Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The Samsung KS8000 is probably one of the best 4K TVs with a good picture that's still affordable. The best 4K LED would be the Sony Z9D, with the X940D (X930D) with a close second and OLED naturally being the best overall. The Samsung KS8000 has a lot of high end features, with a great picture and a sleek high end design to back it up. There is only two flaws I've seen with this TV, and I'll go into detail with that later. For now, I'll start on the picture quality, and it's excellent. Even in a dark rooms the KS8000 is able to produce dark scenes richly detailed that blow a lot of LEDs out of the water. Colorful scenes like cartoons for an example, pop off the screen and this is due to the KS8000 being a Quantum Dot display which comes with a Wide Color Gamut. Samsung, LG and Sony higher end models have this display, they just call it differently because Quantum Dot Display doesn't sound sexy like Samsung's Nano Crystal Display or LG's Color Prime Super UHD TV. This display is really what makes HDR content impressive and really stick out over standard content. So for those who can't wait to get their hands on 4K HDR gaming, this TV is a must have if you really want to see a difference. The KS8000 also has amazing contrast and black levels, this helps tremendously with HDR and dark scenes in movies as it gives you a more realistic picture and accurate color display. Now for negative number one, it's local dimming needs improvement. I thought Samsung was going to do more with Full Array Local Dimming as their last year highest end model had that and I assumed either they would repeat that or trickle down on some of the other models. Unfortunately they seem bent on sticking with Edge Lit local dimming, which don't get me wrong they've improved on that over the years but still doesn't come close as full array dimming and for that I have to call them out on it. However, having any local dimming is better than not having it at all so we should be thankful nonetheless. Negative number two is a thing all Samsung's have and that's limited viewing angles, and this is also why their TVs can give us such a good contrast and black levels and that's because they aren't using an IPS display. IPS displays sacrifices contrast and black levels to give a wider viewing area without the picture deteriorating the more off angle you are like the Samsung's. Each have their own positives and negatives, it's up the manufacturer to improve on these faults and Samsung is slowly but surly working on this as with LG and their IPS panels. However, LG could fix there issue by going full array local dimming but they are as hell bent as Samsung with Edge lit TVs. Edge Lit TVs are cheaper, and they can make the TVs really thin where as full array would cost more and make the TV a little more bulky. I personally don't care how thin my TV is, because the true bragging rights come from having the best picture not the thinnest TV. This is where I fault many TV manufacturers for using this back light system. There is another thing that needs to be said as well, and this is a feature that no one ever seems to look at when buying a TV and that's Judder-Free 24p support. Movies play a certain frame rates, Blu Rays and DVD's play at 24fps, streaming movies like from Netflix play at 60p and movies from cable are 60i. This has been a thing that has always been over looked with most people, and that is does that TV support these frame rates. Samsung's 2016 models K6250 all the way through KU7500 doesn't support ANY of these frame rates. This means that regardless of what's playing, there will be a slight judder. It's mostly noticeable with slow panning shots, and to be honest most people don't notice it all. This is one of the reasons why Motion Interpolation which Samsung calls it "Clear Motion Rate" or now "Motion Rate" is included with LED's and that's because with that Soap Opera Effect on, it hides the judder you could see, so they could cut corners with some internal features that you wouldn't know you're missing. Samsung isn't the only brand that does this, Sony, LG, Vizio and many more do the same thing, and it's annoying and a trend that's slowly starting to change. However, Samsung for the first year their entire KS line up supports all of these frame rates which means that regardless of what you are watching it will play smoothly, and without judder. This is a God send for those who hate the soap opera effect, so you can go into the settings, set it to custom and turn those sliders down and see the movies as they were intended to play. Their Clear Motion Rate now is just extra icing on an already well made cake, so now you can literally have your cake and eat it too. The Samsung KS8000 is the best buy for a TV in this price range if you want to use it for multiple usage. Not a lot of other TVs can compete with its high picture quality, number of features and asking price. The KS8500 is almost identical, just with a curved screen and a little better with the black levels. If you want a curved screen, then it's still a great buy but other wise there's no true benefit of upgrading. The KS9000 can get brighter which is good for HDR, but not at the price point that they want for it and it shares the same identical features and picture quality. I don't see a reason to spend the money for the upgrade. The Sony X930D picture quality isn’t superior but its price is. The Sony X930D share the same picture quality, but X930D has one of the best Edge Lit local dimming I've seen to date and really out does Samsung on this one. The Samsung KS8000 offers a similar picture quality both in a very bright or very dark room and at a better price point that sits well with people. So if you have the money, I would go with Sony other wise the KS8000 is a good buy. The LG UH8500 can't exactly compete with the Samsung KS8000 over picture quality, however the UH8500 does have a wider range of viewing angles and supports both HDR formats as well as Passive 3D which with a 4K display is amazing. So if you have a larger room, and have multiple people watching at all angles then the LG may be a better buy, however if you are always in front of the TV, then the Samsung would be better.