Samsung UN40B6000 40Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV

10 Comments

1. R. A. ELLIOTT says:

   October 9, 2009 at 7:35 pm

   tinny sounds
   Rating:3 out of 5 stars
   I currently own a samsung 40″ lcd…and i love the Tv. But as i read your reviews,i also seem to agree that on most samsungs,the sound just doesnt “cut it” so to speak. I quickly purchased a Samsung Sound bar,which is fantastic. Ive been looking at the new led that samsung is now promoting,but again ive heard issues with the tinny sound. Hopefully samsung can work out this minor problem,cause they do make a great looking tv.
2. Rod says:

   October 11, 2009 at 1:03 am

   Stuning Picture
   Rating:5 out of 5 stars
   *UPDATED*

   Well I purchased this two weeks ago from Best Buy and I have enjoyed it since then. I have now a better understanding to write a better review.

   I like it’s ultra slim design and its light weight. I didn’t needed more help than little help from my wife to carry the whole package to the second floor. I did it alone to carry off of my minivan and I’m not a wrestler. I did assembled the stand in a few minutes very easily.

   This is my first HDTV. I have been following HDTV technology for years but was until now that I was able to purchase it. I have watched a lot of TV’s since 5 years ago in every store display with every combination of inputs and I think I can notice when a movie is Blue Ray connected through HDMI or composite video to when a TV set is connected trough other Video inputs and video sources (DVD).

   I have my set connected to a Samsung BDP3600 Blue Ray, however I have not purchased any Blue Ray movie yet so I tested with a couple of DVDs and the image is excellent. I can’t tell if is the TV or the BDP3600, but I see it like a Blue Ray movie. I can’t wait to play a blue ray movie on my set. DVD’s look gorgeous. *UPDATE: Computer Animated DVD’s look gorgeous. I tried Harry Potter DVD and it is not the same video quality as Shrek II. Blue Ray movies seems very nice as expected, darker scenes seems grainy, I believe that is the ISO sensitivity of the film not an issue of the Blue Ray. If that is true new movies are going to be shotted with HDTV or higher area film, if I’m not wrong, most movies are 35mm film.

   HDTV over the air (1080i) looks very nice and is pretty quick to change from HDTV channel to HDTV channel. I have satellite broadcast, however it does not offer HDTV signals .

   *UPDATE. I have plug ed my USB thumb drive with a racing .mkv file and I was amazed of the quality of video I saw in this highly compressed file (3hrs in a 1.1GB file). All the scenes look very nice with vivid colors and very detailed even the fast moving scenes from on board cameras.

   *UPDATE. I would have expected to read my Ethernet disk drive to play this videos, but is not able to connect a network shared drive. The blue ray player is able to do it, however is not able to play .mkv files. So I need to copy them to my thumb drive and play them directly on the TV.

   *UPDATE. Infolink is good, but you are not able to select cities from other countries for weather update.

   Unless other reviewers say not, mine has buttons, they are touch sensors discrete icons in front of the TV i.e. power button is beneath the SAMSUNG logo.

   PROS:
   
   - Excellent Picture
   
   - Slim Design
   
   - Light Weight
   
   - Stylish Design
   
   - Discrete Buttons (some owners might have not notice them)
   
   *UPDATE – Ability to play a lot of audio and video formats including .mkv, video files.

   CONS:
   
   The only thing that I have discovered is that Picture in Picture can only be done with an HDMI input and Air. I have not been able to have PIP with Air and the analog A/V input from my satellite nor the satellite with the HDMI input. I have not installed the Ethernet and might a firmware upgrade solve this.

   *** UPDATE ***
   
   I did connect the set to my Ethernet, firmware upgrade was done and it didn’t solve the PIP issue. There is also no way to swap the images of PIP. Not too much of a concern for me.

