Samsung S95D OLED Review: High-End TV With A Polarizing Feature

Since LG has so much quality issues, would not buy it again. On my CX9 both motherboard and panel went out as heavy TV user, in just 3 yrs. Gave chance to Samsung now with S95D.

I like this channel and this lovely lady. She speaks our language so to speak. However what should I go for a 77inch the S95D or the G3?

I have had this tv for 14 days, it is stunning and all the money worth for me. I got a 25% discount.

Many complain about its anti glare, but for me that mostly work doing the evenings, it handle light amazingly. It’s a 10/10 for me, as I don’t see myself in the background and I get the deep blacks without light and reflections interrupting the picture.

Please note, that the tv does need some calibration across all its picture modes. But using Samsung smart calibration and playing around with the settings and mostly disabling the enhance modes. It is an amazing and stunning tv to game and watch movies on. It does everything better than my old Phillips oled, that made everything have a yellow tint while gaming. So again for me personally it’s a 10/10

I think this tv doesn't support lossless dolby audia ie dolby true hd. I have s95c and can confirm that it doesn't support. And to get true hd or dts ma audio i need to stream it from pc directly plugging into a avr. People talk about Dolby vision unavailability is tge biggest miss but as per me lossless audio is the biggest miss considering their own soundbar supporta all sorts of Audio formats

In my small office room I want to buy a 55 inch tv to watch netflix, game, and sports but not sure of the options between the s95d or the s90d. I seen that the s95d is much brighter from what I have seen of both next to each other which is what I really want. My office room is dark and no light gets in so matte should not bother me at all but I always loved the glossy screen. Just that when I see both tvs at best buy next to each other I am drawn more to the 95d. But right now the 90d is about 1100 cheaper

Matte is a big no-no

I just upgraded from the S90C to the S95D.

There is a major difference in color vibrancy and brightness, and i can now game with lots of lighting while still getting deep blacks. I couldnt game on the S90C with the lights on.

Hi ! I own a QE77S95DAT now, and I have to say, that there are not any issues with the matte screen nor the thermal overheating as well !!! The OneConnect Box is really great.. So it is worth tó change from an earlier Sony to this masterpiece at all...!!!!

No Dolby Vision,No DTS,matte screen,thermal throttling during high brightness.Not worth it still.LG g4 much better choice for now.

Abby,
HDTV Test, just posted a review of the S95D.
They reported a peak brightness at a 10% window of over 1740 NITS. Crucially they did not discuss address or mention excessive heat or thermal throttling. Are you or your team aware if this issue has been addressed via a firmware update perhaps?

75 degrees? Oh my God! You can make an omelette.

Abby you're so good at reviews, keep it up. This is the best 4k TV on the market and matte coatings are better since glossy defined reflections will always be more noticeble even if they are very dim.

Finally saw the the matte screen in person it was definitely a bad decision to go with that screen type, the blacks look lifted and everything has a slight haze

They are all overpriced! And i don't want adds on my tv I've paid 2 grand for ! It's my property i own it, it wasn't free !! Stop forcing adds on me .

when they did the g4 review they did not tell anyone about the hdmi 2 hardware issue that needs replacing, did they tell anyone about the bad panels and pink tinting, loads have been sent back already, also a number have buy the s95d, this review is crap, its not done in real world settings, and little trust in the reviews these do

Your scoring system is outdated/broken and some of your... "results" are questionable at best.
Shape up rtings, you've become a laughing stock on specialists forums. 😢

My S95B is still stunning even without dolby vision. That said, got a QM8 last year... not spending samsung/LG/Sony money anymore.

Samsung dropped ATSC 3.0. Still wont support Dolby Vision. No DTS audio codecs. The one connect box is limited to 40gbps not 48. But is that a big deal?

Yeah dead on arrival for me, ads, no DV, no DTS, 40Gbps. the one connect box is cool but for the price I need support for everything even if I only use those features rarely

As long as Samsung will not support Dolbyvision, I will not buy a Samsung.

how this calibration works?
just purchased on here in brazil

No, S95D is overpriced for what it's offering!

Hi. I have been using your provided information long time and been greatly thankful. I love the work you do. But i have a question what i have been wondering for while... How much does light sources cause OLED TV´s and monitors lose in contrast. I have heard that even from different sources that its something what OLED´s do and your said same thing with matte coating part. More precise reflections part of review. Where samsung coating eats away contrast for removing some reflections. Is this purely coating part of issue or does all tv´s/monitors suffer this in some aspects. Like i write clear questions in line.

