Samsung Terrace QN75LST7DAFXZA 75 Inch The Neo 75" 2024 Review

A luxury outdoor TV with great gaming specs and a sky-high price. It's best-in-class for covered patios, but its value is terrible for anyone else. Only buy if you need a premium, weather-resistant screen and have deep pockets.

The Samsung Terrace is a weird, expensive, and very specific TV. It's a 75-inch Neo QLED designed to live outside under a covered patio, which is a niche most people don't even know exists. It has the guts of a high-end indoor TV—Mini-LED backlighting, 120Hz gaming, and Tizen smart features—but wrapped in a weather-resistant shell that's supposed to handle the elements.

For an outdoor TV, the performance is strong. The Mini-LED backlight helps it punch through ambient light, landing its display quality in the top 20% of TVs we track. Gaming is a standout, hitting the 89th percentile with 120Hz and Auto Low Latency Mode. The picture quality score is more average, and the audio is just okay, but that's par for the course with outdoor sets. Just know, its 'outdoor' rating is still in the bottom half of all products, meaning it's built for shade, not direct sun.

At nearly $7,000, the value proposition is tough. You're paying a massive premium for the outdoor durability. For the same money, you could get a stunning 85-inch Sony BRAVIA 5 or a Samsung 8K QLED for your living room and have cash left over. This only makes financial sense if you absolutely must have a premium TV experience on your covered patio and money is no object.

Compared to other outdoor TVs, the Terrace's specs are top-tier. Against indoor flagships, it's a different story. The Sony BRAVIA 5 will destroy it in pure picture quality and HDR. The Samsung QN800D offers 8K resolution for similar cash. Even the more affordable Hisense U6 Mini-LED provides a shockingly good picture for a fraction of the price. The Terrace's only real competition is other luxury outdoor sets, and on that narrow field, its gaming chops and Mini-LED screen give it an edge.

Skip this if your TV is going indoors. You'll get a vastly better picture for far less money. Also skip it if your outdoor area isn't fully covered. This isn't a beach-day TV; it's a 'fancy patio with a ceiling' TV.

Buy this only if you're building a high-end outdoor entertainment space with a roof. It's for the person with a killer patio setup who refuses to compromise on gaming smoothness or daytime brightness. For everyone else—especially anyone thinking of putting it in a sunny spot or in their living room—it's a hard pass.