Samsung LED HDTVs combine breakthrough picture quality and advanced connectivity options that will keep you entertained 24/7. This UN65C6500 LED HDTV also makes it easy to be green and will save you some green by being ENERGY STAR compliant.

• Ultra Clear Panel Tecnology


• 15Wx2 audio output


• Wide Color Enhancer Plus


• Internet at TV


• 4 HDMI (ver 1.3) HDMI-CEC

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Samsung LED HDTVs combine breakthrough picture quality and advanced connectivity options that will keep you entertained 24/7. This UN65C8000 LED HDTV also makes it easy to be green and will save you some green by being ENERGY STAR compliant.

Accessories

• Wall Mount: Picture frame-style mount for simple installation. Mounting hardware included. Learn more about the Samsung WMN1000C Ultra Slim Wall Mount.

• Pin-Point Dimming


• Ultra Clear Panel Technoloty


• Skype on Samsung TV


• 4 HDMI (ver 1.4) HDMI-CEC

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Samsung LED HDTVs combine breakthrough picture quality and advanced connectivity options that will keep you entertained 24/7. This UN60C6300 LED HDTV also makes it easy to be green and will save you some green by being ENERGY STAR compliant.

• 15Wx2 audio output


• Full HD 1080p resolution


• BD Wise?


• ConnectShare? Movie


• 4 HDMI (ver 1.3) HDMI-CEC

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Samsung LED HDTVs combine breakthrough picture quality and advanced connectivity options that will keep you entertained 24/7. This UN55C8000 LED HDTV also makes it easy to be green and will save you some green by being ENERGY STAR compliant.

• Mega Dynamic Contrast


• 4 HDMI (ver 1.4) HDMI-CEC


• Component & PC input


• 2 ConnectShare Movie


• BD Wise

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Maybe best 2D choice of 2010 but could be better...

First I just received my second set from Amazon today. The first set had an issue on the inside of the GLOSSY glass screen. I couldn't tell if it was a thread or a small crack in the screen. It obviously wasn't supposed to be there and Amazon swapped it out for me. I'm on my first couple hours on the second set but I haven't see the same issue with the second set yet. This does support a couple other reviewers suggesting quality control may be an issue with these sets. This contradicts the weight of the TV suggesting it should be very well built.



The TV is stunningly simple to look at. There isn't a lot of extra bezel or showy manufacturer's name plates. I love this as I'm usually driven nuts at having to look at a constant advertisment of a product I've already purchased. The "LG" that lights up at the bottom when the TV is turned on can be set to be off when the set is on. This effectively means in a dark room (as mine is) the ONLY thing you see on this TV is the picture...exactly as it should be. The only exception is a small set of lights along the bottom that are only powered during power on and off to inform the viewer of this.



My general impression on the picture quality is mostly very impressed. I'm not a display expert so I'll only state what I notice as a slightly more "techy" than average viewer. These sets do seem to have a screen uniformity issue. Large and bright white or very light colored sections of the screen will show light horizontal bands. These bands are light but can be distracting depending on the viewer. It seemed to get better with more hours on the first set but it could have been the firmware issue. Either way know that if you watch a lot of content containing mostly white screens you may want to look at another TV. Some people claim to not be able to see this. Others state they see even more of it during panning scenes. Perhaps there is some difference from one panel to the next. Either way I have seen it on two sets so anyone looking at purchasing the set should expect it unless there is an update (software or hardware) to the set at some time.



I looked at a backlit/local dimmed set like this for one big reason though...CONTRAST. Buying this set to watch solid bright screens would seem to be a waste. Where this particular set really shows it stuff is in the black level it can achieve. Movies are beautiful. I thought my old RPTV had a nice picture but the sharpness and clarity of the 55LE8500 really put my old set to shame. As mentioned above when you turn off the LG logo all you see is the picture. Even if there is letterboxing you will only see the picture. The rest of the screen will be as black as the bezel and in a dark room you won't notice it as letterboxing at all.



