The Samsung U8000F is a very basic, entry-level TV released in 2025 that sits above the Samsung U7900F. The direct replacement to the Samsung DU8000, this 4k TV is powered by Samsung's Crystal Processor 4k and features an updated design over the 2024 model with a metal back. It's very basic, with a limited selection of inputs, a 60Hz refresh rate, and no local dimming. We bought and tested the 70-inch version, but it's available in a range of sizes from 43 up to 85 inches.
Our Verdict
The Samsung U8000F is a sub-par TV overall. It's not very bright, making it best-suited for a moderately-lit room with just a bit of light. It's not great in the dark, either, due to its fairly low contrast and lack of local dimming. Gamers will appreciate its low input lag and VRR support, but the latter isn't very effective as its 60Hz refresh rate means VRR won't work most of the time. It has poor motion handling, with a slow response time resulting in blurry motion in sports and gaming, and the screen degrades rapidly when viewed at an angle, so it's not good for a wide seating arrangement.
Excellent color accuracy in SDR out of the box.
Can't reduce the intensity of direct, mirror-like reflections.
Mediocre screen uniformity.
Not bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room.
The Samsung U8000F is a disappointing choice for use in a home theater. It has poor black levels, with just decent native contrast and no local dimming, so the screen looks washed out in most scenes. Colors aren't very bright or vibrant, and it's nowhere near bright enough to deliver an impactful HDR experience. It has okay processing, though, with excellent EOTF tracking and good gradient handling, but it doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR or DTS audio formats. Finally, it has disappointing motion handling, as it can't remove judder from 60Hz sources and there's a noticeable red shift around light skin tones.
Excellent color accuracy in SDR out of the box.
Mediocre screen uniformity.
Can't smooth out macro blocking and pixelization in low quality content.
Too dim to deliver an impactful HDR experience.
No local dimming.
Noticeable stutter in slow panning shots.
Noticeable color artifacts in all content.
Can't remove judder from any 60Hz sources.
The Samsung U8000F is a disappointing choice for a bright room. It's simply not bright enough to overcome a lot of glare in a bright room, and with its poor reflection handling, bright mirror-like reflections are very distracting. On the plus side, ambient light has very little impact on picture quality, as black levels don't rise noticeably and the apparent color saturation remains the same.
Excellent color accuracy in SDR out of the box.
Can't reduce the intensity of direct, mirror-like reflections.
Not bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room.
The Samsung U8000F is inadequate for watching sports. It doesn't look good in a bright room, as it can't overcome glare and has very limited reflection handling. The image degrades rapidly when viewed at an angle, so it's a poor choice for a wide seating area, and the panel has mediocre uniformity, so uniform areas like the playing field are patchy and don't look good. It also has poor motion handling, as fast-paced action is very blurry. Finally, transitions aren't smooth, leading to blurry edges around fast-moving objects, and there's a noticeable red shift around quickly changing colors.
Excellent color accuracy in SDR out of the box.
Can't reduce the intensity of direct, mirror-like reflections.
Mediocre screen uniformity.
Blurry motion.
Noticeable color artifacts in all content.
The Samsung U8000F is a sub-par TV for gaming. It has low input lag and a few gaming features like VRR and ALLM, but it's limited to a 60Hz refresh rate. Games don't feel responsive due to its very slow response time, which results in blurry motion that doesn't look good. On the flip side, switching to the low-latency Game Mode has no impact on picture quality.
Very low input lag.
Game Mode has no impact on picture quality.
Blurry motion.
Narrow VRR range.
Limited to a 60Hz refresh rate.
The peak brightness of the Samsung U8000F is bad. It's far too dim to deliver an impactful HDR experience, as bright highlights don't stand out at all, and bright scenes are dull and lifeless. It's not bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room, either.
Too dim to deliver an impactful HDR experience.
Not bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room.
The Samsung U8000F delivers poor black levels. The panel's native contrast is decent, delivering somewhat deep blacks in very dark scenes. However, it lacks a local dimming feature, so the entire screen lights up whenever there's a bright highlight in the scene, causing all dark areas to appear washed out.
No local dimming.
The Samsung U8000F has mediocre colors. It has excellent color accuracy out of the box in SDR, with just a few noticeable issues, and decent accuracy in HDR. It has a very limited color gamut, though, as it can't even display the full range of colors used in most SDR content, and HDR content is dull.
Excellent color accuracy in SDR out of the box.
Colors are dull and muted.
The Samsung U8000F has disappointing motion handling when watching content. It can't remove judder from any 60Hz sources, like an older streaming device or cable TV box. There's also noticeable ghosting around the edges of fast-moving objects, and there's a noticeable red shift in quickly changing colors, especially around light skin tones. There's also noticeable stutter, especially in slow panning shots, and the motion interpolation is ineffective at improving it.
