I Love QD-OLED, But EVERYONE Is Wrong about Samsung S95B's Brightness & Colours 

Ignore the haters Vincent. You have all the receipts with this video.

So this is basically the "Diesel Gate" of TVs. Test pattern window size detection algorithms are just like dyno emission test algorithms. It's a shameful and intentional deception of how your product behaves in the real world.

I think Samsung did something similar with their phones a few years ago. When the phone detected certain benchmark software was running, it would overclock the processor by 20%, at the expense of battery life. I'm willing to bet that this new OLED technology is amazing, but the marketing department ruined it.

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This video puts every single youtube reviewer to shame Vincent. Samsung have pulled this move before and you seem to be the only one to actually have not only the skill to spot it but also the guts to bring it to a wider audience. I suspect you knew what Samsung were up to even before you got this out the box.

Vincent, this video shows why you're at the top of your game and one of the most respected handful authorities when it comes to TV reviews. Having watched the early hands on testing from other RU-vidrs and reviewers being overwhelmed by their initial impressions, only you Vincent can overcome the eye candy and dig deep enough to find out what really is going on. I totally agree with your philisophy, I'd rather have accuracy than over saturated colors or artificially boosted HDR to falsely produce a punchier picture that doesn't trully deliver what is in the signal. Kudos for an exceptional intial review Vincent! 👍👏🏆

Thank you Vincent. All that's left for me to do is join in and say this kind of content is why you are extremely highly valued and respected by many. The community is lucky to have someone like you.

RU-vid: "This color is only possible on a Samsung display" Vincent: "Hold my reference monitor."

I wouldn't mind it if they had this curve in all window percentages, but how they try and trick reviewers and the audience with the "only accurante in the typical window sizes" and it also affecting filmmaker mode seems pretty immoral and reprehensible, to say the least. I wish this video sparks some sort of "samsung-gate". Great job as always!

I love Vincent's refusal to have the wool pulled over his eyes. He helps us all see clearly.

The 10% screen test result smells a lot like the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Samsung pulled a Volkswagen!!!🤣🤣🤣 Sherlock Holmes has nothing over Vince!!! Awesome job Mr Teoh!!! 🙏🙏🙏

Incredibly detailed video with great explanations on color accuracy and why it matters. Thanks for this kind of great content.

This is why you're the best TV reviewer

I can hardly believe other RU-vid content creators are trying to disparage you for spitting pure Facts. almost unbelievable but then again, you're the best so, hi haterzz... 👋🏾

The fact that it tracks properly on the standard test pattern window sizes is bonkers. It would have had to have been a deliberate decision for the TV to do that....

Vincent is the only one who does it right. Many RU-vidrs are comparing TVs without a reference display to act as a control. You're basically choosing the TV that's most pleasing to YOUR EYES instead of what's technically the superior image.

Your posted this awesome finding on avs forums 6 days ago. The fact that only now you were able to release the video shows that making videos is a lot harder than I expected. Thanks for all the hard work!

This is straight up dieselgate. So blatantly dishonest to be tracking accurately on test patterns. This was a deliberate design decision in the company. I had the same thought about Filmmaker mode. You can’t even say that a stricter certification would’ve caught it before this since they adjusted their PQ to the standard test patterns. If there is a verification test for Filmmaker mode then they would’ve just made a PQ to pass that test. Anyway, I hope this is at least a reminder how important it is to have independent journalism. Thanks again Vincent as always and it was very proper of you to make the distinction between Samsung Display and Visual. What a disappointment it turned out to be though. I hope discovering this issue gets you the recognition you deserve.

This is why you are number one Vincent. All these influencers praising the S95B like lovesick saps. You have shown once again why I turn to you for accurate and balanced advice when I want to purchase a tv. Like you, I care about accuracy above all else as well. No doubt some will say you are trolling for LG but let the haters hate. Classy, Tech with KG, even FOMO and Whisperstatus forgetting that Samsung could care less about accuracy. Thanks for offering us consumers perspective. Now to see what Sony does with the new technology. HDTV Test rules.

