Samsung LN46A650 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color
- Touch of Color Bezel
- Full HD 1080p Resolution
- 120Hz Auto Motion Plus
- 4 HDMI Inputs
- Super Clear Panel
Product Description
Home-theater has moved up a notch and Samsung’s LN46A650 moves you up to the next levels of television performance. With full 1920×1080 resolution, this LCD TV will deliver HDTV up to 1080p resolution for the best in high definition. SAMSUNG has reinvented their traditional LCD bezel and gave it a stylish, unique new look with an exclusive Touch of Color. This truly exceptional TV also includes the new InfoLink RSS feature that lets you enjoy instant access to news, weather, sports and stock information. And action scenes have never looked so real with Auto Motion Plus 120Hz and Ultra Clear Panel technology. With too many features to list, the LN46A650, with its actual 45.9″ (diagonal) widescreen, becomes a striking centerpiece to your home-theater system. InfoLink RSS feature gathers up-to-the-minute content from USA Today and displays it on your screen ATSC Digital TV tuning and QAM ENERGY STAR compliant Sound effect system produces virtual-surround sound with the left and right speakers using SRS TruSurround XT / 10 Watts x 2 channels Unit Dimensions – 44.5 x 28.1 x 3.7 without stand; 44.5 x 30.5 x 11.0 with included stand Set weight without stand – 49.2 lbs; Set weight with stand – 58.6 lbsManufacturer’s Description
Samsung adds a Touch of Color to a blazing-fast 4ms response time andrich connectivity features to redefine the role HDTVs play in the home with its forward-looking Series 6 (A650) and Series 7 (A750) LCD HDTVs. Utilizing the award-winning technologies found in all Samsung HDTVs, Series 6 and 7 HDTVs deliver unparalleled picture quality and enhanced connectivity and networking capabilities that create a true entertainment hub for any home. Series 7 takes networking and multimedia management to a whole new level. Consumers can easily enjoy MPEG and JPEG files stored on external devices by connecting through a side-mounted USB 2.0, turning their LCD into a full-scale home viewing gallery, or connect their MP3 players for a dynamic audio experience.
Key Features
- New — 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio: up from 25,000:1 on 2007 models (Learn more)
- New — Blazing 4ms response time: down from 8ms on 2007 models thanks to a new high-speed liquid crystal
- New — Transparent and Opaque Color (TOC) bezel with infused color creates an ultra-sleek shape and appearance (Learn more)
- New — InfoLink: Get free RSS feeds of news, weather and sports right to your HDTV with a built-in Ethernet port (Learn more)
- New — 4 HDMI 1.3 ports: Simplay compliant, and up from 3 on 2007 models (Learn more)
- New — Sports and Game modes boost on-screen performance and interaction with the latest gaming systems
- New — Side-mounted USB 2.0 port: connect USB devices directly to your HDTV to view JPEG photos or MPEG movies or easily listen to your MP3 player through your HDTV’s audio system or your home theater system.
- New — Compatible with Samsung’s Home Digital Media Adapter (sold separately) for playback and navigation of Internet and stored PC multimedia
- Full 1080p HD (Learn more)
- Automotion Plus 120Hz image interpolation technology provides smoother motion (Learn more)
- 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes with Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (Learn more)
- Better clear panel technology for deeper blacks and more vibrant colors (Learn more)
- Hidden speakers with SRS TruSurround XT audio (Learn more)
- Cold Cathode Flourescent Lamp (CCFL) and Wide Color Enhancer technology offer a wider color range (Learn more)
- Picture-in-Picture (PIP) enables convenient simultaneous viewing of TV programs and video or PC sources
- V-Chip system1 allows blocking of rated TV and movie programs determined by the parent to contain objectionable content.
- Trilingual on-screen displays in English, Spanish or French.
- Variable sleep timer to turn the TV off in varying time intervals.
- Auto wall mount compatible: 3-dimensional operation via TV’s remote control; no external IR receiver required.
