The visual quality on a 55-inch LED TV will look very different compared to a 55-inch OLED TV – so make sure you choose the right display technology. There are three main types: LED (light-emitting diode), QLED (Quantum-dot Light-Emitting Diode) and OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), with LEDs being the most basic and OLED the most high-end. Which one you go for depends on your personal choice – and how much you’re willing to spend. Resolution The Samsung S95B QD-OLED is available in just two sizes—55- and 65-inch options. People shopping for a Samsung QD-OLED in smaller or larger size options will have to wait for future releases. Because of its elevated display technology, it is priced at a premium—comparably higher than most of its OLED competitors this year. The Samsung S95B is only available in 55- and 65-inch screen sizes, while the new S95C adds a 77-inch option. (Image credit: Samsung) Samsung S95C vs Samsung S95B: Features Tizen may have made more sense when it was released in 2015 and proprietary OSes like this were more common and less developed, but compared with something like the intuitive, streamlined Google TV, it’s really showing its age. If it was once intended as an all-encompassing platform, its having been removed from Samsung’s phones and Galaxy Watch smartwatch line make it now feel more like a relic than an integrated part of the TV experience. Samsung 65-inch Class S95B OLED 4K Smart TV (QN65S95BAF) review: Remote

The new menus run very sluggishly for a while after you first turn the TV on, too, and the new interface features some very strange and illogical navigational decisions. I was initially unable to perform our standard input lag measurements with an HDFury Diva HDMI matrixdue to testing conditions at Samsung's facility. Instead, I measured lag using the Leo Bodnar 1080p Video Signal Input Lag Tester. I recorded 9.4 milliseconds in its Game mode, just below the 10ms threshold we use to declare a TV to be among the best for gaming. The main reason the S95C is so svelte is down to the Samsung One Connect Box. Unlike the S95B with its internal cable connections, HDMI cables and other connections are housed in a separate media receiver for the S95C. This not only helps declutter your cables, it shaves the dimensions of the S95C. Samsung has been a little vague so far over whether the cheaper S90C range will feature the same picture quality as the S95C, but with the S95C there is no doubt that they will be getting the full second-gen QD-OLED monty.The fact that Samsung has for the most part got its new technology running so well at the first time of asking makes the price seem even more reasonable, of course.

Subscriptions required. Some apps may not be available at launch. 3rd party content providers may remove apps from the Smart TV platform or stop updating them at any time. Given the S95B is built on first-generation technology, I understand why some might be reluctant to buy it, but given that the TV is built on two long-standing technologies — OLED and quantum dots — which are simply fused together in a new way, I see no reasons to doubt the TV’s longevity. Its remarkable colour, contrast and, by OLED standards, brightness capabilities together with another aggressive Samsung presentation make HDR games look dazzlingly colourful, punchy, sharp and ‘alive’. Beyond anything even LG’s mighty G2 can do, in fact. Despite this, there is still a lot to like here, with its sharp, detailed and solid image that feels very three-dimensional. We even saw improvements in the image's vividness when we switched it over to Movie preset or changed Dynamic Tone Mapping to Active. Here, colours had a nice vibrant pop, and despite not looking particularly accurate per se, they sure were punchy. However, we wouldn't call it subtle, as, despite colours looking balanced (if a little rich), we found the shading to be heavy-handed and crush details. The Standard picture preset that we suspect most S95B users will feel most drawn to does a much better job of still providing plenty of impact from the screen’s brightness, contrast (including superb rendering of subtle shadow details) and colour volume advantages without typically tipping the picture into unbalanced, unnatural territory.While you may find yourself spending more time in the S95B’s menus than is ideal, I only bother providing so much detail on the sort of things you might want to tweak because a) the picture typically looks so stunning that you notice issues more easily, and b) your efforts at improving things can deliver genuinely helpful results, even if you sometimes end up having to make a cascade of adjustments as one tweak leads to another. Both the Sony and Samsung feature the same second-generation QD-OLED that comes in the familiar 55- and 65-inch sizes seen last year, however, the 77-inch variant for both models is a new addition. Samsung Display is obviously eager to capitalise on QD-OLED and push development forward, so introducing new size options to expand the range is a good start. Both TVs offer an array of hardware- and software-related enhancements that ought to satisfy gamers and A/V enthusiasts alike. Let’s start with the gaming benefits.

