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Get up to $3,500 off the bestselling The Terrace outdoor TV during the Discover Samsung event
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If you’re a Samsung fan planning outdoor movie nights or football game-watching on your patio this year, consider The Terrace outdoor TV. The bestselling smart TV can be a bit pricey, but right now you can score some major savings on the outdoor model during the Discover Samsung fall sale. You’ll need to act fast, though, as the sale is ending on Sunday.
The 4.7-star-rated TV is a mountable, high-end smart TV with a QLED 4K display and a built-in speaker. Right now you can save up to $3,500 on partial-sun and full-sun models of the customer-loved TV. The must-have outdoor model is marked down, along with a wide range of other popular Samsung OLED and QLED TVs this week during the Discover Samsung sale. Keep reading to learn more about The Terrace TV and explore more deals on the best Samsung televisions.
You can also click the button below to shop the entire Samsung sale.
Samsung’s The Terrace outdoor TV: $3,500 and up
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The Terrace TV was introduced to Samsung’s line of lifestyle TVs in 2020 as a sibling of the bestselling Frame TV. While the Frame TV, with its customizable wall art, can spruce up your interior space, The Terrace classes up your outdoor space. Plus, it’s legitimately intended for outdoor use, come rain or shine.
The Terrace outdoor TV boasts an anti-reflective coating and is rated IP55 for protection against dust and water. That said, it’s recommended you keep your TV covered and protected when not in use.
The TV offers Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, works with A.I. assistants like Alexa, and features built-in apps for streamers like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. Download Samsung’s SmartThings app to control the TV via your phone or device no matter where you are, and to connect the TV to your other compatible smart-home appliances.
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More Discover Samsung smart TV deals to shop now
In conjunction with the Discover Samsung sale, the company has gone all out by offering really impressive deals on virtually all of its popular smart TVs. Right now you can save big on everything from 32-inch models (perfect for a small space or child’s bedroom), to 55- or 65-inch TVs (a great size for an average size living room or bedroom). However, if you want to go bigger, and we mean much bigger, Samsung has slashed the prices of its popular 75-inch and even 85-inch TVs too.
And for extra peace of mind when it comes to your TV investment, consider adding some protection for your purchase through the Samsung Care+ plan, which is available with two or four years of coverage.
Save on Samsung’s 2024 The Frame QLED 4K TV: $900 and up
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Samsung’s The Frame smart TV is not only one of the most unique TVs you can buy, it’s also the most popular TV amongst our readers. So, if you’ve been wanting to hang one of these ultra-thin TVs on your wall at home, you can grab one as low as $900 during the Discover Samsung fall sale.
Each also offers a unique, anti-glare matte finish with a wide viewing angle. These TVs are able to generate billions of accurate colors that bring whatever you’re watching to life with incredible detail.
Meanwhile, regardless of what size The Frame TV you purchase, it’s only one inch thick and designed to be hung on a wall, just like a picture frame. The TV screen is actually surrounded by your choice of bezels that resemble a traditional picture frame. When you order the TV, you get to choose from a selection of frame colors and styles, so it blends in perfectly with your home’s decor.
Whenever you’re not watching a TV show, movie or sporting event, for example, instead of being turned off and having a large black rectangle hanging on your wall, The Frame TV is able to display your choice of famous works of art. Each piece of art is shown in high resolution, so the images look like real paintings. Even the artist’s paintbrush strokes are typically clearly visible.
The Frame QLED 4K smart TV comes in six sizes — 43 inches ($900), 50 inches ($1,100), 55 inches ($1,300), 65 inches ($1,700), 75 inches ($2,500) and 85 inches ($4,000). When ordering, make sure you select model LS03D, which is the 2024 version.
The 2023 versions (LS03C) are also available (and currently being discounted on Samsung’s website), but these models lack the newest features.
Samsung S90C 55-inch OLED Series 9 (2023): $600 off
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Typically priced at $1,900, this smart TV can be purchased for $1,300 at Samsung during the Discover Samsung fall sale. TVs with an OLED display are extremely popular because they can offer a contrast-rich and really sharp picture that features vivid and lifelike color, combined with a fast refresh rate and wide viewing angle support. This means you don’t need to be sitting directly in front of the screen to clearly see it. Plus, the artificial intelligence built into many OLED TVs (including this one) analyzes each scene in real time and determines which areas need to be brighter or darkened to ensure consistent and accurate colors.
The Samsung S900C OLED Series 9 is the perfect addition to a living room. For a smaller size space, it is the ideal centerpiece for a home theater setup. Along with seeing accurate and dramatic colors, whatever you’re watching will be enhanced and look more life-like thanks to AI upscaling. And with a maximum brightness of 726 nits, you’ll be able to see a clear picture even if the room is brightly lit. You will also enjoy high-end sound thanks to Dolby Atmos support and Samsung’s object tracking sound feature.
