| 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. |
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 BUY IT ! This is the best TV on the market as of April 2010 ! |
| Review Date: March 18, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Hans Blix, USA |
I have spent one month with two brand new TVs from BestBuy in order to make the following review here.
This is the best TV you can buy below $7K. Yes, in fact, one of Pioneer's Kuro models is probably a better TV which cost about $7K if you want to spend that much and if you can find it. If you don't, then the only option is this TV, and it is not a bad option.
Yes, it has Ugly remote
Yes, it has Un-stylish Glossy Bezel
Yes, it has A Bit lengthy installation of of the stand
Yes, it has a non-innovative menu
Yes, It was delivered late.
YET, this TV has the best picture available in any LCD/Plasma/LED HDTV out there.
POSITIVES:
BLACK LEVELS--------Black levels with this unit are second to none. I doubt that any other TV can reach the black level perfection as 8500. Perhaps the fact that this TV has back-lit, not edge-lit unlike most of the other LED TVs on the market is the reason. Or, the reason might be that Samsung is the NEW SONY of 2010s.
Experience: I tested and returned two Sony TVs before getting this from Amazon: Sony BRAVIA XBR Series KDL-46XBR9 46-Inch 1080p 240Hz LCD HDTV, Black and Sony Bravia EX700 Series 46-Inch LED HDTV, Black. XBR9 was very good in picture quality (and design) but failed miserably in black levels. EX700 was horrible in simple terms; both in black levels and picture quality. Eventually, I have decided to get the TV with best reviews on Amazon, which was the 8500. In fact, if you look at it, all the reviews are 4 star and above, except few which was not the reviews of the TV but the delivery service. BestBuy did not have the 8500 but 8000 series for some reason. Lucky, this forced me to buy it from Amazon which had one of the lowest prices on the Internet.
I don't even dare to calibrate it much. Out of box, the picture is perfect (except the 240 Hz needs to be turned of to get rid of the artificial effect of daytime soap operas).
NEGATIVES:
(if I must to list some negatives, however, picture quality nullifies any negatives about this TV)
-Not unique to Samsung, but thick bezels are very unappealing. Sony seem to be one who paid attention design aspects of TVs (but not the picture quality).
-If you move few feet from the center, picture quality gets grayish; concern for some but not me.
-Ugly remote, but most use the remote coming with cable provider anyways, not a big deal.
-No Netflix or Blockbuster. I tested Netflix with XBR9, 720p online content was very appealing. perhaps Samsung will have a firmware update for it, or I might get a Blu-Ray player with Netflix.
CONCLUSION:
Yes. Yes. Yes... BUY this TV. I heard that none of the 2010 Samsung TVs will have full back-lit LED. So, this remains to be the only model with full back-lit.
This has been an excellent transaction. Thanks Amazon.. |
Wow
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| Review Date: March 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: B. Schmickle, |
So, I'm sure I'm like about 95% of the people that shop on Amazon. You read review after review...maybe do some non-Amazon research... And you wonder in the back of your mind whether the reviewers are people that work for the product manufacturer...or whether they're working for the competition. So, I always take everything with a grain of salt...and so should you as you read my review. And fair warning, I am not a techno-type guy, so I don't know all of the terms...de-judder, etc.
After many weeks of agonizing, painstaking research, I finally decided to jump in feet first on what I would consider a top-of-the-line TV. I looked at tons of reviews. I thought about everything from an LG LED TV (I think it's like the LH90 or something) to the Samsung LN46B650, LN46B750 to the Pioneer Kuro to the Sony's to the...well, you get the point. I flip-flopped back and forth over the value of ordering on-line versus buying local. I worried about shipping issues. And of course, generally speaking, if you ever have to deal with product returns/repairs, it seems there are very few words of praise that get doled out about customer service.
Well, my praise will be short and sweet. I love this TV. I have had it for about 3 weeks now. I've used it with and without external speakers. I have not hooked up all of the internet capability of the TV yet, but plan on doing so shortly.
As far as plug and play...it was a cinch. I haven't tweaked/calibrated anything (and frankly don't know if I will) because the picture is absolutely stunning. Despite all of the comments otherwise about TV's these days, the sound is decent. I know I paid a premium for this TV, but as far as I could tell, it was the only truly back-lit LED Samsung TV. And with their 2010 line-up going with the edge-lit, I decided to pull the trigger. I'd do it again. Everything is so lifelike. I put in the BBC "Planet Earth" blu-ray and it was magical. The colors explode from the TV...and while it's not 3D, it's pretty much the deepest picture I could imagine without wearing 3D glasses. It feels like you're in the scenes of "Lost"...sweating on the island, feeling the rustle of the palm fronds. I am quite convinced that this is the best TV on the market right now.
I'd very highly recommend this TV to anyone that is willing to pay a little bit of a premium. I'm hoping that the picture will be as beautiful for years to come until the 3D technology is ironed-out and blowing peoples eyes out of their sockets. |
Samsung un46b8500 is awesome
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| Review Date: March 13, 2010 |
| Reviewer: L. C. Breiterman Dmd, |
| The picture on this television is amazing. It was definately worth the money. The picture is bright and crisp. The only weak spots are 1. in extreme motion you can still get some slight lag- even with the 240hz and 2msec response time 2. there is a general lack of detail in the blacks and the remote is not universal. The remote is kind of neat in that it has an ipod like control to shuffle through the controls and has a sensor so that every time you pick it up, it becomes backlit. I love this tv and was definitely the best of what is currently available. |
Excellent HDTV
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| Review Date: March 13, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Phlosar, Los Angeles, CA United States |
| This is my first HDTV. It looks wonderful! I have also been impressed with the SD coming through the TV. I downloaded the manual from Samsung first to review the manual and the connectivity options. There are limited connections, but this should not be a problem if you are using a receiver as the hub of your entertainment center. Right now I have component hooked up for my DVD player and HDMI for satellite. The DLNA allows viewing of pics, video, and listening of music from your computer wirelessly. The enclosed disk does not support Mac, but I downloaded a free program, TVMobili, from the Net, and DLNA seems to work just fine. The thinness and low weight of the TV are both very impressive. Also, the Xbox 360 via HDMI looks just fabulous. Oh, I had no problem with CEVA, the local company contracted to deliver. No issues at all. |
A Great TV!
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| Review Date: March 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: MikeSz, Vermont, USA |
Overall, the TV is excellent:
Picture Quality: Excellent
Sound Quality: Rear-firing speakers not great but OK.
Remote: Good design
Menu: Easy to use and make adjustments
Installation and Setup: Easy; no problems.
Network wireless adapter: Use ONLY Samsung because of proprietary software; nothing else works. Easy to install.
Widgets: Not worth much but they're fun.
Delivery: No problems with Amazon delivery except 2 days late. |
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