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Key Features
 | 50,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio will give you a picture better than you ever thought possible, with whiter whites, blacker blacks and a nearly infinite subtlety of gradations in between. As two of the most important determining factors in overall picture quality, contrast and brightness levels achieve new heights in this latest generation LCD panel. Samsung's new LCD TV's give the most stunning realistic picture quality ever. |
Full HD 1080P
 | Full HD, or 1080p, contains 1.5 times more scanning lines than conventional HD TVs. More scanning lines mean more pixels, more details and a better picture. The new Samsung LCD TV with resolution that is approximately 2 times greater than conventional HDTVs, creating the most perfect picture imaginable. Samsung's 1080p panel uses a new high-speed liquid crystal to cut response time to 4ms. The fast response time, coupled with Samsung's Auto Motion Plus 120Hz motion blur reduction technology dramatically reduces motion blur and judder. |  |
Digital Natural Image Engine
 | DNIe™ The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine. This exclusive Samsung technology dramatically improves the picture by enhancing the contrast, detail, white balance and reduces. |  |
Wide Color Enhancer/Cold Cathode Flourescent Lamp
| The NTSC (National Television Systems Committee) has established the color standards all TVs in America try to meet. And typical LCD TVs only meet about 72% of this standard. Samsung LCD HDTVs use Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp backlights to give you 92% coverage of the NTSC standard, ensuring truer, more breathlessly vivid colors. Samsung's exclusive Wide Color Enhancer technology delivers more brilliant colors, even in bright areas of the picture where blues and greens are washed out on conventional screens. The system displays wider color reproduction, showing you truer colors - the fresh green of spring foliage, the intense blue of the summer sky. | |||
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Connectivity
 | To make the Series 6 a true entertainment hub for any home, Samsung has incorporated advanced HD connectivity and networking capabilities that expand the HDTV's functionality. A wide variety of multimedia devices can be connected to the set through any one of the four Simplay compliant HDMI 1.3 inputs (including one on the side), and the handy HDMICEC feature lets you control all your CEC-enabled peripherals using just one remote. Connect HD digital devices like disc players, game consoles, and satellite dish components into the 2 rear connections and use the side-mounted input for cameras, camcorders, and laptops. HDMI is the best performing interface for displaying an HD source on an HDTV. Once connected, users can easily access device menus and manage and display content through the newly redesigned Wheel Key Remote control and the HDTV's sophisticated content management interface. All Connections
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Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
  | You already know something about digital living. There's the TV and digital video recorder in your family room. (And another set in your bedroom.) You have a PC and digital printer in your office, along with a network attached storage device. And you've copied all your music onto your portable music player and haven't had to open a CD case for years. But getting them to talk to each other can be pretty tough. Why is it still so difficult to send digital content from one device to another? Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a collaboration of the world's leading consumer electronics, PC and mobile companies that has created design guidelines for a new generation of products that can work together — no matter the brand. Think for a moment about all of the photos "locked away" on your home PC that you wish you could access while entertaining your friends and family. Now, thanks to DLNA enabled devices, a DLNA-enabled PC can be accessed from the comfort of your living room or family room via a DLNA-enabled HDTV, where you can enjoy your memories with friends and family, without having to deal with the hassle and non-intuitive "PCexperience". Or, say you recently downloaded your daughter's birthday party video from your digital camcorder to your PC. Now you want to share it with your parents who are visiting. Without DLNA, you probably have to burn a DVD of the video or hook up the camcorder to the TV. With DLNA, you can just use your TV's remote to call up the video on your TV. That's it. |
Super Patterned Vertical Alignment
 | Samsung's Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (SPVA) panel provides a 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes |
Audio Features
TruSurround is a patented SRS technology that solves the problem of playing 5.1 multichannel content over two speakers. TruSurround delivers a compelling, virtual surround sound experience through any two-speaker playback system, including internal television speakers and headphones. It is fully compatible with all multichannel formats up to 5.1 channels. High-quality virtual surround sound can be experienced with just the two hidden, downward-firing side-mounted 2.2-channel dome speakers built into the TV.SRS TruSurround XT technology delivers an amazing, simulated 3D effect with clear dialog and powerful bass.
