Samsung 65″ U8500F Crystal UHD 4K Smart TV [2025]

Feel virtually every shade of colour as intended in powerful 4K
Feel virtually every shade of colour as intended. Powerful 4K upscaling ensures you get up to 4K resolution for the content you love.1

An elegant metal design that upgrades your space
Inspired by aircraft design, the Metal Stream Design features a luxurious metal body. With no additional bezel required, a single sheet of metal is used to create a slim bezel, enabling a truly immersive experience.

Enhanced contrast with rich darkness and brilliant light
High Dynamic Range helps increase the ratio between the lightest and darkest areas on screen. This brings out a wide spectrum of colours and brilliant contrast for all the visual details.

Watch your favourite content in up to 4K
Powerful 4K upscaling ensures you get up to 4K resolution to help it look its best.2

Fine-tuned colours for a vibrant, lifelike picture
Experience rich images that come to life with a huge range of colours. From vivid documentaries to vibrant animated worlds, your viewing experience will be anything but dull.

Easily discover and access your games from one screen
Save time and speed up the game selection process.3 Stream over 100 blockbuster games with Xbox Game Pass or access other cloud gaming services – no downloads and console required.4 Plus, find your console gaming and standalone apps like YouTube, Spotify, Twitch & Discord all in one place.3

Experience picture clarity with smooth motions
Experience clear picture as Motion Xcelerator automatically estimates the motion information between frames and then uses it to predict the subsequent frames in a manner that improves the smoothness of motion.5

Connect and manage your smart home devices, all from your TV
Control your compatible Samsung and third-party devices through your Samsung smart TV. Monitor your electricity usage, control your lighting, be notified when your washing is finished, or view your home cameras from your couch. Designed to make your life easier, more secure, and more connected.6

Virtual sound that tracks the action
Create a surround sound experience with virtual top-channel audio that follows the action so that you can be immersed in the audio.7

Sound that adjusts to your surroundings & content
Adaptive Sound ensures you rarely miss a word by adjusting the volume of dialogue based on real time scene analysis by content type.8

Monitor energy consumption
Easily monitor your power consumption by activating AI Energy Mode. This feature automatically detects and analyses surrounding light levels and usage behaviours to adjust the brightness if required.9

Specifications

• TV Category: LED TVs
• Screen type: LED TVs
• TV series: Samsung LED (2025)
• Samsung TV model: U8500F Crystal LED UHD (2025)
• Screen Resolution: 4K Ultra HD
• Screen Size (Inches): 65
• Resolution (Pixels): 3840 x 2160
• Refresh Rate (Hz): 50
• Motion rate: 100
• Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM): Yes
• Gaming hub/dashboard: Yes
• HDR mode: HDR10+
• Backlighting type: Edge-lit
• 4K Ultra HD disc compatible: Yes
• 4K streaming compatible: Yes
• Upscaling: 4K Ultra HD
• Noise reduction: Yes
• NTSC to PAL conversion: Yes
• Speaker Configuration: 2CH 20W
• TV Tuner(s): HD Tuner
• Analog tuner: Yes
• Digital Tuner(s): DVB-T, DVB-T2, DVB-S
• Teletext: Yes
• Smart TV: Yes
• Smart OS: Tizen
• HbbTV: Freeview
• Web Browser: Yes
• Smart features: Yes
• Voice control: Yes
• Parental controls: Yes
• EPG (program guide): Yes
• e-Manual: Yes
• Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 ac)
• Bluetooth: v5.3
• Screen Sharing: Yes
• Smart home ecosystem: Samsung SmartThings
• Virtual Assistant Built-in: Amazon Alexa
• Apple AirPlay 2: Yes
• HDMI-CEC: Yes
• HDMI ARC: Yes (eARC)
• HDMI inputs: 3
• HDMI 2.1 inputs: 1
• USB Ports: 1
• Ethernet / LAN ports: 1
• RF Input: Yes
• Wall mountable: Yes
• VESA wall mount type: 200mm x 200mm
• Manufacturer’s warranty: 1 Year

1 Viewing experience may vary according to types of content and format. Upscaling may not apply to PC connection and Game Mode.
2 Picture quality of upscaled content will vary depending on the quality and resolution of source content and may not apply to PC connection and Game Mode.
3 A controller may be required depending on the specific game being played on the Gaming Hub. Internet connection, additional gaming service subscriptions and third party apps (depending on game or service) may be required. Content services are subject to change without notice. Requires Samsung Account.
4 Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription and compatible controller required. Fees apply.
5 Compared to Samsung TV without Motion Xcelerator. Requires compatible gaming PC supporting 4K resolution, 50Hz motion rate and Variable Refresh Rate. Picture quality will vary depending on quality and resolution of source content.
6 Requires Samsung Account, internet connection and SmartThings enabled devices. Please visit www.samsung.com/au/apps/smartthings/ for a list of current compatible devices.
7 The quality of sound effects may vary depending on the source content, installation and environmental characteristics.
8 Performance may vary depending on installation environment and surroundings.
9 The SmartThings app is required to utilise AI Energy Mode. Energy saving rate may vary according to regions, models, sizes, viewing conditions or types of content. Products shipped in Eco Mode have some AI Energy Mode functions enabled by default, so energy saving level by turning on AI Energy Mode may appear lower than actual. AI Energy Mode does not support Game Mode, Intelligent Mode, Art Mode, Screen Mirroring, Ambient Mode or Retail Mode. Energy savings are based on internal test results and may vary depending on content being displayed and surrounding brightness levels.