Its a Mini-LED TV with a bit of heft to it, measuring at least an inch thick.

That said, itisa Mini-LED TV.

Last years Q80D was not.

Pictures of the Samsung QN80F at Samsung’s Testing Labs

That alone brings some big advantages to the QN80F: Better contrast and higher peak brightness chief among them.

Its small and fairly limited in functionality, but it is solar-powered.

Accessing picture parameters is easier than last year (a real blessing, to be honest).

An outstretched hand holds the Samsung Solar Cell remote control with its buttons facing the camera. In the background, the Samsung QN90F is out of focus, displaying its built-in smart platform.

But otherwise, not much has changed visually to Tizen year over year.

In Dynamic mode and 4K HDR content on the screen, I genuinely enjoyed the QN80F.

The opening shots of Episode III didnt offer the best black levels, but the special effects looked great.

Pictures of the Samsung QN80F at Samsung’s Testing Labs

Remember, though, that this is still just a 4K HDR TV.

The QN80F retains colors decently well in off-axis viewing given its size.

The QN80F delivered a peak brightness of around 1160 nits in a 10% window.

Pictures of the Samsung QN80F at Samsung’s Testing Labs

In those tests, the QN80F delivered a peak brightness of around 1160 nits in a 10% window.

The QN80F’s color accuracy (measured by a Delta-E score) was 2.07.

Finally, we measured the QN80F’s BT2020 color gamut coverage at 74.46%.

Pictures of the Samsung QN80F at Samsung’s Testing Labs

Would I like to see a bit more brightness at the high end and better color vibrancy?

But theres a solid level of baseline performance here.

Is it going to rival the flagship S95F OLED in terms of performance?

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