You are the man, Vince, and the only one I truly trust when it comes to displays. Standards matter in everything, otherwise, everything is chaos.

This is what I was afraid of when everyone was prizing the color saturation on the QD-OLED. I knew Samsung loves to oversaturate, I never seen a Samsung screen that was not oversaturated out of the box but usually you can tune it down. But now they are cheating in testing, wtf. Hopefully well see better utilization of QD-OLED technology down the line.

This is why i follow you for ages now.. thank you for the good information Vincent!

Mic drop on all the other RU-vid videos praising the Samsung. I was fully set to buy a 65" but will wait to see how Samsung responds and post-calibration measurements from Vincent. Ty for the awesome video.

Vincent is, as always, the best and most trusted reviewer!! Differentiated and quality work!!

I'm getting flashbacks to the LCD vs Plasma "war", when LED-LCD:s came to the market and hit the store they had simply oversaturated EVERYTHING, making all colors "pop" & being overly bright, to "laymans" or people who simply aren't interested in color accuracy; in the stores those TV:s would be regarded as "better" than the "dull" colors of properly calibrated plasmas since they where going for accuracy rather than "wow" factor. So plasma lost the "war" because a bunch of people preferred sitting with TV:s watching football on neon-luminescence-grass........... (and yes, there where other reasons plasmas lost to even though they where superior!)

Big Thanks to Vincent for sharing his expertise and wisdom. I was put off by all these videos praising the s95b like it was the second coming. Samsung basically locked the s95b in store display mode.

I appreciate the time, attention to detail, and most of all the *knowledge* you bring to us through these videos. You are the only reviewer so far (4/26) who tried *any* non-standard testing window sizes. I also thought the Samsung looked to bright and had washed out blacks. Like a bad HDR game that instead of increasing brightness/contrast, just increases 0 black to 100 and turns the dark to grey. I bought my last TV (my first 4k and first HDR) based on month's of reviews. I ended deciding I need an LED/LCD for brightness. Your Sony 930E review really helped. I still don't understand how beam forming works, but it's advantages over low count Array Dimming is amazing. Remember at the time of the Sony 930E the LG was the C7. I know it's old, but I never have it (or need it) over 25/50 backlight. I think later this year I will be upgrading to OLED for personal gaming/movie use and transition my previous to the living room. Hopefully, in 4-6 months even more reviews, tests, and examples from you and everyone else will help me decide between the G2, A95K, S95B, and C2. Plus, they should be less expensive and I should finally be able to buy a Xbox Series X by then.

Your diligence is much appreciated. On a slight tangent, I'm wondering what Panasonic's plans are for the coming years in terms of panel selection. It would be really interesting to see what they can achieve with QD-OLED given their reputation for picture accuracy and innovation when it comes to addressing technical issues.

This type of content is why I’m subscribed to HDTVTest. Thank you for this hard-hitting journalism, Vincent. I know it’s not an easy topic to discuss, especially with the toxic fanboys and recent S95B Converts… but I am glad that someone is willing to don the flame-suit and spread the truth, no matter how poorly received it might be. 非常感谢您。👍🏽👍🏽

Great job Vincent! We are tired of tv manifacturers boosting brightness and colour saturation to make their tv seem more appealing, you did us consumers a great service!

Amazing work, Vincent. We absolutely need your content, hoping to see your coverage only improve from here and remain reliable as always

The Sony A95K is where it’s at!

Vincent, this video is precious! Any negative thoughts I have ever made for your motives, are dissolved! Thank you for bringing forward the whole truth no matter what!

Utmost respect to you and your mission to bring us accurate reviews and colors alike. Thanks Vincent.

Just cancelled my S95B order. Will wait for more reviews, esp. on the G2 and A95K.

QUANTUM TV is big mad.

This is a classic Samsung move, I'm not surprised, LG has shown to change over the years, they are no longer that horrible company with horrible image processing and terrible color accuracy, but Samsung seems to have learned nothing.

