This is a great choice if you have no need or desire to pay up for a smart tv or 3D. Let's be honest. The marketing term of art, smart tv is just that a marketing gimmick. None of these tv's are particularly smart, they merely can do thing like access the internet, stream tv etc. You can do this anyway through various interfaces, such as apple tv, your blue ray players etc. Why pay up? Perhaps for a slightly higher build quality; however if that is not your concern then this tv is for you. It has an outstanding image. I upgraded from a highend Samsung that was 5 years old and their is an enormous improvement. The main drawback with this model are as mentioned very limited inputs: 2 HDMI which are in a somewhat awkward place on the far right side of the rear panel which means if your stereo and blueray players are on the left you need very long hdmi cables (10'-15'). Also you get only two audio outputs, one optical and one analog plug, there is no coaxial. Only one component cable input, and no s-video. The documentation and instructions are very spotty compared to previous Samsung owner manuals, but are sufficient if you are already savy. You need to assemble the stand which is fairly simple and involves putting in 8 philips head screws. The tv is very light compared to my older model and as I said may not have the same build quality you come to expect from Samsung. Only time will tell if this is important. The plus side is that you are paying 1/4 to 1/3 the price of what you have paid so maybe that's less important. My limited testing of the air antenna shows great reception. on the whole a great tv for the price.
People have criticized this LED because it doesn't have a lot of connections, but you can get an HDMI multiple input switcher, if you have that many connection needs, for like $18.99, on the Internet, if you really need it.
Anyway, I am just blown away by the picture. OK, it is my first LED, but still, it looks fantastic to me.
I see no shadows, no dead pixels, and no ghosting.
It amuses me as to how many folks say the sound is just ok, and that it is thicker than it should be, or whatever, but I must say as a former pro sound person that I am completely impressed with the sound. What the heck does one expect from a three inch thick LED? If it is thinner, then the sound is just not going to deliver the same depth. I am puzzled by the thickness issue. One inch thick, two inches thick, and so on, I don't stand behind or next to the thing; what difference does that make? As long as it is not anywhere near as deep as the old CRT technology.
Not to scare anybody away from this product, but I have to say that after just six weeks, it completely blew out! Yes, I just couldn't believe it. Samsung has in home repair warranty for the first twelve months, and my set blew on a Sunday (of course), but a Samsung Rep was there on the phone to help me that day, and by Thursday afternoon, a qualified Samsung Tech was in my apartment, and within fifteen minutes my 6000 was back in business, no charge. There is a Motherboard, and a Power Board, and either could have failed. It turned out to be the Power Board. These things happen sometimes. It has worked fine since.
I was truly impressed by the service I got from Samsung and their certified repair people, honestly.
It is seven feet away from me, at the foot of my bed, and I confess, that I could sit here all day and night watching, without a second thought (Of course, that is just not possible...).
Trust me, for the money, and I did a lot of research before I bought this set, you simply cannot go wrong.
Even with the Power Board failure, I still have to give this puppy every star it is worth, which is five stars!
Monday, December 17, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Outstanding, Amazing, Absolutely Great
Great HDTV, with amazing Picture. Works great with my Playstation 3. Games and Movies are stunning. Have had great luck with Samsung TVs. This 60 inch TV, a 40 inch TV, and two 27" TVs, all by Samsung, and not one single dead or stuck pixel on any of these TVs!!!
If you need all the apps and 3d which I don't this is perfect, it work for action dark scenes and works great with my iPad and Mac to get unbelievable picture quality. The big surprise was that it has great sound.
I replaced a 37" Vizio with the Samsung. The Samsung has a picture that almost looks to be 3D. I have never seen a better picture. I would highly recommend the Samsung.
If you need all the apps and 3d which I don't this is perfect, it work for action dark scenes and works great with my iPad and Mac to get unbelievable picture quality. The big surprise was that it has great sound.
I replaced a 37" Vizio with the Samsung. The Samsung has a picture that almost looks to be 3D. I have never seen a better picture. I would highly recommend the Samsung.
This TV is AMAZING
Yes some people will say that this TV is not loaded with features, like all the streaming internet blah-de-blah-blah-blah. But if you have that in your Blu-ray player, you don't need it in your TV as well. And some of us don't care about watching streaming movies over the net, some of us don't have good enough broadband connections where we live to support that anyway. And some of us BUY blu-ray movies that we like. So enough about internet bloody apps.
The biggest complaint about this set offered by some is the fact that it only has 2 HDMI ports. And that could be a problem for some. But if you control all of your gear (like I do) through your A/V receiver, you only need ONE HDMI going into the TV anyway. If you've got to plug all of your high-def gear right into the TV, and you've got more than 2 HDMI devices, this TV is not for you, find another. So enough about only 2 HDMI ports.
