Samsung Electronics has a host of more affordable TVs that are hitting American stores this week, including its lower-end Neo QLED 4K TVs and also some new, low-cost Mini-LED TVs.
If you’re confused, most likely that’s because you’re aware that Samsung brands its Mini-LED TVs as Neo QLED models. You may be wondering why it’s offering Mini-LED models that aren’t marketed as Neo QLED.
The answer is simple – although they are Mini-LED TVs, they don’t have QLED displays.
The Neo QLED TVs in question are the Samsung QN80H and QN70H, while the new non-QLED Mini-LED TVs are the M90H, M80H and M70H TVs. The latter is the most affordable, with prices starting at just $349.99 for the smallest 43-inch model, rising to $1,799.99 for the 85-inch variant.
The QN80H and QN70H Neo QLED TVs are blessed with “Quantum Mini LEDs,” and the former also featuring AI-powered image and sound optimisation technology, HDR upscaling from SDR content, and an AI Customization Mode that automatically adjusts the picture settings based on the content genre.
In addition, the Samsung QN80H comes with Motion Xcelerator 144Hz support, which helps to boost dialogue clarity during scenes where there’s lots of background noise.
As for the M-range Mini-LED TVs, the biggest omission is their lack of quantum dots, so don’t expect the same, vivid colours you get with NeoQLED, though they should still have decent contrast and higher brightness than any standard LCD TV. As with the M80H and M70H, they come with Samsung’s NQ4 AI Gen2 processor and Motion Xcelerator 144Hz, and they boast 120Hz displays that can be cranked up to 240Hz for gaming at half resolution.
Every one of the new TVs comes with Samsung’s Bixby assistant, Visual AI Companion and AI Sound Controller technology, and there’s also an AI Soccer Mode for those who want to watch live football. In addition, there’s a Live Translate feature that will automatically translate foreign-language content into one of 12 supported languages. The AI smarts continue with the Generative Wallpaper feature found on last year’s Samsung TVs, and this now supports voice prompts, so you no longer need to type your descriptions when creating wallpaper art.
Samsung hasn’t said, but the M90H, M80H and M70H TVs probably use some kind of edge-lit Mini-LED panel, similar to the one found in last year’s QN70F Neo QLED TV and The Frame Pro. To be honest, it’s certainly a stretch to call this technology Mini-LED, because edge-lit TVs aren’t capable of providing many local dimming zones – which is a key aspect of Mini-LED technology.
Nonetheless, Samsung says the Mini-LED TVs are powered by its Pure Spectrum Colour technology and can reproduce over a billion colours, so they’ll probably perform a bit better than bog-standard LCD TVs, though they’re unlikely to match the Neo QLED models.
The QN80H is available in sizes ranging from 55-inches to 100-inches, while the QN70H goes down to 43-inches and maxes out at 85-inches. Moving on, the M90H is available in 100-inches only, and it’s the only model that’s not currently available to buy – coming soon, Samsung promised. The M80H comes in 55-inch to 85-inch sizes, and the M70H starts at 43-inches, with 85-inches being the maximum size.
There's no word on when Samsung will launch its 2026 models in the U.K., but if they're now available in the U.S., that's a sure sign that Brits don't have long to wait.
