q8fn 75 inch lcd panel pricelist

4K Resolution with direct LED lighting and local dimming (hundreds of zones - likely 450-500). Brightness is claimed to reach 2000 nit peaks on this flagship model - and it’s nice to find a 55-inch model included in the flagship range this year, even if this 55-inch model is not currently scheduled to launch in the US.

All of the NU series of TVs for 2018 use ‘standard’ LED technologies rather than the Samsung’s metal-clad Quantum Dots found in the QLED models. This means they can’t deliver such extreme levels of brightness and color. It’s worth noting, too, that unlike the Q9FN and (US) Q8FN models, none of the NU models use contrast-friendly direct LED lighting, where the LEDs sit behind the screen. They’re all edge-lit. The pay-off with the NU models, of course, is that they’re significantly cheaper than Samsung’s QLED models.

The NU8500 series uses Samsung’s (pre-QLED) Dynamic Crystal color technology to deliver a wider color gamut than you get from typical LCD TVs. Its edge LED system features local dimming, where separate segments of the lights can output different amounts of brightness to suit the picture. Though it won’t do this with as much precision as a TV with direct LED lighting and local dimming.

The back of the Q8FN is nearly identical to the NU8000. It has the same cable management system which works exceptionally well for guiding all of the cables either through the legs or through the bottom of the TV when wall-mounted.

Excellent build quality. There are no gaps in the construction. It is mostly plastic but there are some metal parts. It feels well built and solid. The back panel has a lot of flex in the middle where the VESA mounts are located, and the corners of the bezel are slightly cracked but this should not cause any issues.

Decent local dimming on the Q8FN, very similar to the Sony X900F. The Q8FN does not completely turn off zones that were far away from our test dot. The Q8FN has less visible blooming than the X900F, but the black levels are not as deep.

Update 01/08/2019: The Q8FN in Europe does not have a full array local dimming feature, but is instead edge-lit. Samsung has instead released the Q8DN, which has the same full array local dimming feature as the one we have tested.

Excellent peak brightness with SDR content. Highlights are very bright and stand out. The 2018 Q8FN is much brighter than last year"s Q8C. Real scenes are not as bright as our test windows, but still bright enough for most rooms.

Decent gray uniformity, but worse than last year"s Q8. The sides of the Q8FN are darker than the rest of the screen, but this isn"t as noticeable as when it is in the center. The center of the screen is not uniform, this will be noticeable when watching sports like hockey or football with large areas of uniform color in the center of the screen.

The Samsung Q8 has a poor viewing angle, the picture quality degrades when viewed off angle. Blacks turn gray and colors shift even with a small angle. This TV is not a good choice for a room with side seating or even with a large couch. These results are typical of VA-type panels. OLED panels like the LG C7 have much better viewing angles.

The 2018 Q8FN has excellent reflection handling. Reflections are well defined but at a much lower intensity, as such there is much less glare. The anti-reflection coating gives reflections a slight purple tint, but this isn"t really noticeable. This TV is excellent even for a very bright room.

Excellent wide color gamut. The Q8FN can display nearly 100% of the P3 color space, and has the highest Rec.2020 coverage we have ever seen, although it is very close to the 2017 Q9F.

The Q8FN has an excellent response time with very little overshoot. The left and right sides of the chart do not line up due to the local dimming feature.

The Q8FN uses PWM to dim the backlight, and it flickers regardless of backlight setting, even at 100%. The flicker changes considerably depending on settings. Normally, it flickers at 480 Hz, which shouldn"t be noticeable and creates little motion duplication. This is much better than last year"s Q8C, and almost as good as Sony"s X900F.

The Samsung Q8FN has an optional BFI mode called "LED Clear Motion" that adjusts the flicker depending on the content to help motion appear more clear.

BFI on the Q8FN is able to flicker at a variety of frequencies, as low as 60Hz to help fluidity of motion with 60 fps content. Similarly to the NU8000, it is also available in "Game Mode".

The Samsung 2018 Q8FN has a 120Hz panel, and can interpolate lower frame rate content up to 120 Hz. This helps motion appear much smoother, but it can sometimes get it wrong and cause motion artifacts. In scenes with lots of motion the TV stops interpolating, preferring to maintain quality similar to the LG C8. This effect can look strange to many people and is also known as the "Soap Opera Effect".

