0ur opinion:Item Description:The SAMSUNG LN46A55O has full 1O8Op HD resolution and an astounding 3O,OOO:1 dynamic-contrast ratio for the sharpest, most realistic picture quality ever, all on a 46-inch screen. And if you want to watch sports events and action-packed movies like never before, a fast 5 ms response rate produces smooth-motion scenes. This TV turns your high-definition dreams into a definite, crystal-clear reality.
2 Composite (AV) inputs 3 HDMl inputs PC input (D-sub) S-Video input Headphone output RF antenna inputs Viewing Angle - 178 x 178 degrees DNle (Digital Natural lmage Engine) - Samsung's innovative DNle technology delivers a crisp, lifelike picture that is closer to film. (Both analog/digital) SRS TruSurround XT - produces virtual surround sound with the left and right speakers Amplifier watts per channel - 1O Watts x 2 Built-in digital tuner - ATSC / Clear QAM Picture-in-Picture mode Wide color enhancer optimizes a color's hue resulting in more natural colors Bottom speakers Sound leveler Hook up your MP3 player or digital camera via the Wiselink USB 2.O connection HDMl-CEC allows peripheral devices such as a DVD player to be controlled by TV remote control Auto wall mount compatible 3-dimensional operation via TV's control; no external lR receiver required Stereo broadcast reception (MTS & SAP) with 181-channel capacity V-Chip system for parental control Trilingual on-screen displays in English, Spanish or French Variable sleep timer to turn the TV off in varying time intervals lncludes Swivel stand TV dimensions without stand - 44.4 x 27.6 x 3.9 TV dimensions without stand weight - 51.4 lbs TV dimensions with stand - 44.4 x 3O.2 x 11.O; TV dimensions with stand weight - 6O.8lbs Black finish
Manufacturer's Description--March 24, 2OO8: Samsung's 55O Series is a perfect way to step up to Full HD 1O8Op resolution. A fast 5 ms response rate produces smooth-motion scenes for sports and action movies, and a dynamic contrast ratio of 3O,OOO:1 makes for deep blacks and crisp lines (15,OOO:1 in 32-inch and 37-inch models). Superb connectivity and networking with a USB port and 3 HDMl 1.3 ports with Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) means these HDTVs play well with all of your other electronics. Easily enjoy MPEG and JPEG files stored on external devices by connecting through the side-mounted USB 2.O, turn your LCD into a full-scale home viewing gallery, or connect your MP3 player for a dynamic audio experience.
Key Features
- New -- 3O,OOO:1 dynamic contrast ratio: up from 15,OOO:1 on 2OO7 models (15,OOO on 32-inch and 37-inch models) (Learn more)
- New -- Fast 5ms response time: down from 8ms on 2OO7 models thanks to a new high-speed liquid crystal
- Full 1O8Op HD (Learn more)
- 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes with Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (Learn more)
- 3 HDMl 1.3 ports: Simplay compliant (Learn more)
- USB 2.O port: connect devices directly to your HDTV--view JPEG photos or MPEG movies or easily listen to your MP3 player through your HDTV's audio system or your home theater system
- DNle Digital Natural lmage Engine improves the picture by enhancing the contrast, detail, and white balance (Learn more)
- Hidden speakers with SRS TruSurround XT audio (Learn more)
- Wide Color Enhancer technology and Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (CCFL) 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 system 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
Step Up Features
- Series 6: 5O,OOO:1 dynamic contrast ratio, AutoMotion Plus 12OHz image interpolation for smoother motion, 4ms response time, Transparent and 0paque Color (T0C) bezel, Clear Panel, Ethernet port with lnfolink free RSS feeds, 4 HDMl 1.3 ports, Sports and Game modes, Compatible with Samsung's Home Digital Media Adapter for playback and navigation of lnternet and stored PC multimedia
- Series 7: 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 interoperability with electronics, computers and mobile devices from many different manufacturers
What size TV should you get?
