Samsung UN40B6000 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV

Product Description
39.9″ 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 *

Feature

  • Ultra-slim 40-inch LED HDTV with full HD 1080p resolution for the sharpest picture possible
  • LED technology enables a true-to-life range of picture brightness; uses 40 percent less energy than conventional LCD TVs
  • InfoLink RSS feeds of news, weather and sports from your broadband connection
  • Inputs: 4 HDMI, 1 component, 2 USB, 1 Ethernet, 1 PC, 1 optical digital audio output
  • Includes detachable swivel table stand; measures 38.7 x 27.1 x 10 inches (WxHxD) with stand

CustomerReviews

Beautiful picture
We bought this TV because it had the best picture, period. The rest is, as they say, gravy. That said, there’s a lot of gravy.

Pros:

Fantastic picture

A lot of HDMI inputs (4)

Easy to set up

Attractive and lightweight design

Cable HD looks great

There’s some control of the Panasonic receiver/DVD player through the TV

Photos on USB thumb drive look gorgeous

Cons:

The Ethernet connection is nice, but it should do more: I want access to my Ethernet HP Media Vault, and the Internet offering (USA Today news stories, weather, and stocks) is meager

One of the PIP options must be to the RF coaxial input

The cons are minor, especially since I wouldn’t have cared or noticed if the features weren’t included at all.

Stuning Picture
*UPDATED*

Well I purchased this two weeks ago from Best Buy and I have enjoyed it since then. I have now a better understanding to write a better review.

I like it’s ultra slim design and its light weight. I didn’t needed more help than little help from my wife to carry the whole package to the second floor. I did it alone to carry off of my minivan and I’m not a wrestler. I did assembled the stand in a few minutes very easily.

This is my first HDTV. I have been following HDTV technology for years but was until now that I was able to purchase it. I have watched a lot of TV’s since 5 years ago in every store display with every combination of inputs and I think I can notice when a movie is Blue Ray connected through HDMI or composite video to when a TV set is connected trough other Video inputs and video sources (DVD).

I have my set connected to a Samsung BDP3600 Blue Ray, however I have not purchased any Blue Ray movie yet so I tested with a couple of DVDs and the image is excellent. I can’t tell if is the TV or the BDP3600, but I see it like a Blue Ray movie. I can’t wait to play a blue ray movie on my set. DVD’s look gorgeous. *UPDATE: Computer Animated DVD’s look gorgeous. I tried Harry Potter DVD and it is not the same video quality as Shrek II. Blue Ray movies seems very nice as expected, darker scenes seems grainy, I believe that is the ISO sensitivity of the film not an issue of the Blue Ray. If that is true new movies are going to be shotted with HDTV or higher area film, if I’m not wrong, most movies are 35mm film.

HDTV over the air (1080i) looks very nice and is pretty quick to change from HDTV channel to HDTV channel. I have satellite broadcast, however it does not offer HDTV signals :( .

*UPDATE. I have plug ed my USB thumb drive with a racing .mkv file and I was amazed of the quality of video I saw in this highly compressed file (3hrs in a 1.1GB file). All the scenes look very nice with vivid colors and very detailed even the fast moving scenes from on board cameras.

*UPDATE. I would have expected to read my Ethernet disk drive to play this videos, but is not able to connect a network shared drive. The blue ray player is able to do it, however is not able to play .mkv files. So I need to copy them to my thumb drive and play them directly on the TV.

*UPDATE. Infolink is good, but you are not able to select cities from other countries for weather update.

Unless other reviewers say not, mine has buttons, they are touch sensors discrete icons in front of the TV i.e. power button is beneath the SAMSUNG logo.

PROS:

- Excellent Picture

- Slim Design

- Light Weight

- Stylish Design

- Discrete Buttons (some owners might have not notice them)

*UPDATE – Ability to play a lot of audio and video formats including .mkv, video files.

CONS:

The only thing that I have discovered is that Picture in Picture can only be done with an HDMI input and Air. I have not been able to have PIP with Air and the analog A/V input from my satellite nor the satellite with the HDMI input. I have not installed the Ethernet and might a firmware upgrade solve this.

*** UPDATE ***

I did connect the set to my Ethernet, firmware upgrade was done and it didn’t solve the PIP issue. There is also no way to swap the images of PIP. Not too much of a concern for me.

I’m pretty happy with my purchase.

The Best LED HDTV available
This is The Best LED (Light Emitting Diodes) HDTV 1080P,I make my own research (Like 3 month)before buying one of the Best HDTV on the market and I finally found this one that I can describe Like (WOW) And I will tell you why: It has great picture, amazing Dinamic contrast: 3,000,000:1, Motion Tecnology 120Hz giving you the feeling that you are backstage seeing the actors in real and natural movement, I also want to mention this TV have Virtual Surround sound (Simulate a sorroud enviromentin the room you are watching) But you also can Buy the Home Theater if you want, 40% less energy consumtion that LCD (Energy eficient), DTV Tuner build in, Picture in picture, and have to say that this TV has the best picture cuality on the market available, power, volume, channel etc on the TV and a remote controller with Light Button to see at night, it is so thiny 1.2 Inches easy ultra slim wall mount like you hang a frame, 4 HDMI Port (Ver. 1.3 ready), 2 USB, PC input, Ethernet, RF In, Componet, digital audio, No black Color Problems on screen when seeing a picture like Batman Like most LCD, vivid colors, Ultra Clear panel, and the lovely touch of color giving it an artistic touch, I use it with me PlayStation 3 and Blu-ray Movies, I just can say my wife and I are very pleased with This LED HDTV.

Lovely picture
We just upgraded from a 10yr old huge tube tv to this. Granted that anything would be awsome in comparison, the picture is fabulous, its very light, thin, and energy efficient. It is weird not having any buttons on the tv itself, but I can kind of see why. Since it is so thin, the wire placement in the back is a bit strange, or different I should say from the monster tube tv we had. We had to get a HMDI cable to go with it to connect our DVD player, but other then that, no other item was needed. If you are going to mount it on the wall, you will need to purchase that separately. Luckily the DVD player we had was new enough to be an upconvert to Hi-def.

The picture looks like you are standing next to the film crew as they are filming the show. It’s very strange. Even Kungfu Panda looked more 3 dimensional if that is possible.

Great video, fair audio
The picture quality is fantastic, even for fast-motion sports. Speakers are a bit ‘tinny’. This set has only one tuner, so you do not get the picture-in-picture capabilities for two simultaneous stations.