Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - 40" Class - LCD - 1080p - 120Hz - HDTV
Average customer rating
4.8
(146 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 146 reviews
5 Stars
126
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
0
1 Star
2
96%of customers recommend this product.
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130 out of
136)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - 40" Class - LCD - 1080p - 120Hz - HDTV
Customer Rating
5
Great picture quality
on December 8, 2011
Posted by: doogs67
from Jacksonville, FL
Expertise:Intermediate
Upgrading to the LCD TV from an older standard TV is like having poor eyesight and then getting glasses. The picture quality is so great you feel like you can walk right into the picture
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
4
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Totally Pleased
on December 12, 2011
Posted by: bigdeuce
from New York
Expertise:Beginner
Picture quality is stunning. Was prepared to add a sound bar, but happy with the audio quality as is!
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Inexpensive, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Has everything for all the toys
on December 13, 2011
Posted by: luvtoys
from brooklyn new york
Expertise:Beginner
I used consumers magazine to buy this t.v., It was the only one with 2 red dots for picture, ( thats the highest) I purchased a blu ray player 2 html cables, and cant believe the great picture, feature's,and now know what the word smart t.v. means. getting a samsung surround sound theatre system for christmas, (I hope) i hinted to my sson he he plenty of outlets for more toys, love it,
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Inexpensive, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight, plenty of jacks
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great TV
on January 11, 2012
Posted by: Davis1tribe
from Norfolk, VA
I love this Samsung 40" TV, great picture & sound!
Pros: Bright display, Realistic color
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Feature by Feature Review
on June 15, 2011
Posted by: featuresreview
from Florida
Expertise:Intermediate
I spent several months researching HDTV's and finally landed on this model. I read a lot of the forums online about this particular unit, and I had several concerns that wound up being unfounded. I think the best way to approach this review is to do it by feature, so here goes:
AutoMotion Plus (AMP):
I was initially concerned about the AutoMotion Plus feature. Many forum posts complained about it. I was afraid it would be too smooth (i.e too much "soap opera effect"). My concerns were unfounded. It's easy to turn off this feature and it is easy to customize. I love that it is customizable by SOURCE (meaning the settings for your cable may be different for your DVD or BluRay player and the TV will save them as such). I like it very much for fast-motion (such as hockey games) and use the "clear setting" for just about everything else. The "demo mode" is a nice feature showing you the comparison of AMP on and off on a splitscreen. pretty cool.
I was initially concerned about the AutoMotion Plus feature. Many forum posts complained about it. I was afraid it would be too smooth (i.e too much "soap opera effect"). My concerns were unfounded. It's easy to turn off this feature and it is easy to customize. I love that it is customizable by SOURCE (meaning the settings for your cable may be different for your DVD or BluRay player and the TV will save them as such). I like it very much for fast-motion (such as hockey games) and use the "clear setting" for just about everything else. The "demo mode" is a nice feature showing you the comparison of AMP on and off on a splitscreen. pretty cool.
Connectshare:
This is the feature that allows you to plug in a USB hard drive or thumb drive and play videos, music, or look at pictures. I'm pleased to say that this quickly has become my favorite feature since I have a lot of videos saved on my computer. The TV does a great job reading almost all of the major file formats. The external HD powers off when the TV turns off, which is a nice feature (because I don't have remember to unplug it every time I shut off the TV and vice versa). The built-in video player interface firmware works great (pause, fast forward, and returns you to the place where you left off if you have to shut down, even if you turn everything off and come back later). The music player interface is a bit clunky, but it works ok. My only complaint about the music player is that it doesn't include a shuffle feature. I've written Samsung and asked that such feature be included in future firmware upgrades.
This is the feature that allows you to plug in a USB hard drive or thumb drive and play videos, music, or look at pictures. I'm pleased to say that this quickly has become my favorite feature since I have a lot of videos saved on my computer. The TV does a great job reading almost all of the major file formats. The external HD powers off when the TV turns off, which is a nice feature (because I don't have remember to unplug it every time I shut off the TV and vice versa). The built-in video player interface firmware works great (pause, fast forward, and returns you to the place where you left off if you have to shut down, even if you turn everything off and come back later). The music player interface is a bit clunky, but it works ok. My only complaint about the music player is that it doesn't include a shuffle feature. I've written Samsung and asked that such feature be included in future firmware upgrades.
Firmware Upgrade:
One of the first things I did was upgrade the firmware. The instructions on Samsung's website (and in the owner's manual) were easy and worked perfectly. I look forward to further refinements from Samsung.
One of the first things I did was upgrade the firmware. The instructions on Samsung's website (and in the owner's manual) were easy and worked perfectly. I look forward to further refinements from Samsung.
Allshare:
As I understand it, this feature allows you to plug your TV into your PC and watch the videos, look at pix, or play music you have stored there. I haven't quite set this up yet, but I did download and install the Allshare software from Samsung on my PC and I setup my media server in no time flat. Very easy and straightforward. All I need now is a long ethernet cable to plug it into the TV (you can go wireless with a special USB wireless adapter, but the adapter is a lot more expensive than an ethernet cable!). I'll be plugging the TV directly into my router. Fingers crossed. But even if it doesn't work, it's really no big deal to save media on an external USB hard drive and plug it into the TV directly.
