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# Motion Rate 240 for ultra-smooth action Dynamic Ultra Slim Array HDR contrast 55-inch immersive curved display Samsung Curved 55" 4K UHD 8 Series Smart LED TV (2018) - UN55NU8500FXZA

**Brand:** samsung
**Price:** € 443.11
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## Summary

> 📺 Elevate your viewing game — because average screens are so last season.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Samsung Curved 55" 4K UHD 8 Series Smart LED TV (2018) - UN55NU8500FXZA by samsung
- **How much does it cost?** € 443.11 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- samsung enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted samsung brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Smart Connectivity:** Bluetooth-enabled for effortless pairing with your favorite devices, enhancing your entertainment ecosystem.
- • **Vivid HDR Brilliance:** Ultra Slim Array technology delivers deep blacks and dazzling whites, revealing millions of colors beyond standard HDTVs.
- • **Seamless Motion Clarity:** Motion Rate 240 ensures fast-paced sports and action movies stay crisp and blur-free, so you never miss a moment.
- • **Cinematic Curved Immersion:** 55" curved screen pulls you into every scene with a sleek, modern silhouette that commands attention in any room.
- • **Sleek & Space-Savvy Design:** Slim profile and minimalist silver finish blend style with function, perfect for the contemporary professional’s living space.

## Overview

The Samsung UN55NU8500FXZA is a 2018 55-inch curved 4K UHD Smart LED TV featuring Ultra Slim Array HDR for superior contrast, Motion Rate 240 for smooth action, and Bluetooth connectivity. Its sleek silver design and advanced picture technology make it a standout centerpiece for any modern home or office.

## Description

The feature-rich Nu8500 is equipped like its Nu8000 flat sibling, but curved for immersive viewing. Our highest Motion rate and low-lag game Mode means this TV plays as smooth as it looks.

