Pro:
- 1080P, alot of HDMI input
- Love the touch of color
- Handles standard cable pretty well
- Great quality on all hd input
- Perfect size for 10x10 or bigger rooms
Con:
- Frame picks up light causing a "halo" effect around the screen
- Controller scroll feature sucks. Always misses menu when scrolling.
I purchase this TV a few weeks ago and notice that the light coming from the tv is causing a "halo" effect on the glass frame. Although it looked "cool" the first week it started annoying me. I would recommend checking out this issue before purchasing, but overwall the tv quality is perfect! I do however hate the controller.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Samsung LN52A750 Great but flawed..
Let's start with this....Those of you that complain about the VERY subtle touch of red color all need to GET A LIFE. It's barely even noticeable unless you are staring at it. The picture is outstanding. The issue I have with this TV is the "Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)". It just doesn't work worth a cr@p. It is supposed to find the movies off your network/computer. It 'finds' them just fine. It just doesn't play them very well, or at all, as best I can tell. No matter what I try, I get 'Codec not supported' in spite of the fact that I am using the codecs they suggest when I rip movies. A search of avsforum.com finds this is a common complaint for this TV. If ANYONE has this feature working I'd like to know.
My major gripe about this otherwise stellar TV is that you could get the 650 series that is otherwise essentially identical save the DLNA feature for less $$. So my question is, why did I spend the extra money? I didn't get any usable feature over the 650 series for the money I spent.
My major gripe about this otherwise stellar TV is that you could get the 650 series that is otherwise essentially identical save the DLNA feature for less $$. So my question is, why did I spend the extra money? I didn't get any usable feature over the 650 series for the money I spent.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Samsung LN52A750 Great Picture, Horrible Network Features (DLNA FAILURE)
I purchased this model instead of the 650 model because of the network features and the built in sub woofer.
At first, I was impressed, everything looks nice. But the DLNA feature does not work unless you use the Samsung Software that came with the tv.
I used eyeConnect for mac and tversity for windows and the same problems for both occurred.These two programs have no problems working with other DLNA products (eg PlayStation 3). If you google "DLNA Samsung" you will find many people complain about Samsung's failure in DLNA.
I have updated the Firmware, the TV sees my files on my Computers and Network drive, but often has difficulties playing an mp3. One annoying problem is that sometimes it will play the mp3, but if you want to repeat the same song, it will say, "FORMAT NOT SUPPORTED," right after it just played it fine. RIDICULOUS!
Except for the Network problems, This is a Nice HDTV
Oh...
What is up with the Remote? Circle Navigation?
At first, I was impressed, everything looks nice. But the DLNA feature does not work unless you use the Samsung Software that came with the tv.
I used eyeConnect for mac and tversity for windows and the same problems for both occurred.These two programs have no problems working with other DLNA products (eg PlayStation 3). If you google "DLNA Samsung" you will find many people complain about Samsung's failure in DLNA.
I have updated the Firmware, the TV sees my files on my Computers and Network drive, but often has difficulties playing an mp3. One annoying problem is that sometimes it will play the mp3, but if you want to repeat the same song, it will say, "FORMAT NOT SUPPORTED," right after it just played it fine. RIDICULOUS!
Except for the Network problems, This is a Nice HDTV
Oh...
What is up with the Remote? Circle Navigation?
Monday, October 5, 2009
Samsung LN52A750 Fabulous Picture, even better when professionally tuned, but DLNA disappoints
One can not overestimate the WOW factor of the Samsung LN52A750 52-Inch 1080p DLNA LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color. In the LN52A750 Samsung has given the world brilliant picture quality and stunning style in a unit that anyone would be proud to make the centerpiece of their living room or entertainment palace.
Right out of the box the picture is impressive, although the factory settings are too bright and overly saturated. This is to be expected, however, as virtually all manufacturers tune their sets to stand out in store displays. After fine-tuning my set using Digital Video Essentials: Optimize Your Home Entertainment System (NTSC Component), I now have a virtually perfect picture. It was a tedious and time-consuming process, however, so my recommendation to the patience-impaired would be to hire someone locally to do the work using the latest test equipment. For most people it would be well worth the cost (est. $50 -$75) after shelling out a couple of G's for a state-of-the-art LCD television.
