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Auto Motion Plus 120Hz
Super Clear Panel
50,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio/500 nit Brightness |
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 | 50,000:1 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. |
Full HD 1080P
 | Full HD, or 1080p, 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 1080p 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 120Hz motion blur reduction technology dramatically reduces motion blur and judder. |  |
Digital Natural Image Engine
 | DNIe™ The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine. This exclusive Samsung technology dramatically improves the picture by enhancing the contrast, detail, white balance and reduces. |  |
Wide Color Enhancer/Cold Cathode Flourescent Lamp
| 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 backlights 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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Connectivity
 | 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 HDMI 1.3 inputs (including one on the side), and the handy HDMICEC 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. HDMI is the best performing interface for displaying an HD source on an HDTV. Once 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
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Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
  | You already know something about digital living. There’s the TV and digital video recorder in your family room. (And another set in your bedroom.) You have a PC and digital printer in your office, along with a network attached storage device. And you’ve copied all your music onto your portable music player and haven’t had to open a CD case for years. But getting them to talk to each other can be pretty tough. Why is it still so difficult to send digital content from one device to another? Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a collaboration of the world’s leading consumer electronics, PC and mobile companies that has created design guidelines for a new generation of products that can work together — no matter the brand. Think for a moment about all of the photos "locked away" on your home PC that you wish you could access while entertaining your friends and family. Now, thanks to DLNA enabled devices, a DLNA-enabled PC can be accessed from the comfort of your living room or family room via a DLNA-enabled HDTV, where you can enjoy your memories with friends and family, without having to deal with the hassle and non-intuitive "PCexperience". Or, say you recently downloaded your daughter’s birthday party video from your digital camcorder to your PC. Now you want to share it with your parents who are visiting. Without DLNA, you probably have to burn a DVD of the video or hook up the camcorder to the TV. With DLNA, you can just use your TV’s remote to call up the video on your TV. That’s it. |
Super Patterned Vertical Alignment
 | Samsung’s Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (SPVA) panel provides a 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes |
Audio Features
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. It 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 WOW feature widens the soundstage 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.
Which Size HDTV is Right for My Room?
 | 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.
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Product Details
- Full 1080p HD Resolution with 120Hz Auto Motion Plus
- Full Wrap Touch of Color Bezel, ISP Addressable w/ 1GB internal memory
- 50,000:1 contrast ratio, 4ms response time, Super Clear Panel Technology
- 4 HDMI Iputs, 2 Component Inputs, 1 PC Input, Wide Color Ehnacer, USB 2.0, HDMI-CEC
- RSS-Infolink, Wheel Key Remote, SRS Surround Sound
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Customer Reviews
 A perfect purchase |
| Review Date: May 31, 2008 |
| Reviewer: E. T. Hildebrand, Marietta, GA |
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Amazon tracking indicated it would take 2 weeks to arrive. CEVA tracking listed it at two days earlier. I received the call for delivery in less than a week - and this included the holiday period! CEVA showed up with it yesterday. The heavy cardboard box had an 18" gash/tear in it and my heart sank. They removed the box and I noticed the screen was supported about 8" from the cardboard and there were no signs that whatever caused the gash had touched anything. We quickly plugged it into the wall and ran it thru some of the built-in menus. Relief - everything worked fine. With the 30-day return guarantee there was nothing more to worry about. The previous day Amazon had delivered a new Onkyo receiver to replace my older Yamaha. I had already disconnected the Yamaha and wired all the components and speakers to this new receiver (to take advantage of its HDMI capabilities). It now only took a couple hours to make the final connections with the receiver, cable sysem, over-the-air antenna, HTPC and network. Every single system worked perfectly, even though it sometimes took a few minutes to discover the correct input settings on each device to get everything communicating. The biggest surprise was the quality of the picture. After reading everything I could find on various forums I expected to have some tweaking to do before obtaining the best images. While critically inspecting the imagery for each type of input I could not see a need to adjust anything! Just for experimentation I did make a few selections of alternate settings, but always wound up returning to the original. I'll likely use an Avia program to verify adjustments later, but can't imagine any improvement. The "halo effect" feature on the upper and lower bezel was obvious (albeit