Samsung S90D Series OLED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV (2024)

The five days of useless Samsung text support finally told me to fix the problem, , , It is a Mainer glitch on the TV, due to the glitches the issue occurred. Please perform the below step if get the same issue again.

Over time your TV can run low on memory, or a residual electrical charge can build up in your TV. This can result in some funky glitches like an app that stops responding, the menu not opening, or just taking a long time to turn on.

Discharging or cold booting your TV drains the charge and resets the main board. If something really weird is happening, try this:

With the TV on, press and hold the power button on your Samsung TV remote until the TV turns off and back on. When the TV comes back on, everything should be back to normal.

Is this something humans do all the time to watch their TV’s???

This is a really great unit. It does 4k/144/HDR/VRR/ALLM . Which is what everyone wants really. Its HDMI 2.1. Paired with a good receiver this is probably the best bang for the buck right now if you want an OLED.

Picture quality is amazing. But compared to Samsungs QLED and NEO-QLED you will get very similar results minus details in the shadows. This OLED has far superior detail when in dark scenes. So long as you setup the panel correctly. Default settings will not get the job done.

I compared this unit next to a NEO-QLED that I had setup as well. Both were setup as close as you could get in the settings. This is how I determined the image quality. If you can get a NEO-QLED with HDMI 2.1, you would save about $400 depending on which one you purchased. And you would still be happy with that purchase.

I will say that the S90D has a much better Game Mode than I was expecting. It has tons of options for HDR and Black Levels. You’ll be surprised for sure.

This TV provides a great picture with pretty good sound even without a sound bar. It is easy to set up and use. (The only glitch was that Samsung’s website was down on the day we set up so we could not use its app to operate the TV for a day. Our Amazon Firestick, however, integrated immediately. We also could integrate our existing (and somewhat old) sound bar with the TV without issue. We were able to mount the TV on our existing wall mount without outside help as well. The upgrade in picture quality from our 10 year old plasma screen is to large too be measurable. Great for watching the Olympics, other sports and movies.

I also have to give kudos to our vendor via Amazon, The Big Screen Store. First, they offered us a price below the price of all the big box stores. Second, a human being contacted us in less than 24 hours to arrange delivery. Third the delivery team was on the phone with us at start of the next morning to arrange delivery and the team arrived at the start of their three hour delivery window. Fourth, the team brought in the TV, took it upstairs to the room where it would be set up and tested it (all at no charge). They offered to take away the packing and were done in a few minutes. The store offered relevant extra equipment and services but did not press us when we said we did not need them. Given some of the nightmare experiences I have had with deliveries from some other major retailers, this was an easy and pleasurable transaction.

2024-07-28
Received replacement TV and it has been a couple of days with no problems. Picture quality is good, audio is as good as a a tv can get (Not great but good enough). OS is a bit hard to use but it’s ok to me since I have an Apple TV.
Returning the broken TV has been a headache. With no original package Amazon drivers don’t want to take it back, even though the return it says that the original package is not required.
Word of advice, keep the packaging even if you get the installation service, the only time I didn’t want to keep the packaging and now I regret it.

2024-07-19
Today in the morning, my new 77″ TV was delivered and installed by Amazon Professionals. This morning everything looked good, at lunch time everything looked great, at dinner time the TV started to show a pink vertical line on the screen. I was very disappointed since I was not expecting Samsung to have this design or quality control issues.
A replacement is on its way here so I hope is not a bad batch of TVs because otherwise I will have to go with a more reliable brand like Sony.

I’ll post and update after I get the replacement.

Love the 55 inch Samsung OLED 4K QN55S90D Smart TV. Easy to set up. SOUND, PICTURE QUALITY, AND REFRESH RATE ARE EXCELLENT!!! Price is reasonable through Amazon.

The only negative that I have experienced is the extremely small TV remote. I usually use a larger remote to manipulate stations and sound. I leave the remote that was sent with this TV for changing settings. Once you get into the settings, it is very intuitive. I am 80 yrs old without having difficulty setting specifics of what I like in contrast, color, tone, sound etc.

I would highly recommend this particular style of a Samsung TV. This is the second Samsung that I have owned. The last one lasted 15 years.

Seems to be common problem amongst their TVs. Unfortunately, device would not power on after using for a week. 77” tv mounted. Huge pain to install/uninstall. Proper surge protection was used. Followed recovery directions. No luck. Luckily Amazon is really easy to return stuff. I don’t buy anything other than TVs/Soundbars from Samsung due to boards and chipsets failing. The TVs haven’t let me down in the past. I guess this is the new Samsung. Just garbage across the board. Should have took the low star reviews more seriously.

Btw it’s an awesome TV. Too bad their power board manufacturer eats crayons and drinks lead paint.

