Samsung 55 LN55B650

Samsung LN55B650 55-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color

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List Price : $2,999.99

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Samsung 55 LN55B650 HDTV, you’re investing in a high-quality LCD TV that offers top-of-the-line picture quality with 1080p high definition resolution. Enjoy the sharpest details and vivid color with a 100,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio for more realistic images and Samsung’s Wide Color Enhancer 3 technology for a more natural rendering of colors. It also incorporates a number of innovative features to reduce the motion blur and image judder, which traditionally plague LCD HDTVs when displaying fast movement. This B650 series HDTV combines an ultra-fast 4ms (millisecond) response time with Samsung’s Auto Motion Plus frame interpolation technology, which utilizes a 120Hz refresh rate helps ensure crisp, easy viewing of sports, video games and movies.

Samsung 55 LN55B650 features Samsung’s new Internet@TV online content service. Developed with Yahoo!, Internet@TV uses either a wired or wireless Ethernet connection to access content onscreen from Yahoo!, Flickr, YouTube and more with the push of a button. The widget-based interface and scrollbar run along the bottom of the screen for easy browsing of the latest programs and content. This B650 model also includes a 2 GB flash memory with pre-loaded entertainment features that can be updated by downloading content from Samsung’s web site via the Ethernet connection

You get superb connectivity and networking with 2 USB ports–for playing MP3 audio and displaying JPEG/MPEG files–and four HDMI 1.3 ports, and it also bumps up the sound with 15-watt bottom stereo speaker and an integrated subwoofer. This HDTV is accented by Samsung’s TOC (Touch of Color) bezel design, which offers a hint of red translucent color around the edges of the unit for a uniquely fashionable look. Plus, it’s Energy Star compliant, which helps you be green while saving on your electric bill.
Technical Details

55-inch LCD HDTV with full HD 1080p resolution for the sharpest picture possible and red Touch of Color design
Auto Motion Plus 120Hz for amazingly fluid motion, 100,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 4ms response time, Wide Color Enhancer 3 for more vivid colors
Internet@TV online content service from Yahoo!, Flickr, YouTube via your broadband connection
Inputs: 4 HDMI-CEC, 2 component, 2 composite, 1 PC, 2 USB, 1 Ethernet, 1 optical digital audio output
Includes removable stand; measures 51.6 x 35.2 x 12.1 inches with stand; 15-watt x 2 bottom mounted speakers with subwoofer

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Key Features

Screen Size: 55 inches
Full 1080p HD
Blazing fast 4ms response time minimizes blurring of fast motion in sports programs.
HD-Grade 1920 (H) x 1080 (V) pixel resolution: High-resolution pixel density is combined with a built-in image scaler to handle inputs from a variety of digital and analog audio/video sources.
Built-in digital tuner: No external box needed
Auto Motion Plus 120Hz: Advanced processing that reduces blur and enhances image detail when viewing fast motion video sequences.
Ultra Clear Panel: Advanced LCD technology lets you enjoy crisp image details, natural skin tones, excellent shadow detail, and vibrant colors.
Picture-in-Picture (PIP) enables convenient, simultaneous viewing of TV programs and video or PC content sources.
Game Mode enhances dark areas, sharpens the picture, speeds up the image processing response and enhances the sounds of your games. Picture and sound quality optimized for the special needs of gaming systems at the touch of a button.
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.
Touch of Color (ToC): Samsung’s unique manufacturing process accents the surrounding bezel with a stylish red tone.
Wide Color Enhancer 3 optimizes a given color’s hue, resulting in more natural rendering of colors.
Audio: Two 15-watt stereo speakers (for 30 watts of total power) plus integrated subwoofer for rumbling bass.
SRS TruSurround HD creates an immersive, feature-rich surround sound experience from two speakers, complete with rich bass, high frequency detail and clear dialog.
DLNA-Compatible for better interopability with electronics, computers and mobile devices from many different manufacturers
Content Library (2 GB Flash Memory): Built-in library contains photo art gallery, games, workout routines, recipes, and other interesting digital content. Additional items and updates are available from Samsung.com.
Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC) allows the TV’s remote control to operate at the push of one button, peripheral AV devices such as a DVD player featuring HDMI-CEC.
Variable sleep timer can be programmed to turn the TV off at different time intervals.
Trilingual on-screen displays in English, Spanish or French.
Energy Star Compliant: Reduces energy consumption by up to 25 percent compared with standard TVs.
Swivel stand included.
Warranty: 1 year parts and labor with in-home service, backed by Samsung toll-free support

