Samsung Neo QLED QN90A Review

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This year, Samsung has upgraded the backlight technology of its products and launched the upgraded Neo QLED concept, integrating the current popular Mini LED backlight technology to bring a better product experience. The word "replacement" might be more suitable for this upgrade. As the flagship 4K TV model born under the Neo QLED concept, the QN90A has received a lot of attention since its release. This product in the picture quality, sound, games and other aspects of the outstanding performance of the large screen TV market has a new feeling.

Appearance

Although large screen products are increasingly homogenized in design, such appearance is also aimed at creating immersive movie-watching experience as the core concept. The most simple and effective design of large screen with narrow frame brings the most comprehensive screen experience to users. Of course, this Samsung QN90A is no exception. The overall appearance design of QN90A serves to provide the optimal sound and painting experience, and also adopts the narrow frame design style. Compared with the large screen with super-large size, the frame design further weakens the vision by shrinking the size, so as to improve the look and feel of the screen.

In addition to the overall look and detail, Samsung also takes care to enhance the viewing experience of the entire TV screen. The overall smooth lines of the Samsung QN90A almost eliminate the boundary between the TV picture and nature. The bezel of equal width also makes the viewing effect achieve the best balance.

In addition to the extremely narrow design, the function is really extremely simple, eliminating almost all the factors that will interfere with watching the film. Even the logo part of the product is placed in an obscure position on the bottom edge, trying to minimize the elements outside the screen.

Samsung QN90A uses Neo Slim Design in its Design language. In addition to the narrow frame, the overall body is very thin, only 27.2mm, which does not take up too much space when placed on the table. The middle stand is not limited by the length of the TV cabinet like the symmetrical stand. Even if be dimension very narrow TV ark also can very good receive below, saved the space that puts a lot of need.

In addition to the desktop display, the QN90A has a Slim wall hanging design, which greatly reduces the distance between the TV and the wall to just 7.5mm. Moreover, the Slim body of the 85-inch body makes the TV look like a painting hanging on the wall, so there is no feeling that much space is taken up. And Samsung's new small wall mount is easy to install, requiring only a screw to fasten.

In the design of Samsung, some common elements of large screen products are more refined, highlighting the screen effect, but also further improve the user experience.

The QN90A also features Samsung's first innovative solar-powered remote control, which can be recharged via indoor and outdoor lighting or USB ports, making it more durable than traditional remote control designs with batteries. According to Samsung research estimates, it is estimated that 99 million AA batteries can be saved within 7 years after the product is popularized.

 

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Screen and viewing experience

One of the most powerful dark technologies in QN90A is the quantum dot matrix technology, which is upgraded from the previous QLED to further optimize the balance of brightness and color expression processing. The LED components used in the quantum dot Mini LED backlight technology are 1/40 the size of Samsung's normal LED components, and more leds can be placed in the same size screen, effectively reducing the halo effect from the hardware upgrade itself.

It is not difficult to see from actual movies and pictures that QN90A's performance in black is similar to that of OLED TV products, because it can control the display of spontaneous light, and the darker black performance also improves the contrast of the screen. Exquisite light control and power distribution technology also better control LED brightness level.

Thanks to the use of smaller luminescent elements, the overall delicacy of the picture are also better. Even if the color is very subtle, the Mini LED screen can also be well presented. As can be seen from the figure above, the shadow part also has a very delicate excessive performance, including the highlights on the metal tableware and the refraction caused by the light in the wine bottle. The whole picture gives people a strong dynamic performance, vivid.

With excellent hardware configuration, Samsung QN90A also supports HDR 10+ display technology, dynamic tone mapping can adjust color and contrast frame by frame, even small differences can be delicate presentation; Even when used, Samsung's own QHDR will further enhance the picture detail and brightness performance, presenting deeper black and bright white, improving the CONTRAST performance of the TV, providing an excellent 4K video experience.

 

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Sound effect

As an extremely great taste of the product for the user, samsung QN90A, under the sound performance also provides users with the latest great track OTS technology, can realize voice sound as the picture content mobile and key voice in different parts of the speakers, game China brings more immersion experience a change, The surround auditory experience can bring users a better viewing experience, whether in the center of the picture or around the sound details can be clearly presented.

QN90A also has the space adaptive sound, through the sound sensor automatically detects the surrounding environment, with sound reflection measuring the distance between the TV and metope, analysis the room sound reflection effect, according to the TV automatically optimize sound installation position, whether it is fixed on the wall or placed on the desk, QN90A can bring stereo audio experience.

 

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Game experience

The excellent graphics are further optimized for current console and PC games to improve the entertainment performance. As is known to all, XBOX's Forza Motorsport 6 is a classic racing game that requires high screen processing and signals transmission capabilities of the device. This time, the game performance of QN90A was evaluated through this game.

In the actual game, Samsung'S QN90A provides a very smooth graphics display, even when the car is moving fast, the speed of the scene remains smooth without any sense of stutter. The carefree feeling that the big screen brings also is general display place cannot compare.

Samsung in order to make the game players have a better overall effect, also made the Game Bar, Status Bar, and setting open after the Game, TV and acoustics are automatically switched to the Game mode, the TV will automatically start the Game set the Bar, where users can view and set up your own Game preference if you don't set will automatically shut down after 3 s. During the game, long-press the play/pause button, the user can actively bring up the game bar, adjust the settings according to personal preference.

The QN90A offers an ultra-wide gaming view that perfectly displays 21:9 and 32:9 screen ratios that rival those of professional gaming displays. In the ultra wide field of view, the player can also adjust the screen height position of the display screen to achieve the best field of view.

 

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Samsung QN90A also offers many possibilities for users, such as the screen projection on a laptop or smartphone, which makes working from home a reality. The laptop can project the screen to QN90A wirelessly through WiFi, enjoying the convenience of the large-screen office. The QN90A is also capable of remote connectivity. By installing specific applications on an office computer, the QN90A can detect and connect to the computer remotely for fast transmission of frames at 30Hz per second.

Samsung mobile phone can directly display wireless screen to QN90A through Dex setting. It is very convenient to use mobile phone as touch pad for picture presentation or document viewing. The screen can also be split, such as using the phone to make a phone call while the TV is playing or using the phone to put a guide on the screen while playing a game.