   I’m pretty happy with my purchase.
3. Gregory L. Dauria says:

   October 18, 2009 at 2:29 am

   Good to Excellent, Significantly better than CCFL?
   Rating:4 out of 5 stars
   I originally ordered the Samsung LN40B650 and was fairly certain that I had made a good choice. I don’t know why but I starting second guessing my decision, which led me to review the Samsung LED LCD televisions. While the reviews were not extremely glowing, the Samsung LN40B6000 looked like it could better the picture of the CCFL LN40B650 and I canceled the order for CCFL and went with the 6000 series LED television. One of the “cons” of the edge-placed LED televisions is a noted lack of screen uniformity but that is for larger screen sizes and I thought the 40 inch screen would not be as prone to that problem.

   Some thoughts and observations:

   1. The clear screen is very good – I have 3 windows, and a bright ceiling light; there are no reflection problems. In my photos show above, a window reflection is very evident on the screen, but not really noticable in real-life viewing. I found, however, if I looked for the reflection, I could see it.
   
   2. Out of the box the picture is good, but after using the settings recommended by CNET, with some slight personal adjustments, the picture for many Blu Ray pictures are as good as I’ve seen.
   
   3. Despite the stated mega contrast ratio of 3,000,000:1, the gamma setting needed to be adjusted to at least +2 or +3 (highest) values to keep dark scenes properly contrasted. One interesting fact regarding the off-center viewing is that contrast for dark lit scenes actually improves.
   
   4. The sound is NOT bad; the two LN40B6000 rear/downward firing speakers in custom mode produces respectable sound for a television set. Now, if you want theater-quality surround sound, then this TV is going to fall far short of such expectation, but what set would not? My suggestion is to go into sound mode; select custom, select graphic equalizer (set 100HZ to max; 300HZ to 3/4 range); set SRS Trusurround HD to “On” and give a listen. If you’re still not happy, buy a sound bar.
   
   5. The backlit remote is nice for nighttime viewing and is fairly user friendly.
   
   6. The Samsung Blu Ray and UB40B6000 automatically recognize one another which may play a role in the exceptional picture that is produced.

   The bottom line is that LN40B6000 produces a very good to excellent picture, and the sound is decent for a television set – is it worth the couple of hundred dollars more than its CCFL counterpart? I cannot say with certainty, but my hunch is that it is. However, where its performance may exceed say the LN40B650 is most likely limited to direct viewing +/- 20 degrees off center. After that the CCFL set may hold an advantage.

   Update 9/25: I have read the reviews regarding limited viewing angles, but I have not noticed the dramatic degradation that has been observed by others. For comparison, I have placed 4 images under harsh viewing conditions (note all camera settings are in static manual mode, no photo editing performed). The series of photos uploaded on Amazon do not come close to the actual picture on the screen in terms of quality, but they do demonstrate relative difference in picture color and contrast as the viewing angle is moved from center – please note photo placement captions. One thing that is obvious is that a brightly lit window will reflect upon the screen. Overall, I am VERY happy with the LN40B6000 performance and have every intention of keeping it. The picture is outstanding when viewed directly, and may diminish with increased viewing angle, but it’s more of an excellent to good, than a good to terrible. My wife keeps complaining that the picture is too good – that it’s like watching a movie being made instead of viewing a movie – it does not make sense to me either.
4. Franklin says:

   October 25, 2009 at 10:33 am

   Incessant Buzzing Noise
   Rating:1 out of 5 stars
   I am about to return my second TV; both were plagued with the same horrible buzzing noise. This noise was only present if a video signal was live, and appeared to be related to backlight strength (set it dimmer and it’s quiet, set it for normal viewing and it sounds like you’re watching a movie from within a tanning bed).
5. Avi says:

   October 30, 2009 at 4:36 pm

   Beware of very poor viewing angle
   Rating:2 out of 5 stars
   I got the 40″ 6 series LED sidelit TVs and was initially very impressed with the slim-design, finish and picture quality. I hung it like a picture using the slim-mount system and was very pleased on purchasing such a beautiful TV that could be almost flush to the wall. However I quickly noticed that picture quality dropped sharply if I was only 15-20 degrees off center. I have a 8′ wide sofa about 10 ft from the TV and the picture is great when I view it from the center but really bad (washed out and with no-depth) if I’m sitting on either side. I even tested it repeatedly from various angles and found that after around 15-20 degrees teh picture quality drops but then remains consistent. This is not what I expected from Samsung’s latest line of products.

