Samsung NU6900 65 Review: A TV with Decent Performance

Samsung NU6900 65: At First Glance

Ever since manufacturing its first television in 1970, Samsung has been consistent in delivering televisions that meet users’ demands. One of Samsung’s most stand-out TV in recent years is the Samsung NU6900 65.

This television is a smart TV that offers a 65-inch 4K display. Apart from its 4K display, this Samsung television offers numerous amazing features ranging from the Tizen OS to a cable management system.

You must be thinking whether or not this television offers enough features and performance to meet your requirements. Why not continue reading to find out?

Samsung NU6900 65: Design, Dimension, and Weight

Samsung is widely known for delivering TVs with nice designs and the Samsung NU6900 65 is not an exception. To give more details, this Samsung television comes with thin bezels that surround its display screen.

These bezels are made of plastic with a glossy-black finish, which makes them look shiny and pleasant to the eyes. Moreover, at the bottom bezel, there is a white “SAMSUNG” logo sitting beautifully in the center.

Upon turning the Samsung NU6900 65 to the back, you will discover a plain plastic panel. As with the bezels, this plastic back panel features a glossy-black texture.

Interestingly, there are sets of narrow cuts at the bottom part of this television’s back panel. These cuts serve as a cable management system for the Samsung NU6900 65.

In addition to the cable management system, there are four holes in the television’s back panel. These holes are for accommodating a 400 X 400 VESA mount so as to wall-mount the TV.

Moreover, due to the fact that the back panel of this television isn’t particularly thick, the Samsung NU6900 65 shouldn’t bulge out or look odd if wall-mounted.

Nevertheless, if you are not the type who loves to wall-mount televisions, the Samsung NU6900 65 features a pair of legs. These legs are made of plastic with a matte-black finish.

However, each of these legs is situated at the extreme edges of the TV. As a result, if not wall-mounted, a large table would be needed to place the Samsung NU6900 65 on.

To make matters more complicated, the television’s legs are very short. Hence, you won’t get enough space beneath the TV to place a soundbar or external speakers.

On the plus side, the legs are quite sturdy and should support the Samsung NU6900 65 to stand firmly without wobbling.

Moving on to the size and weight, the Samsung NU6900 65 measures 1457.9 x 60.9 x 838.2mm (W x D x H) and weighs 24992.9 g. When compared to the LG 65UK6500AUA, this Samsung television weighs less.

To be more specific, the LG 65UK6500AUA weighs 25990.8 g.

In conclusion, the Samsung NU6900 65 offers an attractive design as well as a cable management system. Furthermore, this television weighs less than one of its closest competitors.

Therefore, I will be rating the Samsung NU6900 65 a nine out of ten in this design review section.

Samsung NU6900 65: Display Features and Picture Quality

As mentioned earlier, the Samsung NU6900 65 comes with a massive 65-inch LED display. As one would expect from a 2018 television, this television’s display offers a 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution.

Featuring a 4K resolution implies that the display will be able to deliver clear, colorful, and realistic pictures. Besides, compared to a conventional HD resolution display, a 4K display is about four times better, sharper, and clearer.

Apart from the 4K resolution, the Samsung NU6900 65’s display offers an outstanding contrast ratio. Specifically, this television’s display comes with a high contrast ratio of 6,107:1.

It’s worth noting that the fact that this display is made with a VA panel contributes to its outstanding high contrast ratio. You must be wondering what contrast ratio means, let me briefly explain.

The contrast ratio is the difference between a display’s brightest white and its darkest black. Furthermore, a display’s contrast ratio is the most important factor in determining whether or not the display can produce deep blacks.

Well, with a contrast ratio as high as 6,107:1, the Samsung NU6900 65’s display will be able to produce deep blacks. Therefore, content with lots of dark scenes such as horror movies will be very appealing to watch on the Samsung NU6900 65.

In addition to that, the Samsung NU6900 65 is ideal for dark rooming viewing thanks to its high display contrast ratio.

Sadly, this television’s display doesn’t support local dimming. Local dimming is a technique that enhances the contrast ratio of LED/LCD displays by dimming backlight zones.