Before purchasing this set, I was somewhat concerned about the red cast of the "Touch of Color" bezel. I shouldn't have been. It's really quite subtle, almost unnoticeable, but gives just a hint of color interest to what otherwise would be a black monolith when the unit is powered off. And when it's turned on, well, let's just say that no one will be looking at the edges of the set!
I must give credit also to the tuner in this baby. While I generally watch HDTV (clear QAM) fed by my cable provider, I also get 26 strong, clean digital over-the-air channels (NTSC) using a medium-range boom antenna that I stashed out of sight in my attic back in the days of analog television. The transmitters for some of those stations are over 50 miles away, and my antenna is stationary (no rotor)!
My only real gripe about the normal television functionality is that the set has only one F connector (antenna) input. In order to have access to both cable QAM and over-the-air NTSC signals, I had to install an A/B switch (remote-controlled, which I bought from a popular neighborhood radio store) and then to skip the automatic channel scan in favor of tuning the cable and OTA stations separately).
If I were rating this set on the normal television features alone, I'd give it five starts (or more, if it were possible). However, there are a few flaws in this set. It is advertised as being DLNA-ready, and it is - sort of. The bad news is that it is currently compatible ONLY with the Samsung DLNA server software packaged with the set, which has rudimentary functionality at best. And it works over wired Ethernet only; forget about any kind of wireless setup. The RSS InfoLink does work over wireless, but the content is marginally useful. Meanwhile, the interactive content that is preloaded into the on-bard memory isn't anything to write home about, and the promise of being able to acquire more on line is yet to be fulfilled.
Despite those few disappointments, some of which I hope will be resolved someday, I am still in love with this set after three months. In my opinion, the picture quality exceeds that of some more expensive, higher end sets, and I can honestly recommend the entire series 7 line from Samsung to just about anyone looking for a great-looking, top-performing LCD.
Right out of the box the picture is impressive, although the factory settings are too bright and overly saturated. This is to be expected, however, as virtually all manufacturers tune their sets to stand out in store displays. After fine-tuning my set using Digital Video Essentials: Optimize Your Home Entertainment System (NTSC Component), I now have a virtually perfect picture. It was a tedious and time-consuming process, however, so my recommendation to the patience-impaired would be to hire someone locally to do the work using the latest test equipment. For most people it would be well worth the cost (est. $50 -$75) after shelling out a couple of G's for a state-of-the-art LCD television.
Before purchasing this set, I was somewhat concerned about the red cast of the "Touch of Color" bezel. I shouldn't have been. It's really quite subtle, almost unnoticeable, but gives just a hint of color interest to what otherwise would be a black monolith when the unit is powered off. And when it's turned on, well, let's just say that no one will be looking at the edges of the set!
I must give credit also to the tuner in this baby. While I generally watch HDTV (clear QAM) fed by my cable provider, I also get 26 strong, clean digital over-the-air channels (NTSC) using a medium-range boom antenna that I stashed out of sight in my attic back in the days of analog television. The transmitters for some of those stations are over 50 miles away, and my antenna is stationary (no rotor)!
My only real gripe about the normal television functionality is that the set has only one F connector (antenna) input. In order to have access to both cable QAM and over-the-air NTSC signals, I had to install an A/B switch (remote-controlled, which I bought from a popular neighborhood radio store) and then to skip the automatic channel scan in favor of tuning the cable and OTA stations separately).
If I were rating this set on the normal television features alone, I'd give it five starts (or more, if it were possible). However, there are a few flaws in this set. It is advertised as being DLNA-ready, and it is - sort of. The bad news is that it is currently compatible ONLY with the Samsung DLNA server software packaged with the set, which has rudimentary functionality at best. And it works over wired Ethernet only; forget about any kind of wireless setup. The RSS InfoLink does work over wireless, but the content is marginally useful. Meanwhile, the interactive content that is preloaded into the on-bard memory isn't anything to write home about, and the promise of being able to acquire more on line is yet to be fulfilled.
