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Samsung S85H OLED: prices, fit, and what the testing says
Samsung's cheapest OLED, and the most efficient ENERGY STAR TV we cover. RTINGS rates the LG B6 a little better.
Our take
The short version
The S85H is a way into OLED blacks without paying for Samsung's matte coating. It's a WOLED in every size, using the same OLED SE panel type as Sony's Bravia 6 and LG's B6E, per RTINGS. It has Samsung's Tizen platform with free Samsung TV Plus channels, and no Dolby Vision.
It got cheaper while we watched. Amazon had the 65-inch at $1,297.99 on October 7, 12, and 14, then $1,197.99 on October 19, which made it the cheapest LG or Samsung OLED at that size. The 48-inch, a bedroom and desk size, was $797.99 at Amazon on October 7 and 12.
Put it in a dim room. RTINGS calls its reflection handling limited, and it's dimmer than the S90H, so it shares the B6's weakness in daylight.
Our price checks
Price history
The 65-inch fell $100 on October 19 after a week at $1,297.99. Amazon listed it at $1,597.99 that day; Samsung's launch price was $1,999. The 48-inch sat at $797.99 on both checks, with Samsung.com $2 higher on October 7 and Amazon showing only five left on October 12.
- $1,197.99
- Amazon.com, Oct 19
- $1,297.99
- Amazon (seller not recorded), Oct 7
- $1,197.99
- Amazon.com, Oct 19
| Size | Store | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65" | Amazon | $1,297.99* | $1,297.99 | $1,297.99 | $1,197.99 |
| 48" | Amazon | $797.99 | $797.99 | – | – |
| 48" | Samsung.com | $799.99 | – | – | – |
New-condition prices; Amazon ones sold by Amazon.com unless marked. * Seller not recorded.
- Oct 7, 48" at Amazon: Amazon list price $1,097.99.
- Oct 7, 48" at Samsung.com: Launch price $1,199.99.
- Oct 12, 48" at Amazon: Only 5 left.
- Oct 19, 65" at Amazon: List $1,597.99.
The scores, explained
Fit by room and use
By room
- Bright room3/5
- Dimmer than the S90H, without its full anti-glare upgrade, and RTINGS calls its reflection handling limited. Daylight is a struggle.
- Mixed light4/5
- Workable with lamps, weak with sun on the screen. The dark-room score carries this blend.
- Dark room5/5
- Per-pixel blacks, so it matches every other OLED here with the lights off.
By use
- Movies & TV4/5
- Good contrast, but RTINGS rates the B6 more accurate in HDR, and there's no Dolby Vision. That puts it a step below the LG OLEDs for films.
- Sports3/5
- OLED motion is clean, but the dim, reflective screen hurts day games, and RTINGS finds the B6 cleans up low-quality streams better.
- Gaming4/5
- A solid console feature set, per the specs we track. We haven't logged an outlet's gaming test for it, so it sits a step below the S90H and C6, whose 165Hz support is confirmed.
- A bit of everything3.67/5
- A dark-room specialist with no standout use. It earns its place on price.
Find my TV
What Find my TV picks it for
Of the helper's 144 possible answers, the Samsung S85H OLED makes the shortlist in 9, never in first place. The helper puts the S85H second for dark-room movies under $1,200, and third for dark-room movies and gaming under $1,800. Under $1,800 it ties the Roku Pro Series exactly for dark-room movies and sports, and the Roku's lower estimate wins the tiebreak. At about $1,200 it's the only LG or Samsung OLED that fits the $1,200 answer.
Under $1,000
Over budget at ~$1,200.
Under $1,200
Dark room: movies #2
Under $1,800
Dark room: movies #3, gaming #3
No limit
Fits, never picked. Best showing: 5th for dark room and movies, 5% short of the last pick's score.
#1 is the top pick. Seat distance changes only the size it suggests here: Cozy 48", Standard 55", Spacious 83".
Sizes
Sizes and panels
48" · 55" · 65" · 77" · 83"
- 48, 55, 65, 77, and 83 inches, all WOLED with the OLED SE panel, per RTINGS. RTINGS tested the 65-inch (QN65S85HAEXZA).
- The 48-inch (QN48S85HAEXZA) has its own desk TV page.
- Warehouse-club versions such as QN65S85HDEXZA are the same TV with an extended warranty, per RTINGS.
At a desk: Samsung S85H 48-inch OLED.
Electricity
Cost to run
- 133 W
- 1.5 W
- 253 kWh
- $46/yr
253 kWh a year comes to about $46 at 18.31¢, from $32 in Louisiana to $121 in Hawaii. Rank: 3rd of 12. ENERGY STAR certified; its own test measured 118.91 W and 213 kWh. It's the lowest-energy ENERGY STAR TV we cover, and Samsung's spec sheet gives 300 watts maximum, half the S95H's.
65-inch QN65S85HAE, DOE filing, 5 hours on a day. Rate: EIA's July 2026 U.S. residential average.
Cross-shop
Who should skip it
You'd pay $102 for a better entry OLED
Instead: LG B6 OLED. That was the gap at 65 inches on October 19. RTINGS rates the B6 slightly better, and it adds Dolby Vision.
There's daylight on the screen
Instead: Samsung S90H OLED. Samsung's matte Glare Free OLED was $200 more at 65 inches on October 19.
You'd rather spend under $1,000
Instead: Roku Pro Series OLED. OLED at 65 inches for $999.99 on October 19, with Dolby Vision and four HDMI 2.1 ports. It's dim, so keep it in the dark too.
Sound
Soundbars that pair with it
At 65 inches, the size our prices use, the picture is 56.7 inches wide, so every soundbar we cover fits underneath. At 48 inches, the smallest Samsung S85H OLED size, 7 of them do. Samsung names sync features for Samsung TVs on the HW-Q990H, the highest-ranked bar that has them.
- Samsung HW-Q990H
11.1.4-channel, bar, sub, and rears, 48.5 in wide (fits 65-inch screens and up). Q-Symphony, Wireless Dolby Atmos, SpaceFit Sound Pro with Samsung TVs (2022 or later), per Samsung.
$1,497.99
- Samsung HW-B750F
5.1-channel, bar and sub, 40.6 in wide (fits 48-inch screens and up). Samsung lists Q-Symphony for 2020–2025 Samsung TVs, not 2026 sets; it connects over HDMI ARC.
$297.99
From the soundbar finder at 65 inches with all-round use; Amazon prices seen October 26, 2026. Sync features are what each soundbar maker states for this brand and model year. Every TV brand and size · How to connect one
Supporting evidence
What the testing says
- RTINGS: Says it's a WOLED in every size, with the same OLED SE panel type as the Sony Bravia 6 and LG B6E.
- RTINGS: Rates the LG B6 slightly better, with more accurate HDR and better cleanup of low-quality streams.
- RTINGS: Calls its reflection handling limited.
- RTINGS: Rates it above the Sony Bravia 6: it gets brighter and removes judder from 60p sources like a cable box, which the Bravia 6 can't.
Sources
- RTINGS Samsung S85H review (opens in a new tab) · 65-inch tested; published October 7, 2026
- RTINGS Sony Bravia 6 review (opens in a new tab) · published October 13, 2026
- Samsung US newsroom, 2026 OLED TVs (opens in a new tab) · launch prices
Where we pick or compare it
Disclosure: We haven't tested this TV. Prices are dated, not live. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.