faint) to see, but it was not distracting. In fact, if there were a switch available to turn it on and off, I'd still leave it on - it's neat! The red bezel highlighting (the TOC) is so subtle that it is nearly invisible. If I didn't know it was there I'd likely not have even noticed it. Perhaps it would be more visible in a room with bright daylighting? Another neat feature is the touch sensitive controls on the lower right bezel. They are invisible until you touch the area, causing them to temporarily sequentially illuminate. I haven't fully explored this feature yet. Another nice feature was discovering that I could hook up the computer to HDMI connection #2 and play computer games without any special adjustments. There was no lag or any problem except that I'll need to upgrade the computer's video card in order to take the display all the way up to its full resolution. Nevertheless, the Samsung must have been upscaling the image since it was extremely sharp. (Same thing with the 480i DVDs we played on it - very sharp). When not in use we intend to leave the computer hooked up so the Samsung will continuously display it's screensaver which cross-fades family photos like a huge digital picture frame. The Samsung has a TOSLINK out connection which I connected to the receiver. This vastly simplifies audio connections since all audio sent to the TV can be amplified from a single connection to the receiver. If you can connect everything via HDMI there will be significantly fewer wires and a much more simplified operation. The only thing I would have preferred is if the base would swivel. I understand the 650 models swivel, can't imagine why Samsung wouldn't include that feature here. We're very happy with this purchase. EDIT- 6-18-08 After nearly 3 weeks of use we are even more impressed with this TV. I have upgraded the video card on the attached computer so that it can now attain full 1080p resolution, only to find the text too small to be readable at a normal viewing distance of about 12 feet with my 60-yr-old eyes. Backing off the resolution makes the text large enough to read while retaining its razor-sharpness. The attached computer is connected with a wireless hub to my home network, allowing it to stream pictures, music, or movies from any of the computers. The TV must be upconverting the movies to 1080p because they are displayed more clearly than when sent to a regular computer monitor. The hub also provides a patch cable to the TVs' network port, which allows it to run all the InfoLink connection functions (weather, news, stocks) without the need to even configure that connection. We added a PS3 a week ago to view blu-ray movies. What an incredible picture! Even though we are using inexpensive $3 HDMI cables, there was no flickering or other problem as reported on another Amazon review. My son tested out his new Metal Gear PS3 game and was impressed with the image and game play. We used the default settings and did not even switch to "game" mode. We've now had time to run THX and TVBlink video calibration tests and were not surprised to find that all the default settings were already set to the optimum values for our personal tastes. The set is now mounted on one of those entertainment center "stalks" which allows it to be easily rotated (for easier access to the rear connections). This mounting has taken care of the only complaint we had about this set - its' lack of a swivel base. Edit - 7-16-08 After 6 weeks of use I must say that this has proven to be one awesome piece of electronics. I simply cannot believe how great this set has performed. The color and details have greatly exceeded my highest expectations. We have begun replaying our old DVD library because the upscaling capabilities built into this set appears to make them very comparable to the Blu-Ray movies we've viewed. It's like seeing a new movie! It is quite a kick to be using the computer while watching the nightly news in HD via the PIP function. A lot of people have calibrated their sets using the published settings on AVSforum.com. We tested all of those settings and found that they each resulted in a darker picture that has lost details in shadowy areas and the colors are dull, without the "pop" of the factory settings. Keep in mind that our entertainment area is in a dark, windowless room which should make viewing dimmer features easier. We tried compensating the calibration with various picture adjustments but were unable to attain comparable performance. After a week of trying to perceive any improvements we reverted our settings back to the original, tweaked, factory settings. Several people have made similar observations, leading us to a conclusion that either there is a wide discrepancy between personal preferences and/or each of these sets have varying image displays. We have no doubt that many people do see improved performance after calibrating their sets - but before you spend a lot of money on professional calibration try the AVSforum settings first to verify if you see any improvement. The only complaint we have is that we've now been spoiled by what this set can do. We picked up a new Samsung T260HD computer monitor (which also includes an HDTV tuner). This is a 26" monitor that has a similar TOC bezel to match the LN52A750. You can read our review here on Amazon - in a nutshell, we are disappointed with it's performance. |
| Please Forgive Me, Sony |
| Review Date: May 30, 2008 |
| Reviewer: R. Bellamy, |
| In 1986, I was fortunate to have Sony's first HDTV cameras, recorders and projection system in the studio where I worked. Yes, that was 22 years ago and the technology was analog. But it looked great and we projected it on a screen 6 or 7 feet tall. Still, I wondered, why would anyone buy this new technology for "just twice" as sharp a picture?
