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hi everybody these are samsung's cue LED TVs its flagship televisions for 2017 the Q stands for quantum dot which has been improved from previous years according to Samsung the new quantum displays are brighter they have 1500 mm niche which is extremely bright they also have improved color reproduction so all told Samsung says these are the best picture quality TVs they've ever produced unlike last year the flagship Q 9 series is flat and not curved of course on the flip side it doesn't have the full array local dimming that we've liked on previous models instead it's an edge local dimming design we'll wait to see how that affects picture quality there's also a curve series shown here it's the q8 this is a 78 inch size that set is again edgelet local dimming but instead of the flat screen it's curved like a lot of Samsung TVs in the past beyond the picture quality sets have a few new features one is a larger one connect box it's an external box into which you connect all your HDMI devices new for this year that box has an IR blaster so it can control your cable box so you can close up the cabinet so everything can be operated without line-of-sight from the remote that's pretty cool another feature is the umbilical between the one connect box the TV itself it's made of fiber optics extremely thin designed to kind of hide out on the wall without having to go through the wall itself the TV comes with a five meter cable length and you can also get a 15 meter one as an option Samsung is also in a couple new things with installation it's compatible with a new very flush wall mount bracket that clings to the wall a lot more closely than previous models you can also buy some new stands with this TV to add to the aesthetics of the model one of those stands as an easel design and another is a squat little base that could rotate very nicely all told the samsung q LED tvs focus on picture quality and will being among the more expensive LED tvs on the market compete directly against LG's OLED z' we'll see how they do in that competition 2017 I'm David Kazmaier for CNET