Yes please

Currently on special for 6 more days, be good to see the review.

Can’t wait! Good savings buying this over the QN90C and if it is solid without the ultrawide viewing angle rainbows of the QN90B series it’d be a good purchase in the middle.

Probably without antiglare coating it will be crap like qn85b but we will see

Interested in buying this TV. Hope the review is finished soon.

When do you anticipate the early access readings & stats will be released?

Jun 14, 2023 10:57 PM By High_Def_News

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When do you anticipate the early access readings & stats will be released?

In this case, we don’t actually anticipate wrapping up our testing until early july, so the early access results should be available shortly after that!

Jun 15, 2023 05:56 AM By  Dylan Crete

In this case, we don’t actually anticipate wrapping up our testing until early july, so the early access results should be available shortly after that!

Gotcha. Thanks Dylan!

If possible, it would be awesome if the review could be finished before the 5th of July because Samsung are currently discounting this tv by $1,200 until the 5th of July.

This tv is currently on sale on samsung, is it possible to release what info you’ve gathered so far?

May 29, 2023 07:07 AM By kuadbam

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Probably without antiglare coating it will be crap like qn85b but we will see

Was it a big issue with the qn85b? Was thinking of buying the qn85c because the leap to the qn95c is quite a lot of money for just anti-glare

Any spoiler on “Reflections”? Which size are you testing? Depending on the size it can be an IPS or ADS panel…

Here in Brazil Samsung is discounting until June, 25th, and the reflection issue is my last checkpoint. Spoilers are appreciated. ;)

Jun 17, 2023 06:47 AM By techni

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This tv is currently on sale on samsung, is it possible to release what info you’ve gathered so far?

Unfortunately, we haven’t started testing it yet, so there’s no data to share at the moment. Sorry about that.

Jun 17, 2023 06:48 AM By techni

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Was it a big issue with the qn85b? Was thinking of buying the qn85c because the leap to the qn95c is quite a lot of money for just anti-glare

For me it is, during dark scenes i only can see my reflection, on the other hand during the night you cannot turn of the lights completely to avoid glare beacuse blooming is getting worse.

How is it looking compared to QN90C - worth the savings? Like someone above, very intrigued by the July 4th sale Samsung is running. Need a QN90B alternative without rainbow reflections!

Jun 26, 2023 12:22 PM By RtingsUser9949290

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How is it looking compared to QN90C - worth the savings? Like someone above, very intrigued by the July 4th sale Samsung is running. Need a QN90B alternative without rainbow reflections!

It’s a bit too early to say unfortunately, We don’t work over the weekends and we don’t anticipate wrapping up our testing until July 5th, so we don’t have enough data yet to comment on performance. Sorry about that!

Please check if this TV also supports QMS feature like QN90C :) https://www.rtings.com/discussions/pwNiYQwJEg2raxLv/qms-quick-media-switching-with-2022-apple-tv-4k

I just purchased a QN90B 75" and it looks great except the reflections and rainbow effect is very distracting. How does the QN85C compare for reflections and does it not have the rainbow effect?

Jul 10, 2023 01:53 PM By garrett1812

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I just purchased a QN90B 75" and it looks great except the reflections and rainbow effect is very distracting. How does the QN85C compare for reflections and does it not have the rainbow effect?

I recently returned a QN90B for the same reason and just set up my 75" QN85C today, not as good as handling reflections (no actual testing going on here) but no rainbow reflections and totally worth it.

Jul 10, 2023 05:15 PM By RtingsUser9949290

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I recently returned a QN90B for the same reason and just set up my 75" QN85C today, not as good as handling reflections (no actual testing going on here) but no rainbow reflections and totally worth it.

Thanks for the input. I might do the same. Too bad its $400 more and more reflections, but the rainbow is quite annoying.

Jul 10, 2023 06:16 PM By garrett1812

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Thanks for the input. I might do the same. Too bad its $400 more and more reflections, but the rainbow is quite annoying.

Are you in the US? If so, just get the QN90C. No rainbows & better blooming control than the QN85C.

Jul 10, 2023 11:41 PM By High_Def_News

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Are you in the US? If so, just get the QN90C. No rainbows & better blooming control than the QN85C.

I am in the US. I may go this route, it’s $800 more than the QN90B, but the reflection pictures on rtings reviews of the QN85C and QN90C are significant.

Very interested to see how this compares to the QN90B. With the current AMZ sale they are about the same price.

Have a rough estimate of when we might see the pre review?

Jul 13, 2023 07:44 PM By RtingsUser8555080

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Have a rough estimate of when we might see the pre review?

We’re hoping to have early access results available sometime next week!

Any update on the early access review?

Jul 18, 2023 09:20 AM By RtingsUser8700345

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Any update on the early access review?

Hopefully today or tomorrow.

Jul 18, 2023 09:30 AM By  Adam Babcock

Hopefully today or tomorrow.

Yes, please. I must feed my obsession. I NEED this review. I’m hungry for it like Mike Tyson is hungry for ears.

Jul 18, 2023 06:42 PM By RtingsUser8555080

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Yes, please. I must feed my obsession. I NEED this review. I’m hungry for it like Mike Tyson is hungry for ears.

🤣🤣🤣

Hello, when will the regular public can see the results? I mean how many days after it was revealed to the insiders it would be available for public?

Jul 28, 2023 11:52 AM By rajaRam

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Hello, when will the regular public can see the results? I mean how many days after it was revealed to the insiders it would be available for public?

Hey there! We’re aiming to publish our review on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Thanks!

Thank You so much for actually replying.

