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The war for the best image quality is more interesting than ever. After the great superiority of the best plasma version compared to the LCDs of the time, the present brought us another fight that many did not expect anymore at this point. 2 or 3 years ago, it was not hard to think that at this point, saving the price, OLED technology would be the absolute market leader when a high-end television would be spoken, but the great innovation that has occurred The LCD field has considerably balanced the balance . And that is the television we are badyzing today, the Samsung QLED Q9FN of 65 inches.
Last year, we had the opportunity to test the Samsung QLED Q7F, and the impressions it left us after five months, and finally after almost a year. use was very good, but always left mixed feelings. As a user, I was aware of being in front of a high end TV, not very upscale, but despite everything, its high price made me think that I had to offer more. I also came to the conclusion that reaching 65 inches still makes the price much more expensive, but the quality has suffered a lot in the manipulation of light, and therefore in the representation of black . Samsung has succeeded in virtually everything, but the bloom has hindered the experience.
The body of the Samsung QLED Q9FN
An obsession of TV manufacturers has always been towards sets each time more end something that in many cases is appreciated, but in others it does not make much sense, considering what is lost. Normally, I've always thought that making them thicker could bring big gains in the sound, which means that they do not value the fact that they're fine except in extreme cases such than LG Wallpaper. With QLED Q9FN from Samsung we find a thicker TV than the previous generation, and far from sorry, we have to celebrate .
Samsung has finally brought back the lighting system Full Array Local Dimming which was already present in the SUHD family, and of course, In front of a lateral lighting system with side lighting (which we criticized a lot last year), the need for rear space increases a lot. The QLED Q9FN only is thicker in comparison but not when it is seen with the naked eye. We must repeat it more to the manufacturers, we prefer the thickness to the sacrifices, especially when the iamgen and the sound improve.
I like the design more than the previous . The lines are more straight and that, for me, adds a point of elegance. The fact that the television is darker certainly contributes to that. The base is black, and is more sober (although brighter) than the previous, while being more straight. This is not something that should be conditioned, since Samsung's offer is to expand, and it is still possible to hang up TV if there is room.
The system that Samsung released last year with the cable and receiver One Connect was one of the iconic spots of the previous generation. Thank you to remove the TV connections and place them in a kind of external decoder, we did not get rid of the cables, at least visually, because the idea is to hide everything, up to 15 meters from the TV.
In QLED Q7F of 2017 there was a minor problem, but inconsistent with the idea: the fact that if you had a power cable of any TV you would go to two one for the TV itself and another for the One Connect. It seemed difficult that it could be otherwise, but Samsung succeeded. Samsung's QLED Q9FN now comes in a single cable, bigger than the one from the previous year which makes it able to flow and only needs a cable from In the box One Login. Another case where gaining thickness, comfort is gained.
The box One Connect has also grown a lot to accommodate a more powerful AC adapter, and this can be annoying, as you may need more A piece of furniture longer or wider to store it. The heat generated is high again because all connections are managed and everything that needs to be sent to the panel is processed.
The command, for uses of today, in which it is rarely altered a lot of channel with figures, it is very comfortable . The only drawback is that in applications such as Netflix or Youtube, you can not advance in playback with a pointer, being forced to do FF very slowly. The construction is still good and the voice recognition, still very perfectible, is now more accurate. Its star function, without a doubt, is the power to control non Samsung devices but in this case I did not have any other devices.
It is also part of designing, or at least wanting to improve, the new mode Ambient Mode that we will see later in the software
Samsung QLED Q9FN, this year yes
This year we offered to try the QLED Q9FN from Samsung, a much bigger jump than the 7 to 9 step could make you think. Even before its previous generation of higher range, this TV is a before-after Samsung.
On the one hand, we retain all the good of the previous TV . Brightness is still one of the highest on the market, which, combined with a large anti-glare layer, allows QLED Q9FN to be viewed without any problems in virtually every situation, which OLEDs can not say for the moment in environments very bright, or except not with this facility. The management of the brightness of the environment usually works pretty well and I have rarely had to manually adjust, whereas last year I had a problem at night, when the content was sometimes boring.
For color representation, the television continues at a high level, improving on the above and reaching 100% of the most common DCI-P3 color spectrum currently in HDR content. Regarding, what to say. We always say that it is the most important progress in image quality in recent years, even above what the 4K provides, and this is not unreasonable.
Through a VPN, I could see something of the 2018 World Cup in Russia in 4K thanks to the broadcast of the BBC, and although there are still things to settle, HDR HLG, it changed the rules of the game. In football, it is very common to see overexposure, given the great contrasts between shadows and lights in the stadium, dark and light shirts, etc. In Mediaset's broadcast in TDT, Samsung's QLED Q9FN does a good job of scaling but the quality of the source leaves something to be desired. In addition to little details, it is observed, segúna. the time at which the game is played, a whole burning stage, even shirts of players who are not distinguished. This is common to any television.
