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Samsung - 40" Class / 1080p / 60Hz / LCD HDTV

With a brilliant 1080p display, 60,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and multiple HDMI inputs, this HDTV provides a stunning focus for your multimedia center.

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For the price it can't be beat

on April 12, 2009

Posted by: rscates

from b.c., ca

Calibrate the TV and it solves most of the issues below. My calibrated RGB grayscale is better than most of the reviews in magazines.

My grouping in the 20%-100% gray scale calibration is better than LCD TV's costing 3K or more. I am sure the magazines do better calibration than I do so it shows how good of quality of LCD TV this is. I see the guy below talks about the blacks not being great. I bet he has his lamp setting at 10 and brightness turned way up. (this is the way it comes out of the box)

Uncalibrated I would use movie setting as it was closest to the 6500 color standard. This screen uncalibrated was better than a few friends plasma TV.

For games make sure you turn on game mode and you wont care about it lacking the 120HZ setting.

So buy this TV and make sure you adjust it to movie setting for a good set of colors.
I also recommend that you turn down lamp setting (this is true for all LCD TV's) I use a 4 lamp setting but most would be happier with a 5.

What's great about it: Calibrate the Tv and it solves most of the issues below. My RGB grayscale is better than most of the reviews in magazine

What's not so great: Sound is so so, but all LCD TV's should use real speakers anyways.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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