Samsung Q70A vs Q60A Comparison (2024)

If we talk about 4K UHD TV in 2021, we can find Samsung Q70A and Q60A as two options offered by Samsung as part of their 2021 TV lineup. They are both introduced as part of Samsung’s 2021 QLED TV lineup. Samsung Q70A is the series that positioned higher than Samsung Q60A. Samsung Q70A only comes with 4 screen size options : 85-Inch (QN85Q70AAFXZA), 75-Inch (QN75Q70AAFXZA), 65-Inch (QN65Q70AAFXZA) and 55-Inch (QN55Q70AAFXZA), while Samsung Q60A comes with 8 screen size options : 85-Inch (QN85Q60AAFXZA), 75-Inch (QN75Q60AAFXZA), 70-Inch (QN70Q60AAFXZA), 65-Inch (QN65Q60AAFXZA), 60-Inch (QN60Q60AAFXZA), 55-Inch (QN55Q60AAFXZA), 50-Inch (QN50Q60AAFXZA) and 43-Inch (QN43Q60AAFXZA). What is the reason to choose Samsung Q70A that positioned higher? Before we can find out the reason to choose Samsung Q70A that positioned higher, let’s talk about comparison between Samsung Q70A and Q60A in this article.

Samsung Q70A Review

Samsung Q70A comes as QLED TV series that positioned between the higher Samsung Q80A and the lower Q60A. It comes with 4K UHD Resolution that completed with AI Upscale to delivers excellent picture clarity from both of original 4K contents and non 4K contents that upscaled into near 4K picture quality with AI technology. Samsung Q70A also comes with Wide Viewing Angle that allows us to enjoy excellent viewing angle when we watch this TV from any side viewing angle. As part of Samsung’s 2021 QLED, Samsung Q70A comes with Quantum Dot Color. It allows us to enjoy rich and accurate color details with its ability to bring 100% color volume. The backlight technology of Samsung Q70A is Dual LED that completed with Supreme UHD Dimming. While Dual LED provides more natural contrast vibrancy, Supreme UHD Dimming brings better contrast vibrancy across the bright and dark part of its screen. Adaptive Picture is already integrated with Samsung Q70A. It can optimizes the screen brightness according to what’s viewed by the TV screen and the lighting condition. Samsung Q70A is powered by Quantum Processor 4K that can optimizes the color, clarity and contrast of the picture delivered on the screen of this TV. It supports HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG through its Quantum HDR technology so that we can enjoy enhanced details and expanded contrast from wide range of HDR content sources. The Motion technology of Samsung Q70A is Motion Xcelerator Turbo+ that based on 120Hz native refresh rate. It can delivers fluid motion images for our favorite action movies and sports while also brings minimum input lag when we use this TV as our gaming monitor. We can also find that Samsung Q70A already supports FreeSync Premium Pro and ALLM to brings more immersive gaming experience. We can enjoy wide range of premium entertainment with TIZEN OS installed on Samsung Q70A. It also allows us to run wide collection of TIZEN smart apps on the screen of this TV. 802.11ac (Wifi5) is already attached to Samsung Q70A to provides fast and stable internet connection to our favorite content providers. The remote control that included with Samsung Q70A is TM2180E (SolarCell Remote). We can also use Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and Bixby to control this TV since they are already supported. The speaker system that integrated with Samsung Q70A is 2Ch 20W speaker system. 2Ch 20W speaker system of this TV is still able to delivers good sound quality although it’s quite basic speaker system. The sound quality is also enhanced by Object Tracking Sound Lite (OTS Lite) that can tracks motion in every scenes for more realistic sound. We can also setup more advanced AV system to enjoy higher quality audio formats as Samsung Q70A already supports eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel).

Samsung Q60A Review

Samsung Q60A is the basic series from Samsung’s 2021 QLED TV lineup. As the basic QLED TV, Samsung Q60A already comes with Quantum Dot Color that allows us to enjoy rich and accurate color details with its Quantum Dot Color. 4K UHD resolution of Samsung Q60A is completed with UHD Upscaling technology to brings excellent picture clarity not only from original 4K content sources but also from non 4K contents that upscaled into near 4K picture quality. Dual LED is already integrated as the dimming technology of Samsung Q60A. It’s also completed with Supreme UHD Dimming as its dimming technology. Dual LED provides more natural contrast across the LED screen of Samsung Q60A while Supreme UHD Dimming brings better contrast vibrancy. Samsung Q60A comes with Quantum HDR that supports HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG so that we can enjoy enhanced details and expanded contrast from wide range of HDR content sources. The motion technology of Samsung Q60A is Motion Xcelerator that based on 60Hz native refresh rate. Although it’s indeed quite basic motion technology for Samsung 4K LED TV, It’s still able to deliver fluid motion images for our favorite action movies and sports. Samsung Q60A also supports ALLM to brings better gaming experience on its screen. With TIZEN OS and attached 802.11ac wireless, we can enjoy wide range of premium entertainment from our favorite content providers. TIZEN OS also allows us to run wide collection of TIZEN smart apps on the screen of this TV. Samsung Q60A can be controlled by its included TM2180E SolarCell Remote as well as Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and Bixby. Object Tracking Sound Lite (OTS Lite) is integrated with quite basic 2Ch 20W speaker system of Samsung Q60A to bring more realistic sound by tracking motion in every scenes. With eARC Support, we can enjoy higher quality audio from more advanced audio formats in Samsung Q60A.

