Best Samsung TVs: OLED, QLED, Frame Pro

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Kate walks you through the flagship models in the Samsung 2025 TV lineup, showing off the best Samsung TVs new for this year. From the Samsung S95F OLED to the QN90F 4K Neo QLED, to the QN990 8K Neo QLED to the Frame Pro, this video has the key specs and preliminary test results of the four most anticipated TVs Samsung is releasing. Hopefully it’ll help you decide which Samsung TV to buy!

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00:00Hey guys, today we're going to be talking about the best Samsung TVs to buy in 2025.

00:05We've got all the flagships lined up. We got QD OLED, 4K mini LED TVs, 8K mini LED TVs,

00:11and of course, lifestyle TVs, all right here in this video. So let's get into it.

00:17We're going to start right here with the Samsung S95F QD OLED TV. Now, following the S95D from

00:23last year is no small order, but the S95F has some upgrades that hopes to give Samsung more cred

00:30in the OLED world. The S95F upgrades from a 144Hz refresh rate to a 165Hz refresh rate right on par

00:39with the interest we're seeing in using OLED TVs as gaming PC monitors. So that's good, but otherwise,

00:45the S95F features Samsung's upgraded third-generation EL panel and the NQ4 AI Gen 3 processor.

00:52This TV also features an upgraded version of the glare-free OLED treatment that first debuted

00:58last year. I love it. I love that TV manufacturers are even copying Samsung with it. And even with all

01:04this lighting in here, the colors look great. The contrast is about as good as you can ask for,

01:09but we actually have a few benchmarks that give a bit more context on the performance and picture

01:14quality. I'll try to keep these benchmarks simple and standard across the rest of the TVs you'll see

01:19in this video. So first, in terms of picture accuracy, we measured a Delta E at 1.2, and for

01:25context, anything under 2 is really good. The brightness is also really good. Like, really,

01:31really good. For HDR in a 10% window in filmmaker mode, the S95F measured over 2100 nits. That's

01:38honestly super impressive. We also got a near-perfect coverage of the color space, so overall,

01:43the S95F is shaping up to be one of the TVs to beat this year. One more thing I really like about

01:49the S95F is that it has the One Connect box. You guys are probably sick of me talking about the One

01:55Connect box at this point, but I like that Samsung uses it on OLED. You can enjoy this really thin,

02:01clean look while having the convenience of offloading all the ports to somewhere a little bit easier to

02:06access. Next up, we got the Samsung QN90F Neo QLED or mini-LED TV, and I actually did a face-off

02:17specifically of this TV versus the S95F. It's going to be on this channel if it's not already,

02:23so make sure you go check that out. But this is going to be Samsung's flagship 4K for 2025,

02:30and what you're going to experience here compared to the other flagships in the set is this glare-free

02:35technology. We're seeing that throughout Samsung's lineup, but also the most size flexibility. We're

02:41starting down at 43 inches and going all the way up to 115 inches. Just like the S95F, the QN90F has

02:50the NQ4 AI Gen 3 processor and the upgrade to the 165Hz refresh rate standard. Mini-LED TVs are on the up

03:01and up in terms of popularity, and there is a good reason why. Let's look at the test results that we

03:08pulled from the QN90F. For the QN90F, we've got an accuracy score of under 2 as well, and for HDR

03:15brightness in that same 10% window, also just over 2100 nits. So the S95F and QN90F are pretty much

03:23neck and neck in that regard. Again, going back to everything I was saying about OLED, specifically QD

03:28OLED, really closing the gap in performance. We do see slightly worse color coverage, closer to 93%,

03:34but that doesn't worry me too much until we can test this in the lab. For all intents and purposes,

03:40this is the mini-LED TV in Samsung's 2025 TV family that you're going to want to take a look at,

03:47but believe it or not, there is a step up. 8K TVs tend to be pretty polarizing,

03:54but Samsung's QN990F Neo QLED AK TV might just change your mind. With the 990F, you're going to

04:03see a lot of the features I've already discussed with the OLED and the 4K, including the glare-free

04:09display, the AI processing, but of course upscaling is going to be the big story here. So if you want

04:14to enjoy content, especially on those larger screen sizes that are upscaled properly, there is a lot of

04:20reason to like 8K. Now, the availability of content is still very limited, so I'm not saying that this

04:25is the year that you need to buy an 8K, but our performance results are pretty interesting.

04:31Looking at the QN990F 8K, a bit lower down in some of our categories actually, we measured 1400 nits

04:38in the same 10% window in HDR, but a solid 95% coverage of the color space. If you guys have seen

04:45my videos before, you know I can kind of be a frame TV hater, but it looks like I'm going to have to

04:51throw that all out the window with the Samsung Frame TV Pro. It's pro because the performance is

04:57more in line with Neo QLED or mini-LED TVs. This single-handedly fixes the biggest drawback of

05:05previous frame TV models, which was picture performance and quality. Let's look at the numbers.

05:10These were the results I was probably most curious to see. I wasn't expecting anything

05:15like with the S95F or QN90F, but I was excited that the Frame Pro is going over 1000 nits peak

05:21brightness in HDR. That's such a huge improvement from the 2024 frame that hardly reached 600 nits.

05:28It also has pretty complete color coverage. The only big downside we saw, and honestly,

05:33I think this is something we'll need to retest, is an incredibly poor lag time of over 30 milliseconds.

05:39I haven't mentioned that for the other TVs because Samsung sets are usually all so good,

05:42under 10 milliseconds as standard, which is, you know, very important for gaming. So again,

05:47I'm going to have to double check these when we get this one into our own lab.

05:51Remember with the S95F OLED TV, I talked about the One Connect box. With the Frame TV Pro,

05:56we have the wireless One Connect box, which is wirelessly transmitting the picture at up to 4K,

06:02144Hz from a place that's a bit more easy to manage, so that way you're not losing from the art on the wall

06:09effect. This is an art TV, so I've got to talk about the art, of course. This is the Samsung

06:15art store. There are quite literally hundreds and hundreds of options of art to explore, display.

06:22Most of them do come at an added cost. There are a few free ones monthly, but more or less expect to

06:28spend a little bit to have the art experience you want. But what's new for 2025 is that the Samsung

06:34Frame TV is no longer the only Samsung TV with art store access. Other TVs I've talked about in this

06:40video will be getting the art store, but if you want to have the true art on the wall experience

06:45with the Frame, with the Zero One Connect box, you're going to be looking at the Frame Pro.

06:50That said, it's going to cost you. Blame it on social media, but the Frame TV Pro

06:56is the one that I'm most excited about for 2025. So I'm going to end the video here so I can enjoy it

07:02just a little bit longer. Make sure you're subscribed to this channel so you don't miss any of the

07:06Samsung 2025 TV reviews right here on this channel, and let me know in the comments which one you want

07:12to see first, and I'll see what I can do. Otherwise, that's it for me. Thanks for watching. I'll catch you

07:17next time.

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