Samsung, Neo QLED 4K QN90C
A gamers delight!
26/05/2023 10:15
My first impression of the QN90C was WOW! So many features and such a significant upgrade to my last Samsung TV.
For me, it was all about the gaming features. The reason for this upgrade was to take my gaming up to 4k @120hz with HDR+, but more about that later.
I have been using this now every day for just over a month and it is genuinely difficult to pick out my favourite feature! First thing to mention is the brightness and contrast, the screen really pops. The mini-LED local dimming really works, especially with a HDR fed picture. Yes, the blacks could be a little darker, but overall the picture brightness and the auto brightness adjustment is nice too. Quite frequently I would find myself needing to turn the brightness down as it was actually straining my eyes! The colours were equally as impressive, but that then takes me to the Gaming mode. It was easy to setup with the Xbox Series-X, adjusted the brightness and colour on the console and then it looked fantastic. Keeping the variable refresh rate (VRR) enabled meant that the game could pick the right rate by itself. The only thing I did need to adjust was the colour profile, when it first goes into Game mode, the colours are incredibly vibrant and somewhat inaccurate. But with some adjustments, I got the colours looking great. Gaming at 4k with 120fps refresh rate is spectacular!
One of my favourite features is actually the remote, my TV came with 2, a more traditional remote and the new solar remote! A mini solar panel on the back of it that you face up to the sun to charge, really neat and a genuine talking point for people when they see it!
The sound is good but not great, but given how ridiculously thin the panel is, I'm not surprised! Obviously if people want top-tier sound they route it through something else, but I found it more than acceptable.
The TV is definitely a step up from previous smart TV's, intelligence seems to be in every feature, from the speech recognition and control to the upscaling technology that you don't realise until you compare directly to another TV.
Overall, I am really impressed, yes it is an expensive investment and that is the only reason for knocking a star off, but one that should last a long time and deliver a great experience throughout!
MKRedacted
Chester , Spojené království
Age: 41
Gender: Female