The Samsung QN900F 8K TV is a high-end TV with a Mini LED backlight. Sitting below the Samsung QN990F 8K, it loses the Wireless One Connect box, opting for direct connections on the back of the TV instead. Like Samsung's other flagship models this year, the panel features a matte anti-reflective coating. It doesn't support the popular Dolby Vision HDR format, but it does support the similar HDR10+. It's powered by Samsung's NQ8 AI Gen2 Processor image processor, and it ships with the 2025 version of Samsung's proprietary Tizen OS. We bought and tested the 65-inch model, but it's also available in a 75-inch and 85-inch size if you want something larger.
Our Verdict
The Samsung QN900F is a very good TV overall. It delivers a good dark room experience thanks to its Mini LED local dimming feature and high contrast. Colors are bright and vibrant in HDR, and it's bright enough to bring out most specular highlights. It's a good gaming TV thanks to its low input lag and great selection of gaming features like VRR and HDMI 2.1, but motion is a bit blurry at anything below the max refresh rate. Finally, the matte anti-reflective coating makes it an excellent choice for bright room usage, as direct reflections are nearly eliminated, and it's bright enough to overcome most glare.
Mini LED backlight delivers very good black levels in most scenes.
Excellent sharpness processing when upscaling.
Fantastic SDR brightness helps it overcome glare in a well-lit room.
Excellent SDR accuracy out of the box.
Noticeable dirty screen effect and a blue tint on the sides of the screen.
Black levels are significantly raised in a bright room.
Some blooming around bright highlights due to the low native contrast.
The Samsung QN900F is good for watching movies under reference conditions. It has good black levels, with a high contrast ratio and a very effective Mini LED local dimming system, but it's not perfect, and there's some haloing around bright spots. It's bright enough to bring out specular highlights in HDR, and colors are bright and vibrant. On the other hand, it doesn't support Dolby Vision and it has limited audio passthrough support, so physical media collectors should bypass the TV's eARC feature and connect their players directly to the audio system.
Mini LED backlight delivers very good black levels in most scenes.
High peak brightness in HDR.
Excellent sharpness processing when upscaling.
Colors are bright and vibrant in HDR.
Doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR or DTS audio formats.
Noticeable banding in HDR.
Just okay low-quality content smoothing leads to a loss of detail and visible artifacts.
Some blooming around bright highlights due to the low native contrast.
The Samsung QN900F is an excellent choice for use in a bright room. It's bright enough to easily overcome glare during the day, and its matte anti-reflective coating nearly eliminates direct reflections from lamps or windows. On the other hand, black levels rise considerably in a bright room, so the overall picture quality takes a bit of a hit during the day.
High peak brightness in HDR.
Fantastic SDR brightness helps it overcome glare in a well-lit room.
Black levels are significantly raised in a bright room.
The Samsung QN900F is a good TV for watching sports. It's bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room, making it great for daytime viewing. It also has good processing, but it can't do much to reduce macro blocking or posterization, so it's not a great choice for watching low-quality streams like college football or most cable sports channels. There are also some noticeable uniformity artifacts, and the sides of the screen have a noticeable blue tint.
Excellent sharpness processing when upscaling.
Fantastic SDR brightness helps it overcome glare in a well-lit room.
Excellent SDR accuracy out of the box.
Noticeable dirty screen effect and a blue tint on the sides of the screen.
Just okay low-quality content smoothing leads to a loss of detail and visible artifacts.
The Samsung QN900F is a very good TV for gaming. It has a wide selection of gaming features, including VRR, HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, and built-in streaming support from services like Xbox or NVIDIA GeForce NOW. There's also very little input lag, and switching to the low-latency Game Mode has very little impact on picture quality. Unfortunately, there are some issues with motion, and even at 165Hz, there's noticeable motion blur in some scenes.
Colors are bright and vibrant in HDR.
Wide selection of gaming features, including VRR and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth.
Low input lag in Game Mode.
Slow pixel transitions in Game Mode below the max refresh rate leads to blurry motion.
The Samsung QN900F has great peak brightness. It's bright enough to easily overcome glare even in a very bright room. It also has good peak brightness in HDR, and all but the brightest highlights stand out well.
High peak brightness in HDR.
Fantastic SDR brightness helps it overcome glare in a well-lit room.
The Samsung QN900F has good black levels. It has a high contrast ratio, and its Mini LED backlight does a great job dimming around bright highlights, with just a bit of haloing. On the other hand, its black uniformity is just okay, and there's noticeable backlight bleed in more complicated scenes where the TV relies more on the native contrast.
Mini LED backlight delivers very good black levels in most scenes.
Some blooming around bright highlights due to the low native contrast.
