Samsung LE40B650 Reviews: Series 6, 40" Screen LCD Full HD 1080p TV

+ Quality of picture is fantastic. Delighted with the television. After looking at many various brands we decided that the Samsung was the one that suited us, and we have not been disappointed.

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+ standard def. picture is superb & hd def is awsome also liked the way you can hook it up to a modem & use usb stick to watch photos listen to your music & play video files. Also 1 of the sexiest tvs you can buy!!

- the price... its too cheap..I would`ve payed twice as much for a tv of this quality.

+ The picture quality is exceptionally good. The dark colours appear as they would on the more expensive led range. HD images look amazing. Some of the media features are well thought out allowing you to display your images and videos via a usb pen drive or via the internal memory. Its almost like having a media centre pc. Design is also excellent

- The Internet feature is not the best, but works well, may improve as time goes on.

+ unlike most products this one does what it says on the packet, lol... its samsung and it delivers, big picture & great quality! You wont be disappointed the HD just jumps right out at you.....

- The sound, it can ranges from 0- 40 but in reality you have to have it turned up very high most of the time

+ picture quality and sound settings fantastic

- tv touch buttons a bit fiddley first few times you use, it but after a short while you get used to it

+ a great looking lcd tv full of the latest technology.so simple to set up just plug in & go.picture quality is spot on & sound quality is good.ive added a samsung cinema system to mine which make the experiance of watching movies & playing video games just awesome

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+ Superb picture quality when using Blue ray and HD sky, nice sleek design, wall mountable, usb inputs and internet widgets are nice feature

- Internet, source selections and menu scrolling very very slow, collects dust like nothing else.

+ GREAT PICTURE, GOOD LOOKING.

- SOUND QUAILTY NOT GREAT

+ Good connectivity to variety of signal sources.

- Internet access rather slow and tedious.

+ Good picture, good software and remote control layout

- Sound is thin

+ HD picture is brilliant quality

- Sound on the set is pretty poor, additional surround sound beefed

+ Easy to install, overall excellent

- None as yet

+ The picture quality is excellent and the HD live programmes are a wow factor and we just love it.The TV itself looks great with no individual press buttons on show , and it is easy to use.

- When first turning on the TV the sound was a bit tinny which was disappointing .

+ Looks good, easy to use, lots of inputs on back and side, can connect to internet or home network and the remote lights up!!!

- Scart inputs on the back are close together so you can't use leads with large heads as they won't fit.

+ A good looking TV, great picture even with a standard definition input

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+ Was really easy to set up

- No power switch and stays on standby
Speakers appear to be mounted at rear of TV, which reduces sound quality

+ Fantastic image quality for the price. The gap between plasma and LCD is closing. The connectivity is simply amazing. Got it running on the network and now I don't know how i lived without it. PC gamesand divX look stunning.

- Speakers are pants. Buy a decent integrated amp and this point is moot. Got it running through a NAD C355BEE and it's fantastic.

+ Looks great, pictures superb, excellent connectivity. The USB slots are great, ample HDMI connectivity. A great purchase

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+ Picture quality is amazing. Stunning design. Great price, cheapest by a long way.

- Sound isn't great. Hook it up to a home cinema system to get the full TV experience.

+ Lots of features.

- Sound could be better.

+ Picture is amazingly sharp with great blacks and little blur on fast moving pictures

- The sound is fine but not impressive

+ Superb clear picture (no sky receiver just put a signal booster in for our area)
Pretty slimlime and lightweight

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+ It's so handy being able to plug the hard drive into the USB port.

- No built in image callibration.

+ te picture quality was very good without hd and superb with it,all round winner and looks the business.

- the sound is not as good as hoped but still not to bad at all

+ Easy quick start. Plenty of extras.

- Sound quality not great.