- Swivel stand included
- 1 year parts and 1 year labor warranty (90 days parts and labor for commercial use), with in-home service, backed by Samsung toll-free support.
Step-Up Features
- Series 7: Internal flash memory (1GB) with pre-loaded interactive content such as cooking recipes, children’s entertainment, HD artwork and more, Integrated woofer for an enhanced audio experience, DLNA-Compatibility for better interopability with electronics, computers and mobile devices from many different manufacturers (Learn more)
- Series 8: super-slim 1.9-inch thick profile
- Comparison of Features for various Samsung LCD HDTV models
- What size TV should you get?
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Touch of Color
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Samsung’s Series 6 marks the first appearance of TOC (Touch of Color) design in the 2008 LCD HDTV line-up. Inspired by designs from the automotive and fashion industries, Samsung’s unique unique Transparent and Opaque Color molding process creates a clean, smooth finish infused with a hint of a translucent color during the manufacturing process for an ultra-sleek appearance. |
InfoLink
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Up-to-the-minute access to weather, news, sports and stock information is just a cable and a click away through the HDTV’s Ethernet port and new InfoLink RSS service. An all-new user interface with digital contents management guide provides intuitive navigation and access to both internal and external content. |
Auto Motion Plus 120Hz
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This technology doubles the frame rate from 60 to 120 frames per second (120Hz LCD panel) without repeating the same image to make more frames. Instead, the TV intelligently calculates the ‘middle’ image between frame A and frame B and inserts it in between (Auto Motion Plus 120Hz processor), making a fluid transition from one frame to the next. |  |
Super Clear Panel
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Samsung enhances the clarity of select LCD HDTVs by replacing the light-diffusing plastic face of traditional LCD HDTVs with a natural black panel with a clear anti-glare shield. Reduced reflection of external light creates a new dimension in image clarity, highlighting black and darkened areas, enabling vibrant, more compelling colors and a brighter, clearer picture. Black will never again appear grayish. Black details will show in vivid black even in dark scenes.
The latest version of Samsung’s breakthrough super clear panel technology makes colors appear more vibrant and blacks even deeper than ever. Enhanced films reduce glare and optimize off-angle viewing. |
50,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio/500 nit Brightness
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50,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio will give you a picture better than you ever thought possible, with whiter whites, blacker blacks and a nearly infinite subtlety of gradations in between. As two of the most important determining factors in overall picture quality, contrast and brightness levels achieve new heights in this latest generation LCD panel. Samsung’s new LCD TV’s give the most stunning realistic picture quality ever. |
Full HD 1080P
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Full HD, or 1080p, contains 1.5 times more scanning lines than conventional HD TVs. More scanning lines mean more pixels, more details and a better picture. The new Samsung LCD TV with resolution that is approximately 2 times greater than conventional HDTVs, creating the most perfect picture imaginable.
Samsung’s 1080p panel uses a new high-speed liquid crystal to cut response time to 4ms. The fast response time, coupled with Samsung’s Auto Motion Plus 120Hz motion blur reduction technology dramatically reduces motion blur and judder. |
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Digital Natural Image Engine
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DNIe™ The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine. This exclusive Samsung technology dramatically improves the picture by enhancing the contrast, detail, white balance and reduces. |  |
Wide Color Enhancer/Cold Cathode Flourescent Lamp
| The NTSC (National Television Systems Committee) has established the color standards all TVs in America try to meet. And typical LCD TVs only meet about 72% of this standard. Samsung LCD HDTVs use Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp backlights to give you 92% coverage of the NTSC standard, ensuring truer, more breathlessly vivid colors.
Samsung’s exclusive Wide Color Enhancer technology delivers more brilliant colors, even in bright areas of the picture where blues and greens are washed out on conventional screens. The system displays wider color reproduction, showing you truer colors – the fresh green of spring foliage, the intense blue of the summer sky. |
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Connectivity
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To make the Series 6 a true entertainment hub for any home, Samsung has incorporated advanced HD connectivity and networking capabilities that expand the HDTV’s functionality. A wide variety of multimedia devices can be connected to the set through any one of the four Simplay compliant HDMI 1.3 inputs (including one on the side), and the handy HDMICEC feature lets you control all your CEC-enabled peripherals using just one remote.
