Quantum Dot All-Star
TVs ARE cheaper than ever. Really. When you see a set priced at $3,500 and your first reaction is a gag reflex, ponder this: a CRT color TV in 1970 might well have cost you $350. That would be a simple tabletop model offering glorious 480i standard-definition resolution on a 19-inch screen, and it would cost $2,400 in today’s money. Current-day premium sets do command similarly high prices, but they now offer more features and better performance than ever before. The 65-inch Samsung QN65Q90R reviewed here has a suggested retail price of $3,500, though it can be found online for significantly less than that. There are also 75- and 82-inch Q90R series models, the latter retailing for $6,500. One couldn’t even dream of viewing with a 65-inch set in 1970, much less an 82-incher.
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The Q90R series swaps the left and right feet of Samsung’s step-down Q80R model (reviewed in June/July and also at ) for a center-mounted stand. With a thin, black bezel and attractively textured back, it’s not cosmetically dissimilar from many of its competitors, but one feature does set it apart: Samsung’s One-Connect box. Exclusive to the Q90R series, this external brick-shaped device contains all of the set’s inputs and outputs, along with the power connection. The box links to the set via a single thin, nearly invisible, fiber-optic cable, allowing
