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Key Features
| 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 backlights 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. HDMI is the best performing interface for displaying an HD source on an HDTV. A wide variety of multimedia devices can be connected to the set through the HDMI 1.3 inputs and the handy rear USB port. 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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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 soundstage 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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- Series 6 1080p LCD HDTVs are available in 19-inch, 22-inch, 32-inch, 40-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch models (model numbers LN19A650A, LN22A650A, LN32A650A, LN40A650T, LN46A650T, LN46A650T and LN52A650T).
- Series 7 1080p LCD HDTVs are available in 40-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch (model numbers LN40A750T, LN46A750T and LN52A750T)
Very nice TV September 4, 2008David Noller (Blacksburg, VA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We bought this TV for our master bedroom, to replace a 20" Panasonic standard TV. This is our first LCD TV and also our first HDTV, so this is quite an adjustment for us. The first problem we ran into is what to do with the DVR and the cable box since we had those on top of our old TV and there was no good place to put them with the LCD on a stand (on our dresser). This was solved when we found a stand at Staples that wrapped around the cable box and supported the DVR (upon which we have the TV sitting, it is pretty light ...).
We have the TV hooked up with a splitter such that we have a cable from the wall that comes directly in, and another one that comes in via the cable box with S-Video. I was kind of disappointed when I first looked at a regular channel coming in over the S-Video as it really looked no better than the Panasonic. On top of that, putting the TV in WIDE mode to fill the screen distorts the picture slightly.
To my surprise, I discovered that he best signal was actually from the cable coming directly from the wall. In this configuration, similar to another reviewer, I was able to pick up DTV and HD channels too, although it is somewhat difficult to tell what is where since there is no rhyme or reason to the organization of the channels before the cable box sorts it out. Once I made my own list of channels, however, I had a nice assortment of great looking HDTV channels and the picture looks fantastic for these, especially after some tuning (I jacked up the backlight and lowered the brightness and that did it).
I saw a number of reviews of the predecessor of this TV (the 450) that complained about the sound. To me, at least, the sound on this TV is just fine and I like the surround sound.
The TV is very nice looking - I was expecting the screen to be glossy based on what I had read but it is not, it is a matte finish. The frame around the screen (with the touch of color) is very glossy and the red color is very subtle, unlike the photos Amazon is displaying. The controls on the right side of the TV are very hard to see, but I don't expect to use them anyway so I am glad they are not that visible as it would detract from the look of the TV otherwise. The base of the TV is much wider than the one shown in the Amazon picture - I'd say it is about 12 inches wide or so. That is good too though, in my view, as it distributes the weight across a larger area if you want to put it on top of something like a DVR like I did.
The TV seems too take a bit of time to come on, I have not timed it, but maybe 5 seconds or so. One other small quibble is the fact that the stand is not adjustable so you cannot tilt the screen forward or backwards. We have it on a dresser facing our bed, so the angle is just about perfect when we are in bed, so this is not an issue for us, but it could be in other configurations.
As to size, I had trouble deciding between a 19" and 22" version of this TV, since I was replacing the 20" Panasonic. We are probably 10 ft away from the TV when we are looking at it in our bedroom and the 20" Panasonic was just the right size. After measuring screens, I concluded that the 19" version of this TV was the same width screen as my Panasonic, but due to the widescreen aspect ratio, was about 2" shorter top to bottom, so a lot less viewing area. Because of that, I went with the 22" Samsung and I am glad I did. The 19" would have seemed too small compared to what we replaced.
One other point on the Series 6 - I think the higher contrast ratio and resolution of this TV makes a big difference in the picture. If you have a chance, go to Best Buy or another store and look at a series 6 screen (LN22A650 and LN19A650 are both series 6)compared to a 450 TV of the same size. I noticed that the series 6 was much brighter and crisper and had much truer tones on skin, so that, combined with the extra inputs (the LN22A450 only had an HDMI input, no S-Video or composite) convinced me that it was worth the extra money.
Finally, it makes a very cool noise when it turns on and off! :)
Great TV But some cons August 16, 2008Meenakshi S. Sutha (woorcester,ma)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pros
-great design
- many inputs including hdmi
- touch of color
- qam tuner allows for free hd channels at least for me it did
- can be used as monitor.
- great for a dorm or bedroom just the right size
- mountable
- very good cable management
CONS
- tv is stylish but the remote looks like some poor company made it it does not go well with the tv at all
- no pip
- a little glitchy for me like every so often i need to call support maybe be the tuner has been damaged
Samsung LN22A650 22-inch opinion August 7, 2008Robert W. Sumner (USA)
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
Samsung LN22A650 22-Inch 720p LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color Just like the description!! My opinion after doing alot of research before buying,reading editors picks, then buying and using, I give this HIGH End HDTV a AAA+ rating out of a scale of 1-10, I rate it a 8.5, the only cons I have found is the stand it comes with a fixed stand mount, and the tv will not rotate on stand, from side to side or up & down, with the tv on the stand the screen seem to be tilled down a little to much for me to be comfortable at a computer desk. I bought at the link below
http://www.ergospecialist.com/18-radial-arm-p-702.html?osCsid=6be0abea08aa00425da2d19d45d49899. With this LCD Vesa mount 18" arm the lcd will pan in and out up and down to my likeing. The only other con I have found it only has 1 HDMI port, and I had to buy extra a HDMI 4 port switch, to hook up other HDMI components, also I hooked up HDMI port on my Satelite & another to HDMI to DVI on my computer for HD Format on my computer! With this 4 port switch I have endless HDTV via HDMI possible hookups! If it was not for these 2 cons I mentioned above, I would rate this TV a 10 out of 10 rating!
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