The picture quality of this TV is AMAZING. The total evenness of the backlight, especially during a pitch black scene, or when the background is totally black, is amazing. Total blackness with no uneven lighting at all...ANYWHERE on the screen, even edges and corners. I haven't seen a TV that can compare to this one in that respect.
The set has MANY full manual picture controls and tweaks, and some advanced ones, or three pre-programed modes that you can still tweak. You don't have to settle for what the TV maker says is good, although Samsung's modes are pretty darn good, right out of the box. The "dynamic" mode is a little contrasty for my taste though. But still, it's easily modified.
The front bezel on this TV is about as thin as they get on LCD/LED TVs. Some would say that this TV is a tad on the thick side depth-wise, considering it's an LED TV, but it's still pretty thin, compared to my 3 year old Sony 52" LCD, which was a tank.
The sound is about the same as other thin LCD/LED TVs. You can't get huge speakers to fit into these things, let's face it. Thin with a small bezel means thin, small speakers. If you're listening through a surround sound system (as I and anyone with a "home theater system" do) it's not an issue.
The remote control is a bit small, but its backlit buttons can light up in the dark, which is a plus.
I just bought this TV in a bricks and mortar store for $1199, which I think is a steal. Two weeks ago I bought an LG 55" LCD and it's going back to the store today. This Samsung totally blows the LG away...the backlighting on the LG was so bad and uneven I couldn't stand it. It was really noticible how bad it was during dark scenes in movies like the second "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, any of the "Batman" movies or "Aliens" those movies are chock full of very dark scenes. The LG couldn't handle them, but the Samsung does them proud...inky rich blacks that still have some detail in them.
Someplace online I read in someone's comments that this TV doesn't do 24hz film mode. It most certainly does....set your Blu-ray player to that mode and then press the "info" button on this Samsung TV's remote and it will display that info on the screen. 24 bloody hz. So don't believe everything that people say in reviews. (except for mine lol)
If you want a REALLY decent TV that doesn't have to wake you up, make you breakfast, Twitter and Facebook for you, do your laundry and surf the net for you, this is it.
The biggest complaint about this set offered by some is the fact that it only has 2 HDMI ports. And that could be a problem for some. But if you control all of your gear (like I do) through your A/V receiver, you only need ONE HDMI going into the TV anyway. If you've got to plug all of your high-def gear right into the TV, and you've got more than 2 HDMI devices, this TV is not for you, find another. So enough about only 2 HDMI ports.
The picture quality of this TV is AMAZING. The total evenness of the backlight, especially during a pitch black scene, or when the background is totally black, is amazing. Total blackness with no uneven lighting at all...ANYWHERE on the screen, even edges and corners. I haven't seen a TV that can compare to this one in that respect.
The set has MANY full manual picture controls and tweaks, and some advanced ones, or three pre-programed modes that you can still tweak. You don't have to settle for what the TV maker says is good, although Samsung's modes are pretty darn good, right out of the box. The "dynamic" mode is a little contrasty for my taste though. But still, it's easily modified.
The front bezel on this TV is about as thin as they get on LCD/LED TVs. Some would say that this TV is a tad on the thick side depth-wise, considering it's an LED TV, but it's still pretty thin, compared to my 3 year old Sony 52" LCD, which was a tank.
The sound is about the same as other thin LCD/LED TVs. You can't get huge speakers to fit into these things, let's face it. Thin with a small bezel means thin, small speakers. If you're listening through a surround sound system (as I and anyone with a "home theater system" do) it's not an issue.
The remote control is a bit small, but its backlit buttons can light up in the dark, which is a plus.
I just bought this TV in a bricks and mortar store for $1199, which I think is a steal. Two weeks ago I bought an LG 55" LCD and it's going back to the store today. This Samsung totally blows the LG away...the backlighting on the LG was so bad and uneven I couldn't stand it. It was really noticible how bad it was during dark scenes in movies like the second "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, any of the "Batman" movies or "Aliens" those movies are chock full of very dark scenes. The LG couldn't handle them, but the Samsung does them proud...inky rich blacks that still have some detail in them.
Someplace online I read in someone's comments that this TV doesn't do 24hz film mode. It most certainly does....set your Blu-ray player to that mode and then press the "info" button on this Samsung TV's remote and it will display that info on the screen. 24 bloody hz. So don't believe everything that people say in reviews. (except for mine lol)
If you want a REALLY decent TV that doesn't have to wake you up, make you breakfast, Twitter and Facebook for you, do your laundry and surf the net for you, this is it.
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