Technical Details
- Display Area: 55" (54.6" Diagonal)
- Display Type: LED
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Contrast Ratio: 5,000,000:1
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Response Time: 2 ms
- Signal Compatibility: 1080p
- Input Video Signal: ATSC
- Input Video Signal: QAM
- Input Video Signal: NTSC
- Screen Refresh Rate: 240Hz
- Condition: New
- Features: PC Input
- Features: Picture-in-Picture
- Speakers: 2
- Inputs: PC
- Inputs: HDMI In
- Inputs: Component
- Inputs: Ethernet RJ45
- Inputs: HDMI - CEC
- Outputs: Analog Audio
- Outputs: Digital Audio Out
- HDMI Ports: 4
- Ultra-slim 55-inch LED HDTV with full HD 1080p resolution and Auto Motion Plus 240Hz technology for the sharpest, smoothest picture possible
- LED technology enables a true-to-life range of picture brightness; uses 40 percent less energy than conventional LCD TVs
- Internet@TV online content service from Yahoo!, Flickr, YouTube via your broadband connection
- Inputs: 4 HDMI, 1 component, 2 USB, 1 Ethernet, 1 PC, 1 optical digital audio output
- Includes detachable swivel table stand; measures 52 x 33.9 x 12.1 inches (WxHxD) with stand
Customer review:
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"I bought the 55" 8000 series samsung for a new familyroom / den I built in the basement. I generally agonize over electronic purchases, doing hours of research. This one was no exception. After reading hundreds of reviews, consumer publications and store visits, i narrowed the search as follows: LCD v. Plasma: I chose LCD technology due to the eye-poping picture, reduced energy consumption, and no picture burn-in. Early LCDs had jitter problems, but those days are gone. Please note that this TV *is* an LCD TV! They call it "LED" because most LCD TVs are back-lit using floresencent bulbs around the edges, but this one is back-lit using a grid of little LED lights across the back. This grid allows the backligting to be turned off in areas of the screen where a black picture is shown. This supposedly makes the black darker than florescent lit LCDs, but i only noticed it when viewing from an angle. Brand: I narrowed the brand selection to Sony or Samsung. based upon reviews, including consumer mags, and store visits. I must say the Sony offering has fastastic picture crispness, color, etc, too. On the final purchase day, i took my wife with me ($3K is a joint decision). We compared a Sony BR9 52" with the Sansung 8000 55". after more than an hour of back and forth viewing we went with the Samsung. The decision was based on a slightly brigher picture (probably due to the LED vs Floresent back lighting), the extreme thinness (This TV is built to wall-mount, the Sony with a standard mount will protrude 5" into the room, this one with the 'picture hanger' mount from Samsung will protrude 2"), and the extra 3" of screen size. Outcome: I am so impressed with the Samsung after 2 weeks of use. Even standard non-HD cable looks good. It looks better in my house than the store feed. The embeded content (scenery, art, games, recipies, relaxing image&sounds) is cool for a demo, but not expected to be used too much. I haven't hooked it to the internet yet as i need either a 50' lan cable or the $79 wireless adapter. I will order the cable today. No bluray yet, but i watched HD-on-demand last night and it was sooo impresive. No buyer remorse here. Go get yours."
by E. Francoeur "Boston Dad"
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"The TV set itself is incredible...if it worked. Picture is clear, contrast and resolution are amazing. Then there's the warranty As soon as we took the set out of the box, it turned on and powered itself off. The set acted possessed, maxed the volume out, switched inputs at random, very odd stuff. I put in the trouble ticket with Samsung Warranty, and they said a service person would visit in 2 business days. At the end of the second day, I received a call followed by the same questions I answered with the Samsung reps. This was a seperate service company, First Choice Business Products, who ordered a new processor based on our phone conversation. I was told on Monday the part would be in Friday or the following Monday. Two and a half weeks and many frustrating phone calls later, they scheduled a time to come out and fix it. When Mike arrived, he dismembered my TV in my living room, really manhandled it, and forty minutes later it was back together. However the power button would not turn the set back on. Three minutes he tried the same things to no avail, finally he got it on. After a software reset, the set looked to be working. He left on a Friday. Two weeks later, the set began acting up again, powering itself down with the slightest touch, switching itself to Demo mode, and the same irradic activity. A second call was put in, same old story. Then I got a call from Executive Customer Service at Samsung, to verify my problems with this unit. Light at the end of the tunnel? Not quite, the gist of that call was to confirm that my problems happened within 3 weeks of the initial fix, and Samsung would not be billed for the second trip! Now I'm left with the same incompetent techs, who are no longer being paid to fix my TV, and have no interest in communicating to me how and when my $2500 brand new unit will actually work correctly. Two business days later, same questions, same phone diagnosis, and another part ordered. In the past I have always gone with Sony components and Electronics, and I have never had a problem. This will be the last time I purchase Samsung equipment for my own sanity. Do yourself a favor, go with a trusted name who will stand by their product."
by epinionated "4U"
