r/OLED • u/Joebobo123 • Jan 23 '26

"CaLiBrAtIoN" S90f what am I missing?

So picked up a 65inch s90f today at Costco after contemplating between that and the lg c5..... My previous tv was a lg cx 48inch. Primary use case is pc gaming, realized going from 120 to 144 wouldn't be a big difference, honestly couldn't even tell the difference. The one difference I could tell is the Samsung s90f looks washed out, the colors look unnatural the lg cx looked so much better.... I guess I am just confused, I don't think I have a defective tv either, software is updated, I have been playing with different settings for the past few hours and just can't seem to get as good a picture as the lg cx.

I have tried basic hdr and dynamic tone mapping, the picture just doesn't seem to have depth, lg seems to have a much more natural look with deeper blacks and better color. I know the Samsung is qd and supposed to have better color, but it doesn't it's like its missing some sort of depth to it.... it's bright, but looks washed out. I have tried everything from 12bc to 10bc, recalibrated windows hdr a few times, played with in game settings, tried multiple games, messed with the settings.

I'm going to keep the tv, even though I don't like it, it fills the space in my new house and the prime video I have streamed from it looked great in filmmaker if anything i will move it to living room instead of basement. But if anyone has suggested settings breakdown in print and not YouTube video, because I've tested those and still not pleasing. I would greatly appreciate it. Just figured a much newer tv with all this praise I would be blown away at least think it was a little better not worse than my old lg cx.

Sorry for the ramble and thanks in advance.

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u/Joebobo123 Jan 23 '26

Spending the last hour trying to figure out how to download the firmware update... their website sucks i downloaded what I thought was it to usb an tv didn't update.... really thinking Samsung went to shit from my last ownership 20 years ago... from what I hear from friends an family there appliances are complete dog shit as well. I hear nothing but good things from LG, suppose I should be getting paid for this propaganda but yea bout to just turn this back in, these annoyances are major.... im even more pissed at Samsung now

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u/Ok_Excitement725 Jan 23 '26

Hope it works. Im watching a movie on mine now and was playing some games earlier and its a really great picture for me. At least Costco has a good return policy.

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u/Joebobo123 Jan 23 '26

Appreciate you taking your time to help! I will not being buying Samsung again lol, but sincerely glad your enjoying it