Jump to 2008. During the last 6 months, I watched as specialists installed my new all HD studio where I work now. This time, of course, it is digital. It's also Sony all the way and the recording media is Blu-ray, so I'm getting pretty familiar with the new generation of Sony HD, but was still watching the "old 525 line NTSC" stuff at home because I hadn't seen anything on display at any stores that was that magic combination of "high end; low price". Then, a couple months ago, we bought a 50" Sony Bravia for our conference room at work and I hooked up a brand new Sony PS3 to it. The picture was beautiful and I decided to see if it was time to buy one for home use. Online reviews were very good for the Sony and I had already decided that an LCD would be better for home than a plasma after seeing how both held up at work. So, a little over a week ago, I checked everything they had at the local Best Buy. The salesman there agreed with me that the Sony was about as good as it gets. Then, surprising me, he said he'd buy the Samsung 7 series over the Sony. I asked him about price; $3,050 he quoted. The there would be a 9.25% sales tax, too. I went home and read the specs on the Sony and the Samsung only to discover that the Series 7 seemed better than the Bravia. And a side-by-side in-store comparison made the Samsung look very impressive. I checked more online sources and found that the new Samsungs, like the Sonys, were highly regarded. Research done, I checked Amazon's price. At $2,724, I would save almost $600, so I ordered one. I've spent the last 3 days installing it and all the associated audio stuff, PS3 and DVD burner in a custom cabinet. It looks great turned off, but when you turn it on and fire up the Blu-Ray ("Planet Earth-The Complete Series") which got here the same day, I was just blown away! I have learned several things: the Hi Def stuff is great, but the SD stuff from Dish and local analog broadcasts isn't as satifying on the new Samsung as on the old CRT. You can sit a lot closer to a 52" screen than I thought - about 12' is our viewing distance. New TVs, and this one in particular, do a lot more than just display video - and do it well. Like a computer, this TV can crash. It's happened just once and it had to be "rebooted" by disconnecting the power. Also, I am really pleased with how Amazon handled the whole purchase. Everything, including delivery went smoothly. But here's the most surprising thing: A couple days after ordering the unit, Amazon dropped the price (temporarily, it seems). So, I emailed customer service and requested that they credit my account with the difference. That was on a Sunday nite. The next morning I had two emails from them. The first said they would review the situation and the second said they had already credited my account with $190. Service doesn't get any better!!! Update 6-21-08 We have subscribed to Comcast cable since my initial review. We also got the HD-DVR and the HD channels. Cable, to my surprise, renders SD pictures slightly better than the Dish, however, I am now connected through HDMI instead of Y/C. That means a digital input instead of an analog hookup. I am still disappointed with 4:3 analog stuff compared to our older CRTs. Even digital 4:3 (480i) content looks unacceptable. However, all true HD stuff (including 720i)is good to fabulous. It is so good, in fact, that something you start to notice when watching HD content (especially network news) is just how all the different recording formats display on your new TV relative to one another. Footage shot in the field, for example, often looks really awful when on-screen with the studio cameras (as when the anchor is on one side of the picture - split screen - and a field reporter is on the other). Likewise, all older analog 4:3 stuff which has been upconverted for HD looks pretty grim, as do over-the-air broadcasts whether shot on film or tape originally. On the other hand, this LCD makes a wonderful (huge) computer screen and I don't see how you could expect more for games and/or Blu-ray movies. You will probably be disappointed with upconverted DVDs, however, (played, in this case, on a PS3). Most users will probably be confused with the unending list of menu items, and frankly, adjustments like "gamma" will simply confuse most people, especially when you have multiple levels of "dynamic" adjustments, "black", "contrast" and other controls which tend to be interactive and produce similar results. You can, quite literally, drive yourself nuts trying to get everything tweaked. On the other hand, if you're really picky (like, say, you color adjust photo prints for a living), you should be able to dial in nearly what you want on a good 1080 source. The built in speakers just don't sound very good and are slightly "out-of-sync" with the analog (RCA) outs, so if you have both the TV and an external receiver turned up, you will hear a distinct delay echo. It's my understanding that this is better with the digital outs, but I do not yet have the gear to test it. The most surprising thing I'm learning by using this latest LCD technology is just how uneven is this transition from analog to digital. It looks like it will be literally years before most of the legacy content is converted to HD digital (and how do you improve the quality of stuff shot on 16mm film in 1944, or TV series shot live in the studio in the sixties so that it will look great in HD?). Well, the answer is, of course; "You don't." A few folks have commented on the very reflective screen surface and surround. I do, in fact, find the reflections(we have this TV in a room with windows on both walls perpendicular to the screen) slightly objectional when compared to the Sony with a more matte finish. Room lamps can, likewise, be problematic. We find the best solution (in the evening, at least) to be indirect lighting from a not-very-bright source that adds some illumination to the room but no direct reflections on the screen. Is now the time to buy HD? Frankly, I was holding out for OLEDs, but this current level of technology is just mature enough and affordable enough to jump in now. Prices on LCDs are coming down fast and the next generation of technology won't be cheap for some time to come. If you have been waiting for the right time to ditch your CRT, now is a great time - especially with the switch to all digital transmission in Feb '09. |
| Too Awesome for words |
| Review Date: May 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer: D. King, Germantown,Ohio |
| I could not wait for delivery company to bring to me. They said a couple of days and I said I can't wait. So I went to freight depot and picked up. Brought home 4 days ago, so still fine tuning all available options. You have never seen anything so beautiful to look at and the picture clairity is 2nd to none. This is my 2nd HD, the first a Vizio 37 inch. I know that they are not close in resolution but the brightness, shiny black finish, glass like screen, touch of red around outer edge, ethernet hookup to computer, DLNA, and all the other connections and options place this tv at the very top for me. My wife and I spent days and weeks searching for the perfect tv. We think that the Samsungs out did everything, maybe not a lot, but on brightness and resolution it really stood out. Then when you throw in price factor it is a no brainer to purchase this tv.
