Samsung QN900D

Samsung's new flagship TV suggests 8K is far from dead

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75in 8K TV ₹10,99,990

Its new flagship 75in TV, the QN900D, finds Samsung pulling out all the stops to improve picture quality, design and, yes, power consumption to ensure that reports of 8K's death end up looking very greatly exaggerated indeed.

This doesn't come cheap, but in its defence, as well as delivering a four-fold increase in pixels over a 4K TV, it backs that ultra-fine resolution up with other premium picture-quality features and a spectacular premium design.

Samsung's Infinity Air concept sits its screen in a frame so narrow that for once it actually almost lives up to its 'bezel-free' claims. The slenderness extends to the TV's rear, and this incredible and uniform slimness for such a big-screen TV creates a distinctive monolithic effect that looks particularly stunning on a wall.

The silver trim encasing the sides is another gorgeous touch, emphasised by the perforations that puncture all four sides as part of the TV's Object Tracking Sound system (designed to position effects in the correct place on the TV's screen).

This sound system also impacts the design in the shape of no fewer than eight circular drivers facing out of the screen's rear.

The QN900D's 8K resolution puts it into a currently pretty niche corner of the TV world. On top of its 7680 x 4320 pixel count and futuristic design, Samsung has found a way of hugely increasing the power efficiency of its 2024 premium 8K panel, enabling it to meet today's stringent television energy consumption rules at the same time that it has achieved a 20-30 per cent boost in brightness with HDR content over 2023's QN900C.