After achieving only a relatively mild improvement over their predecessors with its 2022 Mini LED TVs, Samsung has moved things on much more convincingly. A near doubling of the number of dimming zones for the QN95C has elevated almost every aspect of picture quality. Aided and abetted by an also much-improved video processing system, it produces pictures that we can only describe as spectacular.
The QN95C diverges quite significantly from its 2022 predecessor, the QN95B, by adopting an ‘Infinity One’ design (previously found only on Samsung’s 8K TVs) that means an ultra-thin frame that gives way round the back to a slender (by direct-lit LCD standards) rear that is pretty much as flat as the front. Add a tasteful corrugated finish to this rear and a metallic look to the TV’s slender sides and you have a handsome attempt to deliver a true 360-degree design.
The main attraction here is undoubtedly the uncompromising design of its screen. It uses Mini LED technology, where a huge number of much smaller LEDs than those found in normal LED TVs have been fitted directly behind the screen to contribute to both more potential brightness and, more importantly, finer control of where light goes in the finished picture.
The QN95C’s predecessor also used Mini LED – so more interesting is the fact that the 65in model enjoys 1344 zones of local light dimming against its predecessor’s 720, an increase of nearly 90 per cent. And, given how generally impressive Samsung has tended to be with its management of much lower dimming-zone counts, hopes have to be very high indeed for the 95C.
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