Absolutely thrilled to death. Dan Germantown,Ohio |
| The COMPLETE Review of the Samsung LN52A750 |
| Review Date: January 10, 2009 |
| Reviewer: N. Feathers, Columbus, OH |
| As a person that has researched into buying a great HDTV for 3 ENTIRE YEARS, I would love to contribute a full and thorough review for this TV so EVERYBODY can see and fully understand this TV. I will talk about my methodology in purchasing this particular TV at the end.
I decided to pull the trigger and purchase the 52" size of the A750 model on 1/1/09(Thurs). The order goes through like any other Amazon order does. Amazon provides you with tracking information via their website, HOWEVER I would suggest using your specific carrier's website to get DETAILED tracking information. If you copy and paste your order/tracking number from the Amazon tracking page, and copy and paste it in your carrier's tracking service your order should come up and be MUCH more specific and updated. For example, my carrier was Pilot Freight and their website is www.pilotdelivers.com. My package left a warehouse in Hebron, KY and was set for delivery to my address in Columbus, OH. On 1/6/09, I received a call from Pilot Freight(the carrier) to set up a date and time for delivery. I was given 4-hr windows for delivery of 10-2, 11-3, and 12-4. I could have had the TV delivered on 1/7/09, but scheduled for Thursday(1/8/09) instead. I was told the time I opted for that I could only have 1 guy deliver, that I would have to help him, and that I could not receive "white glove service". I was told this ahead of time, and the white glove service was available if I opted for other times. I simply had no problem and really didn't need the "white glove service"(as I will describe later). The driver called me 30 minutes before he arrived at my house, and when he arrived, he took the TV box and lowered it off the back of a standard freight box truck, carted it to the my house, and he helped me carry it in from there. I signed the papers and that was that. Here is a picture of what your box will look like. [...] Now, I want everybody to understand what most white glove service is. You will have 2 men arrive and carry the TV to a location in the house that you want. They will then unbox the TV and place it on the stand, plug it in just to make sure it works, and then leave. The exceptions are deliveries in cold weather. They may opt to not turn the COLD TV on until it warms up to room temperature. Also, they do not stick around for you to "test out" the TV or hook cable vision up in most cases. That's not their job or service. All they do is plug in the TV and make sure it turns on. I don't want anybody to have any unweary expectations or feel unsatisfied by the service. Some delivery guys may be more gracious and allow you to do so, but they don't HAVE TO. All in all, my TV was delivered in tip top shape, delivery guy was nice, and everything went according to plan. Being cold in Columbus, OH, I allowed the TV to warm up for about 45 minutes. There is some debate as to whether or not you NEED to, but I would rather be safe than sorry, plus basic chemical properties of Liquid Crystal would suggest it would want to solidify more with the cold, so I played it safe. After the TV warmed up, I unboxed the TV by tearing one of the attached sides and sliding it out the side of the box. This is not necessary though, especially if you want to save the box if you get a defected TV. On the bottom of the box in the middle is a black plastic insert that attaches to a box within the box. If you can separate the box from the interior box, the main box you see from the outside simply lifts up and over the TV leaving the TV in it's much smaller box that it sits in. From there, you have a TV already attached to it's stand wrapped in a soft white film wrap, and an accessory bag wrapped in a plastic bag. In the accessory bag, you have the remote, manual, warranty card, batteries, bottom cover, ferrite core clips, and a few other things. The bottom cover confused most, but it is meant for those of whom want to wall mount their TV. The plastic cover bottom piece is inserted in the portion where the TV stand would be taken out of. The ferrite core clips are intended to be clipped around your HDMI cables near the TV to prevent interference from the other nearby cables(This is shown in the first couple pages of the manual). For those people that want an early look at the manual, they can check it out online to get an idea of what do when the TV arrives: [...] You insert your power cord, cable line, HDMI cables, and hit the power button on the remote. You will hear a melody telling you the TV is on, then the TV will run you through the initial setup. After that, you hit the "source" button the remote and choose what source you want the TV to display. I hooked my 52A750 up and was truly impressed. I had a PS3 already and hooked it up to the TV via HDMI, and played Wall-E and Transformers on Blu-ray disk. The picture needed quite a bit of adjusting out of the box, but it was still gorgeous. Before explaining more, I will point out some differences between the A650 and A750: -750 has an integrated woofer -16-bit processor vs. 12-bit in 650 (10-bit panel in both) -750 has DLNA features (can stream audio/video/etc. over a home network) -750 can play video off of DLNA/USB flash drive. 