UN55B8500

I am a firm believer in buying quality, so I held out for the Samsung UN55B8500 for my first flat screen. The picture is the best I have ever seen. Every detail is top notch. The speakers are rear facing but are loud and clear, but I have not wall mounted it yet.

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About Samsung UN55B8500

Picture performance, advanced connectivity, and an eco-friendly and stunning design come together to form Samsung UN55B8500 LED TV. For the image connoisseur, our highest 240Hz motion blur reduction technology, our highest 7,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio that displays incredibly deep blacks and pristine whites, and enriched color processing deliver outstanding video. Samsung Internet@TV has web TV widgets from Yahoo, Flicker, Ebay and others to entertain, inform and connect you to specially designed web content right on your LED TV.

This Ultra Slim 1.6” depth set is the ideal complement for your room and your life.innovative digital technology. Powerful LED technology offers the most impressive contrast and color you have ever seen on a 55-inch screen; innovative 240Hz technology renders four times the frames per second compared to standard HDTVs, for motion that’s truly lifelike and smooth. A pre-loaded Content Library puts countless hours of information and entertainment at your fingertips.

The Medi@2.0 feature brings online content – such as video, stocks, photo sharing and more – straight to your HDTV, with downloadable, customizable widgets that are easily controlled via the remote. The Ultra Slim Design is only 1.2 inches deep, and that’s including the tuner! Another visual highlight is the striking Touch of Color accented bezel. And with the photo frame wall mount, you can bring the elegant brilliance of this inches from the wall – in virtually any room. And with the same passion we have for delivering groundbreaking HD excitement and style, Samsung is dedicated to preserving the environment with LED TVs, through reduced power consumption (up to 40% savings versus 2008 Samsung conventional LCD TVs) and eco-friendly manufacturing techniques.

Key Features The UN55B8500

• Ultra-quick 2ms response time minimizes blurring of fast motion in sports programs.
• Mega dynamic contrast ratio (7,000,000:1)
• HD-Grade Pixel Resolution: High-resolution pixel density is combined with a built-in image scaler to handle inputs from a variety of digital and analog audio/video sources.
• Ultra Clear Panel: Advanced LCD technology lets you enjoy crisp image details, natural skin tones, excellent shadow detail, and vibrant colors.
• Game Mode enhances dark areas, sharpens the picture, speeds up the image processing response and enhances the sounds of your games. Picture and sound quality optimized for the special needs of gaming systems at the touch of a button.
• Wide Color Enhancer Pro optimizes a given color's hue, resulting in more natural rendering of colors.
• Picture-in-Picture (PIP) enables convenient, simultaneous viewing of TV programs and video or PC content sources.
• Audio: Two stereo speakers (15-watts each, for 30 watts of total power)
• SRS TruSurround HD creates an immersive, feature-rich surround sound experience from two speakers, complete with rich bass, high frequency detail and clear dialog.
• Content Library (2 GB Flash Memory): Built-in library contains photo art gallery, games, workout routines, recipes, and other interesting digital content. Additional items and updates are available from Samsung.com.
• Two USB 2.0 ports for playing a variety of video, photo, and audio files from portable devices, including external hard drives
• DLNA-compatible for better interopability with electronics, computers and mobile devices from many different manufacturers

Customer Reviews About UN55B8500

I'm very impressed with this Samsung UN55B8500 set. It's extremely expensive but I got it for around 50% of its MSRP. I wouldn't have spent MSRP on it, but that has more to do with a cap on how much I will spend on a single electronics device rather than the quality of the set. Definitely worth it vs. many other LED TV's out there.

The styling and depth of the panel make it shine above the competition and after calibration the set really shines.

If you play games, you will have to use game mode as the picture processing adds about a 45ns delay to the picture over the audio. This can be tweaked with an AVR receiver but if you are playing a game that required precise movement you will notice the delay. However, in game mode everything works great and still looks great.

It would be nice if there were more LED zones, but the set still performs fantastic. I don't find the glossy screen to be an issue at all... if anything I prefer it and this is coming from someone who swears by matte screens in regards to computer monitors. The glossy screen helps deepen the blacks and really makes the color pop. It is a mirror when the set is off or a black screen is displayed but the brightness of the backlighting is enough to wash it away in my setup during mid day.

Lastly, I find the Samsung UN55B8500 TV performs better during the day or with lights on. When I shut out all the lights, the blacks lose a bit of their absolute blackness and I can see some spill-over from the LED zones. This can be corrected by tweaking some settings for night view. I have read that in the maintenance menu you can enable day/night modes but I do not feel comfortable changing settings and possibly voiding my warranty not even two months out of the box.

The online features are mostly gimmicky.. but then again I bought this set for the picture quality not the widgets. The connectivity to your network is great. Streaming media works fine but if you have a video source with subtitles the subtitles will not come through unless rendered into the video (not very common these days). The ability to perform firmware updates is a huge plus.

All in all the positives greatly out-weight the negatives. This is a great set if it falls within your budget.