TruSurround XT audio also adds three audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience.
- Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into Focus during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.
- TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.
- The SRS WOW feature widens the soundstage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system.
Which Size HDTV is Right for My Room?
 | With standard-definition TVs, the rule used to be that viewers would feel comfortable watching a set from a distance of 3 to 6 times the screen size in inches. With HDTV, the resolution is so much better that you can sit closer to a larger TV without noticing the pixels. So with HDTVs, the rule tends to be you can sit anywhere from 1.5 to 3 times the screen size (in inches) for the best experience.
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A perfect purchase May 31, 2008E. T. Hildebrand (Marietta, GA)
92 out of 98 found this review helpful
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Amazon tracking indicated it would take 2 weeks to arrive. CEVA tracking listed it at two days earlier. I received the call for delivery in less than a week - and this included the holiday period!
CEVA showed up with it yesterday. The heavy cardboard box had an 18" gash/tear in it and my heart sank. They removed the box and I noticed the screen was supported about 8" from the cardboard and there were no signs that whatever caused the gash had touched anything. We quickly plugged it into the wall and ran it thru some of the built-in menus. Relief - everything worked fine. With the 30-day return guarantee there was nothing more to worry about.
The previous day Amazon had delivered a new Onkyo receiver to replace my older Yamaha. I had already disconnected the Yamaha and wired all the components and speakers to this new receiver (to take advantage of its HDMI capabilities). It now only took a couple hours to make the final connections with the receiver, cable sysem, over-the-air antenna, HTPC and network.
Every single system worked perfectly, even though it sometimes took a few minutes to discover the correct input settings on each device to get everything communicating. The biggest surprise was the quality of the picture. After reading everything I could find on various forums I expected to have some tweaking to do before obtaining the best images. While critically inspecting the imagery for each type of input I could not see a need to adjust anything! Just for experimentation I did make a few selections of alternate settings, but always wound up returning to the original. I'll likely use an Avia program to verify adjustments later, but can't imagine any improvement.
The "halo effect" feature on the upper and lower bezel was obvious (albeit faint) to see, but it was not distracting. In fact, if there were a switch available to turn it on and off, I'd still leave it on - it's neat! The red bezel highlighting (the TOC) is so subtle that it is nearly invisible. If I didn't know it was there I'd likely not have even noticed it. Perhaps it would be more visible in a room with bright daylighting?
Another neat feature is the touch sensitive controls on the lower right bezel. They are invisible until you touch the area, causing them to temporarily sequentially illuminate. I haven't fully explored this feature yet.
Another nice feature was discovering that I could hook up the computer to HDMI connection #2 and play computer games without any special adjustments. There was no lag or any problem except that I'll need to upgrade the computer's video card in order to take the display all the way up to its full resolution. Nevertheless, the Samsung must have been upscaling the image since it was extremely sharp. (Same thing with the 480i DVDs we played on it - very sharp). When not in use we intend to leave the computer hooked up so the Samsung will continuously display it's screensaver which cross-fades family photos like a huge digital picture frame.
The Samsung has a TOSLINK out connection which I connected to the receiver. This vastly simplifies audio connections since all audio sent to the TV can be amplified from a single connection to the receiver. If you can connect everything via HDMI there will be significantly fewer wires and a much more simplified operation.
The only thing I would have preferred is if the base would swivel. I understand the 650 models swivel, can't imagine why Samsung wouldn't include that feature here.
We're very happy with this purchase.
EDIT- 6-18-08
After nearly 3 weeks of use we are even more impressed with this TV.
I have upgraded the video card on the attached computer so that it can now attain full 1080p resolution, only to find the text too small to be readable at a normal viewing distance of about 12 feet with my 60-yr-old eyes. Backing off the resolution makes the text large enough to read while retaining its razor-sharpness.
The attached computer is connected with a wireless hub to my home network, allowing it to stream pictures, music, or movies from any of the computers. The TV must be upconverting the movies to 1080p because they are displayed more clearly than when sent to a regular computer monitor.