650 limited to images/audio -750 comes with 1GB internal flash memory pre-loaded with HD pictures, games, recipes, and a few other things -750's controls on the bezel have a red backlight. 650's controls have no backlight [...] -750 has a square bezel compared to the 650's rounded bezel -750 has a square stand compared to the 650's oval stand -750 stand does not swivel (contrary to Samsung's literature) I chose the A750 over the A650 for a couple reasons. The A750 had what was in my opinion, a more attractive bezel. There is more of a clear portion around the edge, then the red touch of color, then the black bezel itself. The A650 has more of a a beveled and rounded bezel with a chromillusion touch of color scheme. I also prefered the square bezel on the A750 more. The other reason I chose the A750 was the addition in 2 extra woofers(not subwoofer) speakers in the back up the set to provide extra mid range bass as I am using the TV without any other audio hookups. DLNA is useful for those of whom want to use it. Also, you can put movies on thumbdrives and insert the thumbdrive to the TV to watch movies from the thumbdrive, which is something the A650 can't do. For the small extra price at the time, it seemed perfectly normal for me to choose the A750 instead with all the little extra perks. The picture quality of my set is great. The blacks are the best you can possibly get from a non-LED LCD set. The blacks are not as good as a Pioneer Kuro, but a Kuro also costs significantly more. Motion handling is great as well with the Auto-Motion Plus feature. There is some confusion that Auto-Motion Plus IS 120Hz for the TV. The TV is ALWAYS 120Hz regardless of what setting AMP is on. AMP simply creates a synthetic image between 2 actual frames of footage and plays the synthetic image in between frame 1 and 2 on the screen for a smoother image. One bigger plus of AMP is that it creates an even more 3 dimensional look to images. Wall-E on Blu-ray looks like an ACTUAL 3D box. The depth of the image is great. Some people may not like Auto-Motion Plus, as the 3D capability creates what many call a "soap opera effect". If you have seen a soap opera on TV and notice how it tries to portray scenes in real life, as opposed to your typical movie film, you will know what I am talking about. A great at home example, would be to look at an area, and then actually focus on one 3D object such as a chair and you can see how it focuses on 3D qualities of the chair while being more out of focus with the rest of the area. It's all where your focus is. While watching Transformers, Megan Fox appears to "pop out" of the screen around the surrounding area and Starscream does as well when he transforms out of the F22 to his robotic form in the city. Personally, I love the AMP. It presents a 3D image for what you are watching through the screen. There are some moments when you actually think something may pop out of the screen. Color accuracy of the set is top notch. Movie Mode with color setting on Warm 1 are pretty close to real life, however the TV provides quite an array of options for you to tweak. I do have some quarrels with the settings though as "Game mode" is fixed at backlight 7, which is incredibly bright at night time, plus some other settings are fixed at certain modes. However, I typically only use Movie and Dynamic Modes and they give me a good selection of tweaks to use. At night time, I usually never go past backlight 2 in my 12x12 room as it is incredibly bright from such a large screen. Shadow detail is one of the hardest things to obtain on this TV and most all other TVs. For one, however the video quality is recorded in the first place makes a big difference. However, I did tend to have flooded black scenes with little detail. I am actually still trying to get the "best" out of the TV, but by upping a few contrast settings and keeping the deep blacks, yet increasing the brightness of the detail, I have pretty good shadow detail now. I find it to be more of me being nit picky at this point as HDTV is spoiling me. Standard definition with a digital cable box is quite bad as you can imagine. This isn't so much the TV, but just how big TVs on standard definition look. I watch almost exclusively HD channels now, so SD channels are not a big deal for me. The SD content is tolerable, and at times with the TV upscaling the SD image can look quite good in 4:3 picture size. The content feature of the TV is kind of a needless nick-nack feature they threw in that includes recipes, fitness, games, and pictures pre-loaded on the TV. It is sometimes nice though to set it to some of the gallery clips when you just want the TV on and want images and music being played by the TV off to the side. The remote is a pretty basic remote. It has a rather annoying, yet useful scrolling wheel that you move with your finger to select options. Sometimes it is