samsung_un55b7000_55_inch_1080p_120hz_led_hdtv
By Jeffrey Withhart “collegestudentjeff”
Ok i researched and price shoped. Compared eveything out there for under $10,000. The un55b7000 is by far the best thing out there. Is it perfect? No. But it tries really hard.
First of the negatives.
1- sound
Sound is the most commented on negative aspect of the tv. The speakers on there own are adequate but i think the problem most people have is the picture is so amazing they expect the sound to match. I found the sound to be decent and loud enough to hear fine and im in a room thats 20′ x 25′. The sound is mostly clear, by this i mean its the subtle things that get muddled up. On a 1 – 10 on sound alone if i was blindfolded and asked to rate the sound of a typical show i would give this set a 7 or 7.5. So its not gunna wow ya but your not gunna be so unhappy you want to take the tv back.
2- The menus
The menus are ok but are also not the most user friendly. My wife thinks it too complicated but i have no trouble navigating it. The only source you can directly switch to is the TV. But c’mon who shells out this kinda money for a tv and doesnt have cable or satalite? so if you switch to tv you have to push the source button 3 or 4 times to get back to hdmi. Again not the end of the world but hey. I love the backlite on the remote.
3- The 120hZ automotion plus
I agree with most of the negatives saying that when its on it looks kinda home movie or jumpy like a scene from lost lol. But this can easily be turned off or in my case turned down to a minimal setting.
Now the good
1 picture.
Isnt this why we bought this tv in the first place. Ive had this tv about a week now and i feel like i have a great picture without usung one of those home calibration discs or worse yet paying some man to come set my tv the way he thinks it shoudl be. Some people complained about the bright corners or uneven backlighting. I will say that out of the box i did have the same issues. But just by lowering the led backlighting(not the tv brightness mind you) i was able to fix both of these. Now the blacks are so black their like black ink and the whites are crisp. My wife was against the purchase until she saw the picture. Shes a fan now for sure.
2- inputs
Lots of em. And for me i have a sony receiver and it has 7 hd inputs that all run to the tv on one hdmi so all those extra hdmi ins are just resting for now.
3- the thinness.
Is that even a word? well if not it will be soon. I have the samsung slim mount picture frame deal. Its so close to the wall it looks like its built into the wall.