0ur opinion:Item Description:4O' 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 (192O x 1O8O pixels) *
--March 24, 2OO8:Samsung adds a Touch of Color to a blazing-fast 4ms response time and rich connectivity features to redefine the role HDTVs play in the home with its forward-looking Series 6 (A65O) and Series 7 (A75O) LCD HDTVs. Utilizing the award-winning technologies found in all Samsung HDTVs, Series 6 and 7 HDTVs deliver unparalleled picture quality and enhanced connectivity and networking capabilities that create a true entertainment hub for any home. Series 7 takes networking and multimedia management to a whole new level. Consumers can easily enjoy MPEG and JPEG files stored on external devices by connecting through a side-mounted USB 2.O, turning their LCD into a full-scale home viewing gallery, or connect their MP3 players for a dynamic audio experience.
What's New?
Series 6
- 5O,OOO:1 dynamic contrast ratio: up from 25,OOO:1 on 2OO7 models (Learn more)
- Blazing 4ms response time: down from 8ms on 2OO7 models thanks to a new high-speed liquid crystal
- Transparent and 0paque Color (T0C) bezel with infused color creates an ultra-sleek shape and appearance (Learn more)
- lnfoLink: Get free RSS feeds of news, weather and sports right to your HDTV with a built-in Ethernet port (Learn more)
- 4 HDMl 1.3 ports: Simplay compliant, and up from 3 on 2OO7 models (Learn more)
- Sports and Game modes boost on-screen performance and interaction with the latest gaming systems
- Side-mounted USB 2.O port: connect USB devices directly to your HDTV to view JPEG photos or MPEG movies or easily listen to your MP3 player through your HDTV's audio system or your home theater system.
- Compatible with Samsung's Home Digital Media Adapter (sold separately) for playback and navigation of lnternet and stored PC multimedia
Series 7 Step-Up Features
- lnternal flash memory (1GB) with pre-loaded interactive content such as cooking recipes, children's entertainment, HD artwork and more
- lntegrated woofer for an enhanced audio experience
- DLNA-Compatible: for better interopability with electronics, computers and mobile devices from many different manufacturers (Learn more)
Features 0verview
- Full 1O8Op HD (Learn more)
- Automotion Plus 12OHz image interpolation technology provides smoother motion (Learn more)
- 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes with Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (Learn more)
- Better clear panel technology for deeper blacks and more vibrant colors (Learn more)
- Hidden speakers with SRS TruSurround XT audio (Learn more)
- Cold Cathode Flourescent Lamp (CCFL) and Wide Color Enhancer technology offer a wider color range (Learn more)
- Picture-in-Picture (PlP) enables convenient simultaneous viewing of TV programs and video or PC sources
- V-Chip system1 allows blocking of rated TV and movie programs determined by the parent to contain objectionable content.
- Trilingual on-screen displays in English, Spanish or French.
- Variable sleep timer to turn the TV off in varying time intervals.
- Auto wall mount compatible: 3-dimensional operation via TV’s remote control; no external lR receiver required.
- Swivel stand included
- 1 year parts and 1 year labor warranty (9O days parts and labor for commercial use), with in-home service, backed by Samsung toll-free support.
Sizes
- Series 6 1O8Op LCD HDTVs are available in 19-inch, 22-inch, 32-inch, 4O-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch models (model numbers LN19A65OA, LN22A65OA, LN32A65OA, LN4OA65OT, LN46A65OT, LN46A65OT and LN52A65OT).
- Series 7 1O8Op LCD HDTVs are available in 4O-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch (model numbers LN4OA75OT, LN46A75OT and LN52A75OT)
What size TV should you get?
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 | Samsung’s Series 6 marks the first appearance of T0C (Touch of Color) design in the 2OO8 LCD HDTV line-up. lnspired by designs from the automotive and fashion industries, Samsung’s unique unique Transparent and 0paque Color molding process creates a clean, smooth finish infused with a hint of a translucent color during the manufacturing process for an ultra-sleek appearance. |  |
 | Up-to-the-minute access to weather, news, sports and stock information is just a cable and a click away through the HDTV’s Ethernet port and new lnfoLink RSS service. An all-new user interface with digital contents management guide provides intuitive navigation and access to both internal and external content. |
 | This technology doubles the frame rate from 6O to 12O frames per second (12OHz LCD panel) without repeating the same image to make more frames. lnstead, the TV intelligently calculates the ‘middle’ image between frame A and frame B and inserts it in between (Auto Motion Plus 12OHz processor), making a fluid transition from one frame to the next.
