Samsung LN40A450 40-Inch 720p LCD HDTV
A sleek design with hidden speakers keep Samsung’s Series 4 large flatpanel HDTVs one of the best 720p HD options around. Upgrades over last year’s models include a response rate a 6ms response rate that’s faster than many more expensive 1080p models, for smooth motion even with fast-moving sports and action movies, and a a higher dynamic contrast ratio of up to 10,000:1 (up from 8,000:1 last year), and for deep blacks and crisp lines. Please note that this description applies to Series 4 models 32 inches or larger. Models 26 inches and smaller have slightly different specifications.
What’s New?
- 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio: up from 8,000:1 on 2007 models (Learn more)
- 6ms response time: down from 8ms on 2007 models thanks to a new high-speed liquid crystal
Features Overview
- 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes with Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (Learn more)
- 3 HDMI 1.3 ports: Simplay compliant (Learn more about Connectivity)
- DNIe Digital Natural Image Engine improves the picture by enhancing the contrast, detail, and white balance (Learn more)
- Clear panel technology for deeper blacks and more vibrant colors (Learn more)
- Hidden speakers with SRS TruSurround XT audio (Learn more)
- Wide Color Enhancer technology and Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (CCFL) offer a wider color range (Learn more)
- Entertainment Modes: for sports, games, and movies
- V-Chip system allows blocking of rated TV and movie programs determined by the parent to contain objectionable content.
- Trilingual on-screen displays in English, Spanish or French.
- Variable sleep timer to turn the TV off in varying time intervals.
- Auto wall mount compatible: 3-dimensional operation via TV’s remote control; no external IR receiver required.
- Swivel stand included
- 1 year parts and 1 year labor warranty (90 days parts and labor for commercial use), with in-home service, backed by Samsung toll-free support
Series 5 Step Up Features
- Full 1080p HD
- up to 30,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
- 5 ms response time
- USB 2.0 port: connect devices directly to your HDTV–view JPEG photos or MPEG movies or easily listen to your MP3 player through your HDTV’s audio system or your home theater system
Series 6 Step Up Features
- 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
- AutoMotion Plus 120Hz image interpolation for smoother motion
- 4ms response time
- Transparent and Opaque Color (TOC) bezel
- Ethernet port with Infolink free RSS feeds
- 4 HDMI 1.3 ports
- Compatible with Samsung’s Home Digital Media Adapter for playback and navigation of Internet and stored PC multimedia
Series 7 Step-Up Features
- Internal flash memory (1GB) with pre-loaded interactive content such as cooking recipes, children’s entertainment, HD artwork and more
- Integrated woofer for an enhanced audio experience
- DLNA-Compatible: for better interoperability with electronics, computers and mobile devices from many different manufacturers (Learn more)
What size TV should you get?
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Samsung enhances the clarity of select LCD HDTVs by replacing the light-diffusing plastic face of traditional LCD HDTVs with a natural black panel with a clear anti-glare shield. Reduced reflection of external light creates a new dimension in image clarity, highlighting black and darkened areas, enabling vibrant, more compelling colors and a brighter, clearer picture. Black will never again appear grayish. Black details will show in vivid black even in dark scenes.
The latest version of Samsung’s breakthrough super clear panel technology makes colors appear more vibrant and blacks even deeper than ever. Enhanced films reduce glare and optimize off-angle viewing. |
10,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio/500 nit Brightness
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10,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio will give you a superb picture, with whiter whites, blacker blacks and subtle gradations in between. As two of the most important determining factors in overall picture quality, contrast and brightness levels achieve new heights in this latest generation LCD panel. Samsung’s new LCD TV’s give the most stunning realistic picture quality ever.
Note: models 26 inches or less have lower contrast ratios
- 32-inch, 37-inch, and 40-inch models = 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
- 26-inch model = 5,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
- 19-inch and 22-inch models = 3,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
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DNIe The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine. This exclusive Samsung technology dramatically improves the picture by enhancing the contrast, detail, white balance and reduces. |
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Wide Color Enhancer/Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
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A wide variety of multimedia devices can be connected to the set through three Simplay compliant HDMI 1.3 inputs (2 rear, 1 side), and the handy HDMI-CEC feature lets you control all your CEC-enabled peripherals using just one remote.
Connect HD digital devices like disc players, game consoles, and satellite dish components into the 2 rear connections and use the side-mounted input for cameras, camcorders, and laptops. HDMI is the best performing interface for displaying an HD source on an HDTV.
Once connected, users can easily access device menus and manage and display content through the newly redesigned Wheel Key Remote control and the HDTV’s sophisticated content management interface.
All Connections
- 3 HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) 2 rear/1 side
- Component video: 2 rear (Y, Pb, Pr) A/V inputs: 1 rear/ 1 side
- S-Video: 1 side
- PC D-sub: 1 rear
- Optical sound out: rear
- RS232: rear
- RF antenna inputs: rear
- Headphone jack: side
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Super Patterned Vertical Alignment
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Samsung’s Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (SPVA) panel provides a 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes |
TruSurround is a patented SRS technology that solves the problem of playing 5.1 multichannel content over two speakers. TruSurround delivers a compelling, virtual surround sound experience through any two-speaker playback system, including internal television speakers and headphones. It is fully compatible with all multichannel formats up to 5.1 channels. High-quality virtual surround sound can be experienced with just the two hidden, downward-firing side-mounted 2.2-channel dome speakers built into the TV.
