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Electronics : Samsung LN52A550 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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30,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio/500 nit Brightness | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Key Features
 | 30,000:1 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. |
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 Fluorescent 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 back lights 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 HDMI-CEC 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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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 sound stage 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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Average Rating: 
Rating:
- I like itThis is a nice TV. I installed it myself in no time on a TV stand with limited know how. I went on-line to get different opinions on the TV settings that provide the best sound and picture. My wife originally thought is was going to be too big for us, but now she thinks it's beautiful. The TV was great to watch the olympics on. Movies come in very nice and we don't even have a blueray. We're very happy with our fist lcd flat panel.
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- Great TV at a Great Value!I have had this TV since June. I purchased it and received a FREE TIVO unit as part of a Amazon promotion. After months of reserach and store visitng and standing in front of these things (and countless "Im just browsing" encounters with salesmen, I finally picked this one over the Panasonic 50" PZ800u (I couldnt get over the price for a 52" screen compared to a 50", lighter set for wall mounting and what I felt were identical contrast ratios and color saturation over supposedly smoother motion)
I also picked the 52a50 over the newer model samsung ln52a650 ( I sacrificed some contrast ratio and color saturation here but I couldnt get over the screen glare I was seeing in even the darkest store setups and I knew it would bug me at home as well because Id be looking for it). I should also say that I did not consider the television sound in the purchase (Panasonic 800 and 850 series are THS certified) ... Read More
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- Great quality and valueLove it. It's one of my best purchases this year. We moved from an older Sony WEGA and were deciding between this and the 46 inch, and between this and the Series 6 (120 hz).
We chose this over the Series 6 as we didn't feel the added functionality (for us mostly the 120 hz - reduced blur) justified the price premium (around 500$)
We chose the 52 over the 46 as it's more impressive (obviously) and our room is large enough to accommodate the 52, and the price difference was not that high (200)
Pros:
- Easy to setup and connect with my Digital IO Cable box, Home theater, WII, VCR (yes, still have one)
- Great quality. Colors are vivid, darks are fine. Go to circuit city and compare with some of the other brands.
- Great price
- Lots of great reviews
Cons (and workarounds):
- Sound is not perfect, as everyone notes.
I have ... Read More
Rating:
- Excellent picture... a couple of negativesThis TV gives an excellent picture. Two things I do not like about this TV: 1) Sound is awful, even with the tweaks suggested. 2) Very reflective. That was the most disappointing and really the only reason I was swayed from Plasma as I'm always hearing how LCD doesn't reflect, but this one does. I've got a Philips LCD in the bedroom that does not reflect. One other thing I don't like about this TV is they went with the piano black finish which adds to the reflectiveness of it. Overall I'm happy with the TV, but my next purchase will be a plasma.