Samsung LN40A650 My 4th Samsung flat-panel buy LN40A650
I buy LN40A650 Samsung for my bedroom. It has been a little over a month and these are my initial impressions.
I should start out by saying buy ln40a650 that this is the fourth Samsung flat-panel I have bought in maybe 3 years. I used to be an LCD guy when I initially bought the Samsung LNS3251D as my first HDTV. I then bought the Samsung 5084 plasma. That set changed me into a plasma guy. It has spoiled me and I love everything about it. So I will do something a little different and compare the Samsung LCD 40a650 to the Samsung plasma 5084.
The Samsung 40a650 is an excellent LCD for the price. All the praise you have read about it is accurate. I have to say that the black levels on the newer generation LCDs are getting very close to plasma quality(’cept maybe the Pioneer Elite models). I watched “The Descent” on blu-ray via PS3 and it handled the dark-as-can-be cave scenes really well. You could make out details and faces pretty well without sacrificing black levels. It did as good a job as the plasma with the same material. This set gets an A+ for black levels. Outstanding!
I also notice that most decent HDTVs you see in the store can show a great picture when the scene is static. It’s when there is fast-motion (like explosions, car chases, football in the air, etc.) that you really separate the sets from each other. This set comes very close to the plasma set in dealing with fast-motion scenes. The 4ms response time is a big improvement over the 8ms and 10ms times in the older models. There is some motion blur, but that is limited to only the most demanding scenes. I am very sensitive to blurring, so your experience may vary. The plasmas by nature are absent of all motion blur and that is partly the reason I like them better. Anyway, I give it an A- here.
Now on to color accuracy. Once again I compared this set to the plasma using a blu-ray version of “The Fall.” I found the colors to be close, but not quite as accurate as the plasma set. This movie is great to compare colors on sets by the way. I just felt that the plasma could deliver slightly more distinct color than
this LCD. It could very well be calibration, but I did my best. Its not a deal breaker or anything, I just prefer the richer colors that I feel the plasma can provide over the LCD. Still, I think for most it will more than suffice. Probably solid B+ here.
There is a multitude of settings to tweak the picture and I really like that about the Samsungs. Panasonics are great sets, but I have found there are less ways to tweak the picture on those than the Sammys. Check out AVSFORUMS for other peoples’ settings and go from there. Set gets an A+ for “tweakability.”
I will say that it is much lighter than a similar size plasma and that is the whole reason I went LCD over my beloved plasma sets. I originally wanted the 850 because it is super thin and much lighter than even the 650. I just couldn’t get myself to pay more for just those two pros when the picture on the 850 and 650 are identical.
In closing, I calibrated both the plasma and LCD using a basic calibration disc and my own two eyes so again YMMV. The above is just my opinion based on basically comparing apples(plasmas) to oranges(LCDs). Well maybe oranges to tangerines.
Good Luck all
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