Despite those few disappointments, some of which I hope will be resolved someday, I am still in love with this set after three months. In my opinion, the picture quality exceeds that of some more expensive, higher end sets, and I can honestly recommend the entire series 7 line from Samsung to just about anyone looking for a great-looking, top-performing LCD.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Samsung LN52A750 PIP Function...Not User Friendly
The HD and Digital picture on this TV is amazing. However when it is in the PIP mode (which I love when watching two games)to beable to watch two diffrent broadcast at one time, this TV is not user friendly at all. You must use the menu to select from a hold list of options to change the channel when using the PIP function. You also must bring up the menu to again select from a hold list of options to switch the sound between the two PIP channels. Also the sound between the two channels are uneven. One can be very load while the other you can hardly hear and must adjust the volume every time. Other TVs I have had there was a switch button on the remote for simple PIP functions.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Samsung LN52A750 Well worth the investment!
After owning the LN52A750 for almost 2 weeks, I thought I'd come back to Amazon to post my review.
To begin, my shipping wasn't as good as some folks, it wasn't as bad as some others, but overall was okay. Amazon shipped the TV on March 24th and estimated that it would be delivered by April 10th. I was quite excited when I got a call to schedule the delivery on March 27th. At that point the TV was ready for delivery, but since I live in a rural area, Pilot handed the TV off to Cardinal Freight. Cardinal only delivers to my area on Fridays, so I had to wait a full extra week to get the TV. It arrived on April 3rd, so it was still a week earlier then the estimated delivery date. The delivery guys were in and out of the house, and pulling out of the driveway in probably less than 10 minutes. "White glove"? Not sure about that, but at least I got to plug the TV in before they were gone.
As far as the TV goes, I'll just address various points one at a time:
Firmware - I noticed that a lot of people gave reviews that included issues with repeated power cycling. I made sure to double check my firmware version pretty soon after giving the TV a once over. My TV shipped with version 1013.0 which is newer than the currently available version on the Samsung website, 1012.2.
Gloss Screen - yeah, I would probably prefer a mat screen, but overall the picture quality of the TV outweighs any complaint I may have with screen reflections. I have felt the need once or twice to turn off a light or two on the opposite side of the room while watching TV. Not too big of a deal though. One nitpick... I can see the gray levels creep up a bit when viewing from an off angle of about 45 degrees or so. The picture is still great, but the blacks aren't quite so black. A mat screen would probably make this issue even a bit more pronounced, so pick your poison.
Halo Effect - very, VERY minor. I can see it, but it's certainly not a distraction. I really need to consciously look for it.
The Bezel - beautiful. I really like this bezel. It's one of the reasons I chose this TV over the 650. So far I haven't seen any issues with the Touch of Color separating. Fingers crossed! We purchased a new entertainment center that has an opening that appears as if it were custom made for this bezel. The edges of the bezel overlap the opening in our entertainment center hutch by about an eighth of an inch all the way around. It looks great!
Info Link - It was a snap to get the TV set up to my home network. I set the network settings manually at first, and everything was fine. I also tried the automatic settings and that works just fine as well. We like the ability to check the weather at the click of a button. News is nice, but we don't really use it much. This functionality certainly wasn't a deal breaker in the TV selection, but it's pretty nice.
DLNA - When I bought this TV I bought it along with a Playstation 3 to use as a Blu-Ray player. The Playstation 3 can also be used in conjunction with various DLNA server programs that are freely available on the web. For this reason, the DLNA functionality of the LN52A750 isn't really worth much to me. Compared to the Playstation interface, the Samsung interface can't really compare. I haven't even bothered to install the Samsung server software on my PC. I'm using TVersity for serving music, photos, and video to the TV through the Playstation. Supposedly some people have had luck getting TVersity to work with the 750, but I haven't been able to. No matter... as I said, the Samsung interface is pretty poor anyway. Since all photos, music, and video are getting transferred over the home network via the Playstation, I haven't tested the Wiselink, so I can't comment that.
Extra Content - Pretty worthless. It would be SO much nicer if the 1Gig of space could be modified to hold personal videos, pictures, etc. I'll probably never use this functionality.