For this review, I made sure to test out this product for at least two weeks to really see how well this works. I’ll start with the positives and say that this TV is CRISP. I’ve never bought a TV that is as thin as this one on the sides. If you were to just hold the top of the screen, you would realize that it is thinner than a pen or a pencil. On top of that, Samsung’s OLED is definitely top of the line in terms of picture quality. You could run content in full 2160p which is true 4K. It states that there’s some sorts of 3D processing with what you see and I think that is somewhat true. Watching a show or video that has content moving towards you does very slightly look like it pops out of the TV. It won’t be as apparent as watching something with true 3D glasses, but it’s just enough to notice it. Samsung’s UI on this TV is also pretty intuitive and it can connect to a bunch of different apps or even your own devices. I connect my Xbox to the TV and without doing anything else, the TV can turn on my Xbox as I switch to that input. Overall, extremely high quality TV for the price.
The only reason this TV gets a four-star rating instead of a five star rating would be the performance of the TV itself. Samsung notes about the internal processor on this TV and how it should be fairly quick. From the day I set up the TV to today, I think this TV could be quicker considering the price point. Opening an app on my console or even my other TV tends to be much quicker than opening an app on this TV’s native UI. You will see a loading logo pop up and a small status bar that shows you when the app is loaded. I’m not saying that this TV is slow or laggy, but what I’m saying is it also isn’t the quickest TV in terms of processing. For me, it works a lot better to use my console to open apps and play it in high quality since they open much quicker on there. Even with that said, I still do use the apps on Samsung’s UI and find they will still get the job done. The other downside would be just the overall layout of the UI and trying to find something specifically. Some things aren’t directly laid out such as the inputs, so it may take a little bit of clicking just to get the proper action that you intended. Once you get a hang of the TV, you start to realize where everything is and it becomes a lot less noticeable. For one of the latest TVs on the market that’s OLED and 4K, I think this is a pretty good product. The quality alone and how thin it is sells me on this TV. The only downside I would say is don’t expect lightning fast performance out of the chipset on the TV, but it still will be an incredible TV and has a lot to deliver.

I am not a techie. I am just an average guy who appreciates a great TV, and I really appreciate an easy setup process.

Unpacking this beautiful TV is easy, but I recommend 2 people to get it out and setup. As soon as you receive your TV, check the box and make sure it wasn’t dropped. Our first TV we ordered had been dropped and literally did not work.

The TV is THIN, like as THIN as a smart phone. Be extra diligent while handling the TV as it would be easy to damage.

The initial setup was easy. I did not setup a Samsung account, and I just hooked up to my Roku.

The picture is insanely vivid. Bright, crisp and sharp. It handles all the data effortlessly. The speakers are fantastic. For stock speakers, the sound is really impressive.

The remote is easy to use. But I recommend using your native remote for your streaming device. The translation from Samsung to Roku did not always pan out easily.

Overall, I am stoked on this TV. I highly absolutely recommend it.

This TV is amazing! Our old one was still considered a “Smart TV”, but I can’t believe the difference in quality and features between the two. I initially ordered this for our game room, but, after temporarily setting it up in our bedroom, I’m starting to think it might stay there.
I should note that is the first TV I’ve ever set up on my own. From unboxing it to having it fully set-up (including adding and/or signing into our existing apps, hooking up Alexa, etc.), it took just under an hour. My husband is the one who typically sets everything up. He claimed he could’ve done it in a quarter of the time, and he’s probably right, but I still didn’t think it was bad for a novice installer who actually reads the manuals.
There were a handful of instruction guides, but the Unpacking and Installation sheet was helpful for the initial setup. Since this was supposed to be a temporarily location, I decided to use the included stand (vs mounting it to the wall). I inserted the legs into the stand, then attached them to the back of the TV. I peeled off the protective film from the screen – which was weirdly satisfying – and plugged in the power cord. I took a deep breath as I turned it on, then watched in awe as the most brilliant colors filled the screen. I took several pictures from start to finish, but they definitely didn’t do this any justice.
Perhaps I’m behind the times, but I could write an entire review on the remote alone. For starters, you charge it with a USB-C cord, so no changing batteries. I’m sure it came with a slight charge already, but I plugged it in (note: charging cord not included), and it was fully charged in about 20-25 minutes. You can tell it’s done because the red LED light just below the Mic button turns off. There’s also a little guide specifically for the remote that lists all the buttons and what they do. The coolest feature has to be the solar cell built into the back of the remote. I’ve never seen this before. We have a lot of windows in our bedroom, so I’ve been leaving it on a windowsill when not in use, and now it stays charged all the time. The accessibility shortcut buttons are also really convenient. I’ve been using the Mic a lot (voice assistance) and it’s game-changing once you get the hang of it.
Back to the setup. There were two options that appeared on the screen: Smartphone, which is quick and easy, or Remote, which is step-by-step. I chose remote, but it still gave you the option to use your phone during most, if not all of the steps. They made it incredibly easy – it walked you though linking Wi-Fi, installing any updates, etc. Then you got to personalize the home screen by signing in or signing up for various apps. This is where your smart phone comes in really handy. You can still sign in with the remote, but there’s also a QR code that makes it super quick and easy. It even automatically enters the code from the screen onto your phone. I decided to delete a few of the preinstalled apps I didn’t need from the home screen, then added others using the search feature. I wouldn’t consider myself technically savvy, and I still found it all very easy.
Saving the best for last: the sound and picture quality. It’s unbelievable. Everything is crystal clear, even without my glasses, and it sounds like there are external speakers hooked up (which there aren’t). I’ve always had good luck with Samsung products, and this certainly didn’t disappoint.

The TV has excellent resolution, responsiveness, color, sound, and additional features. I bought this for my bedroom, however the brightness cannot be turned down to a comfortable level at night. The remote is also terrible. This may sound like an unusual complaint, but it is not unique enough (almost mirrored on both sides of the channel and volume button) where I can pick it up and know exactly which way it is facing unless I look at it. As previously stated, I bought this for my bedroom, and at night I have to be careful otherwise I might accidentally press the button for ‘Netflix’, instead of ‘Back’. Because of these stupid shortcut buttons integrated into the remote, I’ve had to rewatch adds when returning back to my orginal program.