   I really like the TV’s design but find that the viewing angle and picture quality issue is probably too significant to compromise. I am surprised that no one else seem to have mentioned this with the exception of the CNet review. Maybe I have a faulty set – but it seems unlikely since the picture is great if I’m dead center-front of the TV.
6. M. Walters Jr. says:

   November 5, 2009 at 2:22 am

   waste of money!
   Rating:1 out of 5 stars
   i went thru 4 sets from bestbuy and all had a terrable buzzing noise coming from the back of the tv. it also has a very poor viewing angle. move left or right the picture washes out. also the led lights made it hard to get natural skin tones on the screen every persons face was to bright no matter what setting the tv was on or how i ajjusted the setting. my samsung 40a650 does not have any of these issues. i took the fourth set back and got the samsung ln46b750 , this set beats the led in every aspect. the blacks are better the white is not overly done and skin tones look natural. c.net also rated the 750b series better then the samsung edge lite led tv’s.
7. James F. Stoicheff says:

   November 5, 2009 at 8:01 pm

   Beautiful picture
   Rating:4 out of 5 stars
   We bought this TV because it had the best picture, period. The rest is, as they say, gravy. That said, there’s a lot of gravy.

   Pros:
   
   Fantastic picture
   
   A lot of HDMI inputs (4)
   
   Easy to set up
   
   Attractive and lightweight design
   
   Cable HD looks great
   
   There’s some control of the Panasonic receiver/DVD player through the TV
   
   Photos on USB thumb drive look gorgeous

   Cons:
   
   The Ethernet connection is nice, but it should do more: I want access to my Ethernet HP Media Vault, and the Internet offering (USA Today news stories, weather, and stocks) is meager
   
   One of the PIP options must be to the RF coaxial input

   The cons are minor, especially since I wouldn’t have cared or noticed if the features weren’t included at all.
8. Mike Powalski says:

   November 9, 2009 at 3:39 am

   Great picture and easy to set up
   Rating:5 out of 5 stars
   I looked around for quite some time before taking the plunge on this TV. We have had the TV connected to both a HD DirectTV box and an SD DirectTV box. The picture was obviously better when connected to the HD box but I was quite surprised at how well it did displaying SD(480). When comparing the image to other HD lcd tv’s in the house the Samsung was far better at displaying SD tv. The sound isn’t the best and I think is sounds better if you turn the SRS off, but I plan on connecting to a surround sound system anyway. One thing to consider is the lack of connections for devices that do not have a HDMI port.

   Pros: Incredible HD display and excellent SD picture quality. Very thin along with a narrow bezel allows for placement in spots some 40 inch TV’s can’t fit. Easy to setup, the menus are intuitive and the remote is easy to use.

   Cons: Average sound from the built in speakers but it is OK just not up to par with the display. Lack of connections for devices without HDMI ports.
9. Haricharan says:

   November 13, 2009 at 4:31 am

   High quality Picture, Master craftmanship and Poor sound systems
   Rating:4 out of 5 stars
   This is the TV, which I was waiting for a long time. I heard they (Samsung) are launching this new world TV long time back and grabbed one 6 series immediately it hit the market here in India. Price is tagged at INR 1,25,000 (USD 2,200) but i got a better deal for INR 82K (USD 1,600). Extremely sexy high quality TV, I can say I have not seen a better color composition in any other TV. Picture quality is Crystal clear on HD videos and best if you use HDMI cables too. It’s even better on Dish TV technology like Tatasky / Airtel digital. As the term LED, this TV uses LCD TV with LED backlighting instead of florescent lights. The term is disputed here because they don’t use 100% LED as it supposed to be. But in current market scenarios this is the best in quality and you still have to call it a LED because of its better technology. I rate this TV 5/5 for sheer display and elegant looks. Picture quality is also 5/5.
   
