00:00This is the Samsung S95F QD OLED TV, and this is the Samsung QN90F Mio QLED TV.
00:07And in this video, I'll try to help you decide which one is right for you.
00:12I've got to give Samsung a lot of credit when it comes to what the brand is doing with OLED TVs.
00:17The OLED TVs are getting better and better to the point where they're in conversation
00:21with equivalent models from LG and Sony. With OLED, you're going to have a few more limitations
00:26when it comes to screen size options, but what you will enjoy is this really distinct,
00:32flat, thin design. It'll look beautiful, wall mounted, very premium looking, but one way
00:39that Samsung is differentiating OLED from Neo QLED is with the One Connect box. Come around here,
00:45I'll show you. I think ideally you'd actually want to mount this TV on the wall, and then this box
00:50that's attached to kind of like the foot right here actually comes off, and you can put this into a
00:55cabinet, really anywhere that's more accessible for changing inputs, and that way your cable
01:00management is out of the way. You don't have to mess with your wall setup for that really clean,
01:05premium aesthetic. Although stereotype around this is changing, OLED has been long considered
01:12not the best TV option if you like to watch TV with the lights on, or if you're in a room that has
01:17window lighting, a lot of ambient lighting. That, again, has kind of changed these days, but in order to
01:22combat natural lighting, ambient lighting, Samsung uses a glare-free display on its flagship QD OLED TV.
01:31Basically, if I were to shine a light right on this, instead of giving me the clear outline of that
01:36light, it would more or less diffuse the light. Still not ideal if you're watching a big motion picture,
01:42but it is effective, and in fact a lot of manufacturers are actually copying Samsung based
01:48on how well it was received on the S95D from last year, but I can actually only show you so much here,
01:54so let's take a look at the numbers. All right, let's break down the results side by side, starting
01:59with the Samsung S95F. In terms of picture accuracy, we've got a Delta E of 1.2. That is excellent.
02:07Anything under two is considered top tier, and this TV is comfortably below that mark.
02:12Now, brightness, it is wild. In HDR using a 10% window in Filmmaker Mode, the S95F OLED clocked in at
02:20just over 2100 nits. That's seriously impressive, especially for an OLED TV.
02:27Color reproduction is another standout. We're looking at near-perfect coverage of the color space,
02:32which means you're getting vivid, accurate colors, even in super-saturated scenes. Honestly, the S95F is
02:39really shaping up to be one of the top contenders this year, and so long are the days where it can't
02:44have the same brightness that you get with mini-LED TVs. Now, if I'm honest, I think any TV going up
02:50against the S95F doesn't really have a fair shot, but if I'm saying a TV like this is so great, then
02:57why is everyone so obsessed with mini-LED TVs these days? Well, that's a great question, Kate. Whereas with
03:04that S95F OLED TV, we were talking about contrast. I was really hyped about that, but now looking at
03:10the QN90F mini-LED TV, I'm talking about brightness. That's what you're going to experience with mini-LED
03:17TV, and for some reason, brightness is the key word that customers are looking for. They want to know
03:24that in no matter what room they're watching, the picture is going to look bright, and brightness
03:29then unlocks great contrast, great colors. There's a lot more you can do with brightness when it's
03:34controlled properly, of course. This TV also has the NQ4 AI Gen 3 processor, so hopefully we're going to
03:42see some similar control capabilities here, but what is going to be different compared to the OLED is the
03:49size capabilities of mini-LED. The panels aren't constrained by size, so here we're going to talk
03:55about going from a 43-inch size all the way up to 115-inch size, which is wild. But again,
04:02that's what people are looking for. With OLED TVs, you're going to be a bit more constrained, you know,
04:07up to 83, maybe 97. Whereas last year, glare made a big difference in what TV to buy from the Samsung
04:15lineup. This year, the mini-LED TVs have the glare-free technology, which again is great. I sound like a
04:23broken record. It looks great. Everyone wants it, and in a room like this, we're getting that diffuse
04:28light effect. But also on the design side, a little bit of a trade-up. This does look pretty great at a
04:33glance. It still is very slim profile, but all of the inputs are integrated, no one connect box,
04:39so it will have just a little bit thicker of a look. You might not have that same full premium slim
04:46flush to the wall feel that you get with OLED. I think that comes down to preference.
04:50I'm not going to go too much into the actual software features in this video,
04:54just because they're the same on both, and I want to save some good stuff for when we actually get
04:58these TVs into our lab for full reviews. So make sure you're subscribed and turn on those notifications
05:04so you don't miss when those come out. And let me know in the comments, which you'd want to see
05:08first, and I'll see what I can do. But design and configurations aside, we do have some numbers to
05:14talk about. Accuracy-wise, it's right there with the S95F. The Delta E is a little closer to two,
05:21but still under, which is excellent for a TV of this tier. HDR brightness is also just over 2100 nits
05:28in that same 10% window as the S95F. In other words, the QN90F and S95F are basically neck and neck
05:36when it comes to those peak highlights, which says a lot, especially for how far QD OLED has come in
05:42closing the brightness gap with high-end LED panels. Where the QN90F falls maybe a little
05:48bit behind is in color coverage. We measured about 93% of the color space, still solid,
05:53but not quite as much as the S95F's near perfect level. That said, I do want to test both of these
05:59TVs more thoroughly in the lab before drawing any harder conclusions than that. So both TVs are basically
06:05crushing it in terms of brightness and accuracy, but the S95F may edge out a little bit in color
06:11performance, at least for now. If there's one thing I could say about the S95F versus the QN90F,
06:18it's that the gap between OLED and mini-LED is closing in. You know, with OLED, you're typically
06:24talking about perfect blacks, really rich contrast, but these days, brightness is really good too. And
06:30with mini-LEDs, traditionally it was all about brightness, but the black quality, the blooming,
06:35and the contrast is really keeping up with OLED. So when it comes down to which one you're going to
06:40want to buy, you're going to want to think about the size, the prices it fits into your budget, and
06:45your technology preference. And while it's great that we have those lab results to shed a bit more
06:50light on how these TVs actually stack up, I'm not going to be making any definitive conclusions until we
06:56do those full reviews. You're going to want to stick around for that, but that's it for me for this video.
07:01Thanks for watching. I'll catch you next time.
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