Best Samsung TVs for blooming control

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Best for blooming control

Samsung S95H OLED

5.0 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

Samsung S85H OLED

5.0 attribute score

Balances the attribute score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

Samsung R95H

14 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

Samsung S90H

4.5 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.

#1 Samsung S95H OLED
5.0

Individually lit pixels prevent halos around subtitles, stars, and other bright shapes against black backgrounds.

Pros: picture quality, overall satisfaction

Cons: design and appearance, Dolby Vision support

#2 Samsung S85H OLED
5.0

Bright subtitles and small highlights sit cleanly against dark backgrounds without the glowing halos that can surround them on many LCD TVs.

Pros: black levels, picture quality

Cons: glare resistance, reflection handling

#3 Samsung 77S90H OLED
5.0

Bright highlights sit against black backgrounds without the halos that can appear on backlit TVs.

Pros: black levels, contrast ratio

Cons: Dolby Vision support, stutter handling

#4 Samsung S90H
5.0

Bright objects stay clean against dark backgrounds, with OLED’s pixel-level control eliminating the blooming seen on many backlit TVs.

Pros: glare resistance, black levels

Cons: Dolby Vision support, color gamut

#5 Samsung U7900F
4.0

Bright objects do not acquire the usual local-dimming halos. The price of that clean boundary is a washed-out black background.

Pros: picture quality, smart TV platform

Cons: value for money, refresh rate

#6 Samsung The Frame 2026
4.0

Bright objects do not have obvious local-dimming halos, but the whole image can look washed out because there is no zone-based dimming.

Pros: art display mode, design and appearance

Cons: overall satisfaction, HDMI port accessibility

#7 Samsung R95H
3.9

Halos around subtitles and lights are often minimal, particularly head-on. A few challenging dark scenes and off-center seats make blooming more visible.

Pros: color volume, overall satisfaction

Cons: value for money, color accuracy

#8 Samsung M80H
3.8

Bright objects show little haloing, helped partly by a globally lit panel that sacrifices black depth rather than controlling independent zones.

Pros: gaming performance, color accuracy

Cons: value for money, overall satisfaction

#9 Samsung QN80H
3.4

The Mini LED backlight often keeps halos discreet, yet bright subtitles and objects can still produce glow, especially in a dark room or off-axis.

Pros: picture quality, contrast ratio

Cons: blooming control, glare resistance

#10 Samsung U8000H
3.2

Its lack of local zones avoids conventional halos, but bright modes can still look washed out or produce visible glow.

Pros: white balance accuracy, design and appearance

Cons: overall satisfaction, value for money

#11 Samsung R85H
3.0

Bright objects and subtitles can produce halos, particularly on dark backgrounds, although some viewers find the effect modest.

Pros: overall satisfaction, color gamut

Cons: value for money, local dimming performance

#12 Samsung QN70F
3.0

Bright objects on dark backgrounds can create broad halos, although a few hands-on demonstrations considered the blooming tolerable.

Pros: picture quality, 4K at 144 Hz support

Cons: sound quality, value for money

#13 Samsung M70H
3.0

Without independent dimming zones, bright objects avoid obvious halos but dark scenes lose overall contrast instead.

Pros: sound quality, picture quality

Cons: value for money, local dimming performance

#14 Samsung U8000F
3.0

Blooming is not a major annoyance on the tested VA model, although that reflects its simple, globally lit design rather than precise local dimming.

Pros: color accuracy, upscaling quality

Cons: picture quality, sound quality

#15 Samsung QN70H
2.5

One assessment reports minimal subtitle halos, but detailed testing finds clearly visible blooming around bright objects and subtitles.

Pros: picture quality, overall satisfaction

Cons: sound quality, black levels

#16 Samsung 100QN80F
1.6

Bright objects against dark backgrounds can develop obvious halos and expose the dimming zones. This especially affects subtitles and dark movie scenes.

Pros: Large-screen immersion, overall satisfaction

Cons: value for money, black levels

#17 Samsung The Frame Pro 2026
1.0

Edge-lit zones create intrusive halos around moving highlights against darker backgrounds.

Pros: cable management, design and appearance

Cons: value for money, Dolby Vision support