Samsung UN55C7000 55-Inch 1080p 240 Hz 3D LED HDTV (Black) Reviews
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Samsung LED HDTVs combine breakthrough picture quality and advanced connectivity options that will keep you entertained 24/7. This UN55C7000 LED HDTV also makes it easy to be green, and will save you some green, by being ENERGY STAR compliant.
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- Mega Dynamic Contrast- 4 HDMI (ver 1.4), HDMI-CEC
- Component & PC input
- 2 ConnectShare Movie
- BD Wise
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By Frank Jones (San Jose, CA USA)
I couldn't pass the C7000 when I spotted it at my local Fry's for almost 1000 less than it is at most places. I immediately planned to move my 2.5 month old Vizio 552 into the bedroom which had replaced an "old" LG 46" which is now in my bedroom, and then the hand-me-down cycle continues as my son would get the 46" and his 42 would head to the guest room. The C7000 is just one sexy looking machine and would look fantastic on a wall with a thin mount. I brought it home, hooked it up on top my AV rack below and in front where my 552 is mounted. I un-boxed the C6900 and glasses somewhat giddy to play with my new toys, but as I was plugging in the cables I noticed something. I have reflective surfaces everywhere in my living room, from cherry floors to glass tables and a chandelier in the dining room that never annoyed me in the slightest with the other TVs. The screen on the C7000 is not just shiny, it's annoyingly glossy. Ok, it's not on yet, I can't pass judgment based on how it looks when it's off. I close the shades, queue up Monsters versus Aliens, and hit the dim lights button on my harmony. The color and contrast looks ok, better color out of the box than my 552, but contrast is only ok. I tinker a bit and get it looking a little better. The 3d shutters seems somewhat out of sync. I have an Acer 24" 120hz monitor for my gaming computer with a pair of GTX285s and a nifty set of nvidia 3d glasses to compare the Sammy to. For encoded 3d content, the C7000 with C6900 is only giving marginal depth over what nvidia does converting my 2d games to 3D. WoW(World of Warcraft) is great in 3d. The polarizing of the glasses helped mask my next horror. I change inputs to my Sony CX690 and load up Avatar. It looks pretty good until I hit a dark scene and not only notice every feature in my living room being reflected back to me, even in a fairly dark room. There is also some really harsh light coming from the corners, and cloudiness akin to sitting at 175° off angle looking at the Vizio with local dimming on. I change to an anamorphic movie and oh the horror. Light bleeding from every corner, clouds bleeding into the black bands, just terrible. I opened the shades and curtains, turned on the lights in the room and sat down to give it one last try in a typical non movie night situation. I made it about 30 minutes into last weeks survivor from the U-verse DVR playing with every setting I could, then decided that I had enough. I boxed it up, loaded in the truck and took it back.
Why not the 8500? The bezel is hideous to me, and after seeing the glossy screen of the C7000 I'm not interested in another glossy screen.
Pros:
Slim and Sexy
DLNA (took no time at all to get some movies playing from my HTPC and main rig)
Better internet app selection than Vizio
Great color reproduction
Cons:
Poor 3d implementation, bad shutter lag(your eyes catch the shutter opening and closing leaving glimpses of black)
mediocre sound
annoying glossy screen
bleeding light
cloudy lighting
240hz motion smoothing mutes the picture making 1080i look pretty terrible.
Bottom line. I think Samsung needs to try again. It's sad when a TV that is significantly cheaper from a "no name" company outclasses it on almost every front except the ability to watch monsters versus aliens in 3d(a poor attempt at 3d at that) :p
I think I will wait for the Vizio Pro 72" later this year. While my Vizio 552 isn't perfect and doesn't have 3d, it will get me by until someone can take a better stab at 3d and pique my interest again.
I was tempted to give this 1 star, but between price I paid, shear sexiness, and good geek toys I had to give it a little bump.