SRS TruSurround XT technology delivers an amazing, simulated 3D effect with clear dialog and powerful bass.
TruSurround XT audio also adds three audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience.
- Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into Focus during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.
- TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.
- The SRS WOW feature widens the sound stage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system.
Stereo broadcast reception is offered for MTS and SAP with 181-channel capacity. A sound leveler keeps audio volume consistent during channel picchanging.
Which Size HDTV is Right for My Room?
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With standard-definition TVs, the rule used to be that viewers would feel comfortable watching a set from a distance of 3 to 6 times the screen size in inches. With HDTV, the resolution is so much better that you can sit closer to a larger TV without noticing the pixels. So with HDTVs, the rule tends to be you can sit anywhere from 1.5 to 3 times the screen size (in inches) for the best experience.
If you know the size of the room you have already, where you want to sit, and where your new HDTV should go once you get it, you can figure out the size HDTV you should get.
- Minimum size = Viewing distance/3
- Maximum size=Viewing distance/1.5
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Customer Review: samsunglcd tv
This was the largest purchase I have made on-line, it turned out truly
wonderful. I am thoroughly happy with the television, it is spectacular. This purchase was recommended by my youngest son in Chicago, yes, I would
do this again. I did some research on my own, Amazon.com was the best buy!
Customer Review: Great value, disappointing HDMI
I had purchased this TV in October of ‘08 from another vendor. I was researching 720p sets for about month before I purchased. I had planned on using my media center PC with it. I really didn’t want a 1080p set because the only true 1080p source these days is blu-ray, which I had no intention of investing in. I was impressed with all aspects of the set since I bought it. Ghosting was present sometimes. I found it really depends on the source of the content that produces more or less ghosting. Yes there are the 120hz HDTVs out there, but from what I have seen they can’t get rid of all the ghosting. 120hz sets double the frame rate of content that isn’t supposed to be run at such a high frame rate. The result is weird and unnatural looking motion in movies that are only supposed to be running at 24 frames per second, not 120. Ghosting and motion blur are an inherent limitation in LCD technology, LCD owners will have to accept this. I was looking into plasmas to, but all the 720p plasmas I found seemed to have a native resolution of 1024×768, which is not a wide screen resolution. In addition, plasmas are subject to burn-in on the screens, something I didn’t wanna have to deal with. Plasma sets are being phased out pretty fast anyway. So I chose this TV, it wasn’t too big, wasn’t too small, and had everything I required.
Out of the Box, it showed impressive HD picture with off-air HD channels. The setup with auto-program was very easy and straight forward. SD content is very watchable. Hooking my media center PC up to the VGA connection produced a flawless picture. The built-in speakers produced a satisfying full sound. The unit seemed like the perfect 720p set, until I tried to use more than one HDMI device. Apparently, for some very odd reason, only 1 out of the 3 HDMI inputs will utilize the TV’s native resolution of 1360×768. As many people know, if you are not running an LCD display at its native resolution, you are not getting its full potential in picture quality and sharpness. The other 2 HDMI inputs default to a resolution of 1280×720, which because its not the native res of the TV, looks blocky and slightly out of focus. So for me, these other 2 HDMI inputs are basically useless. I am going to have to buy an HDMI hub now to accommodate my multiple HDMI devices so they can all utilize the TV’s native resolution. If I had known about this flaw, I would have never purchased it. Samsung, if you are listening, is there a purpose behind this design flaw?
It features a 39.9″ screen (measured diagonally) with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, 1920 x 1080 pixels, and Touch of Color high-gloss finish — black with red accents. There are built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) and a built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required).
Customer Review: Picture great…Reliability, eh, not so much
Nobody could even touch the Amazon price and I was very satisfied with my 40 inch Samsung. But a few months after the warranty ended the picture got noticeably worse and the unit would turn on sometimes and other times would not. The repairs cost $250 and the 2 shops I visited told me this was a common problem (power supply and picture board) with Samsung TVs. I’ll buy on Amazon again but not a Samsung product.
Customer Review: Nice TV
Great buy and great TV – service was fast and the carrier even hooked up the TV and showed us how to use the remote and etc. Very pleased.
This is Angle Adjustable Wall Bracket for LCD Plasma. This Flat Wall Mount supports any 32″ to 63″ flat panel screen and plasma TVs up to 165 lb weight. The slim wall plate keeps the screen close to the wall for a very discreet installation that is perfect for boardrooms, digital signage, or home theaters. The mount includes simple to align brackets and a unique wall plate that can be mounted to a single wood stud, two wood studs, or concrete. Easy to install. High Quality Toughened Steel,Scratch resistant surface. Fits most large flat panel plasma and LCD TVs 32-65″. Supports up to 165 lbs / 75 kgs. Mounting bolts and screws included. Fits to 32~63inch