useful, but since the "Enter" button is right in the center of it, it can become cumbersome at times. Also, the remote does not have a PIP button which would be handy, although the TV does have PIP on it. I can pretty much guarantee game lag is around 20ms or so, however I have noticed none whatsoever, and am just going off broad tests by fellow reviewers. Bottom line, I notice no game lag when I play Dynasty Warriors 6 and GT5. The screen is a semi-gloss screen meaning it does have glare. I do not notice the glare even with 3 large bay windows just to the right of the TV in a 12x12 room. However, if you have windows right behind your TV, I suggest maybe considering the A630 with the semi-matte screen. I opted for the A750 because Sony's and the A630's semi-matte screens lack just a bit of pop that the semi-gloss screen on the A750 provides. The bezel around the screen is quite glarey, but gorgeous to look at. Many people don't like the touch of color with the TV. I also notice many misunderstand the touch of color on the A750. On the A650, the touch of color resembles chromillusion paint and shows touch of color where the light reflects off of it. This is not the case with the A750. The bezel itself is piano black, but at the edge is the red touch of color, then the clear part of the bezel. Here is a picture to indicate what I am talking about: [...] 40 inch next to 52 inch:[...] The touch of color is extremely subtle for those who do not like it(I love it). In a dark room, it is non-existent, and in a bright room, it is a nice subtle shade of red around the edge. For all intensive purposes, when you walk into my bright room and see the TV, you immediately think it's black until you see the small, subtle shade of red around it. For those people that think the touch of color is TOO subtle, you can always place a light behind the TV to illuminate the bezel more like this: [...] Contrary to many people's beliefs, the bezel DOES NOT light up like a lot of people mistakenly think. There is a "defect" on the A750 set called the "halo" in which light from the screen is refracted up towards the clear edge of the bezel and illuminates it right at the edge. Here are some pics of this "defect". If you look closely you can see the light around the edge of the bezel: [...] This is the most common "defect" and happens on most sets, including mine, but I don't really view it as a "defect". I find it asthetically pleasing personally, and it doesn't distract me in the least. Many people find it distracting, but if it's distracting you must not be watching what's on the TV. It's not a big deal in my opinion at least. Some sets have flashlighting or clouding which is typical for all LCD TVs. A bad set would have flashlighting and clouding in dark content from the sides(usually). My set has a little flashlighting in the top left and middle right edge, but it is not noticeable when anything is being displayed other than a pitch black picture(like an all black background picture). I do not notice it in any movie content, night scenes, etc. so it is somewhat of a null issue for me. Each technology has it's own little issues. LCDs have flashlighting and clouding, and blur(I notice barely any on the A750) while plasmas have ghosting, dithering, and potential burn-in(even though it's been practically nullified). The TV does occasionally pop and jump around when you change the HDMI source from the cable box to my PS3, but I'm used to it and it's a minor annoyance. The audio on the TV is great from what I've heard. The bass tends to defeat the standard sound(like theatres), however the sound quality is great from what I've heard. Incredibly loud too as 50% of the max sound while watching Transformers was shaking my windows. There is a Hz equalizer in the settings menu to custom change the audio sound, and SRS Tru-Surround sound is an option to turn on as well. The speakers fire downwards and out the back of the TV, so I suppose the sound is a little distorted and sounds distant compared to face firing speakers, but for a stand alone TV, I think it sounds great, and with the TV parallel to a wall in an octagon shaped room, the acoustics work for me nicely. All in all, I'm thrilled with the purchase. Everything has worked out and the TV is absolutely gorgeous whether it is playing content on screen or sitting in the room turned off. Unless you have the budget for a Pioneer Kuro, A950, or XBR8 of the same size, I would highly recommend the A750 if you think it suits your needs. ---I researched HDTVs for 3 years before deciding on a 52A750. I visited 12 different Best Buy, Circuit Citys, and HHGreggs multiple times each before making my decision to buy through Amazon. When looking at an HDTV in store, don't just look for one that grabs your eye as the "best picture". Remember most all of the TV manufacturers set the TV as bright and unrealistically colorful as possibly to draw your eye to it in the store. Play with the TVs and setting and THEN start judging. After doing so, do it at multiple locations, as some sets may be worn down, defective, or just have a bad HD feed into them. Play with the TVs and try to get a picture that you are happy with. The AVS guys at www.avsforum.com provide GREAT information on these HDTVs including personal reviews, comparisons, calibration settings, and whatever else you can think of on HDTVs. Amazon has been great to deal with and the purchase was seamless, and I'm enjoying my 52" A750 in my living room right now. |
