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| Review Date: May 16, 2009 |
| Reviewer: MICHAEL BILSBOROUGH, |
I was in the market for 32" TV. It was really between this and the Sony KDL32V5500. What hi-fi magazine suggests Sony is the best overall but it did seem like a close run thing and the Samsung is more attractive.
The TV is very impressive and to me just as important has tons of clever features. So sure the picture is great (as you would expect of TV's of this price) but like some of the latest models it now has widgets and other 'cool features', so can connect to the internet. I went and purchased a ethernet over power kit and within a minute was looking at share prices, and weather on the TV. Not only does it have support for widgets(which will be added to) but it has some built in content. It has for example built in, some lovely art work so if you want to you can just switch to that and chill out to the music. Also this content contains things like children's stories. I can really imagine a 5 year old loving that, as it reads them stories and highlights the words as it goes along. Really nice!
To me this TV is really the beginning of the next phase for TV's. I read tons of reviews about imagine quality etc but little about these additional features. The reviews need to focus just as much if not more on these in the future as that is where the TV's will differentiate themselves. |
Possibly the best 32" set currently available
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| Review Date: November 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Mr. N. J. Henderson, Bude, Cornwall |
Samsung's Series 6 LCD TV's offer superb value for money, excellent picture quality, gorgeous design and plenty of future proof connections, the LE32650 even includes an "internet TV" option to satisfy that gadget lover inside of you!
My parents have been the owners of this model for the past couple of weeks, and I must say I am very impressed.
Picture quality via the built in freeview tuner is excellent, deep blacks, warm, natural colours and motion is handled brilliantly.
Actually, whilst on the subject of motion, this set includes "100hz motionflow," you really notice the difference when watching football, - just make sure via the on screen menu that it's set to "Clear"
You also get Samsung's own picture processing enhancement system, "DNIE" which although I am not too familiar with it certainly seems to produce a very strong image.
4 x HDMI's are present for all your connection possibilities, enough here for Blu Ray, PS3 etc.
I can't pass comment on the "Internet TV" feature just at the moment as you need to buy an extra wireless dongle for it to work; I suspect however it's just an extra future proof gadget which should work well.
Sound quality isn't usually very hot on flat screen TV's these days, and the LE32B650 is no exception to that rule. It's fine for just general viewing but movies sound flat and uninspiring, if you're buying this set and you're a movie lover then you owe it to yourself to get an external surround sound system.
HD Images are very stunning, this set is 1080P Full HD, and whilst there is some debate as to whether or not a 32" set can really display the quality of a 1920x1080 resolution, there can be not doubt as to the quality of the Samsungs images.
(It's better than my 720p 37" Panasonic Plasma, which is very good too by the way)
In summary, I highly recommend this TV. It's certainly one of the best 32" currently on the market.
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Amazing PS3 and 360 gaming with great blu ray playback quality - speakers average
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| Review Date: November 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. Desai, London, UK |
After reading a plethora of reviews and seeing differnt tvs in showrooms i decided on buying the samsung 650 and can confirm that, in my opinion, the 650's picture is better than any of the other 32" tvs out there with the exception of the Philips 32PFL9604 which costs 60% more. Colours on the 650 are rich and vibrant and blacks are amazing for a lcd tv, at times the picture even seems 3d. The Samsung 650 is also great to show of blu ray films, detail is incredible and playback smooth without artifacting.
At the moment i have my pc, 360 and ps3 hooked up along with freeview. The 360 and ps3 connect fine via hdmi without any setup, showing up under the input for the hdmi port you connected to. When playing games the tv switches into game mode and disables a lot of the advanced picture optimising technology used for movies leaving it in effect a 32" tv, this is a good thing since the tv then concentrates on just displaying the 360 and ps3 games signals resulting in no lag and very responsive gaming unlike many other tvs out there which have lag.
The pc connection is via hdmi port 3 and i used a dvi to hdmi convertor, the quality was not acceptable for working on, however since i just use the connection for displaying pc movies e.g. netflixs on the samsung screen thats irrelevant, once again the colours on the samsung show of the pc movies i viewed to great effect, at times it was almost like watching a different film, such was the improvement in quality.
The only downside is the audio, which as is normal in sub £1000 tvs, is average. I purchased some onkyo speakers with the surround sound add on, also available from amazon Onkyo Digital Home Theatre System, which really add to the experience of watching hdtv and turn it into a working home cinema experience.
