Samsung LN52A850 52-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color
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Samsung's 850 Series has the Touch of Color design with a slim depth and narrow bezel and features a built-in tuner, full high definition 1080p resolution with Auto Motion Plus 120Hz. A fast 4 ms response rate with a Ultra Clear Panel produces smooth-motion scenes for sports and action movies and a dynamic contrast ratio of 50,000:1 makes for deep blacks and crisp lines. Superb connectivity and networking with 4 HDMI 1.3 ports (3 rear/1 side). Turn your LCD into a full-scale home viewing gallery and watch your favorite photos in a slide show and listen to your MP3's with WiseLink (USB 2.0). Samsung's InfoLink provides RSS feeds of customizable stock quotes, weather, and brief news articles.
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Technical Details
- Touch of Color, Samsung's unique manufacturing process accents the surrounding bezel with a stylish red tone- HD-Grade pixel resolution: High-resolution pixel
- Auto Motion Plus 120 Hz Advanced
- 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
- WiseLink Pro: For playing MP3, mpeg, and displaying JPEG files through the USB 2.0 connection on selected Samsung TVs
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By Christopher M. Calvin (Saint Charles, MO United States)
I purchased the Samsung LN52A850 in Feb09 to replace a Sony WEGA 30" HD tube. I spent a lot of time researching various TVs, primarily focused on Sony, but hadn't considered a Samsung until I started making trips to stores to see them in action. It didn't take long to cross the Sony systems off my list of choices as their picture quality pales in comparison to the masses. I was, and am still, in shock at how bad the Sony looked compared to the competition. Side-by-side, the clarity of the 850, combined with the price (online available for as low as $2500 at the time) set this system above the field. Product reviews were good, so I bit when the Best Buy rep sold it to me for the online price, almost 800 below their advertised price.
Now six months into ownership and I'm still amazed at how good HD content looks on this screen. The audio was always, just, okay. DLNA is not very good, but I have a feeling that is caused by the amount of content I have available: roughly 1TB of music and video. I went as I planed and supplemented the audio with a Sony soundbar and the complete package delivers an AV punch that, for under 3K total, farby surpasses my wildest expectations.
Friends and family that see this thing in action for the first time stare in amazement at the picture. I'm now mounting it with a low profile Sanus kit which will have the face of the screen just under 2.5" from the wall thanks to the PowerBridge I'm installing in the wall to hide all cables. I think the only thing that would make my situation better would be to have another for the bedroom so I can watch it while the Mrs. is catching up on her soaps.
By J. Johnson (Pittsburgh, PA)
I purchased one from Amazon back in February and in general I was happy with it, but it had pretty serious clouding problems. In retrospect, I wish I would have just returned it right away within Amazon's 30 day return period. However, after more than a month of being distracted by the huge white clouds on the screen, I decided to put in a service request with Samsung. The Samsung Techs came to my house and replaced the TV panel, and unfortunately the new panel had even worse clouding than the original. I admit I'm somewhat picky, but the clouding was VERY noticeable and distracting. And my thinking is that for thousands of dollars, I should be getting what I paid for. After weeks and weeks of calling the Service Techs and Samsung, they finally offered to exchange my A850 for the B750. I just received the newer model this past weekend, and the difference is night and day. The B750 has virtually no clouding whatsoever and about the same quality picture as the A850. The B750 is a bit thicker than the A850, but just as attractive in my opinion.
Besides the clouding, this TV was excellent. The picture is great, the TV is attractive, thin, and not very heavy at all. It's unfortunate that I had to get rid of it due to the clouding problem, and I also feel its unfortunate that even though this seems to be a well-known issue, no one seemed to want to admit it. That being said, I am glad that Samsung offered to exchange the TV for the newer model instead of the same one, since I felt like I would have no luck getting this model without clouding.
By Mike A (Philadelphia, PA)
Bought this TV because of its great connectivity and great picture. Picture is great. Connectivity is non existent. It does not recognize any network router, does not connect to the Samsung BDP-3600 blue ray player, does not recognize any network connected pcs. Amazon's response was pathethic. Their white glove delivery service is basically take it out of the package and turn it on. No connectivity services. After realizing it would not connect I called Amazon and was told they don't support that and you need to call Samsung. And then the fun begins. First no one at Samsung can answer your questions. I've called 12 times in 3 months and each time I am promised a response by email or telephone call. They will talk to the product specialist or this guy at corporate (how professional is that?). They never call back. After one month they lose all your call information and you start all over again. And of course after they waste 30 days of your time Amazon then tells you sorry we can't do anything since 30 days is passed. Do yourself a favor buy from someone local who can support the product or take refunds. And buy something else - never had a problem with a Sony (Japanese makers seem to have much better quality than Korean makers). I've purchased 3 Samsung items and none of them worked right. BDP-3600 blue ray player didn't connect with anything and was erratic. Cam corder was absolutely horrible. Their stuff looks cool but does not function as advertised.
Will not buy from Amazon again.
Will not buy Samsung again.
By S. Chou (Hayward, CA USA)
The product just arrived before July 4th weekend and the quality of the image is superior!
By K. Jones (SLC, UT)
The bright scenes look amazing. Unfortunately I have bad clouding in the corners and a spot off center. I called and a tech came out and said the panel needed to be replaced. They sent a new panel and replaced my old one. This was a fairly painless operation and I was excited to have a good television for my home theater.
However, the new one has worse clouding than the old one. Now instead of clouding in the corners I have clouding in one corner and four big clouds right in the center of the screen. I called the tech again and after messing with it for an hour and calling Samsung he said that it's just tough luck. That is the way that the monitor is supposed to be and that no one else has complained. I showed how distracting the clouds were in an episode of Star Trek (they are very noticable during any of the space scenes or any dark scene of any show for that matter) and his comment was "pretend they are nebula". Nice!
However, I find it completely unacceptable. I purchased a top of the line model hoping to avoid quality issues. I called again and this time he said he just came from a Samsung tech meeting where they spent most of the time discussing this problem. The new solution was to update the firmware and turn down the back light so it can't go over a certain brightness. It seems to me this would reduce your contrast ratio. If the set won't function at the contrast ratios advertised then it shouldn't be advertised at those ratios. Besides even when I turn the backlight all the way down you can still see the clouds. I just want my money back at this point. I have a smaller Samsung LCD (32") which has no trouble and 5 Samsung computer monitors which I have loved. I was very disappointed with this tv. It does not perform as advertised and they are trying to avoid fixing the issue by saying this is just how they are. That is garbage. Plenty of competitors have large LCDs that don't have this problem so it isn't inherent in the technology. It is just a bad design on Samsung's part. Buy something else.
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