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Samsung S90F
An impeccable OLED for the masses
SPECIFICATIONS
Screen sizes 42-inch, 48-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch, 77-inch, and 83-inch Display type 3,840 x 2,160 120Hz OLED HDR support HDR10+ Adaptive Audio Dolby Atmos, 2.1 channel speaker system, 40W output Connectivity 4x HDMI 2.1 (1x eARC), 2x USB, Ethernet, optical audio out, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.3 Dimensions From 934.4 x 542.6 x 39.5 mm (without stand) Weight From 8.3kg (without stand)
Samsung may have been late to the OLED party, but the Korean giant is certainly making up for lost time. Its new S90F range comes in a wide range of screen sizes, has the features to compete, and is fully on board with the seemingly compulsory ‘AI’ aspect of specification too.
Samsung isn’t all that keen to discuss the specifics of the panel technology it’s using here – as it differs per size and region – but we’re led to believe the 65-inch panel on test uses a QD-OLED panel.
What is not any kind of secret, though, is that this is a 4K OLED TV with HDR compatibility – not Dolby Vision, alas, as Samsung is still dogmatically sticking to its guns where HDR10+ Adaptive is concerned.
It uses the same NQ4 AI Gen 3 picture processing engine as its more expensive S95F sibling – this means 4K AI Upscaling Pro (via 128 neural networks), AI Motion Enhancer Pro and AI Colour Booster Pro.
AI, in fact, is to the fore across the board – the S90F has an AI Mode that enables a whole suite of processes under the banners of AI Customisation, AI Optimisation and AI Sound. The engine also takes responsibility for automatic HDR remastering and image depth enhancement. The AI Sound Pro feature basically means the screen’s 60-watt, 2.1.2 audio system features Adaptive Sound Pro and Active Voice Amplifier Pro – the intentions of which should be fairly obvious. The S90F is Dolby Atmos-compatible, includes Samsung’s ‘OTS’ (objecttracking sound) feature, and supports Q Symphony – so Samsung’s own soundbars will allow the screen’s sonic efforts to join in with its own.