Samsung’s high-end S95C QD-OLED TV was exposed to false propaganda. The official claimed that the maximum transmission rate of the four HDMI 2.1 ports was 48 Gbps, but the latest test found that it was only 40 Gbps.
HDTVTest’s Vincent Teoh shared a detailed review of the Samsung S95C TV, saying that Samsung is following LG’s 2020 CX WOLED disinformation campaign with a 40 Gbps HDMI 2.1 port.
This also explains the feedback from some S95C TV users that they experience signal loss when connecting to a PC to display and output HDR content. The main reason is that the 40 Gbps transmission rate is not enough to support the transmission of 10-bit 4:4:4 4K video at 144Hz.
Teoh believes the restriction applies to last year’s QN95B QLED TV, as well as all models equipped with the One Connect external box. The QN95C and S90C TV models without an external box are not affected by this issue.
The QD-OLED Smart TV S95C is now on sale at the Samsung US website.
The 55-inch version starts at $1,499 and the 65-inch version is priced at $1,799. The 55-inch and 65-inch versions of the S95C are slightly more expensive than LG’s previous generation C2 OLED TV.
The 65-inch version is still cheaper than LG’s G2 OLED TV. The 77-inch version of the S95C is the largest size users can buy, and the price is as high as $4499.99. That’s nearly $1,000 more than LG’s G2 77-inch.
