Samsung - 65" Class - LED - Q6F Series - 2160p - Smart - 4K UHD TV with HDR

First, I'm upgrading from a 10 year old plasma tv, so needless to say, the picture looks amazing to me by comparison. But, I am constantly being prompted to rent movies when ever I turn on the tv because of Samsung's proprietary "Universal Guide App." It's not subtle - the prompt takes up the bottom half of the screen while trying to navigate to the intended channel or app. You will have to exit out of the screen (pic below) before you are able to watch what you are wanting to watch. These ads will come up each time you turn the tv on, or hit the home button (which you need to do to operate a majority of the tv functions). The app was billed as a one-stop app for aggregating all of your favorite shows from Netflix or Amazon Prime or YouTube TV (I'm a recent Cord Cutter). This is not correct. Instead, whenever the tv is turned on or you hit the home screen, the app's rental advertisements launch from the home screen prompting you to rent a "recommended" movie for $2.99 - $4.99. I've researched this, and there is no way to turn this feature off. A Samsung forum dedicated to complaining about the app is here: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/TVs/Universal-Guide-App/td-p/395635 Be forewarned, Samsung does not let you turn this feature off. Best Buy does not really allow you to test the tv interfaces, so I'm checking at other stores to see what I want to get when I return this set. The user interface really ruins what could be an otherwise great product. But the picture looks nice (they all do).

So it has been time to replace my Panasonic 42” plasma which works perfect. Paid $2k for it in 2006. I have been watching black fridays for last 2yrs.. Yes i am picky n thrifty. So black friday 2018 i ordered the Samsung curved 7100, got it set it up and was underwhelmed plus white lines on football fields were more green than white, so maybe i got a bad one or not, though the clarity was not to my liking either and since plasmas are pretty dang good tv’s and my home theatre upconverts to 4k i needed better. So back it went. As it is you cannot really tell how good a tv is in the showroom since they all play super hi quality digital recordings and look the same. No matter price they all are pretty much same picture. So hard to tell. My brother has a Sony and i love it since they use a different panel, no degradation from an angle and very good lighting, crisp picture. So i watched pricing on Sony’s but they don’t discount more than 100-200$. Watched all thru Christmas, playoffs and superbowl. So Presidents day comes and the Samsung comes down $300. and the Sony goes up $100 lol go figure both 2018 models. Sony is a great tv but just trying to be a primo brand even though there market share has shrunk considerbly in the last 2 decades. So i go to my 2nd choice the Samsung Q6 65”. Now a week later and i still love it, Great price and perfect out of the box no fine tuning needed, love the dynamic, standard, natural, cinema brightness settings. Also watch a YouTube video on my phone and poof it is on my tv with one touch. Although i did want a 75” i just could not understand or justify the 1000$ jump in price for 10” bigger screen it comes to 100$ an inch or you can buy 2 65” for just 300$ more than one 75”. Bottom line the Q6 is awesome all the way around price, picture, clarity imho.

This is a fantastic TV. The picture is absolutely beautiful and the menu/Bixby system runs flawlessly. 4K comes in beautifully and you really feel immersed when watching. The overall aesthetic of the TV is great as well, the bezel is super thin and more silver and less harsh/noticeable than the Sony X900F. I paid $1699 for my 65" Q6. We picked this up from Best Buy on Prime Day (Sorry Amazon) and while shopping it was on display right next to the Q7/Q8/Q9 and their highest MU level. What did we notice? First, the MU can't hold up next to the QLED series, even when I played with the display settings. The Q6 and Q7 picture quality was identical. I began to see a slight difference in the Q8, and the Q9 obviously had the largest lead in picture and performance. That being said, the Q8/Q9 are hundreds/thousands more. Are those TVs going to be in your home? No. Only the one you buy will be. At that point we made the decision to purchase the TV we were most OK with that met a reasonable price point and picture quality. If you are here I am sure you are searching for a TV. Are there better TVs out there? Of course. But those other TVs are hundreds if not thousands of dollars more. Is this an OLED? No. I also didn't pay $3,500 for it. People want to knock this model because its an Edge-Lit TV that isn't Full Array Local Dimming (just has the QLEDs at the bottom portion of the screen). Are you going to notice this at home? No, you aren't. You're going to see an awesome 4K display on a beautiful TV. It's direct competitor imo? The Sony X900F, which is about $200-300 more...so should it be a little bit better than the Samsung? It better be for an extra $300. I didn't like the sluggish Android App system on the X900F, the loud black bezel, and the bulk 1980's controller it came with. If you can pick up this TV on sale, I'd say go for it...especially around the $1600-1700 range.

