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Samsung EDU/EPP Discount: 85" Samsung QN90A Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2021 Model)

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Samsung offers Eligible Samsung Education/Employee Discount Customers: 85" Samsung QN90A Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2021 Model, QN85QN90AAFXZA) on sale for $3399.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Sasquatch-Tech for finding this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Sign in with your eligible Samsung account that qualifies for Samsung Education or Employee Perks Program (EPP) Discounts
    • EDU Discount Members: Click here while signed-in to activate your EDU discount
    • EPP Discount Members: Click here while signed-in to activate your EPP discount
  2. Go to 85" Samsung Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2021 Model, QN85QN90AAFXZA)
  3. Add to cart
  4. Proceed to checkout
  5. Final price will be $3399.99 w/ free shipping.
  6. Complete your order.
Specs:
  • Resolution: 3840x2160
  • Refresh Rate: 120Hz
  • HDR: HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma
  • Smart TV with Bixby Voice, Apps and Full Web Browser
  • Ports:
    • 4x HDMI
    • 2x USB
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x RF Input
    • 1x Digital Audio Out (Optical)

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $598 lower (15% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $3997.99.
  • About this product:
    • 4.7 out of 5 stars rating at Samsung
    • Samsung QN90A Class TVs have an 8.6/10 rating for mixed usage at Rtings.com: "The Samsung QN90A is an excellent TV for any use. Its VA panel provides an excellent native contrast ratio and great local dimming to display deep blacks. It gets bright enough to combat glare and has fantastic reflection handling if you want to use it in a well-lit room. Also, gamers should enjoy its VRR support, low input lag, and quick response time for a responsive gaming experience."
  • About this store:
    • Free returns extended to 15 days after delivery
    • View Samsung return policy here
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86

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Written by Sasquatch-Tech
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Samsung offers Eligible Samsung Education/Employee Discount Customers: 85" Samsung QN90A Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2021 Model, QN85QN90AAFXZA) on sale for $3399.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Sasquatch-Tech for finding this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Sign in with your eligible Samsung account that qualifies for Samsung Education or Employee Perks Program (EPP) Discounts
    • EDU Discount Members: Click here while signed-in to activate your EDU discount
    • EPP Discount Members: Click here while signed-in to activate your EPP discount
  2. Go to 85" Samsung Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2021 Model, QN85QN90AAFXZA)
  3. Add to cart
  4. Proceed to checkout
  5. Final price will be $3399.99 w/ free shipping.
  6. Complete your order.
Specs:
  • Resolution: 3840x2160
  • Refresh Rate: 120Hz
  • HDR: HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma
  • Smart TV with Bixby Voice, Apps and Full Web Browser
  • Ports:
    • 4x HDMI
    • 2x USB
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x RF Input
    • 1x Digital Audio Out (Optical)

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $598 lower (15% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $3997.99.
  • About this product:
    • 4.7 out of 5 stars rating at Samsung
    • Samsung QN90A Class TVs have an 8.6/10 rating for mixed usage at Rtings.com: "The Samsung QN90A is an excellent TV for any use. Its VA panel provides an excellent native contrast ratio and great local dimming to display deep blacks. It gets bright enough to combat glare and has fantastic reflection handling if you want to use it in a well-lit room. Also, gamers should enjoy its VRR support, low input lag, and quick response time for a responsive gaming experience."
  • About this store:
    • Free returns extended to 15 days after delivery
    • View Samsung return policy here
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86

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Jun 15, 2021 7:00 PM
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mclebron23Jun 15, 2021 7:00 PM
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Quote from turnne :
Sports can be pretty phenomenal on a flagship LCD in a bright room
Yeah but that's a specific thing. I wouldn't spend the money on the best for a bright room..maybe a step or 2 down from flag ship. But if you can afford it even when it's only for bright room, more power to those people.
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Jun 15, 2021 7:58 PM
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turnne
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Jun 15, 2021 7:58 PM
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Quote from mclebron23 :
Yeah but that's a specific thing. I wouldn't spend the money on the best for a bright room..maybe a step or 2 down from flag ship. But if you can afford it even when it's only for bright room, more power to those people.
Well...only the flagships LCDs REALLY get bright enough for watching in a bright room
So its anything you watch if your viewing space is well lit during the day

