Wednesday, August 10, 2011

LRCheapSales.com Shopping Cart Product Details Samsung UN32D6000 32-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black) From Samsung Price: Too low to display & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Ships from and sold by Amazon.com 27 new or used available from $549.99 Average customer review: (19 customer reviews) Product Description The Samsung UN32D6000 32" Ultra Slim LED HDTV is a Smart TV that will connect with you in ways you’ve never imagined before. Once you discover Samsung Smart TV™ you’ll never look at TV the same way again – and the Samsung UN32D6000 32" Ultra Slim LED HDTV is your starting point. Smart TV™ gives you web-enabled online access, a world of apps, and other connectivity features, right on your TV. Product Details Amazon Sales Rank: #1224 in Consumer Electronics Color: Silver Brand: Samsung Model: UN32D6000SFXZA Dimensions: 18.70" h x 30.20" w x 1.20" l, 15.40 pounds Display size: 32 Features Smart TV featuring Web-Connected Samsung Apps Visually Stunning LED Picture Quality with Auto Motion Plus 120Hz 5,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio & Full HD 1080p Sync media from multiple devices with AllShare Exceeds ENERGY STAR standards Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Product Description Internet-Ready Devices Internet-ready devices use your broadband connection to deliver dynamic content to your television, whether it's streaming video from Netflix, new music from Pandora, or a quick glance at today's weather forecast. Although there is overlap, each manufacturer offers a unique bundle of free or paid services, including streaming video and music, social networking apps, online photo galleries, news and financial updates, weather info, sports scores, and a variety of other smartphone-like applications. Manufacturers continue to add new content to their offerings, keeping customers current through firmware updates, and making a bit of research a prudent step in your buying decision. Learn more about Internet-ready devices and HDTVs, how they work, what services are offered by different manufacturers, and exactly what you'll need to get started at our Internet TV 101 customer center. February 2011 Samsung's D6000 LED HDTV series offers Full HD picture quality and entertainment possibilities galore, with Samsung Apps Internet TV content, network or USB access to your media files, and a wealth of technologies to make it all look great. Pair it with an ultra-thin bezel and sleek, stylish design, and you've got a totally immersive way to experience TV. Samsung's D6000 LED HDTV series offers Full HD picture quality and entertainment possibilities galore. More Screen, Less Frame Slim and Stylish LED HDTV LED backlighting is not only more energy-efficient than its CCFL counterpart, it allows for a slimmer television design, allowing the UN32D6000 to check in at just over an inch deep without its stand. Samsung's ultra-thin bezel design adds to the visual appeal, making this display almost all screen, and a worthy addition to most any room. The UN32D6000 also features Samsung's "Touch of Color" design, which blends a hint of amber color into the traditional piano black bezel frame, for eye-catching style even when your TV is turned off. Connect with Samsung Smart TV to easily search for movies, TV shows, explore Samsung Apps, chat with friends and more. With an incredibly slim half-inch bezel, the D6000 series gives you more screen in a smaller space. Smart TV with Samsung Apps Connect with Samsung Smart TV for a wealth of added entertainment options. The UN32D6000features Samsung's Smart Hub, a simple menu system for connected features. Easily search for movies, shows and videos via online services and across connected devices, chat with friends, and access a wide variety of apps from Samsung Apps. Samsung Apps is a growing collection of apps specifically built for your TV, connecting you to your favorite digital content like videos, sports, games, social networking, and much more. With web-connected apps on your Samsung Smart TV, you can stream movies from Netflix or Blockbuster, TV shows from Hulu, videos from YouTube, Next Level sports information from ESPN, music from, Pandora and view updates on your Facebook or Twitter accounts. The apps that matter to you, now available on your TV. Auto Motion Plus 120Hz with Clear Motion Rate Auto Motion Plus 120Hz brings action movies and sports to life in the living room, thanks to frame-to-frame smooth motion. This technology eliminates motion blur by calculating the image and inserting it, creating a non-repetitive transition from one frame to the next. Blur is virtually eliminated and clarity enhanced, for smooth, lifelike motion. 