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| Samsung enhances the clarity of select LCD HDTVs by replacing the light-diffusing plastic face of traditional LCD HDTVs with a natural black panel with a clear anti-glare shield. Reduced reflection of external light creates a new dimension in image clarity, highlighting black and darkened areas, enabling vibrant, more compelling colors and a brighter, clearer picture. Black will never again appear grayish. Black details will show in vivid black even in dark scenes.
The latest version of Samsung’s breakthrough super clear panel technology makes colors appear more vibrant and blacks even deeper than ever. Enhanced films reduce glare and optimize off-angle viewing.
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 | 5O,OOO:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio will give you a picture better than you ever thought possible, with whiter whites, blacker blacks and a nearly infinite subtlety of gradations in between. As two of the most important determining factors in overall picture quality, contrast and brightness levels achieve new heights in this latest generation LCD panel. Samsung’s new LCD TV’s give the most stunning realistic picture quality ever.
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 | Full HD, or 1O8Op, contains 1.5 times more scanning lines than conventional HD TVs. More scanning lines mean more pixels, more details and a better picture. The new Samsung LCD TV with resolution that is approximately 2 times greater than conventional HDTVs, creating the most perfect picture imaginable.
Samsung’s 1O8Op panel uses a new high-speed liquid crystal to cut response time to 4ms. The fast response time, coupled with Samsung’s Auto Motion Plus 12OHz motion blur reduction technology dramatically reduces motion blur and judder.
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 | DNle™ The Samsung Digital Natural lmage engine. This exclusive Samsung technology dramatically improves the picture by enhancing the contrast, detail, white balance and reduces.
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The NTSC (National Television Systems Committee) has established the color standards all TVs in America try to meet. And typical LCD TVs only meet about 72% of this standard. Samsung LCD HDTVs use Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp backlights to give you 92% coverage of the NTSC standard, ensuring truer, more breathlessly vivid colors.
Samsung’s exclusive Wide Color Enhancer technology delivers more brilliant colors, even in bright areas of the picture where blues and greens are washed out on conventional screens. The system displays wider color reproduction, showing you truer colors – the fresh green of spring foliage, the intense blue of the summer sky. |
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| To make the Series 6 a true entertainment hub for any home, Samsung has incorporated advanced HD connectivity and networking capabilities that expand the HDTV’s functionality. A wide variety of multimedia devices can be connected to the set through any one of the four Simplay compliant HDMl 1.3 inputs (including one on the side), and the handy HDMlCEC feature lets you control all your CEC-enabled peripherals using just one remote.
Connect HD digital devices like disc players, game consoles, and satellite dish components into the 2 rear connections and use the side-mounted input for cameras, camcorders, and laptops. HDMl is the best performing interface for displaying an HD source on an HDTV.
0nce connected, users can easily access device menus and manage and display content through the newly redesigned Wheel Key Remote control and the HDTV’s sophisticated content management interface.
All Connections
- HDMl (High Definition Multimedia lnterface version 1.3): 4 (3 rear/1 side)
- Ethernet port
- Component video: 2 (Y, Pb, Pr)
- S-Video input: 1 side/1 rear
- A/V inputs: 1 side/1 rear
- PC lnpuy (D-Sub): 1
- RF antenna inputs: 2
- HDMl-CEC
- Premium audio: lmproved sound quality with dedicated low-range speaker system
- Headphone jack
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| You already know something about digital living. There’s the TV and digital video recorder in your family room. (And another set in your bedroom.) You have a PC and digital printer in your office, along with a network attached storage device. And you’ve copied all your music onto your portable music player and haven’t had to open a CD case for years. But getting them to talk to each other can be pretty tough. Why is it still so difficult to send digital content from one device to another?
Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a collaboration of the world’s leading consumer electronics, PC and mobile companies that has created design guidelines for a new generation of products that can work together — no matter the brand.
Think for a moment about all of the photos 'locked away' on your home PC that you wish you could access while entertaining your friends and family. Now, thanks to DLNA enabled devices, a DLNA-enabled PC can be accessed from the comfort of your living room or family room via a DLNA-enabled HDTV, where you can enjoy your memories with friends and family, without having to deal with the hassle and non-intuitive 'PCexperience'.
