TVs and monitors · Samsung
Owners keep the S90C for a bright, vivid picture whose colors stand out, especially in games, and those who have had it for years mostly report it running without problems.
Picture quality is clear praise: owners describe a very bright image with more vivid color than the sets they came from, and one who tried several Mini LED models kept going back to OLED.
Burn-in is the worry on the other side. A few owners are careful with static images, such as leaving a music app on screen, but too few accounts raised it to judge, and one of them thinks OLED lasts well unless the same static content runs for hundreds of hours.
The Samsung S90C is a 4K OLED smart TV from Samsung's 2023 lineup. It is for people who want deep blacks and strong contrast for movies, sports and gaming. It is a mid-priced option compared with Samsung's top OLED models.
| Screen sizes | 55, 65 and 77 inches; 83 inches also sold in the US |
|---|---|
| Panel type | OLED (Quantum HDR OLED) |
| Resolution | 3,840 x 2,160 (4K) |
| Refresh rate | 120Hz (up to 144Hz) |
| HDR | HDR10+, HLG |
| Inputs | 4 HDMI (4K 144Hz on all, eARC), 2 USB |
| Smart platform | Tizen |
| Warranty |
From the maker's spec page, checked October 8, 2026. A blank row means the maker does not state it.
4K means the picture is sharp even when you sit close to a big screen. With an OLED panel each pixel makes its own light, so dark scenes look truly black. The 144Hz top rate and four HDMI ports with 4K 144Hz mean a PC or game console can run smoothly on any port. eARC lets you send high-quality sound to a soundbar with one cable.
Newer model
S90H replaces this one. The S90H is Samsung's 2026 version of this TV. It comes in more sizes, from 42 to 83 inches, and its gaming refresh rate goes up to 165Hz instead of 144Hz. It also has a screen that cuts glare and a newer processor (NQ4 AI Gen3), so it is easier to watch in a bright room.
Pick up to three. You get a page with just those, side by side, on the subjects owners raised.
What keeps people happy is the color and brightness. Owners who game on it like how strongly colors pop compared with WOLED sets, and the 144Hz refresh gets a mention. One owner runs a gaming PC beside it as a console-style setup. An owner with both panel types says the QD-OLED in the S90C looks punchier while WOLED looks more like a reference display, and says they have never seen a purple tint on the S90C. One owner calls their 77 inch S90C the best TV they have owned.
The adjustments are mostly about software and habits. An owner of the near-identical S89C finds the operating system buggy and slow next to an LG C1, and says the small remote registers presses by accident. Some owners change how they use the set to protect against burn-in, while one has modded theirs for maximum brightness and does not worry about it. Picture preference can also shift: one owner who moved to a Sony in a dark room expected to miss the S90C's vibrancy and ended up preferring the Sony.
The accounts that do cover longer use are positive. One owner reports three years with no issues, another has run it with HDR on for two to three years without trouble, and another says it never developed the raised blacks their Sony A80J did. None of the supplied comments reports burn-in actually showing up on an S90C. The concern is about care and caution, not damage someone has already seen.
The long-term record is thin. Only a handful of owners describe more than a couple of years of use, and the longest account is about three years, so there is not yet enough here to say how the panel holds up over the longer life of a TV.
From 8 owner accounts that said how long they have had it. Own one? Add how long yours has lasted.
Nothing has a clear majority against it yet. Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.
22 more subjects came up from fewer than 4 owners each, which is not enough for a fair reading. To see how it stacks up, compare it with another machine.
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Among the 8 owner accounts here that gave a duration, 0 described a failure.
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