Samsung LN40A550 Review:
The Samsung LN40A550 has an incredible 30,000:1 contrast ratio that delivers the sharpest, most realistic picture quality you’ve ever seen. Full 1080p HD resolution offers amazing image detail, all on a 40-inch screen. Enjoy crystal-clear, lifelike HD sound, with SRS TruSurround XT. Want to get more entertainment out of your TV than movies and shows? With the Wiselink USB connection, you can easily and quickly hook up your MP3 player or digital camera and entertain family and friends with a photo slideshow set to music. Samsung LN40A550 makes your high-definition dreams a reality.

Samsung has done it again with the Samsung LN40A550 40-inch 1080p LCD HDTV. It is a top of the line LCD HDTV without a real high price. Comparing Hi Definition Televisions and finding the best deal has also been hard in the past. With all the top stores and Internet product sites you can search and compare prices, makes, models, sizes and any other info about Hi Definition TVs you may want to find.

When looking deeper into the Samsung LN40A550 LCD TV you will find that is offers an incredible 30,000 to 1 contrast ratio that delivers the sharpest most realistic TV experience of any TV on the market. This Samsung Television also offers a Wiselink USB port that makes it possible to plug your MP3, Movie Players and other Computer equipment to your TV for slideshows, movie viewing and listening to music.

The color and picture of this Samsung LN40A550 is also fantastic. It offers something called cold cathode fluorescent lamp that will really brighten up your Television viewing experience. This really puts this Samsung HDTV at the top for Hi definition products. Samsung LN40A550 also offers a 5 ms response time which is how fast the pixels are moving in your TV from white to black and back again. The lower the MS the better picture you will have on your Television because it virtually eliminates blurring giving you the best picture possible.

All In all the Samsung LN40A550 40-inch 1080p LCD HDTV rates at the top when it comes to the LCD HDTV market. So go out there and search and find the best price and product for what you are looking for..

Samsung LN40A550 User Review:

After looking around in a few of the big box stores, I was initially set on purchasing a Plasma flat panel TV, however, as soon as I saw Samsung LN40A550 LCD TV, the clarity of picture was heads above anything else in it’s price point.

I am yet to upgrade to a Blu-Ray player although the HD content from my local cable provider (Comcast with HD box) is amazing. The NHL playoffs and seasonal baseball games look absolutely amazing. There is little to no noticeable picture blur, and the images are very sharp.

Up-converted DVD’s are a hit and miss scenario - IMHO, a lot of it depends on how good the original movie was shot, as some movies look great and other’s only have a slight improvement.

Some examples of one’s that look good are “Master & Commander” and “Star Wars 3 - Revenge Of The Sith”. Show’s like “Chappelle’s Show or even something like “Idiocracy” look ok - still watchable, but just ok.

Standard-def TV is the same as most regular DVD’s - watchable, but no where near HDTV. I’m almost at the point where I don’t watch regular-format TV anymore, if it’s not in HD, I generally will not watch it - it’s that much of a difference - especially MTV HD (mostly concerts on that channel and thankfully NOTHING like the regular MTV) and ESPN - Discovery HD is great, although History Channel is hit and miss - it seems to me that some of the shows are just upconverted and re-broadcast over the HDTV format.

The Samsung LN40A550 has a very nice piano-finish bezel, that is really not noticeable in 99.9% of most regular-viewing scenarios and IMO, adds to the look of the TV. Everyone that has seen this TV in my place has commented on how nice it looks and how GREAT the picture is.

The Samsung LN40A550 was literally plug and play (I currently use it connected via the compnent cables which WILL run 1080i and there are upconverting DVD players available that run 1080p via component (web-search Kingwell), with all the colours looking great and the HD picture being very crisp and IMO, much better than anything else in it’s range.

Admittedly, it is a new TV (I’ve had it for about a month now), so I am not sure of the reliability, but time will tell. In any event, I highly recommend Samsung LN40A550 for an “out of the box” great picture, without any of the hassles of Plasma.

NOTE - the white glove service of Amazon was also great and the set arrived days before it’s original ETA, which is always a nice surprise.

Highly recommended.

By Mark

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