Honestly, the Samsung NU6900 65’s display not supporting local dimming shouldn’t be a major issue. This is due to the fact that the display already has an outstanding contrast ratio.

Nevertheless, it would have been nice if the display supports local dimming. To compensate for not supporting local dimming, the Samsung NU6900 65’s display supports various HDR formats.

These formats include HDR10, HDR10+, and HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma). For clarity, the acronym HDR stands for High dynamic range.

Furthermore, HDR is a picture technique that enhances the range of colors, highlights, and brightness of a display while viewing HDR-supported content. In other words, when viewing HDR-supported content on the Samsung NU6900 65, the display’s picture quality will be more realistic and lifelike.

For context, HDR-supported content is often found on streaming services such as Netflix, HULU, and Amazon Prime Video. Disappointingly, regardless of the numerous HDR formats that the Samsung NU6900 65’s display supports, it isn’t bright enough.

To be more specific, this television’s display offers an average peak brightness of 270 nits. Therefore, with such peak display brightness, the Samsung NU6900 65 isn’t suitable for use in a well-lit or bright room.

However, in a dark or moderately-lit room, the display’s peak brightness is adequate enough to enjoy watching movies.

As stated earlier, the Samsung NU6900 65’s display is made with a VA panel. The major disadvantage of VA panel displays is that they offer poor viewing angles and this TV’s display isn’t an exception.

Thus, picture quality and color accuracy will gradually reduce when viewing the Samsung NU6900 65 from sides or off-center. Hence, I recommend viewing the television directly from the center to get the best picture quality that its display has to offer.

On the bright side, the Samsung NU6900 65’s display is capable of handling reflection effectively. This is thanks to the semi-gloss coating on the surface of the display that retracts reflection and reduces sun glares.

That said, the Samsung NU6900 65’s display offers an input lag of 22.8 milliseconds. Moreover, input lag is a major factor in determining a television’s gaming capabilities.

This is because input lag is the time that it takes a display to register signal input from external sources like a wireless gamepad. Therefore, the lower the input lag of the display, the better the gaming experience.

Sadly, the Samsung NU6900 65’s display’s input lag of 22.8 milliseconds isn’t “low” enough for competitive gaming. However, for casual gaming, the display’s input lag is adequate enough.

Thus, the Samsung NU6900 65 isn’t ideal for competitive gaming but suitable for casual gaming.

Moving on, the Samsung NU6900 65’s display has a decent response time of 16.2 milliseconds. Therefore, the television is adequate for watching fast-paced content like racing sports or action movies.

In case you are curious, response time refers to the time it would take a display to transition from one color to another.

In summary, the Samsung NU6900 65 offers above-average display performance. However, the television’s display lacks local dimming and has bad viewing angles.

Thus, I will rate the Samsung NU6900 65 an eight out of ten in this display review section.

Samsung NU6900 65: Sound Features

For the sound department, the Samsung NU6900 65 comes with a pair of 20-watt speakers. These speakers offer great sound quality but they aren’t loud enough to fill a large room with sound.

Sadly, the Samsung NU6900 65 failed to feature a subwoofer. Thus, this television will not be able to produce the right amount of bass needed to enjoy the rumbling and thumping sounds in movies.

Also, due to the absence of a subwoofer, the television isn’t ideal for watching bass-heavy movies. However, if you are someone who loves bass-heavy movies, you can purchase a soundbar to support the television.

On a positive note, to make up for the lack of a subwoofer, the Samsung NU6900 65 features a sound technology called Dolby Digital Plus. This sound technology enhances the surround sound of the television’s speakers.

Thereby, allowing them to deliver a cinema-style sound quality.

That said, the Samsung NU6900 65 offers an average distortion performance. This isn’t just a claim though, it was actually proven by the television’s Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) test result.

For clarity, the THD test is an evaluation that measures the amount of distortion that a sound device is capable of producing. Furthermore, on this test, a score of 1% or less indicates that the sound device generates minimal distortion.

