Samsung QN90F and S95F: what they ship with and what can come off

Start with what saves time: these two sets run Tizen, which is not Android. There is no ADB, no pm uninstall, no package list to work through. Everything you can do on a Samsung lives in its own menus, and we cover it in cleaning up a Samsung television with Tizen.

If you came here looking for commands, that page is the answer, and the reason these brands were left out of the directory is in why Samsung and LG sets are out of scope.

What is worth covering here is the hardware, because the spec sheet for these two models contains figures that do not agree with each other, and one of them will cost you money if you do not check it before buying.

Four HDMI ports, and this time all four run#

That comes first, because it is the exception rather than the rule. Both sheets declare it in these words: 4K 165Hz (for HDMI 1/2/3/4).

All four ports. Not two fast and two slow, which is what the competition usually does. Here you can plug the console in wherever the cable reaches.

One catch: that bandwidth is not switched on out of the box on every port. The manual describes a setting called Input Signal Plus, applied port by port, and warns that if the Input Signal Plus feature is turned off, HDR signals sent from an external device cannot be received. It lives under Settings → All Settings → General & Privacy → External Device Manager.

It is the setting most people never touch, and the one that shows the most.

The 165 Hz, and the 120 and 100 on the same page#

Here the sheet contradicts itself, so it is worth reading slowly.

The refresh rate field on the QN90F says 120Hz (Up to 165Hz). The same field on the S95F says 100Hz (Up to 165Hz). And the European energy fiche, which is the regulated document, declares 165 Hz as the default image refresh frequency rate for both.

The 2025 manual is clearer than the website. It carries a per-model list, and the top entry reads: Models that support up to 165 Hz, QN900F, S95F, QN9*F (except for 115-inch models). So the S95F and the QN90F reach 165, except the 115-inch QN90F, which sits in the 144 list.

In its resolution table the manual confirms 3840 x 2160 at 165 Hz. The 165 is real, then; what is unclear is what Samsung is measuring when it writes 120 or 100 on its own site.

And there is a third figure, in case that were not enough: the same German S95F page puts 4K@120 Hz (bis zu 144 Hz) in its HDMI 2.1 features field, two lines below the 100 Hz and the 165 Hz further up. Three pairs of numbers on one page, for the same set. If you want certainty, stay with the manual and the energy fiche.

The eARC is there, but nobody says where#

Both have eARC: the sheet puts it in the audio return channel field. What you will not find anywhere is which port.

The only Samsung page that commits is the German S95F one, which lists eARC (auf HDMI-Port 3). The same field on the German QN90F page says only "eARC", with no number. And the manual, which is shared across the whole 2025 range, does no better than the eARC dedicated HDMI port.

Samsung's own eARC support page ends up somewhere practical: the port is labelled ARC on the back of the set or on the One Connect Box, and on most of those boxes it is usually the third HDMI port.

And a detail that explains a lot of complaints: that same page says the default setting for eARC mode is off, and that the TV connects over plain ARC automatically. If you bought an expensive soundbar and audio arrives compressed, start there: Settings → Sound → Expert Settings → HDMI eARC Mode.

HDR10+ yes, Dolby Vision no, and that is deliberate#

Both sheets declare HDR 10+: Yes (ADAPTIVE/ GAMING) and, in the German version, HLG: Ja. Dolby Vision does not appear: not in the HDR field, not anywhere else, and not once in the 2025 user manual.

This is not an oversight in the paperwork. It has been Samsung's position for years, and it is the exact opposite of LG's. If you are coming from a set with Dolby Vision and your library is in that format, it will play back in HDR10 and you will not see the logo. That is the deal, and better known beforehand.

Where they actually differ#

The QN90F is Neo QLED, meaning LCD with mini LED backlighting, and its energy fiche says so: panel technology used: QLED LCD. Sound on the 65-inch version is 60 watts in 4.2.2, with Dolby Atmos and OTS+. Two USB-A ports, and no external box.

The S95F is OLED (panel technology used: OLED) and takes the sound up to 70 watts, also 4.2.2. It brings three USB-A and one USB-C, and above all it brings the One Connect (Y24 4K): every socket sits in a separate box and a single cable runs to the panel. For a wall mount that matters more than any number on the sheet.

One warning about the QN90F: the sound depends heavily on the size. The 43-inch drops to 20 watts across 2 channels and its HDR field reads "Neo Quantum HDR", without the "+" the larger sets carry. The range is not uniform.

Power draw, with two figures and both are theirs#

The retail sheet for the 65-inch QN90F says 270 W maximum. The regulated product fiche, for that same TQ65QN90FAT, declares 89.0 W in SDR at class F and 231.0 W in HDR at class G. On the 65-inch S95F it is 540 W maximum on the web, and 100.0 W in SDR and 315.0 W in HDR in the regulated document. Both declare 0.5 W in standby and 2.0 W in networked standby.

They do not contradict each other: they measure different things. But if you are comparing models, always compare the same column.

Seven years of updates, or eight#

Samsung states on both pages that Tizen OS updates are available free of charge for 7 years from the moment the product is launched, for models from 2023 onwards.

The regulated fiche says something else, and says more: 8 years minimum guaranteed availability of software and firmware updates, counted from the end of placement on the market, plus 7 years of spare parts and 7 of product support. Two different commitments on two different clocks, and the second one is enforceable.

How to tell whether this sheet is about your set#

The model code changes by country even when the television does not. The 65-inch QN90F is TQ65QN90FATXXC in Spain, QE65QN90FATXXU in the United Kingdom and GQ65QN90FATXZG in Germany. The 65-inch S95F is TQ65S95FATXXC, QE65S95FATXXU and GQ65S95FATXZG.

Look at the middle block, which is the only part that matters: 65QN90F or 65S95F. The trailing F is the 2025 model year.

What ships from the factory, and what you can do#

The sheet declares Samsung TV Plus on both, available in Spain among other countries, and it is built into the system: not an app you can uninstall. Nor are the streaming apps that arrive under commercial agreements.

What is in your hands are the privacy checkboxes, the apps you install yourself, and the decision not to link a Samsung account. It is all in the Tizen guide, which is where this sheet hands over.

What Samsung does not publish#

Brightness. Not one figure in nits, on any of the pages or in the regulated document. The only mention we found was in a customer review on the UK site.

The Tizen version. The operating system field says "Tizen™ Smart TV" and stops there. There is no RAM or storage figure on any sheet either.

The QN90F's eARC port, as above. If you have one in front of you, reading the label on the back closes that gap.