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expiredEragorn | Staff posted Aug 14, 2022 10:15 PM

Samsung Employment Discount: 65" Samsung S95B OLED 4K Smart TV (2022)

$1,610

$3,000

46% off
& More + Free S&Hat Samsung
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Samsung offers Eligible Samsung Employment Discount Members: 65" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV (2022 Model, QN65S95BAFXZA) on sale for $1,649.99 -> $1,574.99 Now-> $1,609.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Samsung also offers Eligible Samsung Education/Employee Discount Customers: 55" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV (2022 Model, QN55S95BAFXZA) on sale for $1,439.99 -> $1,359.99 -> Now $1,259.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Slickdeals Staff Member Eragorn & community member drowsyBoi for finding this deal.

Note: It appears that Education discount members are not eligible for this discount. Discount eligibility will vary by program and account. See the forum thread for additional reports of Slickdeals member experiences getting this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit the Samsung Discount Program page and select the program for which you qualify.
  2. Go to 65" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV or 55" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV
  3. Add to cart
  4. Sign in or create a new Samsung account if prompted
  5. May also be prompted to verify eligibility
  6. Proceed to checkout
  7. Final price for the 65" will be $1,649.99 Now-> $1,609.99 + Free Shipping
  8. Final price for the 55" will be $1439.99 Now -> $1,259.99 + Free Shipping
Specs:
  • Resolution: 3840x2160
  • Refresh Rate: 120Hz
  • Panel Type: OLED
  • Dolby Atmos
  • HDR10+, HLG
  • Ports:
    • 4x HDMI
    • 2x USB
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x RF Input
    • 1x Digital Audio Out (Optical)

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • About this deal:
    • This price is now $265 lower than a Frontpage Deal for the 65" TV from August.
    • Our research indicates that the 65" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV is $399 lower (19.5% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $2,049 at the time of this posting.
    • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.
  • About this product:
    • Comes with a 1-year limited warranty.
    • RTINGS.com gave the 65" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV a rating of 9.1, calling it an "excellent TV for watching TV shows in a bright room".
  • About this store:

Original Post

Written by Eragorn | Staff
Community Notes
About the Poster
Deal Details
Community Notes
About the Poster
Samsung offers Eligible Samsung Employment Discount Members: 65" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV (2022 Model, QN65S95BAFXZA) on sale for $1,649.99 -> $1,574.99 Now-> $1,609.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Samsung also offers Eligible Samsung Education/Employee Discount Customers: 55" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV (2022 Model, QN55S95BAFXZA) on sale for $1,439.99 -> $1,359.99 -> Now $1,259.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Slickdeals Staff Member Eragorn & community member drowsyBoi for finding this deal.

Note: It appears that Education discount members are not eligible for this discount. Discount eligibility will vary by program and account. See the forum thread for additional reports of Slickdeals member experiences getting this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit the Samsung Discount Program page and select the program for which you qualify.
  2. Go to 65" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV or 55" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV
  3. Add to cart
  4. Sign in or create a new Samsung account if prompted
  5. May also be prompted to verify eligibility
  6. Proceed to checkout
  7. Final price for the 65" will be $1,649.99 Now-> $1,609.99 + Free Shipping
  8. Final price for the 55" will be $1439.99 Now -> $1,259.99 + Free Shipping
Specs:
  • Resolution: 3840x2160
  • Refresh Rate: 120Hz
  • Panel Type: OLED
  • Dolby Atmos
  • HDR10+, HLG
  • Ports:
    • 4x HDMI
    • 2x USB
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x RF Input
    • 1x Digital Audio Out (Optical)

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • About this deal:
    • This price is now $265 lower than a Frontpage Deal for the 65" TV from August.
    • Our research indicates that the 65" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV is $399 lower (19.5% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $2,049 at the time of this posting.
    • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.
  • About this product:
    • Comes with a 1-year limited warranty.
    • RTINGS.com gave the 65" S95B OLED 4K Smart TV a rating of 9.1, calling it an "excellent TV for watching TV shows in a bright room".
  • About this store:

Original Post

Written by Eragorn | Staff

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The initial yield rate when mass production started earlier in Fall of last year was 50% and they rapidly improved the yield rate to 85% which is much faster than LG which took them several years for their WOLED tvs. Not to mention the fact that Samsung Display only has one gen 8.5 line producing 30,000 substrates a month compared to LG display with 90k substrates a month. OLED tvs will get cheaper due to economies of scale, so we can see the price of QDOLED go even lower than the price of current WOLED if production capacity is increased.

