Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA (USA version)

•   Overview
•   Pros and Cons
•   Predecessor
•   Selected Features
•   Specifications
•   Successor

Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA was introduced in 2021. It has a Neo QLED screen with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution and 100 Hz/120 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible and can reach 1500 nits of peak brightness. It supports HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG. Its powerful Neo Quantum Processor 4K picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160).

We give Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA TV 93 overall score out of 100. Our ranking system is based on the display specifications, video, audio and other features, connectivity and format support.

In this section we highlight pros and cons of Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA.

A predecessor of 2021 QN90A series is 2020 Q90T series. In this section we show their comparison.

For this comparison we chose 55" version of the predecessor - model QN55Q90TAFXZA. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA vs Samsung QN55Q90TAFXZA where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.

VA Panel

Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA has a vertical alignment (VA) panel which is most commonly used in LCD TVs as it provides deeper blacks compared to the IPS panel. However, it is still limited with the viewing angle compared to the IPS panel or OLED display.

Full-Array Local Dimming

The TV has Full-Array Local Dimming technology with multiple zones throughout the display. Individual zones of LEDs can light up independently which enhances black levels, shadow details and decreases level of light bleed in dark parts of the image. This gives higher contrast with increased picture quality which is very important for HDR reproduction. Higher number of zones gives better control over local dimming and less blooming around the bright objects and subtitles.

HDR10

Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA supports HDR10 which was announced on August 27, 2015, by the Consumer Technology Association and uses the wide-gamut Rec. 2020 color space. It is not backward compatible with SDR. It sends static metadata via video stream to the TV which calibrates its screen brightness and color according to that. HDR10 is technically limited to a maximum of 10,000 nits of brightness and uses 10-bit color which corresponds to 1024 shades of the primary RGB colors.

HDR10+

This TV also supports HDR10+ which is an update to HDR10 by adding dynamic metadata that can be used to more accurately adjust brightness levels up to 10,000 nits maximum brightness on a scene-by-scene or frame-by-frame basis and support up to 12-bit color depth (4096 shades of RGB) and 8K resolution.

In this section we present all the features and specifications available for Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA.

The 2021 QN90A series has a successor - 2022 QN90B series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.

For this comparison we chose 43" version of the successor - model QN43QN90BAFXZA. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA vs Samsung QN43QN90BAFXZA where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.