Review: The Ultimate Gaming TV (Almost) - I was originally going to wait until I've owned the TV for a few months before writing this, but given that nobody else has written an in-depth review on it for desertcart yet, I figure it couldn't hurt to do one after only a couple of weeks, especially given that I already know my way around the TV quite well (and can always edit this review later). Now keep in mind that I bought this TV to be solely used as a monitor for PC games, so not everything I'll be covering here may apply to you. With that out of the way, let's talk about the one thing most people care about: Picture quality. Contrast is great for a non-OLED TV; it's not anything mind-blowing, but if you're upgrading from an older TV or monitor, the blacks will blow you away. This TV also has fairly accurate colors right out of the box, which is good, since it disables most of the picture settings when it's running in PC mode (like 20 Point White Balance, which for some stupid reason cannot be adjusted when the TV detects a PC). I'll post the settings you need to change at the end of the review. Next I'd like to talk about the reason why I chose this TV over the competition: Input Lag. If you don't know what that is, I'll explain it simply: every TV and monitor introduces a small delay because of the time it takes to receive the signal, process it, and then display it for your eyes to feast on. This small delay means that what you're seeing in a game actually arrives at your eyes slightly later than when it actually occurred in-game, making it harder to react if input lag is high. Every TV/monitor has input lag, and the more processing it has to do (and the slower it does it), the higher input lag it'll have. Thankfully this TV has the lowest overall input lag of any TV in existence at the moment, thanks to the fast quad-core processor that powers everything it does. Depending on your settings, it can go as low as 9.3ms (which is roughly the same amount of time it takes for a CRT monitor to draw an image, which if you didn't already know, is RIDICULOUSLY fast), or as high as 27ms with Game Motion Plus turned on (which you won't even notice unless you game competitively; more on that later). Now because the TV is has native 120Hz panel, that means that you can run games at a silky-smooth 120FPS (if your PC can handle it), which if you haven't seen in person before, makes 60 FPS look like 30 FPS. If you play a lot of shooters or any game that requires fast reflexes, you will fall in love with this TV. Unfortunately there's a catch: 120Hz can only work @ 1440p or 1080p. You are limited to 60Hz @ 4K. This is not because of any fault of the TV itself, but rather a limitation of the HDMI 2.0 standard. No TV can accept a 4K120 signal at the moment, not at least until TVs complying with the new HDMI 2.1 standard start popping up within a year or two. It doesn't really matter anyway since there isn't a single PC or console in existence that can handle 4K120 gaming yet, plus there's a workaround to get a 120Hz-like image @ 4K which I'll touch upon next. Not to mention that this TV does an absolute stellar job at upscaling; so much so that you can run games @ 1440p all day and won't even notice that your TV isn't running at its native 4K resolution unless you're sitting two feet away from the screen. So speaking of which, the next thing I want to touch upon is called Game Motion Plus, which is this magical little feature that converts games to 120Hz while introducing such little input lag, that only the most competitive gamers will notice it (27ms as I mentioned earlier). You may already know this as the "Soap Opera Effect", and while most people would probably agree that it makes TV shows and movies look worse, it's an absolute godsend for gaming. I'll tell you why: through some sophisticated processing magic, this TV is able to analyze the image on the screen, and insert its own frames in between whatever your PC/console is able to render, making the game appear to be running at a higher FPS than it actually is. This means that your 30 FPS games will look like they're running at 60, and your 60 FPS games will look like they're running at 120. Most TVs nowadays can do this, but this particular SAMSUNG is the ONLY TV in existence right now that can do so while still keeping input lag low. This also means that 4K games will run @ 120Hz when playing in 4K, even though you can't actually send a 120Hz signal @ 4K through an HDMI cable just yet. For single player games and multiplayer titles that don't require fast reflexes, you'll want to have this feature turned ON. [That's it for now, I will update this review later to touch upon the cons of this TV, as well as discuss things like HDR, the smart features, menu navigation, and the remote.] And as promised, my recommended settings for PC gaming use (any settings I don't mention here, you can safely assume that they can be left on default): DEVICE TYPE: PC PICTURE MODE: Standard or Game (or Movie if your TV isn't hooked up to a PC) BACKLIGHT: your personal preference BRIGHTNESS: 0 CONTRAST: 50 SHARPNESS: 10 (which means no added sharpness nor blurriness to a PC signal) LOCAL DIMMING: High COLOR TONE: Warm2 GAMMA: 0 HDMI UHD COLOR: Enabled for all inputs HDMI BLACK LEVEL: Auto GAME MODE: On FREESYNC: Ultimate (if you have a compatible AMD graphics card or console, otherwise Off) GAME MOTION PLUS: On for Games (except competitive twitch shooters), On for movies/videos/TV (unless you hate the soap opera effect), off when viewing the desktop (unless you want the soap opera effect for streaming sites like YouTube) BLUR REDUCTION: 10 (only applies when Game Motion Plus is On) JUDDER REDUCTION: 10 (ditto) AMBIENT LIGHT DETECTION: Personal preference. Adjusts the backlight depending on how bright your room is. This setting also dims the backlight when dark scenes are being shown on the TV. Some people may like this, others might be irritated by it.
Review: Good for 4K HDR Gaming - Great value at Black Friday pricing. Attached to PS4 Pro. No issues setting to 4K HDR. I set Game Mode to ON. Bright enough for dark games if they let you adjust the Gamma (e.g., Skyrim, Metro Exodus). Dramatic improvement of visual depth and detail over 1080P for games that take advantage of the PS4 Pro model. For backlighting, the MediaLight 6500K Bias Lighting System from desertcart optimizes the contrast and depth perception. A lot of light comes through the window shade to the right of the screen, so I crank up the bias lighting during the day and don't notice it. The curved screen makes it easer to see what's going on at the edges, and completely eliminates glare. This is a Premium UHD TV that is great value for gaming. It is not QLED; that costs much much more. My wife's 3-year old LG OLED C6 has a picture that is always perfect, but costs much more. This TV does not have perfectly black blacks, yellow and red can bloom, and the image can blur slightly occasionally (as the HDR catches up?) but I have no trouble ignoring these minor issues. Once I learnt all the buttons (about 12) on the Smart remote I had no trouble with it. The TV defaults to incredibly cheesy Internet TV (which iirc is actually called Cheese TV). It is incredibly annoying to buy a Premium TV and have this cheap rubbish come on whenever you turn it on. My attempts to suppress it via the remote have all failed, so now I turn on the PS4 from the controller which turns on the TV, and when I'm done I mute the sound while turning off the PS4 and then as it shuts down I use the Smart remove to turn off the TV.