Colors are vivid and natural looking. The settings from the factory are pretty decent but count on using the two extra ISF settings that can be customized to your liking. Having a knowledgable Tech to come over to properly set up the TV would be wise if you can afford it but it's not neccesary to achieve a nice picture. There is even a built-in menu system to aid you in doing so.



Summing it up

Pros:

Awesome blacklevel

Sharp picture

Great colors

No flashy labels or lights to be bothersome

Automatic updates if you connect it to the internet

Tons of access to change viewing settings

discrete codes for most anything you might want for a customized remote.



Cons:

screen has uniformity issues

possible quality control issues

maybe a bit too heavy

screen is a bit too glossy

no 3D support



Overall this is probably the best 2D TV released in 2010. If you can control the lighting in your room and you don't watch lots of source material with large patches of very light scenes this is the TV for you. Amazon is a great source for the set but know the wireless media kit was offered free with the set last week and the price has been changing dramatically (down and up and back down again). I gave it 4 stars because it could have been a bit better and probably should have been.More detail ...

WOW. Amazing LED set!!

First off I want to be clear about the kind of review this is intended to be. I am not a profession TV rater. I am not a videophile. I am a regular Joe and I am reviewing this for the regular Joe who is thinking about spending more than usual on a good quality television. During the next few months I'm sure you can find a more professional review from the usual places... But for now this is my impressions.



CORNER LIGHT: After reading many reviews on last years B8000 and this year's C7000 I was worried about the light that emits from the corners. I've seen displays of last year's B8000 and this year's C7000 and have VERY easily seen what people are talking about. I took a big gamble in purchasing this TV before I read if people were having issues with this C8000. So let me say... After watching this TV for about 5 hours per day for 3 days... I have NOT seen the light coming from the edges as seen on other sets. And believe me I've been looking. I tried to find it watching the HD feed on Time Warner Cable Blu-ray's from the PS3 Blu-Ray's from the Samsung 3D Blu-Ray player watching at night during the day... Nothing. I just do not see it!



LOOKS: This TV looks just amazing. It has a VERY dark black screen. It looks as beautiful turned off as it does on. I was nervous about the brush metal look but it actually looks very nice and compliments the new chromed four-legged stand.



PICTURE: The picture clarity looks incredible. It's as if I'm discovering HD for the first time. This set replaces a Samsung DLP set so of course this is a vast improvement. Having said that I have a newer plasma in the bedroom and this set looks much better than that. As with all new LED sets with 240 Hz there is a bit of the Spanish Soap Opera/Home Video look to it. Some people really like this some people don't. I really like it. For those of you that don't you can always turn this feature down or off. To me this makes the picture look very clear and it makes it stand out from the other sets.



3D: Along with this TV I purchased the Samsung 3D Bluray player so I can get the 3D startup kit for free. Turning the 3D feature on and connecting the glasses was easy. The intro to Monsters v. Aliens was very cool. The opening scene in outer space looked incredible. The ball tied to a paddle part was funny and kinda made me jump a little. I haven't spent too much time with 3D but I did notice that there were some scenes in the movie that had a double image while wearing the glasses. It doesn't happen a lot but it is noticeable. You can see this right away during the church scene at the beginning of the movie. It was a little annoying. I'm hoping that this is the kind of stuff that gets ironed out with a firmwear update or as more content is released they learn to fix it.



OnlineTV: This is also a very new area for me. I never understood the need for me to want apps on my TV... But its actually kina cool. I've tried a few apps but my favorite by far is the Pandora app. I'm a big fan of Pandora and this app I actually like better on my TV than online or the iPhone. The only thing I hate is that Samsung did not have Wifi built in. I think pricing this set at the $3000+ mark should be enough to include it with the set and not require me to drop another $80 for the USB adapter. I just hardwired it but that's another wire I don't like dealing with.



USB: I wanted to mention that this set allows you to connect a USB external hard drive and play music photo's and movies directly from the HDD. I have a Western Digital 320GB Passport filled with movies and music and I was able to navigate the files structure in the drive using the remote quite easily. And it played all the files formats I threw at it.





Pros:

No corner light!!!

Very dark screen.

Very clear picture

Pandora Samsung App

3D was surprisingly fun

USB external HDD capable

and... NO CORNER LIGHT!



