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Picture performance, advanced connectivity, and an eco-friendly and stunning design come together to form Samsung LED TV 8500. For the image connoisseur, our highest 240Hz motion blur reduction technology, our highest 7,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio that displays incredibly deep blacks and pristine whites, and enriched color processing deliver outstanding video. Samsung Internet@TV has web TV widgets from Yahoo, Flicker, Ebay and others to entertain, inform and connect you to specially designed web content right on your LED TV. This Ultra Slim 1.6” depth set is the ideal complement for your room and your life.innovative digital technology. Powerful LED technology offers the most impressive contrast and color you have ever seen on a 55-inch screen; innovative 240Hz technology renders four times the frames per second compared to standard HDTVs, for motion that’s truly lifelike and smooth. A pre-loaded Content Library puts countless hours of information and entertainment at your fingertips. The Medi@2.0 feature brings online content – such as video, stocks, photo sharing and more – straight to your HDTV, with downloadable, customizable widgets that are easily controlled via the remote. The Ultra Slim Design is only 1.2 inches deep, and that’s including the tuner! Another visual highlight is the striking Touch of Color accented bezel. And with the photo frame wall mount, you can bring the elegant brilliance of this inches from the wall – in virtually any room. And with the same passion we have for delivering groundbreaking HD excitement and style, Samsung is dedicated to preserving the environment with LED TVs, through reduced power consumption (up to 40% savings versus 2008 Samsung conventional LCD TVs) and eco-friendly manufacturing techniques.
- 7,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- Auto Motion Plus 240Hz
- Medi@2.0 Internet@TV – Content Service; DLNA Wireless; Content Library (2GB Flash Memory); USB 2.0 Movie
- Fast 2ms response time
- 5 HDMI — Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC) (side)
Price:$4,049.00
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I am a proud owner of this bad boy and I am so glad I waited 3 years to buy a new TV. I have watched Planet Earth on Blu-Ray and it looks georgeous. Playing video games looks really great too, Uncharted 2 looked amazing on this set. I still have yet to find the best settings for picture quality but the one I got from Cnet works just fine. I highly recomend this set for the price being offered isn’t too bad.
Rating: 5 / 5
Sorry to say that I am guilty of only writing reviews when i am dissatisfied.
you know the ol saying, “When we do right, no one remembers, but when we do wrong, no one forgets” hahaha.
First, let me say that I paid ~$3400 +TAX for this TV. A GREAT deal .. and I would be totally satisfied if it were not for the fact a month earlier I purchased a UN55B8000 for ~$2400 and i like the less expensive one more. I have them sitting, side by side, and the pictures on the 8000 are clearer, less noise(meaning less grainy) etc. Now, that being said, there are differences where the 8500 is superior. But even at the great prices i got on both TV’s, im saying, not $1000 better … some might say I have no taste, its possible … I drink Beer and whisky, not wine .. hahahah
I would have to speculate, from my observation, that the 8500 is more sensitive to cable signal fluctuations and “noise” than the 8000. YES could be my cable, but not the point .. side by side, 8000 looks better / cleaner , channel for channel … in “my” home. I have had the cable dudes out to check it .. they say all is good, of course, hahaha ..what else would they say .. BUT, if your input is so clean that any TV would not see any reception issues you are very lucky.
PRO’s
It’s a very nice TV looks very good … very life like at times … even old movies etc look good.
Very easy to set up yourself.
Can hang on the wall and display photos of your choice, or canned artworks (yeah, I got’s class real good)
No Flash lighting from the sides
VERY black blacks ( what good is it if ya cant see anything in the dark area, I ask myself)
GREAT colors
CON’s
The 8500 suffers from the same lack of picture detail that the 8000 has, during dark seines. I expected better.
The Widgets are pretty much worthless.
For that much money, I expected better quality picture than my 8000
THE HEAT that is generated from this TV you can feel just by walking in front of the display. IT RADIATES several feet. my 8000 doesn’t do that.
I have the Impression that this 8500 TV is more sensitive to signal than my 8000.
Go look at them side by side, with simular settings, and make up your own mind.
Rating: 3 / 5
Purchased this TV after long debating with the XBR10 and I am glad i chose the Samsung with the slim mounting it is definitely looks like a painting on the wall.
Now just turn on your blu ray and you what you paid for true HD vivid experience.
The screen comes in a glossy finish so it kind of reflects everything when there’s Light….
The widgets feature Lacks the Amazon on demand service (on amazon web site it says “Amazon Video On Demand is temporarily not available on Samsung”)I hope that they Will fix it soon .
Accompanying this TV are Martin Logan speakers Denon receiver and A PS3 I’ll post some Pics. You cant go wrong with this TV In one word AMAZING.
Rating: 5 / 5
I believe in concise reviews so I’ll keep mine short and sweet. I would consider myself a typical home buyer. I am by no means an expert in TV technology.
Pros:
* What a picture!
* Slim
* Light
* Games look great (I use XBOX 360 w/ HDMI – Halo 3 and now Modern Warfare 2 w/ game mode on)
* Standard def is decent and watchable although I rarely watch standard def anymore
* Sports look great (I watch NBA and college football)
* Blacks are WOW
* No motion blur
* Plenty of ports – DVI, multiple HDMI, optical audio, and more
* Sound is fine although I’m trying to figure out an easy way to hook it and my other devices such as the Xbox, HDVR box, etc. into my older audio receiver. I’m hoping the Logitech Harmony remote will solve a lot of my source problems (i.e. using 3+ remotes and changing sources, volumes, etc.)
Cons:
* Expensive
* Out of the box, the picture looks a little to 3D’ish or cartoony but that is easily fixed using CNet’s recommended settings
* Widgets are cool in theory but are slow in reality so I don’t use them.
Conclusion
If you can afford it, I would say pull the trigger! You won’t be disappointed unless you’re very hard to please in the first place.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have to echo Bearcat’s rating as he is very thorough and accurate, but I want to throw my 2 cents in. When coupled with Samsung’s own super-slim wall mount, which is just a glorified cable hanging on two sturdy disks, the TV sits amazingly close to the wall. Another neat feature that I found hard to believe–When watching movies from an external hard drive, the TV can read a large variety of video CODECs. It can read MP4, AVI, WMV, and MPG files. I’m not sure about the Audio support, but I haven’t had any luck finding a movie file that I have that won’t play right off an external USB hard drive. The TV also has about 1GB of internal storage to keep files on.
All the Widgits are slow, but they are sill usable with the exception of the Video-based widgets, which I find way too slow to load to be of any use. I’d rather power up my computer if I’m going to be doing any internet-based activities.
Of course, I’d be remiss not to mention how amazed I am with the picture quality. I’m upgrading from a 55″ CRT-based TV, and watching this TV, for me, is like watching TV for the first time. The major selling point on this TV over Samsung’s similar 55″ offerings is the local-dimming feature. Many HDTV’s I’ve seen over the years simply adjust the entire backlight to achieve deeper blacks and brighter whites, but they simply can’t do both at the same time. It is very distracting for me to watch the backlight on those TV’s ratchet up and down while watching a scene with a varying brightness. This is where the local dimming feature comes in. This TV can do both brights and darks, at the same time! I have waited for many years to find an TV that isn’t distracting to watch. My wait was over with the release of the Sony XBR8, but it wasn’t as affordable as I’d like. Once I saw the crisp visual quality of the Samsung 8000 series, and read of the local dimming feature of the 8500, I was sold on this TV and I ordered it without even sampling the picture. I could not be happier.
Rating: 5 / 5