The Full 1080p HD resolution, Samsung LN46C650 46-Inch 120 Hz LCD HDTV

 

 

Customer review after 5 months purchase, I still love the TV, and as predicted, I’ve gone back to skipping commercials. With regard to the remote sensitivity, I believe the sensor on the TV is in the lower right. At one point we had the Wii sitting there, partially blocking that corner, and it seemed that the remote connection became more finicky. (The solution, obviously, is to keep that area of the TV stand clear.)

 

LN46C650 Product Description

Samsung LN46C650 Key Features 

Samsung LN46c650 46-inch LCD TV

• Screen Size: 46 inches
• Full 1080p HD resolution: Enjoy the powerful picture quality, vivid colors and stunning clarity of Full HD 1080p resolution.
• 120 Hz Clear Motion Rate: Samsung 120 Hz technology allows you to see fast action with a smoothness thats clearly ahead of the competition.
• Touch of Color: Exclusive red Touch of Color design combines texture and color that can complement any room.
• ConnectShare Movie: Connect a thumb drive or digital camera with your LN46C650 quickly and easily. User-friendly interface allows access to videos, a music playlist and pictures via the remote.

• SAMSUNG SMART TV: Connect to an ever-expanding portal of your favorite digital content. Customizable widgets give you access to
  BLOCKBUSTER, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Amazon Instant Video and more – all on your HDTV.
• Exceeds ENERGY STAR Standards: Up to 43% more energy efficient than ENERGY STAR 4.0 minimum standards.
• Game Mode enhances dark areas, sharpens the picture, speeds up the image processing response and enhances the sounds of your games. Picture and sound quality optimized for the special needs of gaming systems at the touch of a button.
• Wide Color Enhancer Pro delivers the entire spectrum of color and luminance for rich, saturated images with intense detail. 
  
• BD Wise: Automatically adjusts all your componets for the best picture and sound quality.
• AllShare: With Samsung LN46C650 you can Sync up your entire household. A wired or wireless DLNA connection lets you stream your PC audio and video files to your HDTV using yoru remote.

• 10 Watts x 2 audio power stereo broadcast reception: Supports multichannel sound (MTS)and second audio program (SAP) with 181-channel capacity.
• SRS TheaterSound
• Warranty: 1 year parts and 1 year labor warranty (90 days parts and labor for commercial use), backed by Samsung toll-free support.
• Swivel Stand

 

LN46c650 Samsung

LN46C650 Connections

• 4 HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface):
  3 back, 1 side
  HDMI makes it easy to connect your home theater with one cable per component.
• Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC): Allows peripheral AV devices such as a DVD player to be controlled by a Samsung TV remote control.
• USB: 2 side
• PC input: 1 back

Dimensions

• TV without stand: 43.6 x 27.2 x 3.2 inches (WxHxD); 39.9 pounds
• TV with stand: 43.6 x 28.9 x 10.8 inches (WxHxD); 48.3 pounds
• What size TV should you get?

Accessories

• 2010 LinkStick: Samsung LN46C650 can connect wirelessly to a world of digital content from Samsung. The LinkStick wireless LAN adaptor eliminates the hassle and cluttered look of wires. Learn more about the Samsung WIS09ABGN LinkStick Wireless LAN Adapter.

Samsung LN46C650 Video

Wide Color Enhancer Pro

Delivers the entire spectrum of color and luminance for rich, saturated images with intense detail. Whereas blue and green shaded areas of the picture are washed out on conventional screens, wide color enhancer lets you experience more brilliant colors. Simply imagine a wider range of colors than you ever thought possible.

ENERGY STAR

By being ENERGY STAR compliant you are assured that your Samsung LN46C650 model is helping the environment by using less energy while saving you money. ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy promoting energy efficiency.

SAMSUNG SMART TV

SAMSUNG SMART TV lets you enjoy more with Internet TV, allowing you to receive content via Yahoo!, Flickr, and more on screen. It also includes a content library so you can enjoy pre-loaded content, such as cooking recipes and fitness exercises. Plus, DLNA CERTIFIED connectivity lets you remotely access your PC’s personal media so that you can download music, video, and photos and enjoy them anywhere in the home your TV is.

See also Customer Reviews on Samsung LN46C650.

Samsung LN46C650 Review

I’ve only had the TV for a few hours, but I have only good things to say at this point. The image quality is awesome, the box was pristine, and setting it up was really easy. The delivery guy even helped me get it mounted to the stand, which I don’t think he had to do. I like the menu system–it looks cool and is intuitive and well organized.

There are a few things I was concerned about after reading reviews of other Samsung LCD TV‘s, but I haven’t found any of them to be an issue:

- The remote is not finicky. You can point it in any direction, even backwards, and it works perfectly.
- While you would not mistake the sound from the TV as coming from a good stereo, I’m very happy with it. I’ve only turned it up to about 15 out of 100, and even that seems loud in a quiet house. If it scales linearly, I can’t imagine ever needing to turn it up all the way.
- Some people complained about a system Samsung uses to dynamically adjust the backlight to get deeper blacks, and that this system is really annoying. This TV either doesn’t use it, or it’s not annoying, or maybe I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be ticked off about
- One guy got the wrong stand for his TV. I think he might just be incompetant. I admit when I looked at the TV and the stand, I wasn’t sure how they went together at first. When I found the bracket for connecting the two (with good, albeit unnecessary instructions), it became obvious.
- I’m not a big fan of the touch of color business, but most of the time you can’t even see it.

The picture quality is so beautiful I’ve even found myself watching (some) pre-recorded commercials, admiring nature shots and cars with sleek lines. The new interest in commercials will presumably wane with time.

If I discover any problems, I’ll come back and update.

UPDATE (5 months): I still love the TV, and as predicted, I’ve gone back to skipping commercials. With regard to the remote sensitivity, I believe the sensor on the TV is in the lower right. At one point we had the Wii sitting there, partially blocking that corner, and it seemed that the remote connection became more finicky. (The solution, obviously, is to keep that area of the TV stand clear.)

If you have a laptop, the internet connectivity may not be worth it; check the price of the LN46C630 instead, which is basically the same minus the net connection. Occasionally it’s useful, but trying to type with the remote is clumsy, not all YouTube videos work (this is a licensing issue, not the TV’s fault), and I can’t open my Picasa account, despite going through the procedure to register my account. Since connecting a computer is really easy, I very quickly lose patience with the built-in system. I should try Pandora; I noticed another reviewer liked that. I still love the TV, because it’s good at being a TV, and I don’t need it to double as a computer when there are four in the house.

Regarding Auto Motion Plus: At first, I just noticed that everything looked kind of weird and smooth–the best description I have is that everything looked like a soap opera. Ultimately, I decided I hated it and turned it off. As I understand it, it’s a way of interpolating frames when the input is slower than 120Hz. It seems like a good idea, I just couldn’t get used to it. If I could bring myself to watch a soap opera, I’d be curious to see how much soapier it can get with Auto Motion Plus.

Also, do yourself a favor: buy a ~$5 HDMI cable online, rather than getting suckered into the $50-100 cables that do the EXACT SAME THING. Keep your cables short and use as few connections as possible, and you’ll be just fine.