Cons:

Slight double images on 3D.

Wifi requires an $80 USB adaptor.



Overall I am very satisfied with the UN55C8000. Even with the few CONS this set to this average Joe is a definite 5 star! As I spend more time with the set I'll be sure to update this review if I find something worth mentioning.



Please feel free to ask me questions and I'll try my best to answer them. I know how nerve wrecking buying a big ticket item such as this is... So I would be glad to help as much as I can.

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60ex700 - great picture and features nice sharp x-gen panel

I got my 60ex700 yesterday and I am really happy with it. It is a great TV. There was a little flashlighting and uniformity is not perfect but it seems you can tune it quite a bit. There are an amazing amount of settings and I have it set to be more than acceptable for me. Great price on a great TV. Contrast is great with deep blacks and white whites. The motionflow is great also.



Furthermore the sound is acceptable for normal viewing and much better than I expected due to all the people dissing it. I have a nice theater 5.1 setup but I don't want to use that for everything and the sony sound is just fine.



Netflix and internet stuff is great the remote is fine. This technology is getting so good we are really picking nits at this point. I just hope it is engineered to be reliable and long lasting because I intend on having this in my living room for the next 6-10 years.



I am sure you can spend a lot more and buy a better TV with better picture quality but for this price... killer TV.



The only downside is the TV is so damn thin and light that I feel nervous holding the bezel when I have to put in the inputs. It is solidly built but it just looks so fragile.More detail ...

Very Impressive. Samsung showing style and performance.

First off I have had an 40" Samsung for 3 years and have been very pleased with it. It has a matte screen so that is what I was looking for. I really didn't want any glare so I actually was looking at LG's since they are one of few companies that make 50"+ lcds with matte screens. CNET reviewed the LG's with high marks as well so I was pretty much dead set on an LG.



So I went to Fry's Bestbuy HHgregg and local TV shop just checking out the products. I definitely liked the pictures of the LG's. The colors are on par with the Samsungs and the washout from off angles is also better. But I couldn't get over the simple fact that the Samsungs just looked better. Every store I went to I was like yeah there's glare but when the screen is fully lit you don't really see it plus you know we all were used to CRT glass screens for years. The LG technically had deeper blacks but in reality the matte refraction light made the screen seem more grayish and the glossy screens appeared to have deeper blacks due to clarity. Also the clarity of the images in the Samsungs was noticeably better. Just one of those things you just see and say yeah that's better. For a final look I brought my wife for her opinion and she point right to the Samsung as the better picture.



So as a matte finish fan and all the technical abilities of the LG's I had to go with the Samsung. Beyond the amazing picture the style is so much better. So thin lighter and the UN55c6500 has a great thin border actually charcoal matte with a nice clear trim. Looks so clean.



I've read where some people have said that the picture is so good that it almost looks 3d. I have to agree playing some video games and bluray the picture is so good it does almost look 3d.



I also got the wireless dongle (free with purchase) and it works quite easily. No issue thus far.



There definitely are reflections but glare isn't really too bad. I also did see the rainbow effect from my ceiling lights but only if in direct view. The motion plus still makes everything look soap opera but being able to turn it down helps a lot. Samsung has more settings for this than LG's.



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The Nicest TV Right Now

This TV is absolutely stunning. I was actually waiting for the C9000 to come out but that TV's price is way over the limit. I found out that this TV which is the next step down and actually has the exact same technology as the C9000 minus the touchscreen remote (which can be bought seperately) and the slim profile not a big deal considering the TV already looks beautiful and is half the price or less then a C9000!



In all honesty I think this TV has one of the nicest pictures I've ever seen. One example is the pin-point dimming which has garnered a lot of criticsm and skeptisism. I have seen the production TV model live and I must tell you I think it's better then local-dimming and I'll tell you why... Unless there is a new panel that is made to fix the local-dimming "halo affect" this is currently the only way to get outradgeous contrast levels without that problem. The pin-point dimming on this TV dramatically lowers the dark spots on the screen in certain area's without a halo affect and actually goes completely pitch black when watching movies with dark screens just like a local-dimming TV. I think this TV actually excels at the dimming part over a local-dimming TV because it creates supurb black levels without any halo affects. That's a huge deal for me. Next is the color accuracy of this panel I think the whites and colors on this TV are probably better then I've ever seen. Sure Plasma's can sometimes have better color temperatures but they will not pop out of the screen with ambience like this TV shows. This TV is sharp looking and beautiful and it displays wonderful 3D and High-definition like never before.



