- Budget max. 450, -
- At least 40 inch screen size.
- USB port with enough power for an external host USB powered hard drive and compatibility with all popular video / music / picture formats
- Good contrast values since the TV is always lit during the day side of the sun
Friends of mine had a LG TV 40 "with similar equipment with solid USB interface to 500, - acquired so my expectations were very subdued when I started to compare prices and product range, but quite quickly I noticed the PS43E490 a TV eye of. shone with so few extras. The fact that the TV "only" HDReady was supported (at least from Amazon) neither veiled nor understandably touted much. When I carefully what informed me that in our seat farther from the screen on 43 "width of the difference of HDReady to FullHD only is marginal I opted for a purchase ... and was not disappointed.
Packing
The TV comes in one of the usual cardboard boxes, packed in Styrofoam solid and protected the screen with a slide. The unpacking and setting up runs easily (unfortunately I have no experience with a wall bracket with this TV, we use the pedestal!) And is completed within 15-20 minutes. The remote control, the manual and the cables are solidly placed and can not so loose in the package "wander"
First impression
After the first start you go through a small setup in which one determines the most important basic settings. This is done quickly and easily feasible even for laymen. Who uses a DVB-T receiver begins at this point the channel throughput and can soon as you normally use the TV guide. The menu is clear and easy to understand, the remote fits comfortably in your hand and so you find your way in a few minutes. The image is solid from the beginning and sharp, rich sound and clear. With a few new settings can straighten everything to his needs and lighting conditions. The only drawback from the outset: Nowhere is quite explains what the "Demo Mode", and as this, at least for me, the first setup point is and you can not quite what deposit now detects active you can quickly fall into a trap here. In addition, the pedestal is not the most stable, it wobbles always very threatening if you want to rotate or move the TV.
HDReady?
With us satellite TV and especially HD + is used which I began to quickly test on the new TV. The result is extremely surprising, from the low budget price has not materialized, the image is razor sharp, no streaks and a knotless contrast. Despite the sunlight, the image is almost always perfectly visible. BluRays appear in brilliant colors and also razor sharp and very fluid. Small drawback is, as with almost all flat-screen TVs, the sound. Even at maximum possible effects and high bass will pay no such right cinema feeling. Here I advise decided to use a small home theater system. For daily TV behold, it is sufficient but more will simply no fun.
USB and so
Here I was again amazed the Samsung, the USB interface simply eats everything. Whether it is a removable hard disk or a USB stick into the file formats FAT32 or NTFS, the Samsung does everything without grumbling, after only a short time, the content is read and you can pounce about. Again, the TV plays everything from the prestigious names has: avi, divx, mkv, mp4, ogg, mp3 and even FLVs are reproduced in high quality seamless. Even HD content in 1080p run 100% smoothly.
Conclusion
This review is not a rush job, I have the TV now a good six months and I'm still 100% thrilled. For 400, - you get a large, well-made and high-quality television which one of the low price is very very rare notes here. Home theater enthusiasts are already voluntarily engage deeper into their pockets, thinking here of PS43E490 has also not his audience why the lousy sound falls not significant. If you can not bear the wobbly pedestal there is nothing to complain about, thumbs up! :-)
