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Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA (USA version)
Highlights
- 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) LED Display
- HDR10, HDR10+, HLG support
- UHD Mastering Engine Processor
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Content
Overview
Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA was introduced in 2018. It has a LED screen with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution and 100 Hz/120 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible. It supports HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG. AMD Freesync™ allows TV to display variable refresh rate during gaming and its powerful UHD Mastering Engine picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160).
We give Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA TV 90 overall score out of 100. Our ranking system is based on the display specifications, video, audio and other features, connectivity and format support.
Pros and Cons
In this section we highlight pros and cons of Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA.
| PROS |
|---|
| High Resolution |
| High Refresh Rate: 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Color Depth |
| HDR10 |
| HDR10+ |
| HLG |
| AMD Freesync™ |
| 2K HFR |
| Wi-Fi |
| Wi-Fi Direct |
| Bluetooth |
| CONS |
|---|
| Edge LED |
| No Full-Array Local Dimming |
| Limited Viewing Angle |
| No Dolby Vision |
| No IMAX Enhanced |
| No NVidia G-Sync |
| No 4K HFR |
| No VRR |
| No Dolby Atmos |
| No DTS Digital Surround |
| No NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) |
Selected Features
VA Panel
Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA 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.
HDR10
Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA 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.
Specifications
In this section we present all the features and specifications available for Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA.
| BASICS | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Samsung |
| Series | LS03N The Frame |
| Model | UN55LS03NAFXZA |
| Size | 55" |
| Country | USA |
| Release Year | 2018 |
| Smart TV | |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Display Type | LED |
| Design | Frame Edge |
| Actual Size (Diagonal) | 54.5" |
| Resolution | 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) |
| Refresh Rate | 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Screen Design | Flat |
| Panel Type | VA |
| LED Type | Edge LED |
| Dual LED | |
| Backlight Dimming | Frame Dimming |
| Dimming Name | Supreme UHD Dimming |
| Contrast | Mega Contrast |
| Color | |
| Viewing Angle | |
| Panel Bit Depth | 8 bits |
| Color Depth | 16.7 Million |
| VIDEO | |
|---|---|
| 3D Capability | |
| HDR10 | |
| HDR10+ | |
| Dolby Vision | |
| HLG | |
| Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | |
| IMAX Enhanced | |
| AMD Freesync™ | |
| NVidia G-Sync | |
| 4K HFR | |
| 2K HFR | |
| VRR | |
| HGIG Compatibility | |
| Picture Processor | UHD Mastering Engine |
| Upscaling | UHD Upscaling |
| Blacks | |
| Frame Interploation Technique | Auto Motion Plus |
| Frame Interpolation Frequency | 240 Hz |
| Black Frame Insertion | |
| Filmmaker Mode | |
| Contrast Enhancement | Contrast Enhancer |
| Auto Low Latency Mode | |
| Depth Enhancement | Auto Depth Enhancer |
| Adaptive Picture | |
| AUDIO | |
|---|---|
| Speaker Channels | 2.2 |
| Speaker Type | Downfiring + Bass reflex |
| Speaker Power Rating | 4 x 10 W |
| Multiroom Link | |
| Bluetooth Headset Support | |
| Dolby Atmos | |
| Dolby Digital | |
| Dolby Digital Plus | |
| Dolby AC-4 | |
| DTS Digital Surround | |
| Object Tracking Sound | |
| Q-Symphony | |
| Dialog Enhancement | |
| Audio Pre-selection Descriptor | |
| Active Voice Amplifier | |
| WiSA Ready | |
| CONNECTIVITY | |
|---|---|