| Splendid TV, Long Review |
| Review Date: June 23, 2008 |
| Reviewer: N. Khokhani, Denver, CO |
| TV Grade: A-
Pros: - HD Picture Quality: As I say below, this is my first LCD TV, but I've seen many in my years and the PQ is excellent, especially considering the price. The blacks look great, the colors pop, and once I played with the picture settings, it looked even better - SD Picture Quality: For a 52" LCD the standard definition picture is very good. While obviously not as good a CRT or a non-HD-LCD, it still is excellent. - No issues (at least on mine) with clouding, mura, banding, pillaring, etc - Viewing angle is excellent - Look of the bezel - Glossy screen isn't as reflective as my old CRT - Lots of picture adjustments - General connectivity (DNLA, Wiselink, Infolink, etc) Cons: - Only one HDMI input that does anything by switching it to PC - Remote and more importantly the remote UI is poorly conceived. Example: No button for changing AMP settings, and getting to PIP is convoluted. - A lot of the picture adjustments are limited to certain input types and/or modes - Bezel is very easy to scratch - DNLA limits on codecs allowed - No wireless DNLA - Auto energy-saving setting needs a little work Potential benefits/concerns, but not necessarily a pro or a con, IMO: - Lag It's been discussed a lot in this thread. It will bother some, others won't notice it, and depending on the settings, lag can be extremely minimized. At the end it's up to the owner. - Halo Basically in a dark room a little light emits from the edges of the bezel creating a 'halo' over the TV. Some like it, some really dislike it, some don't even notice it. Decide for yourself. It is rare that I watch anything in pitch black, but when I have it hasn't bothered me. There is a solution for those that do have an issue with it but like the TV otherwise. - Touch of Color (TOC) The red bezel. I like it, my wife likes it and to both us we don't notice it that much. Again to each their own. The biggest thing with the bezel is how easily it's surface can get scratched, even with a soft microfiber cloth. - Short Summary I really enjoy the TV and everything it offers. The picture quality positive easily outweighs any (and all) of the negatives the TV has, by itself. Slightly longer review Preface: This is my first LCD screen. I've waited 2 years to buy one, mainly because I never saw a TV I liked. . . . Saw a review on the 650 and knew the 750 was out. Went to the local store and saw the 750 and really liked it. I waited a few weeks, maybe a month, and finally took the plunge of buying a TV via Amazon. Ordering and delivery: Simple. The order was delayed a few days from the original estimated ship date of the 22nd of May - the day I ordered it - to the 27th, because of some random reason. TV shipped on the 4th. Amazon's system had the TV reaching the local CEVA warehouse on the 5th, but Amazon's system was incorrect. I used CEVA's system and they were right on with their estimate. CEVA came to the house, unboxed the TV, placed it on my stand, let me hook up my computer via a DVI>HDMI cable to see if I had any dead pixels and/or glaring issues. None. They left. Very courteous. Aesthetics: One of the reasons I bought the 750 over the 650 is because the bezel. I like the squared off bezel of this better then the rounded one of the 650. It wasn't a big difference, but the price difference of the two models when I got the 750 was negligible. The downside of the TOC is how easily the bezel can get scratched. The TV has been in my possession for about 3 weeks and it already has 2 scratches on it from just getting wiped down. The bezel seems to collect dust rather quickly, while the screen does not. Before I bought the TV I had heard how most LCDs have a reflective screen to bring out add more pop, but the reflectiveness was a distraction. I already was coming from a CRT which was pretty reflective, which I didn't like at all. To my surprise the LN52A750 is less reflective then my CRT and doesn't distract from my viewing, even during the day. The 'halo' is only visible when it is dark and at 10 feet from the TV, my eyes don't see it when I'm watching TV. Some might not like it, but I don't think it is an issue. Go to a store and check it out yourself to see if you like it or not. The Nuts and Bolts: - Picture Quality Wow! In one word. The picture quality is pretty great. Out of the box the TV's settings were pretty good, but once I played with the settings, it was even better. I don't have a bluray or hi-def DVD player, just an older progressive scan player (not even one of those upconverting ones). But DVDs on that player look great. One day I'll get a bluray player and I'll be even happier. Comcast HD looks wonderful, with basketball