Honestly...I rarely watch my OLED during the day
I use the LCD( Sony Z9D currently) for most of my occasional day watching
Jun 15, 2021 8:08 PM
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sidewinder33625Jun 15, 2021 8:08 PM
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Quote from turnne :
Its not 95% of the way
OLED has gotten better as well
oled has hit the law of diminishing returns. there can be only so much improvement on oled as it is already near perfect. the point here is that mini led is a much more significant improvement in pq than any incremental improvement on oled. hence it has gotten lcd's that much closer to oled territory and even surpassed it in certain cases.

many would still argue that oled still has better pq than miniled and i'd agree with that in most cases. but another consideration is screen size. there just simply isn't an affordable oled screen that is larger than 77". difference in 77 to 85 doesn't seem much but that extra 8" is a significant difference in movie watching experience imo.
Jun 15, 2021 8:14 PM
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mclebron23Jun 15, 2021 8:14 PM
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Quote from turnne :
Well...only the flagships LCDs REALLY get bright enough for watching in a bright room
So its anything you watch if your viewing space is well lit during the day

Honestly...I rarely watch my OLED during the day
I use the LCD( Sony Z9D currently) for most of my occasional day watching
Gotcha. Z9 is great. I still have a sharp Elite 70". Any idea how many nits it has? Not sure if they measured for nits back then.
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Jun 15, 2021 8:34 PM
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turnne
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Jun 15, 2021 8:34 PM
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Quote from sidewinder33625 :
oled has hit the law of diminishing returns. there can be only so much improvement on oled as it is already near perfect. the point here is that mini led is a much more significant improvement in pq than any incremental improvement on oled. hence it has gotten lcd's that much closer to oled territory and even surpassed it in certain cases.

many would still argue that oled still has better pq than miniled and i'd agree with that in most cases. but another consideration is screen size. there just simply isn't an affordable oled screen that is larger than 77". difference in 77 to 85 doesn't seem much but that extra 8" is a significant difference in movie watching experience imo.
To be clear, there is a lot of your personal opinion in the first sentence not shared by many.
At a high end level you are really making subtle improvements from year to year anyway

Mini led is an improvement...but many would argue its not night and day and not going to make anyone go out and buy one to replace their last years flagship LCD
Besides that we still have viewing angle and panel uniformity inconsistency issues in LCD's

Everyone that I have ever listened to , in the A/V business or a professional calibrator has said OLED is a better TV than LCD and its not at the 95% percent level
However, they are including the shortcomings as I mentioned before of LCD's

The new Sony Flagship OLED has gotten a lot of buzz for better dealing with certain colors and its brightness levels. As expensive as it is, I think its selling relatively well

My understanding is that Samsung is also coming back into the OLED marketplace

In regard to the screen size...I think the market for an 85" TV is FAR smaller than the market for 77" and below
In those size categories, OLED does quite well and even betters the top end LCDs in certain situations
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Jun 15, 2021 8:36 PM
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Jun 15, 2021 8:36 PM
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Quote from mclebron23 :
Gotcha. Z9 is great. I still have a sharp Elite 70". Any idea how many nits it has? Not sure if they measured for nits back then.
According to rtings.com the Sony Z9D can muster over 1600 nits
https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/z9d

That figure seems realistic since the TV can almost cause you eye strain in a really full screen with a lot of white
Jun 15, 2021 8:49 PM
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sidewinder33625Jun 15, 2021 8:49 PM
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Quote from turnne :
To be clear, there is a lot of your personal opinion in the first sentence not shared by many.
At a high end level you are really making subtle improvements from year to year anyway

Mini led is an improvement...but many would argue its not night and day and not going to make anyone go out and buy one to replace their last years flagship LCD
Besides that we still have viewing angle and panel uniformity inconsistency issues in LCD's

Everyone that I have ever listened to , in the A/V business or a professional calibrator has said OLED is a better TV than LCD and its not at the 95% percent level
However, they are including the shortcomings as I mentioned before of LCD's

The new Sony Flagship OLED has gotten a lot of buzz for better dealing with certain colors and its brightness levels. As expensive as it is, I think its selling relatively well

My understanding is that Samsung is also coming back into the OLED marketplace

In regard to the screen size...I think the market for an 85" TV is FAR smaller than the market for 77" and below
In those size categories, OLED does quite well and even betters the top end LCDs in certain situations
when oled first came out people were claiming perfect blacks...etc. my point is that its a bigger jump going from plain led to miniled than any oled improvements. a night and day difference is actually a misnomer as tv tech has matured enough to the point that there is a difference but not night and day.

you are right, there is no market for larger than 77" oled and most people will never drop original msrp of 5k on this tv. but if it retails for $2.8k like what i just paid for this tv after all, i'm sure that would be bigger market for it.

