A home entertainment specialist with a passion for immersive audio and 4K, Steve covers TVs, soundbars, home cinema systems and Hi-Fi. The third instalment of the Spider-Man MCU series will see Peter Parker team up with Doctor Strange to help repair the multiverse after a spell accidentally goes haywire, causing villains (and possibly heroes) from past Spider-Man films to catapult their way into Phase 4 of the Marvel universe. The price ticket is a little toppy for a 55-incher, putting it in direct competition with LG’s 55-inch OLED C9, and Sony’s 55-inch AG8 OLED. Now: $24.98 ($24 off off) Now: From £21 per month As befits Samsung’s QLED technology, the Q80T shines when it comes to image clarity and colour fidelity.

This is particularly noticeable when upscaling lower res sources. The step-up Q90T has more dimming zones and even brighter HDR, but when it comes to features and functionality we’re probably splitting hairs. Now: $69.99 ($29.99 off) With some highly anticipated guest stars such as Alfred Molina as Doc Ock and Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin, we expect tickets to sell like hotcakes. Only the best deals on the best products handpicked by our expert editors We rate the Q80T a premium performer that (by and large) justifies its premium price point. There are four HDMI ports, boasting many of the advanced features commonly associated with version 2.1.

Described as a 2.2.2 configuration, the Q80T combines regular downward firing stereo drivers with two more mounted high on the rear of the set. A grotty OTT stream (from the WWE app), which looked ropey on an OLED, was somehow magically imbued with believable detail and image depth on the Q80T. In a bright room, few models look as colour rich with such strong contrast.

In the US you can get the Q80T from $1,099 with the 55in model we tested coming in at a still very affordable $1,299. By Hannah Cowton, Senior Staff Writer | 5 hours ago Also available in 49-, 55-, 65-, 75- and 85-inch screen sizes. Only the best deals on the best products handpicked by our expert editors With Game Motion Plus (a suite of image enhancements to improve gameplay graphics) engaged, I measured a low latency of just 19.7ms (1080/60). However the biggest winners are gamers, who’ll not only benefit from a range of special features, but enjoy class leading low latency. You can get hyped by watching the official trailer below: Samsung offers up a fresh take on TV audio here.

From: Laptops Direct Now: £362.21 upfront or £30.34 p/m (Up to £234.12 off) This light pollution was always fleeting though. Now: $59.95 ($40 off) The Samsung Q80T is also available from Amazon, Currys PC World, John Lewis, AO and Very.

Samsung Q80T review

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p>By Steve May, Contributor | 29 Apr 2020 If you want to be the first to hear about Spider-Man tickets, we recommend turning on notifications for the official Spider-Man and Marvel Twitter accounts and signing up for mailing lists/turning on notifications for your local cinema chain. Now: £649 (£150 off) The screen is also Dolby Atmos compatible, and will pass through an Atmos bitstream to a compliant soundbar or sound system, if you need to. Find the best Samsung TV for you.

A veteran of the VHS vs Betamax format wars, Steve has been writing about home AV since the early days of Dolby surround sound. Combined with the brand’s OTS (Object Tracking Sound) technology, which steers sound to match movement around the panel, the set creates a virtual sonic wall. Now: £1,499.97 (£400 off) Wired Ethernet is available to support Bluetooth.

Switched off, image lag drops to a mere 8.7ms, which is insanely good for a consumer TV. Thanks to that backlight array, the set is slightly deeper than edge lit models, but not intrusively so. This is a date we’d predicted, as it’s exactly 18 days ahead of the film’s 17 December release – with both Shang-Chi and Eternals tickets also going on sale 18 days before their releases. Black level performance is impressive, although I did notice some blooming effects, particularly in the letterbox bars of movies. Motion handling is excellent.

The set offers both terrestrial (but not Freeview Play) and dual satellite tuner inputs. The provision of a full array backlight Whey Protein also goes some way to satisfying home cinema fans who demand more HDR precision. Samsung isn’t talking about the number of dimming zones in the set, but we believe it’s comparable to last year’s Q70R, which is around 50. Check our chart of the best TVs to see what other options you have. The Q80T is the most affordable flatscreen model in Samsung’s 2020 QLED FALD (Full Array Local Dimming) line up.

It sits below the brand’s 4K Q90T flagship, but shares much of that model’s advanced feature set, including superior HDR handling, OST sound (more on which later) and smart connectivity, courtesy Samsung’s well-stocked Tizen smart platform. The Q80T isn’t exactly svelte. If you want to refresh your Blu-ray and DVD collection, this set will work wonders. Marvel is back in cinemas, and now that we’re approaching the end of the year, all eyes are turning to Spider-Man: No Way Home, one of the most anticipated superhero films.

The processor also does a superb job smoothing gradations and reducing jaggies from HD and lower sources. No Way Home tickets go on sale on 29 November. Now: $99.99 ($50 off) Luckily it has some tricks up its sleeve.

I measured HDR peak brightness at just under 900 nits (cd/m2), an above average performance. Motion interpolation is generally a matter of taste, so it’s worth experimenting with these to find the balance you prefer. Was: £596.33 upfront or £49.94 p/m There’s no support for Dolby Vision, for some reason Samsung has dug its heels in over the technology, but it is compatible with rival dynamic metadata format HDR10+, as well as regular HDR10 and HLG. Now: Up to $550 off (With free Galaxy Buds 2) Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide View more prices The screen measures exceptionally well when it comes to image lag.

Now: $599 ($360 off) It gets a big thumbs up. Now: £679 (£120 off) You’re given a choice of Auto or Custom; the latter with individual blur and judder reduction slider. There’s 4K at 120fps on HDMI 4, eARC on HDMI 3, plus VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) plus ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode), along with FreeSync support for AMD PC gamers. Learn more.

Now: £899.90 (£100 off) Now: £37 Clubcard Price (£13 off) There’s ongoing chatter about possible G-Sync anti-tearing tech for Nvidia coming via firmware, but no official word on that yet. Note: We may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site, at no extra cost to you. Sony has dubbed the day Cyber- Spider-Monday, since it is the exact same day as Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving (and Black Friday). The provision of local dimming gives the Q80T a big boost when it comes to HDR, and backlight uniformity.

The Q80T isn’t far off flagship calibre in Samsung’s 2020 QLED line-up. Prices start at £1,399 and you’ll be able to take this 55-incher home for £1,599 from Samsung. Total audio output is a considerable 60W. Samsung has stepped back from its separate One Connect box concept we saw on the Samsung Q7F, so what we have here is a standard array of inputs on the rear of the set.

A single central pedestal stand is easy to live with. If you want to be first in line, then here’s what you need to know. From: Virgin Media Gamers still have plenty to cheer about though.

Now: $499.99 ($50 off) Picture processing is handled by the latest iteration of Samsung’s 4K Quantum upscaler, which now uses AI techniques to improve interpolation and texture creation. Not that this is the US and global release date, but the UK (and perhaps some other countries) will get the film a little earlier on 15 December – though we’re still expecting UK tickets to go on sale the same date as the US. Only the best deals on the best products handpicked by our expert editors Viewed square on, the bezel is at least extremely thin.

This doesn’t affect our editorial independence. Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide View more prices The TV comes with two remote controls, one heavily buttoned (which I naturally used), the other simplified (which I left in the box). Samsung has designed the Q80T for the widest possible appeal.