It's a undeniable fact that LED HDTVs develop deeper blacks than standard LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY sets, the motive currently being that its backlight consists of numerous tiny LED bulbs that is usually dimmed additional drastically or perhaps turned away from totally to match the dark locations about the monitor. This can be in particular true for nearby-dimming LEDs, like the Samsung UN55B8500, that is among Samsung's greatest LED HDTVs nonetheless.

Style

Unlike most of Samsung's HDTV models which sport a pink tint, the black frame of your UN55B8500 is interrupted only by a blue energy indicator, that is often disabled if preferred, and is edged in a very transparent border, generating it glimpse silver in the part, where it's also quite beautiful with a depth of just 1.six inches - not as thin as its edge-lit peers but slim enough. Its stand - a transparent stalk atop a brushed metallic foundation which conveniently swivels from side to aspect - adds the correct finishing touches.

Like the clicker of your B8000 models, the clicker with the UN55B8500 gives RF capacity, and presents a extra responsive scroll wheel and backlit buttons. It also has a secondary remote that suits properly in one's hand and gives controls for electrical power, channel and quantity, although its on-display interface remains the identical as its peers - even now the most effective inside the industry.

Display Screen/Photograph Clarity

As talked about earlier, the black amounts of this Samsung HDTV are superb, exceeding individuals of just about every HDTV at this time obtainable, which, combined with impeccable shadow detail and really saturated key and secondary colors, supply breathtaking pictures which might be so lifelike they could nearly spill out with the display. Coloration accuracy is exceptional, as well, with blooming pegged at a minimal. In reality, the only dilemma is its very poor off-angle viewing, which you shouldn't discover anyway with its swivel stand.

A 240Hz refresh rate is included, as well, along with Samsung's customizable dejudder processing. 24p, 1080p and 1080i sources are displayed only as they should be.

Functions

Even though not able to stream movies from Amazon Video-on-Desire, the interactive suite of your UN55B8500 is considerable ample. Aside through the usual widgets for Yahoo information, weather, finance and online video, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube, there is certainly also a TV Guidebook and an additional widget called Rallycast that offers access to text messages and Fb updates. You will discover also plenty of photograph changes and stable digital connectivity with four HDMI inputs, a COMPUTER SYSTEM input, a component-picture connection and two USB inputs, though scarce analog connections are supplied. As if it isn't electricity-environment friendly sufficient, three power-conserving modes have been additional, too.

Certainly, the Samsung UN55B8500 proves superior in pretty much every single element, so what's there to not like? Its hefty selling price tag. Alas, all its wonderful features occur at a higher value. Then again, all the most effective details do.