Samsung S95B OLED TV Review - is it Worth Buying?
Samsung S95B OLED TV Review - is it Worth Buying?
The Samsung S95B 2022 QD-OLED TV Review - is it worth buying? In my full hands on review today I’m going to cover the picture quality, gaming features, UI, speakers and build quality. Plus what issues I’ve had and whether this TV is the one to buy in 2022/2023.
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0:00 | Intro
0:30 | Picture Quality
1:49 | Filmmaker Mode (No DV)
2:13 | Screen Size
2:36 | Gaming Mode
4:02 | Game Bar and Hub
4:46 | Reflections and Viewing Angles
5:51 | Burn-in
6:17 | Speakers
7:01 | Design
7:31 | UI and Menus
8:25 | Other Features
9:03 | Issues and QC
9:41 | Costs
10:11 | Should you Buy it?
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0 -> Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and today we're
taking a look at Samsung's S95B which is their
4.68 -> 2022 QD-OLED now we know that this is one of
the best and one of the most popular TVs that
9.66 -> we've seen this year but the question is is it
worth buying well over the last two weeks I've
13.68 -> been using this as my main TV I've watched
a few movies and played a few games and now
17.88 -> I'm ready to give you a more Hands-On review my
honest opinion on the pros and cons now today's
22.32 -> video is not sponsored but box very kindly loan
with this TV so I can make this review I have a
27.18 -> link to their site below if you want to check
out the latest deals right so the first thing
30.9 -> that's worth talking about is the picture quality
and I'll tell you what this is easily one-off if
34.86 -> not the best TVs I've seen this year the fact
that it's an OLED means the pixels are self-lit
39.48 -> which naturally improves the contrast and black
levels more than any LCD TV now OLED aren't new
44.94 -> we've seen them tweaked and improved over the last
five to six years and they all look great but this
49.5 -> isn't just a normal OLED it's a QD OLED and that
means it combines those self-lighting pixels of
54.06 -> an OLED with the brightness and colors from a
quantum dot TV on paper this sounds good but in
58.8 -> reality you definitely notice is just how much
brighter this looks on screen especially around
62.76 -> the highlights the colors too they are without
doubt very impressive regardless of whether I've
66.96 -> tried movies or gaming the first thing to note
though is I am using the filmmaker mode it's my
71.82 -> go-to picture preset on almost every TV although
ISF expert bright is a close second when I'm using
77.46 -> an LG TV now I watch a lot of HDR content so it's
great to see it does support HDR hlg and HDR 10
84.24 -> plus so this isn't just for movies but for gaming
as well and this is where you notice the brighter
88.8 -> highlights the most then of course you've got SDR
content which generally speaking I don't watch a
93.24 -> lot but that still looks great on this TV some
content can look a little soft or grainy but for
98.4 -> me that's no different to any other TV that I've
tested overall the picture quality the detail the
103.14 -> resolution contrast and colors look awesome
on this TV it's far brighter than any other
107.76 -> Ole that I've tested in the last year now when
it comes to movies you want to make the most of
111.9 -> the filmmaker mode which is supported on the s95b
this gives you the option to watch the movie the
117.06 -> way the director intended now although HDR is
supported is really disappointing to see that
121.62 -> Dolby vision is not I was surprised by this when
testing but I have confirmed this online that is
126.3 -> not supported whether this can be retrospectively
added via an update I'm not too sure but I guess
130.92 -> if we don't see it on this model we will probably
see it on the next one as for the size but the one
135.3 -> that I have here is the 65 inch version but it's
also available in a 55 inch version as well that
140.04 -> means if you did want to go for a large screen
OLED like we see from the LG oleds where you
144.42 -> could go up to 77 or even 83 inches you won't have
that choice here but for General movie watching
150.06 -> the QD and the OLED combo is really outstanding
and it gives a near perfect view and experience
154.74 -> with impressive detail and it's not just watching
movies that's impressive it's the gaming features
159.66 -> that make this TV a great all-rounder so with more
and more of us gaming on our TVs whether that's on
164.76 -> the PlayStation 5 Xbox series X or switch there's
a good chance if you're using the s95b you might
170.46 -> be wanting to hook up a console as well so firstly
there are four HDMI 2.1 ports that means if you
175.92 -> wanted to connect the PS5 to it you're going to
be getting 4K 120 Hertz gaming support we've seen
181.74 -> this on a lot of TVs this year but it's still
great to see it included on top of that it does
185.7 -> support Alm or the auto low latency mode as well
as vrr the variable refresh rate this means if
192.12 -> you are playing on the PS5 or Xbox series X or
S you're able to take advantage of the variable
197.16 -> rate rather than a locked frame rate this will
naturally mean a smoother gameplay resulting
