709, something you’ll notice particularly in the accuracy of reds if you mate the set with content mastered to P3.
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That’s well short of BT.2020, but it nevertheless offers a wider range of colors than our current Full HD (1080p) standard, Rec. Like most of its competition, the 65KS9800 approaches P3, the color gamut used for digital cinema. But no consumer sets (including Samsung’s) can as yet reach that far. The UHD format-including both displays and the new players-will eventually permit the BT.2020 color gamut. It can also accommodate UHD’s 10-bit color depth and wider color gamut. The 65KS9800 claims up to 1,000 nits of luminance for HDR10 sources. Samsung points out that their quantum dots are cadmium-free, which is safer and better for the environment. Quantum dots can be used for edge lighting or, as here, for full-array local dimming. While the LCD pixels still produce the picture, the blue LEDs and the red and green dots provide the illumination.
Typically, blue LEDs are used to energize the dots, which are sized to emit red or green light. The wavelength depends on the size of the dot. They’re microscopic inorganic particles that emit a specific wavelength of light when energized. Quantum dots are claimed to offer a wider range of color while reducing power consumption. Also missing is any kind of ability to display 3D-an omission that will disappoint some potential buyers while prompting an indifferent yawn from others. No composite, no component-and no separate audio input either. Interestingly, the only video inputs available (unless you count USB and antenna) are HDMI 2.0a with HDCP 2.2. This box is a bit flimsier than before-a light plastic case rather than the heavier chassis of last year’s 65JS9500-but that’s functionally irrelevant unless someone steps on it. And since the One Connect can be put anywhere within the reach of the single cable that links it to the set, limiting the number of cables you have to route directly to the display can minimize installation clutter. This provides at least limited future-proofing, as the box can be changed without replacing the TV.
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FALD is the best way to achieve superior blacks in an LCD set and is a strong asset for delivering better HDR.Īs with Samsung’s previous flagships of recent vintage, most of the inputs have been moved to the company’s One Connect device, a box that’s separate from the TV itself. The backlighting of the 65KS9800 (and its 78- and 88-inch big brothers) is full array local dimming (FALD) rather than the edge lighting of Samsung’s other lines. A curved TV can stretch reflections from room lights into horizontal bands across the screen, rather than showing them as simple point sources this makes them more distracting. I didn’t care much either way, but it does have consequences for room reflections.
That said, the UN65KS9800’s most obvious feature is its curved screen. Streamed HDR, whether HDR10 or Dolby Vision, is far more heavily compressed than UHD on disc, and its quality depends on the bandwidth available from your internet service provider. We’d prefer that a set have both formats-but if we had to choose just one for now, it would be HDR10, since the most reliable source of high-quality HDR may well be on UHD Blu-rays. As of July 2016, Ultra HD Blu-rays were exclusively offering HDR10. There are two major versions of HDR vying for prominence: HDR10 and Dolby Vision.
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The Samsung KS9800 series definitely belongs in that company-and among the three models within that family, the 65-incher we’re discussing here is the smallest. HDR still can’t be done well cheaply at present, the displays that do it best are their respective makers’ premier offerings. Not all 4K sets, however, incorporate HDR, and those that do don’t necessarily perform at the same level. The 4K resolution of Ultra HD sets is all well and good, but HDR is the most eye-popping feature of UHD.