Connect HD digital devices like disc players, game consoles, and satellite dish components into the 2 rear connections and use the side-mounted input for cameras, camcorders, and laptops. HDMI is the best performing interface for displaying an HD source on an HDTV. Once connected, users can easily access device menus and manage and display content through the newly redesigned Wheel Key Remote control and the HDTV’s sophisticated content management interface. All Connections
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Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
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You already know something about digital living. There’s the TV and digital video recorder in your family room. (And another set in your bedroom.) You have a PC and digital printer in your office, along with a network attached storage device. And you’ve copied all your music onto your portable music player and haven’t had to open a CD case for years. But getting them to talk to each other can be pretty tough. Why is it still so difficult to send digital content from one device to another?
Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a collaboration of the world’s leading consumer electronics, PC and mobile companies that has created design guidelines for a new generation of products that can work together — no matter the brand. Think for a moment about all of the photos “locked away” on your home PC that you wish you could access while entertaining your friends and family. Now, thanks to DLNA enabled devices, a DLNA-enabled PC can be accessed from the comfort of your living room or family room via a DLNA-enabled HDTV, where you can enjoy your memories with friends and family, without having to deal with the hassle and non-intuitive “PCexperience”. Or, say you recently downloaded your daughter’s birthday party video from your digital camcorder to your PC. Now you want to share it with your parents who are visiting. Without DLNA, you probably have to burn a DVD of the video or hook up the camcorder to the TV. With DLNA, you can just use your TV’s remote to call up the video on your TV. That’s it. |
Super Patterned Vertical Alignment
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Samsung’s Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (SPVA) panel provides a 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes |
Audio Features
TruSurround is a patented SRS technology that solves the problem of playing 5.1 multichannel content over two speakers. TruSurround delivers a compelling, virtual surround sound experience through any two-speaker playback system, including internal television speakers and headphones. It is fully compatible with all multichannel formats up to 5.1 channels. High-quality virtual surround sound can be experienced with just the two hidden, downward-firing side-mounted 2.2-channel dome speakers built into the TV.
SRS TruSurround XT technology delivers an amazing, simulated 3D effect with clear dialog and powerful bass.
TruSurround XT audio also adds three audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience.
- Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into Focus during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.
- TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.
- The SRS WOW feature widens the soundstage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system.
Stereo broadcast reception is offered for MTS and SAP with 181-channel capacity. A sound leveler keeps audio volume consistent during channel changing.
Which Size HDTV is Right for My Room?
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With standard-definition TVs, the rule used to be that viewers would feel comfortable watching a set from a distance of 3 to 6 times the screen size in inches. With HDTV, the resolution is so much better that you can sit closer to a larger TV without noticing the pixels. So with HDTVs, the rule tends to be you can sit anywhere from 1.5 to 3 times the screen size (in inches) for the best experience.
If you know the size of the room you have already, where you want to sit, and where your new HDTV should go once you get it, you can figure out the size HDTV you should get.
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- Series 6 1080p LCD HDTVs are available in 19-inch, 22-inch, 32-inch, 40-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch models
- Series 7 1080p LCD HDTVs are available in 40-inch, 46-inch, and 52-inch
Which Samsung LCD HDTV is Right for You?
