I noted that when a bright image goes up on the screen after having been in a darker scene, the TV is like, “oh, I need to get brighter,” and then it does. I’m going to get into brightness, uniformity, and black level performance soon, but I first want to point out that the backlighting system seems a little bit slow. In theory, this means the TV should be able to get brighter, especially in HDR highlights, while keeping blooming and halo effects at bay - that’s where you get a halo of light around a bright object on a black background, and has long the plague of LCD-based TVs. It also has a lot more zones of control - just under 800 on this set. For those unfamiliar, mini-LED backlighting means the TV has thousands of tiny LED lights instead of hundreds of larger ones. You can still get QLEDs with standard LED backlighting - those will be a little less expensive - or you can pony up some extra cash and get into a Neo QLED. Neo is Samsung’s branding for its mini-LED backlit TVs. Now, let’s talk about this Neo QLED business. These are global - across all the HDMI inputs and the apps - which is a huge headache reliever for all of us. Choose your preferred SDR picture settings and make some HDR picture settings. While we’re talking about menus and such, I have to applaud Samsung for making this TV so easy to get set up and optimized. Also, if you’re into using smart assistants, you’ve got your choice between the most popular options. Dan Baker/Digital Trendsįortunately, though, Samsung gets just about all the good apps, sometimes before others. That may not seem like a big deal when Chromecasts with Google TV and Roku sticks are so inexpensive these days, but if you are going to use the TV’s apps and such, I think we’d all benefit from a bit of an update to Tizen. Spoiler alert: I have very few negative things to say about this TV, but one thing I’d like to see is for Samsung’s smart TV interface to get a makeover.
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