The hub also provides a patch cable to the TVs' network port, which allows it to run all the InfoLink connection functions (weather, news, stocks) without the need to even configure that connection.
We added a PS3 a week ago to view blu-ray movies. What an incredible picture! Even though we are using inexpensive $3 HDMI cables, there was no flickering or other problem as reported on another Amazon review. My son tested out his new Metal Gear PS3 game and was impressed with the image and game play. We used the default settings and did not even switch to "game" mode.
We've now had time to run THX and TVBlink video calibration tests and were not surprised to find that all the default settings were already set to the optimum values for our personal tastes.
The set is now mounted on one of those entertainment center "stalks" which allows it to be easily rotated (for easier access to the rear connections). This mounting has taken care of the only complaint we had about this set - its' lack of a swivel base.
Edit - 7-16-08
After 6 weeks of use I must say that this has proven to be one awesome piece of electronics. I simply cannot believe how great this set has performed. The color and details have greatly exceeded my highest expectations. We have begun replaying our old DVD library because the upscaling capabilities built into this set appears to make them very comparable to the Blu-Ray movies we've viewed. It's like seeing a new movie!
It is quite a kick to be using the computer while watching the nightly news in HD via the PIP function.
A lot of people have calibrated their sets using the published settings on AVSforum.com. We tested all of those settings and found that they each resulted in a darker picture that has lost details in shadowy areas and the colors are dull, without the "pop" of the factory settings. Keep in mind that our entertainment area is in a dark, windowless room which should make viewing dimmer features easier. We tried compensating the calibration with various picture adjustments but were unable to attain comparable performance. After a week of trying to perceive any improvements we reverted our settings back to the original, tweaked, factory settings.
Several people have made similar observations, leading us to a conclusion that either there is a wide discrepancy between personal preferences and/or each of these sets have varying image displays. We have no doubt that many people do see improved performance after calibrating their sets - but before you spend a lot of money on professional calibration try the AVSforum settings first to verify if you see any improvement.
The only complaint we have is that we've now been spoiled by what this set can do. We picked up a new Samsung T260HD computer monitor (which also includes an HDTV tuner). This is a 26" monitor that has a similar TOC bezel to match the LN52A750. You can read our review here on Amazon - in a nutshell, we are disappointed with it's performance.
Please Forgive Me, Sony May 30, 2008R. Bellamy
43 out of 50 found this review helpful
In 1986, I was fortunate to have Sony's first HDTV cameras, recorders and projection system in the studio where I worked. Yes, that was 22 years ago and the technology was analog. But it looked great and we projected it on a screen 6 or 7 feet tall. Still, I wondered, why would anyone buy this new technology for "just twice" as sharp a picture?
Jump to 2008. During the last 6 months, I watched as specialists installed my new all HD studio where I work now. This time, of course, it is digital. It's also Sony all the way and the recording media is Blu-ray, so I'm getting pretty familiar with the new generation of Sony HD, but was still watching the "old 525 line NTSC" stuff at home because I hadn't seen anything on display at any stores that was that magic combination of "high end; low price".
Then, a couple months ago, we bought a 50" Sony Bravia for our conference room at work and I hooked up a brand new Sony PS3 to it. The picture was beautiful and I decided to see if it was time to buy one for home use.
Online reviews were very good for the Sony and I had already decided that an LCD would be better for home than a plasma after seeing how both held up at work. So, a little over a week ago, I checked everything they had at the local Best Buy. The salesman there agreed with me that the Sony was about as good as it gets. Then, surprising me, he said he'd buy the Samsung 7 series over the Sony. I asked him about price; $3,050 he quoted. The there would be a 9.25% sales tax, too.
I went home and read the specs on the Sony and the Samsung only to discover that the Series 7 seemed better than the Bravia. And a side-by-side in-store comparison made the Samsung look very impressive. I checked more online sources and found that the new Samsungs, like the Sonys, were highly regarded.
Research done, I checked Amazon's price. At $2,724, I would save almost $600, so I ordered one. I've spent the last 3 days installing it and all the associated audio stuff, PS3 and DVD burner in a custom cabinet. It looks great turned off, but when you turn it on and fire up the Blu-Ray ("Planet Earth-The Complete Series") which got here the same day, I was just blown away!
