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Samsung LE32B550A5 32-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p Crystal LCD TV with Freeview
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Recommended SAMSUNG LE32B550 (LE32B550A5WXXC) HDTV 1080p Series 5 32" LCD TV Platinum Black Crystal TV At a glance The SAMSUNG LE32B550 (also known as LE32B550A5WXXC LE32B550A5 and LE-32B550 Series 5) is a Platinum black crystal Full HDTV with 4 x HDMI with integrated freeview. 1staudiovisual description Another stunning TV from Samsung with a superb blend of style and technology for an exceptional viewing experience and a design that captures the essence of natural beauty with light style and tones that appear to change and blend with the viewing angle. Features Crystal TV The Samsung Crystal bezel is different to others as it is not made up of one sole colour pigment. A sophisticated combination of multiple colours is employed resulting in a seamless bezel with natu...
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What a great TV. Packaging sadly not great since the base had worked loose in transit but fortunately no damage done. Fitting the base to the TV was easy. The first screws were a little tough being driven into unthreaded holes yet only took a few minutes to screw in. So, having attached the stand and put the TV in its place, I turned on with mixed expectations - good, bad, dead, etc.
Thankfully it was good and alive. It worked fine and began its Freeview channel finding routine. After a few minutes it had found 136 channels. When I looked some of the channels were a little mixed up but the transmitter in my area had recently been upgraded; I retuned the channels the next day and they were sorted correctly. The TV IQ was a lot better than the Philips 32" I had tried last week. Freeview looked not too bad. It seems to have an issue with fast moving objects stayinhg slightly blurry but if they are reasonably still it sharpens the image very well. There are a lot of controls which can be adjusted to improve that. Whatever, it does not show smearing like the Philips did. Overall, I'd say the Freeview IQ is acceptable given its limitations. In any case, Freeview HD is on offer next month in the North West where I live, so that should make the Freeview IQ very good. As I said, there is a plethora of settings to mess with right down to white balance. You need to spend time experimenting to find what's best for you. The menus are easy to use and operate reasonably quickly.
Sound quality from the TV's speakers is not very good - it lacks bass even after being adjusted. It seems greatly affected by where the TV is situated. This is because the sound is 'invisible' rather than directional. I added a pair of Creative Gigaworks T20 speakers via the phono audio out at the rear and the sound is now excellent.
I have a Philips BDP3000 blu-ray player attached. My only blu-ray disk currently is the Moody Blues' Lovely to See You Again My Friend. The video is only 1080i yet looks and sounds excellent. Mind, SD films look good too.
I also use an Xbox360 and playing Forza3 via the Samsung is an amazing experience. The cars look for real and 1920x1080 handles very well.
It has a USB 2.0 port too. You can via a USB stick show your photos videos etc. You can attach your camera or camcorder and view its contents.
Every site I looked at gave this TV the thumbs up as a real bargain. I have to agree it is.
Stylish and big performance
I bought this TV, after weeks of research, to use in my accommodation while away from home. Firstly, Amazon were as punctual as ever with delivery, even with the postal strike on and they were also cheaper than anywhere else.
The TV oozes style in every respect, except the remote which is a bit cumbersome but by no means ineffective; it works fine but I have to put a bag over it when next to my Sony Blu-ray player remote or it gets a complex. Assembly wasn't too bad but frail people or children might need weetabix first. It took me about ten minutes with a decent sturdy screw driver.
Picture quality is fantastic; vivid colours and great contrast. I've watched the latest Batman movie and Planet Earth amongst a few others and was mesmerised, but King Kong definitely showed more detail than I had ever seen on the same DVD. The contrast difference brings alive the darker scenes especially in the deep valley scene when they are attacked by humongous bugs. You are just drawn into the picture and the movie experience becomes so much more credible, almost like being in a cinema.
Sound is ok but I am using a Sony 5.1 surround system which, although old, again really brings out the quality difference of blu-ray over DVD.
I also use the beast as a monitor; just fantastic. It's so big that you can have several pages open at once, minimised and have lots more going on.
The only critisism is that is only 60Hz technology so watching fast moving scenes you occassionally get blurring. This is common with all LCD Tv of this spec, not just the Samsung. Expect to pay much more for 100 and 200Hz TVs.
On a budget, then buy it.
Samung LE32B550A5
Great Tv
Only one draw back and its not the TV`s fault neither Sky boxes or virgin media boxes give you 1080p they only give 1080i ,So if you have these you are not using the tv to its true potential
fab
Excellent tv, bought on behalf of inlaws. easy to set up, stand was easy to put together.
the picture quality is so good considering getting one for ourselves. Researched quite alot of tvs before deciding on this one and glad we did.
Well worth the money and excellent all round
awesome tv
a very beautiful tv ! came quickly! brought it manily for gaming! does a sepctacular job!
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