Review

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Samsung LN26B360 Review

Samsung LN26B360 Review
26-Inch 720p LCD HDTV

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I have had this tv for 3 weeks and its been awesome. The colors are vivid, the sound is crisp and the use of the new style remote is simplistic. I bought this so that my wife and I could have a workout "partner" while we exercised - this Samsung 26" HDTV has definitely "fit" the bill! Perfect size for hanging in our basement. Surprisingly good picture quality and light enough to easily install on a swivel wall mount system. Outstanding value for the price. I have it hooked up to DirecTV and notice no blurry or pixelation on sports programming whatsoever. I would disgreard knee jerk negative reviews of this product. This is my 3rd Samsung and have not had one bad experience yet.

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Friday, July 17, 2009

Samsung LN32B550

Samsung LN32B550
32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color

Customer Review

High Praise for this TV,

I have traditionally been a fan of the Sharp, or Sony TV's, however, I was looking for a TV to fit in a cabinet in my bedroom. I wanted to get the largest one that would fit my space restrictions. The Samsungs, in general, seem to sit lower on their stands than most other brands and really provided the only 32 inch option that would fit my height restrictions. I sure am glad this was the case.

This TV is wonderful. The best part is the picture. It just looks great. The swivel stand is a very nice touch too. I hadn't been looking for it, but it is quite useful as the TV is not directly in front of the bed. The settings and adjustments available are plentiful and adequate. The menus to access them are clean and intuitive.

Another wonderful feature is the energy saving modes. One can set varying levels of energy saving which controls the intensity / brightness of the light for lower power consumption. There is even an auto mode that will adjust the intensity based on what is currently on the screen. This is perfect for the bedroom. When it is late and I am starting to fall asleep I don't like the TV as bright. Energy saving mode is perfect for this and it saves power.

Another feature that I have been wanting in a TV and didn't have until now is a volume moderator. The TV will increase or lower volume automatically to make up for varying source volumes.

The TV seems performant. I haven't had a chance to plug my gaming laptop into one of the 4 HDMI inputs, but with heavy action scenes on TV I haven't seen any ghosting of images. Blacks look black and colors are sharp. No noticable artifacts of any kind.

All in all I am very happy with the purchase.

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Samsung Widget TV

Samsung Internet TV

Samsung’s new online trickery is called Internet@TV. Press a remote button and your favoured widgets appear along the bottom of the screen. Once online there’s no denying that it’s a compelling way to access the web. There’s no need to boot up a PC, just choose your widgets from the TV’s gallery and personalise them to show local weather or news feeds and your own Flickr gallery. The widgets open in a panel on the left, which does eat up your screen, but the size of the TV feed can be adjusted to suit.

Internet features in Samsung TV is not all that great in 2009. With Widgets (small applications) you can link to some city to find weather conditions and forecasts for 5 days. With the stock widget you can enter your stock or mutual funds and get quotes. There is an image widget that lets you upload your photos and review. There is a widget to receive the news and most important news. Widgets are a little slow to boot but you can leave them open on the side of the TV and shrink the TV picture to be full image beside the widget or have the widget overlay the TV with the push of a button.

I have not seen the ability to download a movie and I hope that someone will write a widget to do it soon. You can go to Yahoo Widgets and download any number of interesting new applications shortly. I use a box (Voodoo) for downloading and streaming movies. Someday soon, you will not need a separate box.

The wireless connection requires a Samsung USB connected to a USB port available. It sells for $ 80 and is back ordered for 4 weeks. Use a wired connection, but I will go wireless when there is a good reason.

Samsung Widget TV

Widget it up

Your widgets sit at the bottom of the screen. Hit a remote control button to call them up, then scroll to select

Coming soon

Are Flickr, news and weather widgets perhaps not enough? Among others to appear soon are YouTube and Ebay apps according to Yahoo

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Samsung LCD 32-inch Unboxing

Find 32-inch LCD set ??

Review: Samsung LN32B460

What I like: There is no movement blur (although it sometimes feels a little "off" frames which are extinct), SD looks better than I thought it would, beautiful picture of the DVD pretty color, nice looking TV.

What I don't like : Viewing angle is not good at all if you move only one step away from the center, the picture begins to wash. Black is not deep enough for my taste, if you change the settings so they are, then the entire picture is just not bright enough. Also, I do not know what is the right word, but the picture as a whole just seems a little lower RES when close screen (3 meters) on the whole picture looks kind of "champagne", and there was heat haze to it. Higher rates of SD .... Maybe this is just a way LCDs look? It considers pixelation?

