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| Samsung LN40A650 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 83 reviews) Sales Rank: 157 Category: CE
Publisher: Samsung Studio: Samsung Brand: Samsung Label: Samsung Color: Black Media: Electronics Batteries Included: 1 Display Size: 40 Shipping Weight (lbs): 37.5 Dimensions (in): 39.3 x 3.3 x 25.1
MPN: LN-40A650 Model: LN-40A650 UPC: 036725228207 EAN: 0036725228207 ASIN: B0014175NE
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| Features:
| | Touch of Color Bezel | | | Full HD 1080p Resolution | | | 120Hz Auto Motion Plus | | | 4 HDMI Inputs | | | Super Clear Panel |
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Product Description 40" widescreen HDTV (16:9 aspect ratio) * Touch of Color high-gloss "rose black" finish * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * Ultra Clear LCD panel (1920 x 1080 pixels) *
Amazon.com Product Description--March 24, 2008 Samsung adds a Touch of Color to a blazing-fast 4ms response time and rich connectivity features to redefine the role HDTVs play in the home with its forward-looking Series 6 (A650) and Series 7 (A750) LCD HDTVs. Utilizing the award-winning technologies found in all Samsung HDTVs, Series 6 and 7 HDTVs deliver unparalleled picture quality and enhanced connectivity and networking capabilities that create a true entertainment hub for any home. Series 7 takes networking and multimedia management to a whole new level. Consumers can easily enjoy MPEG and JPEG files stored on external devices by connecting through a side-mounted USB 2.0, turning their LCD into a full-scale home viewing gallery, or connect their MP3 players for a dynamic audio experience. What's New? Series 6 - 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio: up from 25,000:1 on 2007 models (Learn more)
- Blazing 4ms response time: down from 8ms on 2007 models thanks to a new high-speed liquid crystal
- Transparent and Opaque Color (TOC) bezel with infused color creates an ultra-sleek shape and appearance (Learn more)
- InfoLink: Get free RSS feeds of news, weather and sports right to your HDTV with a built-in Ethernet port (Learn more)
- 4 HDMI 1.3 ports: Simplay compliant, and up from 3 on 2007 models (Learn more)
- Sports and Game modes boost on-screen performance and interaction with the latest gaming systems
- Side-mounted USB 2.0 port: connect USB devices directly to your HDTV to view JPEG photos or MPEG movies or easily listen to your MP3 player through your HDTV's audio system or your home theater system.
- Compatible with Samsung's Home Digital Media Adapter (sold separately) for playback and navigation of Internet and stored PC multimedia
Series 7 Step-Up Features - Internal flash memory (1GB) with pre-loaded interactive content such as cooking recipes, children's entertainment, HD artwork and more
- Integrated woofer for an enhanced audio experience
- DLNA-Compatible: for better interopability with electronics, computers and mobile devices from many different manufacturers (Learn more)
Features Overview - Full 1080p HD (Learn more)
- Automotion Plus 120Hz image interpolation technology provides smoother motion (Learn more)
- 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes with Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (Learn more)
- Better clear panel technology for deeper blacks and more vibrant colors (Learn more)
- Hidden speakers with SRS TruSurround XT audio (Learn more)
- Cold Cathode Flourescent Lamp (CCFL) and Wide Color Enhancer technology offer a wider color range (Learn more)
- Picture-in-Picture (PIP) enables convenient simultaneous viewing of TV programs and video or PC sources
- V-Chip system1 allows blocking of rated TV and movie programs determined by the parent to contain objectionable content.
- Trilingual on-screen displays in English, Spanish or French.
- Variable sleep timer to turn the TV off in varying time intervals.
- Auto wall mount compatible: 3-dimensional operation via TV's remote control; no external IR receiver required.
- Swivel stand included
- 1 year parts and 1 year labor warranty (90 days parts and labor for commercial use), with in-home service, backed by Samsung toll-free support.