## Features

- Your purchase includes: One Samsung UN55NU8500FXZA Curved TV - 2018 model. One remote control with batteries, power cable and user manual.
- TV dimensions without stand: 48.2" W x 28" H x 3.7" D. TV dimensions with stand: 48.2" W x 31" H x 13.3" D. TV weight: 38.4 lbs
- Power required: Power Supply (V) AC110-120V 50/60Hz/. Typical Power Consumption 65/. Maximum Power Consumption 145/ Standby Power Consumption 0.3
- TV is Bluetooth capable, and does not include One Connect.
- See movies and shows just as the director intended in stunning high dynamic range. The Ultra Slim Array dynamically fine tunes the deepness of the blacks, to the brightness of the whites, for a picture with sensational contrast.
- Discover an expanded world of colors where millions of shades HDTVs can’t replicate, with also the Motion Rate 240 which allows you to enjoy smooth, crisp action even in the fastest scenes.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B079NH4SWN |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 |
| Batteries | 2 AAA batteries required. |
| Brand Name | Samsung |
| Color Name | Silver |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (414) |
| Date First Available | February 26, 2018 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 43 Pounds |
| Item model number | UN55NU8500FXZA |
| Product Dimensions | 48.2 x 13.3 x 31.1 inches |
| Speaker Type | 2.1CH |
| Special Features | Flat |
| Standing screen display size | 54.6 Inches |
| Wattage | 65 watts |

## Product Details

- **Aspect Ratio:** 16:9
- **Brand:** Samsung
- **Connectivity Technology:** HDMI, Wi-Fi
- **Display Technology:** LED
- **Included Components:** Batteries, Remote Control, TV, User Manual
- **Product Dimensions:** 13.3"D x 48.2"W x 31"H
- **Refresh Rate:** 240 Hz
- **Resolution:** 4K
- **Screen Size:** 54.6 Inches
- **Special Feature:** Flat

## Images

![Samsung Curved 55" 4K UHD 8 Series Smart LED TV (2018) - UN55NU8500FXZA - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81AfBI59vdL.jpg)
![Samsung Curved 55" 4K UHD 8 Series Smart LED TV (2018) - UN55NU8500FXZA - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71onWezQWCL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: What is the difference between this tv and the samsung electronics un65mu8500 curved 65-inch 4k ultra hd smart led tv (2017 model)? besides model year**
A: Much of the improvements made only matter if you're a gamer. This TV supports Variable Refresh Rate/FreeSync, and has much lower input lag than last year's model, even with Game Motion Plus turned on. So basically you get a smooth 120 FPS in every game -- even if your PC or game console isn't actually capable of rendering such high framerates -- without any noticeable increase in input lag. If none of these things are important to you, then you might as well save some money and get last year's model.

**Q: is this mountable?**
A: Yes. You can use the Mounting Dream MD2296 TV Wall Mount Bracket for most 42-70 Inch LED. I used it with the 65" version of this and it holds up well.

**Q: Do you recommend buying the wall mount with this TV?**
A: I would do it. Vesa is 400 x400mm. We have ours wall mounted, with this tv wall mount > http://bestfullmotiontvwallmount.com/mounting-dream-full-motion-mount/ < I'm very happy with it.