Great product, recommended |
Highly Recommend TV
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| Review Date: October 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: N. Fattuhi, Birmingham, Uk |
The TV looks the part and the frame looks better at home than in the showrooms. Pictures are stunning on most channels and I have not bothered to make any adjustments yet. The remote control (very dark aubergine colour) is easy to use, but not the prettiest. However, one needs to apply more pressure on the buttons than usual. There are buttons for all sorts of things and found all to be useful. I read everywhere about the sound quality, but I find no real issue on this score, and I believe that the average person will never find any.
To put the four screws fully-in properly was extremely hard. I expected this from other reviewers' comments and hence I spent 90 minutes to complete this task. I kept moving from one screw to another after facing some resistance and occasionally stopping to allow the screws to cool down and for the stand material to yield and deform. But the last half turn was unbelievably hard (Samsung, why?). From then on, operating the TV was a breeze; just follow on-screen instructions. Low marks for the manual, but use the remote and if you are stuck, then read the manual. If you use your PC and TV through a wireless router, then you will need to install the software on the supplied CD. Upgrade is available by downloading firmware from Samsung website.
I have connected the TV to the internet using an ADSL modem, registered my name, and searched on U-tube (simple). Also, I used the PIP (Picture in Picture, press tools button) facility on a few occasions, for example, to watch football on Channel 5 & ITV4 at the same time. You will need first to connect your aerial through the DVD or VCR recorder (equipment with a tuner) then to the TV. You can adjust picture sizes to suit, hear sound from one source, and change channels as you wish.
I used a Power Meter (Model GT1379) to determine the power consumption of Samsung LE32B650T2. Nominal average readings: off mode - 80W, auto - 78W, low - 63W, medium - 57W, high- 50W. These are pleasing figures but the standby reading was 11W (instead of 1W). Samsung said possibly a faulty TV, and should contact Amazon.
One criticism is that you can only see the front panel buttons with the aid of a torch!
Finally, highly recommend TV, second best TV below £760, after the Samsung UE32B7020.
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Which 32" ????
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| Review Date: October 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: FingersMaGoo, Hampshire |
Like many others I was considering equivalent Sonys and Panasonics but am so glad I went for this Samsung. Sonys are always overpriced and you pay a lot more for freesat in the Panys which is really not worth it unless you already have a satellite dish installed.
Rest assured the picture quality from SD transmissions is superb on this TV, which after all will probably be the most important aspect for most purchasers. The picture quality adjustments are quite extensive, far more so than other TV's of similar price range. I particularly liked the DTV guide which has PIP and no adverts like the Pannys. It has internet@tv and other such nonsense you may never use, or only use once, but I guess this is a hint towards the future of where TVs are going. My only concern was about reports that you could only use game mode in standard picture mode, but this is realy not an issue. You can still adjust brightness, contrast and saturation to suit, although I found this not necessary as picture quality was exemplary at factory defaults. Not being a serious hardcore gamer I can't really comment on the lag, suffice to say I have not experienced any noticable deterioration in gameplay.
Anyone deliberating over which 32" to buy in this price range cant go wrong with this choice. The picture quality and other features like the two USB ports which allow you to play virtually any type of media file, make it a superb value for money choice. |
Buy it for the picture....... Not the gadgets
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| Review Date: February 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: I don't have a pen name, West London |
First off it's confession time, at the start of my search for a TV to replace my 6 year old Panasonic TX28-PL1 (coincidentally the same as another reviewer) I'd not considered anything other than a Panasonic. But a trip to Richer Sounds put me straight, I'd reserved a Panasonic TX-P42S10B 42-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p Plasma TV with Freeview and a friendly employee stopped me from making an expensive mistake. The differences in standard def picture were demonstrated on a wall of TVs and the Samsung 6 series (40" was on display) stood out by a mile, at the time there was horse racing on BBC and on many of the TVs the picture looked blocky/fuzzy but not on this one. I have Sky HD but as most viewing is in SD for the time being the way this TV handles SD is the key selling point for me. Of course with an HD feed the picture is breathtaking, a quick flick between Sky Sports 1 and HD1 shows just how incredible HD is, I find it particularly noticeable with the crowd as individual faces are so highly defined. Aerial shots in a recent BBC HD documentary also show this TV as it's absolute best. Hooking up the Xbox 360 is also a revelation, playing Forza 3 the clarity and detail of images is stunning and in game mode there is no response lag.
I'll keep a review of the sound brief.... it's not great, but a bit of tweaking in the settings gave it some depth. It's no issue for me as I'dd always expected to have to sort out a home cinema at some point.
