this tv is about the best value i've come across. ever. the display is beautiful the setup was a bit tricky..i just peered out from the crt world of tvs. five years ago i had a twenty inch crt by apex. three years ago we wanted a bigger one and settled on a used 26 inch dyno flat crt for $180. we wanted an lcd and now three years later we could finally afford one. the issue though is that i came out of the crtworld knowing nothing about hdmi cables. id only ever set up using rca and svideo cables. what ive found is that when you have a tv with two hdmi ports it will help if you get a little inventivei have uverse a blu ray player and my receiver [that doesnt have hdmi ports]i connected an hdmi cable from my tv to my blu rayfrom my tv to my uverse boxand ran an optical cable from my tv to my receiverit works flawlessly i have surround sound and the switch from hdmi1 to hdmi2 is stress free i just click source on the remote and scroll down one and hit the big middle button.i have the uverse remote to change the channels and have the receiver audio set through the same remote. so unless we are changing to a dvd or going back to television there is no need except for the one remote. we are pleased with this set up. the tv remote is huge and doesnt offer a lighted display so though i like the size of it i dislike using it. ergonomically though it is easy to function.just to note having 1080p is not all it's cracked up to bebecause nothing broadcasts in full 1080p. currently at&t broadcasts in 720p. that will be changing over the next couple of years but for now i have our uverse box set for 1080i. 1080i looks noticeably better than 720p. had i known this i would have sought out a 720p tv. i originally did. had the deal not been as good on this tv we would have settled on a 720 probably a 37 vizio. but as is we are very happy. samsung is rated number two and for good reason. even with a very modest 400001 contrast ratio even with the 60 speed this is a lot of television that was stripped down of just enough whistles to make it just barely affordable for us.the upconversion of regular dvds through my blu ray player is very crisp on this display. even home movies that i transcode and burn to play like a dvd through my player comes alive even though my camcorder is 480i and not hd. this tv is a remarkable buy.
excellent Excellent TV for the money. I suggest you have high definition cable/satelite or other wise the picture quality is a little grainy. We thought we had HDMI reciever and did not but when we got new one from directtv the quality was excellent. I highly recommend this product.
this is what a value TV should be and comparison with Sony 46W5150 In the last three months of this year 2009 I did hours worth of research deciding on which 2 LCD TV's to buy a 46 for myself that I planned to do all kinds of crazy things with including hooking up my computer via DVI>HDMI using a roofmounted antenna for the overtheair tuner using with a HTPC etc and a 40 for my mom and dad that would simply offer great picture quality.For myself I bought the Sony 120hz 46W5150 Bravia Engine 3 10000001 contrast and for mom and dad this TV ths Samsung 40b500.The result is that this TV Samsung is perfect for mom and dad and in truth probably would have satisfied me too.Both are exceptionally vibrant and clear. My Sony TV offers a few shades deeper almost perfectly pure black level but this Samsung is almost there with deep/rich blacks. If you are downgrading from a 120hz TV to the Samsung you will notice the lack but if you've only ever had a CRT or 60hz LCD I do not personally believe 120hz justifies a lot more money but this is personal preference. Speakers are comparable. My Sony offers 8+ inputs including 4 HDMI this Samsung only has 2 HDMI and 1 component/composite shared.I could go on an on making technical comparisons but I think the most helpful info I can share is that having lived with and loved my Sony WSeries for a few months a mid to top of the line unit this Samsung offers 8090% of the black level contrast and beautifully sharp image at about 50% of the price.The low number of inputs is not an issue if you are aware of it beforehand. I hooked my parents cable box up to the component their DVD player to the HDMI 1 and the Roku HD player to HDMI 2. If they get a bluray player it will replace the DVD player on HDMI 1.
Bought and returned I bought this tv on black friday 2010 and turned out to be dissatisfied. I guess im not too found of 60hz to begin with but im still not pleased with the picture quality either way. I expected that I couldnt go wrong with a samsung being that they are one of the top manufactures in the tv business. When playing movies and games I sometimes get a flicker which is really annoying when you pay for a nice tv. I did get a good deal $500 but the deal wasnt good enough for me and im not really too picky. I will give them credit for the cosmetics though. It looks really sharp in my living room.Pros Price looks sound.Cons 1 hdmi 60hzblurry Flickering picture off ps3 no audio in.Had the tv for two months.
The samsung lcd is a great tv. My son has had no problems with his samsung 40inch lcd tv. The shipping was fast and easy. it has no problem with video or when he uses it as a computer monitor.
Excellent Tv for the price Bought this TV after thanksgiving and has been great ever since works excellent with my computer very clear sound is great and picture quality. Only con is that it needs some playing around with to get settings to look good.
Great television for the price I bought this television before Christmas Eve for about [] from Sears with Bing Cashback. It was such a great deal. Out of the box the picture quality is not great because you have to adjust the settings. I recommend going to [] and looking up Samsung settings. I was able to use a setting for one of the Samsung televisions and the picture quality looked great. On the PS3 Modern Warfare 2 looks awesome. So does Dragons Age I might add. I think the people who are complaining about picture quality are not putting in the proper settings to show the true picture quality of the television.
Samsung is Fantastic I wanted a HDTV during black Friday so I got out the ads on Thursday and began looking. I looked over many of the televisions but I always seem to fall for Samsung or Vizio when it comes to LCD or LED HDTV's. This occasion was no exception. Now some of the Sony Bravia's are beautiful too but they tend to be a little expensive because of the name. Nonetheless I found myself liking the $600 deal that was available at Walmart with this model so I made the final decision this TV.I haven't had much first hand experience with Plasma televisions but of what I did experience I liked Panasonic and Pioneer the most. However plasmas are good for dark rooms but there really aren't that many people as far as I know who have very dark living tv rooms and no windows. So I tend to go with LCD. Here we go w/ specsFORMATThis model has the current 1.3b hdmi format and so do almost all hdtvs but there really isn't much of a difference between the a and b format my opinion.LIGHTINGThis TV is a CCFL display which is understandable for the price because LEDlit TV's tend to be more expensive.
awesome value This was a gift for my sister's house. It came promptly in excellent shape and setup was easy. A great deal for the price.
Nice budget LCD HDVT Picture is great in HD. SD isn't all that great but I have found this to be true on all LCDs. Some people have complained about it only having 2 HDMI ports but that is all I need 1 for DVD and 1 for cable. The only draw back on this is the sound. The sound is acceptable but it's not great. A sound bar or home theater can fix that but it would be nice if it wasn't necessary. Samsung like most manufactures has moved to rear/downward facing speakers and I that that is a mistake as they cause echoing and greatly reduced sound quality.
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