**Q: Does this t.v have a built in antenna? If so watts the range? Thank you!!**
A: Yes it does. Don't know the range

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Ultimate Gaming TV (Almost)
*by P***K on September 25, 2018*

I was originally going to wait until I've owned the TV for a few months before writing this, but given that nobody else has written an in-depth review on it for Amazon yet, I figure it couldn't hurt to do one after only a couple of weeks, especially given that I already know my way around the TV quite well (and can always edit this review later). Now keep in mind that I bought this TV to be solely used as a monitor for PC games, so not everything I'll be covering here may apply to you. With that out of the way, let's talk about the one thing most people care about: Picture quality. Contrast is great for a non-OLED TV; it's not anything mind-blowing, but if you're upgrading from an older TV or monitor, the blacks will blow you away. This TV also has fairly accurate colors right out of the box, which is good, since it disables most of the picture settings when it's running in PC mode (like 20 Point White Balance, which for some stupid reason cannot be adjusted when the TV detects a PC). I'll post the settings you need to change at the end of the review. Next I'd like to talk about the reason why I chose this TV over the competition: Input Lag. If you don't know what that is, I'll explain it simply: every TV and monitor introduces a small delay because of the time it takes to receive the signal, process it, and then display it for your eyes to feast on. This small delay means that what you're seeing in a game actually arrives at your eyes slightly later than when it actually occurred in-game, making it harder to react if input lag is high. Every TV/monitor has input lag, and the more processing it has to do (and the slower it does it), the higher input lag it'll have. Thankfully this TV has the lowest overall input lag of any TV in existence at the moment, thanks to the fast quad-core processor that powers everything it does. Depending on your settings, it can go as low as 9.3ms (which is roughly the same amount of time it takes for a CRT monitor to draw an image, which if you didn't already know, is RIDICULOUSLY fast), or as high as 27ms with Game Motion Plus turned on (which you won't even notice unless you game competitively; more on that later). Now because the TV is has native 120Hz panel, that means that you can run games at a silky-smooth 120FPS (if your PC can handle it), which if you haven't seen in person before, makes 60 FPS look like 30 FPS. If you play a lot of shooters or any game that requires fast reflexes, you will fall in love with this TV. Unfortunately there's a catch: 120Hz can only work @ 1440p or 1080p. You are limited to 60Hz @ 4K. This is not because of any fault of the TV itself, but rather a limitation of the HDMI 2.0 standard. No TV can accept a 4K120 signal at the moment, not at least until TVs complying with the new HDMI 2.1 standard start popping up within a year or two. It doesn't really matter anyway since there isn't a single PC or console in existence that can handle 4K120 gaming yet, plus there's a workaround to get a 120Hz-like image @ 4K which I'll touch upon next. Not to mention that this TV does an absolute stellar job at upscaling; so much so that you can run games @ 1440p all day and won't even notice that your TV isn't running at its native 4K resolution unless you're sitting two feet away from the screen. So speaking of which, the next thing I want to touch upon is called Game Motion Plus, which is this magical little feature that converts games to 120Hz while introducing such little input lag, that only the most competitive gamers will notice it (27ms as I mentioned earlier). You may already know this as the "Soap Opera Effect", and while most people would probably agree that it makes TV shows and movies look worse, it's an absolute godsend for gaming. I'll tell you why: through some sophisticated processing magic, this TV is able to analyze the image on the screen, and insert its own frames in between whatever your PC/console is able to render, making the game appear to be running at a higher FPS than it actually is. This means that your 30 FPS games will look like they're running at 60, and your 60 FPS games will look like they're running at 120. Most TVs nowadays can do this, but this particular SAMSUNG is the ONLY TV in existence right now that can do so while still keeping input lag low. This also means that 4K games will run @ 120Hz when playing in 4K, even though you can't actually send a 120Hz signal @ 4K through an HDMI cable just yet. For single player games and multiplayer titles that don't require fast reflexes, you'll want to have this feature turned ON. [That's it for now, I will update this review later to touch upon the cons of this TV, as well as discuss things like HDR, the smart features, menu navigation, and the remote.] And as promised, my recommended settings for PC gaming use (any settings I don't mention here, you can safely assume that they can be left on default): DEVICE TYPE: PC PICTURE MODE: Standard or Game (or Movie if your TV isn't hooked up to a PC) BACKLIGHT: your personal preference BRIGHTNESS: 0 CONTRAST: 50 SHARPNESS: 10 (which means no added sharpness nor blurriness to a PC signal) LOCAL DIMMING: High COLOR TONE: Warm2 GAMMA: 0 HDMI UHD COLOR: Enabled for all inputs HDMI BLACK LEVEL: Auto GAME MODE: On FREESYNC: Ultimate (if you have a compatible AMD graphics card or console, otherwise Off) GAME MOTION PLUS: On for Games (except competitive twitch shooters), On for movies/videos/TV (unless you hate the soap opera effect), off when viewing the desktop (unless you want the soap opera effect for streaming sites like YouTube) BLUR REDUCTION: 10 (only applies when Game Motion Plus is On) JUDDER REDUCTION: 10 (ditto) AMBIENT LIGHT DETECTION: Personal preference. Adjusts the backlight depending on how bright your room is. This setting also dims the backlight when dark scenes are being shown on the TV. Some people may like this, others might be irritated by it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good for 4K HDR Gaming
*by S***K on March 17, 2019*