Ineffective motion interpolation feature.
Noticeable stutter in slow panning shots.
Noticeable color artifacts in all content.
Can't remove judder from any 60Hz sources.
The Samsung U8000F has mediocre responsiveness when you switch over to the dedicated Game Mode. It has low input lag in all supported modes, which is great, but games feel sluggish and motion looks bad due to its slow 60Hz refresh rate and poor response time.
Very low input lag.
Game Mode has no impact on picture quality.
Blurry motion.
Narrow VRR range.
Limited to a 60Hz refresh rate.
Note: We're in the process of improving our tests related to image processing, but this score should give you a general idea of how a TV performs overall with its image processing capabilities.
The Samsung U8000F has okay processing capabilities. It has excellent PQ EOTF tracking, ensuring most HDR content is displayed at the brightness level intended by the content creator (within the limits of its peak brightness). Gradients in HDR are also displayed well, with minimal banding and posterization. It has decent upscaling, but sadly it can't really do anything to clean up low quality content, so there's loads of macro blocking and pixelization when streaming content.
Decent upscaling.
Excellent EOTF tracking.
Good gradient handling.
Can't smooth out macro blocking and pixelization in low quality content.
Performance Usages
Changelog
-
Updated Mar 11, 2026:
We added text to our new Cinematic Motion Handling performance usage and our new Transition Artifacts and Stutter Reduction Via Interpolation test sections after converting the review to TV 2.2.
- Updated Mar 10, 2026: This review has been updated to TV 2.2. We've added new sections for Transition Artifacts and Stutter Reduction Via Interpolation, and updated the way we test Stutter. Additionally, we removed the 'Broken' disclaimer from our Motion Handling usage.
-
Updated Jan 21, 2026:
We bought and tested the Samsung U7900F, and added a comparison in the HDR Brightness section.
- Updated Jan 20, 2026: We added text to the new Micro-Judder section and refreshed the text in the updated Judder and Response Time Stutter sections after converting the review to TV 2.1.
Check Price
Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 70-inch Samsung U8000F, and these results are also valid for the 43, 50, 55, 58, 65, 75, and 85-inch models. All sizes offer the same picture quality and overall performance. Note that with Samsung TVs, the four letters after the short model code (FXZC in this case) vary between different retailers and regions, but there's no difference in performance.
Costco and Sam's Club sell a variant of this TV known as the Samsung U8000FD. This variant performs the same but comes with an extended warranty.
| Size | US Model |
| 43" | UN43U8000FFXZC |
| 50" | UN50U8000FFXZC |
| 55" | UN55U8000FFXZC |
| 58" | UN58U8000FFXZC |
| 65" | UN65U8000FFXZC |
| 70" | UN70U8000FFXZC |
| 75" | UN75U8000FFXZC |
| 85" | UN85U8000FFXZC |
Our unit was made in Mexico in March 2025.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Samsung U8000F is about as basic a TV as you can get in 2025. With no local dimming, low peak brightness, and poor colors, it's a relatively expensive entry-level model that delivers disappointing picture quality overall and has very few extra features. It pales in comparison to competing models from other brands that are even cheaper, but deliver much better performance, like the TCL QM6K or the Hisense U65QF.
For more options, check out our recommendations for the best TVs under $1,000, the best 65-inch TVs, and the best TVs for gaming.
The Samsung U8000F is a slightly better TV than the Samsung U7900F, but the differences are minor. They perform the same for the most part, but the U8000F gets quite a bit brighter, so while still not great, it can handle a bit more glare in a bright room. The U8000F also has an additional HDMI port, so it's slightly more versatile.
The Samsung Q7F 2025 is very slightly better than the Samsung U8000F. The Q7F gets a tiny bit brighter, it has better contrast, and it has slightly better contrast, but these three differences are very minor overall. Even though the U8000F is a lower-end model, it does have one minor advantage over the Q7F in that it supports VRR. Since it's limited to a 60Hz refresh rate, though, this feature isn't very useful for most people.
The Samsung U8000F is significantly better than the LG UA77. Although neither TV is a great choice for a dark room, the Samsung has a much higher native contrast ratio, so dark scenes aren't nearly as washed out and overblown. The Samsung is also far more accurate out of the box, so you don't need to worry about getting it calibrated if you care about creative intent. Other than that, these two TVs are fairly evenly matched.
The Samsung U8000F and the TCL Q77K are similar TVs overall, but the TCL is the slightly better choice, especially for gamers. Both models deliver similarly lackluster picture quality, but the TCL supports a much higher refresh rate, resulting in much smoother motion when gaming, especially from a PC.
We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests use specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
Test Results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for videos & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
for pictures & test results