We will most likely see Samsung Display announce by Q4 of this year or Q1 next year that they'll expand capacity to produce 60,000 substrates per month given that that they sold off their last lcd fab and need to transition to another display technology as soon as possible.

In the long run, if Samsung finishes their research for QNED and irons out all the kinks to enable mass production, we will see an even better display technology. The eventual evolution of qdoled is to replace the oled backlight with leds and it would be a qd-microled/nanoled display which is what QNED is. The equipment for QNED/QDOLED is similar except the expensive deposition machines for OLED are not necessary for QNED so the conversion of qdoled to qned wouldn't be difficult and QNED's launch price should theoretically be cheaper than qdoled. Of course this is likely a couple of years away from now happening the earliest by 2025 or 2026.
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They didn't so much nerf the brightness as they improved accuracy. If all you care about is brightness and not picture quality, then buy an LED instead of OLED and set it to Vivid mode.
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I can't think of anything less in the spirit of what this forum is all about than this comment.
I'd wager that all of us have the money for most of these things at their retail price, but we are here for the deals. We all know that a dollar saved feels better than a dollar earned. And so with that in mind, your comment makes little sense.
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Sep 7, 2022 7:44 PM
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CableBroSep 7, 2022 7:44 PM
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Quote from coli :
Well, it'd be horribly burnt in, so it would actually be free by 2028.
Why? I've had both of my OLED since 2014 and 2016 without any signs of burn in and I play Xbox / PS on the 2016 C6 since it came out of the box. I don't get why people post this nonsense.
Sep 7, 2022 8:04 PM
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oneijackSep 7, 2022 8:04 PM
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Quote from CableBro :
Why? I've had both of my OLED since 2014 and 2016 without any signs of burn in and I play Xbox / PS on the 2016 C6 since it came out of the box. I don't get why people post this nonsense.
Burn in is not really a thing unless you use it as a computer monitor. I'm more worried about the quality of this and wouldn't buy it without a protection plan. And I hate protection plans.
Sep 7, 2022 8:55 PM
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BlakeS4254Sep 7, 2022 8:55 PM
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Quote from oneijack :
Burn in is not really a thing unless you use it as a computer monitor. I'm more worried about the quality of this and wouldn't buy it without a protection plan. And I hate protection plans.
What if you have brightness on Low, use dark mode, and enable pixel shifting?
Sep 7, 2022 9:02 PM
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coliSep 7, 2022 9:02 PM
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Quote from ocbruin :
Sorry for non deal related rant.... But as consumers...I can't help but feel that we've enabled manufactures to not give us a deal that includes durability as a criteria.

When I read comments in these threads of a TV maybe lasting 5 years or needing extended warranty....It's odd to me that as consumers.... durability has slipped as a priority to so many people and generations that we enable manufactures to progress towards the "you will own nothing and be happy", planned obsolescence and ever increasing inflation culture.

I remember a time where all tube TVs lasted 10 years easy, that was the expectation. And... Only remotes would fail.

Plasmas first introduced shorter lifespan because of burn in and power requirements where capacitors that were mounted improperly or cheap

Phones, computers, tvs and even cars are going towards this route of shortened lifespan and we only have ourselves to blame as we have emphasized consumerism and need to have "better technology" at higher frequency.
Good point, for TV it's debatable but it's a serious issue with refrigerators randomly dying in 5 years and spoiling hundreds/thousands worth of food.
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Sep 7, 2022 9:03 PM
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coliSep 7, 2022 9:03 PM
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What if you have brightness on Low, use dark mode, and enable pixel shifting?
Your Chrome tabs and top bar and scrollbars will still burn in, and that's assuming you auto hide the task bar already. Pixel shifting just makes the burn in area larger btw.
Sep 7, 2022 9:33 PM
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mrkmrk69Sep 7, 2022 9:33 PM
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Quote from Eragorn :
I don't believe you can. It's basically as if you were picking up from a warehouse, just that warehouse is a Best Buy.

