Thursday, March 1, 2012

Samsung UN55D6000 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)

Samsung UN55D6000 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)

Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 50.4 x 30.1 inches ; 39.7 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 62 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B004NB0NNG
  • Item model number: UN55D6000

List Price : $2,099.99
Price : $1,206.23
Samsung UN55D6000 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)

Product Description


Size: 55-Inch
Amazon.com Product Description
Internet-Ready Devices
Internet-ready devices use your broadband connection to deliver dynamic content to your television, whether it's streaming video from Netflix, new music from Pandora, or a quick glance at today's weather forecast.
Although there is overlap, each manufacturer offers a unique bundle of free or paid services, including streaming video and music, social networking apps, online photo galleries, news and financial updates, weather info, sports scores, and a variety of other smartphone-like applications.
Manufacturers continue to add new content to their offerings, keeping customers current through firmware updates, and making a bit of research a prudent step in your buying decision.
Learn more about Internet-ready devices and HDTVs, how they work, what services are offered by different manufacturers, and exactly what you'll need to get started at our Internet TV 101 customer center.
February 2011Samsung's D6000 LED HDTV series offers Full HD picture quality and entertainment possibilities galore, with Samsung Apps Internet TV content, network or USB access to your media files, and a wealth of technologies to make it all look great. Pair it with an ultra-thin bezel and sleek, stylish design, and you've got a totally immersive way to experience TV.

More Screen, Less Frame
Slim and Stylish LED HDTV
LED backlighting is not only more energy-efficient than its CCFL counterpart, it allows for a slimmer television design, allowing the UN55D6000 to check in at just over an inch deep without its stand. Samsung's ultra-thin bezel design adds to the visual appeal, making this display almost all screen, and a worthy addition to most any room.
The UN55D6000 also features Samsung's "Touch of Color" design, which blends a hint of amber color into the traditional piano black bezel frame, for eye-catching style even when your TV is turned off.


