Samsung Q80/Q80A QLED vs Samsung QN43QN90AAFXZA

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

Samsung's remote is one of my favorites to use, with minimal buttons and just the right feel in-hand. 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

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...

It's bright, has rich colors and contrast, very good black levels, all the bells and whistles you can hope for. So why am I give this only 3 stars, you ask? Let me explain..

The soundbar works, but I can't use one remote to control volumes, etc. That's disappointing. The 6 speaker sound on the QLED 80A is an improvement over older TVs at this price point, but not as good as a soundbar w/ subwoofer. Wish I could figure this out (if anyone knows the solution, please comment and tell me)

I probably should wait a bit before I type this out. But my frustrations are fresh, so here we go. For the price, I'm not happy. No Digital Sound Output from the TV: Setup and connected sound bar via fiber

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

I haven't even bothered to hook it up to the old Hifi system yet. The OS/menu system is awful. I haven't figured out if it is possible to delete or rearrange the app list. There doesn't seem to be support for a mouse cursor though the manual claims that mice are supported