Samsung - 65" Class - LED - Q8F Series - 2160p - Smart - 4K UHD TV with HDR

The picture/sound is stunning as you would expect from a QLED tv. Also enjoy the App hub and love that it auto-recognizes items we plug in and the remote instantly works with them. One thing that is annoying is the mobile APP that you are supposed to be able to use to mirror your phone/tablet to the TV only works if both the mobile device and TV are on the same wifi network. So since my network connection to the TV happens to be wired there, the APP is useless. This makes absolutely no sense. Whether I am wireless or wired, it's the same network, same IP address range. I don't think this is a feature i would use often so I am letting it go. But it must be said the cable management features on the back are severely lacking and make no sense. First, the power cord is ridiculously short, shortest i've ever had on a television. Which is fine if you are wall-mounting, but on a stand of decent size, this will cause issues. They should provide a couple different lengths to work with. Second, unlike the Q6/Q7/Q9, the Q8 has ports on the back of the tv instead a seperate box you can put anywhere that has the ports. Given the stand I have, I welcome this, except the ports are in a stupid location and face the wrong direction. If you are behind the tv, the ports are on the left side....FAR LEFT actually. Then, the ports themselves actually face the left edge of the TV instead of toward the center. This makes zero sense. Most TV stands themselves have some cable management in the center, so if you bring them up the center, you then have to run them down the left side of the TV then "curl" them 180deg to enter the ports. This puts undo stress on the cables and just looks dumb. The length of travel down the side and the "curling" make it such that you need to plan on needing cables an extra foot or two in length. There are no "hooks" or any cable management going down the side of the TV either. I used a command hook and made my own to give the cables some stress relief and make them invisibile from the front. I'm using a stand, but can't imagine mounting this on a wall with no cable management and having to run so far down the side of the TV and curling them back in. Now that I have it figured out, it's certainly something that I won't need to deal with every day, but Samsung could have made this way easier. If cable management is important to you, and you want QLED, consider the other series. I have a Q6 that has the seperate box with all the ports and it works great. In the picture I uploaded, the bottom right corner of the picture is basically the center of the TV. I am considering adding one more command hook to tidy it up a little more.

Got the 65" Q8FN mainly for gaming and sports. The picture quality most of the time is great, but do not watch sports like NHL or NBA on it. The vertical banding and DSE are really bad. It's also very apparent when playing video games. I bought this TV for gaming, which 90% of it's usage is. The vertical bars and DSE are so distracting that I do not even want to play games! Even worse than that, however, is Best Buy Geek Squads treatment. I also bought their $275 extended service plan. The Geek squad guy came out and could see the issue and acknowledged it (obviously he didn't think it was as big of an issue, was clearly was not a TV tech enthusiast like me, and it wasn't his money being spent on the TV). In any case, he tried to explain the issue to someone in a remote call center to authorize a repair. The call center person could not see the issue (the on site tech was using the camera on his cell phone to show the issue to the call center). The problem with doing this is that THEY WERE ONLY LOOKING AT STILL IMAGES. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THERE IS MOTION ON SCREEN. I pointed this out to the tech, but he clearly didn't give a rip. I also spoke to the store manager, and he also did not give a rip. $3000 with the warranty. I WILL NEVER EVER BUY ANYTHING FROM BEST BUY AGAIN! Now that this is out of the way, continuing. So, waiting for Samsung to get back to me on a repair job. Also, potential buyers should be aware of what panel you're getting. Samsung using 3rd party companies for some of their product. I got an AA01 panel in my unit, a panel from a non Samsung 3rd party. If Samsung comes out and repairs the unit to satisfaction I will update the review. Really is a shame. The Q8FN does have great picture quality most of the time. No TV enthusiasts may not even notice the DSE and banding... However, this is a premium TV and it should not have these issues at all!