Smart TV with Samsung Apps
Connect with Samsung Smart TV for a wealth of added entertainment options. The UN55D6000 features Samsung's Smart Hub, a simple menu system for connected features. Easily search for movies, shows and videos via online services and across connected devices, chat with friends, and access a wide variety of apps from Samsung Apps.
Samsung Apps is a growing collection of apps specifically built for your TV, connecting you to your favorite digital content like videos, sports, games, social networking, and much more. With web-connected apps on your Samsung Smart TV, you can stream movies from Netflix or Blockbuster, TV shows from Hulu, videos from YouTube, Next Level sports information from ESPN, music from, Pandora and view updates on your Facebook or Twitter accounts. The apps that matter to you, now available on your TV.
Auto Motion Plus 120Hz with Clear Motion Rate
Auto Motion Plus 120Hz brings action movies and sports to life in the living room, thanks to frame-to-frame smooth motion. This technology eliminates motion blur by calculating the image and inserting it, creating a non-repetitive transition from one frame to the next. Blur is virtually eliminated and clarity enhanced, for smooth, lifelike motion.
1080p Full HD With Four HDMI Inputs
The UN55D6000 delivers Full HD 1080p resolution, for a superb level of detail and clarity in your picture. To connect your sources, four HDMI inputs are provided, for delivering a Full HD picture and audio over a single cable.
Exceeds ENERGY STAR Standards
The UN55D6000 taps into the energy efficiency of LED backlighting, and exceeds the strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the EPA and US Department of Energy by up to 50%. That means you get lower utility costs, and a smaller carbon footprint.
ConnectShare Movie
Connect a thumb drive or digital camera quickly and easily via one of the UN55D6000's USB ports. An intuitive, user-friendly interface allows access to videos, music, or pictures via the remote.
Wide Color Enhancer Plus
The challenge of any TV screen is to recreate reality through color and light. Samsung takes on this challenge with their Wide Color Enhancer Pro feature. After analyzing each pixel, it stretches them to their 3-dimensional limit. What you get is the entire spectrum of color and luminance for rich, saturated images with intense detail.
AllShare DLNA Networking
For even more entertainment options, the UN55D6000 lets you connect to your home network and stream music, videos, and photos from other DLNA Certified devices (your computer, network storage drive, etc.).
Ultra Clear Panel
Absorbing ambient light, Samsung's Ultra Clear Panel eliminates reflections, boosts contrast ratio, and creates a comfortable viewing environment. Enjoy crisp image details, natural skin tones, excellent shadow detail, and vibrant colors.
UN55D6000 Select Specifications
Video
Screen Size:
54.5 Inches
Display Type:
LED
Resolution:
1080p Full HD
Inputs
HDMI:
4 (version 1.4)
Component Video (Y/PB/PR):
1
Composite Video
1
PC Input:
1
USB 2.0 Ports:
3
Component Audio Input:
1
PC Audio Input:
1
Outputs
Digital Audio Output:
1
Weight and Dimensions
Dimensions (WxHxD):
50.4 x 30.1 x 1.2 Inches (50.4 x 32.3 x 12.0 Inches With Stand)
Weight:
39.7 lbs. (48.9 lbs. with stand)
What's in the Box
UN55D6000 55-Inch Class (54.5 Inches Diagonal) LED HDTV, Stand, Remote Control, Documentation, AV/Component Adapter, AV Adapter
Samsung 2011 LED/LCD Feature Comparison
Series
D8000
D7900
D7000
D6500
D6400
D6300
D6000
D5500
D5003
D5010
D5000
D4003
D4000
D630
D550
D450
D403
Screen Sizes
46", 55", 60", 65"
46", 55"
46", 55", 60"
40", 46", 55", 60"
40", 46", 55", 60"
40", 46", 55"
32", 40", 46", 55", 60"
32", 40"
22", 40"
22"
22"
19", 26", 32"
19", 32"
40", 46"
32", 37", 40", 46"
22", 26", 32"
32"
Full HD 1080p
240Hz
120Hz
3D
Samsung Apps
Your Video
Search All
Web Browser
Skype
HDMI Inputs
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
2
2
USB Ports
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
WiFi Built-In
Micro Dimming
Micro Dimming Plus
Micro Dimming Plus
Allshare
Qwerty Remote Included
3D Glasses Included
Design
One
One
One
One
One
ToC
ToC
ToC
High Glossy Black
ToC
ToC
High Glossy Black
ToC
ToC
ToC
ToC
High Glossy Black
Bezel Type
Ultra Thin
Ultra Thin
Ultra Thin
Ultra Thin
Ultra Thin
19" has 2 HDMI inputs 19" and 22" have only 1 HDMI input
Samsung UN55D6000 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)
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Samsung UN55D6000 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)

 

Technical Details

  • It has full HD 1080p resolution
  • Auto Motion Plus 120Hz with Clear Motion Rate
  • It is Samsung Smart TV
  • It has Eco Sensor
  • It exceeds ENERGY STAR standards
Samsung UN55D6000 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)

