Samsung Series 7 LED TV

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Just seen one of these in a local Dixons store and I must admit that the picture quality was jaw droppingly amazing!!

I was just passing by and the PQ stopped me in my tracks. It's LED (as opposed to LCD) whatever that means, and it's one of the thinnest screens I've ever seen. Apparently it has media streaming and internet functionality and can also playback MKV files. The design was also quite stunning. Price for the 40" was £1,600. I've never considered Samsung for TV's (having a Sony Bravia and considering a Pioneer Kuro), but this one may change my mind

Think I may have to do some more research on this......

 

[Anonymous]

You'll no doubt be pleased by this review then -

http://whathifi.com/Review/Samsung-UE40B7020/

 

[Anonymous]

titanIQ:
You'll no doubt be pleased by this review then -

http://whathifi.com/Review/Samsung-UE40B7020/

Thanks, I saw that. Glad to see it's got a 5 star rating from WHF (but not suprising given the PQ). I was thinking of getting one of the Pioneer Kuro's. But will now have to hang back and see if I can get a set to set comparison at one of the larger retailers.

Does anyone know how LED differs from LCD technology?

 

[Anonymous]

Hi,

The quality is stunning. It's not actually LED (in the strict sense of the term) but LED-backlit LCD (which means the set is an LCD but uses LED for the backlighting). The LEDs are on the edge of the screen with light paths on the backpanel to bring the LED to the front. At least that's my understanding of how it all works. Samsung will bringing out a full LED screen screen (9000 series) in autumn of this year.

Hope that helps.

 

[Anonymous]

pingin:Hi,
The quality is stunning. It's not actually LED (in the strict sense of the term) but LED-backlit LCD (which means the set is an LCD but uses LED for the backlighting). The LEDs are on the edge of the screen with light paths on the backpanel to bring the LED to the front. At least that's my understanding of how it all works. Samsung will bringing out a full LED screen screen (9000 series) in autumn of this year.

Hope that helps. Thanks. Although still doesn't help me decide which type of TV to get. I'm not in any rush as I have Sony Bravia 46" in the main room with amazing picture quality and just wanted something for the bedroom.

With this Samsung you can get up real close (12" away) and I still couldn't see any pixalation!! I was really impressed. Will have to keep my eye on this and the 9000 series you mention. I'm not one of those early adopters of technology and happy to wait a few months to make sure any 'issues' are out in the open.

I found a good review of this Samsung on another website (which I don't think I can mention as it may break house rules) with loads of pictures.

 

[drummerman]

vineetpatel69:
... Price for the 40" was £1,600. I've never considered Samsung for TV's (having a Sony Bravia and considering a Pioneer Kuro), but this one may change my mind

Think I may have to do some more research on this......

An easy decision imo though it will get more difficult eventually.

 

[D.J.KRIME]

vineetpatel69:

Price for the 40" was £1,600.

Hardly what I would call fantastic VFM

 

[Anonymous]

D.J.KRIME:
vineetpatel69:

Price for the 40" was £1,600.

Hardly what I would call fantastic VFM

That was in store at Dixons. I've since seen the 40" for £1,350 and the 46" £1,700 online. I'm sure these will go down in the next couple of months. Have you seen the PQ on these though??

(Big game for your mob at Anfield this Wednesday!)

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Guy's

I've just bought the 40" 8 series LED TV for £1332 with a 90 day money back guarantee and 5 years extended warranty all included.

I have set it all up, media player, wired LAN, blu-ray player, freeview and internet@TV (widgets) are all working. You also get 2 remotes, a main controller and a pebble remote (which has the red colour accent and not blue, the colour of the light on the TV). What I didn't know was that the main remote is RF (radio frequency) which means you can use it without having to point the remote at the TV, it even works from upstairs.

Picture quality on freeview is pretty good, although quality does vary between channels and content being broadcast. TV guide loads instantly and is simple to navigate. Flicking between channels is quick.

The LAN connection needed no configuring, just plugged one end of the cable in to my BT Hub, which is upstairs, and the other end into the TV and it connected instantly. Their must be at least 20 meters of cable running between them.

The Internet@TV Widgets are very limited in content, but include YouTube and Twitter. The widgets are accessed via a single button press and load neatly across the bottom of the screen over the picture. YouTube content loads quickly via the LAN connection and can be played full screen. I don't think you can select HD version of content like you can on the wesite by clicking the HD button on the online player, which is ridiculous. Not sure if it defaults to HD version of content, will have to compare playback to the quality on my laptop.

The Media Player feature looks great on paper and works brilliantly on HD video content from my Cyber-shot camera. Just to clarify, what I had to do was copy content from my camera to my laptop. Then share the folder where the content is stored via the include Samsung PC sharing software, so when you press the media player button the content loads up on screen (a bit like the cover flow on my ipod). What I wanted it to do is...play "backed up" copies of my DVD collection from my laptop with a press of a button. It plays vob files but only at original size and when I set the TV to fit the contents to screen, it enlarges the picture but not to full screen. On the plus side the upscaled picture quality is brilliant on DVD files. I have downloaded some HD content via the DivX website and the quality is brilliant.

Blu-ray is awesome! Now, some of you may well know what the picture on a Pioneer Kuro looks like, but this must come very, very close.

Great TV! Love it!

 

[tvspecv]

go for the 8 series its better.

note: their is a problem with clouding on these sets.

overall its good. 10/10 for looks.

 

[Anonymous]

does anyone play games on this..and can feed back on the experience.

Every Samsung review I see sells the set to me...then I read about input lag.

I'm more of a casual gamer and may be too old to spot input lag....but it is holding me back from a decision

Any gamer feedback welcome please

 

[Anonymous]

Personally I'd take a Kuro over an edge lit LED set any day, currently the LED sets look amazing in Dixons, which is possibly one of the worst places to go to actually see how good the TVs are, but when you get them home they are still littered with LCD niggles, so if you're deciding to go for a Kuro because of the LCD niggles, this wont improve things!

Black levels are good, but only good by LCD standards in normal viewing, it's only the auto dimming which allows them to reach the super low high end plasma standards, in normal viewing it's pretty much the same as a regular Samsung LCD. The dimming itself is annoying as well, the idea is good, but you'll see a very noticeable shift in brightness when you go into a dark scene, personally a niggle I wouldn't want to live with. Viewing angles and the usual motion problems are still there as well, motion is like the good LCDs of today, good, but still not near plasma standards and still having some mildly annoying side effects.

LED backlighting is the way to go for LCD, which is the 9 series out later in the year, black levels have the chance to get better there.

 

[tvspecv]

for gaming the led is v.v.v good in my opnion in game mode