I have never seen a better picture than the one on this Sammy. HD content on it is simply jaw dropping to my eyes. Way too bright out the box, but a few adjustments to contrast and backlighting brought it to an awe inspiring level. This replaced a 62inch Mit$u DLP (broke after just 3 years) and I couldn't be happier. No more fan noise, no more green push, no more suckiness of the Mit$u. I dusted off the xbox 360 HD-DVD player and watched Transformers again. This TV actually made me like the movie. Much much better than my theater experience. Black levels were excellent and the colors, Oh my!!! This thing is almost 3 dimensional at times.
The Auto Motion Plus feature works as advertised, but I changed the judder reduction to 3 and the blur reduction to 10. No soap opera video with these settings. I haven't had the set calibrated yet, but I can't imagine it getting much better anyway. Maybe a year or two down the road, I'll look into it, but I'm just scared to touch anything now.
The negatives are small, but must be noted. The internet connectivity is very gimmicky as the Yahoo widgets are limited. I checked out Yahoo News, and it has a bunch of headlines, but no full stories. It is also painstakenly slow to navigate. The menu system in general is pretty slow also. There is a touch control panel on the front bezel that can control volume/power/channel/source, but there are no visible labels. I thought there might be some way to illuminate the panel, but could not find anything in the manual. This makes the front panel touch buttons fairly useless.
I for one love the design of the front bezel and it compliments the TV perfectly. Who wants a dull black box when you can have the glass over red carbon fiber look! Ok, I went too far there, but I like it.
Overall, this is a fantastic product and I hope to enjoy it for years to come. When the economy gets better, I will be getting me a blu-ray player to feed this beast. It's so hungry for HD...Get more detail about Samsung LN55B650 55-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color.
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