Customer Reviews


After owning this TV for exactly a month I've finally decided to write a review, you know, after the excitement wears off and what not. Actually I'm still pretty excited about it. My previous set was also a Samsung 26" LCD and upgrading to this one was worthwhile.
Since this is a television, I'll comment about the picture first. Out of the box it's very good, after adjusting the settings a bit - excellent. The colors are very vibrant and no problems with viewing angles. I actually like my images to have a bit of contrast to them; I prefer black to be black and not grey. At first I was having a hard time trying to get it right, since my initial reaction was to reduce backlight and gamma, but crank up contrast and brightness. After a while, I finally figured out 'brightness' had the biggest effect. Around 30% was where it really kicks in, but it didn't occur to me to drop it that low. It's all about preference though, and this TV should have enough settings for anybody. Aside from contrast though, I don't see an insane amount of difference between this and a non-LED set... Something I must mention about the settings though, depending on which of the 4 picture presets you're on, certain selections like advanced video settings become unselectable for reasons unknown. Though I pretty much left that setting untouched. Despite that, I really like the fact that settings are saved independently across the 4 presets for EACH input source. So, for example, if you have 4 connections coming in, you can have a total of 16 presets - good stuff. I also tried the PC input through vga and found the picture to be very sharp. Colors are accurate though a bit strong and text is easily readable from a few feet out and this is coming from a practically blind gamer. The audio, I found to be pretty good. The bass isn't going to blow your neighbors away, and it's not going to replace any home theater system, but there is a very capable, customizable equalizer on board which should help a bit. Loudness for this set wasn't a problem for me.
Now I must talk about the 120Hz Auto Motion Plus(AMP) dealy as it seems to be the main feature that drives up the cost from lower models. What AMP does for you is, well, readable in the product description, so I'll describe it. AMP made every thing move faster while maintaining picture detail. (more frames in the same amount of time = faster) So, to me, everything looked like either home movies or daytime soaps which, if you can picture them, tend to move faster than most television programs and movies. Despite the bit about daytime soaps, I generally watch movies and sports, and after a few dozen years of watching them in ~24 frames per second (a bit higher for sports), I found the added (double?) frames to seem unnatural. After a few days found myself turning the feature off completely even for sports. Though there's nothing wrong with the quality of the image presented per se, I'd just prefer to see a blue flash go by as opposed to Ironman's actual chest piece go by, for example. And it only really kicks in at what seems like certain intervals, so the inconsistency in framerate got to me as well. I did find a use for AMP while gaming. Everything moves at what seems like 60 fps even when the game is not natively known to. Though, again, it's not 100 percent consistent in high frames (more like 60-80) and certain, very fast moving, games, like racing, cause what seems like screen tearing at the edges. You probably won't notice it (AMP) on games that already run at 60fps, and also it won't work miracles for games with already poor and inconsistent framerates. Overall, it looks fantastic for games, as I didn't give it a second thought about leaving it on, but for everything else I finally decided not to.
The main selling point for me was the Connectshare. I was thinking of purchasing a digital media player a while back, but here it's already built-in and it's a very capable one indeed. Though, there's too many to list here, the TV's e-manual actually lists suppurt for a dozen file types spanning several dozen video and audio codecs with bitrates as high as 30 Mbps for certain file types. It's played pretty much every thing I've thrown at it and handled any 'usb device' I've used so far, which includes NTFS formatted sata hard drives with external enclosure, no worries. Though once in a while the audio cuts in and out on my .vob straight rips, and I've yet to test files with very high bitrates since I feel the tradeoff for file size isn't worth it past 7-8 Mbps. Something I must mention about the media player is it does an admirable job of reducing video artifacting from down-conversion, however you're not able to zoom past the actual video while maintaining aspect ratio. In other words it won't crop the black horizontal bars for you on a 4:3 ratio video. You have to do it in the conversion. I found it strange since the option to zoom in is there for all the other video inputs.
As for the Smart TV/Samsung App hub, I tried it briefly using the Youtube app under a wired connection(which stalled on the initial install). Videos streamed very quickly and it looked like the the app always plays the highest video quality. Most of the other apps never appealed to me so I found myself quickly deleting them off the TV but this was never a selling point for me anyways, just something to mess around with. As others have mentioned, navigating without a keyboard quickly became a chore. So, hopefully, somewhere along the line, Samsung will separately sell their qwerty remote that's included with their 7000 and up series of TVs otherwise this feature could fade fast.
After all that though, I would definitely purchase this TV again if I had to (which I did - the 40" UN40D6000 series) especially at the $700 price-tag offered at the time (thanks to the wacky commodities exchange-like fluctuating price system here). Even though the LED aspect seems to do more for your eco concerns than picture quality and I seldom use the 120Hz Auto motion, I'd rather have more functionality than less. Also, I can afford it. However, for the casual viewer, those on a budget, or old-school movie-goer, 120Hz is overkill. I could go with the UN32D5500 32-Inch and still be happy. As always, see it for yourself.

The Samsung UN46D6000 is an excellent led HDTV set that is the best value priced alternative to a 3D model. In fact, the outstanding picture clarity and color of this LED set almost seems 3D at times and these are its most striking features. Other pluses are the light weight, thin profile and elegant overall design along with low power usage. Although, I would suggest that individual sound control features for bass, treble and balance would be a definite improvement.

 

Samsung UN55D6000 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Black)

 

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