1080p Full HD With Four HDMI Inputs The UN32D6000 delivers Full HD 1080p resolution, for a superb level of detail and clarity in your picture. To connect your sources, four HDMI inputs are provided, for delivering a Full HD picture and audio over a single cable. Exceeds ENERGY STAR Standards The UN32D6000 taps into the energy efficiency of LED backlighting, and exceeds the strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the EPA and US Department of Energy by up to 50%. That means you get lower utility costs, and a smaller carbon footprint. ConnectShare Movie Connect a thumb drive or digital camera quickly and easily via one of the UN32D6000's USB ports. An intuitive, user-friendly interface allows access to videos, music, or pictures via the remote. Wide Color Enhancer Plus The challenge of any TV screen is to recreate reality through color and light. Samsung takes on this challenge with their Wide Color Enhancer Pro feature. After analyzing each pixel, it stretches them to their 3-dimensional limit. What you get is the entire spectrum of color and luminance for rich, saturated images with intense detail. AllShare DLNA Networking For even more entertainment options, the UN32D6000 lets you connect to your home network and stream music, videos, and photos from other DLNA Certified devices (your computer, network storage drive, etc.). Ultra Clear Panel Absorbing ambient light, Samsung's Ultra Clear Panel eliminates reflections, boosts contrast ratio, and creates a comfortable viewing environment. Enjoy crisp image details, natural skin tones, excellent shadow detail, and vibrant colors. UN32D6000 Select Specifications Video Screen Size: 31.5 Inches Display Type: LED Resolution: 1080p Full HD Inputs HDMI: 4 (version 1.4) Component Video (Y/PB/PR): 1 Composite Video 1 PC Input: 1 USB 2.0 Ports: 3 Component Audio Input: 1 PC Audio Input: 1 Outputs Digital Audio Output: 1 Weight and Dimensions Dimensions (WxHxD): 30.2 x 18.7 x 1.2 Inches (30.2 x 21.0 x 9.4 Inches With Stand) Weight: 15.4 lbs. (21.4 lbs. with stand) What's in the Box UN32D6000 32-Inch Class (31.5 Inches Diagonal) LED HDTV, Stand, Remote Control, Documentation, AV/Component Adapter, AV Adapter Samsung 2011 LED/LCD Feature Comparison Series D8000 D7900 D7000 D6500 D6400 D6300 D6000 D5500 D5003 D5010 D5000 D4003 D4000 D630 D550 D450 D403 Screen Sizes 46", 55", 60", 65" 46", 55" 46", 55", 60" 40", 46", 55", 60" 40", 46", 55", 60" 40", 46", 55" 32", 40", 46", 55", 60" 32", 40" 22", 40" 22" 22" 19", 26", 32" 19", 32" 40", 46" 32", 37", 40", 46" 22", 26", 32" 32" Full HD 1080p 240Hz 120Hz 3D Samsung Apps Your Video Search All Web Browser Skype HDMI Inputs 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 4* 4 4 2** 2 USB Ports 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 WiFi Built-In Micro Dimming Micro Dimming Plus Micro Dimming Plus Allshare Qwerty Remote Included 3D Glasses Included Design One One One One One ToC ToC ToC High Glossy Black ToC ToC High Glossy Black ToC ToC ToC ToC High Glossy Black Bezel Type Ultra Thin Ultra Thin Ultra Thin Ultra Thin Ultra Thin * 19" has 2 HDMI inputs ** 19" and 22" have only 1 HDMI input Customer Reviews Most helpful customer reviews 20 of 21 people found the following review helpful. Auto Motion Plus - the price disparity By K. Singhasiri After owning this TV for exactly a month I've finally decided to write a review, you know, after the excitement wears off and what not. Actually I'm still pretty excited about it. My previous set was also a Samsung 26" LCD and upgrading to this one was worthwhile. Since this is a television, I'll comment about the picture first. Out of the box it's very good, after adjusting the settings a bit - excellent. The colors are very vibrant and no problems with viewing angles. I actually like my images to have a bit of contrast to them; I prefer black to be black and not grey. At first I was having a hard time trying to get it right, since my initial reaction was to reduce backlight and gamma, but crank up contrast and brightness. After a while, I finally figured out 'brightness' had the biggest effect. Around 30% was where it really kicks in, but it didn't occur to me to drop it that low. It's all about preference though, and this TV should have enough settings for anybody. Aside from contrast though, I don't see an insane amount of difference between this and a non-LED set... Something I must mention about the settings though, depending on which of the 4 picture presets you're on, certain selections like advanced video settings become unselectable for reasons unknown. Though I pretty much left that setting untouched. Despite that, I really like the fact that settings are saved independently across the 4 presets for EACH input source. So, for example, if you have 4 connections coming in, you can have a total of 16 presets - good stuff. I also tried the PC input through vga and found the picture to be very sharp. Colors are accurate though a bit strong and text is easily readable from a few feet out and this is coming from a practically blind gamer. The audio, I found to be pretty good. The bass isn't going to blow your neighbors away, and it's not going to replace any home theater system, but there is a very capable, customizable equalizer on board which should help a bit. Loudness for this set wasn't a problem for me. Now I must talk about the 120Hz Auto Motion Plus(AMP) dealy as it seems to be the main feature that drives up the cost from lower models. What AMP does for you is, well, readable in the product description, so I'll describe it. AMP made every thing move faster while maintaining picture detail. (more frames in the same amount of time = faster) So, to me, everything looked like either home movies or daytime soaps which, if you can picture them, tend to move faster than most television programs and movies. Despite the bit about daytime soaps, I generally watch movies