i thought 50" plasma was huge when i first set it up. then went to a 65" lcd and thought wow what a difference. Now using a 75" and you know where i'm going with this Smilie

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Jun 15, 2021 9:08 PM
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mclebron23Jun 15, 2021 9:08 PM
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Quote from turnne :
According to rtings.com the Sony Z9D can muster over 1600 nits
https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/z9d

That figure seems realistic since the TV can almost cause you eye strain in a really full screen with a lot of white
Nice. Was talking about sharp Elite though lol.
Jun 15, 2021 9:16 PM
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syndkitJun 15, 2021 9:16 PM
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Quote from chosn1 :
I tried Samsung chat as I have the military discount but am not seeing any discount. No luck. Too bad b/c I was ready to pull the trigger
Not sure if this will help with the Military Discount issue.
I found that if you ADD like the Sound Tower bundle and Monitor you get more discount on the TV.
ie: Subtotal$4,156.17 ShippingFREE Estimated Tax—TOTAL $4,156.17
Total Savings $1,743.80
Bundle Discount(s)-$445.00
Promotional Discount(s)-$1,270.00
Military Savings-$28.80
Find your Military discounts by category if you look under your account setting "Benefits" once Verified through ID.ME.
Just the TV Only no real discount other than maybe the 7.5% and the 1K already discounted except for up to 50% on TV Accessories. With Add-ons 85" Class QN90A Samsung Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2021)
Get it by Jun. 22 Savings $3,599.99 SO you get $400 more off the TV if you add the $556 worth of add-ons. Not sure how much more add-ons or mix and match setups will do to sweeten the deal.
Jun 15, 2021 9:52 PM
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sidewinder33625Jun 15, 2021 9:52 PM
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u should really be buying this with edu or epp for maximum discount.

Subtotal$3,124.78
Shipping$0.00
Taxes$234.36
Total Savings$2,025.20
Promotional Discount(s)$1,050.00
Bundle Discount$408.00
Education Savings$547.20
TradeIn Discount(s)$20.00
Total$3,359.14

-$100 cancel refund
-$68 rku10 cb
-$80 2.5%cc cb
-$60 buds sell value

$3051 otd including tax
Jun 15, 2021 9:58 PM
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cchronoJun 15, 2021 9:58 PM
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Quote from stuff123 :
how much was note 10 trade in?
$440.
Jun 15, 2021 10:22 PM
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NSTarJun 15, 2021 10:22 PM
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Quote from sidewinder33625 :
u should really be buying this with edu or epp for maximum discount.

Subtotal$3,124.78
Shipping$0.00
Taxes$234.36
Total Savings$2,025.20
Promotional Discount(s)$1,050.00
Bundle Discount$408.00
Education Savings$547.20
TradeIn Discount(s)$20.00
Total$3,359.14

-$100 cancel refund
-$68 rku10 cb
-$80 2.5%cc cb
-$60 buds sell value

$3051 otd including tax
69 from Samsung points
Jun 15, 2021 10:26 PM
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sidewinder33625Jun 15, 2021 10:26 PM
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Quote from NSTar :
69 from Samsung points
ah fogot about that. that puts it under 3k otd.

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12,500 Points
$62.50
Jun 15, 2021 10:59 PM
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syndkitJun 15, 2021 10:59 PM
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Quote from sidewinder33625 :
u should really be buying this with edu or epp for maximum discount.

Subtotal$3,124.78
Shipping$0.00
Taxes$234.36
Total Savings$2,025.20
Promotional Discount(s)$1,050.00
Bundle Discount$408.00
Education Savings$547.20
TradeIn Discount(s)$20.00
Total$3,359.14

-$100 cancel refund
-$68 rku10 cb
-$80 2.5%cc cb
-$60 buds sell value

$3051 otd including tax
Completely agree with ya there. If the only option available is the "Military" discount.. some were wondering why the TV was still $3999. Thanks for all the other CB schemes that you have pointed out. I'm sure someone will use your information to their benefit.

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Jun 15, 2021 11:08 PM
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life4evaJun 15, 2021 11:08 PM
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Quote from turnne :
Not really....you do realize OLED has gotten better as well right?
Take a look at the Sony A90J
🤔, A90J cost twice as much…… not sure what's your point……


Ones a Qled tv the others an Oled , they both have their advantages.

Dark room viewing Oled will always be superior , bright room viewing the Mini Led will always be superior.

Oled no blooming, perfect contrast

Mini Led from Samsung Hdr peak brightness

Oled technology is some of the best, Led TVs are doing great as well. Every tv has its place

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