+ superb tv which i cannot fault in any way what so ever.The picture quality in standard definition is simply stunning with rich colours and deep blacks, i am waiting to get sky hd and then i should imagine the picture would be breathtaking.For the price and quality this tv as to offer it is a steel.

- non what so ever

+ an excellent product. excellent picture easy setup

- none

+ The picture gets better the more you use the TV, although quality depends on the channel that's doing the broadcasting. Overall though the picture is really crisp and clear. Nice sleak design of the TV makes it look good too.

- Sound could be better. Can't get real depth but then I could just be picky! If you watched lots of movies you'd probably best to invest in surround sound

+ EXCELLENT PICTURE QUALITY,GOOD BUILD QUALITY,WORKED STRAIGHT OUT THE BOX.VERY PLEASED WITH TV.

- SOUND IS POOR,WE USE A HOME CINEMA SYSTEM TO COMPENSATE.

+ This new model has everything you need can be linked up to computer. We at first thought we had a problem with the signal from the aerial but using the helps on the TV we sorted it quite quickly.

- In an open plan room like mine the speakers are not enough need another outside speaker or surround sound

+ Sleek and quick

- Sound quality good be improved. It is not clear how you maximise the 100 mhz processor as it displays 50mhz.

+ The TV has excellent image quality, a real noticable inprovement over my old set. It is easy to set-up taking only a few minutes. I have never had freeview before and was surprised at the number of channels, so having this built into the TV is great (lets see if I can survive without some of my usual cable channels...). Controls are pretty easy to use. A number of reviews have mentioned that the sound is not great - overall I would agree but it is OK for 'normal' tv watching... however for the full movie experience I would hook it up to a sound system. Of the widgets available the youtube one is actually quite good.

- The only somewhat annoying point I have found is when using DLNA. While it works well as far as it goes it does not allow for fast forward / rewind which is somewhat annoying when watching movies... meaning that you have to watch them in one sitting. If you put the movie on a USB stick instead of streaming it from your PC you can fast forrward (at x2...) but the whole point of a network connect TV is that i removes all this type of stuff....

+ excellent Samsung picture and sound quality, assembly and operating instructions clear and concise, a fabulous feature packed TV package.

- Not found anything so far and do not expect either.

+ very good value for money,every good as sony ect...

- nothing i can think of,no bad points......

+ Fantastic looking TV, perfect picture quality, all the latest gizzmos to keep you entertained for hours

- Instruction manual could be made easier to understand for techno novices

+ Picture quality both with standard and hi-def inputs

- Poor out-of-box standard settings. I needed a bit of free help from the guys at 'HDTVtest.co.uk' to get the right settings and get the very best out of the TV

+ Perfect size and sleek design.Easy to set up and use.Brilliant image.I'm not a techno boffin but just know this looks very good.

- I'm happy with all aspects of this tv so far.

+ Absolutely perfect. The picture quality is exceptional and the sound is the same.

- None

+ Good picture, lots of connectivity, ideal for the networked home

- Sound is a little weak

+ Upscaling of standard definition is simply superb, easily as good as a blue-ray player.
Easy to see why it is a Which? best buy.

- Sound is tinny but Its to be expected like most flat screen TVs, and besides, most people will be hooking up such a large screen to some king of speaker / home cinema system.

+ overall very good purchase very happy

- sound quality could be better but is ok

+ Excellent design, superb features and build quality and the built in YouTube is truly outstanding. Faltless clarity and colour reproduction from a sleek and elegant unit.

- Sound output from the built in optical is only stereo and not surround sound - you'll need to wire audio from your accessories manually, such as HDMI for a BD player and optical from your Sky+HD box etc. Other than that - it's superb!

+ SD picture
HD Picture
Sound is actually quite good
Media straming excellent
Styling of the TV

- non

+ nice design
many features

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+ Stunning HD picture

- SD and 100hz are a mixed bag

+ Good Good Good Good. Great Product and value for money. Internet Widgets are a great idea and with enough backing could become amazing. Image and Sound is great. USB connection to memory sticks works really well.