| Ethernet Input | |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | |
| Wi-Fi Frequency | 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz |
| Wi-Fi Protocol | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac |
| Bluetooth | |
| Apple Airplay | Airplay 2 |
| Chromecast | |
| Virtual Assistant | Samsung Bixby |
| Works with Alexa | |
| HDMI Inputs | 4 |
| HDMI Version | 2.0 |
| HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) | |
| HDCP Version | 2.2 |
| HDMI-CEC | Anynet+ |
| InstaPort S (HDMI Quick Switch) | |
| USB Inputs | 3 |
| USB 3.0 Ports | |
| RF (Terrestrial / Cable ) Inputs | 2 |
| Component Inputs | |
| Composite Inputs | |
| RCA Audio Outputs | |
| 3.5mm headphone Audio Output | |
| Optical Audio Output | |
| RS-232C Remote | |
| DLNA | |
| OTHER | |
|---|---|
| CPU Cores | 4 |
| Operating System | Tizen |
| Internet Browser | |
| Voice Command | |
| Light Sensor | |
| Electronic Program Guide (EPG) | |
| Parental Control (V-Chip) | |
| Far-Field Interaction | |
| Teletext | |
| Closed Captions | |
| PVR Function | Extended |
| USB Drive Format Support | FAT / exFAT / NTFS |
| Digital Clean View | |
| Décor Mode | |
| Motion Detection | |
| ConnectShare™ | |
| Embedded POP | |
| Real Game Enhancer+ | |
| Game Mode | |
| Art Mode | |
| Art Store | |
| USB HID Support | |
| Gallery Mode | |
| Time Shift | |
| VIDEO FORMATS | |
|---|---|
| 3GPP | |
| AV1 | |
| AVI | |
| ASF | |
| DivX | |
| Flash Video | |
| H.263 | |
| H.264 | |
| H.265 | |
| MKV | |
| M2TS | |
| MP4 | |
| MPEG-4 | |
| QuickTime | |
| RealVideo | |
| TS | |
| VC-1 | |
| VP7 | |
| VP8 | |
| VP9 | |
| VOB | |
| VRO | |
| WebM | |
| WMV | |
| Xvid | |
| AUDIO FORMATS | |
|---|---|
| AAC | |
| AC4 | |
| AIFF | |
| ALAC | |
| APE | |
| aptX | |
| eAAC+ | |
| EAC3 | |
| FLAC | |
| HE-AAC | |
| LPCM | |
| M4A | |
| MIDI | |
| MP2 | |
| MP3 | |
| OGG | |
| RealAudio | |
| WMA | |
| WAV | |
| IMAGE FORMATS | |
|---|---|
| BMP | |
| GIF | |
| JPEG | |
| JPS | |
| MPO | |
| PNG | |
| TUNER | |
|---|---|
| Digital Tuner | 1 |
| SAT Tuner | |
| Analog Tuner | |
| NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) | |
| Digital Terrestrial TV System | ATSC |
| Digital Cable TV System | Clear QAM |
| Color system | PAL / SECAM / NTSC |
| FM Radio | |
| GENERAL | |
|---|---|
| Power Supply | 110 -120 V, 50/60 Hz |
| Power Consumption (Typical) | 80 W |
| Power Consumption (In Standby) | 0.4 W |
| Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D) | 48.6" x 27.9" x 1.7" |
| Dimension With Stand (W x H x D) | 48.6" x 29.6" x 7.9" |
| Dimension of Package (W x H x D) | 54" x 33.4" x 9.3" |
| One Connect Box | |
| No Gap Wall-Mount | Included |
| VESA Hole Pitch (W x H) | 400 mm x 400 mm |
| Weight Without Stand | 41 lbs |
| Weight With Stand | 42.1 lbs |
| Weight of Package (Gross) | 68.3 lbs |
| ACCESSORIES | |
|---|---|
| Remote | TM1850A |
Successor
The 2018 LS03N The Frame series has a successor - 2019 LS03R The Frame series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.
| UPGRADES | Samsung QN55LS03RAFXZA | vs | Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewing Angle | Wide Viewing Angle | vs | |
| Higher Panel Bit Depth | 10 bits | vs | 8 bits |
| Higher Color Depth | 1.07 Billion | vs | 16.7 Million |
| More Powerful Picture Processor | Quantum Processor 4K | vs | UHD Mastering Engine |
| Dialog Enhancement | vs | ||
| Audio Pre-selection Descriptor | vs | ||
| Works with Alexa | vs | ||
| InstaPort S (HDMI Quick Switch) | vs | ||
| Far-Field Interaction | vs | ||
| Decor Mode | vs | ||
| RealVideo | vs |
| DOWNGRADES | Samsung QN55LS03RAFXZA | vs | Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Less RF (Terrestrial/Cable) Connection Inputs | 1 | vs | 2 |
For this comparison we chose 55" version of the successor - model QN55LS03RAFXZA. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit Samsung UN55LS03NAFXZA vs Samsung QN55LS03RAFXZA where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.