Jun 7 2018, 11:19 AM
QUOTE(SSJBen @ Jun 6 2018, 04:14 PM)
I calibrated a 55Q7F for a friend in the last 2 days and I've been fairly impressed with the TV.
Pretty good black levels for an LCD, hitting over 5500:1. SDR and HDR peak brightness and average are consistently over 2000cd/m2 inside a 10% window, averaging around the 800 nits mark if sustained overtime. It does have some shortfalls with its useless local dimming algorithm though due to the edge lit LEDs with no guiding plates.
I like the fact that after calibration the TV covers 99% of the DCI-P3 color space - that's pretty much as good as it gets, which is even better than OLEDs. The REC2020 scale also hits a very respectable 75% and 83%, which is best in class for an LCD at this price range. Kudos to Samsung for focusing on color accuracy and volume!
As an everyday TV that people would use for TV, movies and gaming - well, gaming; this is arguably the BEST TV for gaming in the RM8k bracket. Input lag measured 15ms at 4k60hz @ 4:4:4 and enabling HDR only brings that up to 19ms. This is good enough even for offline local fighting games competition. There was a new update with Freesync support and I only tested it with a HTPC (no Xbox One X), suffice to say it works as it should and I'm still baffled by why Freesync isn't mandatory on all displays yet. I hope when the next-gen consoles arrives in a few years, Freesync will be a mainstream feature on all TVs.
Personally, I think this is the best 2018 RM8k-ish TV in the Malaysia market currently (since Sony went full retarded last minute in not bringing in their 55" X90f). Unless you can get an LG C8 OLED for under RM9k, there really is no better alternative than the Q7F at the moment.
Now on another note, Samsung... just why did you even bother bringing in the Q8C when no one even buys curved TVs? The Q8FN could have been the RM10k sweet spot for everyone.... you missed the ball Samsung.
The Q8FN is carrying their almighty new FALD , which is not doubt very impressive from what I have seen . There's no way they are willing to sell that TV under 10k here lol , it is Samsung afterall.Pretty good black levels for an LCD, hitting over 5500:1. SDR and HDR peak brightness and average are consistently over 2000cd/m2 inside a 10% window, averaging around the 800 nits mark if sustained overtime. It does have some shortfalls with its useless local dimming algorithm though due to the edge lit LEDs with no guiding plates.
I like the fact that after calibration the TV covers 99% of the DCI-P3 color space - that's pretty much as good as it gets, which is even better than OLEDs. The REC2020 scale also hits a very respectable 75% and 83%, which is best in class for an LCD at this price range. Kudos to Samsung for focusing on color accuracy and volume!
As an everyday TV that people would use for TV, movies and gaming - well, gaming; this is arguably the BEST TV for gaming in the RM8k bracket. Input lag measured 15ms at 4k60hz @ 4:4:4 and enabling HDR only brings that up to 19ms. This is good enough even for offline local fighting games competition. There was a new update with Freesync support and I only tested it with a HTPC (no Xbox One X), suffice to say it works as it should and I'm still baffled by why Freesync isn't mandatory on all displays yet. I hope when the next-gen consoles arrives in a few years, Freesync will be a mainstream feature on all TVs.
Personally, I think this is the best 2018 RM8k-ish TV in the Malaysia market currently (since Sony went full retarded last minute in not bringing in their 55" X90f). Unless you can get an LG C8 OLED for under RM9k, there really is no better alternative than the Q7F at the moment.
Now on another note, Samsung... just why did you even bother bringing in the Q8C when no one even buys curved TVs? The Q8FN could have been the RM10k sweet spot for everyone.... you missed the ball Samsung.
The sad thing about Q7FN the local dimming still really sucks . The price is really good from the promotion few days ago since they give you a free monitor / soundbar of choice , you can easily sell off the monitor for 2k ++ , so the cost of TV should be left at around RM6k
offtopic : BTW I have seen an offer from TBC for 55'C8 under 10k , it varies from shop to shop , if you manage to sweet talk the shop keeper into discounts , he might give a good offer
Just to be sure , we are talking about the Q7FN not the Q7 from last year right ? Cause the Samsung guy was telling me Q7FN will only be delivered by the end of month
This post has been edited by Convael: Jun 7 2018, 11:29 AM
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