After extensive hours of research, I purchased the Samsung Q8F and, so far, I feel it's a great choice. I upgraded from the Samsung NU8000, and I also have a Samsung KU 6300. The NU8000 has a very nice picture, and is a good choice for gamers, but the Q8F is by far a superior set. The picture quality with the QLED is much better than the Edge lit NU8000, and it blows away the 6300. I first contemplated purchasing the following sets, and here are my thoughts/reasons why I did not: LG OLED- Amazing picture but can get screen burn-in. At the highest price point, there's no way I'd invest in a TV that gets permanent image burn-in. SONY X900F: Great TV. I like it better than the NU8000. The only issue for me was price point. On sale at Best Buy for $1999.99, just a $200 discount, vs. the $2299.99 Q8F, a superior set, does not justify the $300 savings. If you are thinking of the X900F and it is within a few hundred dollars of the Q8F, pay the difference and you'll be very happy you did. Vizio P series: Nice picture at a great price, but many complaints about the slow and glitchy userface. Reports of it rebooting as you are watching, etc. Pass. TCL 65" 6 series: A lot of people are very happy with this set and rave about the picture quality at a price point under 1k. However, a lot of people also have had banding issues. So, for me, if budget was a factor, the Samsung NU8000 is a better bet when on sale (Best Buy $1299). Samsung Q9: I would love this, and would purchase it but I can't justify the huge price increase over the Q8 when they are fairly close in performance....plus, I am afraid of my wife. A good source to see the benchmarks of these TV's is Rtings.com

Overall, this TV is amazing. It is able to take standard definition content from 720p and 1080p or 1080i and upscale to 4K, even in an HDR+ mode which the Q engine uses to get it close to HDR. The blacks are legitimate blacks with the brights being something you are not used to seeing on a TV. Tweak your settings out of the box, its colors are not accurate out of the box but they get closer when you switch to movie mode and start playing with the expert settings. It gets really close even without a white level calibration. There are youtube videos of accurate settings and websites with good settings. This TV is very good at handling reflections and its in a bright room with a bay window and 3 other windows, works and looks great even when the sun is setting in the windows. This TV has issues with the Full Array Local Dimming, Samsung is working on it and it is getting better. The TV also restarts randomly when playback stops on a movie and we switch back to live TV, in between TV shows and commercials going back and forth, usually when there seems to be a source change. Its close to OLED, not quite there yet but its the first LED set that I have owned that actually shows true blacks. Can't recommend it yet until they fix the FALD (Dimming) issues and the intermittent restarts. If you're worried about this TV not being bright enough, this TV actually makes my wife and kids squint at times and we're not even watching HDR content yet. Will update as new firmware comes out. 65 inch on 1057 after Factory Reset. If software issues were fixed, easy 5 stars, its a beautiful TV.

I've purchased 2 of these TVs and I have returned the first and am in the process of returning the second. Both TVs arrived with a shaded vertical bar on both sides of the screen. It appears to be due to the packaging. The bars are aligned with a screen protector that covers the screen during shipment. It's clear in any scene that has a lot of white or a menu. Also the backlighting has been odd when you watch a dark scene. If there are two faces in a night scene, it appears to backlight a circular area that hides parts of the person's face outside of the circle. During cloud scenes the backlight flickers as it tries to process the changes in darkness between the bright whites and greying clouds. I was thinking I might upgrade to the Q9 to correct this but at $700 more I'm very nervous. I've spent over 6 hours with support over the phone and chat to explain to them they problem I'm having. One representative even told me to buy it locally at Best Buy to avoid any damage during shipping. I processed an order for the Q9 hoping that the packaging would be better and the backlighting Issue would be corrected. After support told me multiple contradicting statements, I cancelled the order. I'm very disappointed in the product and the support I was given. Nobody seemed to care about the time spent setting up, taking down, repackaging, and shipping back, only to have to do it a second time. I'm willing to give Samsung an opportunity to correct this issue if they would contact me directly.