Sizes - 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)
What size TV should you get? Learn More  | Samsung's Series 6 marks the first appearance of TOC (Touch of Color) design in the 2008 LCD HDTV line-up. Inspired by designs from the automotive and fashion industries, Samsung's unique unique Transparent and Opaque Color molding process creates a clean, smooth finish infused with a hint of a translucent color during the manufacturing process for an ultra-sleek appearance. |  |  | Up-to-the-minute access to weather, news, sports and stock information is just a cable and a click away through the HDTV's Ethernet port and new InfoLink RSS service. An all-new user interface with digital contents management guide provides intuitive navigation and access to both internal and external content. |  | This technology doubles the frame rate from 60 to 120 frames per second (120Hz LCD panel) without repeating the same image to make more frames. Instead, the TV intelligently calculates the `middle' image between frame A and frame B and inserts it in between (Auto Motion Plus 120Hz processor), making a fluid transition from one frame to the next. |  |  | Samsung enhances the clarity of select LCD HDTVs by replacing the light-diffusing plastic face of traditional LCD HDTVs with a natural black panel with a clear anti-glare shield. Reduced reflection of external light creates a new dimension in image clarity, highlighting black and darkened areas, enabling vibrant, more compelling colors and a brighter, clearer picture. Black will never again appear grayish. Black details will show in vivid black even in dark scenes. The latest version of Samsung's breakthrough super clear panel technology makes colors appear more vibrant and blacks even deeper than ever. Enhanced films reduce glare and optimize off-angle viewing. | |  | 50,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio will give you a picture better than you ever thought possible, with whiter whites, blacker blacks and a nearly infinite subtlety of gradations in between. As two of the most important determining factors in overall picture quality, contrast and brightness levels achieve new heights in this latest generation LCD panel. Samsung's new LCD TV's give the most stunning realistic picture quality ever. | | Full HD, or 1080p, contains 1.5 times more scanning lines than conventional HD TVs. More scanning lines mean more pixels, more details and a better picture. The new Samsung LCD TV with resolution that is approximately 2 times greater than conventional HDTVs, creating the most perfect picture imaginable. Samsung's 1080p panel uses a new high-speed liquid crystal to cut response time to 4ms. The fast response time, coupled with Samsung's Auto Motion Plus 120Hz motion blur reduction technology dramatically reduces motion blur and judder. |  | | DNIe The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine. This exclusive Samsung technology dramatically improves the picture by enhancing the contrast, detail, white balance and reduces. |  | 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. | |  |  |  |  | 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. A wide variety of multimedia devices can be connected to the set through any one of the four Simplay compliant HDMI 1.3 inputs (including one on the side), and the handy HDMICEC feature lets you control all your CEC-enabled peripherals using just one remote. Connect HD digital devices like disc players, game consoles, and satellite dish components into the 2 rear connections and use the side-mounted input for cameras, camcorders, and laptops. HDMI is the best performing interface for displaying an HD source on an HDTV. 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 - HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface version 1.3): 4 (3 rear/1 side)
- Ethernet port
- Component video: 2 (Y, Pb, Pr)
- S-Video input: 1 side/1 rear
- A/V inputs: 1 side/1 rear
- PC Inpuy (D-Sub): 1
- RF antenna inputs: 2
- HDMI-CEC
- Premium audio: Improved sound quality with dedicated low-range speaker system
- Headphone jack
|  | You already know something about digital living. There's the TV and digital video recorder in your family room. (And another set in your bedroom.) You have a PC and digital printer in your office, along with a network attached storage device. And you've copied all your music onto your portable music player and haven't had to open a CD case for years. But getting them to talk to each other can be pretty tough. Why is it still so difficult to send digital content from one device to another? Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a collaboration of the world's leading consumer electronics, PC and mobile companies that has created design guidelines for a new generation of products that can work together no matter the brand. Think for a moment about all of the photos "locked away" on your home PC that you wish you could access while entertaining your friends and family. Now, thanks to DLNA enabled devices, a DLNA-enabled PC can be accessed from the comfort of your living room or family room via a DLNA-enabled HDTV, where you can enjoy your memories with friends and family, without having to deal with the hassle and non-intuitive "PCexperience". Or, say you recently downloaded your daughter's birthday party video from your digital camcorder to your PC. Now you want to share it with your parents who are visiting. Without DLNA, you probably have to burn a DVD of the video or hook up the camcorder to the TV. With DLNA, you can just use your TV's remote to call up the video on your TV. That's it. |  | Samsung's Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (SPVA) panel provides a 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes | 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.