Sound - Really quite good, and another reason I purchase this TV over the 650. We watch a lot of TV without the surround sound system, so I wanted decent sound from the TV speakers. Out of the box, I was pretty disappointed with the sound and thought I may have wasted my money, but after digging through the sound menu, I realized that there is quite a bit of flexibility. Along with a few preset sound modes, there is also a custom setting in which you can adjust the 5 band equalize to suit your tastes. You can also tweak any of the preset sound modes as well, if you don't like the defaults. In case you change your mind, going back to the defaults is a click away.
Standard Def TV - We currently have a standard def Directv Tivo so we watch a LOT of SD content. I'd love to change to a newer HD Directv DVR, but I don't want to give up the Tivo interface, and the Directv DVRs get a lot of poor reviews. As such, I really searched for a new TV that would do a decent job with SDTV. When shopping around, I read a lot of reviews, and almost hands down, the Samsung TVs get the best reviews for playing standard def format. In short, my results were quite good!
At first, I was a bit discouraged, but after tweaking a few settings, I've been very pleased. I had to turn OFF the 120Hz function, turn ON Film Mode (for 2:3 pull down), and turned Digital Noise Reduction up to High (fortunately, even on High, the DNR doesn't make things look that hazy). Then I changed the default color settings considerably. The defaults were great for HD sources like the blu-ray, but not for SDTV. Fortunately, the TV has separate color settings for each input, so no fiddling with color settings each time the input is changed
Interestingly enough, I think the 52" Samsung has a better SD picture then my 22" Visio. Also, my old 32" Sony Trinitron (which the 750 replaced) always seemed to show a good bit of digital "blockiness" in the directv signal, especially in dark areas of the screen (probably from the video compression of the satellite signal). I don't see ANY of that anymore. There is a bit of small pixelization, but a certain amount of that is to be expected considering the source. Don't get me wrong, it's certainly not HDTV or Blu-Ray quality, but overall, I'm quite pleased.
One thing I wish the TV had was a Panoramic View for 4:3 TV. It can only stretch the 4:3 image to fit the 16:9 screen. My 22" Visio had a Panoramic Mode that stretches the outsides of the screen more than the center of the screen. That way the center (where your eye is typically concentrating) looks less distorted. Oh well, the screen is so large that viewing SDTV in 4:3 is still plenty big. I was just hoping to get rid of the vertical black bars.
Blu-Ray - I can't comment on HDTV since I'm not currently an HD subscriber, but the Blu-Ray is FANTASTIC! Obviously, this is where this TV really shines. There's not really much to say here that hasn't already been said. Although one of the other reasons why I bought this TV over the 650 is the fact that this TV has 16bit color while the 650 only has 12bit color. Wow! Is it great! I did purchase a Digital Video Essentials blue ray disc with the TV. It was a good help in getting the color set right. I didn't have to change the "out of the box" settings by much, but I did change them enough to make a noticeable improvement (to me).
One note... when using the Video Essentials disc, I noticed that there was a good bit of overscan on all of the patterns the disc was using. I finally realized that by setting the viewing mode of the TV from 16:9 to "Just Scan", it displays the full image with zero overscan. Pretty nice.
Remote - I thought is was nicer then most people give it credit for. The click wheel is a bit odd, but the rotating functionality can be avoided. It also allows for simple up, down, left, and right clicking which is seems to work quite well. The back light is a nice feature. At this point though the remote is just sitting in a drawer. I've recently purchased a Logitec Harmony One remote to combine the TV, Tivo, Playstation, and Receiver. Still learning how to use it, but so far it's great.
The Perfect Compliment - I mentioned previously I purchased the LN52A750 along with a Playstation 3. The added media functionality of the Playstation really makes the slight price increase over other decent Blu-Ray players very worthwhile. The Playstation really opens this TV up to all sorts of other activities. I've never in my life been a gamer, but they are quite fun on the 52" screen, and the video quality is great. I have yet to notice any lag, and I have yet to use the Game mode on the 750 which is supposed to reduce any lag. Streaming video is great. I've got a good portion of my DVD collection ripped to my home PC. The Playstation allows for easy access. TVersity can upconvert to 1080p, but I haven't tried that yet since I need to first hardwire the PC to the Playstation to accommodate the bandwidth. Pictures are easy to share with visitors, and accessing my rather large mp3 collection has become easier than ever. Supposedly a number of online radio web sites work on the Playstation, but I haven't tried any of them yet.