First time in 15 years I have been tempted by a Samsung TV. But not after this video :) Thank you for your always informative, engaging and dry wit videos :)

I always find Samsung too artificial, saturated, hurting eyes and thought their software is over doing things. Now you have confirmed it. Thank you for your hard work.

You know you just proved wrong so many ” so called professional tv reviewers” who got caught up with hype and bashed LG tv’s to be miserable. They didn’t even compare it with the appropriate flagship model G2 but instead C1 and C2. You are genuinely the only real professional here who don’t let the hype to cloud your vision. Reviewer like Keep it classy and his friends are just bunch of amateurs compared to you. I don’t know how they can save their face after this. Show mercy and pass the flame proof vest to them, trust me you don’t need it.

Samsung is trying to satisfy game players, but for us who are movie enthusiasts it's important to have a professional panel like Panasonic, Sony or LG, not to get a traffic light.

I really felt like something was wrong. I’m so glad you pointed this out. Accuracy does matter.

Great video Vincent. Between yourself and the other reviewers (I watch them all) us consumers have a good chance to find out what's going on.

Waiting for the inevitable Quantum TV response 😅 Make sure he doesn't call your mother. If you know, you know.

This is why I love this channel, always reviewing tv’s with the philosophy of chasing or comparing to the reference creators intent, I certainly want a TV that approaches more for what the creator wanted you to experience from a film. Thank you Vincent.

You are my favorite TV reviewer. This video is testimony of your passion and sincerity and dedication to your work. No BS .. just pure facts. Lot of other reviewers are sell off's and will give any review if paid.

Haha, even Samsung wanted to get in on Dieselgate. "But we don't make cars". "We'll make our our gate".

This is why Vincent Teoh is the 🐐… Samsung doing Samsung things

Samsung has been doing this on all their devices since day 1, not surprised at all. Regardless, awesome content as always, keep it up!

S95B - Don't buy if you want accurate colors. S95B - Buy if you want an exciting and impactful image. Personally I consider myself a tech nerd on other fields like PCs but for displays I just prefer an impactful image, I don't give 2 crap about if it's accurate or not. I'm gonna buy what wows me the most. Even in this comparison the other TVs looked dull in comparison to the S95B, so I don't care if they are more accurate.

Thank you for creating this content HDTVTest. I finally bought my first OLED C1 (I know, I've been under the rock) and had second thoughts whether I should cancel 77in C1 order and purchase S95B. I hate cheaters, and Samsung is a major cheater. I will pickup my LG C1 order. Thank you for opening my eyes!!!

Incredible work Vincent. Waited long to see this

Exact reason I’m waiting for the A95K.

You are the only reviewer who caught this. Well done ! Now when I see other reviewers fawning over the S95B and citing better yellows, etc I think of your review and how superficial some of the "expert" reviews are, even from respected sources. The community owes you - you have set yourself apart from all of the other reviewers..

This is why you are one of the few RU-vidrs I am subbed to. All the others feel like phony shills compared to you. I can always trust your judgement and assessments to be thorough and unbiased.

Quantum TV in shambles. You can bet he’s going to try to make a reply comment or video disregarding Vincent’s findings. Vincent is the best in the AV tech/reviewing business.

At the end of the day, seeing it on a wall at a store next to very bright LED's, people are going to be more impressed by the S95B than other OLED's. That's the hard truth. Samsung has always gone for "poppier" colors on their LED's and AMOLED's, and there are no news here.

QuantumTV is starting a hate war with vincent now. This man has no remorse

This is why I watch & trust your videos. Because you tell us the truth others won’t or don’t know. Greetings from L.A.

I knew I had to wait for Vincent to drop his video before making up my mind on the S95B. A true professional 👌🏽

So basically Sony qd oled gonna be what Samsung display intended qd oled to be . And odds are sony will win tv of year

Best Test from S95B outthere... like always. Thank you Vincent!!

