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85" Samsung QN90B Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2022, qn85qn90bafxza) on sale for
$2239.99 when you
follow the deal instructions below.
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Note: Pricing may vary depending on EPP/EDU program.
Deal Instructions:
- Visit the Samsung Discount Program page and select the program for which you qualify.
- Go to 85" Samsung QN90B Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2022)
- Add to cart
- Sign in or create a new Samsung account if prompted
- May also be prompted to verify eligibility
- Proceed to checkout
- Price will be $2239.99 + free shipping
Specs:- Resolution: 3840x2160
- Neo Quantum Processor 4K
- Quantum HDR 32x
- Refresh Rate: 120Hz
- Panel Type: QLED
- Dolby Atmos
- HDR10+ Adaptive & HDR10+ GAMING
- Ports:
- 4x HDMI
- 2x USB
- 1x Ethernet
- 1x RF Input
- 1x Digital Audio Out (Optical)
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The positives are the sheer size of the set. You really can't beat an 85" unless you go projector, and then you are limited to a dark room. The brightness is insane. It exceeds 1600 nits vs 1000 on the TCL and 800 on the C2. And on an 85" set, it's extreme. You have to dial it down, especially at night. Because it gets so bright, colors pop. So anything with a great signal looks outstanding. Those 4k and 8k YouTube videos are jaw dropping. Movies and sports look great, and using the motion at 120Hz has a processor that doesn't affect sports (balls jumping across the screen). The OS is fine, and quick. No issues. The negatives are that you will see some DSE on solid color screens, such as white or gray. You cant get around it. Especially on a giant 85". You will also get some blooming. I only recognize it at the end of a movie with rolling credits. But it's there. And you'll be adjusting the picture mode at night because of how bright the set gets. It's unparalleled during the day for college football, but blinding in the evening. The remote is very fast to get to the settings, so it's 5 seconds. But it's there. You'll want a wall mount that allows access to the inputs. Because once this set is up. It's not coming down. Run every cable you need and don't need to the TV. And label them. It takes 3 strong people to mount this. One last positive - two tuner mode. I use it to watch multiple football games. You can do equal sizes or one large one small, and flip the pic and sound with one button. That in itself was worth the investment. So 83" OLED vs 85" QLED? If my room was dark enough all the time - OLED. But it's not so it's QLED for the main room.
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However, the Samsung QN90A has too many bugs for a flagship set at the price I paid ($3500 at the time, don't have edu discount).
I also have an active 2016 65" Samsung TV that has better, less buggy software.
I have a file server that I use to play media. I normally prefer to use the native video file app that comes with TV's because it gives me a better picture than other 3rd party player apps such as Plex. All of these native video player apps are not that great and seem neglected, but the QN90A takes the crown in most bugs.
Most files don't play sound and give you an error on the QN90A. Can't add subtitles correctly. Oh and if you snooze on a movie at night and want to just quickly catch up the next day, you better remember where you left off… yup, it starts you all the way from the beginning. And cross your fingers in case the app craps out on you while you're fast forwarding!
Silly bugs like I can't put my server as a source on the quick bar because it'll drop from the quick bar when the TV is off. You have to manually add it every time so I don't even bother. Now I have to scroll past all their stupid ads they put on the quick bar to go to the sources section to access my server.
But I guess if you don't have a server or do any of those things, that may not worry you. However, you should know that they have way more bugs. I just spent two days without the YouTube app because it just stopped working. I tried a bunch of things, nothing. Began working randomly.
As far as the picture, yes, it's nice. But it likes to change brightness automatically (and incorrectly mind you) even when you turn all those features off. It just does whatever it wants. You'll be watching something at night then all of a sudden the picture looks like Samsung turned on the sun in your living room or something. Any source, it does it anyway.
At least it won't get burn in.
The Picture in Picture is cool but not intuitive. Screen share is easy. Again, when it works. To their credit I've never seen a solid screen share, so…
There are some interesting features I like, such as the ambient mode (that obviously doesn't work correctly due to the same silly bug issues).
You can pair it with SmartThings which is interesting, since I can use the SmartThings app as a remote (again, when SmartThings works… oh they're Samsung too, interesting trend here Samsung!)
I'm not sure but I feel like they tried to make the same 2016 software look polished but it works worse than my 2016 set. Their panels are amazing but these software bugs really just pains me for the name of the brand and the price I paid.
Anyway I had 85QN90A for about a month before the screen went crap. Constant flickering and bottom half of the screen went completely dark. After dealing with they customer service BS for a month, they finally replaced it with 85QN90B for free. I had a giant dead TV hung on my wall for a month.
85QN90B quality of image is superb. Really sharp, super bright, black is nice and dark. 85QN90A was overly intensely bright but 85QN90B is more naturally bright which is easier on your eyes. Only down side of B model is it comes with new UI which totally sucks. I don't know why samsung did this. Not only its not user friendly, its slower than the previous UI making it noticeably slower and laggy to navigate. But Overall I'm happy with it and hopefully it'll last.
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using Samsung's Tizen via a Audio Receiver/ARC is a pain. If you have the receiver to turn off and on with the TV, and the receiver doesn't turn on in time, then you have to manually set the audio from tv speakers to HDMI every time.
WebOS also makes switching inputs a breeze. you can select from any input connected to the audio receiver via the WebOS remote, labeled appropriately (like Switch, or PC, etc) whereas on Tizen it's just better to deal with inputs via the yamaha receiver remote.
If I were to do it again, I'd buy the similar quality LG just for the OS.
The QN90b has the brightness and coating to mute reflections but the X-wide viewing angle causes that rainbow effect to splay across the entire screen.. so depending on how intense your lighting is, the rainbowy affect might not be too distracting
I had a qn90a which im glad i sent back, had some real shitty local dimming implementation and bright highlights were crushed when utilizing local dimming to its fullest.
color saturation was complete ass on the QN90A but everyone calls it a feature
Am I dreaming
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