Samsung OLED TV
Ranked 4 of 5 OLED TVs by recommenders
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.
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.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 64%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Best image quality and OLED blacks
“The best (in terms of image quality) consumer displays on the market right now are OLED TVs”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off Live Plus” “Samsung and LG make the best OLED TVs on the market by far”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Root shell on Samsung TV” “great color saturation and perfect OLED blacks”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby” - Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Samsung Family Hub for 2025 Update Elevates the Smart Home Ecosystem”
Ranked among best OLED TVs
“Samsung and LG make the best OLED TVs on the market by far”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Root shell on Samsung TV” “they have the best OLED TV this year”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Samsung Family Hub for 2025 Update Elevates the Smart Home Ecosystem”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hostile to users, shows ads
“a product that is overall hostile to them”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Samsung Family Hub for 2025 Update Elevates the Smart Home Ecosystem” “they hoped to show ads to me”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “Apple to beat Samsung in smartphone shipments for first time in 14 years”
Other OLED TVs people recommend
The four most recommended other OLED TVs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG OLED TV | 37 | 26 | 59% | 10 | 5 yrs10 owners | — |
| LG C5 TV | 10 | 15 | 40% | 5 | 4 yrs4 owners | — |
| LG C1 OLED TV | 8 | 5 | 62% | 6 | — | — |
| Samsung OLED TVThis page | 7 | 4 | 64% | 4 | — | — |
| LG CX OLED TV | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | 6 yrs4 owners | — |
What people said
All 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Samsung and LG make the best OLED TVs on the market by far”
“great color saturation and perfect OLED blacks”
“game mode has an annoying effect that turns (nearly) copletely black screens into gray smudge garbage”
“The best (in terms of image quality) consumer displays on the market right now are OLED TVs”
“Alexa on your Samsung OLED TV that triggers in response to something random you say while watching your TV”
“the main TV ui is pretty abysmal”
“they hoped to show ads to me”
“Everything goes through my Apple TV and there’s no ads and it just works.”
“Bought one, and I have regrets... nag screen modal pops up for me to activate AI voice features”
“a product that is overall hostile to them”
“they have the best OLED TV this year”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.