I have been a Mac user for 30+ years. This is the first time that I have stepped away from the rather pricey Apple monitors to try something new and different plus I needed something bigger than what Apple is offering. I bought this Samsung 43-Inch Class QLED 4K Q60D Series Quantum HDR Smart TV to function as the center monitor in a 3-monitor configuration with my Mac Studio Pro. I put a BenQ PD32205U on either side and it is a killer setup! You can read all about the tech stuff anywhere so I wanted write a brief review just to say what a great 'monitor' this is and how I was actually able to color match it pretty close to my properly dialed in BenQ monitors, which was a pleasant surprise. I use my Mac Studio Pro for photo & video editing but also for Logic Pro 11 in music production. I am also a private pilot so I have my system setup with the X-Plane 12 flight simulator to keep my skills up. I relegate the color critical demands to the BenQ monitors and use the 43" Samsung in the middle for general Logic Pro, Tools, video playback, word processing, Internet, flight sim, etc. I highly recommend this setup for home or studio and couldn't be happier. The picture is amazing and even the stand for this Samsung is elegant and rock solid. I for one have had great success with Samsung products from my Galaxy cell phones to our three 65 inch Samsung TVs in our home, and now this one in my studio. Read more
This Samsung TV has the clearest and smoothest video and color quality of any TV I’ve ever owned. The sound quality is not bad at all by any standards and if set up in the right place sounds fantastic. The ports are all very accessible and set up in ideal spots in the back of the TV. Whether you use the Samsung Smart TV side or plug in an Amazon FireStick, it works beautifully. This isn’t the cheapest TV, but in a world where many TV’s over $1,000 are rivaled by this one, the value for money is fantastic. Overall, excellent TV for what I think is a good price for what you get. Read more
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So farso good. Great picture and sound. A little hard to get the controls figured out at first but time will resolve that. Read more
Bought this for the size of it (32") first and foremost and everything else was more or less secondary to that. What you are getting at this price is a very nice TV with a pretty good user interface. It's not the best on earth but it definitely does everything you need it to do. Certain things are just not explained well either. Like how do you add an app to the quick launch bar in the home menu?? I had to google how that worked. Should have been part of the setup process after logging you into all the common apps like Disney+, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Youtube. Maybe you wanted them in a particular order, without googling it I wouldn't have figured it out. Picture-wise? You really can't go wrong with it. There is a bit of backlight bleed on one of the edges of my screen when staring at a black screen, but with content up? You can't even tell it's there. The fact that it's a 4K screen at this size is really awesome too. The amount of detail is just fantastic for the size; It really pulls you into whatever you're watching. Colors aren't too bad out of the box, skin tones look decent and accurate. Only real negatives are it doesn't get SUPER bright and it doesn't support 120HZ refresh rate so it's not the *best* for gaming. Sound-wise? It's ok, it's never going to blow you away but it definitely is decent enough for a small room. If you want better sound there are always sound bars or full on surround setups that will solve that problem for you. Not an issue for me though. Final note: Weird little thing I noticed when setting it up on a wall mount, it is a VESA 100x100 pattern, BUT.. The wall mount I bought came with either REALLY short screws, or Samsungs mounting depth is just too deep. I ended up running over to Home Depot to grab some longer screws and that ended up fixing my issue. Not sure who's at fault for this but it's worth knowing just in case you do end up mounting it to a wall. Bottom line though? Great value, for under $500 you really can't go wrong with it and you definitely can't find anything other than PC monitors that are 4k in this size range. Wish I could give it 4.5 stars for the backlight bleed and weird UI but that doesn't seem fair, everything else is great. Read more
I was pleasantly surprised on the quality of the display after calibration, to help others try these settings. Make sure to copy your settings to fall back to em if your are not pleased! 1. Picture Mode... Filmmaker mode 2. Expert Settings. Brightness... 31 Adjust for the amount of light in the room Contrast... 40 Sharpness... 0 Color... 27 Tint... 0 Apply Picture Settings... All Sources Picture Clarity Settings... off Contrast Enhancer... off Color Tone... Standard White Balance... 2 point R-Gain -9, G-Gain 0, B-Gain -10 R-Offset 0, G-Offset -8, B-Offset -6 20 Point On Interval 30% Red 36 Green 37 Blue 45 Only thing under gamma to change is Shadow Detail is 2 Color Space Settings in SDR... Custom Red Red 33, Green 61, Blue 59 Green Red 75, Green 25, Blue 48 Blue Red 50, Green 50, Blue 29 Yellow Red 46, Green 25, Blue 51 Cyan Red 75, Green 25, Blue 75 Magenta Red 50, Green 75, Blue 75 Color Space Setting in HDR Auto Color Booster... Off I moved these settings from SDR to HDR and love it! The only things I change in HDR is HDR Tone Mapping... Active Color Space Setting... Auto Enjoy... Read more