There is going to be a ton of buyer's remorse going around after this video for those enthusiasts out there.

This is the info we need. I am a professional user, I now have another 60" tv off to the side to buy the C1(since I have one normal TV downstairs, one in my room and had one for monitor use)... I couldn't decide between the C1 and the Aorus 48" OLED monitor.... after doing copious research on their SRGB and ARGB color coverage I was dismayed to see a site like Rting said they were both under 100% and significantly different (ARGB around 89% for the Auros vs 75% for the C1....) but other sites said both where well above 100% for ARGB.... I ended up with the C1 for the features and price thinking it's good enough, and am glad I did, but thank god for people like you who go above and beyond, I could have easily gotten the S95B thinking I was getting a superior pro product despite knowing the C1's brightness for a monitor not 6 feet from my face was more than enough for my eyes.... In my mind this is reminiscent of Volkswagen emissions scandal and shows a clear lack of transparency for Samsung who know people like me exist and to sell more units intentionally mislead them, I don't want to start a flame war or tell people to get pitchforks... but this is very misleading, again, to say the least. If every review site was as effective as you I would have gotten an OLED a long time ago, and maybe even know the actual ARGB performance of my monitor(or of the A1 which rtings did not test as a monitor, perhaps I could have saved money since I have a 2080 Ti and don't game, i'm locked at 30Hz to use HDR due to bandwidth...lol)

I mostly care about gaming, I had seen another reviewer play a game on the S95B, albeit through RU-vid, and I thought the S95B looked a bit unnaturally bright in the game in areas that should have been darker, so I think you're on to something. I'm very interested in seeing what Sony can do with the QD-OLED panel since it sounds like they're prone to target a more accurate image.

Yes I agree 100%, numbers are extremly important. And making sure that ppl who watch your channel do know facts is what makes you 1 of the very few top content creators on yt if not the top one when it comes to screens. More over I love the fact you acknowledge that what is better to the eye may be more important and better to each individual than colour accuracy by numbers. Overall putting those 2 things together side by side and not trying to force any1 to follow either numbers or whats greater for the eye is what makes you unique in a special very good way. Please keep great work and I am sure your channel will never stop growing. Thank you Vincent 😊❤️

This is exactly why we do measurements and test. Good Job!!!! It's very clear that Firmware plays a huge part of any panel design and implementation.

Great job Vincent! It's about time someone give a real review of this new technology. Not just assuming it's better because it's brighter with more colors. Thanks for your time and effort to help us who strive for accuracy not just wow factor.

Haha I knew it! Overly saturated just to try be brighter than everyone else at the expence of losing accuracy. Glad I went with the Sony A90J 83"

... this is exactly why we watch you Vince, you find out what's really going on. Hiding what they are doing here is pretty awful, they are deliberately making an inaccurate screen test accurately and this very anti consumer. People can watch their TV as they wish of course (I've always argued this), but they should start with accurate and then adjust what they want. If Samsung had added this adjustment as a switchable 'pop filter' then it would be fine, but this 'cheating' of the system represents a basic dishonesty for which they should pay dearly. Certainly I will never buy a Samsung product again, who can trust them when they are so underhanded and basically dishonest? Vince, you represent consumers rights to know what they are buying and your videos are invaluable as a result

Been waiting for this review!

Well done Vincent, I always wait for your review before buying a TV. Let‘s hope Sony does a better job in presenting a color accurate reproduction with their a95k

Vincent, you are just the best in the industry! Keep up the good work!

At least some person out there is doing full research and putting real efforts into TV reviewing. Hats off to you delivering such a detailed video.

I like the sound effect of the door opening at 10:11 😁 Excellent work as always. Keep the facts coming!

thank you. I always appreciate your detailed breakdowns. I was almost sold on the S95B. Now I gotta wait to see if the A95K fixes this problem or I'll be getting the C2 in Nov.