- Only issue is the sound codec system support isn't what it needs to be for HD films. And hurry up with some really great widgets.

+ Good picture and sound quality. Easy to assemble. Looks stylish.

- Should have bought the bigger size.

+ Very easy to use, excellent picture quality, USB connection useful to view pictures and video.

- Slightly combersome to select the appropriate screen mode to view programs that are not in widescreen.

+ very good (if not the best) for its price range. design is beautiful. button interface is novel and interesting. Blu-ray and upscaled DVD look very clear on the screen (standard tv signal not so good)

- only has a standby function and no off switch. no simple aspect ratio button, requires searching through a list of menus. channel tuning cannot find some of the freeview channels my previous television could find using the same ariel. sound is realitively low quality through the TV, I reccomend getting a surround sound system (even a dvd home cinema kit) and linking it with an optical audio cable so that all sound can run through it. Its picture cannot compare with top of the line models. 100Hz motion may be better than anything before but still suffers blurriness with fast motion. for those sensitive to motion blur (seemingly my friends aren't but I am) i would reccomend 200Hz or higher, but there's a price tag to go with that!

+ an excellent tv from samsung

- the sound is the only problem with this set

+ Wow look, fab picture, easy to install.

- None.

+ Full HD, Wireless WiFi, Stylish Design, Yahoo Widgets, You Tube, Loads of connections, Great Built in UpScaling, USB, Future Proof because of Firmware Updating through USB. 100hz motion plus.

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+ Design & Picture Quality are Excellent

- None So far

+ Great design, great display, great features

- Some pixelation, & motion can be a little juddery still, even with 100MHz

+ Fantastic picture, especially in HD

- None

+ Easy to set up, even my husband quickly figured out the remote control. Although the room the TV is in is not particularly big, because of the black surround it does not dominate the room.

- Having 3 dogs and a cat running around I need to dust the TV more often because it shows up more on the shiny black surround

+ The picture quality is fantastic - especially the HD channel!

- None found so far...

+ Attractive, easy to use, excellent picture quality & competitively priced.

- No bad points

+ stylish, good feedback from others and the sales people

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+ Attractive design and finish, lots of connections, great looking menus. Got a great week-end price deal from Dixons.

- Sound is a bit lacking in bass, but not bad. Hooking the TV to an amplifer and a couple of hi-fi speakers made a noticeable difference, sufficient to consider a 2/1 set up in the near future.

+ GOOD PICTURE. EASY TO SET UP.SOUND NOT BAD.NICE DESIGN.

- NONE YET

+ This is a superb LCD TV. The picture settings took a bit of tweaking but the end result was stunning HD images and excellent SD Freeview (upscaled) picture quality. There is slight motion judder (even when the 100Hz Motion Plus is switched on) but it barely noticeable. The internet TV feature is only available after purchasing a "dongle" for about £45. This connects to a wifi router and gives access to YouTube and other widgets. The design of this TV is eyecatching and far more attractive than the normal oblong box look of most LCD TV's. I chose the Dixons - Currys version of this model because I liked the look of the (subtle) red stipe below the screen and on the stand. I did a lot of research and looked at a lot of other 40" LCD TV's before buying this set. I'm glad I chose it because it's a stunner!

- Sound quality not bad but lacks bass (as with all similar LCD TVs), so you really need a surround sound system to get the best home cinema enjoyment from the TV. TV can only be left on standby and not switched off completely. The TV and stand attracts the dust and needs wiping over every other day.

+ Fantastic TV and outstanding images. I purchased this TV after much research and glad I didn't opt for the Sony Bravia W5500 with similar specifications. 100hz allows fantastic picture quality for watching live sports. The TV menu is easy to use and visually pleasing. Overall an outstanding TV and I highly recommend this TV.

