The Samsung 100QN80F is a mid-range 4k TV released in 2025. It's an indirect replacement to the Samsung Q80D, as it's now part of Samsung's Neo QLED lineup, which adds Mini LED local dimming. It's powered by Samsung's NQ4 AI Gen2 Processor, and it supports up to 4k @ 144Hz, with full VRR capabilities, on all four of its HDMI 2.1 ports. As usual with Samsung, the TV supports the HDR10+ format but not Dolby Vision, and it passes through advanced audio formats from Dolby but not from DTS. We bought and tested the 100-inch model (100QN80F), but we also tested the 65-inch model (Samsung 65QN80F) separately. It's also available in 55, 75, and 85-inch models.
Note: Despite the similar naming, this TV is different from the Samsung Q8F 2025. That TV is a much lower-end TV in Samsung's 2025 lineup.
Our Verdict
The Samsung 100QN80F is a decent TV. It's best suited for use in a moderately lit room, as although it's bright, it has poor direct reflection handling and can't overcome glare from bright lights or windows. It doesn't look as good in a dark room, though, as it has just okay black levels, and there's noticeable haloing around bright highlights and subtitles on a dark background. It has a great selection of gaming features, with low input lag and great format support. It's not well-suited for competitive gaming, though, as it has poor motion handling, especially at 60Hz.
Fantastic peak brightness in SDR.
Ambient light has no noticeable impact on picture quality.
Very distracting direct mirror-like reflections.
Can't do much to smooth out low-quality content without causing a loss of fine details.
The Samsung 100QN80F is just decent for home theater use. It has just okay black levels, so it doesn't look great in a dark room, and there's noticeable haloing around bright highlights and subtitles. It gets bright in HDR, though, and has great color volume, so bright scenes look a lot better than shadows. Unfortunately, it has limited format support, with no Dolby Vision or DTS support, so if you're using an external 4k Blu-ray player, you'll want to connect it directly to your soundbar or receiver instead of using eARC.
Very little stutter.
Excellent PQ EOTF tracking.
Great peak brightness in HDR.
Mediocre zone precision causes significant haloing in dark scenes.
Doesn't support Dolby Vision or DTS.
The Samsung 100QN80F is great for a bright room. It's bright enough in SDR to overcome glare from indirect lighting, but it has disappointing direct reflection handling, so it doesn't perform well if placed opposite a window or in front of bright lights. On the other hand, ambient light has virtually no impact on picture quality.
Fantastic peak brightness in SDR.
Ambient light has no noticeable impact on picture quality.
Very distracting direct mirror-like reflections.
The Samsung 100QN80F is good for sports. It's bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room, and it has decent enough processing to clear up low-quality streams. On the other hand, it has a narrow viewing angle, making it unsuitable for a wide seating arrangement; it struggles with direct reflections, and noticeable uniformity issues are present. It also has disappointing motion handling, and fast motion is blurry.
Fantastic peak brightness in SDR.
Good upscaling.
Very distracting direct mirror-like reflections.
Very noticeable blur in fast motion, especially in shadow details.
Noticeable uniformity issues.
The Samsung 100QN80F is a decent TV for gaming. It has a great selection of gaming features, including a high refresh rate, VRR support to reduce tearing, and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, so you can take full advantage of the latest gaming consoles or a PC gaming rig. It also has low input lag for a responsive feel, and switching to the dedicated Game Mode has no negative impact on picture quality. Unfortunately, it has poor motion handling when gaming. There's significant blur in fast scenes, and it's significantly worse when gaming at 60Hz.
Low input lag across all supported formats.
Wide selection of gaming features.
Very noticeable blur in fast motion, especially in shadow details.
Very high CAD at 60Hz.
The Samsung 100QN80F has great peak brightness. It's bright enough to overcome indirect glare if you're in a bright room. HDR content is bright enough that small specular highlights stand out incredibly well, and very bright scenes are bright enough to deliver an impactful HDR experience.
Fantastic peak brightness in SDR.
Great peak brightness in HDR.
The Samsung 100QN80F has okay black levels. Blacks are raised in most scenes, and the local dimming feature struggles to dim dark parts of the scene effectively. It has mediocre zone precision, and there's significant haloing around bright highlights or subtitles on a dark background.
Good black uniformity with Local Dimming enabled.
Mediocre zone precision causes significant haloing in dark scenes.
The Samsung 100QN80F has decent colors. It has great accuracy out of the box in SDR, with only a few issues; however, it's less accurate in HDR. It has great color volume in HDR, but it struggles with very light scenes in both SDR and HDR, and colors are noticeably desaturated.