Do all TV´s or monitors tech like OLED, QLED, LCD lose contrast from light sources?
Do Light sources all tech equally or its more harmful other tech´s or coatings like Matte vs glossy or LCD vs OLED etc.
How much does TV or PC monitor lose contrast from light sources hitting screen?
Can this be measured or even speculated scientifically?
Final question is this. If all this is true or be doable. Should this be one form of measurement you do in reviews.

Again. I love the work you do. Hope you could understand what i wrote.... English language is not my native language...

I kind of wish they made a 98” model for home theater use as no other company is making a current gen OLED TV that big rn, but it’d probably be like $20K

how funny it is that samsung marketed s95D with anti reflective tech yet it receives poor score than LG G4 or even C4 which are pure gloss panel😂😂

Never Samsung.

Samsung rely on a semi/non-functional colour management system that leaves colour errors relatively (and visibly) higher than the competition.

Plus, no DV. Nearly every streaming service offers content in DV and while most people wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between DV and HDR10+, most people can tell the difference between DV and HDR10

The matte anti-glare is exciting for bright rooms

Lg g4 heats much more, admit you're getting paid by lg and sony

The reflections score simply needs to be corrected. Thats ridiculously.

Don't need dv. Hdr10 is all you need

This reminds me of when smartphones first came out they were all small then they got bigger and bigger and better and better TVs are finally doing the same thing I wish the price would drop of 98 inch TVs that's what I really want the other TVs are too small for my living room

No 83 inch no deal

No Dolby Vision is a no-go.

I really love this TV. For me the main reason I considered it was the anit glare matte screen. It works amazingly well. Our tv was almost impossible to use during daylight hours and we had a lot of glare from lights in the evening as well. No problems at all daytime watching and we basically have all windows opposite the tv. We had recently taken down all of our blinds during a window and sliding door replacement and we decided not to put the blinds back up because the room looked so much better without them. When we had the blinds down during the day it helped but without them like I said nearly impossible to watch enjoyably. No issue at all though now with the new tv. From others comments it sounds like they might be missing the mark on some expected features but none of those things were important to me. The display looks amazing and the anti glare works way beyond what I expected I was hoping for a decrease but honestly it is 95% gone in my viewing environment.

​How is qn90b in 2024? Also how does QN90B in comparison to QN85C. I could not buy other model from samsung neo qled as they're very highly priced in my place.

Which one has better local dimming and less blooming?

Have the s95d at home, and the quality is really excellent. The matte looks also extremely professional, and causes no problems during day or night. Dolby vision support is not needed since this tv is already very bright with true hdr. Nobody will know and see any difference. So is it better then the g4....yes in many ways. And no problems at all with overheating, no problems at all with the one connect box

Samsung has a feature where you can use the rough calibration using your Samsung or iPhone which improves calibration a lot and is a very easy process in settings

what should I get Samsung q70c or hisense u7hq?

Have been using s95d for one month. Rtings is right, direct huge lights will raise blacks. But in 99% of use cases matte is far superior for viewing in the daytime. Unless you have a window right in front of the tv, matte looks better, because there are no visible reflections and artifacts. My TV is exceptional in the day and at night.

Glossy is better if u have dim lights or blinds. IMHO people should buy s90d if they want to watch in dim light. For day+night s95d is better, due to the anti-glare finish.

In daytime setting, during dim scenes, I could see myself on my previous TV along with the visuals. No such problems here.

Why doesn't it have dtsx ?

I got mine and I love it , It only last for 24 hours, then died, at least they send me a new one asap , the picture its amazing

Matt = disgusting. No Dolby Vision or DTS on such an expensive TV? And lastly ads? Wtf, no, just no. This is why I don't buy their phones.

Better

Is the thermal throttling temperature controlled or look up table? I mean can you prevent it with external large office fan?

Looking at what you've already reviewed, and what's in the pipeline, this is the first year since before COVID that feels like a normal release cycle for manufacturers. Nice to see.

I have S95C and I must say it is more than bright enough. I love the gimmick that it does in an attempt to blind me when I turn it on and off, it's insane to get this brightness from an OLED. The sound also isnt that bad. But out of the box picture settings are complete garbage which is completely unacceptable.

A curious question: Are there people over eighty years of age who are very elderly people who own and will use modern smart phones????