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Sunday, July 12, 2009

LCD and OLED

LCD vs LED Technology

LED is a new technology in TVs and Computer Monitors and distinctly different from LCD or TFT. LCD requires a backlight, LED does not. LCD uses silicon-based devices, LED uses organic plastic-based devices. LCD has low contrast, LED has very high contrast. LCD is now very old technology and will be replaced by the new organic LED quite quickly over next few years.

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What is an OLED?

OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) is a flat display technology, made by placing a series of organic thin films between two conductors. When electrical current is applied, a bright light is emitted. Because OLEDs produce (emit) light they do not require a backlight. This means that OLEDs can be made very thin and very power efficient when compared to LCD (which do require a white backlight).

OLEDs vs LCDs

OLEDs have the following advantages over today's flat-panel tech (LCD or plasma):

Low power consumption - OLEDs are a far better choice for portable devices. It also makes OLEDs much more environmental friendly, and a candidate to be the white-light "bulb" of the future
Faster refresh rate and better contrast.
Greater brightness - The screens are brighter, and have a fuller viewing angle.
Exciting displays - new types of displays, that we do not have today, like ultra-thin, flexible or transparent displays.
Better durability - OLEDs are very durable and can operate in a broader temperature range.
Lighter weight - the screen can be made very thin, and can even be 'printed' on flexible surfaces.

See Sony OLED TV.

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Samsung LN26B460 Review

Samsung LN26B460

26-Inch 720p LCD HDTV

Technical Details

26-inch high definition TV with 720p resolution
Three HDMI, one component, and one composite video input
Improved picture with 30,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 8ms response time and Wide Color Enhancer 2 technology
Two 5W bottom speakers and SRS TruSurround HD for a rich surround-sound experience from two speakers
One-year parts and labor warranty
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Customer Reviews

NO PIP ??

Picture in picture, IMHO, is way overrated. I have people who claim my TV is awful despite its great picture because it doesn't have PIP. Whatever! Anyways, PIP only works if you use the TV's ATSC or QAM tuner. If you use HD cable, then you'll need a STB that has that feature and most don't have it. But like I said, PIP is overrated. Most people usually watch only one program at a time. I can't see myself simultaneously watching two channels at once.

But I'm sure the B460 is better than the A450 because newer models tend to be better, especially in terms of contrast ratio. The B460 is 50,000:1 while the A450 is only 10,000:1.

Simply amazed!

This is my first LCD tv. I spent a lot of time looking at them in stores, reading reviews & finally decided that Samsung would provide me the best value for my money.
I purchased this 26" for my bedroom & it's the perfect size. I was a little nervous setting it up but it was so simple. From attaching the stand, hooking it up & setting up the menu options. The picture is amazing! The colors are wonderful, the blacks are not washed out at all but appear rich & dark. There are a number of setting options to achieve the perfect picture for you, including adjusting the backlight.

The sound is good, for a bedroom tv I'm not looking for a movie theater experience & quite frankly, I wouldn't expect tv speakers to ever give me that. I would expect to buy separate speakers. The sound is just as good, if not better, then any past tv I have owned. I have a computer desk off to the side & often glance over at the tv and can view the screen just fine from side angles.

There's also a sleep timer for turning both off & on. I've watched everything from movies to sports to regular shows. Also, for anyone nervous about getting this tv without HD, it's looks incredible even without the HD! There are tons of connections on this model too, including 3 HDMI (2 in the back & one on the side). There is a PC connection too but I haven't tried that or the game mode. I can't find a single negative thing to say & as a plus, the tv itself has a very classy sharp appearance. Very, very happy!

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

USB Port can lead a Virus to our TV??

TV USB Port and Virus ?

For now in this globalization, everyone continues using USB Flash-drive. It is easy and fit to take to go somewhere, may be in the form of the key ring or the locket. Because of the ease of using Flash Drive, to save it easily done. And retrieving information is very simple.

Currently giant television manufacturers such as Sony, Samsung, Philips, LG and Panasonic have installed USB Port on their television. So now make browsing files from Flash Drive does not need to do via computer. But everyone still doubt with "It's coming with Virus"

But don't afraid to use it because all LCD and Plasma TV USB port have no operating system, it isn't possible to inflect virus on your television.

To clarify : In computer or laptop when it caused an infection it will be inflected from the operating system as we know in the name of Microsoft Windows. Another obvious example is the mobile phone, if you have a Nokia 3310 or other models nearby. You will never have a virus inflection problem because those model have no operating system as we know in the name of Symbian. However if you use N or E series, sometime you will meet this problem since they have an operating system.

Conclusion : Plasma and LCD TV which have USB port or SD Card is an extremely features. To make your purchase, don't worry for virus inflection problem.

Samsung TV with USB port :

Panasonic TV with SD Card :

LG TV with USB port :