and sports, and after a few dozen years of watching them in ~24 frames per second (a bit higher for sports), I found the added (double?) frames to seem unnatural. After a few days found myself turning the feature off completely even for sports. Though there's nothing wrong with the quality of the image presented per se, I'd just prefer to see a blue flash go by as opposed to Ironman's actual chest piece go by, for example. And it only really kicks in at what seems like certain intervals, so the inconsistency in framerate got to me as well. I did find a use for AMP while gaming. Everything moves at what seems like 60 fps even when the game is not natively known to. Though, again, it's not 100 percent consistent in high frames (more like 60-80) and certain, very fast moving, games, like racing, cause what seems like screen tearing at the edges. You probably won't notice it (AMP) on games that already run at 60fps, and also it won't work miracles for games with already poor and inconsistent framerates. Overall, it looks fantastic for games, as I didn't give it a second thought about leaving it on, but for everything else I finally decided not to. The main selling point for me was the Connectshare. I was thinking of purchasing a digital media player a while back, but here it's already built-in and it's a very capable one indeed. Though, there's too many to list here, the TV's e-manual actually lists suppurt for a dozen file types spanning several dozen video and audio codecs with bitrates as high as 30 Mbps for certain file types. It's played pretty much every thing I've thrown at it and handled any 'usb device' I've used so far, which includes NTFS formatted sata hard drives with external enclosure, no worries. Though once in a while the audio cuts in and out on my .vob straight rips, and I've yet to test files with very high bitrates since I feel the tradeoff for file size isn't worth it past 7-8 Mbps. Something I must mention about the media player is it does an admirable job of reducing video artifacting from down-conversion, however you're not able to zoom past the actual video while maintaining aspect ratio. In other words it won't crop the black horizontal bars for you on a 4:3 ratio video. You have to do it in the conversion. I found it strange since the option to zoom in is there for all the other video inputs. As for the Smart TV/Samsung App hub, I tried it briefly using the Youtube app under a wired connection(which stalled on the initial install). Videos streamed very quickly and it looked like the the app always plays the highest video quality. Most of the other apps never appealed to me so I found myself quickly deleting them off the TV but this was never a selling point for me anyways, just something to mess around with. As others have mentioned, navigating without a keyboard quickly became a chore. So, hopefully, somewhere along the line, Samsung will separately sell their qwerty remote that's included with their 7000 and up series of TVs otherwise this feature could fade fast. After all that though, I would definitely purchase this TV again if I had to (which I did - the 40" UN40D6000 series) especially at the $700 price-tag offered at the time (thanks to the wacky commodities exchange-like fluctuating price system here). Even though the LED aspect seems to do more for your eco concerns than picture quality and I seldom use the 120Hz Auto motion, I'd rather have more functionality than less. Also, I can afford it. However, for the casual viewer, those on a budget, or old-school movie-goer, 120Hz is overkill. I could go with the UN32D5500 32-Inch and still be happy. As always, see it for yourself. 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Awesome picture By James Head Simply amazing picture. Easy menus and setup. As for the Apps, Netflix and Hulu both work outstanding. I can find my Dirctv whole house network DVR files on the all share, but can not play back that format of video. No regrets on this purchase. The video quality is really incredible. 27 of 36 people found the following review helpful. Great picture, poor sound quality, buggy SmartTV portal By kevin This TV has great picture quality, but is very expensive, has tinny sound quality, and has a half-baked connected TV platform ("SmartTV"). Note that this TV does NOT have wireless internet connection built it; you have to buy the separate adapter. Setting up the wireless connection was a snap, but downloading the SmartTV apps was time consuming and confusing for those that required a separate account set up (Pandora, Netflix, Picassa, etc.). You also have to use an "on screen keyboard", which is painful and slow when you have to enter email addresses and passwords for each individual app. But the worst experience was the ESPN app, which kept popping up over the TV program and could not be disabled. After 30 minutes on the phone with Samsung tech support (very friendly), I had to reset my SmartTV platform and start over downloading all of the apps and setting them up! Apparently you cannot delete individual apps once you've downloaded - a major oversight! I'm sure you can find a TV with comparable picture quality for half the price, and I don't think the buggy SmartTV portal is worth the $450 premium. See all 19 customer reviews... LRCheapSales.com | Shopping Cart


