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The next chapter of television technology is upon us. Samsung has started taking pre-orders for the 85-inch Q900 8K QLED TV it unveiled at the recent IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin and showcased at last month’s CEDIA Expo in San Diego.

The $15,000 TV, which displays four times more pixels than a current generation 4K/Ultra HDTV, is slated to ship Sunday, October 28.

The Q900FN, which S&V’s Tom Norton said “looked stunning” in CEDIA demos, features an enhanced version of Samsung’s LCD-based QLED technology. The Q in QLED stands for quantum dot, a backlight technology that uses a more precise method to generate the red, green, and blue light that makes up a video image than the process typically used in standard LCD displays.

The set has a rated peak brightness of 4,000 nits, supports the new HDR10+ high-dynamic range (HDR) format, and uses proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) processing for upscaling lower resolution images to 8K, regardless of the source.

For more information, visit Samsung.com.

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