THE EMPIRE
You might have seen our coverage from the Launch Event for this new Mirco RGB range from Samsung not long ago, but they sent one over so we could really get into the nuts and bolts and see how it goes, This is what we found.
TECH SPECS: Model Tested – R95h 65″ Mirco GRB Glare Free 4k Vision Ai Smart TV ( yep thats the whole name)
Screen Resolution 3840×2160 (4K UHD)
Refresh Rate 165Hz
USB Ports 2
HDMI Ports 4
Refresh Rate: 165Hz
The Big Stuff
Samsungs boast for this screen is the advancement from LED to Mini LED and now Mirco RGB Basically this is the next evlution of pixels being made smaller and more capable, thus giving you a better, sharper and deeper experience.
From the Samsung website” ” Micro RGB Precision Colour 100 – Realistic picture with accurate colours
Through Micro RGB Technology and the Micro RGB AI Engine, Samsung Micro RGB TV achieves the world’s first 100% BT.2020 Wide Colour Gamut coverage. Certified by VDE for Micro RGB Precision Colour, it ensures colours are finely and precisely controlled for a viewing experience that is nearly indistinguishable from reality.*”
Also offered is a “glare free” screen and a host of Ai built ins that are suggested to enchance the viewing experience, “Ai Football” for example specifically uses Ai to enchance colour, smoothness and frame rates, even the Audio is enhanced.
So How was it?
Out of the box this was super easy to get set up, until we got into the accounts, so many accounts. I wish Samsung had a feature where you could sign in once and it logs into all of your services, so the set up took a lot longer than it needed to, a samsung specific account was needed to even play YouTube or log into Netflix, which also needs accounts. so many accounts. There’s also a lot of bloat-ware on the TV. TV’s these days seem to fill any useable space with some kind of advertising which gets old fast, if you leave it on the homescreen while you are deciding what to watch, it’ll just start playing something from its own archives. whilst I appreciate options, sometimes I just want to watch and see what I want, not all the popular crap that I’m probably not interested in.
Once we got past that hurdle, the ease of use day to day once set up, magic. You can hit the power button on the PS5 controller and everything lights up and fires up and before you know it the whole experience is ready for you. New tech is very good at talking to each other, knowing what they are and being able to have a conversation with each other so that you do less to make everything happen, I like that. Our set up is generally a Ps5, JBL soundbar and for this, the Mirco RGB ( but this works the same with our actual TV which isn’t as flash). The picture is the most profound upside of the experience. The first things I did was fire up Gran Turismo 7, knowing that 4k replay action is going to look good, it did. The picture quality is one of those things you wont appreciate till its back to the old TV. but that jump from ‘something decent’ to something of this level is huge and noticeable. We tried a few of our favourite movies for cinematic effect, and to test the sharpness and quality, we put on some new Pixar films to see how they went. Overall the base settings without Ai on the screen is amazing. Even during the day with a massive window into the lounge, you cannot tell on the screen there is any reflection at all so, Anti glare is 10/10
But then we get to the Ai, now its no secret I’m not the biggest fan of Ai, it did seem to smooth out frame rates in the Pixar style movies, and it does do a lot when it comes to the Football mode (not that our house watches much sport) but if you do, this is a good feature. But the rest of the Ai really starts to feel invasive and not worth it. Between the TV “listening” and popping up in the corner to do a voice controlled search or the “movie mode” Ai taking away from what I feel like the director wanted you to experience, it doesn’t seem to make movies that much better. With your average TV show not being overly cinematic, the picture upscaling isn’t something I would purchase a TV for. We ended up having it off most of the time when we were watching shows or gaming.
Minor Features
The remote has a couple of points worth mentioning, for a while now Samsung have been using solar charging on their remotes, which I think is great. Less batteries in landfill and you never have to do that dance where you skew the batteries around to see “if that makes a difference” when they are starting to go. More over, the remote works on the PlayStation. Using the supplied remote-control, the menus on the PlayStation were able to be navigated with the Samsung remote, seems small but when all you want to do is bring up the next episode of the show you are watching currently, its a lot less fuss when you’re likely to have that remote Infront of you.
Photo Mode – You’ll likely be familiar with Samsung’s “Frame” line of TV’s that are touted to double as subtle art installations when not being a TV, which we combat by covering with our hippy sheet, but Samsung has added a varient of that to these Tv’s which means you get the very impressive picture that looks so detailed and so flat that it looks almost real, this is a nice feature for people like us that don’t want a honking big black panel sitting the middle of space if its not being used.
We didn’t really test the Audio, basically because we assumed that anyone with a $7k TV likely has a soundbar to go with it, but it does have a decent 70w 4.2.2 channel system built in which will be about as useful as indicators on a BMW.
You can find more about the new Samsung range from our coverage of the launch event. Like how we managed to automate the curtains from the fridge — > Launch coverage
Final Thoughts.
If you can get past the Ai and Bloatware, this is one of the best panels I’ve had the pleasure of viewing. Sharp, deep, rich, all the things they claim are fair. Retail price of $7,798 ( from PB tech at the time of publishing) or around $290p/w if you bang it on your credit card, this is a premium offering, and it is a premium experience. If I had the money to throw at a TV like this I would, we love our movie nights and often hang in the lounge with a movie experience, its one of those rainy day things we love, getting together with friends.
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