If anyone is still reading at this point, I can easily say that this is one outstanding TV. I got it for around 2050 bucks here on Amazon. I know it can be had periodically for about 100 less, but I couldn't wait. It was still, far and away, less than any local retailer, and it's been worth every penny so far.
I'm giving the TV 4 out of 5 stars, because of the reflective screen, worthless extra content, missing panoramic view for 4:3 TV, poor DLNA interface, and slight issue with black levels at off angles.
To begin, my shipping wasn't as good as some folks, it wasn't as bad as some others, but overall was okay. Amazon shipped the TV on March 24th and estimated that it would be delivered by April 10th. I was quite excited when I got a call to schedule the delivery on March 27th. At that point the TV was ready for delivery, but since I live in a rural area, Pilot handed the TV off to Cardinal Freight. Cardinal only delivers to my area on Fridays, so I had to wait a full extra week to get the TV. It arrived on April 3rd, so it was still a week earlier then the estimated delivery date. The delivery guys were in and out of the house, and pulling out of the driveway in probably less than 10 minutes. "White glove"? Not sure about that, but at least I got to plug the TV in before they were gone.
As far as the TV goes, I'll just address various points one at a time:
Firmware - I noticed that a lot of people gave reviews that included issues with repeated power cycling. I made sure to double check my firmware version pretty soon after giving the TV a once over. My TV shipped with version 1013.0 which is newer than the currently available version on the Samsung website, 1012.2.
Gloss Screen - yeah, I would probably prefer a mat screen, but overall the picture quality of the TV outweighs any complaint I may have with screen reflections. I have felt the need once or twice to turn off a light or two on the opposite side of the room while watching TV. Not too big of a deal though. One nitpick... I can see the gray levels creep up a bit when viewing from an off angle of about 45 degrees or so. The picture is still great, but the blacks aren't quite so black. A mat screen would probably make this issue even a bit more pronounced, so pick your poison.
Halo Effect - very, VERY minor. I can see it, but it's certainly not a distraction. I really need to consciously look for it.
The Bezel - beautiful. I really like this bezel. It's one of the reasons I chose this TV over the 650. So far I haven't seen any issues with the Touch of Color separating. Fingers crossed! We purchased a new entertainment center that has an opening that appears as if it were custom made for this bezel. The edges of the bezel overlap the opening in our entertainment center hutch by about an eighth of an inch all the way around. It looks great!
Info Link - It was a snap to get the TV set up to my home network. I set the network settings manually at first, and everything was fine. I also tried the automatic settings and that works just fine as well. We like the ability to check the weather at the click of a button. News is nice, but we don't really use it much. This functionality certainly wasn't a deal breaker in the TV selection, but it's pretty nice.
DLNA - When I bought this TV I bought it along with a Playstation 3 to use as a Blu-Ray player. The Playstation 3 can also be used in conjunction with various DLNA server programs that are freely available on the web. For this reason, the DLNA functionality of the LN52A750 isn't really worth much to me. Compared to the Playstation interface, the Samsung interface can't really compare. I haven't even bothered to install the Samsung server software on my PC. I'm using TVersity for serving music, photos, and video to the TV through the Playstation. Supposedly some people have had luck getting TVersity to work with the 750, but I haven't been able to. No matter... as I said, the Samsung interface is pretty poor anyway. Since all photos, music, and video are getting transferred over the home network via the Playstation, I haven't tested the Wiselink, so I can't comment that.
Extra Content - Pretty worthless. It would be SO much nicer if the 1Gig of space could be modified to hold personal videos, pictures, etc. I'll probably never use this functionality.
Sound - Really quite good, and another reason I purchase this TV over the 650. We watch a lot of TV without the surround sound system, so I wanted decent sound from the TV speakers. Out of the box, I was pretty disappointed with the sound and thought I may have wasted my money, but after digging through the sound menu, I realized that there is quite a bit of flexibility. Along with a few preset sound modes, there is also a custom setting in which you can adjust the 5 band equalize to suit your tastes. You can also tweak any of the preset sound modes as well, if you don't like the defaults. In case you change your mind, going back to the defaults is a click away.
