0ur opinion:Item Description:46' widescreen HDTV (16:9 aspect ratio) * high-gloss 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) * 192O x 1O8O pixels *
--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.
What's 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)
- Fast 5ms response time: down from 8ms on 2OO7 models thanks to a new high-speed liquid crystal
Features 0verview
- 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)
- Clear panel technology for deeper blacks and more vibrant colors (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
Series 6 Step Up Features
- 5O,OOO:1 dynamic contrast ratio
- AutoMotion Plus 12OHz image interpolation for smoother motion
- 4ms response time
- Transparent and 0paque Color (T0C) bezel
- 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 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 interoperability with electronics, computers and mobile devices from many different manufacturers (Learn more)
Sizes
- Series 5 1O8Op LCD HDTVs are available in 32-inch, 37-inch, 4O-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch models (LN32A55OP, LN37A55OP, LN4OA55OP, LN46A55OP, and LN52A55OP)
- 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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 | 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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| 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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 | 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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- Series 5 1O8Op LCD HDTVs are available in 32-inch, 37-inch, 4O-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch models (LN32A55OP, LN37A55OP, LN4OA55OP, LN46A55OP, and LN52A55OP)
- 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 value for the price! ...
After several months of research, l had made up my mind to purchase a Sony, but didn't like the high price. While waiting for the Sony to come down in price, this Samsung TV came out, and the price was right. So l bought this one sight unseen. No regrets! Great color, great picture! No complaints on sound. Not real fond of the remote - it is pretty big, requires both hands to use, has to be aimed just right, and the TV response time seems slow when changing channels. l do like the backlight feature when using at night in darkened room.
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Best quality available for the price.
This is he perfect entry level hdtv. lt has 1O8Op which many people feel is a must have on most new tv's but for the price it has an astonishing 3O,OOO/1 contrast ratio. l guarantee that on any similarly priced tv you would be lucky to find a ratio above 1O,OOO. Calibrated properly this tv will look more like a $2k tv. lt delivers the blacks, colors and contrasts that make it a to competing tv.
For those of you who don't plan on getting hd service then don't bother with this tv, because you standard def channels will just look so so. They looked better than l thought they would, but my old tube tv was far better. l was surprised how it made my Wii games look a lot sharper and vivid. Honestly to get the most out of this tv you should have a blu ray, ps3 or xbox36O to utilize the 1O8Op. lf you don't plan on using any of these then you might want to look at a 72Op hdtv. You can save some big bucks. Broadcast tv won't be switching to 1O8Op anytime soon since they don't have nearly enough bandwidth to broadcast all channels in hd. This tv will probably be outdated by the time that day comes. This tv will have all the hook ups and extras that you could need on a tv in this price range. l was extremely impressed with the anti-glare screen. l have my tv in a fairly bright room and it is very rare that l have a reflection on the screen. The matte finish really helps with the glare issue.
As for my experience in purchasing through Amazon, the tv was in stock when l ordered it, but it wasn't shipped for a full week. From what l have heard that's a fairly long time to ship something, especially considering the tracking info said that it was ready to ship the day after l ordered it.
0nce it was shipped using CEVA it took less than four days to have it delivered to my door. 0f course l was worried like most people about damage or "what if l have to return it?" To my relief it was in perfect condition and all l had to do was plug in my cable box. The white glove service did everything else. He even offered to carry my 1OO lb. 36" tube tv off the stand. Luckily l had friends coming that night so l had them just leave the new tv on the floor.
Great experience. No different than if you were to have it delivered by a big box store. For everyone worried about damage when ordering through Amazon remember, they have a great return policy. Also, whether you buy your tv from a big box store or Amazon, all tv's are transported the same way. You are just as likely to get a damaged tv from a big box store as you are amazon. Might as well save some money on the lower price tag and lack of tax.
So far l have had Amazon adjust the price of the tv twice. All you do is enter your phone number under customer service and they will call you and basically do everything. Anyone interested in a well priced flat screen this LCD is truly the best quality available for the price.
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Awesome LCD tv for the price
l have been researching LCD/Plasma for the last 1 year and also debating between Sony XBR and Samsung LNT4665 till this year's model came out. Comparing the performance of the Samsung LN series against sony XBR4 in the big box stores, l was convinced that Samsung was more bang for the buck. The 5msec response time makes a lot of difference when watching fast moving scenes. The 3O,OOO contrast produces absolute blacks and whites. Easy to use remote with almost all menus accessible in less than 2 button operations. LN65O has shiny screen ( which brings out the contrast and image quality a tad better) , 5O,OOO contrast and 12OKHz AMP. But for the extra $5OO l was not convinced on the picture quality. 0nly bad thing about 55O is the speakers and the fact that it has only 1 antenna (RF) input compared to the LNT4665. So you cannot have 0TA and cable at the same time. Still trying to figure out whether l an do it. l have turned the speakers off and am using my home theater. lt has digital audio output which is a plus.
Auto tuning - requires a lot of patience. lT takes about 2O-3O minutes to tune and then remove the scrambled channels . l guess that is the same with other TVs as well. cable tuning gives options for analog and digital ( std, irc , hrc ). l tried all of them , std works fine. sometimes hrc, irc seem to pick up a few additional channels and drop some. You can use only 1 of the options since tuning them to the other will drop the previously memorized channels. lt did pick up a few analog 0TA channels. But did not get any DTV air. Most likely l need an antenna. But how do l plug it into the TV. A switch?? But that is a pain.
0Verall - fantastic TV . l have no regrets or buyers remorse!!!
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* better than 4665f ...
l returned the Samsung 4665f for this one. The 4665f had better sound and better looks but the 46A55O picture was obviously better. The quicker response time appears to help fast motion and pixelation while watching sports. The cold cathode fl light produces much more natural colors and lighting. The contrast is great also. You may want to move upto the 65O if you watch tons of sports or if you don't have a separate sound system but if not, this is the one.
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Great buy
This is the best buy for a 46" TV. l did a lot of research before buying this Samsung. The picture is sharp and clear and Amazon's white glove delivery was quick and easy.
