| The newThis is my second Samsung TV and I | | | | cars and bikes to make it more palatable. But if |
| am very happy with this purchase. Sure its | | | | you have HD TV will look great on this TV. |
| expensive TV, but also his position of great | | | | Negatives: There is only one real downside to this |
| features, tons of settings, and the latest LED | | | | TV, but for me its very, very minor. When |
| backlight technology that provides black level that | | | | viewed from an angle, you lose the blacks ink, |
| takes into territory LCD plasma, without demands | | | | even for only 30 degrees. Its not a big deal for |
| for power or heat of plasma. 55-inch requires less | | | | me, for two reasons. The couch is on-axis and it |
| energy than my old 40-inch LCD panel because of | | | | looks great from any place on the sofa. From the |
| intelligent backlight that turns down (or off) LED in | | | | side chair (about 40 °) still seems great and you |
| dark areas of the image. | | | | probably would not even notice you were losing |
| Overall I think its quality is up there with Sony | | | | some level of black until you move to the couch. |
| high-end (LDCs) and Pioneer (plasma) displays. | | | | Off-axis, this TV still seems as good as any |
| Samsung has really made a name for themselves | | | | high-end LCD I've seen. So, if you will often need |
| in recent years with steady improvement is the | | | | to look off axis, you lose some of the |
| LCD line. I really like how each input saves its own | | | | advantages of LED backlighting and maybe you |
| settings so you do not need to adjust every time | | | | should go for a plasma, since all LCDs have this |
| you switch inputs. | | | | problem and most are much worse than this TV. |
| For a game like LCDs in its default configuration | | | | I just think that his most noted as the axis about |
| there can be some problems with some games | | | | blacks are so good. That is why it is often |
| with latency and sharp images. I had a big | | | | mentioned in reviews. Then only other minor |
| problem with Rock Band, when the animation | | | | problem is that the stand does not swivel. This |
| behind the notes slid notes blur. You can use the | | | | was a nice touch, but with a TV of this size, I |
| E-Game Mode "to solve this problem but I found | | | | probably will not move much. |
| a better solution. Because you can not change the | | | | For Geeks: This TV is great. The number of |
| brightness / contrast or backlit with "E-Game | | | | different settings you play with are incredible. You |
| Mode", I used input HDMI2 Xbox 360 and changed | | | | can also do both color balance and calibration of |
| the label on HDMI2 to "PC". This tells the TV that | | | | black and white with this TV without having to go |
| you have a PC connected to HDMI2 and jump the | | | | into service menu. You are equipped with full |
| color and image processing just like the "E-Game | | | | greyscale (RGB Gain and Cut) and color (RGB and |
| Mode", but now you can control the brightness / | | | | YCM) from standard settings. I really like this |
| contrast and backlight. Only works on HDMI2 and | | | | because I can try to calibrate itself without |
| his briefly mentioned in the manual, but it makes a | | | | worrying about messing up the settings of the |
| much lower latency gameplay of "E-Game Mode" | | | | service menu. |
| that Samsung offers. | | | | So, you pay a lot for this TV, but I think its |
| For movies: Much better than any LCD due to the | | | | worth for the quality of the images and the ability |
| very black levels. deep blacks and good dark detail | | | | to control the LED backlight LCD technology |
| can be seen with this TV with the right settings. | | | | before everyone else get it, and you will! I think |
| With LED backlight and a Blu-Ray, blacks are true | | | | LED backlighting is a breakthrough for flat panels |
| blacks instead of dark gray and black bars on | | | | and will continue to improve in coming years and |
| widescreen movies out of sight. And because his | | | | become the standard for LCD TVs. So, I just |
| and LCDs are much brighter since punch, even | | | | paid a premium to see now. |
| the best plasma displays. | | | | UPDATE: I discovered that the problem with |
| For TV: If its standard definition, do not expect | | | | some games is the "LED Motion Pro Set Best to |
| too impressed. I think the scaler and feed | | | | disable this for most games. Yet its nice to have |
| standard def TV looks good for what it is and | | | | the PC mode, and reduce latency. |
| you can use the LOW setting dynamic contrast | | | | |