Product Details
Samsung UN32D6000 32-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)

Samsung UN32D6000 32-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)
From Samsung

Price:Too low to display & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.Details

Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com
27 new or used available from $549.99
Average customer review: 
(19 customer reviews)

Product Description

The Samsung UN32D6000 32" Ultra Slim LED HDTV is a Smart TV that will connect with you in ways you’ve never imagined before. Once you discover Samsung Smart TV™ you’ll never look at TV the same way again – and the Samsung UN32D6000 32" Ultra Slim LED HDTV is your starting point. Smart TV™ gives you web-enabled online access, a world of apps, and other connectivity features, right on your TV.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1224 in Consumer Electronics
  • Color: Silver
  • Brand: Samsung
  • Model: UN32D6000SFXZA
  • Dimensions: 18.70" h x 30.20" w x 1.20" l, 15.40 pounds
  • Display size: 32

Features

  • Smart TV featuring Web-Connected Samsung Apps
  • Visually Stunning LED Picture Quality with Auto Motion Plus 120Hz
  • 5,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio & Full HD 1080p
  • Sync media from multiple devices with AllShare
  • Exceeds ENERGY STAR standards

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description

Internet-Ready Devices

Internet-Ready Television
Internet-ready devices use your broadband connection to deliver dynamic content to your television, whether it's streaming video from Netflix, new music from Pandora, or a quick glance at today's weather forecast.
Although there is overlap, each manufacturer offers a unique bundle of free or paid services, including streaming video and music, social networking apps, online photo galleries, news and financial updates, weather info, sports scores, and a variety of other smartphone-like applications.
Manufacturers continue to add new content to their offerings, keeping customers current through firmware updates, and making a bit of research a prudent step in your buying decision.
Learn more about Internet-ready devices and HDTVs, how they work, what services are offered by different manufacturers, and exactly what you'll need to get started at our Internet TV 101 customer center.

