Don't purchase warranty from 3rd party.

Get it either from Samsung or electronics chain stores where they likely wouldn't shut down in the next 3-5 years .

They are both very mediocre tbh.
But if I have to choose probably go with the QN85( assuming you have the sound bar). Q Symphony is pretty awesome for the price .

This post has been edited by Convael: Jan 31 2025, 04:07 PM

Edge-lit TV.
Avoid like a plague.

I think I have replied to this before.

Rting has made an extensive study and experiment on why EDGE-LIT tv tend to break down more often than the others.
Refer to this article " WHY THIN LCD TV BREAK FASTER UNDER PROLONGED USE "

This post has been edited by Convael: Feb 6 2025, 11:14 PM

the S95D has the same Matte screen.
the S90, on the other hand don't .


The S90 carried on with Samsung's dominance in the anti-glare category and it is very good at supressing glares at minimal cost of contrast ( but nowhere near any matte screen ) , the S95D on the other hand is the best at suppressing direct reflection at severe cost of perceived contrast , it sounds like you will want the later .

S90D : fight glares and ambient lights , best in muting the luminance of reflection


S95D : completely scatter and blur out the directly reflected object , but because the lights are scattered evenly on the surface , perceived contrast is reduced.


Do kindly compare these shots , courtesy of rtings.

These are new as rting has recently revamped their review format because of this. I was just talking to a few other guys the other day , these new numbers provided by rtings confirmed our suspicion that colors on QD OLED are still far superior than LG OLEDs even under disturbance of ambient light and matte screen. Someone has been paying reviewers , surprising because its not Samsung this time as they are usually the perpetrator.

This post has been edited by Convael: Apr 6 2025, 11:58 AM

That's why having competition is great for consumers.
Before the QD OLEDs, there was barely any upgrades on the annual OLED refreshes. Sure there are some minor features here and there but those are not exactly big differences.


I watch a lot of classics and shows. Many which are poorly mastered, which means the black levels are all over the places. On the wOLED because it gets chaotic quickly because of the dithering they used to conceal those artifacts.
It became a major distraction after awhile. I still couldn't believe how smooth things look on the QD OLED, that's what convinced me QD OLED is the definitive upgrade to the wOLEDs.

Given that a large number of sci-fi, horror shows have low APL, these QD OLED made a huge difference. Just play one of the game of thrones episodes, that should be enough to convince anyone.


That's why I am also quite pleased to hear Sony is continuining its QD-OLED line up and I can't see what they cooked up this year !
According to their press briefing , the Bravia 8 II is supposed to be more affordable than A95L.

I already had a brief look at S95F last month from Samsung's AWE, quite a significant improvement over S95D.


This post has been edited by Convael: Apr 8 2025, 09:26 AM

55" S95F will be available in MY for the first time , and with a rather attractive pricetag , considering all the discounts you will get towards the end of the year.

Given that LG has now royally fcked up the HDR in G5 , S95F will be the more sensible option , at least until they got the mess sorted out.




Beside that, despite getting another major boost in brightness G5 continues to lag SEVERELY behind the QD-OLED , as rtings have showns.
At 100% peak, G5 has only managed to fulfill less than 50% of its color volume despite being the slightly brighter panel here.



This post has been edited by Convael: May 18 2025, 08:31 PM