So much in advance:
Possession of the television now 1.5 years have to say that the picture, me - and sound completely convinced.
The picture quality of this Samsung is even for my rather spoiled eyes even without HD depending on the quality of the broadcast footage more than good in HD quality with good passing (say quality satellite reception system, or DVD players) just great! An even better idea might at the recommended distance in this image size, if at all, only be described as negligible.
The housing of this Samsung LED TVs has an overall very stable and high-quality impression. Connections are probably enough for most needs available; Only 3 USB inputs. This is followed, for example, a hard drive or USB flash drive to use USB recording, a mouse, keyboard, etc. are connected. Furthermore, audio - video connectors, HDMI jack, CI + slot and supplied adapter card. There are, however, once again, only a Scart socket. I find that too little and there is no reserve for older devices to be approximately additionally connected by means of Scart socket to the TV set.
Personally I do not use the TV for Internet functions and smart technology, WIFI and so on and can about the features therefore make no further details although the suitability within narrow limits is given for it. But I have finally separate Internet reception. TV should remain television and no computer workstation! Tried to reflect photos from my smartphone on the screen, the procedure to find but as somewhat awkward, annoying and in your connection speed rather slow.
The hole pattern of the cross foot for mounting on the TV back wall was not optimal in my case. So the screen depends on a housing edge lower than on the other, which makes quite a few millimeters and, depending on perspective view with the naked eye can be seen. Since there are no slots was no possibility of accurate alignment of the stand. Meanwhile, I see this little optical defect certainly not more.
After connecting to the mains, there is the "typical" first installation with German operation guidance, so after a few minutes of basic reception of television programs is possible.
There are many features to customize the color optimization, going into energy savings in a number of variants without thereto in detail.
Important in daily operation is deteriorating over charge me a favorable power consumption without having the image brightness and luminance. The relationship between lower power consumption and even more attractive image quality must be guaranteed.
Have enabled to the ambient light and otherwise selected all values as auto contrast to automatic or center position in my case only the ECO-sensor to adjust the picture brightness.
Other options such as power saving mode in several steps in connection with the activated ECO sensor lead ultimately to a fairly dark image and the luminosity is completely lost; even if they involve the power consumption to 30 watts to reduce good would.
With my settings to get a fairly good size for this image value of approximately 60-70 watts on average.
A power-hungry is to manually increase the backlight (not brightness) or Sport mode. If they put a high value of power consumption may well be twice up to 130 watts.
This LED TV I could see no weaknesses in the eye test after several months of usage time. Since there is nothing to criticize. I'm not interested advertising effective shortcuts for image enhancement but only the whole package and my personal vision test at the end.
Even the sound is taking into account the principle thin housing amazingly full and not clatter and thin. However, I have the sound setting adjusted somewhat to my needs on the Equalizer settings in the menu, because the stored sound settings for different variants for me were not optimal, the volume control had to be set relatively high and always the good speech intelligibility was often not given.
The menu for programming may seem well thought out and well translated at first, but has also been weaknesses in detail.
Some features are simply not where I would expect intuitively or are labeled impractical. Search Search, and look again.
In several areas I am against the return key NOT an item back but am always completely right from the menu, which all operations of the programming must be carried out again.
The station search under Astra 19.2 works extremely quickly and receives / stores all stations under All. Fair enough. Since the specified sequence so far does not always correspond to their own preferences and some stations are located at one hundred and sowiso that programming in one of the favorite lists is necessary.
It is difficult as a sort of transmitter itself is possible, the program numbers are but that's not renumbered. Have so although my transmission sequence moved to desired positions. The selection via the numeric buttons on the remote control is only intuitively when 1-100 (example) corresponds to the positions of the programs. Otherwise I digits salad before the programs. Such as: 1 = ARD, ZDF = 35, 1456 = RTL, 8 = SAT etc.
What naturally did not cause any problems with any TV or receiver for many years or special attention was worth, in this TV set an initial stumbling block could be that has driven me for many hours, almost in despair.
Although I have always considered myself as an art interested and so on rather pose no problem for me simple things like programming, I understand these operating logic still not immediately or intuitively!
About detours and another search procedure "satellite" instead of Astra 19.2 I can move the numbering / awarded and in my favorites list. Under scan Astra 19.2 shifts are only up 99 programs "easily" possible. In addition, the result is at the end of expectations.
This process can be seen neither from the unusable paper manual, or from the electronic data stored on the TV Guide and could be found only by me by e-mail contact at Samsung.
An advantage that is not often performed a re-sorting and the complete channel list additionally stored on a USB flash drive (not formatted in the TV set!) Can be saved. Because in "flesh and blood" this program does not go as fast.
Recording programming on the electronic program guide comes after selecting the desired track and connect a hard disk or a suitable USB stick (with faster write, - reading speed) very easy.
Advisable are still manual time additions (via the programming menu of stored programs) to the end time automatically programmed to no surprises with premature Ending overdrafts, delayed start of the broadcast etc.. Without manual addition of the end times, the recordings are almost 100% ended prematurely.
Also great: If recordings are programmed TV can be switched by remote control easily on standby or previously to any program space. The TV switches to the programmed time internally reliable on recording and on the selected program. Of course, in these cases, the standby power consumption is higher because the necessary internal circuits this must remain in readiness.
This recording reliability with very fast programming via the EPG were not in an external receiver in this form. In addition was the inclusion programming often far more extensive and therefore error-prone.
Unfortunately, the direct recording function of an ongoing program by recording button is unreliable and almost useless.
Reason: The term of the respective program will be transferred from the electronic program guide guide and thus set the automatic end after that. In practice on all transmitters (whether public as ARD and ZDF or RTL & Co.) no suitable signal, comparable to earlier VPS, sent so that the receiving end runs at variable shifts. In most experiments on my part, the TV will turn well before the end of the program or the game film about James Bond "Skyfall" by saying "have been completed" from the recording! Very annoying when the final sequences, credits etc. always missing.
With manual recording programming from the Guide Program Guide I can prevent this deficiency by I correct diegesetzte end time accordingly and appropriately upwards.
Practically I find the time-shift recording function with an attached hard drive or USB flash drive (USB Recording):
Can the current program at any time using the break - or stop button pause and resume within hours of 1:30 at any time from this point.
Within the recorded time rewinding is possible in several speeds, but not to look at the immediate jump to the beginning of the recording as the entire part of the front or repeated.
After switching on the TV a little waiting time is necessary to be able to use the hard disk / USB flash drive fast. If you do, vereinzelnd to error messages because the connected device is not suitable etc.
Abnormalities to date:
The teletext can not straightaway of ARD (first program slot) from starting or built up with completely different graphics. For all other channels and on another TV in another room and the bowl itself works perfectly.
Perhaps an individual case.
In the function of the current time-shift recording by external recording media and subsequent playback the Guide button should never be accidentally operated on the remote. The device then breaks without issuing a notice from the recording in progress and is located in the current TV mode.
Despite the cumbersome procedure of channel sorting, - Programming and Menu weaknesses there is a absolute buy recommendation at this price.
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