Best 2026 Samsung TVs for blooming control

#1

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

#2

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

#3

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

#4

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

#5

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

#6

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

#7

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

#8

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.

#9

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

#10

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

#11

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

#12

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

#13

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