 "I LOVE this TV" | 2009-11-16 |
| - Reviewed By chris118275 |
I intentionally held off writing this review until I had used the TV for a while. After having the TV installed for about 5 weeks now I feel comfortable in reviewing the product.
Simply put it rocks. The picture quality is superb. The interface is relatively easy to use.
Pros:
1. Picture quality is amazing. The fastest most demanding sports, and action scenes are flawless.
2. No "wasted space" There is very little "casing" around the TV. No bulky speakers on the side etc.
3. Digital Tuner will likely give you a lot more channels with no adapter or cable box. You still won't get all of your premium channels but you will get more than just the analog tier. (note that I don't use this as my primary input for TV viewing only for the PIP functionality).
Cons:
1. No single button for PIP. Makes it difficult/impossible to get to PIP from a Harmony remote.
2. The Yahoo Widget gallery is slow. Painfully slow. Slow to the point that every time you access it it takes 2-3 minutes.
3. The Automotion Plus is a matter of taste. You may love it or you may hate it. I ended up turning it off as it makes people in regular TV shows seem "hyper real". I don't know how else to describe it. It almost seems like they are cutouts layered on top of the background. I know that describes it poorly but you really have to see it to understand it.
Can't comment on:
1. Speaker quality- Never used them never will. Everything runs through my sound system.
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| "King of the non-LED 46" LCDs" | 2009-11-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3XKT8SB9K1N6 |
| I did about two months worth of looking and research to find the right set and the right deal. This TV is in a dedicated media room in my new home. I purchased this TV through Amazon back in August with an amazing coupon deal. I also considered competing models from Sony, LG, Toshiba and Sharp, as well as the Samsung 550 and 650 versions in this size. To my eyes, the Samsung models have deeper blacks and better contrast in well-lit rooms as well as in darker, home theater rooms. To be fair, I also believe the Sony sets have better color saturation and better standard def processing. Additionally, the Sony sets do not have the glossy panel that the Samsung 650 and 750 models use. And let me get this out of the way: The panel on this set (750) is plenty glossy and will reflect light. If you intend to place this set in, say, a family room with lots of natural light as well as lights from a kitchen, breakfast or dining area, I would not recommend this set. The panel does have some sort anti-reflective layer, supposedly, but I think there are limits to how much reflection it can really diffuse. At the very least, if you aren't sure, make sure you hold onto your receipt and the packaging that the set came in should you decide that there's too much reflection on the glass for you. It's not a problem for me, but I can certainly see where this can create problems for others. The glossy panel issue aside, this is a terrific TV. I truly believe that this LCD set gives you the most plasma-like picture of any traditional LCD TV on the market. If you want plasma blacks and contrast in a lighter, more energy-efficient package for your home theater, the Samsung LN46B750 is worth a look and, in my mind, worth the slightly higher price of entry. The newer, back-lit LED models from Samsung, LG, Toshiba and Sharp may provide the same or slightly better picture quality, but I honestly don't believe the added price of those sets is worth the marginal improvements that they may deliver. I have played around some with the 240hz motion processing on this Samsung, but I don't really dig the cloudy, soap-opera effect that this technology tends to create. I generally leave it off. I also have not played around with the online widgets that this set comes loaded with. I suppose they are nice to have, but I didn't buy this TV for the widgets. I watch a lot of football on this TV and the picture has never disappointed, but I really feel like this set shines with movies and similar theatrical content. Get yourself a Blu-Ray player and a decent surround sound system with this TV and you may never leave your house. Seriously. Last thing I'll say is that this TV provides you with a lot of picture control that you don't get elsewhere - particularly the separate blur reduction and judder settings for motion processing. If you love to tweak picture settings for different kinds of lighting situations and/or content, then this set is for you. |
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| "Magnificent!" | 2009-11-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A387IT4K65TYV8 |
This is an outstanding television! I have to admit, I was dragging my feet even entering the HDTV market, as I am a "reverse snob" and don't like to admit how important TV is in our lives: "What, spend hundreds of dollars on such a passive form of entertainment? Surely our OLD televisions are just fine." Sniff, sniff.
