that you can buy. If you don't want to shell out high dollars, this TV is a great value.

I love Samsung products and have bought them in the past. The picture quality of this tv did not disappoint. It is great even in a sunny room and at all angles. That stated right off, I have to say I was surprised at many of the lower standard annoyances we encountered with this tv. Stand that was included, not very sturdy for such a large and expensive tv (65"). One thin center pedestal and a small thin horizontal strip to balance on. Can easily topple if bumped or young kids touch the screen. Had to strap tv to the table for security. The speakers are located in the back of tv, so sound doesn't project out into the room. Cranked it up full blast (99) and still not very loud. Needed to connect a separate sound system. Instructions for set up very lacking. One scant page of vague instruction, no help line, email, website, or tech phone # to contact with questions anywhere. Took 3 hours to figure it out and get it to play in HD image. Really satisfied with this tv now, but you better be tech savvy to set up or enlist help, expect to use a separate sound system, if you plan on hanging it on a wall you'll be all set since it's very thin and light, but if you want it on a tv table, buy a better stand or security straps for safety.

I had originally went to BestBuy last night to look at the LG 65" sk8000 as it supports Dolby Vision as well as HLG and HDR-10. The salesman told me they didn't have it in stock and sold me on getting this tv instead. He repeatedly assured me that it supported Dolby Vision and was a great cable/satellite 1080i/1080p to 4K upscaler. It wasn't until I got home, unpacked it, and set it up that I realized he had lied on both fronts. This does a HORRIBLE job at upscaling my Xfinity cable (1080i) connection and does NOT support Dolby Vision. In fact, despite postive upscaling reviews online, the upscaler is so bad that my parents older Toshiba (which only costed them $300+) does a much better job up upscaling from 1080i/1080p. The Samsung NU8000 makes everyone and everything (other than still pics and 4k media look blurry/muddy, with tiny pixelated dots (digital remnants) in areas like eyes and mouths or basically in any moving areas. The motion also looks a bit weird and not natural at all. All in all, I am very disappointed with this tv and will be returning it today for a refund. Helpful tip: When purchasing a tv, remember to do your homework first. Also, remember that tvs on display are playing 4k media not streaming cable tv. So, you cannot test their upscaling capabilities unless the salesperson actually switches the tv to cable input. So ask them to switch it before you buy.

This tv is great for the price. It gives some astounding colors without being saturated. However I thought I saw some motion blur which could've been my internet provider (I stream all my content). For the price I wasn't ok with this being a problem. I ended up taking it back and tried a Sony. Immediately regretted it and packed up my second 65" tv in two weeks. After the Sony though, I realized I wanted the vibrant colors Samsung had to offer. The uhd tv is really good, it's not qled but whatever you're doing the picture will look great. After upgrading my wifi router I haven't had an orobkems with the q6 so it seems my internet could've been the problem when I owned this tv. It has a really easy setup, took about 25minutes from cutting the tape to stashing the box and logging into all my streaming services. Tv comes with a simple but useful remote that makes it easy to use and navigate. I would recommend this tv to anyone that doesn't want to justify the $2500+ for a nice sized qled.