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Samsung QE65QN95A

£2999

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This looks like the year of Mini LED. The technology, which sees the traditional LEDs of a TV backlight miniaturised to increase contrast, is a feature of the 2021 line-ups of most major TV brands, including LG and Philips. For those brands, Mini LED TVs sit below their OLED models, but Mini LED is Samsung’s flagship tech. The company has developed its own Mini LEDs, which it says are even smaller and more efficient than those of its rivals, and combined them with its existing Quantum Dot tech to create a range of premium TVs called Neo QLEDs.

The QE65QN95A is the first Neo QLED we’ve tested. It’s the top 4K model in Samsung’s 2021 range, and it purports to offer a huge upgrade on last year’s equivalent without any increase in price.

This is the model that Samsung is pitching against LG’s popular C-class OLED, the 2021 version of which (the C1) we have yet to review. When it does appear, the C1 is going to have its work cut out, because the Samsung QN95A is the best

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