Samsung QE75Q950R

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8K Television | £4999 | whf.cm/QE75Q950R

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Of all the TV manufacturers out there, Samsung is pushing 8K the hardest. If we were being cynical, we would say that it could be seen as an attempt to take the discussion away from OLED vs QLED and on to a new technology with which the company can lead the charge.

On the other hand, the company’s determination to get its 8K TVs into homes before content arrives is resulting in some surprisingly affordable models. Take the QE75Q950R, for instance. The model it replaces launched at £6999 and here we are, a little more than a year later, with an 8K TV set costing £2000 less.

A key upgrade

Admittedly, the upgrades are fairly minor. The Q900R that went before it arrived late in 2018, so was already ahead of its 4K contemporaries, and the update to the Q950R is designed to ensure it has the headline feature of the company’s 2019 flagship Q90R 4K model – namely wider viewing angles. In other countries, this update isn’t considered worthy