The Samsung S95C OLED is a high-end 4k TV in Samsung's 2023 lineup, replacing the 2022 Samsung S95B OLED. There are a few design changes compared to the 2022 version, as the S95C uses Samsung's Slim One Connect external input box and has a sleeker, more uniform design. It's powered by Samsung's Neural Quantum Processor 4k, first introduced in 2022 and designed to deliver better upscaling, optimized on a scene-by-scene basis. It's also a gaming powerhouse, with a fast 144Hz refresh rate for PC gaming and support for HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on all four ports. Like other Samsung TVs, it uses Samsung's proprietary Tizen OS smart interface, which offers a large selection of apps and games.
Our Verdict
Overall, the Samsung S95C is a superb TV for any usage. Movies look amazing in a dark room thanks to its near-infinite contrast ratio, with deep uniform blacks and bright highlights, with no distracting blooming. HDR content looks incredibly vibrant and lifelike thanks to its wide color gamut and high peak brightness in HDR. It's also excellent for watching shows in the day thanks to its high SDR peak brightness and superb reflection handling, and sports look fantastic thanks to its excellent uniformity and fast response time. It's a fantastic TV for gaming, with low input lag and a nearly instantaneous response time. It also has an impressive array of gaming features, including HDMI 2.1 bandwidth and variable refresh rate support.
- Near-infinite contrast ratio for perfect blacks.
- Superb reflection handling.
- Exceptionally bright colors.
The Samsung S95C is excellent for watching TV shows in a bright room. It has superb reflection handling and gets bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room. It also has a fantastic viewing angle, so you can walk around the room while watching TV and still enjoy a consistent image. The built-in Tizen OS smart interface is easy to use, and it has a great selection of streaming apps in Samsung's app store, so you can easily find your favorite content. Finally, it upscales lower-resolution content well, which is great if you have a bunch of shows on DVD.
- Superb reflection handling.
- Exceptionally wide viewing angle for a consistent image from the sides.
- Bright enough in SDR to overcome glare.
The Samsung S95C OLED is fantastic for watching sports in a bright room. It has superb reflection handling and good peak brightness, so it can easily overcome glare in a bright room. It also has a fantastic wide viewing angle, which is great for watching the big game with a large group of friends, as the image remains consistent when viewed from the sides. Fast action is incredibly clear with minimal blur thanks to its nearly instantaneous response time. There is also barely any dirty screen effect in the center of the screen due to its excellent uniformity, so there are no distractions while watching sports with large areas of the same color, like hockey.
- Superb reflection handling.
- Exceptionally wide viewing angle for a consistent image from the sides.
- Bright enough in SDR to overcome glare.
The Samsung S95C OLED is a fantastic TV for gaming. It has a nearly instantaneous response time, resulting in crystal-clear motion with almost no noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects. It also has incredibly low input lag, which results in a responsive gaming experience. It supports many advanced gaming features, including variable refresh rate support to reduce tearing, and it can take full advantage of the new-gen consoles and gaming PCs thanks to its four HDMI 2.1 bandwidth ports that allow for gaming in up to 4k @ 144Hz.
- Superb reflection handling.
- Incredibly low input lag for a responsive gaming experience.
- Bright enough in SDR to overcome glare.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on all four ports for gaming up to 4k @ 144Hz.
The Samsung S95C OLED is an amazing TV for watching movies in a dark room. It has a nearly infinite contrast ratio, which results in deep, inky blacks in a dark room, with no distracting blooming or haloing around brighter areas of the scene. The TV has impressive HDR peak brightness, so bright highlights really pop in HDR content, and it has an incredibly wide color gamut, so colors are bright, vibrant, and lifelike. It tracks the PQ EOTF superbly, ensuring most scenes are displayed at the brightness level intended by the content creator. Finally, it has fantastic HDR gradient handling, so there's very little banding in HDR.
- Near-infinite contrast ratio for perfect blacks.
- Automatically removes 24p judder from any source.
- Incredibly wide color gamut in HDR for vibrant and lifelike colors.
- Exceptionally bright colors.
- Doesn't support DTS passthrough or Dolby Vision.
- Fast response time results in noticeable stutter.
The Samsung S95C delivers a remarkable HDR gaming experience. Games are smooth and clear, thanks to its low input lag and nearly instantaneous response time. It supports advanced gaming features like a variable refresh rate for a nearly tear-free experience, and, thanks to its HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, it can take full advantage of new-gen consoles and gaming PCs for up to 4k @ 144Hz gaming. Colors are vibrant and lifelike thanks to the TV's wide color gamut, and with its near-infinite contrast ratio and impressive HDR peak brightness, bright highlights in HDR games stand out well, and there's no distracting blooming around them.
