by Mike Manster
Introduction The Samsung LN46B550 46 1080p LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color is a very popular HDTV these days; moreover, its reasonable price, reported excellent performance and bounty of features are driving sales through the roof. Today, we delve into why.
Features / Performance I was definitely not surprised by seeing the top-notch features the LN46B550 offers considering the fact that Samsung is reputed in this field. The lists of Samsung LN46B550s highlights are endless and hence here I am providing the most important features only. The connectivity features of the TV are perfect. There are numerous ports and even if you connect all your peripheral devices, you will still find available ports. So, you can connect USB, DMI, PC, component video and lot more with this TV.
There is no need to purchase separate cable box to view local channels in this TV as it comes with support to major network HDTV broadcasts. The gaming experience is unmatched and the user can play it in the game mode. Also, the experience of viewing gets a new high with the ambient light of Red Touch of Color technology.
Image display feature is simply awesome. I have no words to describe the brilliance of the picture that this unit shows; get an immaculately fulfilling experience by playing a Blu-Ray DVD movie in the unit. With 70,000:1 contrast ratio and 6ms response time, the experience of playing games or watching videos is just amazing. No ghosting and image blurring is there to bug you while playing games or watching your favorite programs. Durability and strength can be felt even in the remote control of the device. The remote is also fast to recognize the external peripheral devices.
The Bad I was expecting a bit more from the sound quality; though it is not bad, but certainly it could have been better. Samsung have reputation of featuring excellent sound quality in the units, so I was a bit disappointed. Except the sound, everything else is awesome.
Final Thoughts You can enjoy fantastic home theater environment by just connecting an audio system externally. Samsung LN46B550 wins my thumbs-up for its brilliant display of picture and reasonable price.
