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The fact that the size and regularity of the bright point dimming have both been greatly reduced, though, has a really startling effect on both how punchy and how immersive the QN95B’s pictures typically are, even with the most extreme HDR content. Still, a soundbar is a smart investment for getting the best home theater experience possible. What’s more, the QN95B has Samsung’s Q-Symphony feature that combines the TV’s native speakers with the soundbar for a fuller soundscape. Samsung QN95B Neo QLED TV review: Smart features Samsung has a powerful "AI" video processor but most of the power is channeled into dynamic video systems that we prefer to deactivate to ensure accurate picture quality. In SDR mode, QN95B delivers much more accurate and balanced pictures than in HDR, partly because it can be set to respect the SDR standards and partly because the zone dimming systems does not have to work so aggressively to stay within SDR content's boundaries.
We uploaded the initial brightness measurements and uniformity photos for the Accelerated Longevity Test. If you want to make HDR even brighter, as seen in this EOTF, then set Contrast Enhancer to 'High' and ST.2084 to 'Max'. These settings result in considerably brighter scenes, but the overall peak brightness of the TV is the same. If you don't care as much about an accurate image, the 'Dynamic' Picture Mode is significantly brighter, reaching a momentary peak brightness of 3,138 cd/m² with a 10% window. However, it can't maintain those brightness levels, and the brightness decreases to 460 cd/m² after about 15 seconds. The so-called Quantum Matrix technology is a further development in the 2022 lineup and ensures a more precise control of dark and bright areas on the panel. Finally, when it comes to lag times, the Samsung QN95B Neo QLED TV proved a great choice for gamers, measuring a fantastic lag time of just 9.8 milliseconds. The Samsung S95B OLED TV scored a slightly lower 9.2 milliseconds, while the LG C2 OLED scored 12.9 milliseconds. like variable refresh rate and auto low latency mode possible. If you’re looking to leverage the next-gen graphics of the PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles, you’ll want to use these features. Samsung QN95B Neo QLED TV review: Audio All-in-all, I’m so glad that Samsung is investing into The Frame because it’s such exciting technology and I fully expect to see it in more homes over the years to come.Samsung's revamp of Tizen to a fullscreen user interface is in our opinion not an improvement and in addition to the occasional issues and freezes (most likely software issues), the new fullscreen UI feels as if it has been designed for Samsung rather than the end user, as it allows Samsung to show more ads and highlight content from its own services and partners. On the other hand most popular streaming apps are readily available. The Gaming Hub is not active yet and will be introduced through a software update later this year, which we look forward to as it will introduce Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now apps. Samsung's remote control is still one of our favorites but the sponsored buttons must go. The TV speakers are better than average and Samsung's 2022 TVs finally support Dolby Atmos.
This might have ended up sounding like quite a long list of negatives, I guess. But some only really get mentioned because of the outstanding quality of the rest of the QN95C experience, and most can also be improved if not fully defeated by a bit of playing around in the onscreen menus. And be in no doubt that it’s the QN95C’s many groundbreaking picture quality attributes that ultimately define its viewing experience. For HDR, we have included measurements of the different HDR picture modes (with 9% windows) below and in the table to the right. We also adjusted our HDR workflow in other ways (which is why the graphs look a little different from normal) to make sure that the Samsung TV did not detect our test patterns based on other parameters. Ultimately it seemed to react only to the window size. As you can see, none of the built-in HDR picture modes are accurate. This substantial upgrade is made all the more exciting when combined with a new, improved Neural Quantum 4K processor, the screen’s mini-LED lighting and the return of Samsung’s Shape Adaptive Light technology, which manages to adjust the wavelength of the light in any given dimming zone to try and help it blend in better with its neighbors. The much-improved light consistency of the QN95C’s new local dimming system additionally helps colours enjoy notably more consistency across the image, as well as helping the screen retain better saturations during dark sequences. All this improved colour consistency in turn joins forces with the finer light control and some striking enhancements in the QN95C’s ability to detect and effectively deal with picture noise to deliver a picture that looks immensely detailed and refined. It's almost like 4K on steroids at times, yet without that forced, unnatural feeling that has sometimes accompanied Samsung’s sharpest pictures in previous years. Bright colours in the Standard preset can look a touch faded compared with the Filmmaker Mode and Movie modes, and finally the QN95C’s out of the box motion settings cause alarming side effects, such as objects flitting in and out of the picture as they cross the screen, and haloing around moving objects. Films look too smooth, too.
What is the Samsung QN95B?
Overall, we think that QN95B delivers better sound than most TVs but the speaker system still has obvious limitations for movie watching and gaming, and especially for music we will recommend an external system. As argued last year with QN95A, Samsung's 'Game' mode is an exercise in poor picture quality. It pushes almost 1200 nits even in SDR mode with wildly oversaturated colors, a far too high color temperature (10000+ Kelvin) that makes the whole picture look much too cold (bluish), and a too wide color space. We still don't get it. Game developers put a lot of effort into making sure that their games look right, so why would any TV manufacturer actively try to make everything look wrong? QN95B's Game mode is only a little less extreme than last year's QN95A, which I called "the worst 'Game' mode in any TV that I recall" having tested. If you want great picture quality with low input lag there is really no way around playing with picture settings in the 'Game' mode. We tried another approach where we deactivated all dynamic picture systems in 'Movie' mode but we still couldn't get input lag below 70 ms so that's not an optimal approach. This happens less often than it has on previous Samsung mini-LED generations, but it’s still quite noticeable when it does. Especially if you’re familiar with the way OLED TVs are able to deliver even bright objects as small as a distant star without causing blooming or dropping any of the bright object’s intensity.
This is made possible by Samsung’s Quantum Matrix technology. Thanks to the Ultra Viewing Angle, the picture hardly loses any quality even when viewed at an angle.Some 2022 Samsung high-end TVs have also gained a 144Hz driving circuit and panel to refresh at 144Hz. At this time, it only works with a PC as game consoles such as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X max out at 120Hz output. 4K 144Hz HDR10 is supported over HDMI in QN95B.
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