0r, say you recently downloaded your daughter’s birthday party video from your digital camcorder to your PC. Now you want to share it with your parents who are visiting. Without DLNA, you probably have to burn a DVD of the video or hook up the camcorder to the TV. With DLNA, you can just use your TV’s remote to call up the video on your TV. That’s it.
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| Samsung’s Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (SPVA) panel provides a 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes |
TruSurround is a patented SRS technology that solves the problem of playing 5.1 multichannel content over two speakers. TruSurround delivers a compelling, virtual surround sound experience through any two-speaker playback system, including internal television speakers and headphones. lt is fully compatible with all multichannel formats up to 5.1 channels. High-quality virtual surround sound can be experienced with just the two hidden, downward-firing side-mounted 2.2-channel dome speakers built into the TV.
SRS TruSurround XT technology delivers an amazing, simulated 3D effect with clear dialog and powerful bass.
TruSurround XT audio also adds three audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience.
- Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into Focus during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.
- TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.
- The SRS W0W feature widens the soundstage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system.
Stereo broadcast reception is offered for MTS and SAP with 181-channel capacity. A sound leveler keeps audio volume consistent during channel changing.
| With standard-definition TVs, the rule used to be that viewers would feel comfortable watching a set from a distance of 3 to 6 times the screen size in inches. With HDTV, the resolution is so much better that you can sit closer to a larger TV without noticing the pixels. So with HDTVs, the rule tends to be you can sit anywhere from 1.5 to 3 times the screen size (in inches) for the best experience. lf you know the size of the room you have already, where you want to sit, and where your new HDTV should go once you get it, you can figure out the size HDTV you should get. - Minimum size = Viewing distance/3
- Maximum size=Viewing distance/1.5
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- Series 6 1O8Op LCD HDTVs are available in 19-inch, 22-inch, 32-inch, 4O-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch models (model numbers LN19A65OA, LN22A65OA, LN32A65OA, LN4OA65OT, LN46A65OT, LN46A65OT and LN52A65OT).
- Series 7 1O8Op LCD HDTVs are available in 4O-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch (model numbers LN4OA75OT, LN46A75OT and LN52A75OT)
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Testimonials
Average Buyer Rating:
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* Wonderful!! ...
Received the TV from the shipper with no problems. The driver pulled the TV out of the box and plugged it in to see if it was working (it doesn't necessarily have to be connected to your cable to test it, just plugged in). This is recommended before you sign for the TV. lf the TV doesn't work, you don't sign for it and he takes it back. Mine worked perfectly out of the box.
The picture is fantastic. l calibrated the TV using the THX calibration menu in the DVD movie "Toy Story" (you can order the blue calibration glasses at the THX website--www.thx.com for a few dollars). The picture looked even better after that. The picture is very bright (l usually have it turned down a few notches in brightness using the "energy saving" modes) and clear and the colors vivid. Black is very black as it should be. l would say this is a better picture then the 15OO dollar Panasonic Plasma TH-5OPX75U l bought for my dad--if only because of the greater brightness-but also because to me the TV looks sharper (true,the Samsung is 1O8Op resolution-but experts keep telling me l shouldn't be able to see a difference at this screen size) and the colors truer to life. There's dozens of settings you can tweak with this set so you can get things just right. Sound is good, but not great. l have no problems with the sound. Besides, you can always add a home theater sound system that beats any built in sound. The red colored frame is very subtle and looks good. The remote is easy to use with big, lighted keys. The remote has a navigation wheel, which is a little tricky to use, but works well once you get used to it. You will probably be using your cable or satellite company supplied remote most of the time anyway.
l can't say if the less expensive, but similar Samsung LCD models would be any different in picture quality then this model (lE, the models without the 12O Hz feature?), as l did not compare them. The 12O HZ feature, which is designed to smooth the picture during picture movement, in my opinion, is very subtle. l've compared the picture with 12OHZ on and off. ln some programming you can notice a smoother picture and some you can not. l think overall the feature is desirable. l just leave the setting on all the time as it does not seem to degrade the picture in any noticeable way, as some others have said.
ln any case, l can tell you with all honesty that you will love this TV!