With the broadcast in HDR, however, everything is perfectly balanced in terms of exposure, in which it is the first advantage that has always been defended by technology . The second, the wide range of colors that allows, with which it is possible to reproduce a color spectrum 26% wider than the clbadic sRGB / Rec.709. If we move to the Rec.2020, the advantage is 37%. What is sad is that in 2018 there is no support in Spain, even if it is paid, which allows us to enjoy the World Cup as it is played. In other editions, for example, it was possible to enjoy the 3D
Finally, we come to the most important thing, the management of blacks. Samsung has shown a disturbing stagnation in this area for several years, with all its competitors adopting OLED or LCD with Full Array Local Dimming for less price. There was little hope that the situation would be reversed, but with the Samsung QLED Q9FN a zone lighting system was implemented (we are talking about more than 400) that offers performance spectacular . Obviously, we can not talk about pixel level control as in OLED, but at least blooming has been reduced to its maximum expression. There are no pronounced halos or bands, and the clouds have been reduced to infinity.
Now you can turn on subtitles without fear, and turning off all the lights in the room does not reveal big gaps. The only problem is that sometimes the zone control can be aggressive and eat some of the image, which on the other hand is not a problem that OLED does not know, with black -crush or clippling.
I have not had any problems anyway, though, yes, I still recommend turning off motion settings because when the content has not been saved above 30 fps it is very unreal, and if it was recorded at this rate There is nothing to touch. Movies and series are designed to be viewed when they leave the studio, and these adjustments move us away from them. To finish the picture, I recommend using the movie mode, the most accurate by industry standards. Of course, if you have knowledge, it is convenient to manually adjust values such as sharpness, contrast and color.
Viewing angles can be improved, although it is not common to see the content of these televisions. Especially in dark scenes, they feel it.
The experience of use
Tizen continues to dominate the Samsung QLED Q9FN, and he does it at a very good level. Of course, even if we are no longer at 2013 levels, the performance could be refined. The experience with applications and between menus is fast but not fluid, producing jumps of common shape.
Most applications are also fast and enjoyable to use . For example, sending YouTube videos to TV is now much better, while last year they were in limbo. The black dot is still one of the stars, HBO . Something as simple as changing the audio language literally suspends the TV sometimes for several minutes. And the adjustments are rarely memorized from one time to the next, so in a series of 13 episodes that are not tracked, it is dramatic. All this, not to mention the quality of the image. Visually as powerful series as The Tale of the Maid or Game of Thrones lose a lot . The responsibility I know is unique to HBO, but of course Samsung does not have much to boast of applying on its platform.
Universal Guide is the way that Samsung wants to improve what Apple offers on Apple TV, by centralizing all content in a single section of the TV, so that we do not have to. let's not have to switch from application to application search, something that TVs are still not particularly comfortable with. The integration of more sources is still necessary, but the recommendations are correct in many cases.
Ambient Fashion
An obsession with manufacturers is that TVs do not weigh in the living room now that they occupy more and more space. Much of the day is over, being a black rectangle that, especially in design houses, those who tend to buy TVs of this type, break the aesthetic and bring nothing. To help with this, Samsung has launched The Frame, its family of frame-type TVs that fit perfectly, for its design but also for its collection of works of art.
This year, Ambient Mode is a feature that claims that the high-end Samsung is a bit more The Frame than a conventional TV. To do this, Samsung allows you to choose wallpapers to leave the TV as a work of art more. It adds extreme customization that matches the texture of the wall on which it is placed, giving a sense of continuity.
If none of this interests me much, as it is my case, for not having a beautiful wall, the news mode can do it , which makes television a hub that will keep us always informed. In general, I do not use the Ambient mode but, unlike other "innovations" of many manufacturers and Samsung itself, it does not subtract, it's not heavy, it is not enabled alone.
of TV Plus. By default, it is in the application drawer, but it can be removed from the first view, where we will place Netflix, YouTube, HBO, Amazon Prime Video, Movistar + or direct access to the TNT. However, it will come back in a short time as an advertisement. I came to erase it three times a day, and I come back. It can be considered advertising, and interestingly, the ads that have received the name "Ad" in this same area, in my case have greatly reduced its appearance.
Conclusions
This year yes. The QLED Q9FN from Samsung is the best product that has left the South Korean factory. Although it is not yet OLED in contrast and in black, and will never be idiosyncratic, compensates with so many other things and has increased its performance thanks to the complete local dimming function that does not have to wait for the microLED to that the company can show the same power that you have products in development. The same as the one shown in TVs. Finally, he feels really upscale
I can think of some problems for this TV. Cheap, but, compared to last year, I think every euro can be well spent if you want to buy a TV of this size. A very bright light and few reflections, a lack of burns or the One Connect solution can be sufficient arguments to break what would otherwise be a draw.
The note that is worn is 9. Exceptional.
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