Samsung Flatscreen TV – LCD 650

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Brand: Samsung
Product Name: Flatscreen LCD 52″ 650 HDTV
Model: LN52A650
Model Year: 2008
Amount Paid: $2200
Date Purchased: September 2008

Overall Assessment:
The Samsung 650 series HDTV is the best bang for the buck in the LCD TV world. The 750 series has some added features on the TV’s hard drive that don’t affect the performance any. So, if you don’t need some additional recipes stored on your TV, then the 650 should be plenty good for you. At one time, the 650 series TVs were having a firmware issue where the TV would randomly turn off, especially while watching Blue Ray movies. This is no longer the case for sure, as this issue has been resolved by Samsung and any TV you buy new at the store will already have the fix in place. I have not had any issues with the TV except that I’m completely addicted to watching it!

Picture Quality:
Walk around the store and compare all the LCD TVs and pick the best one…for me that was the Samsung 650 series. It is a subjective decision that you must make on your own. I’d definitely try the Blue Ray movies with this TV as well. I nearly fell over when I saw my first Blue Ray movie. It looks so beautiful and real that you think you’re a part of the movie. They have finally found a way to show movies the same way the eye ball actually sees the world.

There are certain stores that offer a picture calibration with the purchase of the TV (for an arm and a leg). I would recommend that you not purchase the calibration for the 650 series TV for 2 reasons: first, I’ve heard it makes the dark colors too deep they all start looking the same, and second, it takes 5 minutes to go into the settings on the TV and adjust the TV to have the exact picture you desire. They tell you when advertising the calibration that it will save you such and such in electricity bills…your picture adjustment in the TV settings will also do the same in five minutes and you’ll save yourself a couple hundred dollars.

Summary:
Hopefully my many hours spent in the store will help you make your TV decision, but it really comes down to you spending time in the store comparing and buying the best TV for you. I have been nothing but pleased with the Samsung 650 series TV.

LizRating

I’m giving the Samsung 650 series TV a rating of 10 out of 10. Samsung has gotten the hang optimizing the picture quality of their TVs for the price. Let’s take advantage of it!

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