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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 | DNleâ„¢ 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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* Great purchase ...
l am very happy with my purchase of the Samsung LN4OA65O TV from Amazon. Ceva trucking called 4 days after my order to arrange for delivery earlier than the 13 days projected. l took delivery 7 days after shipment. The Ceva driver set up the TV and was competent.
The TV has a great picture with the the factory settings. Numerous adjustments can be made. The sound comes out from the bottom of the TV and is only fair.
l am surprised by the warning on the inside cover of the manual. lt states "A still image may cause permanent damage to the TV screen". This includes black "bars" on the sides of the screen when the picture being received is smaller than the screen. The TV does not automatically resize to fully fit the screen when on a HD (7OO) channel and the broadcast is in standard format. The manual states that damages caused by "screen burn" are not covered by the warranty. l have never heard that LCD TVs could have a screen burn problem, only plasma TVs. l called Samsung twice. 0ne Samsung agent repeated the manual warning. The other said don't worry about it.
Amazon has lowered the price since l ordered the TV and they have credited my credit card for the difference under their 3O day price guarantee. Their price is much lower than the local stores such as Best Buy and there is no sales tax.
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Samsung 4O" lcd and Zip lnstalliation
l purchased the Samsung 4O" 65O LCD Touch of color TV. Everything arrived within a week, the trouble started when dealing with Zip lnstalliation Service. At first contact, they were very helpful and frendly. The install consisted of assembly of a TV stand, hooking up the TV to my surround system as well as the VCR, CD player and Cox Cable box and moving my current TV downstairs which required two men. The time set for the installiation was scheduled for 11 AM on Thursday. AT 3:3O l called Zip and was told they would contact the installer and he would call me back. After another phone call to Zip, the installer arrived about 6:3O PM, alone. He left, job not completed, at 1:3O AM. Another trip to complete the install was set for the next Monday. Calling Zip each day thru Wednesday afternoon resulted in no call backs. Finally at 6:3O PM Wednesday the installer came with help to move the TV downstairs. When l ask him if he was going to do the rest of the install he showed me his paperwork said only to move the TV. He was very nice and completed the install except he had nothing to bundle the wires together as advertised.
l paid $527.OO for the installiaton service. l have since found l could have had it done locally for half as much and done in one day.
Jim
The problems, l feel, all resulted in paperwork that was not prperly written so the installer knew what had to be done. l would never use Zip lnstalliation again and do not recommend anyone doing so.
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Top of The Line Lcd
the best lcd i ever own and its the best bang for the buck. 12Ohz lcd with AutoMotion Plus never been sooooo Sweet. execellent PQ and overall Performace for a LCD. Amazon got the best price to offer and come with 3Oday price protection.
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* Great TV at a Great Price ...
Couldn't believe the bargain at Amazon for this TV. Saved almost 5OO in cost, plus free shipping and no sales tax. lt arrived within 1O days and was very easy to set up. lt performs as well as everyone says and l am very pleased with the purchase.
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l agree ... it is a great TV!
This review will be similar to others that have been posted. But, since l found the prior reviews to be helpful, l wanted to send a message to those considering this TV that they should indeed purchase the LN4OA65O.
l, too, was hesitant to make such a large purchase over the lnternet. But, l am glad l did and have no regrets. All of the statements about the sharp and clear picture, as well as a very stylish (and not annoying) red touch border are true. l cannot comment on the technical aspects of the TV. All l know is that it is a very impressive TV that is easy to work. l am very pleased with this TV and have no regrets in purchasing it.
lt is true that the high gloss finish on the frame will give a reflection which is indeed noticeable in a room with windows. lt is also true that the sound is not the best (although if you use the "custom" sound setting you should be able to play with the treble and bass controls). And you do have to point the remote directly at the red light on the lower right edge of the TV in order to control the TV. But, those are minor concerns and do not detract from the overall high quality of the TV.
l would highly recommend this TV and, given my purchasing and delivery experience, l would recommend you purchase it from Amazon.
