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Samsung 65-Inch Class The Terrace Full Sun Outdoor QLED TV Review

The brightest outdoor TV we've tested

The Samsung The Terrace is a great QLED TV designed for outdoor use. It gets exceptionally bright, providing good visibility in broad daylight, and its high contrast ratio allows it to produce deep blacks when viewing at night. It has a fast response time and a Black Frame Insertion feature to further improve motion clarity, making it great for watching sports or for gaming. It also has low input lag and a 120Hz refresh rate, but there's no variable refresh rate support to minimize screen tearing when gaming. Its wide color gamut, high peak brightness, and full-array local dimming help to deliver an incredible HDR experience, with vibrant colors and highlights that pop. Unfortunately, its VA panel has sub-par viewing angles, which isn't ideal for big parties or wide seating arrangements. Also, it's designed to be wall-mounted but doesn't include a wall-mount or a stand.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Samsung's The Terrace costs more than many competing models, but it offers the best picture quality of any outdoor TV we've tested.

Outdoor TVs tend to cost a lot more than their indoor counterparts because it’s expensive to weatherproof such large devices. The ones designed to work under direct sunlight, like Samsung’s The Terrace ($9,999.99 for the 65-inch full-sun model we tested), are even pricier because they also need to produce very high levels of light. Despite its premium price, Samsung’s all-season TV mostly impresses with class-leading picture quality, superb brightness levels, and very low latency. But The Terrace still catches glare occasionally and would benefit from a few more gaming features. If you can find a partially shady spot for your TV, the SunBriteTV Veranda Series 3 ($3,648.95 for the 65-inch version) is far more affordable and works quite well in areas that get some sunlight despite its full-shade branding. But if you want the ultimate full-sun TV experience, Samsung's The Terrace is worth the high price.

Samsung is known for providing TVs of all sizes and shapes, and the latest addition to the collection is an outdoor TV: The Terrace is simply made to be used on the terrace.

Outdoor TV is not something new, but they are usually associated with outdoor events, advertising and public information. Outdoor TV for private use is something quite unusual!

Samsung probably envisions that The Terrace will be the perfect upgrade to the outdoor area, in addition to the fancy gas grill and the expensive Jacuzzi.

The screen is available in both 55 “, 65” and 75 “, so here it is possible to go all the way from outdoor TV to outdoor cinema if you want. In this test, we have taken a closer look at the smallest 55” version.

Early Verdict

Samsung The Terrace is clearly one of the highest-specified outdoor TVs out there, and with Samsung’s smart TV platform and connectivity behind it, it could be a smart buy for those after a good garden or balcony screen.

Samsung The Terrace is the first outdoor TV to come from the world’s biggest TV maker, and it’s pretty notable for that reason. This isn’t just a tick-box weatherproof screen that won’t get wrecked if you’re watching football in the rain; it’s also an acknowledgement from Samsung that people like to use their devices outside of traditional living room arrangements – as with the best outdoor projectors too.

We’ve seen Samsung make headway in the situational flexibility of its screens, with lifestyle televisions such as The Frame and Samsung Serif, but making sure a QLED screen is up to the task of braving the elements is something else altogether, and it comes with its own host of problems.

With The Terrace, though, it looks like these problems are relatively well addressed.

Hey, everybody, it's Adam with World Wide Stereo here on location with the first outdoor TV made by arguably one of the best TV manufacturers on the planet. This is the Samsung Terrace.