Great Value for Money

By Dominic Powell

This review is from: Samsung UN40D6000 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)

I recently purchased this TV to use in my bedroom (small space - roughly 13' x 19')I decided to go with either a 40" or a 42" due to my room layout. I recently purchased the Samsung UN46C8000 46-Inch 1080p 3D 240 Hz LED HDTV
for my living room but still figured I would ship around to find the best 40"-42" TV for around $800.

After going to multiple big box retailers to compare TV's I settled on either theLG 42LE5400 42-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV with Internet Applications I could find no discernible difference in picture quality (1080P Blu-ray of MegaMind), except when playing around with the dynamic contrast settings on both devices (something I use due to the varying light conditions my room goes through. I found Samsung's dynamic setting to be much less noticeable as it changes lighting settings and not as jarring when switching from scene to scene.

That being said the Tv's picture quality is not as great as my living room set, but from the get go I didn't need it to be.

Both the LG 42" and Samsung 40" score high in usability regarding their respective remotes. I noticed the Samsung has a button to turn the back-lighting on without pressing a random button, something which i may have forgotten to notice on the LG remote.

My ps3 is hooked up to this TV and the response time from input to Ps3 to screen is immeasureable and performs just as well as my living room set.

Setup was easy and attaching it to the stand took me less than 8 minutes after opening the box with an automatic screwdriver.Black & Decker PD600 Pivot Plus 6-Volt Nicad Cordless Screwdriver with Articulating Head I changed the audio settings to Movie and the picture settings to Dynamic and was ready to go. The Tv is incredibly light, which i suspect will make it really easy to mount in the near future. Amazon VoD and Netflix work flawlessly for me through the ethernet port.

I will revise this review if anything comes up positive or negative in the future.

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