Samsung’s newest OLED lastly solves my HDMI frustrations

CES 2026 introduced a flood of recent TV bulletins, with main manufacturers like Samsung, LG, Amazon, Hisense, and TCL all unveiling brand-new fashions set to launch later this yr. 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 yr’s finest OLED TVs. Of the bunch, the S95H is the one that actually caught my consideration.

There are fairly a number of adjustments the S95H has this yr, with two of the most important being its brightness and its new body. Samsung says the S95H is as much as 30 p.c brighter than final yr’s S95F, and it additionally will get a brand new metallic body that works with the corporate’s Zero Hole Wall Mount, letting you mount the TV flush towards your wall, much like Samsung’s The Body TVs.

However the third change, and the one that actually 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 straight on the again of the TV once more. Out of the field, the S95H comes geared up with 4 HDMI 2.1 ports.

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

It isn’t an ideal answer, nevertheless it works

Wi-fi HDMI ports have elevated latency

Certainly one of my greatest 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 optionally available function I want extra TVs supplied. Eight HDMI ports might sound overkill, however with a number of gaming consoles, streaming gadgets, and sound gear connected, it is easy 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 any case, which suggests they’ve greater latency than the 4 ports constructed straight into the TV.

For some folks, that may not matter. However for avid gamers — particularly in multiplayer eventualities — these additional milliseconds might be extraordinarily noticeable. If I have been utilizing an S95H, I would maintain all my consoles, like my Swap 2 and PS5, and my gaming PC plugged into the TV’s built-in ports. Streaming gadgets, 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 optionally available 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 in, with 48, 55, 65, 77, and 83-inch sizes confirmed to be coming. The 55, 65, and 77-inch fashions will function 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 may have a WOLED or QD-OLED panel.

Total, for anybody like me who’s always swapping gadgets 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 retaining loads of built-in ports on the TV itself.