Yo, had my S95B for almost a week now, and I must say, I love the picture on it, but not as much as everyone was pretending the hype to be... Maybe all the reviewers hyped it so much, I was expecting my jaw to be on the ground, but instead, I was only mildly impressed. I also had a A90J, which I sold, and I have a C1, and A80J, calibrated to my liking, and so far, the S95B definitely has brighter highlights, but it definitely isn't mind blowing, just a nice upgrade so far, and I've been rewatching all my 4K Blu-ray content on it, but we'll see what happens once I dig deep into calibrations...

Wow Drop the Mic on the RU-vid community of panel reviews! You definitely are the best man out of all the others, this is one of your best reviews yet.

This is why you are the best reviewer of screens. No bs just great videos!

Great work Vincent. As always. Well, I was all set to pull the trigger on a Sony A80J, and now...

I was waiting for your video on this . And had a feeling it was artificially boosting areas of the picture to make it look better . You never let us down . So informative I couldnt click fast enough.

You are absolutely the best TV reviewer on RU-vid. Other so-called viewers like quantum TV were completely tricked by Samsung. Unfortunately I think most casual TV viewers will also be tricked into thinking this is the brightest OLED out there

Fascinating Vince. We count on your passion for accuracy to guide us thru the wilds of tv performance and expectations. Keep the great content coming (ding).

I dont get companies. People who want crazy nice eye candy vibrant images will just use default mode. So why make FILMMAKER mode oversaturated and brighter mess too when its supposed to be the ACCURATE one? Why lie to customers? But i suppose i know why. They want their images to look better than competition in every possible setting wheter its accurate or not. No respect for the customer

And this is why I'm subscribed to you. Awesome content.

Vincent, thank you for the very detailed and comprehensive analysis. Standards and the filmmakers artistic intent definitely matter.

this is the same issue causing the price drop of the s22 in Korea. Samsung manipulates the coding to perform differently in test conditions than in actual use. on the phones, they throttle performance when not being run in benchmark tests. on the TV, they manipulate the light and color settings. I'm not surprised. Deceptive actions like these cannot happen on accident, and they cannot happen without direction and approval from the executive level. A company who's executives are directing deceitful actions in one product, will do it in all products. An true company mission statement is "get the best review and benchmark results, at all costs".

I'm in the majority -- ok with the "wow" of the image quality despite a lack of general accuracy. But the importance of this inclusion is not lost on me, and Samsung's despicable tactics to mislead technical reviewers are not acceptable.

This brings back memories of plasma vs lcd comparisons by typically clueless shop sales people. ‘Look how much better this one is’ purely based on lcd brightness.

Vincent Teoh, you are the best of us. Thank you.

Hard to argue, I think I agree with you really. Subjectivity on picture quality is fine, having choices is fine, not being accurate is not. I may prefer colours that pop or not, if I can't get the intended colours I am limited in choice. Back to the drawing board please Samsung.

Vincent, you are a TV display God amongst men.

The reference monitor is more important than ever when trying to analyze and evaluate new tech. I do not want Samsung's forced special sauce included with the video image. I still value the standards and believe the TV should have the capability of being accurate; if I want the image goosed up then I'll do it myself using the settings. So basically Samsung Electronics is doing their usual thing but with better tech now under the hood and so a lot of jaws are dropping. Not really surprising at all then. Thank you Vincent! I'm still eager to see what Sony will do with this panel given its numerous advantages over traditional LG oled.

Thanks for your diligence for exposing the underlying assumptions of Samsung QD-OLED vs. LG WOLED.

Why is this all so hard for TV manufacturers? Mode A for accurate. Mode B for enhanced. Take your choice. Done. This is how a Samsung phone works right. Hope the Sony QD is accurate.

This is by far the best video about Samsung 95B at the moment

This is why I only trust Vince for anything tv related, accurate and thorough information not click bait like other channels.

Terrific video with great integrity. Samsung has always boosted pictures unnaturally, but they should allow users to turn the boosting off.

At last! A video review of QD-OLED that makes me feel better about my current TV.