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EPP/AAA Members: 85” Samsung QN85QN90BAFXZA Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2022)

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$1,820

$5,000

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Samsung has for EPP Members: 85" Samsung QN85QN90BAFXZA Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2022) for $1,819.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

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Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit your qualifying program:
  2. Go to 85" Class QN90B Samsung Neo QLED 4K Smart TV
  3. Add to cart
  4. You may be prompted to sign into your Account
  5. Proceed to checkout
  6. Your total should be $1,819.99 + free shipping.
Specs:
  • Resolution: 3,840 x 2,160
  • Refresh Rate: 120Hz
  • Panel Type: QLED
  • Wi-Fi 5 + Bluetooth 5.2
  • HDR: Quantum HDR 32x, HLG, HDR10+
  • Smart Platform: Tizen
  • VESA: 600mm x 400mm
  • Inputs:
    • 4x HDMI
    • 2x USB
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x RF Antenna
    • 1x RS-232
    • 1x Digital Audio (Optical)

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Samsung has for EPP Members: 85" Samsung QN85QN90BAFXZA Neo QLED 4K Smart TV (2022) for $1,819.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member UniqueUserNameHere for finding this deal.

Note: You may need to add to cart (after signing in via your discount program) to see deal price.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit your qualifying program:
  2. Go to 85" Class QN90B Samsung Neo QLED 4K Smart TV
  3. Add to cart
  4. You may be prompted to sign into your Account
  5. Proceed to checkout
  6. Your total should be $1,819.99 + free shipping.
Specs:
  • Resolution: 3,840 x 2,160
  • Refresh Rate: 120Hz
  • Panel Type: QLED
  • Wi-Fi 5 + Bluetooth 5.2
  • HDR: Quantum HDR 32x, HLG, HDR10+
  • Smart Platform: Tizen
  • VESA: 600mm x 400mm
  • Inputs:
    • 4x HDMI
    • 2x USB
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x RF Antenna
    • 1x RS-232
    • 1x Digital Audio (Optical)

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VolatileVolition
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Get both the 10% off and 2yr free warranty:

Chat with an Expert
Ask for the 10% off, agent will link a cart, open it
Grab the code from the cart (right side itemized list)
End the chat with the agent (whatever reason you choose)
Chat with an Expert again
Ask for the 2yr Samsung Care warranty free
Agent will link a cart, open it
Enter the 10% off coupon code in the promo/referral box
Congrats, you now have 2yr warranty + 10% off
If you run into issues through Chat w/an Expert obtaining either promos or stacking codes:

Go to Order Support
Open chat support, the chat window will be slightly different
These agents have higher authority to produce different promo codes



I currently own 2x 85QN90B, both with 10% off + 2yr free warranty. Remember that Samsung's instructions to AGS is to a mandatory 2 man delivery past the door sweep; last mile delivery contracts by AGS through third party may not follow these instructions, be prepared to help carry your own TV into your home. Samsung also instructs AGS to allot 4 hours for delivery, take the time to unbox, inspect, setup, and test your TV with that 4hour allotment. If it has damages, non surface scratches, bad DSE, or the blooming is not tolerable (Open Netflix app, and watch the start-up logo as a good indicator) to your liking, then pack it back up and have the AGS delivery driver haul it back. Save yourself the headache of having to schedule it through FedEx Freight if you decide to return it.

Solo unboxing tips for testing:

Cut the straps cleanly and save
Remove the 2 black plastic lock-step clips from each side
Do not lift the slip top, instead open it, so you can easily part it in half
Remove all the accessories: top left remote + manual, top and bottom right stand
Remove the foam cover, and foam brackets
Use the left and right side bottom foam and flip horizontal and slip into bottom foam insert (creates a temporary stand)
You can plug the TV in and begin testing from here
If you want full view of the screen, then remove the foam insert bottom rear center (lift) then push the foam insert that's for the bottom center front, by pushing it out
From here you can begin assembling the stand
You will need to temporarily lift the stand to mount it to the mounting points on the TV by about 0.5in
If you didn't order White Glove delivery, then AGS is not required to help
You may get lucky and have a good AGS driver who will help though
All of these unboxing instructions are on the box itself, and an infographic inside


I've cycled through a total of 8x85QN90B, 2 delivered at a time, for a total of 4 deliveries. DSE was a major issue, ranging anywhere from vertical bars, horizontal bars, speckled blotches, to softball sized circles anywhere around the screen. It took 4 deliveries to finally get a panel where the DSE was limited enough and near the edges (no its not light bleed) to not be noticeable, and be tolerable for me. Blooming in certain scenes like the Netflix start-up logo cannot be helped, the AI logic is just not fantastic in that specific scene, but it's great base indicator for the worst possible blooming issue you can encounter on this TV. For other use cases, blooming is well managed, controlled, and hardly noticeable.

