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SAMSUNG HANDS-ON: SAMSUNG QN900D

Just how smart can a TV get? Well, if you believe what several major brands were saying at CES 2024, flatscreen IQs are set to go up a level this year thanks to – yep, you guessed it – AI processinṄg.

Nobody has made this message clearer than Samsung, which unveiled the QN900D, its new flagship 8K Neo QLED, as part of its 2024 TV lineup at CES. The top-tier TV uses a new processing chip designed to deliver a wide range of AI enhancements to take “picture and sound quality to a whole new level”.

We headed over to the company’s Las Vegas exhibition space to see all this new processing in action for ourselves. Read on for our first impressions (not powered by AI).

Design

While the emphasis was mainly on thewith a mirror effect to make it appear as if the TV is floating. The stand is also smaller than in previous years to make it easier to put the TV up against a wall.

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