Good equipment, but primarily for the manufacturers!

The installation of the device went so far without any problems, the 40 incher is to cope against the manufacturer's recommendation for a single artisan.
The installation was very easy using the wizard. The WLAN was immediately recognized and was immediately joined by entering the key. Thus one progresses at all, it's Terms of Samsung must however first accept, otherwise you see a picture. But more on that later.
I only had 2 x SAT and CAM installed connected with ORF card. The transmission scan was quickly and the programs corresponding to the selected state (A) sorted into the favorites list.

The Samsung has a total of an above-average image (from what I've seen on other devices). As far as my subjective impression to consult without a White value and black value meter. The image quality depends but very well from the source.
We were impressed with especially the SD quality. Here I had a clear image artifact with anticipated because of my small viewing distance of a little over 2 m on my 40 "it. I seen with other devices already worse.

The sound is for such a flat device that has hidden somewhere behind the rear wall speakers, remarkably bulky and overall quite decent. Perfectly adequate for normal padding.
However, there are ztw. Short audio dropouts. It seems as if the device would just handle anything, because at various operating actions, there is just such dropouts.

The Programmumschaltzeit is about 2 sec. At free programs in encrypted but clearly more. The machine, however sometimes seems to fall asleep, and responds to a remote control command, previously when none came long, much delayed, so I often think I would not have caught the key.

Bad has solved the Samsung Camera title at program switch: It pushes in from the right into the picture strips to about 1/3 of the screen width, which shows the current program at mid-height, over and above the neighboring programs. A long title goes here in the width not enough. Although the Scripture scrolls anyway very quickly, but the 3.5 seconds Fade are here too short. Before the text is by the display is gone again. In addition, the readability is affected by the underlying image, because the display in white is not a dark background. If the image behind it very bright, you can read anything.
You can display the program Mini Statistics alternative by pressing the OK button. Here a bar is pushed into the picture from the top, which takes up the entire width. The writing is also white, but the bar is significantly darker and thus the readability is fine. While this display is here though for 10 s are, but even here one can very long title not read because the font scrolls so slowly that the display rather disappears. So OK pushbutton press 2 times, then the total information is displayed and you have enough time to read everything. But even here there is little an error: After the title line of the program Info of newline missing. Because the title bar also usually does not stop at the end, which is very confusing, the next line is appended only separated by a space.

The additional Smart Control remote control without number keys is very convenient for zapping. The most important buttons are distinctively shaped, so they can be felt even in the dark. Central sits a small touchpad. If you hold your finger on a spot is in Menus u. Where it makes sense otherwise, displayed on screen, which you can steer with the FB using a built-in gyro sensor. This works similar to a laser pointer. It points to the item that you want to activate and press OK. That is, for example. In the Web browser is also very helpful. However, there is this spot not in various apps, where it would also be very useful.
If additional keys required, you can show with its own button on the screen is a "remote control" that will contain all the missing keys.
I have no sympathy for the football mode button on the Smart FB. I'm also not the big football fan, but even if I look at a match, I do not use these. If you activate the football mode, the picture is brighter and more defined, too contrasty, and the background sound is greatly increased. Something Stadionathmosphäre should be created in the living room, the television commentator is meant then but barely. At the same time the recording starts on hard disk - for which the that, please ?? Okay, you might want some fanatic View Wiedereholungen own, but how many really need it and why it can not stop it?
The space on the small SmartControl for this key is in my opinion a waste, the function could also have been put on the screen-FB. Have doubts about whether diehard soccer fans use this mode often.
Meaningful functions as a quick selection of recordings missing it.

The TV Guide is getting used to for me. Spoiled by the "SFI" my good 8-year-old Technisat receiver I can not understand that there are yet do not get other manufacturers themselves today in devices that are already permanently connected to the Internet, that the Progamminfos all favorite channels automatically loaded be. Since there is yet inexpensive ways eg. To tap an existing Webprogrammzeitschrift.
Also offers Samsung no reasonable app which at least provides a sufficient selection of channels, if they already do not get the coupling together of program guide and device control. The Progamminfo apps that are available I think is a bad joke. I can not imagine that the TV-Browser, which is available for all platforms, not could be adapted to the device me.

I have so far only connected a USB drive, a 1GB Samsung M3 Portable. The was immediately recognized and ready for shooting, which even at the wrong terminal. The Samsung TV has namely provided its own USB port for hard drives, which delivers up to 1 A current. So should every 2.5 '' drive to 7200 rpm find suffice.
A little complicated is editing the footage. To delete, for example. You have several times between recording and menu switch back and forth until you can finally confirm the deletion. That reminds me again my Technisat a, after watching a picture, it was selected and the deletion took only 2 clicks.

Samsung should have put a lot of energy in improving the encryption technique of shooting. While it was still possible in previous versions of devices, using certain tools on the PC to crack encryption and transfer the recording to other devices, there is currently no way in this series.
I want to know what Samsung has it so hard to make the paying customers' lives.
I have also in the bedroom a TV and video player and would like to be there if I'm sick in bed, watch videos on a USB drive. But not with Samsung! That too was in my Technisat no problem that there was even an own software to the you could pull down the videos and convert them to various Fomat.

Very good Fittingly, the TV also has no analog video output, just as an analog audio output. Although he has a SCART socket, but that is only for reproduction. Since you have probably saved at the analog converter, finally had indeed the development of encryption are paid.
An analog recording my knowledge licensing laws still nowhere in the world is a problem. Taking Pictures with the VCR by the integrated satellite tuner, so you can forget.

Very bad I find the lack of audio output. I do not have an AV Receiver and wants me down no, but I'd like to hear some music broadcast on the hi-fi system. The best you can but attach to the headphone output. Playback works because although quite good, but the fumbling of the plug Into the middle of the rear panel is very inconvenient, and plugged can not let him because so no more sound comes from the TV speakers. Caution is advised as even when turning. Switch off the audio system or turn down the volume, otherwise fly a boxing around the ears. The thing crashes horribly on the KHB.
I'll probably have to increase by 30 Euro or so a DA converter, the od me an analog audio signal from the HDMI. Toslink makes and naturally requires its own power supply. Good save, Samsung!

The playback of MP3 files from USB stick works just fine.
My favorite app from the modest selection of vTuner, a web radio player. The works for listening to the radio all fine, but the "Tools" button is not, which would be necessary to store stations.
Good: The picture can be switched off for this purpose.
Even video stream can be easily played directly from the Web. Well, one may at a smart TV presuppose anyway.

A big minus is available from the manufacturer even for dealing with the data of the customers. Thus, the voice control is eg. Activated at the factory. The device takes on the spoken and sends it to Samsung as well as to a unspecified in the Terms of Use to third parties "analysis" of commands. The data remain stored there. While this should only be done at a keystroke, but has since become known that such devices also send sometimes everything home, giving them only to somehow "ears" comes. And to have, without the user demand.
Yes of course it agrees at the beginning in setting up in Samsung's conditions, but at the time it has little choice, you will soon see a picture.

I wish Samsung would have more energy invested in new developments, the customer, the device eventually paid - with me were still 700 Euro 4 months ago, also bring benefits, but to harass him to curtail his chances where he maybe not as noted in order to itself or other organizations opposed to come.