Table of Specs & Features

We need to look at the specs and features of Samsung Q70A and Q60A before we can talk more about their comparison. We can find the key specs and features of those two TVs in the table of specs and features below.

Samsung Q70A and Q60A Comparison

Based on their specs and features that we can find in the table above, we can talk more about the comparison between Samsung Q70A and Q60A.

Picture Technology

Both of Samsung Q70A and Q60A come with QLED display so that we can enjoy rich and accurate color details with their ability to bring 100% color volume using Quantum Dot Color. While both of Samsung Q70A and Q60A come with 4K UHD resolution that completed with Upscaling technology, we can find that their upscaling technology are slightly different. Samsung Q70A comes with AI Upscale while Samsung Q60A comes with standard UHD Upscaling. AI Upscale is able to delivers better upscaling result on the screen of Samsung Q70A with its AI technology. We can also find that Samsung Q70A already come with Wide Viewing Angle while Samsung Q60A doesn’t come with Wide Viewing Angle. Wide Viewing Angle allows us to enjoy more accurate details on the screen of Samsung Q70A when we are watching the TV from any side viewing angle.

The backlight technology of Samsung Q70A and Q60A are similar. They both come with Dual LED that completed with Supreme UHD Dimming as their dimming technology, Dual LED is able to delivers more natural contrast while Supreme UHD Dimming brings better contrast vibrancy and uniformity across the LED screen of those two TVs. We can also find that both of Samsung Q70A and Q60A already support HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG with their Quantum HDR so that we can enjoy enhanced details and expanded contrast from wide range of HDR content sources. The picture processor that integrated with Samsung Q70A and Q60A are indeed different. Samsung Q70A comes with Quantum Processor 4K while Samsung Q60A is powered by Quantum Processor 4K Lite. Quantum Processor 4K is able to delivers better optimization for the color, clarity and contrast of the picture delivered on the screen of Samsung Q70A than Quantum Processor 4K Lite of Samsung Q60A.

Motion and Gaming Technology

We can find that the motion technology integrated with Samsung Q70A and Q60A are different. Samsung Q70A comes with Motion Xcelerator Turbo+ that based on 120Hz native refresh rate while Samsung Q60A comes with Motion Xcelerator that based on 60Hz native. Motion Xcelerator Turbo+ is more advanced motion technology than Motion Xcelerator that can delivers better input lag when we use Samsung Q70A as our gaming monitor. ALLM are already supported by both Samsung Q70A and Q60A, but we can find that only Samsung Q70A supports FreeSync Premium Pro. With FreeSync Premium Pro on top of its Motion Xcelerator Turbo+, Samsung Q70A is able to delivers better gaming experience than Samsung Q60A.

Smart TV Platform & Remote Control

TIZEN is integrated with Samsung Q70A and Q60A. It allows us to enjoy wide range of premium entertainment on the screen of those two TVs while we can also run wide collection of TIZEN Smart Apps. 802.11ac (WiFi5) are already attached to both Samsung Q70A and Q60A to provides fast internet connection for those two TVs. We can also find that the remote control included with Samsung Q70A and Q60A are similar. They both come with TM2180E (SolarCell Remote). We can also use Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and Bixby to control those two TVs with our voice since they are already supported.

Speaker System

The speaker system that integrated with Samsung Q70A and Q60A are similar. They both come with 2Ch 20W speaker system that completed with OTS Lite. Although 2Ch 20W speaker system is quite basic speaker system, we can find that the speaker system of Samsung Q70A and Q60A are still able to deliver good sound quality. Additionally OTS Lite is also able to bring more realistic sound experience as It tracks motion in every scene. But if you have higher audio expectation, I’m sure that you need to attach additional soundbar to those two TVs. You can also setup more advanced AV system to enjoy higher quality audio as both of Samsung Q70A and Q60A already support eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel).

Price

In the price side, Samsung Q70A is usually offered at the higher price than Samsung Q60A for similar screen size options. It’s important for us to check the price of Samsung Q70A and Q60A before we can find their latest price difference since TV prices often change from time to time.

What is the Reason to Choose Samsung Q70A?

Samsung Q70A comes as the model that positioned higher than Samsung Q60A. What is the reason to choose Samsung Q70A? From our discussion about their comparison, we can find that Samsung Q70A comes with Wide Viewing Angle, better upscaling technology, more powerful picture processor and more advanced motion technology with FreeSync Premium Pro support. So if you have more budget and interested in wide viewing angle, better upscaling result, better picture optimization and better gaming experience with FreeSync Premium Pro support, then you have the reason to choose Samsung Q70A.

Samsung Q60A is the basic QLED TV series from Samsung’s 2021 TV lineup. It’s the model that you should choose if you are looking for affordable Samsung 4K LED TV with 100% Color Volume using Quantum Dot Technology but you have more limited budget. Samsung Q60Q indeed comes without Wide Viewing Angle, less advanced upscaling technology, less powerful picture processor and less basic motion technology without FreeSync Premium Pro support but basically we can still enjoy good picture quality on its screen with quantum dot color that support HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG powered by Quantum Processor 4K Lite.