Televisions have advanced a long way from the sets we had as children. Cathode Ray Tubes are a thing of the past. Today almost all televisions produced are either plasma or LCD screens. Some also have LEDs that provide the backlighting. Today, sets feature a lot of capabilities that were non existent just a few short years ago. The Samsung LE40B650 represents the first generation of network compatible televisions.
The Samsung LE40B650 is a flat screen LCD television set. It comes with state of the art technology for producing the sharpest, clearest pictures and has a surprisingly good sound quality considering the aim of its “invisible” speakers. It comes with all of the standard input jacks one has come to expect with the new television models, plus a few extras that provide extra features.
Brand new with the Samsung LE40B650, is the inclusion of a LAN socket in the input jacks. This allows the set to be hooked up directly to the internet or to a household network and then to the internet. The Samsung LE40B650 has some internet widgets built in, such as Yahoo weather, news, YouTube, and Flickr. These can be accessed using the Internet@TV taskbar on the bottom of the screen.
There are also a couple of USB ports built in to the Samsung LE40B650 so that media can be played from external hard drives, MP3 players, and other devices. One can even download DivX movies online and play them back through the television set.
Of course, the Samsung LE40B650 includes the ability to plug in a computer and use the set as a large monitor if so desired. In addition, it has the full array of jacks one would expect, from RCA jacks, headphone jack, HDMI and others.
The Samsung LE40B650 includes 1080 pixel horizontal resolution, making it a top of the line HD television set. It comes with some content stored in its memory, including some games. It interfaces and functions with all types of DVD players, including Blu Ray and PS3.
Onboard programming includes the internet widgets mentioned above as well as a built in media player that works with digital media one would normally only be able to use on a computer. These functions operate a little slower than one would desire, but since the Samsung LE40B650 is the first generation of televisions with such PC like features, we really can not complain much.
The Samsung LE40B650 also features the ability to set it for 24fps viewing of movies so that they are seen more the way the director intended them to be seen. 24fps is the standard for theater films, which are usually sped up to 50fps for showing on television. True movie lovers will enjoy this feature.
Televisions are not what they were a few years ago. Innovations in display technology have led to flat panel LCD and plasma televisions instead of the old fashioned CRT tubes. Now, Samsung is taking it a step farther and including PC like functionality in the Samsung LE40B650. This includes the ability to hook in to the household network and access the internet directly from the television with a few simple widgets.
To conclude our Samsung LE40B650 review, if you go for this model you’ll get one of the latest generation of TVs. However as it has been out several months, the price has dropped, making the Samsung LE40B650 extremely good value for money.
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