Big TVs are all the rage right now, thanks to the years of engineering and designing more seamless-looking TVs after every generation. Because of that, we get TVs that are humongous in such a small form right now. Having said that, after our Samsung Neo QLED 115 TV Hands On, where we got to spend a few bits of time, and though this isn’t a review, we are going to share what we like about it and address it in this content.

Samsung Neo QLED 115 TV Hands On

It’s Huge

The 115” dimension of this TV should not be underestimated because it is pretty huge when you see it in person. Though it may not be the first time we are seeing a TV that spans past the 100” mark, in fact, we have seen Sony’s offering earlier this year with their idea of bringing cinema home. That said, the whole point of a big TV is for immersion, and this level of immersion is a luxury. We will get into the pricing later, but boy, does it look good.

The lovely stand it uses is pretty sturdy and looks good, too. So, if you plan to mount it on the wall or set it up on a cabinet, the choice is yours. You do have decent clearance for a soundbar, which we will get into a bit. And the near bezel-less design is going to be the talk of the town when it comes to content consumption.

Neo QLED Panel

While other brands are now venturing into MiniLED and OLED, Samsung seems to still be reeling from QLED for a variety of reasons. This panel you see here is their Neo QLED, which now uses far smaller and finer LED particles for better brightness, sharpness, and contrast ratio compared to the QLED, which uses bigger LED light bulbs behind the panel.

Now, the Neo QLED we see here is a 4K panel, and I am glad because if you ask me, we don’t have much 8K content just yet, and 4K has been the staple at the moment. But with the processor it’s equipped with, you do get content upscaling and such with the help of “AI” that Samsung is pretty proud of. But most of the content we ran through the TV was in 4K, and it looks better.

Because it is QLED, you will miss out on the much perfect true blacks and contrast you get from OLED and while watching content, you will notice the blooming effect, though the Neo QLED has said to have improved in this aspect, you still can notice it and we did, while watching content or even being in a dark screen with the Netflix logo on the corner.

Colours and brightness do have an odd effect too; in my case, I did notice the odd shift with the TV. While I am not a fan of the motion smoothening experience, this can easily be disabled with the help of Filmmaker mode. If you do plan to get this TV, do make sure to set it up in a room where you have less light obstruction. But Samsung improved that aspect with a glare-free coating, which is pretty good.

The Dolby Element

One of the reasons why we got to check out the TV is because of the support for Dolby Atmos and not so much for Dolby Vision, as Samsung has its own Colour Engine for its displays. In order to utilise Atmos, you will require two things: Content that supports it and a Soundbar that is certified for Dolby Atmos. In this case, the Samsung Q990F soundbar was paired with the setup.

We had to play A Quiet Place because the sound engineering that went into that movie has set the benchmark for a true Atmos Experience. We tried both the movies with specific clips played where the sound travels all around as the scene and characters move.

It was pretty effective. Pair this Dolby Atmos element with the 115” inch display, and it is pretty impressive to have a complete home theatre setup. However, we do highly recommend not using Motion Smoothing and enabling Filmmaker mode to disable all that for a better movie experience.

What else?

When it comes to Gaming, these TVs are equipped with NVIDIA G-Sync and AMD FreeSync. So for those who would like to have that 4K120 experience, well, you can get that.

The remote these TV uses, depends on 2.4GHz, a light source to charge and if the remote is stuck deep in your couch while you are away on a vacation. Then, you could just connect it via USB-C to charge it.

Personally…

I think this is definitely a luxury of a setup because the 115-inch TV that we got to check out here, and with the Q990 Soundbar, you are looking at spending a whopping RM 79,999 just for the TV and an additional RM 4,999 for the soundbar with two satellite units and a subwoofer. While the experience may seem cool, I think you might want to think, maybe ten times, before you pull the trigger, but hey, it is a pretty nice experience while it lasted, honestly.

Truly not for the faint of heart. But even if you do have the money for it, would you?

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