Samsung 46-Inch LED HDTV
Samsung UN46B6000 46 Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV
45.9″ screen (measured diagonally) * widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio * Touch of Color high-gloss finish — black with red accents * LED edge backlight for high contrast and natural colors * Auto Motion Plus 120Hz anti-blur technology for clearer motion *
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Nothing is perfect but this is close
I bought this TV about two weeks ago, the picture in the store is the picture I was hoping to get at home and did! It almost seems 3D at times, it is by far the best picture I have ever seen on a TV. Watching BluRay is breathtaking. I have a surround sound system so the speaker issues people talk about are lost on me, I can’t imagine having a picture like this without complementing it with surround sound, it would be like buying a hot car with an AM radio in it.
A couple of drawbacks, the power light that appears in the clear neck of the base is very annoying in particular when watching a movie in letterbox, it almost draws your eye away from the picture. I finally covered it with a slim strip tape and that did the trick so they could definately fix that in the future. The other thing that COULD BE a point of contention the glossy screen. I don’t have a situation where it is a problem but if your room has a lot of windows or light goming in there is likely to be some glare problems.
4 Stars Almost perfect
I love this Television! Amazing picture quality, easy to configure with some great presets. I purchased this TV from Best Buy and had it delivered the next few days. When I bought it, it was slightly cheaper than what was being offered on Amazon, but since, the Amazon price has been updated to be cheaper. It’s amazing to me how quickly the prices on these TVs are dropping.
The only problem I have with the TV and the reason I only gave it 4 stars is the automatically adjusting backlight feature. When the picture is bright, the contrast is amazing, but when the image is dark, the TV dims the backlight so the blacks are blacker. The only problem with this approach is everything gets darker and the contrast goes to hell. This usually isn’t a problem and mostly noticeable on credits which isn’t a huge deal. I would think you would be able to turn this feature off, but Samsung doesn’t allow for that. If anyone knows how to turn it off, I would be very interested in knowing.
Everything else is amazing. Contrast ratio (when the picture is bright) is outstanding, blacks are pitch and the whites seem bright enough to burn your eyes. For easy setup, I recommend the Dynamic setting for the best contrast. Colors seem brilliant and sharp. This setting turns the backlight to 10 which is normally set at 5 on the default settings. Not sure why 5 is the default, it causes the picture to look kind of washed out. I would think that Samsung would want you to be impressed the moment you turned the TV on without any adjustment.
I use Windows Media Center as my primary interface so I have a computer connected to the TV via HDMI. For proper clarity on computer text, you will need to turn the sharpness setting down. The edge enhancement defaults cause super small details like computer text to become washed out. The sharpness feature works very well for HD movies though.
The 120hz Automotion Plus is a quirky feature at best. I have found uses for the different settings depending on the media type. By default the Automotion plus is set to Normal which effectively doubles your framerate by interpolating middle frames(it’s magic). A 24 fps signal will show 48 fps and a 60 fps signal will show 120 fps. While this sounds good in theory, the final output is not necessarily all that pleasing. One of the qualities of films, something that give movies a distinctive look from video is the lower frame rate. Movies are filmed at 24 fps and doubling that framerate makes it feel more like video than film IMHO. The interpolation process also isn’t perfect. Fast moving scenes can create some unusual anomalies in the picture. People running against a moving backdrop can sometimes seem to have a distortion surrounding them. Not sure if this distortion is coming from the interpolation or artifacts in the Blu-ray video compression, but it’s distracting and only noticable with the Automotion turned on. It’s not a total loss though, some settings can be useful depending on the source material. I found with Blu-ray and computer animation the Normal setting provides a great effect, giving the impression of a real time rendered output. Wall-E with Automotion Plus is amazing. For standard filmed movies, I recommend the Clear setting, which maintains the 24 fps, but uses the extra frame interpolation to sharpen the blur of fast moving objects. I recommend turning it off for Video games and television. Any anomalies in the picture, such as vertical refresh image tearing in games or mpeg image compression artifacts by cable or satellite are only exasperated by Automotion plus.
I haven’t used any of the Media playing abilities of the TV as I have a computer connected to it. Windows 7 handles all of my media playback needs. I highly recommend taking this approach to media playback and purchasing the 6000 model which is quite a bit cheaper, but lacks some of the more advanced network media playback features. While the 7000 and 8000 have some nice online features, it can’t beat a computer. Windows 7/Vista also allows you to scale up the user interface dpi while maintain the 1080p resolution for easy viewing with a super sharp picture.
All in all, my recommendation is to buy this TV. Better contrast than plasma with the clarity of LCD. Can’t beat that. I am sure that Samsung plans to release a 240hz version of the television with a more expensive price tag, but I don’t recommend it. Automotion plus is kind of neat, but its gimmicky more than anything else.
1 Star nice but not so nice
Purchased the tv last Sunday and brought it back a week later. If you sit right in front of the tv, the picture is outstanding. As soon as you move any deviation from center the picture begins to “wash out” From about 10 degrees on, the picture is unwatchable. Totally unaccebtable. Got a Sony XBR instead. I think the LED technology has a way to go before its totally going to replace regular LCDs. The last and deciding factor was when Saturday night I was in a sports bar filled with inexpensive 32 inch Vizios. The picture from an angle was far better from those TVS than from the Samsung LED. Also, the glare from the screen is horrible during the day. If you have any windows in the room you are watching this tv during the day, the screen will reflect the light.
One last thing, I know flat panel TVs speakers are not good, but these speakers were horrible. Even regular TV was bad. You definately need a sound bar at the least with this TV. Steer clear in my opinion.