In the comparison with the QN95B, you wrote:

“The Samsung QN85B QLED and Samsung QN85C QLED are extremely similar TVs. The QN85C is the more accurate TV with a wider color volume, so it looks more vibrant than its predecessor. Inversely, the QN85B’s local dimming zone transitions are a bit better than its predecessor except in Game Mode, where its zone transitions are noticeably worse than in other modes.”

Did you mean to say “….a bit better than its predecessor……” or did you mean “successor”? The predecessor of the QN85B was the QN85A which isn’t part of this comparison.

Aug 02, 2023 02:34 PM By Belgarath1969

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In the comparison with the QN95B, you wrote: “The Samsung QN85B QLED and Samsung QN85C QLED are extremely similar TVs. The QN85C is the more accurate TV with a wider color volume, so it looks more vibrant than its predecessor. Inversely, the QN85B’s local dimming zone transitions are a bit better than its predecessor except in Game Mode, where its zone transitions are noticeably worse than in other modes.” Did you mean to say “….a bit better than its predecessor……” or did you mean “successor”? The predecessor of the QN85B was the QN85A which isn’t part of this comparison.

Hi! We did indeed mean successor; thanks for catching that!

HI ! I have a question when comparing QN85C and QN85B. According to my guess, QN85B and QN85C are products using the same panel and backlight. Native Black uniformity, It appears to be evaluated under the Local dimming function Off condition, and although QN85C and QN85B are at the Similar Native Contrast level, the Native Black uniformity of QN85C appears to be very dark. In conclusion, it is judged that the Native Black Uniformity condition of QN85C operates Local dimming or Global dimming. A long time ago, Rtings mentioned that for a fair evaluation of local imaging technology close to cheating, they would either turn off from the service menu or create extreme forms of patterns (e.g., very small check pattern squares).

I’ve always loved this detailed rtings.com analysis.

Aug 07, 2023 08:41 PM By Darkman

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HI ! I have a question when comparing QN85C and QN85B. According to my guess, QN85B and QN85C are products using the same panel and backlight. Native Black uniformity, It appears to be evaluated under the Local dimming function Off condition, and although QN85C and QN85B are at the Similar Native Contrast level, the Native Black uniformity of QN85C appears to be very dark. In conclusion, it is judged that the Native Black Uniformity condition of QN85C operates Local dimming or Global dimming. A long time ago, Rtings mentioned that for a fair evaluation of local imaging technology close to cheating, they would either turn off from the service menu or create extreme forms of patterns (e.g., very small check pattern squares). I’ve always loved this detailed rtings.com analysis.

Hi! Unfortunately, at the time of writing the review it was impossible to completely disable local dimming on the QN85C, as the setting to do so was absent from the service menu unlike last year’s QN85B. For contrast, we simulated local dimming off using an inverse contrast pattern, as you mentioned. As for native black uniformity, we had to test the TV’s black uniformity using local dimming set to ‘low’ instead of off, as we can’t use an inverse contrast pattern to test for black uniformity. Unfortunately, yes, this gives the TV much better black uniformity than it would have if the local dimming was completely disabled. We’ll routinely check the service menu to see if a future firmware update unlocks more options; if it does, we’ll then retest the TV with local dimming completely off.

You say that it flickers at 960hz but your graphics show 120hz at any brightness. Why is so?

Aug 22, 2023 09:19 PM By Dimon_Zorg

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You say that it flickers at 960hz but your graphics show 120hz at any brightness. Why is so?

Hi there,

You are correct that the backlight charts in the review are 120Hz. We will be retesting this and updating the results to the proper 960Hz. It looks like the incorrect picture mode chart was used.

Thanks for the feedback!

Aug 22, 2023 09:19 PM By Dimon_Zorg

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You say that it flickers at 960hz but your graphics show 120hz at any brightness. Why is so?

Good catch :-)

Probably a stupid question, but I’m going to ask anyway. Why is the native contrast a con if the contrast with local dimming is good? Isn’t it more important what the TV is capable of, not what it can do without those capabilities? In what scenario would most people want to have local dimming off if it is effective at it? I’m not asking about TVs that are ineffective at it, only TVs that are effective at it.

Sep 01, 2023 02:32 PM By Belgarath1969

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Probably a stupid question, but I’m going to ask anyway. Why is the native contrast a con if the contrast with local dimming is good? Isn’t it more important what the TV is capable of, not what it can do without those capabilities? In what scenario would most people want to have local dimming off if it is effective at it? I’m not asking about TVs that are ineffective at it, only TVs that are effective at it.

Not a stupid question at all, that’s a very good question, actually. In a perfect world, with an theoretical perfect local dimming feature, the native contrast wouldn’t matter. The problem is, TV technology just isn’t there yet, even the best local dimming TVs on the market have issues with blooming and zone control, especially in difficult scenes. In those scenes, the native contrast plays a much bigger role than the local dimming, as the local dimming simply can’t keep up, so if you have a TV with a low native contrast ratio, those difficult scenes will look worse.

Sep 05, 2023 08:45 AM By  Adam Babcock

Not a stupid question at all, that’s a very good question, actually. In a perfect world, with an theoretical perfect local dimming feature, the native contrast wouldn’t matter. The problem is, TV technology just isn’t there yet, even the best local dimming TVs on the market have issues with blooming and zone control, especially in difficult scenes. In those scenes, the native contrast plays a much bigger role than the local dimming, as the local dimming simply can’t keep up, so if you have a TV with a low native contrast ratio, those difficult scenes will look worse.

Thank you! I understand.

Hi! Is it common for the tv to have noticeable backlight FALD grid when viewing solid or truly bright color such as white and blue? And is there a way to fix that?