Standard Def TV - We currently have a standard def Directv Tivo so we watch a LOT of SD content. I'd love to change to a newer HD Directv DVR, but I don't want to give up the Tivo interface, and the Directv DVRs get a lot of poor reviews. As such, I really searched for a new TV that would do a decent job with SDTV. When shopping around, I read a lot of reviews, and almost hands down, the Samsung TVs get the best reviews for playing standard def format. In short, my results were quite good!
At first, I was a bit discouraged, but after tweaking a few settings, I've been very pleased. I had to turn OFF the 120Hz function, turn ON Film Mode (for 2:3 pull down), and turned Digital Noise Reduction up to High (fortunately, even on High, the DNR doesn't make things look that hazy). Then I changed the default color settings considerably. The defaults were great for HD sources like the blu-ray, but not for SDTV. Fortunately, the TV has separate color settings for each input, so no fiddling with color settings each time the input is changed
Interestingly enough, I think the 52" Samsung has a better SD picture then my 22" Visio. Also, my old 32" Sony Trinitron (which the 750 replaced) always seemed to show a good bit of digital "blockiness" in the directv signal, especially in dark areas of the screen (probably from the video compression of the satellite signal). I don't see ANY of that anymore. There is a bit of small pixelization, but a certain amount of that is to be expected considering the source. Don't get me wrong, it's certainly not HDTV or Blu-Ray quality, but overall, I'm quite pleased.
One thing I wish the TV had was a Panoramic View for 4:3 TV. It can only stretch the 4:3 image to fit the 16:9 screen. My 22" Visio had a Panoramic Mode that stretches the outsides of the screen more than the center of the screen. That way the center (where your eye is typically concentrating) looks less distorted. Oh well, the screen is so large that viewing SDTV in 4:3 is still plenty big. I was just hoping to get rid of the vertical black bars.
Blu-Ray - I can't comment on HDTV since I'm not currently an HD subscriber, but the Blu-Ray is FANTASTIC! Obviously, this is where this TV really shines. There's not really much to say here that hasn't already been said. Although one of the other reasons why I bought this TV over the 650 is the fact that this TV has 16bit color while the 650 only has 12bit color. Wow! Is it great! I did purchase a Digital Video Essentials blue ray disc with the TV. It was a good help in getting the color set right. I didn't have to change the "out of the box" settings by much, but I did change them enough to make a noticeable improvement (to me).
One note... when using the Video Essentials disc, I noticed that there was a good bit of overscan on all of the patterns the disc was using. I finally realized that by setting the viewing mode of the TV from 16:9 to "Just Scan", it displays the full image with zero overscan. Pretty nice.
Remote - I thought is was nicer then most people give it credit for. The click wheel is a bit odd, but the rotating functionality can be avoided. It also allows for simple up, down, left, and right clicking which is seems to work quite well. The back light is a nice feature. At this point though the remote is just sitting in a drawer. I've recently purchased a Logitec Harmony One remote to combine the TV, Tivo, Playstation, and Receiver. Still learning how to use it, but so far it's great.
The Perfect Compliment - I mentioned previously I purchased the LN52A750 along with a Playstation 3. The added media functionality of the Playstation really makes the slight price increase over other decent Blu-Ray players very worthwhile. The Playstation really opens this TV up to all sorts of other activities. I've never in my life been a gamer, but they are quite fun on the 52" screen, and the video quality is great. I have yet to notice any lag, and I have yet to use the Game mode on the 750 which is supposed to reduce any lag. Streaming video is great. I've got a good portion of my DVD collection ripped to my home PC. The Playstation allows for easy access. TVersity can upconvert to 1080p, but I haven't tried that yet since I need to first hardwire the PC to the Playstation to accommodate the bandwidth. Pictures are easy to share with visitors, and accessing my rather large mp3 collection has become easier than ever. Supposedly a number of online radio web sites work on the Playstation, but I haven't tried any of them yet.