If you do not plan to pay for professional calibration but you want to adjust your TV to a good degree, I highly recommend checking out Classy Tech Calibrations, YT video on the recommend settings, there's also an AVSForum thread you can run through for the QN90B that will be helpful. Otherwise if you're a lot like my wife where the standard and dynamic options and overblown colors and saturation works for you, enjoy!

https://youtu.be/TvDR9br8NmQ

EDIT: Based on some responses, it seems Samsung may have finally closed this stacking loophole for 10% + 2yr, YMMV
Mike_Tython
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I don't have any of the issues you have. That's unfortunate. I do however urge others to do some research on how firmware updates destroy the picture quality and render game mode completely unusable. For this reason I have kept my TV offline. You have to be careful too if you have other samsung devices they will try to pair and can then connect your TV to your wifi thru these other devices. Before anyone comments that you can turn off auto firmware updates, you are correct.... Except that samsung will push the ones they deem necessary anyways. Don't believe me? Just look up this model of tv and all the people who felt they had disabled firmware updates only to find the next morning that they now have a TV that looks worse and has no working game mode functionality. I believe it's firmware update 1420 that wrecks the hdr. Unless they've addressed this in a newer update, I'd keep this TV 100% offline.

The other thing that's shit about this TV is the massive volume panel that comes up when you want to change volume. No way to disable and it covers up a huge part of your screen. I thought adding a soundbar would remove that panel as the soundbar has its own display, but nope. Still there. I've learned to live with it but if you have to constantly change volume, just be aware.

The UI is complete trash. It's pretty unbelievable that they would push out this kind of UI on what is meant to be their flagship tv.

Having said that, if you can live with a "dumb" offline only tv, and the volume indicator, and fugly, and frustrating UI, then you might love this TV as much as we do. We have it in a bright room with skylights and it looks amazing. The hdr 10+ looks great and the colors are beautiful.

You'll want 2 people to set this up as the base alone feels like it's 30 lbs or so.

Hope this is helpful to someone.
PaulP6715
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Beautiful TV. I've had the 75-inch version for about a year now. Brighter than the sun itself.

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Apr 30, 2023 01:34 AM
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m47150Apr 30, 2023 01:34 AM
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Quote from life4eva :
Please stop, if you have to look at test patterns you're always going to find imperfections on any and ever lcd based tv. As of now the only tv with limited to no imperfection is QD-Oled.

No QD- Oled larger than 77" and even at 77" you're paying $4k+ which is twice the price.

Be realistic, people such as yourself with ocd disorders will never be happy.

I bought an 85" Samsung 8K , of course with text there's blooming and when pulling up color charts you can see some screen uniformity, but other than that it's a spectacular tv that's very fast, responsive , extremely bright, great for gaming and overall for the price (I paid $2900) it's a happy medium as all tvs are within a similar price range.

*Cup is half full , learn to Enjoy Life
This is decent take but poorly executed. You can turn off attention to detail about as easy as you can turn off being homosexual.

I had a ten year stretch where I let this stuff consume me and I ended up having to take medication to treat anxiety that caused extreme attention to detail. I found that controlling imperfect situations like this self-medicated me and controlled my anxiety. I also found that by buying products, you begin to understand what is acceptable. For me, it isn't about being perfect, it's about getting the best copy of a product I can.

Sites like rtings literally train folks on what makes a TV better and what makes a copy of a TV a bad copy.
Apr 30, 2023 01:39 AM
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CrucehApr 30, 2023 01:39 AM
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Quote from VolatileVolition :
Cup is half full was the point of that post. Literally I had 1/8 terrible panel lottery experience and I posted my cousin had 1/1. You're looking to argue about something, it's definitely not what you are claiming. Seems you are more annoyed that there are people who value themselves, their time, their money and take the effort to make sound purchases. Sounds like you need to take your own advice, cup is half full, learn to enjoy life and not dictate to others how to run theirs Smilie
Dude you say to value time then you wasted your own time taking 8 deliveries from Samsung. If this doesn't work out I'll just get an OLED. Shame the OLED panels are only 83". This is for a bright living room so that's why I am trying this.
Apr 30, 2023 01:41 AM
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m47150Apr 30, 2023 01:41 AM
925 Posts
Quote from VolatileVolition :
Cup is half full was the point of that post. Literally I had 1/8 terrible panel lottery experience and I posted my cousin had 1/1. You're looking to argue about something, it's definitely not what you are claiming. Seems you are more annoyed that there are people who value themselves, their time, their money and take the effort to make sound purchases. Sounds like you need to take your own advice, cup is half full, learn to enjoy life and not dictate to others how to run theirs
Thanks for the advice on what to look for when mine comes in. I also am very detail oriented and wouldn't be pleased watching a screen I wasn't happy with. Sometimes it is hard to unsee things.

I have an 82 Q70T that has bad light bleed and is in my basement movie room. Was hoping that Mini LED will solve that problem but hate to hear that I might see issues on solid colors including white.
Apr 30, 2023 01:58 AM
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VolatileVolitionApr 30, 2023 01:58 AM
244 Posts
Quote from mark47150 :
Thanks for the advice on what to look for when mine comes in. I also am very detail oriented and wouldn't be pleased watching a screen I wasn't happy with. Sometimes it is hard to unsee things.

