Samsung Display’s QD-Oled panel is content with three sub-pixels (red, green and blue) arranged in a triangle, while LG Display’s Oled panels use a structure with four sub-pixels (red, green, blue and white ) aligned horizontally. This three-subpixel structure also differs from the Pentile layout that Samsung uses on OLED smartphone displays, where some subpixels are shared between two pixels.
The viewing angles are simply excellent, since there is almost no variation in brightness at 45° (less than 5%). This is much better than the best LCD TVs, with which we measured a loss of 35% on the Q950TS40% on the 900R and 45% on the QN95BSamsung’s most high-end Ultra HD Mini-Led model in 2022. The QD-Oled panel has the luxury of doing better than the Oled with an 18% loss in brightness at 45°, on the LG 65C2 for example.
As always, Filmmarker mode offers the best image quality. In this mode, the TV displays a very well calibrated image. The temperature curve over the entire spectrum, measured at 7170 K on average, is a little far from the reference 6500 K, which results in a slightly cold rendering. The gamma curve, on the other hand, is perfectly stable, with an average of 2.39, perfectly in line with the reference value (2.4). Finally, with an average delta E measured at 3.2, the colors are very well reproduced. We remain above the threshold value of 3 below which the colors are considered to be perfectly faithful to those sent by the source. On this point, the QD-Oled television does better (average delta E at 2.6), but that has a price.
As always, the contrast provided by this Oled panel is considered infinite. Indeed, even with a white calibrated at 150 cd/m², the black is measured at 0 cd/m² (our probe cannot measure a black lower than 0.0049 cd/m²). This contrast is still impressive and allows you to take advantage of all the nuances, even in complete darkness.
In 2022, Samsung high-end televisions inherit the Neural Quantum Processor 4K, an evolution of the Neo Quantum. The differences are slim and the scaling engine, already very powerful last year, is just as good today. In Filmmaker mode – our favorite for respecting image fidelity – the scaling of HD and Full HD content on this Ultra HD panel is very smooth. You have to switch to Standard mode to exploit the scaling potential of the processor, but the fidelity is then no longer there.
The Motion Xcelerator Turbo+ motion compensation system is efficient and helps to produce, thanks to the 100/120 Hz panel, a sharp moving image. Rendering with AutoMotion Plus set to Automatic is good, but it is better to use custom settings to limit the camcorder effect. Remember that in Filmmaker mode, the motion compensation system is disabled.