201.66 -> in little to no stuttering or screen tearing this
is also helped by the freesync and g-sync support
207 -> it's almost as good as some of the other OLED TVs
that we've seen in the last year but the motion
211.38 -> isn't quite as smooth as I would like it to be
but playing games at 120 hertz never gets old
216.72 -> especially on a TV that looks as nice as this my
go-to game is always a Call of Duty just because
221.7 -> of how fast paced it is it's a great way to test
out the frame rate as well as the motion handling
225.84 -> now there's always a weird assumption that playing
FPS or any competitive or fast-paced games on a
231 -> TV is a bad idea but this TV is fast depends on
the mode or resolution you're in it's possible
235.86 -> to achieve anywhere from six milliseconds to a 10
millisecond input lag that is rapid for a monitor
241.02 -> let alone a TV and if you wanted to keep track
of the frame rate or tweak the gaming settings
245.16 -> well Samsung have their own game bar to access
his menu you just need to press the play and
249.66 -> pause button on the remote it's very similar
to LG's game Optimizer mode and it shows you
254.04 -> all the information in one place things like the
picture profiles frame rate and the aspect ratio
258.48 -> controller this actually lets you change the
ratio to 21x9 or 32x9 at a press of a button
264.3 -> this is aimed at PC gaming so it's not something
I can test out unfortunately but the fact that
268.5 -> you can hook up a gaming PC or laptop and run
it at a wider resolution is Awesome on top of
273.78 -> that if you'd rather not plug a console or PC
in will Samsung have their own gaming Hub and
278.1 -> allows you to play and stream games directly
to the TV you need to sign in with your game
282.24 -> pass or stream account and then you can play
the games directly using your own controller
286.56 -> right let me talk to you about the viewing angles
and the reflections on this TV it's not something
290.94 -> that's often talked about or even considered when
buying TVs but it is really important especially
295.8 -> if you're watching it during the day or in a
bright room fortunately as this TV combines
299.46 -> both the quantum dot and OLED the viewing angles
are brilliant I know most people will probably
304.32 -> watch their TV straight on but it's always worth
checking these things out just in case you plan
308.46 -> on having your seating off center and this is
one of the biggest selling points of an OLED
312.42 -> you can practically see the screen from any angle
within your room and you're not going to lose any
316.62 -> contrast or picture quality and this leads us onto
Reflections so this is the same with most oleds
321.6 -> but the screens are typically glossy to allow us
to have that awesome contrast and black levels
325.86 -> but it also means it's very reflective but the
fact that the s95b has a very dark mirror-like
331.38 -> coating it means the reflections are kept low and
this is by far the best I've ever seen on an OLED
336.3 -> you can see here as I turn you can obviously still
see the window in the reflection of the TV but is
341.1 -> nowhere near as distracting as a typical OLED and
if you pair that with a brighter screen from the
345.18 -> quantum dot technology unless you're in a really
dark scene and watching it during the day you're
349.5 -> not really going to see many Reflections now it's
too early for me to really talk about burning or
354.12 -> image retention I was using it for just two
weeks isn't a fair test but what I can say is
358.44 -> from my experience with OLED TVs I've never
had an issue and that includes thousands of
362.7 -> hours of gaming across multiple TVs in my house
obviously QD OLED is new compared to OLED but
368.1 -> it's supposedly better at managing burning but I
guess only time will tell and if you are buying
372.78 -> into the s95b you are one of the early adopters so
you will find out first so the speakers and sound
378.72 -> quality have really surprised me seeing how slim
the frame is you'd naturally think this is going
383.04 -> to sound like every other ultra thin OLED but
that's not the case with this one they are clear
387.3 -> Punchy and have more bass than I was expecting
to hear in fact over the last two weeks I've
391.38 -> exclusively used the TV speakers as my AVR isn't
yet set up to use my external speakers and I've
396.84 -> had no complaints at all now looking through the
Samsung website I couldn't see any information
401.22 -> about what speakers are actually fitted but
take a listen to this and see what you think
407.22 -> [TV SPEAKERS] [Music]
421.86 -> And then looking at the design and the overall
appearance of the s95b I personally think it
426.36 -> looks awesome the thin frame the borderless bezel
and even the stand all look different yet familiar
431.28 -> to me it kind of resembles a massive monitor
especially with the height of the stand but
435.3 -> it is worth mentioning that I did notice a very
slight Bend in the panel it's hard to capture this
439.74 -> on screen so I'm not sure if you're able to see it
but there is definitely a bend in the middle I'm
