Samsung HW-Q90R vs LG SL5Y

HW-Q90R vs SL5Y comparison chart

Overall
Samsung HW-Q90R
8.2
LG SL5Y
5
10
4
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
Samsung HW-Q90R

Jan 31, 2020

Samsung's HW-Q90R soundbar is the flagship model of 2019 among similar devices with an additional subwoofer. The uniqueness of this soundbar is that the Samsung HW-Q90R specs contain Dolby Atmos and D...

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LG SL5Y

Jan 24, 2020

Over the course of the 2019 LG created a series of seven models to meet the needs of users with different budgets. In our LG SL5Y review, we will consider the second model from below (in the list of 2...

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Common

Product

Samsung HW-Q90R
LG SL5Y

Model

HW-Q90R
SL5Y

Brand

Samsung
LG

Reviews

1662
379

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

power, volume down, volume up, source
power, volume down, volume up, function

Audio features

Built-in channels

7.1.4
2.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

512 (overall)
400 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

2
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

has not
has not

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
0

NFC

HDMI input/output

2/1
1/1

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)
1 (USB 2.0)

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
0/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

DTS Digital Surround
DTS Virtual:X

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

122.4 x 8.1 x 13.4/48.2 x 3.2 x 5.3
89 x 5.5 x 8.6/35. x 2.2 x 3.4

Weight, kg/pounds

8.7/19.4
2.3/5.2

Other

Release year

2019
2019
Samsung HW-Q90R
LG SL5Y
Samsung HW-Q90R
LG SL5Y

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 8.2
  • 5
  • 8.2Samsung HW-Q90R
  • 5LG SL5Y