This does not mean that pictures look gaudy or unbalanced, though (so long as you’re reasonably careful with some of the TV’s picture settings). In fact, the S95B’s images can actually look more convincing, natural and balanced, as the removal of the white image element enables the S95B to deliver a truer representation of the sort of colours creators were seeing on their professional grade mastering monitors. With all this in mind, it’s worth finishing this section by mentioning the S95B’s Smart Calibration feature, which lets you calibrate your TV using just your mobile phone. This turns in results closer to Filmmaker mode than the other more exciting presets, but it’s still a useful tool to consider for film fans who don’t want to pay hundreds of pounds for a professional calibration service. Connectivity is impressive. In particular, all four of the provided HDMI ports are true 2.1 affairs, meaning they’re all able to cope with the 4K/120Hz HDR with VRR gaming graphics now supported by the PS5, Xbox Series X and certain top-end Nvidia and AMD graphics cards. Plus there are three USB ports and all the usual Bluetooth and wi-fi features you’d expect of a high-end TV these days, including support for SmartThings and Apple AirPlay 2. Due to the nature of the QN90B’s display hardware, its panel isn't saddled with a bulky midsection, and it’s among the narrowest you’ll see in its class. It features a heavy, metallic stand that props the TV up from its center. The stand’s flat shape provides ample room for a soundbar, but it’s worth noting that the TV’s height only allows for around 2.5 inches of soundbar clearance.

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Given the Samsung S95B is a very thin OLED panel with a smaller than usual raised plastic area on the rear for the electronics, connections and speakers, the sound quality is certainly serviceable. that violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); We retested the peak brightness in HDR with the latest firmware, 1302. The TV no longer produces bright flashes of around 1400 nits in the 'Movie' and 'Game' modes.

The S95B’s all-new panel design is driven by a specially adapted version of Samsung’s Neural Quantum Processor 4K, complete with elements devoted to boosting brightness and colour, enhancing perceived resolution and improving upscaling of sub-4K content. With that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised to find Samsung’s Movie preset not, for a change, looking almost identical to the Filmmaker Mode. It adopts a noticeably brighter, punchier baseline position that creates a nice mid-point option between the Standard mode and the Filmmaker mode, and as such may feel like a good middle way for many film enthusiasts. I wish I could have paid less (or more) for the TV without the OS, but this has still been a worthy buy thus far. Because the QD-OLED technology in the S95B doesn’t use a white subpixel like most competing OLED TVs, it is able to produce colors with higher brightness than competing OLED TVs, and it is that color brightness that really grabs you when you watch this TV. Just as I experienced with the Sony A95K a few months ago, the color produced by QD-OLED is remarkably vivid and enjoyable. Red and yellow colors, especially, are unlike anything I’ve seen on a TV before. Riley Young/Digital Trends While both QD-OLEDs are obviously two attractive looking TVs, the S95C is one of the most startlingly pretty OLED panels we’ve ever seen. It'll look especially great on the wall when using one of the best TV wall mounts. Samsung S95C vs Samsung S95B: Conclusion

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Fittingly for a TV that’s using a new generation of panel technology, the S95B looks seriously futuristic. Its screen is extraordinarily thin - about the equivalent of a couple of credit cards sat on top of each other. It’s probably the skinniest TV we’ve seen since LG’s ‘Wallpaper’ OLED TVs, in fact. While the QN90B's incredibly bright display is stunning, it pales in comparison to the color of the S95B.