I have learned several things: the Hi Def stuff is great, but the SD stuff from Dish and local analog broadcasts isn't as satifying on the new Samsung as on the old CRT. You can sit a lot closer to a 52" screen than I thought - about 12' is our viewing distance. New TVs, and this one in particular, do a lot more than just display video - and do it well. Like a computer, this TV can crash. It's happened just once and it had to be "rebooted" by disconnecting the power.
Also, I am really pleased with how Amazon handled the whole purchase. Everything, including delivery went smoothly. But here's the most surprising thing: A couple days after ordering the unit, Amazon dropped the price (temporarily, it seems). So, I emailed customer service and requested that they credit my account with the difference. That was on a Sunday nite. The next morning I had two emails from them. The first said they would review the situation and the second said they had already credited my account with $190. Service doesn't get any better!!!
Update 6-21-08
We have subscribed to Comcast cable since my initial review. We also got the HD-DVR and the HD channels. Cable, to my surprise, renders SD pictures slightly better than the Dish, however, I am now connected through HDMI instead of Y/C. That means a digital input instead of an analog hookup. I am still disappointed with 4:3 analog stuff compared to our older CRTs. Even digital 4:3 (480i) content looks unacceptable. However, all true HD stuff (including 720i)is good to fabulous.
It is so good, in fact, that something you start to notice when watching HD content (especially network news) is just how all the different recording formats display on your new TV relative to one another. Footage shot in the field, for example, often looks really awful when on-screen with the studio cameras (as when the anchor is on one side of the picture - split screen - and a field reporter is on the other). Likewise, all older analog 4:3 stuff which has been upconverted for HD looks pretty grim, as do over-the-air broadcasts whether shot on film or tape originally.
On the other hand, this LCD makes a wonderful (huge) computer screen and I don't see how you could expect more for games and/or Blu-ray movies. You will probably be disappointed with upconverted DVDs, however, (played, in this case, on a PS3).
Most users will probably be confused with the unending list of menu items, and frankly, adjustments like "gamma" will simply confuse most people, especially when you have multiple levels of "dynamic" adjustments, "black", "contrast" and other controls which tend to be interactive and produce similar results. You can, quite literally, drive yourself nuts trying to get everything tweaked. On the other hand, if you're really picky (like, say, you color adjust photo prints for a living), you should be able to dial in nearly what you want on a good 1080 source.
The built in speakers just don't sound very good and are slightly "out-of-sync" with the analog (RCA) outs, so if you have both the TV and an external receiver turned up, you will hear a distinct delay echo. It's my understanding that this is better with the digital outs, but I do not yet have the gear to test it.
The most surprising thing I'm learning by using this latest LCD technology is just how uneven is this transition from analog to digital. It looks like it will be literally years before most of the legacy content is converted to HD digital (and how do you improve the quality of stuff shot on 16mm film in 1944, or TV series shot live in the studio in the sixties so that it will look great in HD?). Well, the answer is, of course; "You don't."
A few folks have commented on the very reflective screen surface and surround. I do, in fact, find the reflections(we have this TV in a room with windows on both walls perpendicular to the screen) slightly objectional when compared to the Sony with a more matte finish. Room lamps can, likewise, be problematic. We find the best solution (in the evening, at least) to be indirect lighting from a not-very-bright source that adds some illumination to the room but no direct reflections on the screen.
Is now the time to buy HD? Frankly, I was holding out for OLEDs, but this current level of technology is just mature enough and affordable enough to jump in now. Prices on LCDs are coming down fast and the next generation of technology won't be cheap for some time to come. If you have been waiting for the right time to ditch your CRT, now is a great time - especially with the switch to all digital transmission in Feb '09.
Splendid TV, Long Review June 23, 2008N. Khokhani (Denver, CO)
23 out of 26 found this review helpful
TV Grade: A-
Pros:
- HD Picture Quality: As I say below, this is my first LCD TV, but I've seen many in my years and the PQ is excellent, especially considering the price. The blacks look great, the colors pop, and once I played with the picture settings, it looked even better
- SD Picture Quality: For a 52" LCD the standard definition picture is very good. While obviously not as good a CRT or a non-HD-LCD, it still is excellent.
