Samsung - 65" Class Q900TS Series QLED 8K UHD Smart Tizen TV

Overall this is a fantastic new TV for our family room. One of the decisions that helped us go with the new Samsung Q900TS opposed to LG or Sony, was the greatly reduced glare. Our family room has about 6 large windows and the sunlight is great for natural lighting, but not great for TV screens that are affected by glare. All of the new features like the incredible amount of apps, even Samsung TV+ is great to have, especially for the price of $FREE. I did have an issue with Alexa interface and our Sonos Arc Sound bar that also has Alexa, which causes issues when asking Alexa to change the channel and the TV sometimes does and then it sometimes doesn't, while the Sonos sound bar comes back with "I don't understand that". I changed the TV assistant to Bixby and kept the Sonos on Alexa that mesh with the other Sonos speakers we have and it works a lot better now. I also own a Samsung Note 20 Ultra and I like the screen sharing and other cool interfaces it has between the phone and the TV. The picture quality is great and I really like the edgeless screen. The last 65" tv I bought for this room was also a Samsung and it lasted about 8 years and was great. It was just time to update to a 4k or 8K and I haven't been disappointed.

I bought this TV primarily for viewing cable TV and various streaming services. As the title mentions, so far, so good. I set it up with standard picture mode and a few adjustments in expert picture settings, most notably red/green to red 1, since the native picture had a bit of a "green" sheen to it at the 0 setting. I also turned off all the eco settings. Other than that the minimal adjustments were just for my viewing environment. I also am running my cable TV thru a Denon AVR-X3700H receiver with a 5.2.4 setup (my house has ceiling speakers) and video out set to 8K enhanced. The resulting picture is outstanding and compares more than favorably with my bedroom LG OLED TV although there is a little fading at angled veiwing. Besides 8K, the main reason for going Samsung is that LG does not support HBO MAX or ESPN Plus streaming. The only reason I down rated 1 star is because the EARC port on the TV (HDMI 3) is not HDMI 2.1 (HDMI 4 is). Why this design is beyond me. Note that the new NEO series TVs have HDMI 2.1 in all ports, but I was not willing to spend big $ more to get that. I solved this issue thru my Denon receiver by using both 8K outputs to my TV -- EARC to HDMI 3 and the other output to HDMI 4. I watch the TV using HDMI 4, but get audio back in streaming thru HDMI 3. Note that this is the 2020 model. If it is a must have then I recommend, otherwise wait until later in the year when the 2021 NEO models will invariable go on sale.

We love it. The picture is excellent. There was a slight scratch on the top right when we opened it, only visible when the screen is off. I called and they adjusted the price for us; honestly if it was any more visible we would have packed up the unit and returned it to the store (which would have been a production). So I'm glad they worked with us. Also, as a few other reviews mentioned, the "bezel" (which isn't an actual bezel and is more of a very think metal frame) on the bottom center of the TV looks as if it is separating from the LCD panel. It is completely flush on the at the corners; bellows out slightly towards the middle; and then is flush again. After looking at the unit in store it seems it could just been a poor design/design flaw. Again, slight annoyance, but you really have to be ON TOP of the TV to see it. like closely examining the unit within inches from your face.

Great TV. My tv is always producing excessive heat which isn't normal. That is the only negative comment I have to say. I have contacted bestbuy and they are willing to work with me if it situation persist.

This is an excellent solution for my sun-splashed viewing room. Lots of screen brightness possible. Upscaling ability is very good, too. I do find the Remote device a little tricky. The up/down volume button is too sensitive and does a “mute” instead, depending how you touch the control.

Love this new TV. Great picture and software features. So nice compared to our old 60-inch 2011-vintage 1080P Samsung! Sometime after 5G comes out maybe we’ll have 8K programming too, but current 4K looks great now. Samsung sound bar connects very nicely too! Eliminated need for my Apple TV unit and the single TV remote handles everything. Got on sale too!

Vivid color. Had to add a Samsung sound bar to up the quality of the sound. I thought such an expensive tv would have better sound quality. I love that the microphone brings me to all Chanel’s making it easy to navigate. I am also impressed with the quality of old black and white tv shows. Opens and brightens the color. I also can tweak the brightness and sharpness of the picture, which is important to me.

As an avid Samsung TV customer, I was eager to get my hands on an 8K but I wanted to wait until the second generation model. It was well worth the wait. This TV makes everything look amazing. Admittedly, when I upgraded to 4K several years ago, and the TVs upconverted non 4K signal, I always thought it was a little clunky. That can’t be said with 8K. Samsung’s upconversion is flawless on just about every type of programming (it’s the sheer number of pixels on the panel). Colors are vivid and more lifelike and, frankly, it feels like you’re in the room with the characters you’re watching in movies or shows. A couple of notes for folks: - based on the layout of our 120 year old row house, we can’t mount this tv. With the speakers that surround the incredibly thin panel, Samsung made the decision to angle the tv back a little bit on the stand. It’s noticeable in the store but we haven’t noticed it in the house. - we have this paired with the Sonos arc and the atmos is amazing with the eArc pass through. No worries about how to set it up — one cable connection. They also addressed the issue where the stand didn’t lift the tv up high enough to clear high-end soundbars. - no oneconnect box this time around, but frankly I don’t miss it. It was just a clunky thing to have to find a home for. - this years menus for the OS are finally a dark blue instead of the light, opaque menus of years past. It’s definitely an improvement. The dark makes it much easier to read things. - stainless steel remote is back — if you’re spending this much on a tv, you better get a good remote. - the tv does get warm — this is normal. Again — I’m in awe of this TV. It’s better than an OLED with its darks (and it has much brighter colors) and there’s no risk of burn in. The infinity screen is also amazing and the biggest reason we stepped up from the q800. I highly recommend this outstanding product.