- Near-infinite contrast ratio for perfect blacks.
- Incredibly wide color gamut in HDR for vibrant and lifelike colors.
- Incredibly low input lag for a responsive gaming experience.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on all four ports for gaming up to 4k @ 144Hz.
The Samsung S95C is a fantastic TV for PC gaming, but it's not a good choice for desktop PC use. It has a nearly instantaneous response time and incredibly low input lag, so games are fluid and responsive, with almost no distracting motion blur behind fast-moving objects. It also has a fantastic viewing angle, so you can sit close to the screen, and the sides remain consistent with the center. On the other hand, text isn't very clear due to the unusual pixel structure, and there's a risk of permanent burn-in when exposed to static elements, like the UI elements of a computer desktop.
- Superb reflection handling.
- Exceptionally wide viewing angle for a consistent image from the sides.
- Incredibly low input lag for a responsive gaming experience.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on all four ports for gaming up to 4k @ 144Hz.
- Risk of permanent burn-in.
- Noticeable color fringing.
Changelog
- Updated Jan 21, 2026: We uploaded the latest brightness measurements and uniformity photos for the Accelerated Longevity Test.
- Updated Nov 18, 2025: We uploaded the latest brightness measurements and uniformity photos for the Accelerated Longevity Test.
- Updated Sep 26, 2025: We uploaded the latest brightness measurements and uniformity photos for the Accelerated Longevity Test.
- Updated Jul 08, 2025: We uploaded the latest brightness measurements and uniformity photos for the Accelerated Longevity Test.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 77-inch Samsung S95C, and these results are also valid for the 55-inch and 65-inch models. Note that the last five letters in the model number (AFXZA in this case) vary between retailers and individual regions, but there's no difference in performance.
| Size | US Model | Short Model Code |
|---|---|---|
| 55" | QN55S95CAFXZA | QN55S95C |
| 65" | QN65S95CAFXZA | QN65S95C |
| 77" | QN77S95CAFXZA | QN77S95C |
Our unit was manufactured in January 2023; you can see the label here.
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The Samsung S95C is an incredible OLED TV and a slight improvement on the first-generation Samsung S95B OLED. It gets brighter and delivers better colors than WOLED models from LG and Sony, but it still lacks a polarizer, and the screen finish has a purple tint in a bright room. Overall, it's an impressive TV that outperforms most similarly-priced models on the market, although its younger and cheaper siblings, the Samsung S90C OLED and Samsung S89C OLED, are almost as good. It has an excellent selection of extra features and delivers fantastic picture quality. Along with the Sony A95L OLED and the LG G3 OLED, it's one of the best TVs from 2023.
See our recommendations for the best OLED TVs, the best 4k TVs, and the best 70-75-77 inch TVs.
The Samsung S95D OLED is very similar to the Samsung S95C OLED. The S95D has better color volume, so it can display colors in HDR brighter, and it does a bit better with upscaling and low-quality content smoothing, so DVDs and lower-quality streams look better on it. The S95D is also brighter overall, but the main difference comes down to the matte screen finish used on the S95D. The S95D is almost completely free from glare when used in a bright room, but the matte coating negatively impacts picture quality in a room with lights on, so blacks appear gray. On the other hand, The S95C has better SDR pre-calibration accuracy, so if you care about an accurate SDR image without needing calibration, the S95C is the better choice.
The Samsung S95C OLED is a bit better than the Samsung S90C OLED for basically only two reasons. First, the S95C has a sleeker, more uniform design, helped by moving all of its inputs to the external One Connect box. This makes the S95C a better bet for someone who knows they want to wall mount their TV and want it to look the best on their wall. Second, the S95C gets much brighter than the S90C, although this won't be that noticeable in practice except in a few super bright scenes.
The Samsung S95B OLED and the Samsung S95C OLED are very similar overall as far as performance and picture quality are concerned. The S95C gets a bit brighter and now officially supports a 144Hz refresh rate. The S95C also has an updated design that appears to be better built, and it uses an external Slim One Connect input box.
The Samsung S95C OLED and the Samsung S90D OLED are very similar, but there are some minor differences. The S90D has better processing, so there's less banding in colors and fewer artifacts present in low-quality content, and it does a slightly better job at upscaling low-resolution content. The S90D is also a tad brighter in HDR, so highlights pop a little bit more on it. However, the S95C comes with Samsung's Slim One Connect Box, so if you need a versatile way to plug in your devices, it's the better option.
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.
Test Results
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