Each piece of furniture is clear and well defined and there’s an obvious contrast between the different materials they’re made from. The second sees the TV able to adapt its frame rate on-the-fly to match that of the game you’re playing. Once we switch to the action of the NASA astronauts, we get some spectacular examples of how well this 55in TV handles HDR content (HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG are all supported). SAVE $500 . In fact, head-on the frame around its screen is impressively narrow, doing precious little to distract you from the pictures you’re watching. If you can feed the set HDR10+ sources pictures enjoy both a little more dynamism and refinement. It has an exceptionally low input lag for gaming, and it supports FreeSync for a nearly tear-free gaming experience. Can the QE55Q90R's flagship QLED technology deliver another LCD TV masterclass? Since Samsung has shifted their lineup, this is a replacement of the Samsung Q80/Q80R QLED and not the Samsung Q90/Q90R QLED. You can even make the TV camouflaged if you take a digital photograph of the wall it’s positioned against and set that image to become the Ambient mode’s default display. Is all this enough to make it the best 55in TV in town? This also provides extra scene-by-scene picture data that isn’t provided in a standard HDR10 video feed. The Samsung Q90R is an excellent TV for most uses. Joining the Samsung QE55Q90R’s frequently spectacular pictures is a satisfyingly potent audio system. Despite not carrying any forward-firing speakers, the QE55Q90R manages to cast its sound across a wide but coherent and highly detailed sound stage. The result is unprecedented black levels and viewing angles for an LCD screen, alongside more traditional LCD strengths of high brightness and large colour volumes. Though it’s only about a foot deep, and a little wider than that, it’s a lot more stable than you might think. We use industry standard tests in order to compare features properly. This is particularly obvious on the roof scene where the Russian gangster kingpin receives his Wick-news phone call. It’s worth familiarising yourself with the Digital Clean View feature, too. Actually, this is probably less distracting than heavy local backlight clouding. You will receive a verification email shortly. Sign up below to get the latest from What Hi-Fi?, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Note, though, that while its lack of buttons might work quite well for day-to-day use of the TV, they can make its universal remote capabilities over-complicated. The issue appears stronger on the 55in model than the 65in set, presumably as a result of the smaller model’s reduced dimming zone count. We prefer listening to Fat Bottom Girls like this, but on balance, would probably stick with Amplify. The Samsung QE55Q90R doesn’t support eARC over any of its HDMIs. Given that the “Replicant” word is by no means faint (it’s just quite small, and appears against a black backdrop), it’s easy to see why very dark scenes outside of Movie mode sometimes look like they’re missing shadow detail. There’s more authority at the bottom end in Standard, but it is a little muddy and the detail is less pronounced. Search Open Menu. The larger panelled 65in Q90R from Samsung already received full marks from our reviewers and the 55in version should, in theory, fare similarly. Also impressive is the way a Moth Eye filter on the Samsung QE65Q90R’s screen resists reflections much better than the majority of its (especially OLED) rivals. Unlike other sites, we thoroughly test every product we review. If you’re going to follow that advice, you should definitely consider the QE55Q90R. Powered by a 4K quantum processor, the Samsung Q90R brings you a sharp and vibrant picture quality which along with a whole lot of other features allows you to … The Movie mode delivers a duller, more desaturated image than Standard. This results in punchier, more dynamic images. Otherwise, the main competition for the Samsung QE55Q90R comes from the LG C9 and Panasonic GZ1000/GZ1500 OLED TVs. It’s the same 4cm depth all the way down and looks all the better designed for it. Both the twilight sky and concrete tower come out a little coarse. Put all this brightness and colour intensity side by side with the Samsung QE55Q90R’s class-leading black levels, and you’ve got arguably the most flat-out spectacular HDR pictures in the TV world. Visit our corporate site. After all, manufacturers have to put the processing components and speaker driver units somewhere. SAVE $200. Motion is handled well if you follow the setup advice suggested earlier, and the set’s upscaling of sub-4K sources is startling – especially when it comes to making really low-quality sources, such as heavily compressed web video, easier to watch. One other thing the Samsung QE55Q90R can’t do is Dolby Vision. The Movie preset holds on to its peak brightness levels pretty much indefinitely, but hits “only” 1436 nits on the same 10% window. What Hi-Fi? Thanks to OLED’s ability to have each pixel produce its own light, both those sets excel over the Samsung at producing very small areas of brightness without any accompanying blooming or loss of intensity. Despite being less expensive at launch than last year’s Samsung Q90R QLED TV, The Samsung Q90T isn’t exactly what we’d consider cheap. This is promising stuff given how excellent previous generations of Samsung LCD flagship TV have typically fared, even without a dedicated backlight control chip in place. A wall-mounted Samsung QE55Q90R running in Ambient mode. The 65-inch Q90T costs $1,000 less than the 65-inch Q90R did when it was released, it has a souped-up sound system, and it is available in more sizes — including 55-, 65-, 75-, and 85-inch variants. The detail of the sweat on Wick’s face as he scrubs the blood from his floor is not a long way short of the clarity we saw in The Martian. Samsung Q90R is available in 65, 75, and 82-inch sizes in the US, and 55, 65, and 75-inch sizes in Europe. Once down into standard definition with Aliens, the action is much more pixelated, but still watchable. The first thing that struck me about this screen were its exceptional black levels. Note that the way Samsung’s wide viewing angle technology works slightly compromises resolution, but the QE55Q90R’s pictures still look beautifully crisp and clean. Further reasons include the excellent TV interface, the well designed, stripped back remote (there’s also a standard zapper in the box), and the fact that these sets now include the excellent Apple TV app – which hosts the biggest selection of pay-as-you-go 4K HDR films available anywhere – as well as every other important video app, from Netflix and Prime Video, to Google Play Movies and TV and all of the UK’s major catch-up services. The most obvious new feature of the Q90R—and my favorite by far—is its pedestal-style stand.