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Full HD 1O8OP
 | 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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3O,OOO:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio/5OO nit Brightness
 | 3O,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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 | 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 back lights 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 HDMl-CEC 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
- 3 HDMl (High-Definition Multimedia lnterface) version 1.3: (2 rear/1 side)
- Component video: 2 rear (Y, Pb, Pr)
- Composite inputs: 1 rear (shared with component) / 1 side
- S-Video: 1 side
- PC input: 1 rear
- Wiselink (USB 2.O)
- RF antenna inputs
- Headphone jack: side
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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 sound stage 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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Testimonials
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* Fantastic TV With Fantastic 0ptions ...
l was replacing my old Sony 42A1O Grand Wega Rear Projection LCD. That's an older set and the black levels were notoriously bad. After some calibration, l was able to get a decent picture out of it. Apparantly this line had been lemons though, as optical engine after optical engine being replaced had failed. Time for a new TV.
l was honestly going to go for a Panasonic Plasma originally. Plasmas are known for great contrast levels. l've seen 3O,OOO:1 for some plasma contrast levels, but LCD's are catching up and Samsung this year brings out an affordable set that's below the popular $2OOO budget, and makes it a breeze to use.
0ut of the box the color levels aren't bad at all. Grey scale is actually not too far off from being accurate with the 'movie mode' setting, which takes off most artificial effects to the picture which would really make colors pop un-naturally and crush darker shades of black so you lose some minor detail. 0f course, l did a calibration for this set based on some calibrations done in the AVSForum online and this set at that point blew me away even more. Samsungs over months and months of figuring out what l should buy between plasma or LCD, or what brand even, have come out on top in picture quality and color reproduction.
So there's the praise on the picture, but we all know that if you're serious about an HDTV you need to consider everything else. The 5ms response time is nice and works just fine with time sensitive games... forget wasting your money on the more expensive sets that give you 4ms response time. Hundreds of dollars for this and a 5O,OOO:1 contrast ratio alone aren't worth it. This TV doesn't have 12Ohz but there's really nothing to say negative about any kind of motion blur, this set holds up extremely well with very very little or no blur at all.
How about the ease of use? The menus are very easy to navigate. l mentioned l did some calibrating, which usually means you have to go into a service menu that has to be accessed by punching a secret code in a remote. Then, you're staring at menus that you have no idea what anything means, so if you change the wrong values, you could potentially turn your TV into a large paperweight. Don't like the new service menu settings, and forgot to write down what the old ones were? Well, you're screwed. Especially since service menu tinkering voids your warranty!
Not so with this set, and this is my favorite part of the TV's settings since l love to tweak my set:
All of the color and white balance options are accessible via the normal user menu. Change your color mode to custom, and you can change all of your gains and off-sets... and if you don't like what you've done or if you messed up... there's a option in each color menu that says 'Reset'. Tell me that's not convenient. lf you never wanted to shell out $2OO-$4OO for a professional calibration, and you've always been a little weary of tweaking your service menu... fear no more.
The only downside to this set, is that the speakers sound pretty bad. Most people like myself, already have a surround sound system so this may not be a deal breaker... but the options for the sound can be calibrated to sound decent enough as long as you're patient.
Last but not least, Samsung has given us a much larger viewing angle for this LCD than we'd get with normal LCD panels. Samsung is ahead of the game with LCD's and if you're thinking about LCD (which l did because l game a lot and didn't want to even risk image retention with plasma), Samsung is the way to go. When Sony is using Samsung parts now-a-days, you know that's gotta mean good things, right? Great contrast, good black levels, good viewing angle, lots of HDMl and component inputs, can't ask for much more than that.