   The only disatisfaction in this masterpeice is its sound system, very poor sound system i rate 2/5, I am facing lot of problems with sound vibrations on the back panel of the TV called sound distortions. Samsung technicians themselves commented that this problem is known and they fixed this in 7 series (most ironic is no sales guy explains this problem here in India to customer, its your luck if you get better product for your price) . I have called the service agents plenty of times to fix this big flaw in this series (six sereis). They are calling the fixture as the remedy but I am not satisfied with this rectification. I am planning to go for home theater to fix this nuisance for ever; but it’s really costly an affair now.
   
   As overall this TV is 4/5 if you can live with sound problems or you have some different solution to fix this only issue. Or wait for new model which does not have this problem at all.
   
   I will keep posting more updates as and when I come across. I will also post remedies for the problems which I come across with this TV, which would help you guys in making better decision on buying this product.

   Have Fun. Don’t miss this super technology. You will repent if you go for ordinary LCD. This is the future. Believe it or not.
   
   “Be the First”
10. TRYTHAI says:

    November 15, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Thank you Samsung
    Rating:5 out of 5 stars
    Hooo!! I just purchase thie Samsung LED TV today. It is a dream come true for me. I have been looking for over a month for a new TV. I was read and read, Ask and ask the sale person for every knowlage I can before I buy this one. Wow what a good decision. I had a Magnavox 32″ 720p that quit working after 3 years. Think it because I start to play Blue ray with HDMI in to it. I set auto out put from the blue ray but I think I force 1080p in to my 720p. Called Magnavox they know exectly what happen (like it happen often) my power board was burn out. So any one that have 720p becareful. I know that Samsung is a very good brand, but I don’t know how good it is until i seen this one un40b6000. The price was out of my range, and I was setting down with 60hz Samsung 550 model for around $1,000. I purchase the 6000 for little over $1300. I worth the money. I though my Magnavox was good picture, but not even compare to this samsung. 40″ is way big enough for me, and i think it is the right size for any room unless you are in a hall or sport bar or very big room. I love the auto sound setting it help a lot. My wife and I was always got mad at the net work station that crank up the sound of comecial too lound, and we have to keep adjust volume up and down on our old TV. After we seted the auto sound we now are relaxing not jump up and down like before(more peace full feeling if you know what we mean). I notice that on the sit com the sound of back ground laughing is also smooded not jump up to disturb you nerves. WE LOVE IT!!. You can turn it off when you watch the movie to get special sound effects. the finish is beautiful the base ia a real class not plastic, looks very classy. I play Wall-E, Die hard, Across the Universe, Battle of great Brithan.Hoo we never seen any think like these Blue ray. Thank you Samsung for build the best TV for us cosumers. This is truly a Cadilac of TV.
    
    I can’t wait to watch Tennis US opon on it.
    
    Pro: Great picture, color, sport pictures is like you are standing beside the player. Blue ray is so sharp it’s unreal, great sound from little speakers. I don’t have cable or disk, and don’t have to deal with these pay TV provider the try to BS us about buying HD TV signal from them. The true is you can get HD off the air from every digital brodcast, which they all are. My on the air picture is so charp, and it free. I am getting over 60 chanals over the air, and it growing. If I want to watch the late release movie I just rent them from Redbox.com for $1.00 a night.
    
    Con: The screen have refexion like Plsma a litlle, The cable hook ups should be on the bottom, only one RCA input(I gusses samsung want you to use HDMI for all conection,