February 2011
Samsung's D6000 LED HDTV series offers Full HD picture quality and entertainment possibilities galore, with Samsung Apps Internet TV content, network or USB access to your media files, and a wealth of technologies to make it all look great. Pair it with an ultra-thin bezel and sleek, stylish design, and you've got a totally immersive way to experience TV.
Samsung's D6000 LED HDTV series offers Full HD picture quality and entertainment possibilities galore.

More Screen, Less Frame

Slim and Stylish LED HDTV
LED backlighting is not only more energy-efficient than its CCFL counterpart, it allows for a slimmer television design, allowing the UN32D6000 to check in at just over an inch deep without its stand. Samsung's ultra-thin bezel design adds to the visual appeal, making this display almost all screen, and a worthy addition to most any room.
The UN32D6000 also features Samsung's "Touch of Color" design, which blends a hint of amber color into the traditional piano black bezel frame, for eye-catching style even when your TV is turned off.


Samsung UN46D8000 Smart TV
Connect with Samsung Smart TV to easily search for movies, TV shows, explore Samsung Apps, chat with friends and more.
With an incredibly slim half-inch bezel, the D6000 series gives you more screen in a smaller space.
Smart TV with Samsung Apps
Connect with Samsung Smart TV for a wealth of added entertainment options. The UN32D6000features Samsung's Smart Hub, a simple menu system for connected features. Easily search for movies, shows and videos via online services and across connected devices, chat with friends, and access a wide variety of apps from Samsung Apps.
Samsung Apps is a growing collection of apps specifically built for your TV, connecting you to your favorite digital content like videos, sports, games, social networking, and much more. With web-connected apps on your Samsung Smart TV, you can stream movies from Netflix or Blockbuster, TV shows from Hulu, videos from YouTube, Next Level sports information from ESPN, music from, Pandora and view updates on your Facebook or Twitter accounts. The apps that matter to you, now available on your TV.
Auto Motion Plus 120Hz with Clear Motion Rate
Auto Motion Plus 120Hz brings action movies and sports to life in the living room, thanks to frame-to-frame smooth motion. This technology eliminates motion blur by calculating the image and inserting it, creating a non-repetitive transition from one frame to the next. Blur is virtually eliminated and clarity enhanced, for smooth, lifelike motion.
1080p Full HD With Four HDMI Inputs
The UN32D6000 delivers Full HD 1080p resolution, for a superb level of detail and clarity in your picture. To connect your sources, four HDMI inputs are provided, for delivering a Full HD picture and audio over a single cable.
Exceeds ENERGY STAR Standards
The UN32D6000 taps into the energy efficiency of LED backlighting, and exceeds the strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the EPA and US Department of Energy by up to 50%. That means you get lower utility costs, and a smaller carbon footprint.
ConnectShare Movie
Connect a thumb drive or digital camera quickly and easily via one of the UN32D6000's USB ports. An intuitive, user-friendly interface allows access to videos, music, or pictures via the remote.
Wide Color Enhancer Plus
The challenge of any TV screen is to recreate reality through color and light. Samsung takes on this challenge with their Wide Color Enhancer Pro feature. After analyzing each pixel, it stretches them to their 3-dimensional limit. What you get is the entire spectrum of color and luminance for rich, saturated images with intense detail.
AllShare DLNA Networking
For even more entertainment options, the UN32D6000 lets you connect to your home network and stream music, videos, and photos from other DLNA Certified devices (your computer, network storage drive, etc.).
Ultra Clear Panel
Absorbing ambient light, Samsung's Ultra Clear Panel eliminates reflections, boosts contrast ratio, and creates a comfortable viewing environment. Enjoy crisp image details, natural skin tones, excellent shadow detail, and vibrant colors.

