Customer Reviews:
 Gave back Sony XBR6 to get the Samsung ln46a950 January 9, 2009
Got the 46" XBR6 last month...thats a good LCD TV...don't get me wrong. The price especially on XBR6 has been falling, and is available for under $2k at Amazon. But the problem I fould with the Sony is that the colours seemed to be oversaturated. Faces always seems to red. Had to adjust the colours, but still didn't seem right.
Also, the XBR6 seems to keep dimming on its own every so often. I think others have also reported this. One this I did like about the Sony is the matted screen...much less reflection.
Decided to return that and spend the extra money to get the top rated LCD available today - Samsung 950. This TV is the absolute BEST. I'm not sure how they can make a better TV...Just watching normal HD programming is absolutely amazing. Blacks can be adjusted, and pictures are so damn clear, and the blacks make the picture pop out. I set it to Standard mode...seemed to be better than the Movie mode.
Speakers is downward facing, but even with the TV on a stand I find on issues with the speakers. The sound just great to me.
Only one small complain I have is the reflective screen...more reflection than the Sony, especially when the TV is off. With the TV on, its not too bad...was not that noticable. I think Samsung is providing a better anti-reflective screen in their next 6000,7000,8000 series unveiled in CES 2009. But can't wait for that...that would be 6 months out and priced too high.
Glad I switched from XBR6 to A950...definitely worth the extra couple of hundred.
PlanoTexas December 20, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Samsung LN46A950 46" 1080p LCD HDTV with 120Hz refresh rate and LED backlighting
This is an absolutely awesome TV. Being an engineer, I spent weeks reviewing the technical specifications and reviews of many models. My technical specification reviews led me to the Samsung LN46A950. Then of all the LCD or Plasma TV's in the world today, several reviews rated this TV in the top 3, only slightly behind one Plasma and one LCD model costing over 3X as much. The LED backlighting with a million to 1 contrast ratio provides stunning picture quality. The USB port to connect to your PC or a thumb drive enables displaying your pictures on a vivid large screen in the comfort of your family room. If you're buying a high end TV it is absolutely worth the extra cost for this model with the LED backlighting.
Great LCD TV November 1, 2008
19 out of 24 found this review helpful
This TV replaces a rear-projection 55 inch Mitsubishi. That TV was bleeding edge at the time, but now its firewire, separate HD input, and lack of 1080p have already made it near obsolete. This new TV operates with its features all streamlined. All channels are on the same input (if you didn't have an older HDTV then this won't mean much).
The picture -- well what's there to say. It looks great. If you're super super nit-picky then you may notice some blooming in dark scenes with white lettering or high contrast. But the deep black level makes up for it. And at this point in time, LEDs are not as small as a pixel - will they ever be? The screen is quite shiny, which causes some reflections during the day.
I don't notice the off-center difference that much as my viewing area is fairly narrow. And by default it comes with auto motion turned on which I personally detest. It makes film look like video. I turned it off for all inputs. I DO like the cinema look and I believe it comes pretty darn close to the settings you'd achieve using a calibration tool like Avia. I have not done this yet, so this is just a guess, but it looks good for a preset!
I hooked up the ethernet cable and the instant weather and news is nice, but the picture slideshow coming from my desktop (this needs software that runs a 'server') doesn't display my 12 megapixel images large enough. They look like tiny thumbnails. The TV is supposed to be capable of much larger images. What gives?
However, those are little annoyances at features. The picture quality is amazing with HDTV and with a bluray player viewing 1080p material. The input selection is huge and works great with my older non-upscaling dvd player and my older 5.1 receiver.
great tv.
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