Winter Essentials: Elevate Your Lounge & Kitchen with Top Picks

Brighten up your household’s winter with simple yet impactful home essentials across the beating heart of your home: the lounge and kitchen. Take care of life at home with prime updates for your living space and kitchen.

In this blog, we share our two current favourites, including a smart 8K TV from Samsung and a luxurious freestanding dishwasher from Haier. Both of these appliances will transform how you entertain and spend time at home, as well as simplify the cleaning process so that you and your household can spend more time doing the things you actually enjoy.

LIVING AREA – THE TV FOR ENTERTAINING: SAMSUNG’S 65” 8K SMART NEO QLED TV

VIBRANT 8K GLORY

Samsung’s 65″ 8K Smart Neo QLED TV is a TV designed for enjoyment of all genres in true-to-life 8K Ultra HD resolution.

What is 8K?
8K boasts four times the pixels of 4K TVs, with sharper and more detailed picture quality thanks to its total 7680 x 4320 pixels.

This Samsung 8K TV is also powered by Samsung’s Quantum MatrixTechnology Pro (contrast tech), which works to ensure every scene is filled with stunning details and vibrant colours.

All of your content, new and old can be enjoyed with 8K-like quality. This Samsung TV’s Neo Quantum HDR 8K Pro, alongside the AI Upscaling function, adds colour and brightness to dark scenes, enhancing pictures and making your content pop with incredible clarity.

EXCEPTIONAL ENTERTAINMENT

Nothing will go unnoticed when you watch in with Samsung’s 65″ 8K Smart Neo QLED TV. The TV’s Wide Viewing Angle delivers detailed viewing at any angle, making every seat in your entertainment area the perfect seat. The TV’s anti-glare technology also helps to remove glare from the screen regardless of sunlight conditions.

Enjoy fast moving scenes across movies, live sports and gaming with minimal blur and image delay with this Samsung 8K TV’s Motion Rate 200, also aided by the 100Hz refresh rate. Working hard behind the scenes are the Adaptive Picture and Adaptive Sound functions which automatically fine-tunes and enhances images and audio to suit your content and surroundings.

AMAZING AUDIO

Samsung takes care of the audio experience with its wide range of audio technologies. The TV’s in-built up firing speakers create a larger-than-life audio experience to deliver True Dolby Atmos sound for that fully immersive experience.

Other exclusive Samsung audio technologies also feature in this 65″ 8K Smart Neo QLED TV:

• Object Tracking Sound Pro: uses the TV’s 12 built-in speakers to track dialogue and on-screen motion, delivering realistic audio that sounds like you’re right there within the scene ¹
• Q-Symphony: the TV syncs sound with compatible soundbars for a true surround sound effect ²
• SpaceFit Sound: fine-tunes your TV’s sound to your room’s conditions (e.g. ceiling height), ensuring audio is optimised for immersive home entertainment ³

GEARED FOR GAMING

A classic racetrack game, combat fighting or banding up with some mates, whatever happens in the game, this Samsung 65″ 8K Smart Neo QLED TV ensures a competitive edge with its gaming functions.

The TV’s gamer-friendly features include FreeSync Premium Pro, Ultrawide Game View, Game Bar and it even supports 4K 144Hz Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) via a HDMI 2.1 connection, – all working to deliver an enhanced game play experience with reduced input lag, faster response times and easy access to game settings.

SMART HOME READY

This Samsung TV includes the solar powered SolarCell One Remote that is battery-less and simply requires indoor or outdoor light for its power supply. Aside from its eco-friendly battery, this Samsung TV also boasts smart access and connectivity options as below:

• Smart Hub: provides easy access to all streaming services,
• Built-in SmartThings: offers easy smart control of other smart devices, like the Family Hub™ fridge
• Multi View: displays multiple screens on the TV
• Screen Mirroring: project your screen from your compatible smart device on the big 65” TV
• Built-in voice control with Bixby and Alexa: ensures hands-free voice control of entertainment and the TV

ELEGANTLY FIT FOR ALL LIFESTYLES

Crafted for more than just TV viewing, this Samsung 65″ 8K Smart Neo QLED TV can be used to display art and other visual content to elevate your space with its Ambient Mode+.

The TV’s frameless screen with the edge-to-edge Infinity Display promotes distraction free viewing across all genres of enjoyment. A masterpiece on its own, elegantly display this TV in your living space either on its stand feet or wall-mounted. Clutter-free placement is effortless thanks to its compatibility with the Slim One Connect Box that conceals all cords and connections.

KITCHEN – CLEANS HYGIENIECALLY FOR HEALTHIER LIVING: HAIER’S 60CM FREESTANDING DISHWASHER

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DESIGNED FOR BUSY HOUSEHOLDS

After a day spent with loved ones creating, snacking and enjoying, let Haier take care of the washing up with its 60cm Freestanding Dishwasher.

