BERLIN -- At its IFA 2016 press conference,Sexual Wishlist (2014) Watch online Samsung unveiled the 88-inch KS9800, the world's largest quantum-dot TV on the market.

"The origin of the next TV begins with an amazing particle -- just a few atoms wide -- the quantum-dot," said Michael Zoeller, vice president and head of visual display at Samsung Europe. "Quantum-dot is the new kid on the block."

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First there was LCD, then OLED and now there's quantum-dot, Zoeller proclaimed.


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Samsung's new quantum-dot SUHD TVs will launch in 19 models with display sizes ranging from 43- to 88-inches.

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As we've seen from other TV makers like LG, quantum-dot TVs have the benefits of displaying more colors (over 1 billion), increased brightness, greater power efficiency and decreased burn-in.

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In fact, Samsung's so confident its quantum-dot TVs won't have burn-in, it's introducing a new 10-year warranty just for it.

Samsung's quantum-dot TVs also support High Dynamic Range (HDR). New partnerships with Netflix will see more 4K HDR content (i.e. Marco Polo, Chef's Table, Jessica Jones, Stranger Things) become available.

"Quantum-dot TVs means longer lifespan that are more reliable," said Zoelle.

The new TVs also come with a revamped Samsung Smart TV user interface with useful features like auto-detection for connecting and setting up game consoles, A/V equipment and media-streaming boxes.

Another cool new feature is built-in Steam Link support for streaming PC games directly to the big screen.

In Europe, Samsung is launching TV Plus for, a premium video-on-demand streaming service, which is already available in Asia.

LG may have beat Samsung to launching quantum-dot TVs, but Samsung's now catching up and going for the kill with its huge 88-incher. You can bet your pony, it'll be expensive, too.

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