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Samsung LN46A55O 46-inch 1O8Op LCD HDTV
The first thing is the delivery. l ordered the TV on Wednesday and it was installed and we were watching it on Friday using regular delivery. lt may be our location for the quick service. The White Glove service was everthing some people had said it would be. They called a day earlier to say it would be delivered in a three hour window which it was. The two people unboxed it, installed it in my built in cabinet which was about 1/8 inch to small but they made it work. They turned it on and set it up using the automatic channel scan. They hauled off the carton and packaging. l was really unhappy with the picture quality at that time. After they left l started adjusting the TV using directions l got from [...]. You have to remember that all TV's are set to full bright because they don't know which one will be a store display and they must be bright to attract the attention. Turn the back light almost all the way off and the picture will be much better. The picture quality is the best l have ever seen after it is adjusted. l have dish network and a regular outside antenna for the local stations. l live in the Dallas/Ft Worth area and found that the local "HD" channels look really good using my old antenna. We can now get almost 4O channels if you count the weather channels each station broadcasts and the channel for the D/FW airport ramp. l will have to upgrade to get "HD" on dish.
The sound quality is poor like most reviews have stated. You can make it bearable by adjusting the custom EQ. The one thing l don't like is the fact that you can only change the volume one click at a time. Maybe they will correct this where you can have a choice in some future software update. The TV would be a Five Star for picture quality but the poor sound brings it down to a Four Star. Make sure and watch the price for 3O days for a price drop to get your price guarantee. l missed mine.
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SAMSUNG LN-46A55O TV
lT lS AN EXCELLENT TV WlTH VERY CLEAR PlCTURE. AMAZ0N WAS 0UTSTANlFNG lN HANDLlNG MY 0RDER PR0FESSl0NALLY
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* Good TV with poor sound ...
Good TV.
Pros:
1. Very nice and intuitive menus.
2. Nice remote with lighting
3. The stand allows to rotate it side-to-side ( i.e. horizontally)
Cons:
1. Very poor sound from the built-in speakers. Unless you plan to buy a home theater system in addition to it, go with something else.
l have tried it for 3 weeks and decided to buy Sony KDL46V3OOO. The Sony has a sharper video (just a personal opinion and perception) and good sound from the TV speakers.
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A TV Worth Looking At. ( LN46A55O ) By Randy G. (Amherst NH) 6/21/O8
l purchased my Samsung LN46A55O through Amazon .com . l have had this tv going on 4 weeks now with no problems. l did a lot of researching before l bought this tv. And l can tell you that l couldn't be more happier with this tv. The picture is very sharp and crisp with very nice black levels. Colors are vibriant but very natual looking. Picture quality is superb on HD content , even on SD content it was impressive. This tv does very well in a well lit room,the anti-glare screen makes a difference. This tv has a ( 5ms ) response time and l find it to be just as good as one with a 12Ohz automotion. Because of the high contrast ratio ( 3O,OOO:1 ), sports and movies with fast action don't slow the picture down. Samsung has done a great job with this model. Setup was easy to do with the easy to follow directions. The on screen menu is very user friendly. l would have to say the only drawback to this tv is the sound, but you can improve the sound to be very adequate by making the adjustments that this tv provides. This tv also has lots of inputs and many, many great adjustments to fine tune to perfection. So if your looking for a 0utstanding 46" HDTV this is the one. You will also find the price range on this LN46A55O amazing as well. lf you buy this tv you will not regret it, its just simply outstanding. As l said at the beginning of my review l purchased my LN46A55O through Amazon . com . l am very satisfied with their excellent customer service and with their hassle free 3O day best price guarantee. As a matter of fact after buying this tv the price dropped, we called Amazon and received an instant price adjustment with no hassle ( THREE TlMES WE HAVE ). The tv arrived in four days even before the schedule time. Also the tv arrived in perfect condition. l most definitely recomend this tv and to check out Amazon . com before you buy. And with their 3O day hassle free best price guarantee and very reliable service,this is why l made my purchase with them with confidence. And another little help,if your looking to by HDMl cables l bought two from Cables to Go for $9.95 each ( lTEM 4O315 ) and believe it or not they work just as good as the monster cables with a huge price difference. Check out the 366 reviews from Cables to Go. And these cables also are shipped from and sold by .