Great color volume in HDR.
Great accuracy in SDR before calibration.
Colors desaturate in light scenes.
Note: We're in the process of improving our tests related to image processing, but this score should give you a general idea of how a TV performs overall with its image processing capabilities.
The Samsung 100QN80F has decent processing capabilities. It has good upscaling, great EOTF tracking in HDR, and excellent gradient handling. It does an okay job smoothing out low-quality content, but there's some loss of fine details that gives the image a bit of a waxy look.
Excellent PQ EOTF tracking.
Very little banding in HDR.
Good upscaling.
Can't do much to smooth out low-quality content without causing a loss of fine details.
The Samsung 100QN80F has okay responsiveness when gaming. It has great format support, including a maximum 144Hz refresh rate that's great for PC gamers, and it has low input lag for a responsive feel. Unfortunately, it has poor motion handling and a very slow response time, so motion is blurry, especially in shadow details.
Low input lag across all supported formats.
Wide selection of gaming features.
144Hz refresh rate.
Very noticeable blur in fast motion, especially in shadow details.
Very high CAD at 60Hz.
We're in the process of fixing the way we evaluate a TV's overall motion handling. This section is currently broken, and the score isn't indicative of how well a TV handles motion overall.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Nov 25, 2025:
Added a link to our new Best 98-100 Inch TVs recommendation article in the Popular TV Comparisons section.
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Updated Nov 25, 2025:
Added a link to the side-by-side comparison of the 65-inch and 100-inch models in the Differences Between Sizes And Variants section.
- Updated Nov 25, 2025: Review published.
- Updated Nov 21, 2025: Early access published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 100-inch Samsung QN80F, and these results are only valid for that size. We bought and tested the 65-inch Samsung QN80F separately. It's also sold in warehouse stores like Sam's Club and Costco as the QN80FD. Samsung's marketing around the warehouse variant suggests that it has more dimming zones, as it's advertised with Ultimate UHD Dimming instead of the Supreme UHD Dimming found on the regular models. However, since Samsung doesn't discuss panel features, we cannot confirm this for sure. We also put the 65-inch and 100-inch models together in a head-to-head comparison; you can read our findings here.
| Size | US Model | Short Model Code | Warehouse Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55" | QN55QN80FAFXZA | QN55QN80F | QN55QN80FD |
| 65" | QN65QN80FAFXZA | QN65QN80F | QN65QN80FD |
| 75" | QN75QN80FAFXZA | QN75QN80F | QN75QN80FD |
| 85" | QN85QN80FAFXZA | QN85QN80F | QN85QN80FD |
| 100" | QN100QN80FFXZA | QN100QN80F | QN100QN80FD |
Our unit was made in Mexico in July 2025.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Samsung 100QN80F is a decent TV overall. It's a slight improvement over the 65-inch model in some respects, but it's a downgrade in others, and it's incredibly overpriced for the performance it delivers. Competing models, such as the TCL 98QM8K or Hisense 100U8QG, deliver significantly better performance for a fraction of the cost, with higher peak brightness, more accurate colors, and notably improved local dimming.
For more options, check out our recommendations for the best 98-100 inch TVs, the best gaming TVs, and the best TVs.
The Sony BRAVIA 5 98 is a bit better than the Samsung 100QN80F. The Sony isn't quite as bright as the Samsung, but it has significantly better contrast and local dimming, with much less haloing around bright highlights and subtitles. The Sony also has much better colors, and they don't desaturate in light scenes.
The Samsung 100QN80F is a bit better than its smaller sibling, the 65-inch Samsung QN80F. The larger model gets quite a bit brighter, so HDR content is brighter and more vivid overall, and it can handle a bit more glare from indirect light during the day. On the other hand, its local dimming is worse, and there's more haloing around bright parts of the scene. Check out our in-depth comparison between the 65-inch and 100-inch sizes for more information.
The Hisense 100U8QG is significantly better than the Samsung 100QN80F. It delivers much better picture quality, with significantly deeper, more uniform blacks and a lot less haloing around bright parts of the scene. The Hisense is also significantly brighter, allowing bright highlights in HDR to stand out and making bright scenes even more vibrant.
The Samsung 100QN80F is significantly worse than the TCL 98QM8K. The TCL TV delivers much better picture quality, with higher peak brightness for brighter highlights, much better contrast, and more vibrant colors. It looks better in a dark room thanks to its much better local dimming, and there's significantly less haloing around bright parts of the scene.
We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests use specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
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