The picture on this TV is great. Even non HD content looks nice, and HD content material is outstanding. I give it three stars because, as of November 2012, the software program requires some significant effort to get working fully, and that is probably not for everyone.
I bought this model not only for the great picture, however for its potential to hook up with providers like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. They work well, although they are bit sluggish to launch. Discovering content using the distant that comes with this TV is a bit tedious. I like to recommend utilizing a pc to search out what you wish to watch on those services, and adding it to your queue. Then you possibly can launch the app on the TV, bring up your queue, and begin watching extra easily.
The only snag for me in establishing the TV was getting the latest version of the Samsung software. After connecting to web (which was straightforward), the TV up to date all the software, which took about 15 minutes. Sadly, all of the required updates were not obtainable to the TV by way of its online replace mechanism, and that caused the Amazon Prime Video software program to fail to run. It complained that the Samsung Smart Hub software needed to be updated, however the Smart Hub software program reported that there have been no updates to be found.
Thankfully, a name to Amazon cleared up the problem. They informed me that Samsung had an replace on their web site that I might download, load on a USB thumb drive, and set up on the TV. Doing that solved the problem. In case you have this downside, you may get the most recent model of the Samsung firmware from their help pages (sorry, Amazon does not allow hyperlinks to exterior websites in evaluations). Instructions on installing the update from a USB thumb drive are additionally out there there.
So backside line, the TV is great. The software is fiddly, and requires some hubbub to get updated properly. If you're willing to work via that, nonetheless, the experience of using the TV may be very good.
