Samsung has always been in the limelite, everytime it has released a new TV into the market. Be it the performance or the looks, Samsung has hit the chartbusters almost always. Thus, the latest
Samsung LE40A656 Widescreen LCD TV not only has tough competition from its rivals, but also great hopes pinned up to perform better than its own predecessors. Has the LCD TV lived up to the expectations? We'll have a look at that now.
Walk into an LCD TV showroom and your attention will definitly be captured by the elegant, Crystal Design, “Rose Black” Samsung LE40A656 LCD TV. With a black bezel surrounded by deep red edges, merging very subtly inward into the black, this LCD TV stands out from the rest. This Full HD television incorporates a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The screen brightness offered is 500 cd/m2 and the widescreen image aspect ratio of 16:9 is presented. The screen brightness is 50,000:1, which is relatively much higher than that quoted by other
LCDs in the market today. This LCD TV weighing 17 kg without its stand, measures 998(W) x 638(H) x 83.4(D) mm.
The wide range of connections that come with the LCD TV include a Composite signal input, an S-Video input, a Component video input, a USB 2.0 port, a headphone jack, a PC D-Sub input, an RF input and 2 Scart connections, 1 of which is RGB capable. That's not all. There are also four HDMI v1.3 sockets, which are all Deep Colour compatible and equipped with CEC functionality, which enable controlling HD sources connected to the TV, with the same remote control.
The LCD TV also incorporates an exciting set of features and technologies like dynamic contrast system, filtering technology, 100Hz processing, progressive scanning, three levels of black level boosting, noise reduction, colour space adjustment, gamma controls, edge enhancement, flesh tone adjustment, picture in picture feature, Sleep timer, Clock on/off timer, Auto power off, Auto volume leveller, Auto channel search and Teletext TTX Level 2.5. The dynamic contrast system adjusts the contrast in accordance with the scenes, making brightness jumps very comfortable while viewing. In fact, the black level response is much better than the older Samsung LCD models. The filter technology built in the screen, prevents reflections on the screen. The 100Hz processing technology makes motion pictures very smooth and clear. The Samsung LE40A656 is equipped with 2 NICAM, digital stereo speakers with SRS Trusurround sound effect system. The output power quoted is 10W per speaker.
When fed with HD input, you get a splendid performance, with great detailed, sharp images. Colour tones are brilliant and natural too. The Samsung LE40A656 has definitly out-performed its seniors in Standard Definiton output. The pictures look very fine and noise levels are almost nil. Thus, the
Samsung LE40A656 Full HD LCD television has surely given tough competition to all its contemporaries and has set a great challenge for Samsung itself, to come out with better innovative ideas for their future
LCD TVs.
