Samsung continues to work on QD-OLED technology for its highest quality panels, which is now in its third generation with the new Samsung S95D, which it introduced at CES 2024 last January. It’s a good time to disrupt the industry. Smart TVs because they manage to combine all the good aspects of OLED panels with self-emission LED technology and the brightness and color of the panels with quantum dots.

But while Samsung will continue to produce and expand this expensive technology, it has also confirmed a collaboration agreement with LG, a company that will provide W-OLED panels for high-end but cheaper televisions. We reaped the fruit of this collaboration with the Samsung S90C, and this year the company already getting hot with the new S85DA television that brings OLED technology to a much more affordable price. We tell you all the details below these lines.

Samsung offers two clearly differentiated OLED television lines

Samsung S85D is included in the new Samsung television lineup for 2024. OLED technology is more affordable for the user. This television uses WOLED panels supplied by LG; This will help Samsung establish a much greater presence in this sector than until recently when its most premium televisions featured QLED technology.

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The television was also unveiled at the recent CES 2024, but has not been released for the US market so far. It comes in three sizes to choose from: 55, 65 and 77 inches. OLED panel offers: 120 Hz native refresh rate The TV is equipped with NQ4 AI Gen 2 processor for AI 4K upscaling and scene enhancement.

We still don’t know anything about the brightness, so we’ll have to wait for Samsung’s official data to find out the maximum brightness delivery this new TV can offer. Although it is of course a panel provided by LG, image algorithms belong to Samsunghence there must be differences in the way the image is managed and processed compared to LG Smart TVs.

Also offers television HDR10+ Adaptive As the main format for high dynamic range content, as well as HDR10 and HLG. However, we should also point out that the sound system supports Dolby Atmos with eARC and HDMI 2.1 ports.

As is customary for Samsung, the television will offer Tizen OS 8, the latest version of the software so far, as its operating system. For now, the company is not talking about free updates for the coming years, so only LG and webOS are alone in this party for now.

Among its connections we also find WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.2 and up to four HDMI 2.1 ports and two USB-A ports.

Price and availability

Television launched in the United States Price of $1,699.99 for the 55-inch version$2,099.99 for 65 inches and $3,399.99 if we want 77 inches. We currently don’t know anything about its next arrival in Europe, so we’ll have to wait until the launch date is signed.

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