SAMSUNG 65-inch Class Crystal UHD TU-8000 Series – 4K UHD HDR Smart TV with Alexa Built-in (UN65TU8000FXZA, 2020 Model)

Beware of specs on this page.
The specs on this are confusing because this Amazon page does not correspond to the specs on other websites. For instance it says 60 fps here but 120 fps elsewhere. After research the 55″ and larger are 120 fps, the smaller are 60 fps. Also it notes 2 HDMI here and 3 elsewhere. I believe this is also to do with the size of the television you bought but not sure. Even when viewing a 55″ or larger tv the compare feature here is still showing for their smaller versions.This has lead to a lot of “I didn’t know this was 60 fps when I bought it but I can’t tell” because it is actually 120 if 55″ or larger.Hope this helps, look up the stats elsewhere.Besides this the tv is great, the colors are amazing compared to a normal tv but the RU8000 has a deeper color palette. Basically this is the economy version of the RU8000 but performs very well. It does very well, maybe even the best in it’s class for 4k. The input lag is very low so this could be used for gaming very easily. The gaming mode actually scores better than the movie picture mode in most reviews. The initial settings will need to be tweaked to run this at it’s full potential. Just look up online the best setting than your good to go. After being optimized this tv scored a 9.0 for 4k TV’s, pre-optimized settings it scored a 7.9

Save your money (Update) 09/23/2022
UPDATE: 23 SEP 2022. We bought this TV back in April of 2022. This TV started acting up the past week. We figured it might be our crappy AT&T home wireless internet. (Which is about all we can get here and yes, it sucks.) Nope! The TV started shutting off by itself. Then it started cycling on and off. When it would stay on there was a slightly tilted black rectangle that covered all but a tiny sliver on the sides of the screen even though you could hear the program. Then it decided to just go into a constant on/off cycle. That’s a shame since I am using a Samsung 32″ curved monitor on my computer as I type this that is still going strong after 6 or 7 years. My old Dynex 32″ TV from Best Buy lasted years and was still working when I bought this disappointing Samsung TV.For us dropping dollars for something like a TV in the $500 range isn’t something we do lightly or can afford to do easily. We were still using an older 32 inch Dynex 720DP TV as our primary, living room TV with an older ROKU on it. We were excited to get a larger, 4K machine with smart features and only have to keep up with one controller instead of two. For our one stoplight town there is no cable or cable based internet. Everyone uses a wireless hotspot for internet/entertainment streaming. It usually works pretty good with a blip here and there occasionally.This Samsung got to be unwatchable because be it Direct NOW, Hulu, or pretty much any streaming service it would hang up frequently. We spent as much time watching a spinning symbol or get “oops” messages as we did actually seeing programs. I can’t blame our internet speeds or the router much because my mother had no issues at the same time getting her programs on her little 19″ Insignia hooked to another ROKU. We can run a couple of computer/iPads streaming video and her TV at the same time. Even with everything off the Samsung struggles. Out of frustration I pulled out the old 1080 DP max ROKU we used on the old TV and connected it to the Samsung. Runs great. Just at 1080 and we’re back to two controllers. So we have this 4K Samsung 50″ Smart TV that we can only get continuous streaming on if we have it hooked to another streaming device and are stuck at 1080 resolution. I could have gotten a basic TV for hundreds less at Walmart and just hooked the ROKU to it.The TV is annoying because when you turn it off the next time you turn it on it’s dumps you into whatever is on Samsung’s streaming app instead of the last app/service you were using. There is little on the Samsung service we want to watch. We already have our preferences thank you. We also had some issues with the time. We set it properly and sometimes the display will be 12 hours off. Turn off the TV and back on and it will (mostly) be correct then.Maybe it’s the Tizen OS, but I’m not really impressed with the performance of the OS or the TV overall. The image is great. The user experience sucks, and not in a good way. There isn’t a good tactile feel for the control ring or the OK button to make it easily usable without looking. You have to slide your thumb or finger around a good bit to find it when not looking. Also when you are holding the remote with the fatter part in your hand as you normally would the control ring and button do not fall intuitively under your thumb. They are a too far up. The volume and channel buttons are okay. Unless you are doing OATV the channel selection is a pretty much unused feature as all the functions of most streaming services are not using the channel button.I’m a licensed amatuer radio operator, even using computers to program some radios and run another one, I’ve been messing with computers since the mid 80s to include programming in a few languages back in the day, and have several echo dots in use around the house. So I’m not tech impaired. Other than the picture I don’t find a lot to be happy about with this Samsung TV. The OS is not quite ready for primetime and the TV is more hindrance and frustration than it is helpful and a smooth your way smart device.Sad because I’ve been a Samsung phone guy since before there were smartphones and have a nice upper end point and shoot class camera I’ve been pleased with. This TV. Not worth the money.