Samsung Q80/Q80A QLED vs Samsung Q90R

Channel and volume keys click up and down, Ambient mode gets its own button as does the mic for voice, and even the Netflix and Amazon app shortcut keys are nicer than on other remotes: They lack garish colors and instead just match the rest of the wand.Ambient mode is designed to show stuff on the screen when you're not watching TV. It's a cool feature if you don't like the big black rectangle of an inert TV, and can display your photos, designer art, the weather, headlines and even adjust backgrounds to match your wall. David Katzmaier/CNETAlexa and Google join BixbySamsung's homebrew Bixby voice assistant is built into the Q80T, as you'd expect, but new for 2020 you can choose the overwhelmingly more-popular Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant instead

like its a small fragile thing as well. As much as a remote is going to get used, that needs to be something robust, simple.. straight forward

So again, if you want that hands-free activation, it is an option, of course, just like any other alexa or google assistant device. You can use a cont...

The picture is gorgeous! The smart features via the Tizen system are so-so, and Tizen is the redheaded stepchild of TV operating systems. The only real PITA is the tuner for over-the-air channels, which operates kind of randomly. If I'm on channel 4 and want to get to channel 59, it takes 3-4 times to scroll to 59 because the TV wants to revert to 4. Once I get to 59 and hit the back button to go back to 4, it will go to a random channel like 30

However, Samsung needs to get a better guide for use. Very cumbersome to add channels and does not have app availability like a Roku. It's "atmospheric" screen saver is just awful as are most of the other options. Forget surfing the internet

First off, this TV has a great picture as well as a slick interface for the apps and smart features. If those 2 things were all that mattered this TV would have been the best I've ever owned. Which brings me to the point of my review and the reason I can only give this TV 2 stars and I feel I'm being generous with the extra star. I don't feel like anyone who would spend this kind of money for a TV would be sitting around listening to the stock speakers

I will update this review if I choose to replace rather than get a refund, fingers crossed the process isn't a nightmare and it can be resolved expeditiously.

Samsung intentionally gimped the 2020 4K models so that users would consider going to the more expensive 8K option. Q90R to Q90T is basically a downgrade.