The Samsung QN990F 8k TV is the flagship model in Samsung's 2025 8k lineup, sitting above the Samsung QN900F and the Samsung QN950F. This premium TV's biggest claim to fame is the Wireless One Connect box, which greatly simplifies cable management, as most of the inputs are housed on a separate box which connects wirelessly with the TV. Like Samsung's other flagship models this year, the panel features a matte anti-reflective coating. The TV has 90W 6.2.2CH speakers built-in, has four full HDMI 2.1 ports with up to 8k @ 120Hz or 4k @ 240Hz support, and it ships with the 2025 version of Samsung's Tizen OS. It has smart features like voice control and a web browser, and it's cast-capable. Like all Samsung TVs, it doesn't support the popular Dolby Vision HDR format, but it does support the similar HDR10+. We bought and tested the 75-inch model, but it's available in 65, 85, and 98-inch sizes.
Our Verdict
The Samsung QN990F is a good TV overall. It's great for watching sports or shows during the day, even in a bright room, thanks to its high peak brightness and matte anti-reflective coating. It also looks good in reference conditions thanks to its Mini LED local dimming feature. There's some blooming around bright highlights, but it's not too bad overall. Sadly, it's not very accurate in HDR, though. Gamers will appreciate its wide selection of gaming features, including VRR and four HDMI 2.1 bandwidth ports, but sadly, the Wireless One Connect box adds considerable latency.
Very good black levels with just a bit of blooming around bright highlights.
High peak brightness in HDR.
Excellent sharpness processing when upscaling.
Excellent SDR brightness helps it overcome glare in a well-lit room.
Bright and vibrant colors in HDR.
Some noticeable dirty screen effect towards the center of the screen.
Black levels are significantly raised in a bright room.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
Severe color artifacts.
The Samsung QN990F is a very good TV for home theater use or reference conditions. It has very good black levels thanks to its Mini LED local dimming feature, so dark scenes look great, with just a bit of blooming around bright highlights. It also removes judder from most sources, but there's noticeable stutter in slow-panning shots. Colors are good as well, thanks to its wide color gamut and excellent HDR color volume. It has great upscaling, which is extra important for an 8k model since most content will need to be upscaled. However, it can't do much to smooth out artifacts in low-bitrate content. Unfortunately, it doesn't support the popular Dolby Vision HDR format and doesn't passthrough DTS audio formats, which is a drawback for those with a 4k Blu-ray collection.
Very good black levels with just a bit of blooming around bright highlights.
High peak brightness in HDR.
Excellent sharpness processing when upscaling.
Bright and vibrant colors in HDR.
Doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR or DTS audio formats.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
Noticeable banding in HDR.
The Samsung QN990F is a great TV for watching in a bright room. Its high peak brightness and matte anti-reflective coating do a fantastic job reducing glare from bright lights or windows. It's not perfect, though, as it causes the black levels to rise noticeably in a bright room, giving it a slightly purple look, and colors lose a bit of saturation in bright rooms.
High peak brightness in HDR.
Excellent SDR brightness helps it overcome glare in a well-lit room.
Black levels are significantly raised in a bright room.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
The Samsung QN990F is great for watching sports. It looks great in a bright room thanks to its high SDR peak brightness and matte anti-reflective coating. It also has a decent viewing angle, so you can comfortably watch the game in a wide seating arrangement without having to fight over the best spot. It has good processing capabilities, ensuring lower-quality feeds are upscaled well, but it can't do much to remove pixelization from low-bitrate sources. On the other hand, it has just decent uniformity, and its response time is just decent, so there's some noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects. Unfortunately, there are noticeable unwanted intermediate colors in all fast transitions.
Excellent sharpness processing when upscaling.
Excellent SDR brightness helps it overcome glare in a well-lit room.
Some noticeable dirty screen effect towards the center of the screen.
Sluggish pixel transitions at the max refresh rate.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
Severe color artifacts.
The Samsung QN990F is decent for gaming. It has a huge selection of gaming features, including VRR support, a wide range of supported resolutions up to 4k @ 240Hz or 8k @ 120Hz, and built-in streaming support from services like Xbox or NVIDIA GeForce NOW. It has great peak brightness and good colors even in Game Mode, so your favorite games are bright and vibrant, but zone transitions are a bit worse. It has decent responsiveness, but there's significantly more input lag when using the Wireless One Connect box. There's also noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects, even at the max refresh rate of 240Hz.
Bright and vibrant colors in HDR.
Incredible selection of gaming features.
Sluggish pixel transitions at the max refresh rate.
Wireless One Connect box adds considerable latency.
Slightly worse zone transitions in Game Mode.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
The peak brightness of the Samsung QN990F is excellent. It's bright enough to easily overcome glare in a bright room. In HDR it gets bright enough to bring out even the brightest highlights, and large, bright scenes stand out well.
Excellent SDR brightness helps it overcome glare in a well-lit room.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
The black level on the Samsung QN990F is very good. The native contrast of the panel is quite low, but thankfully its Mini LED local dimming feature is very capable of improving black levels. It's not perfect, though, and there's still a bit of blooming around bright objects on a dark background, including when watching with subtitles.
