Samsung 8000 55 Inch 3D LED TV Review
July 29, 2010 by James Watson
Filed under Technology
With more and more large LED TV’s flooding into the market, it’s difficult to tell which one to choose, but one serious contender is the 55 inch Samsung 3D LED TV.
The first thing that you’ll notice about this LED TV is the sheer size. At 55 inches, it’s huge and definitely only suitable for a very large living room or office. That said, if you can fit a 55 inch tv in your room, it will certainly make a huge impact!
The tv is very well designed and proportioned, standing at 83cm high on a sturdy and attractive four legged chrome stand. The front is also finished in a brushed titanium colour and will look great in a modern styled living room.
For connectivity, the tv features one component in, one a/v in, a DVI audio in, four HDMI ports, two SCART ports, two USB ports and an optical audio out. It also features Dolby Digital Plus for that authentic home cinema experience.
The next thing that hits you is the 3D. The Samsung offers an immersive viewing experience by moving away from the old two dimensional tv into the realms of 3D, providing fantastic picture quality via the 3D HyperReal engine at the full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080.
As far as performance goes, the Samsung was certainly one of the most convincing 3D tv’s I’ve seen so far, rivaling the Sony Bravia KDL-52HX903 or LG 55LX9900. While I did notice an occasional ghostly outline between the two layers of the 3D image, this was rare and overall the 3D looked great.
The tv also has a built in 3D converter, allowing you to convert your 2D movies into 3D. By in large it didn’t really affect most of the movies I tried on it, but it was much more noticeable when playing racing games on my Xbox 360.
Of course the tv needs to perform in 2D too and thankfully it did just that, with great image quality, rich colors, sharp details and excellent black levels. My only con (if any) would be that I found people to be a little off in colour, but that was quickly solved by a little colour adjustment on the menu.
The Samsung also comes packed with features including the Internet@TV platform, providing you with music, video and social networking including access to LoveFilm, iPlayer, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter and other simple wireless content right through your tv. While I would have preferred to have a keyboard, it was great to be able to access all those sites from the comfort of my sofa with no need to boot up a pc.
The tv also comes with a built in HD freeview tuner for free HD tv watching. It even allows you to plug your own USB or hard disk into it to schedule and record your own programs, which was a great feature.
The tv comes in just under 2700 or $3150 – a hefty price but for the size and feature set, its extremely competitive in today’s market. So get out there and give it a try.
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