Samsung’s newest OLED lastly solves my HDMI frustrations

CES 2026 introduced a flood of latest TV bulletins, with main manufacturers like Samsung, LG, Amazon, Hisense, and TCL all unveiling brand-new fashions set to launch later this 12 months. A couple of clear themes emerged from the present, together with the continued rise of art TVs — due to new choices from Amazon and LG — alongside Micro-RGB TVs and, in fact, OLED fashions.

On the OLED entrance, LG launched its new C6 and higher-end G6 fashions, whereas Samsung revealed the S90H, S95H, and S99H collection, the successors to arguably a few of final 12 months’s greatest OLED TVs. Of the bunch, the S95H is the one that basically caught my consideration.

There are fairly just a few modifications the S95H has this 12 months, with two of the largest being its brightness and its new body. Samsung says the S95H is as much as 30 % brighter than final 12 months’s S95F, and it additionally will get a brand new steel body that works with the corporate’s Zero Hole Wall Mount, letting you mount the TV flush in opposition to your wall, much like Samsung’s The Body TVs.

However the third change, and the one that basically caught my eye, is that the S95H is ditching the One Join field that got here with the S95F. That slim field housed the TV’s HDMI ports, however with the S95H, Samsung goes again to a extra conventional setup, inserting the ports instantly on the again of the TV once more. Out of the field, the S95H comes geared up with 4 HDMI 2.1 ports.

That mentioned, Samsung is not fully abandoning the concept of maintaining HDMI ports away from the TV. The corporate has confirmed that the S95H will assist its new Wi-fi Join Field, which provides 4 extra HDMI 2.1 ports that connect with the TV wirelessly, bringing the full HDMI port depend to eight. The Wi-fi Join Field will probably be offered individually, so it will not add to the TV’s base worth, and it is being positioned as an non-compulsory accent for many who want it.

It is not an ideal answer, but it surely works

Wi-fi HDMI ports have elevated latency

Certainly one of my largest struggles with TVs has at all times been by no means having sufficient HDMI ports, so the truth that the S95H helps as much as eight HDMI 2.1 ports is a game-changer — and it is an non-compulsory characteristic I want extra TVs supplied. Eight HDMI ports may appear overkill, however with a number of gaming consoles, streaming units, and sound gear attached, it is simple to fill all of them.

However there’s a trade-off: the 4 additional HDMI 2.1 ports supplied by the Wi-fi Join Field for the S95H do include a catch: they’re wi-fi in spite of everything, which implies they’ve greater latency than the 4 ports constructed instantly into the TV.

For some folks, that may not matter. However for players — particularly in multiplayer situations — these additional milliseconds might be extraordinarily noticeable. If I have been utilizing an S95H, I might preserve all my consoles, like my Swap 2 and PS5, and my gaming PC plugged into the TV’s built-in ports. Streaming units, like a Fireplace TV Stick or Roku, might connect with the Wi-fi Join Field, the place that small latency would not be a difficulty.

As for pricing, Samsung hasn’t introduced how a lot the non-compulsory Wi-fi Join Field for the S95H will price — or the S95H collection itself, for that matter. The corporate normally launches its new OLED TVs within the spring, so we’ll have to attend till then for concrete particulars.

We do know the sizes the S95H will are available, with 48, 55, 65, 77, and 83-inch sizes confirmed to be coming. The 55, 65, and 77-inch fashions will characteristic QD-OLED panels, whereas the 83-inch mannequin will use a WOLED panel. It is unclear at the moment whether or not the 48-inch S95H could have a WOLED or QD-OLED panel.

Total, for anybody like me who’s continually swapping units out and in of their TV’s HDMI ports, the S95H’s assist for as much as eight HDMI 2.1 ports, due to the Wi-fi Join Field, is a big benefit. I hope extra TV manufacturers begin providing wi-fi HDMI options like this sooner or later — whereas nonetheless maintaining loads of built-in ports on the TV itself.