Samsung LA40A650

Samsung LA40A650 Crystal Design

SAMSUNG'S latest top-of-the-line panel, the LA40A650, has a typically stylish Samsung shape and a very funky deep red colour scheme.

It is a full high-definition panel, meaning it has a 1920x1080 resolution. It also comes with the usual bells and whistles, such as a 100Hz playback mode, and it has a 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, which is one of the highest on the market.

In our image quality tests the A650 was an extremely strong performer. Most top-tier flat panel TVs offer great image quality these days, but this one distinguished itself by offering the blackest blacks we’ve seen from an LCD. They still weren’t up to the standard of the top-tier Pioneer and Panasonic units but they were excellent nonetheless. They made film watching and game playing a joy.

Colour balance was similarly impressive with accurate hues and rich, vibrant saturation. We found this panel needed a little more calibration than some others to achieve a perfect picture; flesh tones were quite warm by default and the balance was a little off but a few tweaks here and there and everything looked peachy.

As you’d expect, contrast was well handled; despite the extremely dark blacks there was no detail lost in dark areas. Motion was excellent, too. The A650 sports a 4ms response time, which is incredibly fast for an LCD panel of this size and it does an excellent job of keeping ghosting invisible.

Feature

Screen Size: 40"
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Dynamic Contrast Ratio: 50,000:1
Viewing Angle: 178°
Response Time: 4ms
DNIe™: DNIe Pro
HD Ready: Built-in HD Tuner
Sound Output(RMS): 10W x 2
Sound Effect System: SRS TruSurround XT
Set weight with stand: 20.2Kg
Set weight without stand: 17.0Kg
HDMI: 3 + 1
WISELINK (USB): WiseLink (USB2.0)

"What's Your Comment?!?"