- This is not a 'bad' point but the sound quality is limited but lets be honest, if you're investing in a TV with these specs - wouldn't you want the excuse to purchase a home cinema kit!

+ It has the best standard definition picture if configured correctly and plus a nice design.

- Draws 16w of power on standby instead of 0.3w. Am waiting for a replacement as this is way to much. Hopefully this is just a blip with this individual TV.

+ Looks gorgeous, great picture, sounds good and easy to set up

- Cannot connect to iPod through USB, finding it very difficult to connect wireless and I personally don't like the red light staying on when you turn it off, I like to turn things completely OFF

+ Excellent picture quality, good looking product

- None discovered yet

+ great design and ease of use. Picture quality is crystal clear and the built in media player provides very good viewing when using external hard drives

- Sound could be better

+ Media player, picture quality

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+ design and features,connection types.

- unable to use to full potential as HD not available unless with Sky or Virgin or Freesat, but with Virgin V+ box all veiwing is at reduced refresh rate of 50 mhz, why were we sold a 100 mhz TV? I don't blame you, I blame the sales assistant at Currys in Chichester!

+ Picture,design, price, features

- Sound quality not the best, but put to surround sound is fine, once I searched internet to correct sound delay problem.

+ Excellent high def picture, Great extra features including network port for connecting to PC so that you can share photos, video and music through the screen.

- Widgets are abit slow and gimicky, not many of them to choose from, needs more development.
Anynet + can be annoying if you have another Samsung device.

+ Picture quality is awesome. I can access my files using DLNA (using PC Share Manager).

- Although I can access my PC through DLNA, I can't seem to be able to access my NAS - there's not enough information about doing this i.e. external server etc. The specs are not forthcoming about the fact that you will need to purchase a separate Samsung dongle (over £49.99 retail so far) in order to use DLNA or make your tv set wireless - I only found out about this after trawling through the manual. I was under the impression that the tv has in-built wireless capabilities.

+ can see a very clear picture love the look and ease of use

- none at the moment

+ Looks great, picture quality with PS3 is amazing

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+ picture quality, viewed in hd and this set comes into it`s own,with motion plus it has to be one of the leading products for this price catagory in terms of viewing. Easy on the eye,very attractive looking tv with a hint of rose red tint in the black framing,and a nice looking remote, easy to follow instructions to fully appreciate all this model has to offer, and the price now makes this a very good buy.

- the sound quality is a different story,because of it`s rear speakers (to enhance the "easy on the eye " aspect ,the sound is lacking in quality ,i tend to watch my tv through my home cinema set up to appreciate the fullness of picture and sound.

+ clear picture

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+ Excellent picture quality once calibrated (just a minor problem with moire stops this getting a ten) Upscaling algorithm looks to be good Great design (a choice of colours would be better)

- Sound is adequate (but typical of onboard speakers - lacking in bass depth and definition - hard to adjust) The internet features are slow Build quality is good but not as solid as (say) a Sony

+ Outstanding aesthetics, fantastic picture, great value. Sound reasonable. You won't find a better TV at this price. I know I've looked

- Sound could be better.

+ Very easy to set up and works well with other make accessories.

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+ Look & feel is as expected. Excellent picture quality in standard definition. Over all good lcd.

- Widgets performance & Audio quality is not that smooth.

+ With blueray ...stunning

- Regular tv reception varies considerably

+ Easy set up, good quality.

- nothing of note at this stage.

+ This is a great value for money product. Exceptional high contract HD image quality. Again, bundles of extra features including Internet content such as YouTube, News, Weather etc. Easily connects with your computer over a Ethernet connection and able to play media content directly from your PC.
I thoroughly recommend this product to anyone who is looking for great features for an affordable price.

- The sound is not highest quality.

+ Great design. Very slim. Easy to set up and manage. 2 Scart sockets and above all, fantastic picture quality in all aspects.

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+ very nice device and stunning image quality

- wireless option costs ridiculous extra