Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought the 82” Q70T 2020 model to replace my defective 82” Q70R 2019 model that Samsung is issuing me a refund for. Never in my life would I have expected that a newer model of a Samsung TV would actually be of worse quality than than its predecessor, but, here we are. It is absolutely absurd that in 2020, a high-end manufacturer would switch from a full-array backlight system (Q70R) to an edge-lit backlight system (Q70T). It is intolerable how bad this looks, even when the room is lit. It occurred to me what happened when I went back and remembered the reason I paid $1,000 more to originally get the 2019 Q70R as opposed to the Q60R. The reason I chose the Q70R to begin with was because the Q70R series was the level at which the QLED sets have a full-array backlight. What Samsung has done with Q70T in 2020 is charge the same price for the Q70T as they did for the Q70R but for less TV, forcing the consumer to spend a A LOT more if they want a full-array backlight by upgrading to the Q80T. That’s shady, greedy and disappointing. The differences between what each TV (the Q70R and the Q70T) are so nominal as to he considered aesthetic. They’re primarily software changes. There is no reason to remove one of the most important features (and most costly features) to keep this identical model at the same price-point as the 2019 model. Other than the fact that you can’t watch it, the TV functions as it should. Unlike other purchasers, I had no software issues. I just scheduled a return for this and do not recommend that anyone purchase it. I have, instead, re-purchased the 2019 Q70R, because despite its defect of developing a black line across the the screen one inch from the top, it was a beautiful set that worked perfectly and had no issues with backlight bleed because of the full-array backlight. If you’re going to spend $2,500 - $3,000 on a TV, it should not look like this.