- No issues (at least on mine) with clouding, mura, banding, pillaring, etc
- Viewing angle is excellent
- Look of the bezel
- Glossy screen isn't as reflective as my old CRT
- Lots of picture adjustments
- General connectivity (DNLA, Wiselink, Infolink, etc)
Cons:
- Only one HDMI input that does anything by switching it to PC
- Remote and more importantly the remote UI is poorly conceived. Example: No button for changing AMP settings, and getting to PIP is convoluted.
- A lot of the picture adjustments are limited to certain input types and/or modes
- Bezel is very easy to scratch
- DNLA limits on codecs allowed
- No wireless DNLA
- Auto energy-saving setting needs a little work
Potential benefits/concerns, but not necessarily a pro or a con, IMO:
- Lag
It's been discussed a lot in this thread. It will bother some, others won't notice it, and depending on the settings, lag can be extremely minimized. At the end it's up to the owner.
- Halo
Basically in a dark room a little light emits from the edges of the bezel creating a 'halo' over the TV. Some like it, some really dislike it, some don't even notice it. Decide for yourself. It is rare that I watch anything in pitch black, but when I have it hasn't bothered me. There is a solution for those that do have an issue with it but like the TV otherwise.
- Touch of Color (TOC)
The red bezel. I like it, my wife likes it and to both us we don't notice it that much. Again to each their own. The biggest thing with the bezel is how easily it's surface can get scratched, even with a soft microfiber cloth.
- Short Summary
I really enjoy the TV and everything it offers. The picture quality positive easily outweighs any (and all) of the negatives the TV has, by itself.
Slightly longer review
Preface:
This is my first LCD screen. I've waited 2 years to buy one, mainly because I never saw a TV I liked. . . . Saw a review on the 650 and knew the 750 was out. Went to the local store and saw the 750 and really liked it. I waited a few weeks, maybe a month, and finally took the plunge of buying a TV via Amazon.
Ordering and delivery:
Simple.
The order was delayed a few days from the original estimated ship date of the 22nd of May - the day I ordered it - to the 27th, because of some random reason.
TV shipped on the 4th. Amazon's system had the TV reaching the local CEVA warehouse on the 5th, but Amazon's system was incorrect. I used CEVA's system and they were right on with their estimate.
CEVA came to the house, unboxed the TV, placed it on my stand, let me hook up my computer via a DVI>HDMI cable to see if I had any dead pixels and/or glaring issues. None. They left. Very courteous.
Aesthetics:
One of the reasons I bought the 750 over the 650 is because the bezel. I like the squared off bezel of this better then the rounded one of the 650. It wasn't a big difference, but the price difference of the two models when I got the 750 was negligible.
The downside of the TOC is how easily the bezel can get scratched. The TV has been in my possession for about 3 weeks and it already has 2 scratches on it from just getting wiped down. The bezel seems to collect dust rather quickly, while the screen does not.
Before I bought the TV I had heard how most LCDs have a reflective screen to bring out add more pop, but the reflectiveness was a distraction. I already was coming from a CRT which was pretty reflective, which I didn't like at all. To my surprise the LN52A750 is less reflective then my CRT and doesn't distract from my viewing, even during the day.
The 'halo' is only visible when it is dark and at 10 feet from the TV, my eyes don't see it when I'm watching TV. Some might not like it, but I don't think it is an issue. Go to a store and check it out yourself to see if you like it or not.
The Nuts and Bolts:
- Picture Quality
Wow! In one word.
The picture quality is pretty great. Out of the box the TV's settings were pretty good, but once I played with the settings, it was even better.
I don't have a bluray or hi-def DVD player, just an older progressive scan player (not even one of those upconverting ones). But DVDs on that player look great. One day I'll get a bluray player and I'll be even happier.
Comcast HD looks wonderful, with basketball games really showing what the TV does. No TBE (triple ball effect) at all.