Well, I'm eating crow and happy to be doing so! One day a few months ago, I got off my high horse and admitted just HOW much pleasure our family gets from TV shows like "Mad Men" or "Fringe" or "Amazing Race" and how enthralled my daughters have been with big box sets of gorgeous shows like "Planet Earth"...or how we like to watch documentaries and dramas from Netflix nearly every weekend, together, and, really, we AREN'T going to become illiterate slobs JUST because we have a good television set... :-) The time had come to get something that could take advantage of all the wonderful advances in technology (Blueray, Netflix, high def programming) and so I started researching LCD TV's.
After much online searching, after review after review, after looking at actual sets in the stores, I settled on this Samsung--with some degree of trepidation, as it cost nearly three times the price of our last set. We've had it about a month, now, and we are ABSOLUTELY THRILLED: the picture quality is stunning--especially for travel and nature shows--and the set just works beautifully. My daughter--a gamer--was astounded to discover entire aspects of her favorite PS3 games (details, scenes, artistic fonts, etc.) that hadn't been translating onto our old Sony crt TV, at all. The television even looks gorgeous when it's not turned on, and doesn't seem as massive and attention-grabbing as our looming, extraordinarily heavy Sony Triniton, despite having a screen nearly twice as large. No other lcd hdtv I've seen begins to compare with the extraordinary detail, sharpness, and overall LIFELIKE quality of the images that Samsung managed to produce.
Just this week, I got my latest issue of PC World magazine, and was pleased--but not the least surprised--to discover that they had rated this model as absolutely TOPS in its class (Lcd hdtv's over 40") AND also listed it as #10 in their rundown of "Top 100 Technological Products of 2009" as well. |
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| "beautiful television" | 2009-11-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: A283HFHAIFSE2S |
| Well I've only had the television a few days, but I really love it. I was very lucky as I found a $150 coupon which ran out Nov. 7, so I was extremely pleased with that. It came in 6 days and checked by the delivery person to make sure all was in order. Bang for the buck I believe I got a great deal and I think you will find that samsung is in the top three of the televisions you should buy. I love the 150,000 to 1 contrast ratio and I've been told that is how you should buy is by the contrast ratio. Hope all of you have great luck in whatever you buy.....don |
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| "Review For Two 46" Samsungs" | 2009-10-29 |
| - Reviewed By wmh@awod.com |
Although I planned on purchasing only one of these, due to a failure of an older Plasma, I purchased a second one of the identical TV. We could not be more pleased with these LCD's. One of these is hung over a fireplace in a brightly lit room (20' ceiling with lots of windows) and the image is flawless even at mid day. The other is in a smaller room (14 x 14) and provides a true theatre experience because it is so large in the small room but IMO is not too large (not sure my wife would agree with this statement). I have it mounted on the top of a 6' cabinet and it works out perfectly. Many have mentioned that the field of vision is not ideal unless you are looking straight on at the TV but I have not found that an issue. With both installations, you have to look up to the TV and no one has made a negative comment. In the small room I use the internal speaker of the TV and it is adequate at best. On the one in the larger room, i have the Bose center channel speaker on a surround sound system and it is a very nice installation. Could not be more pleased with these purchases.
I call BS on the complaints of the prior two reviews about the $500 repair and the financing issue. Have been a long term customer of Amazon and never had a problem and cannot imagine Samsung abandoning a customer with a manufacturing defect in the TV. |
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 "Good luck getting service when this TV turns out defective" | 2009-10-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1G902PARCJ607 |
| I purchased this TV from Samsung 3 months ago, and it had issues from the start: the audio output only channelled sound to one external speaker. Apparently this is a common problem. They should have recalled the TV. Next, the video input from HD cable became defective. So, there was no HD picture coming through from my calbe box. Now, I had paid $2000 for the TV, extra $ for HD cable, and I am getting subpar, blurry TV. Hmmm. By this time, The Amazon 30 day warrantee had expired. Samsung folks are really nice on the phone, but in terms of getting service repair-men out to fix your TV. . . lets just say, they are suboptimal. I was assigned to 4 different repair companies before I realized, no one will fix this defective issue. Very frustrated. Very angry. Will never buy a Samsung product again. |
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