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Samsung UN55B6000 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV

Posted on | December 7, 2009 | Comments Off

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Customer Review: Enjoying the Samsung UN55B6000 HDTV
Image Quality and Connectivity:

This Samsung UN55B6000 is excellent technology and priced to move. We’ve got it hooked up to a cable box (MOT DCT 6200) via the 1 component connection and the image is sharp and crispy and the colors are vivid and bright.

We have an older PC connected via the VGA connection and the 3.5mm mini audio connection. Internet browser windows come up real sharp in 1920×1280i resolution. Sidebar: I’m also using wi fi and wireless mouse and keyboard.

Hi-res images look fantastic. This TV was assembled with web-browsing and computing in mind (Net widget, USB, JPEG and mp3 friendly) and Samsung has nailed it.

Online Support and Configuring the Cable Box:

Initially, the cable box was sending 720×480i to the TV. Fortunately I was able to find forums online with posts from a Samsung HD Tech and a cable co. employee that outlined the solution — turn off the cable box, hit the menu button (cable remote) and here you can select the higher (or different) resolution.

Additionally, the cable box required two power cycles for this (resolution) change to take effect but when it did I was viewing cable tv in 1920×1080i.

Using Samsung’s P.Size (Picture) Button:

When watching cable programming broadcast in HD, the 16:9 (aspect ratio) mode looks the best to me. For standard definition programming the Wide-Fit mode stretches the image a bit to fill the screen.

I’ve noticed some adjusting is required when flipping between channels, for example, sometimes CNN ticker text is below the screen and other times the Fox Sports Net FSN graphic is a bit above the screen. Perhaps this issue is addressed in the screen-fit mode, I’m not sure yet, I’ll have to mash a few more buttons. Overall, I give it 4.5 stars.

Customer Review: Samsung UN55B6000 – Great HD, Poor SD
Well, I just got one of these, and I think I’ll be sending it back. The HD picture quality is really great, and looks fantastic with HD video sources such as cable and blu-ray.

However, the reality is, not everything I watch is HD, and there’s still a lot of standard-def channels around. This is where this unit falls down in my opinion. I’ve seen a review that said this unit has very good SD picture quality, but I have to disagree completely.

I have a 5-year old Hitachi 56-inch rear projection HDTV that I’m comparing side by side, and the Samsung is just really poor at displaying SD material compared to the Hitachi. The picture is grainy, blurry, and pixelated at times, whereas the Hitachi is MUCH smoother and more watchable. No SD signal is going to be perfect on a 55+ inch HDTV, but the difference between the Samsung and the Hitachi is dramatic.

Part of the problem is that the Samsung has no smart stretch mode for 4:3 material (variable stretch, where the center is stretched less and the edges more). They only offer 4:3 with black bars or zoom modes where half the picture is cut off. Hitachi/Sharp/Sony have had this feature for years and Samsung doesn’t, and I’m surprised.

But even comparing both in non-stretched 4:3 with black bars mode, the Samsung is very poor. This is too bad, because the HD picture is really great.

I’m sending it back.

Samsung 52-Inch HDTV + Samsung Blu-ray Player for $1326 (PC World via Yahoo! News)
So you didn’t feel like waiting in the Best Buy line for three hours to pick up an HDTV? No problem–Amazon is offering a pretty sweet Samsung HDTV and Blu-ray Disc player bundle. The Samsung 52-inch LN52B630 features full 1080p resolution, 120Hz Auto Motion Plus, an 80,000:1 contrast ratio, four HDMI ports, and two USB ports; it currently retails for about $1488.

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