443.58 -> not sure this is because the panel is incredibly
thin or there's a quality control issue and
447.54 -> whether others would have even noticed it unless
you went looking for it but it is definitely there
451.62 -> so the menus and home screen are all running on
the latest tizan operating system this is the
456.36 -> first I've ever used this operating system and my
first impressions last week were great it looks
460.74 -> nice it's user friendly and it's pretty intuitive
but I haven't used it for longer than a few hours
464.58 -> now I have noticed how slow laggy and buggy it can
be I've tried updating it resetting it and after
470.1 -> a while it just slows down completely navigating
through apps or even just pressing the home button
474.6 -> seems to be so sluggish and the number of times
that Netflix either doesn't load at all or crashes
479.28 -> I've just lost count now if you were going to use
the TV with another device like a console Apple TV
484.38 -> or Amazon stick well you'd probably be fine but
personally I could not use this operating system
489 -> every single day without being frustrated which is
a real shame because it actually looks quite nice
493.44 -> I know in the comments of my last video people
have mentioned about keeping this TV offline
497.7 -> to prevent the updates it's something that I could
do but the truth is happen to keep your TV offline
502.44 -> just to make sure there's no future issues isn't
really a good start there are some other features
506.88 -> worth mentioning too such as the fact that it
comes to a Google Assistant Alexa and AirPlay
511.2 -> built-in for my testing I've been able to use my
voice to search and play for movies as well as
515.82 -> mirror or AirPlay my iPhone or MacBook straight
to the TV there is a slight delay when using it
520.32 -> this way but if you wanted a cable-free way to
show off your photos or what's on your screen
524.34 -> well it works pretty well I also showed these
wallpapers during my unboxing video last week
529.02 -> and loads of you asked where I got it from well
this is actually built into the TV it's called
532.86 -> Samsung's ambient mode plus and that allows you to
play a selection of animated wallpapers along with
537.9 -> the sound I think this is a really nice feature
and it's a lot nicer than this static wallpapers
542.1 -> that we've seen on other TVs so before I get into
my final thoughts these are the areas that I think
547.2 -> need improving on the s95b well first of all the
UI and the menus definitely need Optimizer they
552.96 -> are far too slow and laggy and if it's something
you're using every day it's not really a nice
557.1 -> experience and the fact that Dolby vision isn't
supported is a real shame if it's something that
561.72 -> you've used on other TVs you'll realize just how
much you'll miss it maybe Samsung can provide
565.44 -> this as an over-the-air update but I guess only
time will tell but the chances are they probably
569.76 -> wouldn't and finally the build qual quality or
the quality control obviously my TV is slightly
574.8 -> banned it doesn't mean every single one is but
reading some of the comments from you last week
578.58 -> it's implied that a few of you have had the same
problem and as for the costs well obviously this
583.26 -> varies depending on your location and the offers
but the 55 inch is currently around 1400 pounds
588.66 -> or fifteen hundred dollars while the 65 inch is
around 2 200 pounds or two thousand dollars that
594.6 -> is a lot cheaper than when they first launched
earlier this year comparing this to other oleds
598.92 -> at a similar size the s95b is competitively
priced at these discounted rates if the full
604.2 -> price is tough to justify the cost but you are
getting a brighter screen with Incredible colors
608.82 -> and that combo of OLED and quantum dot but the
question is is it worth buying well the s95b
614.82 -> does an incredible job of combining the pros of an
OLED such as the black levels contrast ratio and
620.04 -> viewing angles with the pros of a quantum dot TV
including more accurate colors and brightness now
624.78 -> if you were wanting the latest tech or want to be
an early adopter of something the s95b is hard to
629.82 -> pass on plus you're not going to be disappointed
with the image quality however if you want a
633.9 -> Snappy UI and you need Dolby Vision support well
you're not going to be happy with this model but
638.52 -> from a picture quality alone point of view this
TV is awesome so if you ask me would I buy one
643.56 -> I would say you're probably better off waiting for
the 2023 QD-OLEDs it can only get better from here
649.32 -> and if you're spending this kind of money on a
TV you're likely going to keep it for the next
653.1 -> two to three years so buying the first generation
isn't always the best idea well next week I'll be
657.96 -> unboxing the Sony a95k which is another QD-OLED
TV then I will actually be comparing the Samsung
663.66 -> to the Sony to see which one I think is better
now if you drop a "QD OLED" in the comments I
668.82 -> will give you a thumbs up for staying right till
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