By Ciro Silva (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Acquired the TV while on a trip to the States and brought back to Brazil with me (a 55" by commercial flight!). My lab at the University of Sao Paulo has created stereoscopic 3D content for teaching and entertainment for many years. This TV has proved to be the perfect medium to show our material to small audiences. The images are cristal clear and the definition is superb! Thanks Samsung and all the others manufactures (Panasonic and Sony so far) for bringing this futuristic machine to reality in my time. I highly recommend it. Just be patient and wait for all the wonderful content (entertainment and educational) that will be flooding the marketing very soon.
By Thesby Tolbert
why spend $3000 on some crummy crap that you cannot use in 3d all the time?there is not even 1080p on regular tv!i just bought a vizio 1080p with 120htz and not buying another set to get 3d.the picture is the same with 1080i.with 3dick you have to but those goofy glasses which cost $200 and a blue ray player that cost $400.so it ain't worth spending all that money!so samsung stop creating all this technology to milk people out of their money to keep up with the joneses!
By Wagner S. Rodrigues
This is an awesome HDTV, with crystal clear image and sound. The 3D feature is really cool, but since right now there is almost no 3D transmission or blu-rays, you should wait a while longer for the price to go down a little bit.
By Larry Talpins (NJ, United States)
I've been using the TV for a few weeks now...i was previously using an 8 series 46" Samsung LCD from 2008...which I've been very happy with..I was looking forward to upgrading to a brand new 55" inch LED from Samsung with 3d capability. I made one flawed assumption in buying this TV early on...that Samsung had learned from last years LED edge lighting fiasco and that the picture quality in 2010 would be excellent. Boy was I wrong! Read on for the reason(s)
Quick background, I have the TV hooked up to the same Verizon Fios DVR cable box from my old TV and a brand new Samsung BD-C6900 1080p 3D Blu-ray Disc Playerusing high speed HDMI 1.3 cables (as the 1.4 was not out yet a few weeks ago).
First off, this is NOT a "plug n play" TV. My initial picture quality (default settings) using my Verizon Fios cable box was almost unwatchable. I spent a couple house "tweaking" all the settings to find the best picture quality. I am still playing around with the settings trying to get it perfect (I dont think thats possible with this TV). The picture quality has improved significantly but I still could not get rid of the clouding issue. Also, I had to turn the 240hz feature OFF, as the picture quality with it on was not good. Why am I paying for that feature if you can't use it?....Every show has different picture quality, some shows are too bright while others become too dark. I am not about to update settings every time I watch a show!
Clouding Issue: The LED backlighting creates a tremendous amount of clouding in dark scenes. It is very annoying to see while watching a program in the dark. Samsung should be embarrassed for putting out this product. The clouding issue seems to be alot more pronounced while watching from the cable box. The picture quality when using the Blu Ray player is significantly better.
I did NOT see any light shining in from the edges in a darkened room as other reviewers have mentioned.
Pros:
Very Thin
Sound Quality better than I expected. It was better than my previous Samsung TV..
Easy to use TV interface and remote.
Picture Quality using the Blu Ray player was excellent.
HDMI 1.4 compliant.
Cons:
Clouding Issue
Not able to use the 240 hz feature.
Overall picture quality when not using a Blu Ray DVD is just OK.
Picture is not "plug n play"
I was not able to test out Netflix or any apps yet although the internet connection seemed to be working fine as I updated the software on the TV and Blu Ray without any problems. Nor was I able to test out the 3D quality. I bought the TV before Samsung announced the 3D glasses promotion and I didnt feel like dropping $350 on the glasses...just yet, as I wasnt sure I was keeping the TV.
After using this product for a few weeks and giving it a solid chance, I decided to return it. I REALLY wanted to like it, I just can't. I noticed the Samsung UN55C8000 55-Inch 1080p 3D 240 Hz LED HDTV has just been released and has a function called "precision dimming". Samsung claims that feature will take care of the clouding issue, although I havent confirmed this with my own eyes. So I will be returning this TV and getting the 8000 model. Amazon by the way has been great with handling the return.
This TV has plenty of positives..it looks great, the interface and remote are very good. Sound Quality happens to be very good. But I couldn't get over the poor picture quality..not from a near top of the line LED Samsung TV with a MSRP of $3300.
I would NOT recommend this TV. Either wait for the reviews on the 8000 model or for Sony to release their LED TV's over the summer.
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