I have an 82 Q70T that has bad light bleed and is in my basement movie room. Was hoping that Mini LED will solve that problem but hate to hear that I might see issues on solid colors including white.
Yeah, it is unfortunate but the QN90B is earning a reputation for bad panel lottery. I honestly couldn't believe it, because my previous Samsung TVs like the UN82MU8000 came with very little DSE for an edge-lit panel, and no light bleed surprisingly. The DSE I experienced in the other 6 TVs had a combination of levels of low luminance. Some were undetectable during movies/shows, others were clearly there. The biggest problem was when I ran some football, baseball, and soccer clips I could see it. It wasn't really noticeable in basketball clips. It was very visible running test demos. The deciding factor wasn't the test demos though, it was the sports clips that ultimately had me returning those panels. The set I have now, you'd have to seriously pay close attention to see it, which means, on average viewing, for someone like me, it's tolerable and unnoticeable, and so I kept it.
Last edited by VolatileVolition April 29, 2023 at 08:01 PM.
Apr 30, 2023 01:59 AM
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vfdfs2Apr 30, 2023 01:59 AM
224 Posts
Quote from PornStar69 :
I'm really tempted to get this but I don't think I want to deal with playing the panel lottery.
Same here. For the price, the size, the technology, how thin this is, but then more and more reading, there's panel issue, i can't bite on this, too. I'm too old, my wife and i can't deal with this 100 lbs. tv because of quality where we need to RMA this. There is no way we let anyone in our house, too.

This sucks.
Apr 30, 2023 02:25 AM
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windong20Apr 30, 2023 02:25 AM
17 Posts
Looks like this deal is dead, I'm seeing $2,339.99 now after EPP discount. Anyone else seeing this differently?
Apr 30, 2023 02:50 AM
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VolatileVolitionApr 30, 2023 02:50 AM
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Quote from windong20 :
Looks like this deal is dead, I'm seeing $2,339.99 now after EPP discount. Anyone else seeing this differently?
Order summary
Subtotal $1,819.99
Shipping Free
Estimated tax $155.76
CA RECYCLING FEE $6.00
Total $1,981.75
Total Savings $3,180.00
Promotional Discount(s) -$2,400.00
Member Savings -$780.00

Still working here for AAA.

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Apr 30, 2023 02:59 AM
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theviet1Apr 30, 2023 02:59 AM
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Quote from VolatileVolition :
If you have T-Mobile, you get 1yr free AAA membership, you'll need to sign up using the T-Mobile perks link through the T-Mobile perks app or via T-Mobile perks webpage. You'll just need to cancel it before the 1yr is up otherwise you get auto-billed. This free membership with AAA provides you the EPP discount that you link through this page:

https://discounts.aaa.com/home-bu...ts/samsung

Other options:
  • Sign up for AAA and pay for 1 month
  • Find a friend/relative with AAA, use their First and Last Name + Zip code through the link above
  • Find a friend/relative with qualifying EPP
This is an underrated comment here. Thanks for the help. Was able to get the 75" -10% after using my brothers aaa account for $1386 before tax. Great price since 85" is too big for my case but 75" is the perfect size
Apr 30, 2023 03:48 AM
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PandaOreoApr 30, 2023 03:48 AM
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I there a way to make this work that I'm missing? I went trough the EPP for military and government worker and don't see the option.
Apr 30, 2023 04:04 AM
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advait0212Apr 30, 2023 04:04 AM
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Quote from KGubba :
I have the same issue too.
How did you get codes? I asked for code but support refused to provide code and instead created cart for me both times.
Apr 30, 2023 04:05 AM
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SnewpyApr 30, 2023 04:05 AM
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Quote from PandaOreo :
I there a way to make this work that I'm missing? I went trough the EPP for military and government worker and don't see the option.
It's for EPP (Employee Purchase Program) or AAA only. The discount is not showing in the other discount programs such as military, government, education, etc.
Apr 30, 2023 04:07 AM
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SnewpyApr 30, 2023 04:07 AM
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Quote from advait0212 :
How did you get codes? I asked for code but support refused to provide code and instead created cart for me both times.
Same boat - couldn't see the code until I checked out and looked at my invoice. Previous posters mentioned that the codes were no longer stacking so I just went with the 10% off and used a credit card that extended the warranty another year.
Apr 30, 2023 04:15 AM
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im_salmanrazaApr 30, 2023 04:15 AM
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How's it coming down to 1820? It's 10% off 2599?
Apr 30, 2023 04:16 AM
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KGubbaApr 30, 2023 04:16 AM
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Quote from advait0212 :
How did you get codes? I asked for code but support refused to provide code and instead created cart for me both times.
When you click their link, you can expand the itemized breakup for price details and will find the code they applied there.

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Apr 30, 2023 04:17 AM
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im_salmanrazaApr 30, 2023 04:17 AM
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Quote from im_salmanraza :
How's it coming down to 1820? It's 10% off 2599?
I just got the AAA membership but it keeps failing to verify the membership.

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