As I understand it, this feature allows you to plug your TV into your PC and watch the videos, look at pix, or play music you have stored there. I haven't quite set this up yet, but I did download and install the Allshare software from Samsung on my PC and I setup my media server in no time flat. Very easy and straightforward. All I need now is a long ethernet cable to plug it into the TV (you can go wireless with a special USB wireless adapter, but the adapter is a lot more expensive than an ethernet cable!). I'll be plugging the TV directly into my router. Fingers crossed. But even if it doesn't work, it's really no big deal to save media on an external USB hard drive and plug it into the TV directly.
TV Picture Quality:
Samsung is hard to beat in this category. The image in the store looked great. And looked even better in my home environment. Clear, crisp, beautiful. Very happy!
Samsung is hard to beat in this category. The image in the store looked great. And looked even better in my home environment. Clear, crisp, beautiful. Very happy!
Sound Quality and Outputs:
This is perhaps the weakest feature of this TV. The sound is often "tinny." Fortunately there are several easily selectable default sound settings that allow you to compensate. The Clear Voice setting works great for dialog. An equalizer is included for a custom setting, which can also help compensate some as well. I was disappointed that the unit didn't have a dedicated headphone out jack on the side. It does, however, include a single "audio out" jack in the back. This works fine with my wireless headphones which are amplified (i.e. built-in volume control), but it won't work well with "dumb" headphones (with no amplification). Since there is only one audio output jack, I had to plug in a splitter to send the audio out signal to both my headphones and my home stereo, which works fine. It also has an optical audio out jack, but my home stereo is ancient and won't accept that input type. I wish the audio out jack was variable (i.e. volume would be controlled by the TV), but it isn't. Perhaps the optical audio output is variable... I don't know... haven't tried it.
This is perhaps the weakest feature of this TV. The sound is often "tinny." Fortunately there are several easily selectable default sound settings that allow you to compensate. The Clear Voice setting works great for dialog. An equalizer is included for a custom setting, which can also help compensate some as well. I was disappointed that the unit didn't have a dedicated headphone out jack on the side. It does, however, include a single "audio out" jack in the back. This works fine with my wireless headphones which are amplified (i.e. built-in volume control), but it won't work well with "dumb" headphones (with no amplification). Since there is only one audio output jack, I had to plug in a splitter to send the audio out signal to both my headphones and my home stereo, which works fine. It also has an optical audio out jack, but my home stereo is ancient and won't accept that input type. I wish the audio out jack was variable (i.e. volume would be controlled by the TV), but it isn't. Perhaps the optical audio output is variable... I don't know... haven't tried it.
That about sums up the major features of this TV. Hope this helps you!
Pros: Bright display, Realistic color, connectshare
Cons: average/poor sound
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Long Over-Due for an Upgrade!
on November 25, 2011
Posted by: Pammles
from New Bern, NC
Expertise:Intermediate
I thought so long & hard before making the leap to a new HD TV - it had been close to 15 years since I last bought a new T.V. & it had been doing the job very nicely (& still does as a back up). But with prices becoming more and more realistic I thought it was about time consider an updated television with a larger screen that wouldn't overwhelm my bedroom.
I love my Samsung T.V.! Picture quality far exceeds any previous T.V. I've owned (of course) and I love all the USB & HDMI ports that enable me to connect my laptop and external hard drive to view videos, pictures, and listen to music. Sound quality is also beyond my expectations. In a larger room the sound would be more than sufficient, but I might still want external surround sound speakers... In a smaller room I'm more than satisfied when listening to music or watching movies. I'm sorry I couldn't give 5 stars for the features, but think that it isn't unrealistic with everything that currently on the market to expect Internet-ready/capable TV already built in.
Overall I would most definitely recommend (and have) to a friend - an exceptional value, and exceptional quality!
I love my Samsung T.V.! Picture quality far exceeds any previous T.V. I've owned (of course) and I love all the USB & HDMI ports that enable me to connect my laptop and external hard drive to view videos, pictures, and listen to music. Sound quality is also beyond my expectations. In a larger room the sound would be more than sufficient, but I might still want external surround sound speakers... In a smaller room I'm more than satisfied when listening to music or watching movies. I'm sorry I couldn't give 5 stars for the features, but think that it isn't unrealistic with everything that currently on the market to expect Internet-ready/capable TV already built in.
Overall I would most definitely recommend (and have) to a friend - an exceptional value, and exceptional quality!
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Inexpensive, Realistic color
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
great picture The best I've seen
on December 9, 2011
Posted by: pfred1
from Schenectady, NY
Expertise:Intermediate
This product is exceptional and easy to setup. The picture is clear and bright. I would highly reccomend
Pros: Bright display, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Excellent for Video Games
on January 8, 2012
Posted by: DV0610
I bought it for my game room,and when I was playing one of my video games the image is so clear and smooth.I also have a 55"LED HDTV in my living room and is really cool.Thanks Samsung.
Pros: Bright display, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US