Description
Features
- Refresh Rate: 60Hz (Native); 240 Clear Motion Rate (Effective)
- Backlight: LED (Edge-Lit)
- Smart Functionality: Yes - Voice Control & Motion Control (camera accessory sold separately)
- Dimensions (W x H x D): TV without stand: 44.4'' x 24.3'' x 2'', TV with stand: 44.4'' x 27.6'' x 10.8''
- Inputs: 4 HDMI, 3 USB, 1 Component In, 1 Composite AV In
- Accessories Included: Smart Touch Remote
Customer Reviews
Does not support full-resolution chroma (4K 4:4:4): only does 4K 4:2:0 via HDMI2David
The TV is a mixed bag.On the one hand, it's a relatively sharp, saturated display (not that I can rate color reproduction with any expertise) at a good price. It nominally supports 4K@60Hz, unlike the Seiki (the only other contender in the 40", sub-1000 space).The SmartHub software is very featureful and the remote is fancy, although like most Samsung products, the UI is pretty convoluted. In particular, depending on the display mode and context, the menus will have random items disabled without any explanation why ("Item not available"). You have to unplug HDMI devices in order to enable/disable Game Mode. Who knew? The UI and manual didn't provide any hints. Along that vein, there seems to be no way to fully disable dynamic contrast: even with everything seemingly off, filling your screen 95% with black will make everything else on the screen suddenly dim, which is unfortunate but somewhat forgivable.The main reason I'm writing this 2-star review, and the point of contention where I feel the product description here and on Samsung's webpage is disingenuous and misleading, is that the display is not really 4K@60Hz in the way a consumer would expect, and certainly not "4 times full HD". From my testing (and confirmed by a Samsung tech support rep), the display itself is only physically capable of 4:4:0 subsampling. You can look up the "Chroma subsampling" page on Wikipedia for some background, but it basically means that for every two vertical pixels, the display can only present one color (but different brightnesses).Read more ›
Besides a few annoyances, this is a great TV especially for GamingC. Echevarria
Bought the 40 inch UHD Samsung mainly because I needed to upgrade from my LG LCD. I almost decided to buy the 49 inch LG UHD but I'm glad I waited it out and got myself this one instead. Saw the 49 inch LG displayed at Best Buy and it looked horrible. I assume it's because you need to fool around with the picture settings to get the best picture. And this one, you'll need to apply the settings yourself and see what favors you the most when it comes to quality and picture. It will take a while to fool around with the settings and it's extremely frustrating mainly because of the wireless motion senor from the TV's remote. It's extremely annoying and you cannot take it off as it's unavailable. Some settings are unavailable on this TV which makes no sense whatsoever. Even after downloading the software, this TV lacks many settings.Once settings are set to your pleasures, it's a beautiful thing to watch. The quality is awesome and it looks great. There can be times where you can see that ghostly aura around someone at times but it all depends on the movie you are watching as every movie is different than one another. Like I said, you need to fool around the settings in order to completely do your best to wash that out. Other than that, it's beautiful. Netflix on 4K even though lacking and poor choices of movies for 4K streaming, it does look really good mainly the Smurfs movie. I highly recommend if you want to set your picture settings on Netflix, that movie is the best to do so along with those other 4 movies that shows off the 4K quality such as Forest, Ocean, Flowers, and Desert. House of Cards in my opinion looks okay and sometimes suffer that ghostly aura thing at times and that can be annoying. Breaking Bad looks better than House of Cards.Read more ›
As a card-carrying member of the PC Master Race, I'm very satisfied.MoorishBrutha
I am a "PC Master Race Elitist" to the fullest and I basically wanted a 4K display, whether it be a TV or monitor, that can do 4K at 60hz. I already had the 39" inch Seiki TV which was a TN panel that can do 4K but only at 30hz. Being a member of the PC Elitist community, it's well-known that 30hz is unsatisfactory so I had to upgrade to 60hz in 4K; hence, this TV is a good choice for that upgrade.Now, for full-disclosure, I originally was going to buy the new Vizio P-series 4K TV at 50" for the same price as this Samsung's model but Vizio P-series, which, in all honesty, would be a better choice than this, STILL doesn't have an actual release date of this particular edition and I wanted a new 4K display sometime before my birthday which is in September, so you snooze... you lose, Vizio.Now let's get into the specs, shall we: This is a VA panel, not an IPS, however its color reproduction/viewing angles are great especially with "UHD Color" turned on. In addition, bear in mind, with a VA panel over a IPS panel, its response time is going to be quicker which is a benefit for PC gamers. It has all the SmartTv functionalities, but once again, I am a PC Elitist so I really don't care for the aforementioned functionalities.The Smart remote controller is great; it's responsive and intuitive and it has a built-in mic for your voice commands. Speaking of which, given the fact this is my first SmartTV, I don't know is this true with all SmartTVs or just this particular one; however, you can't do all the voice commands unless you are connected to the Internet.Read more ›
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