games really showing what the TV does. No TBE (triple ball effect) at all. The standard def, is very good too. Not CRT quality, but better then what I've seen out of most, if not all LCDs. The TV has a lot of picture options that one can play with. There are certain limitations, as Samsung has limited what can be changed on certain inputs/modes, but hopefully that will be corrected in future FW updates. But the abundance of settings options should allow the TV to be set to appease anyone's eyes. - On-screen menu and remote UI The remote is lacking in a lot of ways. Not in the design itself, but the lack of being able to 1-touch things like Auto Motion Plus, Picture-in-Picture, brightness, etc without going into the menus, sometimes delving much deeper into a menu than would make sense. The menus themselves are fine and easily navigable, but it just takes too many steps to get to certain pieces that should be easier to switch quickly. Also there is a lack of being able to program certain buttons on the remote (namely the colored buttons) based on what the user needs. In this day and age you would figure having at least a few programmable buttons would be commonplace. - Connects The four HDMI's are nice. What isn't nice that they all seem to act a tad differently from one another. For example labeling HDMI4 (the one on the side) as a PC does nothing and it seems to act a bit slower to begin with. But HDMI2, when labeled PC, completely eliminates process, hence lag (at least in my tests). The TV handles the switching fine, but the lack of being able to do the same thing to any of the HDMI's is a mistake. This might have more to do with the Movie Mafia - MPAA - but not allowing 5.1 out via optical seems wrong and a tad limiting. - Sound To tell you truth, except for my first turn on and off of the TV, I haven't listened to the internal speakers as everything is going through my receiver, so I can't say much about it. - As a computer monitor, streaming, etc I haven't tried DNLA yet, as I need to get a wireless bridge, but I have hooked up my laptop to the TV numerous times. Initially I had hooked it up to HDMI4 and the results were okay. I had trouble playing certain files through that port (namely quicktime ones). But I moved the input to HDMI2 labeled it PC and everything played on the TV just fine. I even removed the PC label and everything played just fine and I had no sound lag either. If being used just as a monitor, text is clear and legible even from 10 feet away. From up close the text is smooth too. - Uniformity First thing I did was test for dead pixels and any obvious defects when CEVA dropped the TV off. Nothing seemed to stand out. I then tried a lot of different files, movies, etc and nothing wrong stood out again. And then I ran TVBlink.com's DVD and only one minor thing stood out, but I think it was source related more then anything else. On the Color Antialiasing test, the circles are to be smooth. Two of my circles (purple and blue) had rolling hills, not steps. It changed when I used my computer's DVD instead of the standalone one. Nothing else really stood out. No pillaring, no clouding/mura, no flashlights, etc. I'm sure there are some irregularities some might notice, but my wife, a few friends, and I haven't seen anything so that is good enough. - Gaming/Lag I only have the Wii. And I've noticed no discernible lag when playing games on it in any mode (Game mode, Standard mode, etc) all played the same for me. I had run tests out of curiosity's sake more then for any other reasons. Yes, there is lag on this TV, but it is highly dependent on your settings and what you can live with and can't live with. There was 0ms lag when I labeled HDMI2 to PC (8 tests - 8 @ 0ms). Game mode gave me a lag of 20ms to 30ms (9 tests - 3 @ 20ms, 6 @ 30ms). Extremely acceptable numbers for an LCD TV of this magnitude and standard mode's lag with AMP at low was generally clocked between 50ms and 70ms (8 tests 4 @ 50ms, 2 @ 60ms, 2 @ 70ms). A little higher. The outcomes are based solely on my tests, on my TV, using my equipment. Others might have varying results. - Audio/Lag I have not encountered audio lag. As mentioned I have only used the TV speakers once or twice. Sound was in sync then. The rest of the time all sound is run through my receiver and the sync is perfect then too. I do have my standard cable input into the TV with RCA audio out to the receiver and there is no audio lag there either. - Halo Well it's there, but not a concern on my part. I barely notice it, and when I do it's because I am looking for it. - Power on input delay This actually hadn't been in my mind until someone else brought it to my attention. If you are switching inputs from the TV Off status, it takes a little bit - actually 13000ms from the time the TV turns on and the input is switched to the appropriate one. Not sure why, but it can be a mild annoyance. Final Thoughts I really love the TV. I haven't hesitated to recommend this TV to anyone I know and one person did buy it and they are extremely happy with their purchase. |
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