The Q8FN is almost always judder-free, but when playing 24p content through a streaming device at 60i, it was inconsistent. This result is unexpected, although we have similar results with other Samsungs we have tested. We will retest this with each firmware update. This will not be an issue for most people.

The Samsung Q8FN does not support FreeSync from our Radeon RX 580 GPU. We tried multiple combinations of "Game Mode", "PC Mode" and different refresh rates but FreeSync was never detected as supported.

Most common resolutions and refresh rates are supported without issue. Like the NU8000, the Q8FN does not support 1440p@60Hz, and in PC mode with a 1440p@120Hz signal the TV does not display chroma 4:4:4 properly, as colors appear washed out.

The Q8FN does not support DTS passthrough like the NU8000. This should not be an issue since most media provides both DTS and Dolby Digital sound streams.

The frequency response of of the Q8FN is below-average. Low-frequency extension (LFE) is at 76Hz, which is quite decent for a TV. This means that this TV will be able to produce some punch and kick, but no thump or rumble in the bass range. The response above the TV"s LFE is decently flat and well-balanced, but because this TV doesn"t have a room correction system, it wasn"t able to remove the modes of our test room around 200Hz. The Max SPL of 85.5dB is above-average, but may not be enough for loud environments.

The interface of the Q8FN is well organized and intuitive. The interface is inconsistent, occasionally dropping frames on animations. The 2018 Q8FN and NU8000 are worse than last year"s models.

Like all Samsung TVs, the Q8FN has ads throughout the home menu, as well as suggested content within the app store. They are not always there, and there is no option to disable them.

If you want superb TV quality without the added expense of a new OLED TV, look no further than the Samsung 65-inch Q8FN QLED TV, which manages to be one of the best TVs available, even without being Samsung"s top-of-the-line model. The Samsung Q8FN ($2,499) is part of Samsung"s premium QLED lineup, and benefits from Samsung"s Quantum-dot LCD enhancement, a full roster of features and capabilities, and a design that looks better than most any TV on the market. It"s a big step up from the more affordable $1,699 Samsung 65Q6FN QLED TV, and a great alternative to more expensive OLED sets, and that"s enough for us to recommend it strongly.

The Samsung Q8F has the same premium stylings as the rest of its QLED line, like the Samsung 65-inch Q6F QLED TV we reviewed earlier this year. That design aesthetic means that you can expect the Q8F to have several touches unique to Samsung"s TVs, which Samsung calls "Q Style."

This includes a 360-degree design that pays almost as much attention to the backside of the TV as it does the display panel in front. The back panel is covered in a striped textured finish, with a dark gray color that"s a bit more attractive than the basic black seen on most TV chassis.

Measuring 57.1 x 32.6 x 2.3 inches, the Q8F"s 58.4-pound cabinet is thicker than some premium TVs, most notably LG"s ultra-slim OLED panels, but thanks to the full-array backlighting panel inside, it"s also a fraction of an inch thicker than the Samsung Q6F (2.2 inches). Despite the slightly thicker design of the Q8F, there"s nothing chunky about it, and noting the thickness is hardly a knock on the design.

The inset connector panel is one of the few elements that separates the Q8F from Samsung"s top-tier Q9F models (which we have seen, but not yet reviewed). Whereas those models have a separate connector box for all video and audio connections, and use a slim, nearly invisible cable to connect it to the TV, the Q8F uses standard built-in ports and a traditional cable management.

Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the enhanced panel are the black levels. Most LCD displays suffer from an effect called elevated blacks, a byproduct of the backlight that shines through the LCD panel even when displaying black. Even high-quality LCD sets like the LG 65SK9500 and the Sony Bravia X900F have some trouble with these glowing grays where black should be.

Backlight consistency is also top-notch. Unlike most LCD displays, Samsung"s QLED panel has no discernable shadowing in the corners. The set also has full-array backlight with local dimming, and those dimming zones do a great deal to reduce unwanted halos and light blooms. While some minor blooming can be seen around smaller bright spots when contrasted against dark backgrounds, it"s a step up from what we saw on the Samsung 65Q6FN QLED TV. It"s similar in setup to the Sony Bravia X900F, but with better overall lighting control; it"s one of the best options seen this side of an OLED display"s per-pixel illumination.

Viewing angles are also among the best, with little to no color shifting when viewing the 65-inch panel at either horizontal or vertical angles. When viewing single-color screens, we saw minimal color shifting. When viewing a solid pink screen, we saw only the faintest purple tinges at the edge of the display when viewed from 60 degrees off-center. This is a TV that can be enjoyed from most any angle, by several people.