One of the perks of OLED technology is its ability to display bright colors, deep blacks and bright whites. However, this is one of the few TVs that has been Pantone Validated to ensure the colors being displayed are authentic and appear exactly as they were meant to look. Another feature people appreciate that is integrated into this TV is its thin design, so it looks great hanging on a wall, but it also maintains its sleek profile when mounted on its supplied stand.
Samsung 65-Inch S95C OLED: $1,300 off
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Originally priced at $3,300, Samsung has slashed the price of this TV down to $2,000 during the Discover Samsung fall sale. While QLED and Mini-LED TVs offer an impressively detailed and lifelike picture, someone looking for cutting-edge technology built into their TV should consider an OLED display. One of the features that set this Samsung 65-Inch S95C OLED apart is that this TV is incredibly thin and offers a modern design. If hung on a wall, for example, you’ll barely notice its 0.4-inch thickness. Yet, the 65-inch display size is large enough to provide an average size room with a decently immersive picture.
Thanks to Samsung’s Quantum Dot technology, you’ll see whatever you choose to watch in incredible detail with excellent contrast, brightness and accurate colors. In fact, what’s displayed on the screen is created using 8.3 million self-illuminating pixels. This includes non-native 4K content that the TV upscales to near 4K using its Neural Quantum Processor. To ensure color accuracy, the TV is one of the few to offer Pantone Validation.
Using internal speakers and a subwoofer, this TV capitalizes on Dolby Atmos, Object Tracking Sound+ and when possible, 3D audio that nicely complements the action happening on the screen. And for gaming, you get Samsung’s Game Motion Plus feature that can boost the refresh rate up to 144Hz when playing compatible PC-connected content. The S95C TV falls into the higher end of the mid-price range. The picture and sound quality take full advantage of the higher-end technology integrated into the TV, which makes it well worth the investment.
Samsung 65-Inch Neo 8K QN900C Series 9 (2023): $1,200 off
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Right now, you can snag this 2023 version of the 65-inch, 8K resolution TV for $3,800 (reduced from $5,000). You’re probably thinking, what could you possibly do with an 8K resolution TV when there’s basically zero native 8K programming you can watch on it. Yes, this QLED television from Samsung is somewhat ahead of its time. But, thanks to integrated AI-upscaling, this TV will take 4K resolution content and do a really nice job upscaling it to near 8K quality. Thus, you’ll be able to see more detail than ever before when watching your favorite shows, movies or sporting events, for example.
Like many other Samsung TV models, the QN900C offers decent quality built in speakers and a subwoofer, so even without an optional soundbar or surround sound system, the audio this TV generates sounds really good. However, since you’re investing in such a high-end TV, we strongly recommend connecting a good quality speaker system to it, so you can really experience the Dolby Atmos sound when watching your favorite content. Oh and you’re in luck. Many of Samsung’s best soundbars and surround sound systems are also on sale. (Keep reading for more details on those sales.)
What sets this 8K resolution TV apart from 4K models is that it offers 7,680 x 4,320 pixel resolution featuring 100% color volume thanks to Samsung’s Quantum Dot and Neo Quantum HDR 8K+ technology. And no matter where someone is sitting within the room, they’ll see a clear picture, even from an angle. If you consider yourself an early adopter when it comes to the latest technology and you have the budget to invest in an 8K TV, the 2023 version of the Samsung 65 inch Neo 8K QN900C Series 9 offers a viewing experience that very few competitors can rival.
The mother of the embattled hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs released a statement Sunday defending her son against the criminal charges and multiple allegations of sexual misconduct he is currently facing while in federal custody in New York.
Combs, 54, has been detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since pleading not guilty on Sept. 17 to federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution.
In a statement released through her lawyers, Janice Smalls Combs says it has been “unbearable” to witness “what seems to be like a public lynching of my son before he has had the opportunity to prove his innocence.”
She then mentions that her son “has made mistakes in his past” and refers to an episode caught on security video that appeared to show Combs attacking singer Cassie, his former girlfriend, in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. In May, Combs apologized for the incident, saying his behavior was “inexcusable” and that he took “full responsibility” for his actions.
In November, Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit accusing Combs of rape and abuse during their relationship; he denied the accusations. They reached a settlement the following day.
The indictment against Combs refers to the incident caught by the hotel security cameras. According to the indictment, Combs attempted to bribe a hotel security staff member who intervened in the incident to keep them quiet.
“My son may not have been entirely truthful about certain things, such as denying he has ever gotten violent with an ex-girlfriend when the hotel’s surveillance showed otherwise,” Janice Smalls Combs says in the statement. “Sometimes, the truth and a lie become so closely intertwined that it becomes terrifying to admit one part of the story, especially when that truth is outside the norm or is too complicated to be believed. This is why I believe my son’s civil legal team opted to settle the ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit instead of contesting it until the end, resulting in a ricochet effect as the federal government used this decision against my son by interpreting it as an admission of guilt.”
