Our Verdict
Excellent performance for a variety of usages. Picture quality is great. Movies perform excellently. TV is bright enough for any room. Displays any resolution of content clearly. Unfortunately the picture quality diminishes when viewed from the side.
- Great TV for movies especially HDR content.
- Can get extremely bright and has very low reflection.
- Great gaming TV with low input lag.
- Loses picture quality at an angle.
Great movie performance. Dark scenes are rich and detailed. Smooth playback from any source. Excellent picture quality.
Great for daytime TV in a bright room. Excellent picture quality when viewed directly in front. Bright enough to compete with reflections, and coating handles reflections well. Unfortunately when viewed from the side the picture quality diminishes.
Great picture for sports. Pretty good motion handling with little motion blur for fast plays. Very good uniformity.
Great for video games. Pretty good motion handling for fast camera movements. Very responsive with low input lag. Great picture quality.
Very good HDR. Has a wide color gamut. Highlights get very bright. Colors pop and blacks are very deep.
Works well as PC monitor. Supports a wide range of resolutions. Feels very responsive. Supports chroma 4:4:4 for clear text.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 55" (UN55KS9500) version FA01. For the most part, we expect our review to be valid for the 65" version (UN65KS9500).
If someone comes across a different type of panel or if their Samsung KS9500 doesn't correspond to our review, let us know and we will update the review.
| Size | Model | US | Canada | UK | Warehouse | Warehouse long |
| 55" | UN55KS9500 | UN55KS9500FXZA | UN55KS9500FXZC | UE55KS9000 | N/A | N/A |
| 65" | UN65KS9500 | UN65KS9500FXZA | UN65KS9500FXZC | UE65KS9000 | UN65KS950D | UN65KS950DFXZA |
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The Samsung KS9500 is the best LED TV we have reviewed so far for a mixed usage but there are cheaper and near as good TVs that are available which explains why we don't really recommend the KS9500
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Test Results
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