On the contrary, if the score is greater than 1%, the sound device is capable of producing significant distortion. Unfortunately, the Samsung NU6900 65 delivered a score of 1.1% on the THD test.

Therefore, at the maximum volume level, the distortion that this television will produce will be high and really noticeable. However, at a moderate volume level, the distortion may reduce and not everyone will be able to notice it.

Just to be clear, distortion in this context is the deformation of sound frequencies, resulting in the production of less-appealing sound.

On a positive note, the Samsung NU6900 65’s speakers produce crisp and clear dialogue sound. In this context, dialogue sound is the sound generated when two or more characters are having a discussion in a movie or TV show.

To conclude this sound review section, I will be rating the Samsung NU6900 65 a seven out of ten for its average sound performance.

Samsung NU6900 65: Ports and Connectivity Features

The Samsung NU6900 65 really disappoints when it comes to the ports selection. To be more specific, this television offers a minimal number of ports.

To make things even worse, all the ports are directly on the back of the television. Therefore, even the minimal ports that the television offers, users will not be able to access them easily whenever the TV is wall-mounted.

That said, the Samsung NU6900 65 features two HDMI ports including one that supports ARC (Audio Return Channel). Therefore, using the HDMI port that supports ARC, you will be able to connect a soundbar to the television.

Apart from the HDMI ports, the Samsung NU6900 65 also offers a single USB port, an RF connector, an Ethernet port, and optical analog audio out. That’s all you get concerning the ports on this Samsung television.

Disappointing, right? What’s more disappointing is the fact that this television lacks Bluetooth for wireless connectivity.

However, the TV comes with a built-in 802.11 Wi-Fi.

Enough with the frustration about the Samsung NU6900 65’s poor port selection, let us now discuss its remote control. This television comes with a basic TM1240A Samsung remote control.

This remote is quite long, made of plastic, and features a matte-black finish. Moreover, due to the longness of this remote, it has enough space to accommodate a full number pad.

Also, the remote has a plus-shaped navigation button very close to the bottom. At the top of this navigation button, there are volume and channel rockers.

However, despite its numerous buttons, this television’s remote doesn’t feature dedicated buttons for quick access to streaming apps. Also, the remote lacks a built-in microphone for voice input.

Nevertheless, like other Samsung remotes, the Samsung NU6900 65’s remote has a “SAMSUNG” logo at the bottom for brand recognition.

In summary, the Samsung NU6900 65 offers a poor number of ports that are not easy to access if it is wall-mounted. Therefore, the Samsung NU6900 65 deserves nothing more than a seven out of ten rating in this port and connectivity review section.

Samsung NU6900 65: Smart Features

Like most Samsung TVs, the Samsung NU6900 65 is equipped with the Tizen operating system. This operating system offers a smooth, user-friendly interface as well as lots of pre-loaded streaming apps.

A few of these streaming apps include YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Spotify, HBO, and Disney+. Impressively, in case you aren’t satisfied with these streaming apps, you can simply download more from the Samsung Store.

Aside from that, you can also stream content from your smart devices to the Samsung NU6900 65 via the SmartThings app. Besides, you can also use this application to control the television just in case you misplace the remote control.

To make things even better, the SmartThing app is available and free for download on the Google Play Store and App Store.

That said, the Samsung NU6900 65 supports Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant for voice input. However, to make use of the voice input feature, you have to purchase a Google Nest speaker or an Amazon Echo.

This is due to the fact that neither the television nor its remote control features a built-in microphone.

To conclude this smart features review section, I will be rating the Samsung NU6900 65 a nine out of ten.

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Conclusion

The Samsung NU6900 65 is an average 4K television that offers the right features for casual viewing. To give more details, the display of this television offers a decent picture quality and a good contrast ratio.

Furthermore, the television features a sleek design that is pleasing to the eye. Also, the TV comes with the Tizen OS that offers major streaming services including Netflix.

However, the Samsung NU6900 65 features some questionable flaws such as its poor viewing angles. Also, the television has an average sound performance and a mediocre port selection.

Nevertheless, if you need a large-screen television and can overlook these flaws, the Samsung NU6900 65 is worth considering.

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