Last but not least... this tv is LOADED with features easily making it one of the most feature rich TV's there is on the market. It's completely wireless has 4-hdmi conenctions has internet applications and streaming capabilities and best yet it does it well! I have done a lot of research and have compared this TV with it's newest competitors and this one is it. Don't just take my word for it go see it for yourselves and you'll just see what I am talking about.More detail ...

Better than 2009's Samsung edge lit LED LCD's...just not enough to eliminate a few issues/flaws

I've owned this television for a few weeks now and I've been putting it through a battery of tests using a variety of different sources and room lighting conditions. To get right to the point I am returning it -- it will be picked up this week -- and waiting for either the UNC8000 precision dimming edge lit led set or perhaps either the XBR-HX900 or XBR-LX900 from Sony. The C7000 is a good TV. It compares favorably -- if not signficantly so -- to any of the edge lit led lcd's that Samsung released in 2009. However it doesn't hold a candle to the UNB8500 that was released late in 2009. It is also outperformed by Vizio's latest (552) the Sony XBR 8 and even LG's LH 90 gives it a run for it's money and outperforms it in a few important areas. Essentially the performance of the C7000 is either matched or exceeded by multiple televisions that cost significantly less. If you are not a videophile and do not concentrate on picture performance in a completely darkened room I'm sure this television will suit you just fine. However if you are a videophile and/or picture performance in a completely darkened room and accurate reproduction of theater film viewing is very important to you this television is not for you. This TV exhibits many of the same problems that plagued Samsung's 2009 series of edge lit led's -- namely a lot of light shining through from the corners top and bottom and sides of the picture while viewing in a darkened room -- and does not perform the way you would hope for a television that costs this much. Samsung did improve upon the fluctuating back light problems of last years edge lit led's. This television does not have a fluctuating back light problem at all. However I must come back to the issue of light shining through from the edges of the screen. It's a big concern for anybody who wants to reproduce a natural theater experience and view films the way they were meant to be seen. You simply cannot recreate that experience with this television. When you view a film -- or any other content -- in a completely darkened room it is impossible not to notice the light shining in from the edges. That is a huge problem for a lot of us. I will say that when you are viewing a film in a bright room this television is an outstanding performer. It is also an excellent performer for viewing sporting events animated features and other lively bright content in a brightly lit room. Of course most of us do not wish to pay $3300 to only be completely happy with our televisions when we are watching them in a brightly lit room. The light shining in from the edges also creates the potential to create a lot of problems with 3D viewing once we have sufficient 3D content available. Imagine trying to immerse yourself in a 3D viewing experience and not be able to focus on the 3D atmosphere due to the fact that there is light shining into the viewing area. I just don't see it working. It seems that it would be a major obstacle in viewing 3D content. Imagine going to see Avatar in 3D or IMAX 3D and having light shining into all of the edges of the film. There's just no way that it wouldn't distract you and take away from your viewing experience. I foresee this being a huge problem for 3D viewing once we have the content. I will discuss some of the positives of this television because I don't want anyone to think it's a bad television. I would have really given it 2.5 starts out of 5 but Amazon doesn't allow for a half star so I went with 3 because the positives probably do outweigh the negatives on this TV. The color accuracy is what we have all came to expect from Samsung which is to say it's flawless. The black level is outstanding -- if not up to par with the local dimming led sets such as the 8500 and the XBR8 or the Pioneer Kuro 151 plasma -- and does not have the fluctuating backlight problem. The black level is definitely better than last years edge lit led sets. The video processing and motion resolution is beyond reproach. It appears that this particular feature is probably comparable the 8500 which is the only lcd in history to be able to resolve all 1080 moving lines. It will be interesting to see if this television can do that once the reviews come out and the video processing has been tested. This television handles 24fps content perfectly and reproduces the proper cadence of film based content. It is definitely a good television it just has some major flaws and is outperformed by a few sets that cost over $1000 less. The potential for 3D viewing problems definitely exists and Samsung needs to find a way to cure the problem of having light shine in from the edges of the screen.More detail ...