The standard def, is very good too. Not CRT quality, but better then what I've seen out of most, if not all LCDs.
The TV has a lot of picture options that one can play with. There are certain limitations, as Samsung has limited what can be changed on certain inputs/modes, but hopefully that will be corrected in future FW updates. But the abundance of settings options should allow the TV to be set to appease anyone's eyes.
- On-screen menu and remote UI
The remote is lacking in a lot of ways. Not in the design itself, but the lack of being able to 1-touch things like Auto Motion Plus, Picture-in-Picture, brightness, etc without going into the menus, sometimes delving much deeper into a menu than would make sense.
The menus themselves are fine and easily navigable, but it just takes too many steps to get to certain pieces that should be easier to switch quickly.
Also there is a lack of being able to program certain buttons on the remote (namely the colored buttons) based on what the user needs. In this day and age you would figure having at least a few programmable buttons would be commonplace.
- Connects
The four HDMI's are nice. What isn't nice that they all seem to act a tad differently from one another. For example labeling HDMI4 (the one on the side) as a PC does nothing and it seems to act a bit slower to begin with. But HDMI2, when labeled PC, completely eliminates process, hence lag (at least in my tests).
The TV handles the switching fine, but the lack of being able to do the same thing to any of the HDMI's is a mistake.
This might have more to do with the Movie Mafia - MPAA - but not allowing 5.1 out via optical seems wrong and a tad limiting.
- Sound
To tell you truth, except for my first turn on and off of the TV, I haven't listened to the internal speakers as everything is going through my receiver, so I can't say much about it.
- As a computer monitor, streaming, etc
I haven't tried DNLA yet, as I need to get a wireless bridge, but I have hooked up my laptop to the TV numerous times.
Initially I had hooked it up to HDMI4 and the results were okay. I had trouble playing certain files through that port (namely quicktime ones). But I moved the input to HDMI2 labeled it PC and everything played on the TV just fine. I even removed the PC label and everything played just fine and I had no sound lag either.
If being used just as a monitor, text is clear and legible even from 10 feet away. From up close the text is smooth too.
- Uniformity
First thing I did was test for dead pixels and any obvious defects when CEVA dropped the TV off. Nothing seemed to stand out.
I then tried a lot of different files, movies, etc and nothing wrong stood out again.
And then I ran TVBlink.com's DVD and only one minor thing stood out, but I think it was source related more then anything else. On the Color Antialiasing test, the circles are to be smooth. Two of my circles (purple and blue) had rolling hills, not steps. It changed when I used my computer's DVD instead of the standalone one.
Nothing else really stood out.
No pillaring, no clouding/mura, no flashlights, etc. I'm sure there are some irregularities some might notice, but my wife, a few friends, and I haven't seen anything so that is good enough.
- Gaming/Lag
I only have the Wii. And I've noticed no discernible lag when playing games on it in any mode (Game mode, Standard mode, etc) all played the same for me.
I had run tests out of curiosity's sake more then for any other reasons. Yes, there is lag on this TV, but it is highly dependent on your settings and what you can live with and can't live with.
There was 0ms lag when I labeled HDMI2 to PC (8 tests - 8 @ 0ms). Game mode gave me a lag of 20ms to 30ms (9 tests - 3 @ 20ms, 6 @ 30ms). Extremely acceptable numbers for an LCD TV of this magnitude and standard mode's lag with AMP at low was generally clocked between 50ms and 70ms (8 tests 4 @ 50ms, 2 @ 60ms, 2 @ 70ms). A little higher.
The outcomes are based solely on my tests, on my TV, using my equipment. Others might have varying results.
- Audio/Lag
I have not encountered audio lag. As mentioned I have only used the TV speakers once or twice. Sound was in sync then. The rest of the time all sound is run through my receiver and the sync is perfect then too.
I do have my standard cable input into the TV with RCA audio out to the receiver and there is no audio lag there either.
- Halo
Well it's there, but not a concern on my part. I barely notice it, and when I do it's because I am looking for it.
