However, I also realized that its mini-LED backlight had room for improvement and that this room probably lay in the algorithms responsible for managing local backlight dimming.
The protagonist of this analysis is his successor. The flagship model that Samsung proposes for 2022. And although it maintains the same signs of identity as last year’s model, it is evident that the engineers of this brand have sought to refine the QN900A proposal to ensure that the new QN900B surpasses it tangibly.
The purpose of this review is not only to confirm if they have succeeded but also to check if this TV is up to par with the flagship models of the competition that we have already thoroughly tested. We guarantee strong emotions.
Its well-understood aesthetic minimalism works excellent.
The aesthetic bet of this television is essentially identical to that of its predecessor. Samsung almost completely removed the top and side bezels from its premium models two generations ago, and it works for us. I must confess that before analyzing the Q950TS QLED 8K model, which was the first I tried with this design, it seemed that slightly thicker frames would have a positive effect because they would better define the limits of the image. But not. I was wrong.
The almost total absence of frames gives the images all the prominence. And in addition, it prevents reflections from occurring on the aluminum or polycarbonate surface that manufacturers often use to machine and fine-tune the frames. The well-understood minimalism of this television is even committed to banishing the brand logo to a place where it practically goes unnoticed. However, Samsung is not the only manufacturer that has adopted this strategy.
The top and side bezels measure a meager 2mm, so when you stand two or three meters away from the TV, they go unnoticed. They are impeccably machined from aluminum, and the small holes that run through them from one side to the other service to facilitate the transport by convection of the thermal energy dissipated by the panel and the backlight matrix (they also have an audio function that we will investigate later). ). It is a passive and simple cooling system, but it works well.
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In the following detailed photograph, we can see the central base responsible for giving the television the stability it requires if we accidentally give it a push of a certain intensity. This base is stylized, but it has the necessary mass to fulfill its purpose with guarantees (it weighs almost 8 kg). In addition, it is entirely metal and extraordinarily well machined, so I have no objections. Samsung Neo QLED QN900B 8K Review
The Slim One Connect module that Samsung gives us together with this television is compact, although, yes, it brings together a complete set of connections. Good news: the four HDMI inputs implement the 2.1 standards, which at this point seems essential to me in a premium TV like this. Samsung has also solved wireless connectivity very well by equipping it with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, although it is something that last year’s model also offered us.
In the following detailed photograph, we can see the proprietary connector used by Samsung to transport not only all the video, audio, and data signals delivered by the Slim One Connect module to the television; It is also responsible for providing food.
In the league of LCD televisions, this Neo QLED 8K is going to destroy
To test its image quality, I used some of the Blu-ray Disc and 4K Blu-ray movies that I usually use, among which it is worth highlighting ‘The Revenant, ‘The Arrival,’ ‘Interstellar,’ ‘ Blade Runner 2049’ or ‘Spider-Man: Far from home, among others. I also used content from Netflix and YouTube that I know very well.
To play these movies, I used an OPPO UDP-205 reader, a device that is now out of print but continues to stand out for its high quality of its transport mechanics and its audio and video processing logic.
The following panel picture was taken using my digital microscope, and we can see the distribution of the RGB sub-pixels of the inorganic matrix. The reason subpixels don’t look sharper is the film that covers the VA LCD panel to increase light dispersion as a strategy to improve viewing angles.
Samsung has refined this coverage year after year, and yes, the current one effectively prevents color degradation when looking at the TV from a steep angle. IPS panels have traditionally given us wider viewing angles than VA arrays, but thanks to technologies like this, the advantage of the former have vanished.
Its sound is spectacular in both movies and games
The provision of speakers with which Samsung has equipped this television is ambitious. In the lower section of the rear panel, there are eight speakers, four on each side of the plinth, which is responsible for reproducing the midrange and low end.
These transducers work in tandem with several speakers placed on the panel’s edges that are responsible for reproducing the mids and, above all, the highs. And finally, to excite them, several class D amplifiers are accountable for having a total power delivery capacity of 90 watts.
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This TV supports Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby 5.1 content but does not process DTS sound.
The combination of the audio hardware and the processing of this TV allows it to work with 6.2.4 channels. It is compatible with Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby 5.1 content, but it does not process DTS sound.
Beyond the data which we have just investigated, what is interesting is that its sound quality is very high. In my opinion, its most outstanding quality is the ability to recreate a wide sound scene, but it also stands out for giving us a deep end with a great punch. Also, if we don’t go overboard with the volume and we don’t exceed 80% of the maximum level, the distortion is moderate.