(someone correct me if I'm wrong)
This sounds right to me as well.
Sep 7, 2022 9:34 PM
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ilikemoneysSep 7, 2022 9:34 PM
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Your Chrome tabs and top bar and scrollbars will still burn in, and that's assuming you auto hide the task bar already. Pixel shifting just makes the burn in area larger btw.
Jokes on me, I use Edge. I don't have to worry about chrome tabs. The real question about long term uneven pixel degradation is how well the algorithms are able to adjust at the pixel level. If it's done as Samsung and Sony have alluded, we won't see nearly the same effect as traditional and W-OLED since the voltage being sent through the qd layer will be adjusted to match the brightness of the pixel even as it degrades.

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Sep 7, 2022 10:23 PM
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lennonstSep 7, 2022 10:23 PM
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Quote from oneijack :
Burn in is not really a thing unless you use it as a computer monitor. I'm more worried about the quality of this and wouldn't buy it without a protection plan. And I hate protection plans.
The protection plans are scams. Most of them say in the terms of service (like the ones from buydig) that they don't have to fix or repair the device they can simply refund you the cost of the plan. So here you thought you were covered for a new $1500 tv and they'll just return the $150 value of the warranty.
Sep 7, 2022 10:37 PM
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oneijackSep 7, 2022 10:37 PM
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Quote from lennonst :
The protection plans are scams. Most of them say in the terms of service (like the ones from buydig) that they don't have to fix or repair the device they can simply refund you the cost of the plan. So here you thought you were covered for a new $1500 tv and they'll just return the $150 value of the warranty.
It all depends on who the plan is with. I trust Costco and Sam's and haven't had problems on getting them to honor. Not a fan of them because most products don't need it but new tv tech can be problematic.
Sep 7, 2022 10:44 PM
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DAN9090Sep 7, 2022 10:44 PM
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Quote from lennonst :
$399 by 2028. Just wait!
By that time, SuperQDDuperLED is the new standard. Enjoying my A80J for now.
Sep 7, 2022 11:44 PM
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MusicbizSep 7, 2022 11:44 PM
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As long as you have .edu email address, you should be good.
I did signup with .edu and I keep seeing $1,679 in the cart. I don't understand why this thread claims it is 1,575. Is it cookie specific?
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MusicbizSep 7, 2022 11:45 PM
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Quote from lennonst :
The protection plans are scams. Most of them say in the terms of service (like the ones from buydig) that they don't have to fix or repair the device they can simply refund you the cost of the plan. So here you thought you were covered for a new $1500 tv and they'll just return the $150 value of the warranty.
Huh. TIL.

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augieliciousSep 8, 2022 1:11 AM
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<blockquote>Musicbiz<p>I did signup with .edu and I keep seeing $1,679 in the cart. I don't understand why this thread claims it is 1,575. Is it cookie specific?</p></blockquote><p>No kidding, it's frustrating</p>
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ftusaSep 8, 2022 1:35 AM
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Quote from augielicious :
<blockquote>Musicbiz<p>I did signup with .edu and I keep seeing $1,679 in the cart. I don't understand why this thread claims it is 1,575. Is it cookie specific?</p></blockquote><p>No kidding, it's frustrating</p>
Timing.....was 1650 for long time. Then dropped to 1575 about a week before Labor day. Simply went back up after the Labor day sale. I m thinking about the next one to two weeks, if most delivered tv have issues due to built quality, it may fall more by black Friday.

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Twenty40Sep 8, 2022 3:43 AM
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Quote from Musicbiz :
I did signup with .edu and I keep seeing $1,679 in the cart. I don't understand why this thread claims it is 1,575. Is it cookie specific?
$3000 tv, reduced to $2500, and now $2099.

$1679 is the lowest price still out of anywhere retail wise outside of education/employment pricing.

$100 difference from $1575 to $1679 should *Not be your deciding factor, if so this tv is Not for you. This is a premium latest technology television intended for those who are looking to purchase the best of the best.
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