Series 3Look at Series 3 LCD HDTVs |
19- and 22-inch Models
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26-inch Model Adds
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32-, 37- and 40-inch Models Add
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Series 4 AddsLook at Series 4 LCD HDTVs |
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Series 5 AddsLook at Series 5 LCD HDTVs |
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Series 6 AddsLook at Series 6 LCD HDTVs |
19- and 22-inch Models
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32-inch Model Adds
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40-, 46-, and 52-inch Models Add
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Series 7 AddsLook at Series 7 LCD HDTVs |
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Series 8 AddsLook at Series 8 LCD HDTVs |
Series 8: super-slim 1.9-inch thick profile |
Series 9 AddsLook at Series 8 LCD HDTVs |
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August 27th, 2009
First I would like to say that I’ve owned this TV for a whole five hours, and that I don’t have HD yet, so I’m running it through Coax. That said this LCD is a disappointment as a SD TV. The ghosting is horrific. The 120hz is almost completely useless. But I figure some of these issues will be fixed when I go HD. Now my biggest problem with this TV is that it makes movies shot on film look like movies shot on video. I currently feel like I just wasted $1500 for a LCD TV that has a worse picture than my $250 CRT TV.
I’ll make sure to update you all on the picture quality when I get HD.
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August 27th, 2009
Samsung LN46A650 46-inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color
Its been 2 weeks since I recieved this TV. This Samsung LN46A650 replaced my 42″ Westinghouse monitor which I took to my office.
For its MAIN intended use as a TV . . . its superb. HDTV broadcast over cable is beautiful and Blue Ray play back is just STUNNING ! Compared to my Westinghouse, the black level performance is breathtakingly better. I’ve only had this unit for 2 weeks so I have not explored everything to the n-th degree. I use this TV for my work almost 50% of the time. This TV is used as a computer monitor for CAD drafting (AutoCad).
IF . . . your use is 95% as a TV for movies and cable/satellite broadcast, you can’t ask for a better TV. 4-1/2 STAR RATiNG AS A TV !
CONS (USING AS A TV) :
–> ONLY 3 CUSTOM SETTING – If you are picky about PICTURE SETTINGS for different INPUTS, this TV DOES NOT allow a specific setting for each input. I am used to being able to have specific setting for Cable, DVD/Blue Ray, Game and PC inputs. There are 3 PICTURE MODES, “Dynamic”, “Standard” and “Movie”. You do your specific tweaking for each mode THEN apply the “Mode” of choice to each input. So far I have my Blue Ray connected to “HDMI 1″ and my HD cable to “Component” and I was able to tweak to my heart’s desire for both inputs. BUT . . . (continued below in “used as computer monitor”)
–> PIP IS ONLY FOR THE STANDARD DEFINITION “ANTENNA/CABLE” INPUT : Only the analog input can be over-layed on the main picture. YOU CAN NOT DISPLAY ANY COMPONENT, HDMI OR PC INPUT AS PIP SOURCE . . . AND YOU CAN NOT SWAP PIP AND MAIN SCREEN. I spent how much? . . . and I can’t have an HD PIP while working on my computer ?? DISAPPOINTED !!
–> NO PIP BUTTON ON THE REMOTE : The only way to turn on the PIP is to go through the MAIN MENU . . . very cumbersome.
–> WORST DESIGNED REMOTE I’VE EVER USED – I hate it and so does everyone else.
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CONS (USING TV AS A COMPUTER MONITOR) : MY REASON for a 1 STAR RATING OVERALL
–>> NOT ALL ADJUSTABLE SETTINGS WORK WITH ALL “MODES” OR “INPUTS” – I connected my laptop (DVI output via DVI-to-HDMI cable) to the HDMI 2. I have my video card to output at 1920×1080, the same setting I used for my Westinghouse. FIRST IMPRESSION IS “WOW ITS FUZZY” AND IT DOES NOT FILL THE SCREEN. THERE IS A BLACK BAND OF BOUT AN INCH ALL AROUND THE FULL SIZE WINDOW !! Ok, it needs to be tweaked. So I selected “Standard” mode BUT much to my surprise some settings were “greyed out” and not accessible. I can’t change the “sharpness” setting for use as a computer monitor through either the HDMI 2 or the PC input using the VGA cable!! ITS STUCK AT 50 IN THE RANGE OF 0 to 100 AND CAN’T BE ADJUSTED !!! I NEED TO SET IT TO 100.
