Samsung LN40A650 40 Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color

Samsung LN40A650 40 Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color

The Samsung LN40A650 incorporates a stylish look with exclusive Touch of Color. Searching for technology that will make your life easier? The InfoLink RSS feature gives you instant access to news, weather, and sports information at the push of a button. And Auto Motion Plus 120Hz delivers smooth motion action scenes that will blow you away. Satisfy your craving for the latest in HD technology with the Samsung LN40A650 LCD TV.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great Bang for the Buck!
When I first considered adding an LCD to my stable of displays, I was a little hesitant at first since LCDs tend to look like, well, LCDs. I am very spoiled by my current Samsung FPT5084X 50″ plasma with its richness and overall ability to display a picture as it was meant to be shown. I could get into why plasma has a leg up on LCDs in showing a truer picture as intended by the director but that would be a lecture that may cause severe pain to those looking for reviews on the topic of their choice.

All that being said, the White Glove delivery showed up on time, upboxed, and hook it up in record time. (I made sure that the connections of choice were in place to insure first time proper setup) I will say on first viewing it was brilliant! And I do mean brilliant to the point of flattening the picture and looking like a, well, LCD. But not to fear, a quick seat of the pants adjustment of the contrast, Brightness, and Back Light level brought the offending picture under control. The colors and the black levels are pretty impressive but the true ability of the display will be found once my calibration equipment comes back from its annual re-calibration and then I can find how well it actually can display the grey scale and color temperature after performing an ISF calibration on it.

Ah, the remote is interesting since the buttons look to be the size of those found on phones designed for seasoned citizens with eye sight beginning to dim with age. Very large buttons with large numbers, symbols, and a really neat click/rotate navigation wheel. This wheel allows you to do directional navigation that so many other remotes do, but the wheel also rotates so if you have a scrolling menu it will do so with a spin of the wheel. This along with a switch to turn on/off the back light with button presses should help with navigation while watching a movie with a reduce ambient light so as not to interfere with your properly calibrated display.

On fast action scenes, I have not been able to discern artifacting with fast movement and must say that even a Standard Definition picture is displayed very well. The HD picture is first rate and must say it almost gets my attention as well as the Sammy Plasma in the living room. For the money I must say that I am not disappointed, but after calibration I am expecting to be blown away by the quality of the picture. As for the Touch of Color, it has the effect of reducing the impact of having a solid shiny black frame to one that feels blended.

Did I buy this unit for ToC, no, but rather for the ability and capability that this unit has for the money, Auto Setup which locates all inputs, scans for all channels, identifies what type of input such at Sat, Cable, etc, and on and on it goes. Not to mention the ability to perform proper calibrations for a qualified Calibrator to adjust the grey-scale and color temperature, which for me is Nirvana since that is what I do for a living.

By the way, did I mention that the price that this unit is available for from Amazon is actually a killer price? The price is right, the quality is phenomenal, and it does not disappoint.

5 Stars Outstanding
Picture will blow away your mind. This TV will actually improve all signals (including the standard broadcasts). Blu-rays are out of this world. It definitely lives up to the hype. The sound is better than expected. It is no where near home-theater, surround-sound quality but much better than flat panel speakers from just a year ago. The inputs to the TV are leading you into more modern technology. There are plenty of HDMI and component connections however are very limited on S-video and composite. So, if you are connecting a PS2, webcam, camcorder, etc., you’ll be switching the cables on the side a lot more than you’d like.

5 Stars Samsung 650 40″ 1080 LCD HDTV
Great picture…sound is fine..no problems. The control area on the right front is hard to find/see…but mainly the remote control is used. Delivery was super fast. Saved about $200 plus tax..throw in home delivery free! Great buy…bought a second one for the LR!

4 Stars Fantastic TV, poor remote
After a LOT of research, we settled on this TV as our first venture into HDTVs. After 5mos., I still don’t think you can find a better overall package (size, 4ms refresh, 50k:1 contrast ratio, 120Hz, connectivity options, etc.) for the price. My only complaint is the extremely poor reception performance of the remote control (without that issue, this would definitely have been a 5-star review).

5 Stars No regrets
I researched HD options for about two months before I purchased my LN40A650 a couple of months ago. I have an MSI Live PC w/HDMI, DirecTV, and a Nintendo Wii currently plugged into it. I have no regrets with this purchase. The picture is absolutely amazing. After watching HD TV and DVDs through the HDMI port I can’t believe that Blue-Ray can be so much better. That may have to be for Christmas or something.

Everyone has commented on how beautiful the picture is. I would recommend this unit to anyone who is as picky as me when it comes to quality, you will not be let down.

The shipping and handling went smoothly for me. Again I have no regrets with this TV.

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