Great value at Black Friday pricing. Attached to PS4 Pro. No issues setting to 4K HDR. I set Game Mode to ON. Bright enough for dark games if they let you adjust the Gamma (e.g., Skyrim, Metro Exodus). Dramatic improvement of visual depth and detail over 1080P for games that take advantage of the PS4 Pro model. For backlighting, the MediaLight 6500K Bias Lighting System from Amazon optimizes the contrast and depth perception. A lot of light comes through the window shade to the right of the screen, so I crank up the bias lighting during the day and don't notice it. The curved screen makes it easer to see what's going on at the edges, and completely eliminates glare. This is a Premium UHD TV that is great value for gaming. It is not QLED; that costs much much more. My wife's 3-year old LG OLED C6 has a picture that is always perfect, but costs much more. This TV does not have perfectly black blacks, yellow and red can bloom, and the image can blur slightly occasionally (as the HDR catches up?) but I have no trouble ignoring these minor issues. Once I learnt all the buttons (about 12) on the Smart remote I had no trouble with it. The TV defaults to incredibly cheesy Internet TV (which iirc is actually called Cheese TV). It is incredibly annoying to buy a Premium TV and have this cheap rubbish come on whenever you turn it on. My attempts to suppress it via the remote have all failed, so now I turn on the PS4 from the controller which turns on the TV, and when I'm done I mute the sound while turning off the PS4 and then as it shuts down I use the Smart remove to turn off the TV.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A lovely 65" 4K UHD curved Smart TV with 40-watt sound!
*by S***A on March 23, 2019*

I like Samsung TVs . And I wanted a curved screen. But I also wanted a center stand so that I could put the TV on my existing furniture rather than buy a new base the size of a small boat. Nor did I want to mount it on the wall just yet. I finally settled on the 4K UHD model Nu8500 as the perfect combination of features for me with a reasonable price point. Reading all the reviews of 2018 TVs is confusing because it would seem there is not a single good TV available this year. But the truth is, this model is an excellent 4K UHD Smart TV with bright colors and sharp resolution (including upscaling video to 4K). One rare bonus is the 40 watts of audio power with impressive flat-screen bass response that makes an expensive soundbar a non-essential add-on. I have also always liked the Samsung's unique ability to not only zoom the picture but move that image up, down and side to side as needed, for example to view the top of the frame so as not to cut the tops of people's heads off. It also does have good reflection reduction so that lights in the room do not spoil the picture. In fact I love the curved screen on the 8500 and believe it actually reduces side reflection especially from windows. The TV is capable of deep blacks, bright colors and lots of control in the "expert" settings. The voice remote is also very handy once you get used to it. The smart features include loading of a generous if medium sized number of apps and the TV plus feature is excellent and I believe an abridged Pluto TV menu of news and other channels. Note: Occasionally, a random mix of connected components can confuse the CEC feature of any TV, so if you are having problems with this product turning itself off, before you panic try going into settings and turning off Anynet+(HDMI-CEC). Not all components are compatible and Samsung recommends this action in those cases. The more I watch it, the more I'm delighted with this product and feel I got everything I wanted (except for the old component inputs for my VHS machine, which I can live without). I hope this 4K Samsung Smart NU8500 lasts forever.

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