UN32D6000 Select Specifications

Video
Screen Size:31.5 Inches
Display Type:LED
Resolution:1080p Full HD
Inputs
HDMI:4 (version 1.4)
Component Video (Y/PB/PR):1
Composite Video1
PC Input:1
USB 2.0 Ports:3
Component Audio Input:1
PC Audio Input:1
Outputs
Digital Audio Output:1
Weight and Dimensions
Dimensions (WxHxD):30.2 x 18.7 x 1.2 Inches (30.2 x 21.0 x 9.4 Inches With Stand)
Weight:15.4 lbs. (21.4 lbs. with stand)

What's in the Box

UN32D6000 32-Inch Class (31.5 Inches Diagonal) LED HDTV, Stand, Remote Control, Documentation, AV/Component Adapter, AV Adapter



Samsung 2011 LED/LCD Feature Comparison


Series
D8000
D7900
D7000
D6500
D6400
D6300
D6000
D5500
D5003
D5010
D5000
D4003
D4000
D630
D550
D450
D403
Screen Sizes
46", 55", 60", 65"
46", 55"
46", 55", 60"
40", 46", 55", 60"
40", 46", 55", 60"
40", 46", 55"
32", 40", 46", 55", 60"
32", 40"
22", 40"
22"
22"
19", 26", 32"
19", 32"
40", 46"
32", 37", 40", 46"
22", 26", 32"
32"
Full HD 1080p
240Hz
120Hz

3D
Samsung Apps
Your Video
Search All
Web Browser
Skype
HDMI Inputs
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
4*
4
4
2**
2
USB Ports
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
WiFi Built-In
Micro Dimming
Micro Dimming Plus
Micro Dimming Plus
Allshare
Qwerty Remote Included
3D Glasses Included
Design
One
One
One
One
One
ToC
ToC
ToC
High Glossy Black
ToC
ToC
High Glossy Black
ToC
ToC
ToC
ToC
High Glossy Black
Bezel Type
Ultra Thin
Ultra Thin
Ultra Thin
Ultra Thin
Ultra Thin
* 19" has 2 HDMI inputs
** 19" and 22" have only 1 HDMI input

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
5Auto Motion Plus - the price disparity
By K. Singhasiri
After owning this TV for exactly a month I've finally decided to write a review, you know, after the excitement wears off and what not. Actually I'm still pretty excited about it. My previous set was also a Samsung 26" LCD and upgrading to this one was worthwhile.

Since this is a television, I'll comment about the picture first. Out of the box it's very good, after adjusting the settings a bit - excellent. The colors are very vibrant and no problems with viewing angles. I actually like my images to have a bit of contrast to them; I prefer black to be black and not grey. At first I was having a hard time trying to get it right, since my initial reaction was to reduce backlight and gamma, but crank up contrast and brightness. After a while, I finally figured out 'brightness' had the biggest effect. Around 30% was where it really kicks in, but it didn't occur to me to drop it that low. It's all about preference though, and this TV should have enough settings for anybody. Aside from contrast though, I don't see an insane amount of difference between this and a non-LED set... Something I must mention about the settings though, depending on which of the 4 picture presets you're on, certain selections like advanced video settings become unselectable for reasons unknown. Though I pretty much left that setting untouched. Despite that, I really like the fact that settings are saved independently across the 4 presets for EACH input source. So, for example, if you have 4 connections coming in, you can have a total of 16 presets - good stuff. I also tried the PC input through vga and found the picture to be very sharp. Colors are accurate though a bit strong and text is easily readable from a few feet out and this is coming from a practically blind gamer. The audio, I found to be pretty good. The bass isn't going to blow your neighbors away, and it's not going to replace any home theater system, but there is a very capable, customizable equalizer on board which should help a bit. Loudness for this set wasn't a problem for me.

Now I must talk about the 120Hz Auto Motion Plus(AMP) dealy as it seems to be the main feature that drives up the cost from lower models. What AMP does for you is, well, readable in the product description, so I'll describe it. AMP made every thing move faster while maintaining picture detail. (more frames in the same amount of time = faster) So, to me, everything looked like either home movies or daytime soaps which, if you can picture them, tend to move faster than most television programs and movies. Despite the bit about daytime soaps, I generally watch movies and sports, and after a few dozen years of watching them in ~24 frames per second (a bit higher for sports), I found the added (double?) frames to seem unnatural. After a few days found myself turning the feature off completely even for sports. Though there's nothing wrong with the quality of the image presented per se, I'd just prefer to see a blue flash go by as opposed to Ironman's actual chest piece go by, for example. And it only really kicks in at what seems like certain intervals, so the inconsistency in framerate got to me as well. I did find a use for AMP while gaming. Everything moves at what seems like 60 fps even when the game is not natively known to. Though, again, it's not 100 percent consistent in high frames (more like 60-80) and certain, very fast moving, games, like racing, cause what seems like screen tearing at the edges. You probably won't notice it (AMP) on games that already run at 60fps, and also it won't work miracles for games with already poor and inconsistent framerates. Overall, it looks fantastic for games, as I didn't give it a second thought about leaving it on, but for everything else I finally decided not to.

