Samsung 65" QN800D Neo QLED 8K Smart TV $2639.45 Delivered @ Samsung Government Portal

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Ldagold on 30/08/2024 - 10:24 samsung.com (356 clicks)
Last edited 30/08/2024 - 11:27 by 1 other user

Found this on the Samsung government portal, it seems to have positive reviews and is heavily discounted. You can also get a further 5% off for first time purchaser bringing it down to $2507.48

From the website:
Save 45% off RRP. Hurry, offer ends 31.08.24!
Incredible picture with the ultra-fine light control of Quantum Matrix Technology Pro
Upgrade your content up to 8K with AI upscaling
True Dolby Atmos 4.2.2ch cinematic sound*
Recycle your old TV to get up to $100.00 off

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  Circly on 30/08/2024 - 10:52

  +2

  How do you make use of the 8k?

  4k oled for less seems more useful…

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  ratoloko on 30/08/2024 - 11:43

  -1

  That link is not working at least for me.

  Neo QLED is my next TV.
  I have its 2018 QLED 4K TV, I can play for hours and hours without worrying about burn-in display. OLED left the chart.

  "it seems to have positive reviews": It is because of its back-light technology.
  While my QLED has a normal back-light around the screen leaking during dark scenes, a Neo QLED uses many individual LEDs as back-light so dark scenes are concentrated to that area only and way superior than QLED but also way more expensive.
  Dark scenes is the only thing an OLED is better than a Neo QLED but its burn-in display is not worth the trade-off imo.

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    Circly on 30/08/2024 - 11:46

    I can confirm the burn-in anxiety of oleds. It does sit in the back of your mind when watching content with logo or playing games with HUDs.

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      ratoloko on 30/08/2024 - 13:42

      I can confirm the burn-in anxiety of oleds

      I used to play 2019 COD MW on my XBox for 5-8h when it was released and have not played it ever since, the games after it sucked.
      I am so looking forward to 2024 COD BO6.

      Not having to worry about disabling this feature or enabling this other feature to minimize the risk is what keeps me away from OLED no matter if its black colour is better than QLED, I really don't care.

      In case you care to know QD-OLED are having way worse burn-in display problem than OLED. Idk what happened but it is bad.
      Definitely stay away from those models.

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    Stonecutter 909 on 30/08/2024 - 13:02

    Colour accuracy is also better on OLED than Neo QLED, especially straight out of the box (Samsungs are anyway). And it appears Viewing Angles are better too.

    I'm weighing up what my next one will be too. But it's different strokes for different folks.

    Since seeing your other posts, I've gone and done more research on rtings.com for the reviews and specs tested on several of these Samsung TVs (s90c/s90d, s95c/s95d, QN90c/QN90d, QN95c, QN95d, etc), and there's pros and cons for all of them.

    A quick summary of the similarities for either screen type, OLED vs Neo QLED (just based on the Samsung models in question, including the QN 8k of this deal I believe) (based on what I am concerned about):

    OLEDs:
    Better: Colour Accuracy, before and after calibration, in both DCI P3 and Rec 2020 colour spaces.
    Much better Viewing Angles.
    Blacks (?)
    Worse: Burn-in.
    24p stutter (will this affect my editing/viewing of cinematic and drone footage at 24p?).

    Neo QLEDs:
    Better: Little to No Burn-in(?)
    24p stutter
    Worse: Colour accuracy is 'good', but maybe 'not quite good enough' for colour-specific work.
    Viewing angles.
    Blacks "slightly" worse (?)

    So yeah, thanks for the heads up/reminder about the possible burn-in, but there are also many other pros/cons that are different for each person.

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      ratoloko on 30/08/2024 - 14:47

      I'm weighing up what my next one will be too. But it's different strokes for different folks.

      If you start looking into every single detail, you won't buy anything.
      The main things I will to look when upgrading my QLED:

      • HDMI 2.1: To support 4k 120fps. My QLED goes up to 4k 60fps only or 1440p 120fps
      • Brightness: I don't wanna have to roll down the curtains because I cannot see my TV, OLED major issue, they say this has been improved so they say about the burn-in display and well, has it????
      • No risk of hardware issue: Burn-in display
      • HDR10+, Dolby Vision, anything picture related. The latest tech the better as this will tell how many years you can keep this TV
      • 8k is nonsense, we just't barely have full 4k support, let alone 8k. This topic is like 5G internet, it exists but sucks in many areas.
      • TVs speakers suck, I wouldn't bother and focus on a dedicated soundbar or Audio Video Receiver aka AVR. TVs with 5.1 or anything alike are useless so don't focus on that.
      • Android TV, I would avoid Android TV ( Sony TVs ) as they were known for having input delay. Samsung uses TizenOS that is fairly fast, no dramas and just works. LG TVs are loaded with ADs. Choose your poison haha

      Anything else is personal and irrelevant.

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    Stonecutter 909 on 30/08/2024 - 13:12

    Some people might like PC or more high-end console gaming, and the fact that some of these screens "don't do 1440p@120/144hz well" (rtings reviews on each) might be an issue for those people…

    And then for someone like myself, gaming would only be via a Switch (at this stage), but when I hook up a PC/Mac to it, it'll be for editing/playback of video/drone footage, or maybe editing/checking photos at that size/resolution, so one of my main/biggest concerns is going to be Colour Accuracy and other specs tested from a rtings.com review.

    For example, the 8K screen of this deal might only be good for someone reviewing/playing back 6k or 8k footage, so that might be more important to them.

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  Stonecutter 909 on 30/08/2024 - 13:22

  +1

  FYI / Update on Main Deal (Samsung 65" QN800D Neo QLED 8K Smart TV $2639.45 Delivered @ Samsung Government Portal).

  Edu Store only showing $3,599.25 (down from $4,799.00, save $1,199.75). (or another $50 off with old TV trade).

  So gov portal. must be different price to Edu one.

  If anyone could get this at only $2,639.45 … that's a damn good deal!