JDmag

This is a great television. It has an amazing picture quality. The red touch of color isn’t too discernible though. For this reason, I hope that Samsung would soon discard the touch of color feature.

Meanwhile, it gave me the best image I’ve ever seen in HDTV history. Though I haven’t seen most of 2009 units, I’m comparing this model to 2008 units.

The average viewer is never going to be disappointed with the picture quality that this TV offers. It has a great contrast, precise colors, superb customizable processing, deep blacks, and a uniform display.

An innovation this year that made this a step higher than 2008 models is its auto-motion plus (AMP) feature that allows you to fine-tune the settings more. AMP is the technology that fills in extra frames so that the display doesn’t appear rough.

This innovation was done since most 2008 owners complained why they couldn’t adjust their AMP to their preference. The 2009 buyers are now given more choices with the new and updated AMP technology.

The sound of this TV is quite flat and doesn’t have much bass. However, since I am connecting my PS3 and DirecTV sound to an Onkyo receiver and energy speaker, this problem didn’t quite matter.

Furthermore, this TV also has a game mode which reduces, if not eliminate the lag when playing games. I tried this feature when I played “Rock Band” and other PS3 games and indeed, I didn’t experience any lag.

I recommend that you use or spend a dollar at most for an HDMI v.1 3b cable. HDMI cables will not give any enhancement or whatsoever in the picture quality so it isn’t worth spending more than what I paid for it at BargainCell.

Do your research and visit Amazon.com if you want a second opinion as well as an explanation.

To put it in brief, though there are several problems, I am well satisfied and pleased with my television.