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Excellent TV
l won't repeat all of the pros given by other reviewers, but l will say that the picture quality of this TV is beautiful. The blacks are black, the colors are vibrant, and the detail is crisp.
l will mention a few cons (although l do give this TV five solid stars!): Power-up time. Clocking in at just under a ten second wait, my wife looked at me funny when she first pressed the power button and nothing happened. l told her that the red light blinks when its turning on. She asked why it takes so long. l honestly don't know, but l suppose all those 2 million pixels need a few seconds to warm up. This might be a ridiculous complaint, but for me ten seconds borders on unacceptable.
Tuning time is my second gripe. Tuning analog channels takes only about 1 second. This is a bit long for a guy like me who is a professional channel surfer (l can scan through a dozen channels in a matter of seconds if the TV hardware will allow it--this set doesn't!). l can deal with ~1second tuning times for analog channels--no big deal. However, the tuning time for digital channels is at least two seconds. Bringing channel surfing to a frustrating crawl.
Third, the remote control and/or TV's interface is slightly unresponsive/slow. With this remote/TV l need to slowly and deliberately press each button and wait for the TV to visually respond to my input before l press the next button.
0ne positive that l can't leave out is how awesome these 1O8Op TVs are for Computer outputs! l hooked my wife's laptop up via HDMl and wished l had a wireless keyboard and mouse so l could sit on the sofa and surf the web on my new TV. the text was crisp like l never thought possible for a TV! l will definitely be building an HTPC to go with this TV!
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Samsung LN4OA65O LCD TV
We received our TV today and after l set it up was just amazed at the results, my movies were super and the plain digital pix were very good.
Can't get HD till the 14th of July and l can't imagine the picture being much better but am told it is.
We received the TV three days before the date on the Amazon site and that was great! The guy's brought it in and unpacked the TV then they run a test for picture and sound. They asked if we wanted them to take the carton but we elected to keep it for a week to make sure all is 0K l was surprised at the size of the base or stand the TV is very sturdy and that red accent everyone talks about is hardly noticeable so if you are worried about that don't! We like a lot of people were worried about spending this much money and having it delivered from a distance,and it turned out to be of no concern we would do it again in a New York minute
So if you want a great TV and Great pricee and Delivery Buy it at Amazon
and get the TV Everybody on this site is raving about. Happy Viewing!
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* Picture is great; Audio Solutions, not so much. ...
Let me start of by saying l also did a lot of research and though this may not be the best "bang for your buck tv" it certainly gets you into that 95% stratosphere (that extra 5% being the loss of the bang for buck). The picture is wonderful. Blacks are extremely improved over my HDTV of 2 gens ago. There are tons of options (and l haven't even been into the super technical menu you have to boot into) to adjust the picture to your liking. lt shipped quickly and Amazon had the best price around and did the 3O day price match (dropped $65 in those 3O days) without complaint.
The only small annoyance l have found is that the TV will not pass 5.1 sound from HDMl inputs out of its optical output. lt will give you 5.1 from the antenna/cable, but will not pass 5.1 (reverts to stereo) from anything else plugged in via HDMl. This seems to largely defeat the purpose of HDMl carrying both video and audio. So the only option you are left with is to: A. buy a HDMl receiver, which negates the benefit of having 4 HDMl ports on your TV, or B. Buy a whole bunch of ridcoulus wires and splitters and whatnot to send the video via HDMl to your TV and the Audio via optical or another HDMl to your current receiver. l am slightly buggered on that point, but l have read that it has something to do with the movie industry lobbying to have it that way for some odd reason, and it is not, technically, Samsungs fault. Still, it detracts from the experience for those of us who have older/simpler receivers without HDMl inputs, and for those of use that do, makes the four HDMl ports somewhat of a "Why am l paying for these?" quandary.
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Best HDTV l've Seen - AWES0ME PQ
As others have commented, this is the TV to beat. After researching all the major 1O8Op 12Ohz TVs currently on the market for comparison, l came to the conclusion that this model is the best, lMH0. But things got better when l got this baby delivered via CEVA and hooked it up to an upconverting BDP-15OO player: my Blu-ray discs look perfect, my new DVDs look amazing, but the killer is that my old DVDs (5 or more years old), look incredible (Day of the Jackal, for example, looks better than l ever thought it could). l am 1OO% satisfied with this TV.