–>> SINGLE LINE COLOR FOR CAD SOFTWARE IS IMPROPERLY DISPLAYED – AutoCad using 256 color palette displayed on a black backgroud displays wrong color vertically and diagonally. The correct color is displayed only when its perfectly horizontal. The way my AutoCad is set up, plotted line width is dependant on the color. EACH OF MY MAIN COLOR HAS 3 DIFFERENT SHADES DENOTING 3 DIFFERENT LINE WITDH OR SCREENING WHEN PLOTTED. THESE SHADES ARE NOT DISTINGUISHABLE. This may be a problem of vertical and horizontal sync frequency BUT THERE ARE NO ADJUSTMENTS AVAILABLE to correct the problem. I’ve tried everything on the video card but can’t get rid of this problem. I’m going to contact Samsung for a specific driver for the 650 series LCD (IF THEY HAVE ONE) to see if that would fix it. The TV is recieving 1920×1080 but does not fill the screen. It measures about 43″ viewable area.
–>> FONTS IN INTERNET PAGES AND WORD PROCESSOR IS FUZZY : I thought it was just a problem with AutoCad but ALL software windows displayed as “graphics” is fuzzy. The only thing that looks DECENT are photos and 3D renderings.
CONCLUSION :
This TV IS SUPERB, as a TV . . . no questions about that. But . . . IT FAILS MISERABLY AS A COMPUTER MONITOR. My inferior Westinghouse runs circles around this Samsung when used as a COMPUTER MONITOR. It might be the combination of my video card and this TV, but I doubt it. If you intend to use this TV as a computer monitor more than ocaisionally, YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.
With my old Westinghouse, I just plugged in the DVI out from my computer and it displayed the image full screen with accurate color. A little tweak on “brightness”, “contrast”, “backlight” and “hue” and it looked just as sharp as my LCD monitor on my laptop. . . NO MATTER WHAT SOFTWARE I RAN.
I had expected THIS SAMSUNG TV to be at least equal to the Westinghouse as a computer monitor. I WAS WRONG AND DISAPPOINTED. Take your laptop to a local store and try it out FIRST. . . then buy from Amazon at a better price. AS A COMPUTER MONITOR FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN E-MAIL AND WORD PROCESSING, THIS UNIT IS NEARLY UNUSABLE.
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August 27th, 2009
Before I started my comments on this product, I must say that Amazon gives excellent service delivery for this product. However for this TV, I have to rate it 3 stars.
I read lot of people’s reviews this item and thought it’s good TV until I bought it. I completely disappointed with the color setting of this LCD. The color looked too yellow and red. I could not make it any better. Compared it to my 720P Panasonic Plasma, the plasma color is beautiful out of the box. The sound is another terrible thing on this TV, with surround sound on, I cannot understand clearly because it sounded like you bring the sound recorder to theater and recorded. Overall, it looks good with PC input. However, with others, DVD and TV inputs, the color on this TV is not good. One other thing is missing is the caption will not work if you’re using component video cable as the catalog stated. If you don’t believe me. Buy this TV and find out.
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August 27th, 2009
Took a longish time to get the thing delivered, but when it arrived, it was in excellent condition and looked handsome in my cabinet. Unfortunately, because Comcast is incompetent, really incompetent, it has been a full 26 days so far and I still have yet to actually see a HDTV picture on my HDTV set. But, ask me again about this TV when Comcast actually successfully gets the HD signal into my house, and I can see an HD picture on it. Keep in mind it is close to 45 days since I placed the order for this TV with Amazon, and 26 days since I signed up for HDTV from Comcast and for which I am paying but receiving nothing.
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August 27th, 2009
ok folks…which Samsung should i get…this new 46″ 650 series or the 46″
Samsung LN-T4681F LED from last year?
i saw both for the same price…and i’m torn…does the LED in the 81 trump the 4ms in the 650 or the other way around?
which one has les potential for ‘blur’ or ‘triple ball’ or are these issues eliminated in both of these models…
is the LED really more reliable or is the technology still too new to determine?
arrggh decisions decisions…any advice would be appreciated!
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