Samsung LN40A650 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 40" widescreen HDTV (16:9 aspect ratio) * Touch of Color high-gloss "rose black" finish * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * Ultra Clear LCD panel (1920 x 1080 pixels) * Product details and pricing info |
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262 Customer Reviews Posted
- samsung and amazon
- the service from amazon was very good.thesamsung hdtv picture is really very good,the audio is somewhat muffled.samsung is sending someone to improve this.
- 2008-09-23, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Samsung 40" 650 series
- Great for action and movies. Super clear picture even in action scenes. Only drawback as with all large LCDs standard definition looks like crap. Great TV.
- 2008-09-23, 1 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- samsung series 6 lcd
- I've had this TV for about a month now, i figured i give it good looking at before i made my review. So far th tv is everythign we expected it to be. The set up was very easy and within 20 min of having it out of the box it was up and working. I have noticed on some instances where the picture is blurry but nothing to serious in that regards. The one time it was bad was off road racing and i think the combination of many browns and the ripples on the track was to much for it to comprehend, no biggie for me as i dont watch alot of that stuff anyway.
Sporting events are simply put, outstanding. I havent had any problems like some of the other reviewers. I found the remote was pretty easy to figure out and navigating wasnt that bad either. The wheel wasnt no big deal for me, heck i thought the owners manual was the most complicated part of any of it.
I looked for about 3 months before i bought this through Amazon, i looked and looked locally, on internet and anywhere else i could for a cheaper price but never did find one. With the no intrest for 24 months and free shipping, you cant go wrong. I even got a refund when the price decreased, it pays to check back daily.
Delivery wasnt a problem either, they said between noon and 2 and showed up about little after 2. They brought it in to the house opened it up made sure there was no damage and away they went, no complaints there.
i guess what sealed the purchase for me was when i went to Best Buy and the Sony was on the left and LG was on the right and Samsung was in the middle and of all the samsung had the brightest and clearest picture, plus there price was about thousand more than Amazon. Overall this tv is every thing we thought it would be. - 2008-09-22, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- almost perfect tv
- This television is awesome! There are many bells and whistles that are too numerous to take advantage of unless you have a degree from MIT. If you could program more than one profile of custom settings, (picture and sound) it would be better. the wheel in the remote is worthless. it isn't user friendly as you can do just as well (or better) with a toggle switch or a joystick type setup. Overall the tv is great, but I don't like having to change the aspect ratio to fit the screen every time I flip to a channel that isn't being broadcast in HD. Of all the research I have done, I chose the Samsung over the Sony because it was $600 cheaper for almost the same thing.
- 2008-09-21, 1 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great TV - a few misses (rating = 4.5)
- First, this is an excellent TV and my review focuses on a few points missing from the other reviews that would have been helpful to know when I was "shopping" for a new TV - not that these would have prevented me from buying the Samsung.
Second, I own 2 older Panasonic plasmas which were/are considered the best flat panels before LCD's hit the market; so my review is based on features I felt were missing with the Samsung that the Panasonics have.
If you intend to mount this unit on the wall and do-it-yourself these missing features will make the job harder:
- you'll need to uninstall the table stand BEFORE mounting to the wall.
- no lift handles
- the input jacks are located on the back vs the bottom, so you must hook up the cables before mounting as opposed to simply plugging in after the TV is mounted. This is a big deal as you will need two people to lift and hold the unit up while someone else plugs in the cables. (Note, there are a few input jacks on the side but if you have several components to hook -up and/or want a clean look after set-up you will still have to deal with the rear jacks)
However, if you intend to use the table top stand your good to go. The stand is excellent.
Usability flaws:
Unlike the Panasonics, you must cycle through the inputs via the remote vs. pressing a dedicated button for "each input" on the remote. So to switch from a DVD to video game input you have to cycle through the menu and hit enter vs a one step/direct input change. This is a big nuisance for me as I regularly switch between different components.
The follwoing is an issue with any 42+" 1080p TV when the viewing distance is within 12', not just the Samsung:
- Non HD signals or HD signals of TV shows/movies >10 years old will appear very fuzzy. At first I was very disappointed with the picture for these situations but I discovered that setting non-HD signals to the 4:3 format and setting the picture mode to "cinematic" made for a more appealing picture. Now, some people can't stand the black bars in 4:3 mode but that's never been an annoyance for me.
Overall, this is an excellent TV that I highly recommend. - 2008-09-20, 4 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