I went through 2 other 4k TV's before keeping the Samsung Q8F. Tried the Sony Z9D and Samsung NU8000. The 8000 had difficulty with digital blurring and although the Sonys picture was okay it had issue with compatibility or syncing with my Apple 4k. The picture is great on the Q8F, I love the simplicity of the menu system and Samsung crushes the competition with their smart remote. During the setup it identified my Apple TV and Sonos sound system programing both the TV and remote to work with them. The remote also controls my Spectrum cable box (identified during setup as well). Moving to a 4k tv has taken some getting used too. I had a 58" plasma tv and will say, to me, nothing beats the picture quality of a plasma. However when you feed a clean 4k signal into the Q8F the picture is amazing. No digital bluring, excellent color, and very deep blacks. I chose the Q8 over the Q7 or Q9 as I did not like the connect box that those models use and the picture quality gained with the Q8 over the Q7 was worth the extra too me.The tv is in the family room within the basement so there are no issues with glare. Tv is very thin, light weight, and easy to setup.

I purchased the Samsung - 65" Class - LED - Q8F Series after looking at a lot of different TVs. It came down to this, Sony and LG. All were in the same price range. I was going to purchase the Q6 but that has a special module where all the wires go to and the plug from the module to the TV (which includes signal and power) is too large to snake through my walls as it would have to go through studs that were predrilled. In retrospect, I should have found another way - now I have 6 cables to hook up to this TV in the back. The TV picture is great with the Q8 - it is a higher end picture, but I'll be honest with you - Unless you are using a high end DVD player or gaming, you won't really notice the difference - it all depends upon what signal is being sent to the TV. Great color saturation, great blacks. Shiny screen reflects light which is a problem for me on sunny days. Easy to take out of the box and set up. Had it set up and watching TV in less than an hour. Have a second person to help you set it up as it's big and you don't want to drop your new $2500 TV. I plan to mount it on the wall, but it has a great stand that hides the power cord (but doesn't hide other cords). Very sleek design. I like the Apps user interface - different from earlier Samsung models, but was easy to learn. You really need to download the phone app to use the features - I found it is easier to use than the TV remote. Has Amazon, Hulu and Netflix apps along with numerous other apps. I still have my Roku for my other apps, but it's nice to have everything under 1 remote control. I would purchase this again. I've had it for 30 days. 4 stars due to price. One last thing - I purchased this at the Best Buy in Dover. I had great assistance from the staff - he was knowledgeable, showed me all the different models and brands to consider but didn't push me towards any specific one. No pressure. And he went through the trouble of loading up his own personal Google account to show me how the Apps work on the TVs. What a great salesman. Although an hour away, I will go back to this store for major appliance purchases.

The picture is beautiful. HDR is like looking through a window and this QLED gets close to OLED. This is the first LED TV that I have owned that can actually have blacks on screen instead of dark dark greys. It handles reflections really well and HDR+ mode makes SDR content look amazing. This TV gets very bright and once you set it to Movie mode or HDR+ mode and tweak the settings it looks amazing. Very close to OLED, not quite but it is very close. Image quality and 4K upscaling is done very well. Motion is done pretty well when you set them in the low to mid range in the settings. Local dimming seems to do great and Samsung is doing an amazing job at refining the local dimming and motion with this TV. The TV gets very bright, even during the daytime with the sun setting in the window facing the TV. Viewing angles are pretty good even though it is a VA panel, most will be happy with watching it from multiple angles, you only notice it if you are really looking for it at night time. This is the first TV that has ever made me squint in crazy scenes, amazing product and love using it for gaming, streaming, cable and movies. I would also like to thank Samsung and Samsung QA Engineering. Matthew and Khaled did an amazing job addressing some software issues and really helped to improve this TV. Great customer service, support and thank you for listening! You guys really went above and beyond and we all appreciate it. My only complaint is that the power cord is so short, just wish it had another foot or two.