LCD HDTV 1080p Reviews
Samsung LN52B630 52-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color
Product Description
With Samsung’s LN52B630, you’re connected to great HD entertainment and up-to-the-minute online info. Enjoy a Full HD feast for the eyes, courtesy of the 1080p resolution and 52-inch LCD screen. Check sports scores, stock quotes, weather and other update able RSS content at just the touch of a button on your remote, with the InfoLink feature. Samsung’s Auto Motion Plus120Hz technology keeps even the fastest on-screen motion smooth and natural. Enjoy bold black tones with an impressive 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. Four HDMI inputs give you fast and easy connection options for your Blu-ray Disc player and gaming system. And the stylish yet subtle Touch of Color design adds a red accent to the bezel’s border – perfect in any modern home.
LCD HDTV 1080p Reviews
Customer Reviews : Samsung LN52B630 52-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color
good TV for cable/satellite, bad for antenna reception Review Written by Glenn J.Keller (west chester, pa)
Reviewed on October 26, 2009
This is a good TV with high quality picture & easy to use remote. If you have cable or satellite it is fine, but it is quite horrible if you get your picture from an antenna.
The problem is with the auto program. It does not let you go to channels it cannot find, and only a complete auto scan can be done. This means that if you have to point the antenna in different directions for different channels, you have to redo the entire auto program to switch between the channels.
As an example, suppose channel 51 only comes in when the antenna is pointed west, and channel 68 only when the antenna is pointed north. If I point the antenna west and autoscan, I can watch 51 but 68 is missing. If I want to watch 68, I have to turn the antenna north and then redo the autoscan. Now 68 is fine, but to go back to 51 the antenna has to go back to west and the autoscan must be done yet again. This is a real pain because the autoscan has to be redone every single time the channel is switched from 68 to 51 or back.
The signal strength indicator is pretty bad also, deeply buried in the menus so that it takes a long time to go from channel to channel and optimize the antenna position for the best collection of channels. Still, it is usable.
Some TVs I've seen have an "Update" in addition to full auto-scan. This just adds channels instead of wiping out the old list. That would fix this problem.
630 vs 650Review Written by David A. Mccurdy “chewy 51” (USA)
Reviewed on December 4, 2009
After originally purchasing the 46" 650 Samsung, I upgraded to the 52" 630. After using both models after a few days this 630 is much better. While the 650 had many of the features I wanted DLNA, Youtube, widgets, etc. I found the interface slow and not well thought out. For example you could not save favorites with Youtube. DLNA was usable because once again it didn't cache any information. So every time you connected to your computer it has to catalog your music or pictures library. This takes like 4 min with my collections.
I expected the same from the 630 but was pleasantly surprised by the info link interface. It was much quicker to get data from the internet and display it. While the features are limited the features provided work well.
I go the free blu-ray(samsung 1600) with the TV purchase. I interacts beautifully with the TV. It as comes with Youtube, Blockbuster, and Netflix. Youtube being what I really wanted out of the 650 series. It was much better designed on the blue ray, much faster, and had the ability to save personal settings.
So the combination of the 630 with the Blue Ray Samsung 1600, hands down beats the Samsung 650 from a deal and performance perspective.
As for picture quality both models have a amazing picture. Compared against the similar series Sony the picture much better.
Added note: First thing you should do with either the 630 or 650 is turn of the 120mhz True Motion. Its makes movies look like after school specials. I thought by turning this off it turned off the 120mhz, but it just turns off some software that supposedly helps with judder. All I really does is make your movies look like garbage. Barring that minor tweak this is a great TV.
Not a fan of the TOC, but a nice TVReview Written by A. Lennon (Philadelphia, PA United States)
Reviewed on December 12, 2009
Had the TV for a few weeks. Purchased from Amazon in Nov 2009. Shipped via CEVA. I'm not a fan of the red touch of color on the TV frame. It looks a bit cheesey. Also, when switching cable channels, the TV goes blank temporarily while it switches from say 720p to 1080i or to say standard definition. This looks to be by design. It would be great if it could do it more quickly, rather than the 1 or 2 second blank screen. Other than that, the picture is great. Sound is good. Setup is a breeze.
PS: there was some shaking in the picture during the first few hours of getting it out of the box, but that went away after a few hours and never came back. Probably normal for new LCDs. Not sure.
Beautiful set Review Written by Gail R. Cnudde
Reviewed on September 9, 2009
When this set was deliver and set up it was a perfect picture and still is after 4 months.We never had to adjust the color. I researched for 2 years before I finally decided on this one because I was told since Sony was more expensive it had to be better. Well, I am so glad I did not spend the extra money because I can not tell the difference between the two and saved a lot of money. If you buy this set I promise you will be very happy.
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