WOW. Amazing LED set!!

First off I want to be clear about the kind of review this is intended to be. I am not a profession TV rater. I am not a videophile. I am a regular Joe and I am reviewing this for the regular Joe who is thinking about spending more than usual on a good quality television. During the next few months I'm sure you can find a more professional review from the usual places... But for now this is my impressions.



CORNER LIGHT: After reading many reviews on last years B8000 and this year's C7000 I was worried about the light that emits from the corners. I've seen displays of last year's B8000 and this year's C7000 and have VERY easily seen what people are talking about. I took a big gamble in purchasing this TV before I read if people were having issues with this C8000. So let me say... After watching this TV for about 5 hours per day for 3 days... I have NOT seen the light coming from the edges as seen on other sets. And believe me I've been looking. I tried to find it watching the HD feed on Time Warner Cable Blu-ray's from the PS3 Blu-Ray's from the Samsung 3D Blu-Ray player watching at night during the day... Nothing. I just do not see it!



LOOKS: This TV looks just amazing. It has a VERY dark black screen. It looks as beautiful turned off as it does on. I was nervous about the brush metal look but it actually looks very nice and compliments the new chromed four-legged stand.



PICTURE: The picture clarity looks incredible. It's as if I'm discovering HD for the first time. This set replaces a Samsung DLP set so of course this is a vast improvement. Having said that I have a newer plasma in the bedroom and this set looks much better than that. As with all new LED sets with 240 Hz there is a bit of the Spanish Soap Opera/Home Video look to it. Some people really like this some people don't. I really like it. For those of you that don't you can always turn this feature down or off. To me this makes the picture look very clear and it makes it stand out from the other sets.



3D: Along with this TV I purchased the Samsung 3D Bluray player so I can get the 3D startup kit for free. Turning the 3D feature on and connecting the glasses was easy. The intro to Monsters v. Aliens was very cool. The opening scene in outer space looked incredible. The ball tied to a paddle part was funny and kinda made me jump a little. I haven't spent too much time with 3D but I did notice that there were some scenes in the movie that had a double image while wearing the glasses. It doesn't happen a lot but it is noticeable. You can see this right away during the church scene at the beginning of the movie. It was a little annoying. I'm hoping that this is the kind of stuff that gets ironed out with a firmwear update or as more content is released they learn to fix it.



OnlineTV: This is also a very new area for me. I never understood the need for me to want apps on my TV... But its actually kina cool. I've tried a few apps but my favorite by far is the Pandora app. I'm a big fan of Pandora and this app I actually like better on my TV than online or the iPhone. The only thing I hate is that Samsung did not have Wifi built in. I think pricing this set at the $3000+ mark should be enough to include it with the set and not require me to drop another $80 for the USB adapter. I just hardwired it but that's another wire I don't like dealing with.



USB: I wanted to mention that this set allows you to connect a USB external hard drive and play music photo's and movies directly from the HDD. I have a Western Digital 320GB Passport filled with movies and music and I was able to navigate the files structure in the drive using the remote quite easily. And it played all the files formats I threw at it.





Pros:

No corner light!!!

Very dark screen.

Very clear picture

Pandora Samsung App

3D was surprisingly fun

USB external HDD capable

and... NO CORNER LIGHT!



Cons:

Slight double images on 3D.

Wifi requires an $80 USB adaptor.



Overall I am very satisfied with the UN55C8000. Even with the few CONS this set to this average Joe is a definite 5 star! As I spend more time with the set I'll be sure to update this review if I find something worth mentioning.



Please feel free to ask me questions and I'll try my best to answer them. I know how nerve wrecking buying a big ticket item such as this is... So I would be glad to help as much as I can.

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