(Tom’s Guide) Samsung has announced a new 98-inch Neo QLED TV, because who wouldn’t want an impossibly large 4K TV in their living room?
Officially called called the Samsung QN100B Neo QLED TV, this big screen promises a bright picture and theater-quality sound — and it’s a total spectacle up close.
The 98-inch Neo QLED QN100B TV is an evolution of the Samsung QN90B, one of the company’s flagship Neo QLED model this year. But the QN90B only goes up to 85-inches, which, don’t get me wrong, is still plenty massive for most people. Yet demand for bigger TVs doesn’t seem to be letting up — just look at the 97-inch LG G2 OLED TV, for example.
The major hold-up is that you’ll pay big money for big screens, as we learned with the G2’s official $25,000 price tag. Samsung isn’t a sharing a price for the 98-inch Neo QLED TV, but we’d expect it to be in the same ballpark.
It’s definitely going to be expensive, but Samsung hopes some added premiums in the QN100B TV will help justify the price.
The biggest selling point? A beefy speaker system.
The Samsung QN100B Neo QLED TV features 120W, 6.4.4-channel sound with Dolby Atmos, leveraging an upgraded version of the company’s Object Tracking Sound technology called Cinema Object Tracking Sound. If you’re getting this TV you’ll probably invest in a full home entertainment setup complete with a soundbar and sub, but it’s good to know the audio might be able to hold its own.
Brightness could also be a selling point: Samsung advertises 5,000 nits peak brightness, or double the brightness of the Samsung QN90A Neo QLED TV. That was one of the best TVs we ever tested in terms of brightness, so if the QN100B is actually is significantly brighter it’d be some feat. It would also position this TV to maintain a strong picture even in rooms with large windows or lots of natural light.