The Samsung 65-inch Q8FN QLED TV manages to stand out among this year"s excellent TVs with a premium design, rich feature set and performance that"s on a par with the best premium TVs on the market. It offers great color, excellent HDR performance and it"s the best option available for buyers shying away from higher-priced OLEDs.

From straight on it"s typically minimalist and modern, with a thin strip of black along the picture framed by a lighter edge of gray. The edge-to-picture distance on the top, sides and bottom is just as narrow as any other TV at about a half-inch, but while competitors have wider bottoms, the Samsung"s frame maintains the same distance on all four sides. And the logo is tiny -- smaller than the "Samsung" on the back of my phone.

From off-angle the Q8 lost black level and color fidelity about as quickly as the Sony and the Q7. The TCL maintained black levels better but color shift was worse, while the OLED, as expected, trounced the LCDs from off angle.

As I mentioned in previous reviews, among the non-OLED TVs in my lineup the Q8 was my favorite with HDR by a hair, thanks to superior contrast: black levels that matched the TCL in most scenes (and beat the Sony and the Vizio) combined with the brightest highlights. Its advantage with HDR punch wasn"t extreme, however; each LCD has its strengths, and none could come close to matching the LG OLED.

Fortunately Samsung has put that right this year by placing LEDs directly behind the screen rather than around its edges for its top-of-the-range Q9FN series, and the Q8FN/Q8DN models under scrutiny here.

While the Q8FN is the runner up in terms of power to the Q9FN (the Q9 has more advanced systems for improving contrast, black levels and HDR), the Q8 has most of the flagship set’s features at a greatly reduced price.

The Q8FN (called the Q8DN in the UK) sells in three sizes: 75-inch, 65-inch and 55-inch. The 65-inch, reviewed here, is priced at $2,999 (£2,900, AU$4000).

Unfortunately for our European readers, the Q8FN is North America-exclusive. In its place, Samsung is releasing a Q8DN model exclusively in Europe, with identical specs to the Q8FN except for its curved frame and inferior edge LED lighting (see below).

By Samsung’s usually high standards, the Q8FN/Q8DN is something of a plain Jane. It’s deeper than most TVs round the back, for starters. Also, unusually for a Samsung TV, it sits on two fairly basic feet rather than a swanky, centrally mounted stand, and all of its connections appear on the TV rather than on a separate connections box.

As well as being able to navigate all of Eden’s smart features easily enough via either of the two remote controls (one normal, one ‘smart’), you can use your voice to access and change pretty much every corner of the TV’s functionality and performance. One useful application of this is that you can search for content across all of the Q8FN/Q8DN’s myriad sources by speaking your search criteria rather than laboriously typing it in using an onscreen keyboard.

Where the Q8FN/Q8DN arguably most comes into its own versus the competition, though, is with the contrast delivered by its direct lighting/local dimming backlight combination. This allows those huge brightness peaks I mentioned earlier to share screen space with much deeper black colors than you get with most LCD TVs. What’s more, thanks to the excellence of the processing that’s driving the local dimming system, the blackness seldom looks hollow or forced. There’s generally plenty of shadow detail on show to keep dark areas feeling like a natural part of the picture.

Ironically, the Q8FN/Q8DN’s most persuasive competitor also comes from Samsung, in the shape of the Q9FN. This delivers deeper black levels, even more peak brightness, and far less backlight blooming than the Q8. Of course, it’s hardly unexpected for a brand’s flagship TV to outperform the model below it.

What"s strange, however is that in the UK, at the time of writing the QE65Q8DN costs only £100 less than the same sized Q9FN. And that Q9FN delivers more than £100 worth of extra picture quality. There"s almost a thousand dollars between the prices of their equivalent QN65Q9FN and QN65Q8FN models and for the UK price to be so close is appalling, honestly.

For a much cheaper direct backlit LCD option, there’s also the Sony XF90 / X900F. While it"s comparable in price this TV isn’t nearly as bright as the Q8DN and suffers more with backlight blooming. But it enjoys some outstanding video processing and a very effective new type of motion processing.

The only problem in the UK is that at the time of writing, the newly released QE65Q8DN’s price feels too close to the QE65Q9FN’s price for comfort. Hopefully we’ll see it getting discounted in the coming weeks.Here"s the entire line-up of Samsung 2019 TVsSamsung QN65Q8FN QLED TV: Price Comparison