This is a very fine TV. Colors are vivid, detail is great, and blacks are, in my opinion, almost as good as the OLED sets. In the store you can see slightly better blacks represented on a side by side comparison, but that becomes irrelevant once you get the set home. In addition, the QLED format does not appear to exhibit any tendency to ghost image burn in like the OLED has reportedly been plagued with. Pros: Set up is a very simple step through, and really does not require access to the built in e-manual, but it is available if you get stuck. Using the remote is simple because there are only a few buttons to learn. And if you don't like buttons, learn how to use just one: the microphone button. It has performed everything I needed to do. I decided to wall mount the set, and Samsung nicely included appropriate spacers for the slightly curved back. Pricing was far below OLED! Very good internal OTA tuner for those that want to cut the cable and use an antenna. Smart Hub is easily accessed and the Netflix, Hulu, Web browser, and Prime apps work quite flawlessly for me Cons: The set does not recognize Tivo products in the connection guide/setup. Probably residual resentment on Samsung's part because of a law suit between the two companies. Should not be a problem for most folks. I run my Tivo through a Marantz Pre/Pro so I was able to work around this problem. The ARC control evidences some problems. Enabling it and switching input sources confuses the Q6 and for a while it pops up a check source message. Sometimes this resolves itself, other times I have to do some intervention to select the correct source. This means I'm going to get some "Honey, I can't get the TV to work!" interruptions.

I wrote another (somewhat negative) review on this TV and my purchase experience, but it never showed up so I'm trying again. Basically it's been a saga of sorts, as I'm on my 3rd TV of the same model. The good news is the saga (hopefully) is resolved and I'm moving forward with my new TV which I love. Purchased from Best Buy online on a Black Friday deal a week before Thanksgiving. Set it up T-giving day. Two hours into watching - it quit. The tech at Samsung said it was defective, so we returned for exchange for new TV. Everyone at BB was very nice and happily exchanged my TV. The problem I did not realize until I got home was that they gave me an open-box store demo. Ugh! Couldn't take it back right away due to the holiday and an hour drive away. We used it for almost 2 weeks since I had an extended return period through the holidays. Finally returned for a brand new (never opened) box and as expected, we love it. One thing to note here is that even with the problems we had, we stuck with BB and the same model/brand TV. Keep in mind I'm coming from a smaller 1080P non-smart plasma, so I'm easily impressed. I based my purchase decision on the Black Friday deal of $1,299, which was about $100 more than the top of the line Samsung non-QLED NU8000 while grading out only slightly higher. I also wanted the Ambient mode not offered by the lower end models. As for picture settings, I used the Rtings.com website suggestions as a baseline and tweaked from there. My source material is Xfinity cable, which includes Prime Video, so I have not used the smart features much - but they seem to work fine. The only negative for me is with the 240 motion rate, which is really 120hz enhanced by internal software, but still does not compare favorably to my old plasma. I guess is pretty standard for LED TVs, so the trade off is worth it. If you can find this TV for the price I paid (or less), go for it. Otherwise, the NU8000 may be worth a look.

