# Samsung OLED TV

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/samsung-oled-tv/

5 people recommended Samsung OLED TV in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for top-tier image quality, with deep OLED blacks and strong colour. Critics point to pushy AI voice prompts, a weak main interface and concerns about ads.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Best image quality and OLED blacks (4 comments in the sample): "The best (in terms of image quality) consumer displays on the market right now are OLED TVs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46370397)) "Samsung and LG make the best OLED TVs on the market by far" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50233820)) "great color saturation and perfect OLED blacks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624238))

## What people warn about

- Hostile to users, shows ads (2 comments in the sample): "a product that is overall hostile to them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45867304)) "they hoped to show ads to me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124739))

## Other OLED TVs people recommend

- [LG OLED TV](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lg-oled-tv/): 24 recommend, 9 mixed, 26 criticize
- [LG C5 TV](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lg-c5-tv/): 8 recommend, 2 mixed, 14 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.samsung.com/us/tvs/oled-tv/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Samsung OLED TV", https://hackerapproved.com/p/samsung-oled-tv/ (5 recommend, 2 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.