She adds that it has been “agonizing” to see people joke about her son’s situation “over lies and misconceptions.”
At the end of the statement, she asks fans and the public “to not judge him before you’ve had the chance to hear his side.”
“My son is not the monster they have painted him to be,” she says. “I can only pray that I am alive to see him speak his truth and be vindicated.”
In the indictment, prosecutors allege that since 2008 Combs has been part of a criminal organization that engaged in or attempted to engage in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, obstruction of justice and other offenses.
Prosecutors accused Combs of using his business empire as a criminal enterprise to conceal his alleged abuse of women at events Combs referred to as “Freak Offs.”
“The ‘Freak Offs’ sometimes lasted days at a time, involved multiple commercial sex workers and often involved a variety of narcotics, such as ketamine, ecstasy and GHB, which Combs distributed to the victims to keep them obedient and compliant,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, of the Southern District of New York, told reporters when the indictment was unsealed.
On Oct. 1, Texas attorney Tony Buzbee said he was representing 120 accusers who have come forward with new sexual misconduct allegations against Combs. Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month. Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct.
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After days of uncertainty, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Sunday that SpaceX had been cleared to press ahead with the planned Monday launch of the European Space Agency’s $398 million Hera asteroid probe, stormy weather permitting.
With forecasters calling for an 85% chance of thick clouds and showers that would trigger a delay, Hera’s launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeted for 10:52 a.m. EDT Monday. The forecast is 75% “no-go” if launch is delayed to Tuesday.
“The last hurdle is the weather. So, please, please, I need you to do something about it!” Hera project manager Ian Carnelli joked with reporters Sunday. “It’s the only thing I really cannot control. … It looks like we have some opening around the time of launch, but it’s really impossible to say at the moment.”
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Hurricane Milton, meanwhile, poses threats throughout the week as the cyclone is expected to cross the Florida peninsula Wednesday and move out over the Atlantic Ocean near Florida’s Space Coast.
Launch of NASA’s $5.2 billion Europa Clipper mission, which had been planned for Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center, has been put on hold pending passage of the storm.
“The safety of launch team personnel is our highest priority, and all precautions will be taken to protect the Europa Clipper spacecraft,” said Tim Dunn, a senior launch director with NASA’s Launch Services Program.
“Once we have the ‘all-clear’ followed by facility assessment and any recovery actions, we will determine the next launch opportunity.”
Likewise, the return to Earth of three astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon ferry ship has been delayed by predicted bad weather.
Crew 8 commander Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps and cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, launched to the International Space Station last March. They had planned to undock Monday, returning to Earth to close out a 217-day mission.
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But NASA announced Sunday their departure would be delayed to at least Thursday because of expected bad weather. Crew Dragon ferry ships require calm winds and seas in the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean to permit a safe splashdown.
As for the Falcon 9, the FAA clearance only applied to the Hera launch while the agency continues overseeing an investigation into what caused a Falcon 9 second stage to malfunction Sept. 28 and miss its targeted re-entry point into Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
SpaceX routinely sends spent second stages into the atmosphere for destructive breakups at the end of their missions to prevent possible collisions or other problems that might add to the space debris already in low-Earth orbit.
The FAA wants to make sure the problem is understood and corrected so future re-entries are carried out as planned, ensuring any debris that survives re-entry heating will splash down harmlessly in targeted ocean impact “footprints,” well away from shipping lanes and populated areas.
The second stage being used for the Hera mission will boost the space probe into deep space, using all of its propellant in the process. It will not return to Earth, so a malfunction, should one occur, would pose no safety threat.
“The FAA has determined that the absence of a second stage reentry for this mission adequately mitigates the primary risk to the public in the event of a reoccurrance of the mishap experienced with the Crew-9 mission,” the agency said in a statement, referring to the most recent Falcon 9 flight.
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“Safety will drive the timeline for the FAA to complete its review of SpaceX’s Crew-9 mishap investigation report and when the agency will authorize Falcon 9 to return to regular operations,” the statement concluded.
The FAA did not address plans to launch the Europa Clipper atop a Falcon Heavy rocket Thursday for its long-awaited mission to Jupiter and its ice-covered moon Europa.
Like the Hera mission, the Clipper’s upper stage, the same one used for all Falcon-family rockets, will not return to Earth. Instead, it will burn all of its propellants to accelerate the probe to an Earth-escape velocity of 25,000 mph.
But FAA clearance to proceed, assuming it comes in time, likely will be a moot point, at least in the near term. It is unlikely the Clipper and its Falcon Heavy rocket will be moved to the Kennedy Space Center launch pad until after Milton has passed through the area.