Stereo broadcast reception is offered for MTS and SAP with 181-channel capacity. A sound leveler keeps audio volume consistent during channel changing.  | 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. If you know the size of the room you have already, where you want to sit, and where your new HDTV should go once you get it, you can figure out the size HDTV you should get. - Minimum size = Viewing distance/3
- Maximum size=Viewing distance/1.5
| - 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)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 78 more reviews...
  Picture is great; Audio Solutions, not so much. July 8, 2008 Let me start of by saying I also did a lot of research and though this may not be the best "bang for your buck tv" it certainly gets you into that 95% stratosphere (that extra 5% being the loss of the bang for buck). The picture is wonderful. Blacks are extremely improved over my HDTV of 2 gens ago. There are tons of options (and I haven't even been into the super technical menu you have to boot into) to adjust the picture to your liking. It shipped quickly and Amazon had the best price around and did the 30 day price match (dropped $65 in those 30 days) without complaint.
The only small annoyance I have found is that the TV will not pass 5.1 sound from HDMI inputs out of its optical output. It will give you 5.1 from the antenna/cable, but will not pass 5.1 (reverts to stereo) from anything else plugged in via HDMI. This seems to largely defeat the purpose of HDMI carrying both video and audio. So the only option you are left with is to: A. buy a HDMI receiver, which negates the benefit of having 4 HDMI ports on your TV, or B. Buy a whole bunch of ridcoulus wires and splitters and whatnot to send the video via HDMI to your TV and the Audio via optical or another HDMI to your current receiver. I am slightly buggered on that point, but I have read that it has something to do with the movie industry lobbying to have it that way for some odd reason, and it is not, technically, Samsungs fault. Still, it detracts from the experience for those of us who have older/simpler receivers without HDMI inputs, and for those of use that do, makes the four HDMI ports somewhat of a "Why am I paying for these?" quandary.
  Best HDTV I've Seen - AWESOME PQ July 7, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As others have commented, this is the TV to beat. After researching all the major 1080p 120hz TVs currently on the market for comparison, I came to the conclusion that this model is the best, IMHO. But things got better when I got this baby delivered via CEVA and hooked it up to an upconverting BDP-1500 player: my Blu-ray discs look perfect, my new DVDs look amazing, but the killer is that my old DVDs (5 or more years old), look incredible (Day of the Jackal, for example, looks better than I ever thought it could). I am 100% satisfied with this TV.
  Beaufiful picture, easy to use July 7, 2008 The picture quality is just breathtaking! The menu structure is very user friendly and customizable. I have a satellite dish and it is easy to switch between inputs. I like the 120hz feature because there is no blurring in action scenes. I checked C-net for reviews and that is why I was willing to pay a premium for this TV.
  Excellent TV July 7, 2008 After shopping around for months and trying several different TVs, I finally settled on this one. It produces the best picture on the market, IMO. 120hz is only useful if you have Blu-Ray. If you do not have Blu-Ray, then you'd be better off buying a standard 1080p TV. For those who have Blu-Ray, the 4ms response time and 50,000:1 contrast ratio are unrivaled. The only other TV that comes close is the LG Scarlet, which I find bulky and odd-looking, but which does offer more input/output options. The sound is really quite remarkable for standard TV sound. I don't use the TV sound, though, as I run everything through home theater. All the other reviews about picture quality are dead-on. The clarity, sharpness, color depth, and resolution are unbelievable. The only fault I find with this TV is the glossy finish. The high gloss screen coating can catch a pretty good glare. The auto shut-off problem has been fixed now and should no longer be a concern. For those who have Blu-Ray or who will soon be upgrading to Blu-Ray, this TV is a no-brainer, especially for the price.
  An excellent television. July 3, 2008 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pros: Picture quality is superb. The plethora of inputs is most welcome.
Cons: The Touch of Color "feature" is slightly distracting. Black, silver, pick one please.
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