Our Verdict
Better than average TV for a range of usages. Picture quality is good, especially in a dark room but lacks features such as local dimming to improve it further. Handles fast motion well but unfortunately the colors lose saturation and the image loses contrast when viewed at an angle.
- Good TV for gamers
- Not much dirty screen effect
- Picture loses contrast when viewed at an angle
- HDR performance is limited
- Judder is present in movies
Slightly below average for watching movies in a dark room. Dark scene performance is good, but lacks local dimming to improve it even more. Those sensitive to judder will notice it when watching movies. For most people this isn't an issue.
Slightly better than average for watching TV in a bright room. Picture quality is good, but degrades when viewed at an angle. Can't get very bright to deal with glare, and is average at handling reflections. Smart platform works well for casual watching.
Good for sports fans. Picture quality is good, but degrades at an angle. Uniformity is a bit better than average, so not much dirty screen effect should be visible. Motion blur is better than average which is good.
Great for gamers. Picture quality is good, and response time is low which results in less motion blur than average. Input lag is low, which is good.
Average for HDR movies. Supports HDR10, but lacks some features such as local dimming to improve dark scene performance. Picture quality is good, and supports a wide color gamut. Can't get bright highlights.
Great for HDR gaming. Picture quality is good, and TV supports the HDR10 format. Doesn't support local dimming to improve dark scene performance, or to increase brightness of highlights. Supports a wide color gamut and HDR input lag is low, which is good.
Good choice as a PC monitor. Picture quality is good but degrades when viewed at an angle. Supports chroma subsampling for clear text across all backgrounds. Input lag for PC use is quite good, and there is less motion blur than average.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 55" (UN55KU7500). For the most part, we expect our review to be valid for the 43" (UN43KU7500), 49" (UN49KU7500), 65" (UN65KU7500).
Note that the UN78KU7500 has a full-array backlight, so we expect it to offer better dark scene performance but worse gray uniformity.
If someone comes across a different type of panel or if their Samsung KU7500 doesn't correspond to our review, let us know and we will update the review.
| Size | Model |
| 43" | UN43KU7500 |
| 49" | UN49KU7500 |
| 55" | UN55KU7500 |
| 65" | UN65KU7500 |
| 78" | UN78KU7500 |
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The Samsung KU7500 has good picture quality, and works well as an all-round TV. It is almost identical to the Samsung KU7000, but without the curve so the increased price is hard to justify. With this price premium, it is competing with higher end TVs offering more premium features so it can be a bit hard to recommend the KU7500. Unlike the KU7000, it is available in a 78" variation which may offer good performance for the price.
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Test Results
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