Connections
A wide variety of multimedia devices can be connected to the set through any one of the four HDMI 1.3 inputs (including one on the side), and the handy Anynet+ feature (HDMI-CEC) lets you control all your CEC-enabled peripherals–such as a DVD or Blu-ray player–using just one remote. Connect HD digital devices like disc players, game consoles, and satellite dish components into the two 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.

HDMI (version 1.3): 4
Component: 2 rear
Composite A/V: 1 rear/1 side (shared with component)
USB 2.0: 2
PC input (15-pin, D-Sub): 1
Ethernet: 1
RS232C: 1
Digital audio output: 1 optical

Dimensions

TV without stand: 51.6 x 33.1 x 3.1 inches (WxHxD); 64.8 pounds
TV with stand: 51.6 x 35.2 x 12.1 inches (WxHxD); 76.5 pounds

Full HD 1080P

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 6ms (milliseconds).

Auto Motion Plus 120Hz

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.

Wide Color Enhancer 2/Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp

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 percent of this standard. Samsung LCD HDTVs use Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp backlights to give you 92 percent coverage of the NTSC standard, ensuring truer, more breathlessly vivid colors.

Samsung’s Wide Color Enhancer 3 technology delivers more brilliant colors by expanding the gamut of color expression into a third axis, creating a 3D diagram of luminance. This creates a dynamic display of on-screen color and allows traditionally weak colors, such as green and blue, to look vivid and deep. In addition, red colors are enhanced to provide strong colors across the spectrum and the perfect balance of RGB.

100,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio

100,000:1 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 TVs give the most stunning realistic picture quality ever.

Touch of Color

In 2008, Samsung created its unique Touch of Color (ToC) design, which uses dual-injection molding to coat a translucent, colored surface to achieve an attractive crystalline appearance. The latest evolution of Samsung’s ToC design begins with a deep piano black bezel that fades into distinct chrome that finishes as light ruby highlights. The intensity of the color subtly changes depending upon the viewing angle, and further accentuates these TV’s slim bezels.

Digital Living Network Alliance

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.

Customer reviews Samsung 55 LN55B650

Awesome TV & a great response from Amazon!, July 5, 2009

By Kirk T. Kern

Amazon was amazing. I ordered the unit in the AM on Mon and it was shipped and installed on Tues by 5. Better response time than the local electronic store(s) delivery windows. The 100,000-1 contrast ratio really makes a difference and gives animated films a 3D like appearance. I had some conecerns about viewing SD cable channels on this larger screen. This Samsung does a good job with scaling and displaying standard def feeds. When running 1080P it is just plain beautiful. I didn’t like the touch of color frame on earlier models but this one is more muted and is much better looking. This is one great TV being offering by an impressive vendor. I certainly plan to buy my next one here as well becuase the TV/DVD combo I ordered was the best price around and both arrived next day.

Best LCD for the Money, June 18, 2009

By C. Bradshaw “shaw” (Canyon, Texas)

This LCD is the best of both size and quality. With the additional 300 off that amazon was offering a couple of weeks ago, it was a bargain for what you get. Samsung is top quality in my opinion right now.

Here is the good:

Great picture. 3 extra inches worth more to me than 240 hz
Glass screen makes picture more vivid and handles glare with ease.
Touch of color makes it look really nice hanging in my living room.

Could be better:
Sound is average at best. Most will hook it up to external speakers so it doesn’t matter that much
Remote is decent but needs more quick buttons to control PIP and other tools that you have to navigate through a couple of menus to change

Bad:
Nothing. You will not be dissapointed with this bad boy!

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