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Brand: Samsung
Category: CE

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

427 reviews
Sales Rank: 26

Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 46
Shipping Weight (lbs): 49.2
Dimensions (in): 44.5 x 3.7 x 28.1
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: LN46A650
Model: LN46A650
UPC: 865357954181
EAN: 0036725228214
ASIN: B001413D94

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Customer Reviews:

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Great Big TV October 28, 2008
First off, buying this on Amazon is great. They deliver it to your place, unbox it and wait for you to say whether or not you want to keep the TV. The price can't be beat (trust me I tried at a few retailers but they just can't price match Amazon). The TV is really nice, the bezel is good looking and the picture quality is great. As with all big LCD's watching standard television looks worse than it did on the old tube TV, but that's a price you have to be willing to pay to get the AWESOME HD channels looking lovely. The infolink is cool, but I don't find myself using it as often as I expected. I do like knowing it's there, and i like the USB cables and many many HDMI slots.
Good tv - definitely recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars

The best but won't empty your bank October 28, 2008
Bought this two months ago from Circuit City. The picture is geogeous, sharp, crisp. Its 120Hz frame rate is all the difference, specially when you are watching sport, no fuzzing images. This is the feature I like the most. Samsung has established its reputation in electronics field. Recommend a buy.

4 out of 5 stars

Happy with purchase October 27, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

I purchased this TV after looking at various options online and in stores. I am using the TV connected to HDTV sources from DirecTV and a PlayStation 3.

Things I like:

Picture Quality - I have been very happy with the picture quality for both HD and SD sources (although my primary viewing is HD).

TOC - As mentioned in various other places, the red TOC (touch of color) is very subtle and doesn't in any way detract from my viewing. It does make the TV look just that much better when it's not on versus a traditional plain gray TV.

Minimal Setup - I tweaked a few settings, but overall I have been happy with the ease of use and didn't have to spend a lot of time to get a good picture.

Buttons (or lack of physical buttons on the TV) - The "buttons" for this TV are built into the glass on the right side of the bezel (towards the bottom). So you touch that spot on the bezel to activate the buttons (similar to the power and eject buttons on the PS3). Makes for a very clean look.

Swivel base - I originally thought I would have to mount the TV on the wall, but the swivel base has worked out very well and easily swivels from side to side so I can turn the TV to be viewable in the family room or from the kitchen. The base is sturdy and the swiveling is solid (it stays put wherever you swivel it to).

Things I don't like:

Although the TV has PIP, it will only work if one of the sources is the internal TV tuner (in other words, if you use two external sources like my setup with DirecTV and a PS3), you cannot use the PIP.

Like most HDTV's, the digital audio out does not support AC3 except for the internal tuner (TV broadcasts). This is standard DRM protection, but still annoying.

Source switching on the TV is kind of a pain. I haven't found a way to directly switch to a second source on the TV. Instead, you have to hit the source button (on the remote or on the TV) to bring up a list of sources. You then hit the button again and it switches to the next "active" source (it apparently is looking for input on each source). You keep doing this til you get to the source you want. You then hit the "select" button to switch to that source and finally the "return" button to remove the source menu display to return to TV viewing. For me and my two sources, this isn't that bad, but it is annoying. For example, to switch from the DirecTV to the PS3, you have to press source twice (once to bring up the onscreen source menu and the second time to go from DTV to PS3), then Select, then Exit. To go to from the PS3 to the DirecTV, you have to hit source *three* times (the first brings up the source menu, the second skips to the "antenna" input (even though I don't have one hooked up; I haven't found a way to disable it either) and a third time to get to the DTV source (then Select, then Exit). Think of the sources in a circle with Antenna being #1, DTV being #2, and PS3 being #3. You can only move around the circle in one direction, so to go from 2 to 3, it's one step, but to go from 3 to 2, it is two steps (through #1 and then to #2). With only two sources, it is only annoying to me. If you had more than two, this could be a big deal. Regardless, I would definitely recommend a receiver with AV switching to avoid switching via the TV.

Also, because it handles only "active" sources, I have to remember to turn on the PS3 first and then switch the TV source, otherwise, PS3 won't be an option in the source selection menu.

Things I don't use

As mentioned above, I don't use the OTA antenna for HDTV (or even SD), nor do I use cable, so I can't speak to how well the tuner works.

InfoLink - This is Samsung's web content / RSS service. To be honest I haven't even hooked up the TV to an ethernet cable to get to the internet. It appears the service uses a pre-canned set of content, so I didn't really see the point for my use (since I can get the same info through DTV or the PS3 with media sharing).

Non-HDMI inputs - I only have the two inputs and both are connected via HDMI, so I cannot speak for the component, s-video, etc other inputs the TV supports.

Speakers - I turned on the TV speakers when I first set up the TV and they seemed to be fine. Since I have it connected to a receiver with 5.1 output, I don't use the TV speakers (and there is a setup option to turn them off (so you don't have to turn the volume all the way down or use the mute button).

Overall

Overall I am very happy with the purchase and the TV. I researched beforehand and there really weren't any surprises with the TV.

4 out of 5 stars

Very nice picture October 27, 2008
I was coming from a 53'' Hitachi rear projection tv. The colors are much richer on the Samsung and the picture is usually sharper. There are some times when the screen gets that slightly pixelated look, but not very much. I think the rich colors more than make up for it.

The one knock I have is that when using a Samsung BluRay player with it, the sound is incredably low. Once I get my receiver back from the shop it won't matter, but in the meantime it is someimes hard to watch movies on because it is hard to hear. The tv volume is just fine though.

5 out of 5 stars

Samsung 46-inch HDTV October 27, 2008
First time I have ever purchased something this large and expensive from the internet. No problem! The Samsung HDTV is everything I had hoped.....even better. Delivery was made on time, set up by the delivery person and worked great before he would leave. Again no problem. Price was less than anywhere I checked and I couldn't be happier. Thanks.

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