The Samsung QN900F has very good colors. It has excellent color accuracy out of the box in SDR, with just a few slight issues. Its color volume is decent in SDR, and it looks even better in HDR, where colors are bright and vibrant. It also has good accuracy in HDR, but there are some noticeable color mapping issues.
Colors are bright and vibrant in HDR.
Excellent SDR accuracy out of the box.
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 QN900F has good processing capabilities. It upscales low-resolution content well, which is especially important here as almost everything you watch will need to be upscaled to the TV's native resolution. It also tracks the PQ EOTF well, so most HDR content is displayed at the brightness level intended by the content creator. On the other hand, it's not very effective at smoothing out artifacts in low-quality content, and there's noticeable banding in HDR.
Excellent sharpness processing when upscaling.
Great EOTF tracking, most content is displayed at the correct brightness level.
Noticeable banding in HDR.
Just okay low-quality content smoothing leads to a loss of detail and visible artifacts.
The Samsung QN900F delivers good game mode responsiveness. It supports a wide range of signal formats, so you can take full advantage of just about anything out there, and it has very low input lag in all supported formats. It also supports VRR to reduce screen tearing. Its motion handling when gaming is good at the max refresh rate, but anything lower than that is blurry.
Wide selection of gaming features, including VRR and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth.
Low input lag in Game Mode.
Slow pixel transitions in Game Mode below the max refresh rate leads to blurry motion.
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.
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Changelog
- Updated Jan 20, 2026: We added text to the new Micro-Judder section and refreshed the text in the updated Judder and Response Time Stutter sections after converting the review to TV 2.1.
- Updated Aug 29, 2025: Review published.
- Updated Aug 28, 2025: Early access published.
- Updated Aug 18, 2025: Our testers have started testing this product.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 65-inch Samsung QN900F, and these results are also valid for the 75-inch and 85-inch models.
| Size | US Model | Short Model Code |
|---|---|---|
| 65" | QN65QN900FFXZA | QN65QN900F |
| 75" | QN75QN900FFXZA | QN75QN900F |
| 85" | QN85QN900FFXZA | QN85QN900F |
Our unit was made in Mexico in February 2025.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Samsung QN900F is a very good TV overall, but it's overpriced for the performance it delivers. You can get much better picture quality from other high-end models from competing brands, like the TCL QM8K or the Sony BRAVIA 9. It's not clear yet if it's really worth paying more for an 8k TV in 2025, as even though you're future-proofing your investment, outside of a few games, 8k content is still extremely rare. Most people are still far better off saving their money and getting a premium 4k TV instead, even from Samsung's own 4k lineup like the Samsung S95F OLED or the Samsung QN90F.
For more options, check out our recommendations for the best 8k TVs, the best 4k TVs, and the best QLED TVs.
The Samsung QN990F 8K and the Samsung QN900F 8K are two very similar TVs overall that trade blows in many ways. They deliver similar overall picture quality, with just a few differences between them and no clear winner. The design will be the main deciding factor for most people. The QN990F's Wireless One Connect box is a very versatile solution for those looking for a clean setup with few exposed wires, but it adds considerable latency, so it's not great for gamers. The QN900F has traditional inputs directly on the TV, so it's better for gamers who need low latency.
The Samsung QN900F 8K is a bit better in some ways than the Samsung QN900D 8K, but a bit worse in others. The QN900F has a matte anti-reflective coating instead of the QN900D's glossy finish. This results in much better direct reflection handling, making the QN900F a better choice for a bright room, but it also results in raised blacks in a bright room. There are some noticeable differences in picture quality between them, as the QN900D gets a bit brighter in HDR but not as bright in SDR, and the QN900D has better contrast. Overall, the QN900F is a better choice for a bright room, while the older QN900D is better for a dark room.
Although the Samsung QN900F 8K is a more future-proof choice, the TCL QM8K delivers significantly better picture quality and is a much better choice for most people. The TCL is a lot brighter and its Mini LED backlight is much better overall, delivering deeper blacks with significantly less haloing around bright spots. The TCL also has better colors in both SDR and HDR, delivering a more vibrant image.
The LG C4 OLED and the Samsung QN900F 8K each have their own strengths and weaknesses, and the best one depends on your viewing conditions. The C4 is a much better choice for dark room viewing or gaming, thanks to its perfect contrast, with absolutely no haloing around bright spots. The C4 is also better for gaming, as its nearly instantaneous response time delivers crystal clear motion even in busy scenes. On the other hand, the QN900F is a better choice for a bright room. It gets a lot brighter, and its matte anti-reflective coating soaks up bright lights, so direct mirror-like reflections are almost non-existent.
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