So, what about the gadgets? Internet TV and all that, well... I wouldn't go rushing out for that wireless adapter if I were you. At the time of writing there are 13 widgets available; Yahoo Weather, news, stocks etc, Youtube, Flickr, Twitter. Browsing around these is slow and I can't put that down to wireless internet as I'm running it on a Lan cable, if I want to see something on youtube I'll run it on the Wii as it's much faster. Rare for a TV this has 2 USB slots, very handy, I've stuck an 8GB stick in there and it works well for pictures, it plays mp3s but has no rew/ff, you can only skip tracks, will see how it goes but could end up linking a NAS drive to this to have photo collections and Movies all at the touch of a button.
Does it have bad points? Yes:
It plays a brief stupid tune when you turn it on and off.
You can't switch it off, if it's on it's on standby so you have to switch it off at the mains
It doesn't sit on the stand properly despite screwing it in as much as I dare
The sound I've already mentioned
Charging 50 quid for the wireless usb stick is daylight robbery
But for me this is all minor compared to the joy the picture brings so I can live with that. It's expensive for a 32" and you're almost in LED territory but for me I'm content I have the best TV I could possibly find.
Update 18/2/10:
Finally got round to connecting to my amp following some furniture arranging and encountered the sound output issue. To save you the half hour I've just spent looking around on the internet here is how you can fix. Note I'm using the phono output into my amp, not the optical.
It involves accessing the service menu so you do this at your own risk though!
Turn TV on standby
Press: INFO MENU MUTE POWER in quick succession and the tv will turn on with the service menu up
Use the down key to scroll to 'advanced' and key 0000
Scroll down to the 'Control' option and select
Scroll down to the 'SOUND' option
You'll note speaker delay normal has a value of 100 and auxout delay normal has a value of 0
Scroll down to 'Auxout delay normal' and select
Use the right key to increase to 100 to match the 'speaker delay figure', if you have both your amp on and the tv speakers you'll notice them aligning as you increase the value.
Turn back to standby
Turn tv on again and done!
Hope this helps
Further update 14/3/10:
I bought a Netgear Stora 1TB Home Media Server - 2 Bay Network Attached Storage ( 1 X 1TB drive included ) last week and as it's got DLNA inbuilt and this works seamlessly with the Samsung. This kills the digital photoframe once and for all as I can now show all pics & movies and play music direct from the stora. I estimate getting sky hd has now cost me upwards of £800 in gadgets, but the best money I've ever spent!
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Brilliant
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| Review Date: December 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: gadget man, Keighley,England |
| Ordered one day arrived the next just as promised. The TV is brilliant, easy to set up and get working. The picture is excellent, superb definition with quite reasonable sound. Added bonus is USB connection for viewing photos etc. All in all a great TV. |
Striking pictures, Usb movie experience excellent!!!!!
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| Review Date: December 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Z. Bibi, UK |
After much research and time we bought this t.v. Wow!!!
The pictures are absolutely great. We put in our 320 gb hard-drive and there behold were all our documents, photos, music and movies awaiting our convenience to be played. Loved it. Totally happy with our purchase. Would have loved the bigger size but our room is small so we settled for the 32in size. Would definately recommend this tv. |
Samsung LE32B650T2
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| Review Date: April 13, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Brian Bailey, West Sussex |
| Very pleased with purchase. Delivery was perfect, assembly was easy, setup fine using Humax FreeSat. Quality of picture is amazing, coupled into my home network and worked but very slow to find the computer pictures I wanted to view mainly because unable to change directories however copied films onto USB and it's works very well. The black surround and stand does show dust so now cleaning daily and not monthly. ps BBC iPlayer works very well via red button |
Incredible
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| Review Date: March 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Mr. Pareen Patel, Loughborough, UK |
This TV is absolutely incredible. Does everything I'd want it to including playing files striaght from my USB hard drive and pen drive.
I'd done alot of research before hand before purchasing the product. The picture is crystal clear and the tv is perfectly compatable with my PS3.
I highly recommend this tv and two of my friends have already purchased the same set (but different sizes) and are very happy with their investments. |
Very good TV
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| Review Date: January 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Eriksson Olof, Skellefteå, Sweden |
| I am very satisfied with the TV, the picture is very good, so is the colors and the media-player. The drawbacks I've noticed is some artifacts when you push the 100hz to the limit and that the media-streaming doesnt allow DTS audio. All other formats works flawlessly. It is a bit annoying tho because most .mkv movies are with DTS sound. Overall I rate it five stars, because these drawbacks are what you can expect from this technology and its not better on other tv's. Something must have happend during shipping tho, because it took 18 days to get to sweden... Usually it takes about 5 days. |
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