Users have had very different experiences over the years, as televisions can be updated over the network. Although they often offer new features, other times may worsen the user experience due to system problems or malfunctions. Fortunately, in the vast majority of cases, it doesn’t hurt to be careful, as none of us want to be in the situation of Samsung QN90B users, although it usually doesn’t take long for manufacturers to fix bugs.
As lately, the latest firmware of the QN90B this has been a problem for local dimming of televisionscauses the image not to display correctly as usual. On the other hand, recent S95B users with Samsung’s brand new QD-OLED panel have benefited from its new update that corrects brightness and HDR when using Filmmaker Mode.
Beware of updating Samsung QN90B
A TV update via OTA can be quite the lottery nowadays. These can help us get the latest news from the company for our Smart TV, but they can also cause problems. Users take the example of Samsung’s Neo QLED model QN90B. annoying bug caused by local dimming failure if we are on the 1204 or 1211 version of the television. As we can see in the video of the Stop the FOMO channel, the contrast disappears and the backlight becomes harmful for dark scenes.
Many users advise not to update the television to versions 1204 and 1211 until prior notice, because in these updates where this annoying problem can occur. There is no fix announced by Samsung yet, so users who own this TV will have to wait for more information about it.
This was not Samsung’s only problematic case. There have been many problems with various models over these years, such as the ones Vincent Teoh had here with the VRR on the Sony XH90. The latest is in the Nvidia Shield, though not the television. After the update, users started experiencing issues that were later fixed.
Leaving the multimedia section, there are many problems with terminal updates in the world of Android mobile phones, many brands are pulling back updates. In the case of Xiaomi, it did this three times with the Mi A3. There are many cases, and the advice agrees, as sad as mid-2022 may seem: do not update without informing yourself of how these updates are affected, especially if the current performance of the device is good.
Good news for S95B users
In the case of Samsung’s QD-OLED panel TV, the S95B, the upgrade has greatly benefited because Fixed image errors when Samsung Filmmaker mode is enabled. Company I already found the errorand we knew they were working on it for a few days. It seems that if we update this model to firmware version 1211, problems disappear. This will especially benefit those who value image fidelity and the creator’s intent above all else.
It might be best to disable automatic updates
The examples mentioned are perfect to illustrate how damaging an update can be to Smart TV, despite the advantages it can bring. From here The importance of being aware of the changes it includes before updating the TV. Forums like Reddit, Twitter, or the manufacturer’s main website can be very helpful in these situations.
For this we can always disable automatic updates Update it from the settings panel of our TV and only after making sure that there will be no problems. That way we’ll save ourselves another bad drink. Some say if something works, you’d better not touch it.