Enjoy easier washing with the dishwasher’s spacious 15 place settings. This Haier dishwasher features 6 wash programs, ready to meet any need, these include Glass, Eco, Heavy and an Auto Wash function that’s sensor powered to deliver optimal cleaning results.

FROM DISHWASHER TO CUPBOARD

Powered by Thermodry technology, this Haier 60cm Freestanding Dishwasher removes moisture at the end of the wash cycle to ensure dishes are dried and ready to be put away.

TARGETED CLEANING

Meet specific washing needs with a targeted approach with the dishwasher’s 4 wash modifiers, which include +Dry, Half Load, Intensive and Sanitise. Perfect for those moments when you’re after a bit more from the wash cycle, be it to remove all cooked-on stains or hygienically wash glasses when there’s illness in the household.

WASHING CONVENIENCE

Indulge with flexible loading options to fit all your essential dishware, glasses, cutlery and then some with the dishwasher’s height adjustable upper basket. Simply adjust the basket to create more space below to load dishes and cookware of various sizes.

This Haier Dishwasher’s fold down tines and cup racks provide further loading flexibility. The moveable cutlery basket is perfect for washing cutlery and cooking utensils.

EASY CONTROLS AND WASHING

Enjoy a simple washing up process with this Haier Dishwasher’s easy-to-read digital touch control, where with one touch, you can apply your desired wash program. There you can also set and forget with the 24-hour delay start and apply the keylock.

With a quick glance of the control panel, the digital time remaining display means you can track the wash cycle’s progress.

BEAUTIFULLY EFFICIENT

Built with a gorgeous design, finished in Black, this Haier 60cm Freestanding Dishwasher combines washing convenience with pleasing user design and environmentally-friendly operation. The dishwasher is rated with a high 5-Star WELS water rating and 3.5-Star Energy rating, meaning that it delivers great washing results without increasing your carbon footprint.

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FAQS

1. What is Neo QLED?
   • Neo QLED is a TV backlight technology that is unique to Samsung, helping to display greater colours and picture quality across their TVs. The more commonly known QLED technology is short for ‘Quantum Dot LED TV’ which refers to the nano-sized particles that turn light into a billion colours. The use of Quantum Dots within a QLED TV displays a wider range of brightness levels for vibrant images. Neo QLED takes QLED technology up a level by using Quantum Mini LEDs that are up to 40x smaller than other backlight, meaning that more LEDs can be used to illuminate precise colours for detailed and immersive viewing.
2. What are the dimensions of a 65” Samsung TV?
   • According to Samsung’s website for the 65″ QN900C Neo QLED 8K Smart TV

     , the TV’s dimensions without the stand are 1433.1 x 819.9 x 15.2 mm (WxHxD). The TV’s size with stand is 1433.1 x 892.7 x 267.9 mm (WxHxD).

3. How heavy is a Samsung 65” TV?
   • The Samsung 65″ QN900C Neo QLED 8K Smart TV

     weighs 22.4kg without a stand. With a stand, the Samsung 65″ QN900C Neo QLED 8K Smart TV weighs 32.5kg.

4. How do I install a Samsung 65” TV on the wall?
   • The Samsung 65″ QN900C Neo QLED 8K Smart TV

     can be wall-mounted with both VESA wall mount and slim fit wall mount support. The TV supports the VESA 400 x 300 mm spec. For all installation and wall mounting instructions, we recommend that you consult the instruction manual and any professional help if required.

5. What is a freestanding dishwasher?
   • A freestanding dishwasher is a type of dishwasher that can be easily slotted under bench into a dedicated cavity within the kitchen, often next to or near the sink. Freestanding dishwashers can also be standalone and moved, great for renters and installation flexibility.
6. Can freestanding dishwashers go under bench?
   • Yes, if there is a dedicated dishwasher cavity under the bench, a freestanding dishwasher will typically fit. Always check to ensure the dishwasher and cavity size match before purchase and installation.
7. Can a freestanding dishwasher be built-in?
   • Freestanding dishwashers cannot be built-in within the kitchen cabinetry due to their freestanding nature. Freestanding dishwashers are designed to be used standalone next to the bench or under it. For dishwashers with a built-in design, we recommend built-under dishwashers.
8. Where can I buy a dishwasher?
   • Dishwashers can be purchased at electronic retailers such as JB-HI, Betta, Bing Lee, The Good Guys and Retravision. You can view the full list of retailers here. Each dishwasher product page will also have a ‘Buy Now’ button that you can press to view retailers with stock in-store or online.

DISCLAIMERS

¹ The quality of sound effects may vary depending on the source content, installation and environmental characteristics (e.g. ceiling).

² Q-Symphony is available only with compatible 2022 Q-Series and S-Series Soundbars and onwards. Soundbar sold separately. Audio effects may vary based on source content, installation and environmental characteristics.

³ Audio quality varies based on source content, installation and environmental characteristics (e.g. ceiling). Soundbar sold separately (Compatible with Samsung Soundbar Q700C and above). Image simulated for illustrative purposes.