What Hi-Fi have reviewed the S85H and their short version is that it is one of the better entry-level OLEDs they have tested, mainly on brightness. They ran it through their usual peak brightness stress test with Pan, which is mastered at 4000 nits, and reckoned it burns brighter than previous entry OLEDs and brighter than its obvious rival, the LG B6. The setting sun sequence apparently holds a range of reds and oranges where the rival clips to white.
The caveat is that the reds come out overbaked compared to the more subdued LG, which is the Samsung house sound in picture form. Some of that comes back with Filmmaker Mode and a lower colour setting, but not all of it, and if you have spent years on a calibrated set it will bother you.
Specs are strong for the money. Tizen with everything on it, four full HDMI 2.1 ports doing 4K/120, VRR and ALLM. No Dolby Vision, as ever, so HDR10+ and HDR10 and HLG only. On streaming that means DV titles fall back to HDR10 and you lose the dynamic metadata, which matters less on a panel this bright than it would on a dim one.
Audio is where they say it falls down, and that is the part that eats the deal. The 55 inch was 1,500 pounds at review and there is currently a code taking it to 1,259 at Richer Sounds, which is 241 off, and also stocked at John Lewis and Currys. Add a soundbar and you have spent the discount and then some.
So at what point does a discounted step-up beat a full price entry OLED? The S99H sits above 2,000 and is a better TV, but not by 800 quid of better.
The caveat is that the reds come out overbaked compared to the more subdued LG, which is the Samsung house sound in picture form. Some of that comes back with Filmmaker Mode and a lower colour setting, but not all of it, and if you have spent years on a calibrated set it will bother you.
Specs are strong for the money. Tizen with everything on it, four full HDMI 2.1 ports doing 4K/120, VRR and ALLM. No Dolby Vision, as ever, so HDR10+ and HDR10 and HLG only. On streaming that means DV titles fall back to HDR10 and you lose the dynamic metadata, which matters less on a panel this bright than it would on a dim one.
Audio is where they say it falls down, and that is the part that eats the deal. The 55 inch was 1,500 pounds at review and there is currently a code taking it to 1,259 at Richer Sounds, which is 241 off, and also stocked at John Lewis and Currys. Add a soundbar and you have spent the discount and then some.
So at what point does a discounted step-up beat a full price entry OLED? The S99H sits above 2,000 and is a better TV, but not by 800 quid of better.