First the good: the 4k picture is stunning. HDR and colors look fantastic. I watch a lot of football, sports look amazing with zero motion-blur. 4k Games on my Xbox One X look fantastic. Really has the best looking picture of any TV I have owned. The bad: The apps are horrible and that's really disappointing as I bought this TV with the intention of cutting the cord for cable and using streaming services since this is a smart TV. All the apps I use do not work correctly. For example, DirecTV Now was pre-installed but it's a BETA version so I can't delete it and re-install a new version of it. It crashes, it freezes, it doesn't record programs properly, it won't play recorded shows properly. I have spent countless hours with Samsung tech support and DTV tech support. Sling TV? Same deal. ESPN app? Prone to crashing, freezing. NFL Sunday Ticket? Won't load half the time, and thank God I have an Xbox One X that I can access Sunday Ticket app on there and it works fine. Now 2 things: 1) I have FIBER internet with 800 to 1000 Mbps, my internet is screaming fast so it's not the internet that's the issue. 2) I have a TCL Roku smart TV that cost me $350 in the bedroom on the same network and ALL the apps I just described having massive issues with, I don't have ANY problems with. I would think that for a TV that cost me about $2k they would have better software and apps than my $350 but that's not the case. Samsung you can do better!

Got this TV to replace an LG 60 inch, the LG wasn't an OLED, but besides costing more than this Samsung QLED, I read OLEDs can have "screen burn" issues like the old plasmas so went with the Samsung QLED. Now, at 1299.00 this is Samsung's entry level QLED TV in a 65 inch, so they do cut a few corners to keep it at a lower price point, but most of it is unnoticeable or barely perceptible- only the edge lit LED panel lighting, instead of full array LED lighting is noticeable, but only very briefly when you change channels, not when you're actually watching. A very small nitpick. Other than that, its *superb*, with amazing color and detail, its also excellent with black and other dark colors as well since it has local dimming, and it has great motion handling. Easy set up, everything worked flawlessly right out of the box. I connected my LG soundbar with the digital fiber optic input which means you can run a soundbar in tandem with the TVs speakers, or just the soundbar by itself. The TVs internal speakers are impressive on their own, 2 speakers plus a sub, 40 watts, so in other words you may not even need a soundbar. But there's no such thing as too many speakers, so I am running both with mine. I was so impressed with the default color settings I left them alone, I bumped up the brightness a tad and that's it, it comes with some of the Eco settings turned on which made it a bit too dim in a bright room so most of the Eco settings got the boot, (although it does have selectable ambient lighting conditions dimming which is pretty cool) and now I just sit mostly sit back and marvel at just how good this thing really is. Absolutely no regrets.

I’m very happy with the picture on the TV and the smoothness of the apps and UI. Movies, TV shows, and video games all look phenomenal. Switching between inputs and apps is unbelievably smooth, and the apps open and load quickly. My only complaints: 1) Sometimes characters on TV shows and video games seem to have a spectral aura around them. I might be able to fool with the settings to eliminate this, but I haven’t found the magic setting yet. 2) There is a slight delay between turning the TV on and having it connect to the WiFi. It isn’t a huge deal, but sometimes I forget and get frustrated when Netflix won’t load. It certainly isn’t a dealbreaker for me, but if you’re very impatient, this is something to keep in mind. 3) Yesterday my girlfriend and I actually had time to sit down and watch a movie together for the first time in a very long time, but the Amazon Prime Video app wouldn’t load. It was there, and the little preview menu would load and show our watchlist, but we couldn’t open the app itself. It would click like it was going to open, but never would. I tested it when I woke up this morning, and it worked fine, but I was pretty agitated yesterday when we weren’t able to watch the movie we wanted. I upgraded from an old Vizio E-series and went with Samsung this time partly because I was so unhappy with Vizio’s apps and UI, so having issues with one of my primary apps on this TV less than a month after purchasing has me a little concerned. If I can get that aura issue fixed and have no other issues with apps between now and January, I fully intend to buy another one of these in a slightly smaller size for a different room.