- Power on input delay
This actually hadn't been in my mind until someone else brought it to my attention. If you are switching inputs from the TV Off status, it takes a little bit - actually 13000ms from the time the TV turns on and the input is switched to the appropriate one. Not sure why, but it can be a mild annoyance.
Final Thoughts
I really love the TV. I haven't hesitated to recommend this TV to anyone I know and one person did buy it and they are extremely happy with their purchase.
This Is A Very Nice LCD TV June 15, 2008Khanh C. Nguyen
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've been using this TV for a little over two weeks now, so I feel confident that I know enough to post a review of this product. First off, the IQ of this TV is absolutely beautiful. The color is rich and deep. It has more picture adjustment features than you could ever think of. I don't mess around with the picture setting because the picture quality is perfect to me. This TV also has a wireless feature that you can use to access files (movie, music, etc) from your PC, when you buy a separate wireless adapter from SAMSUNG that plugs into the USB port located on the side. You can access files from a USB memory stick if you like. I have my Sony Play Station 3 hooked up to this TV. I use the PS3 to view movies (blue ray movies look awesome), pictures (huge 52" picture frame on the wall), music (all my music collection on disk), and browsing the internet (I can buy games online if I want). The PS3 and this TV make an awesome match. Oh and the sound is very good, I must admit. It won't match my $4000 audiophile music system in term of sound quality, but I don't have much space inside my bedroom. The red thing around the TV is....I just don't care since it is just a marketing gimmick.
Now the things that I don't like. First, the remote could of been better. The rotating ring is an absolute joke. I cannot browse through the TV menus without problems when using this rotating ring. Sometimes, things that look innovative (like this rotating ring) turn out to be just a worthless gimmick. Samsung needs to get rid of this or make it better. There should be a sleep button on the remote. You can access the sleep timer, but you have to go through several steps. This is stupid on Samsung's part. Where's the picture mode (stretch, zoom, 16:9. etc) button? Again, you have to go through several steps to access this feature. The "source" button should be redesigned. All you should do when changing the input source is pressing the "source" button to cycle through all the input source. No need to press the "source" button to get to the input source that you want, then have to press the exit to get out of the display. Little things like this that Samsung completely failed to realize. Samsung should of chosen a better material for the bezel around the TV. It is too soft and easy to scratch (you will scratch it I guarantee). It also attract dust like crazy. The panel somehow is much better at not atracting dust.
Other than those silly little things (OK they are annoying), I like this TV a lot. The picture IQ is simply marvelous. This TV deserves 4.5 stars.
Update Jun 27:
-I found another thing about the remote that I don't like. The Samsung engineer apparenty screwed up on programming the "exit" and "return" button. Certain menu item on the screen tell me to press the "exit" button to get out of that particular menu, but it turns out that I have to press the "return" button to get out. The "exit" button should let you get out of the menu, and the "return" button to let you get out of the submenu. Anyway, I am more than happy to use my Onkyo universal remote instead of this one and just forget about that "exit" button.
-I know that this is a Samsung TV review, but the more I use my Sony Playstation 3, the more I am amazed about this TV set. You know that you can view the media files from your PC (set upi as the media file server) when you buy a separate wireless adapter that plugs into the USB port located on the side of the TV? This feature is called DLNA. Well, why should you if you have a Playstation 3 or a XBox 360 connected to the TV? The sight of that wireless thing sticking out on the side of your TV would be an eye sore. Instead, you can set up a media server on your PC and have the PS3 or Xbox receive all those files and display them on your beautiful TV. My PS3 only has 40 GB of disk space; my PC has over 2 TB of disk space. I don't have to store everything on my PS3. I can use the PS3 to retrieve all those files wirelessly from my PC and display them on my Samsung TV. If you have several DLNA-supported TVs in your house, then you can set up one PC media file server to feed your TVs anywhere inside your house. This DLNA is truely a great feature. I just wish that Sony and Samsung advertise this feature more.
Best LCD on the market June 21, 2008Jerry (Bergen NJ)
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Went from a 34" Sony XBR CRT to this after many years of researching. This is truly a great tv. the PQ is fantastic and it doubles as the biggest pc monitor.