If anyone is still reading at this point, I can easily say that this is one outstanding TV. I got it for around 2050 bucks here on Amazon. I know it can be had periodically for about 100 less, but I couldn't wait. It was still, far and away, less than any local retailer, and it's been worth every penny so far.
I'm giving the TV 4 out of 5 stars, because of the reflective screen, worthless extra content, missing panoramic view for 4:3 TV, poor DLNA interface, and slight issue with black levels at off angles.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Samsung LN52A750 Samsung has a hit, software features need help
TV picture is excellent, various functions are nice to have and device hook up is easy.
All content used: Comcast Cable TV, iPod, Home PC (photos, music and videos), DVR and VCR all look great. Using an up convert Samsung V9800 DVR/VCR. Have not purchased a Blu Ray yet, waiting for BD 2.0.
The internet access is really nice; the widgets of news, weather, etc. look good, easy to use and fast.
Ability to display art and other content is ok. Art looks very good. Would be nice to access content updates from the internet, but so far only from USB, which I have not tried.
Updating the firmware, done twice so far, is simple.
One issue is the slow (sometimes very slow) ability to show photos when there are many photos on your PC. TV appears to be hung, but actually just cataloging. Samsung needs to fix this if they are really serious about multimedia. Would be nice if Apple music played. And why can't you play music with your photos? The included Media Server software is dismal, and I'm being kind. Use windows media player instead. And you can't find updated Samsung server software online.
Hanging the unit was not fun. Recessed mounting holes don't match the mounting kits various screw sizes. Ended up using the long ones and used the spacers to make up the space. (this was a kit from Costco, great price) I suppose if I paid for a Samsung mount this would not have been an issue. Lifting the TV is difficult since the "touch of color" is just a plastic piece with no strength, and the TV itself has no secure handles. I wonder how many people have dropped the unit or damaged the plastic border. Now that's its mounted though, it looks great.
One last item, if you remove the power too long you lose your settings.
Net, would buy this again. Looking forward to firmware/software updates to fix the above issues. Hopefully Samsung is working on them.
All content used: Comcast Cable TV, iPod, Home PC (photos, music and videos), DVR and VCR all look great. Using an up convert Samsung V9800 DVR/VCR. Have not purchased a Blu Ray yet, waiting for BD 2.0.
The internet access is really nice; the widgets of news, weather, etc. look good, easy to use and fast.
Ability to display art and other content is ok. Art looks very good. Would be nice to access content updates from the internet, but so far only from USB, which I have not tried.
Updating the firmware, done twice so far, is simple.
One issue is the slow (sometimes very slow) ability to show photos when there are many photos on your PC. TV appears to be hung, but actually just cataloging. Samsung needs to fix this if they are really serious about multimedia. Would be nice if Apple music played. And why can't you play music with your photos? The included Media Server software is dismal, and I'm being kind. Use windows media player instead. And you can't find updated Samsung server software online.
Hanging the unit was not fun. Recessed mounting holes don't match the mounting kits various screw sizes. Ended up using the long ones and used the spacers to make up the space. (this was a kit from Costco, great price) I suppose if I paid for a Samsung mount this would not have been an issue. Lifting the TV is difficult since the "touch of color" is just a plastic piece with no strength, and the TV itself has no secure handles. I wonder how many people have dropped the unit or damaged the plastic border. Now that's its mounted though, it looks great.
One last item, if you remove the power too long you lose your settings.
Net, would buy this again. Looking forward to firmware/software updates to fix the above issues. Hopefully Samsung is working on them.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Samsung LN52A750 Stunning picture quality..... "halo" issue is only complaint
This TV provides a stunning picture quality in both HD and even for regular broadcast. The only complaint I would have is the "halo" issues on the edges. Basically the 1/8 inch edge of the frame can reflect the picture , and give the impression that the picture extends beyond the actual viewing space. To see this , you need to be at a bit of an off angle from the TV (either horizontal or vertical) in a room that is not well lit. For some people , it's not big deal, others it bugs. I haven't decided yet...but I am surprised Samsung didn't notice this quirk in their design process. Bottom line, if the Halo doesn't bother you (some people actually like it), this is an amazing TV.
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