The main selling point for me was the Connectshare. I was thinking of purchasing a digital media player a while back, but here it's already built-in and it's a very capable one indeed. Though, there's too many to list here, the TV's e-manual actually lists suppurt for a dozen file types spanning several dozen video and audio codecs with bitrates as high as 30 Mbps for certain file types. It's played pretty much every thing I've thrown at it and handled any 'usb device' I've used so far, which includes NTFS formatted sata hard drives with external enclosure, no worries. Though once in a while the audio cuts in and out on my .vob straight rips, and I've yet to test files with very high bitrates since I feel the tradeoff for file size isn't worth it past 7-8 Mbps. Something I must mention about the media player is it does an admirable job of reducing video artifacting from down-conversion, however you're not able to zoom past the actual video while maintaining aspect ratio. In other words it won't crop the black horizontal bars for you on a 4:3 ratio video. You have to do it in the conversion. I found it strange since the option to zoom in is there for all the other video inputs.

As for the Smart TV/Samsung App hub, I tried it briefly using the Youtube app under a wired connection(which stalled on the initial install). Videos streamed very quickly and it looked like the the app always plays the highest video quality. Most of the other apps never appealed to me so I found myself quickly deleting them off the TV but this was never a selling point for me anyways, just something to mess around with. As others have mentioned, navigating without a keyboard quickly became a chore. So, hopefully, somewhere along the line, Samsung will separately sell their qwerty remote that's included with their 7000 and up series of TVs otherwise this feature could fade fast.

After all that though, I would definitely purchase this TV again if I had to (which I did - the 40" UN40D6000 series) especially at the $700 price-tag offered at the time (thanks to the wacky commodities exchange-like fluctuating price system here). Even though the LED aspect seems to do more for your eco concerns than picture quality and I seldom use the 120Hz Auto motion, I'd rather have more functionality than less. Also, I can afford it. However, for the casual viewer, those on a budget, or old-school movie-goer, 120Hz is overkill. I could go with the UN32D5500 32-Inch and still be happy. As always, see it for yourself.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
5Awesome picture
By James Head
Simply amazing picture. Easy menus and setup. As for the Apps, Netflix and Hulu both work outstanding. I can find my Dirctv whole house network DVR files on the all share, but can not play back that format of video.
No regrets on this purchase. The video quality is really incredible.
27 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
2Great picture, poor sound quality, buggy SmartTV portal
By kevin
This TV has great picture quality, but is very expensive, has tinny sound quality, and has a half-baked connected TV platform ("SmartTV"). Note that this TV does NOT have wireless internet connection built it; you have to buy the separate adapter.

Setting up the wireless connection was a snap, but downloading the SmartTV apps was time consuming and confusing for those that required a separate account set up (Pandora, Netflix, Picassa, etc.). You also have to use an "on screen keyboard", which is painful and slow when you have to enter email addresses and passwords for each individual app. But the worst experience was the ESPN app, which kept popping up over the TV program and could not be disabled. After 30 minutes on the phone with Samsung tech support (very friendly), I had to reset my SmartTV platform and start over downloading all of the apps and setting them up! Apparently you cannot delete individual apps once you've downloaded - a major oversight!

I'm sure you can find a TV with comparable picture quality for half the price, and I don't think the buggy SmartTV portal is worth the $450 premium.
See all 19 customer reviews...

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