Very good black levels with just a bit of blooming around bright highlights.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
Colors on the Samsung QN990F are good overall. It looks its best in HDR, where its wide color gamut and high peak brightness help it deliver excellent color volume. It doesn't fare as well in SDR, though, and even in HDR colors aren't very accurate.
Bright and vibrant colors in HDR.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
The Samsung QN990F has okay motion handling. It removes judder from all sources, but the frame timing with 25p content sent via a 60p signal is slightly off. This is a minor issue, though, and most people won't see it. The TV's quick response time results in noticeable stutter with wide panning shots, but it has a great motion interpolation feature that reduces the amount of visible stutter significantly. Unfortunately, there are severe color artifacts in fast-changing colors, though, and they're noticeable in most content.
Judder-free with most content.
Great motion interpolation feature.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
Severe color artifacts.
Noticeable stutter in slow panning shots.
The Samsung QN990F has decent responsiveness in Game Mode. It has a slew of gaming features designed to improve responsiveness, including support for 8k @ 120Hz gaming, VRR, and Auto Low Latency Mode. Unfortunately, the Wireless One Connect box adds a considerable amount of input latency, but there's a single HDMI port on the back of the TV that delivers a much better experience overall. Unfortunately, even at its max refresh rate of 240Hz, its pixel transition speed is pretty slow, so there's noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects.
Incredible selection of gaming features.
Sluggish pixel transitions at the max refresh rate.
Wireless One Connect box adds considerable latency.
Disappointing 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 QN990F has very good processing overall. It's not very good at smoothing out macro blocking and pixelization when streaming from low-quality services, but it has excellent sharpness processing when upscaling. This is especially important for this TV as the vast majority of content you watch will need to be upscaled, since there's very little 8k content available.
Excellent sharpness processing when upscaling.
Disappointing accuracy out-of-the-box.
Noticeable banding in HDR.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Mar 12, 2026:
We added text to our new Cinematic Motion Handling performance usage and our new Transition Artifacts and Stutter Reduction Via Interpolation test sections after converting the review to TV 2.2.
- Updated Mar 10, 2026: This review has been updated to TV 2.2. We've added new sections for Transition Artifacts and Stutter Reduction Via Interpolation, and updated the way we test Stutter. Additionally, we removed the 'Broken' disclaimer from our Motion Handling usage.
- 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.
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Updated Aug 29, 2025:
We bought and tested the Samsung QN900F 8K, and added a comparison in the HDR Brightness section.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 75-inch Samsung QN990F, and these results are also mostly valid for the 65-inch, 85-inch and 98-inch models. The 98-inch model has better speakers, but it's limited to a 120Hz refresh rate and doesn't support the 4k @ 240Hz mode found on the smaller sizes. The 65-inch model is advertised with a different HDR tier, so we expect it to be slightly dimmer overall.
There's also a variant of this TV sold in some regions known as the Samsung QN950F. This variant appears to have the exact same panel and overall specifications as the S990F, but it comes with the wired Slim One Connect box instead of the wireless version.
| Size | US Model | Short Model Code | Motion Xcelerator | HDR |
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| 65" | QN65QN990FFXZA | QN65QN990F | 240Hz | Neo Quantum HDR 8K+ |
| 75" | QN75QN990FFXZA | QN75QN990F | 240Hz | Neo Quantum HDR 8K Pro |
| 85" | QN85QN990FFXZA | QN85QN990F | 240Hz | Neo Quantum HDR 8K Pro |
| 98" | QN98QN990FFXZA | QN98QN990F | 120Hz | Neo Quantum HDR 8K Pro |
Our unit was manufactured in February 2025, and you can see a photo of its label here.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Samsung QN990F 8k TV delivers good overall performance. It has an impressive array of features, the most notable of which is its Wireless One Connect box, which, like the LG M5 and QNED9M, allows you to place your components anywhere you want in the room. You still need a power cable going to the TV, but you don't have to deal with hiding your HDMI cables inside the walls or with tacky cable covers. The biggest question with this option is whether or not it's actually worth getting an 8k TV in 2025. While content availability has improved, especially for gamers with the release of the PS5 Pro, most people are still far better off saving their money and getting a premium 4k TV instead, 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 S95F OLED is a far better TV than the Samsung QN990F 8k. The S95F delivers much better dark room performance thanks to its OLED panel, completely eliminating distracting blooming around bright highlights. The S95F is also far more accurate in both SDR and HDR, even right out-of-the-box without any extra calibration. Finally, the S95F is better for gaming or watching sports thanks to its near instantaneous response time, so there's no distracting blur behind fast-moving objects.
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 QN90F is a bit better than the Samsung QN990F 8k. The QN90F is a bit brighter, so it's a better choice for bright room viewing as it can better overcome glare. Although they both have a matte anti-reflective coating, blacks don't rise in a bright room nearly as much on the QN90F. The Mini LED local dimming feature is slightly better on the QN990F, but it's not a significant difference. Although the QN990F has a higher native resolution, there's very little content available, so most people are better off saving money and getting the QN90F instead.
The LG G5 is much better than the Samsung QN990F 8k. The LG TV delivers much better picture quality overall. It looks better in a dark room thanks to the perfect contrast provided by its OLED panel, so there's no distracting blur around bright highlights on a dark background. The LG is also better for gaming thanks to its lower input lag and near-instantaneous response time.
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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