Samsung QE65Q8CNAT

Samsung’s flagship flatscreen for 2018, the QE65Q9FN, is the best 4K LCD TV I've ever experienced. Its combination of astonishing brightness and the sort of black levels only OLED TVs used to manage make it a dream to watch. The lure of the QE65Q8DN on test here is that it offers much of the Q9FN’s core technology for a lower price.

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The Samsung 65-inch Q8FN QLED TV is a premium 4K TV that not only offers great picture quality and superb 4.1 sound, it can even compete with OLED displays, thanks to the best black levels we've seen on an LCD display.

The QLED series from Samsung builds on the Premium UHD line up series by adding a wider color gamut via Quantum Dot film. It has excellent black levels as an Ultra Black Elite panel and will capture the intended increased brightness and color of HDR content with considerable accuracy.

Q8 is a scaled-down version of Q9FN with fewer dimming zones. Q8 also features 4K, HDR, Tizen & Samsung's One Remote.

It doesn't come with the One Connect breakout box you get with the Q9FN, but it offers nearly the same performance as higher-end model for $700 less.

The GHI's Tried & Tested review of the Samsung QE65Q8DN

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