Samsung LN46A850 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color

Samsung LN46A850 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color Review

The Samsung 850 series is my 2nd HDTV and it does not disappoint. At the time of its release around the fall last year it was the top of the line LCD on the market. Even today with the obnoxiously thin 7100 series LCD TVs Samsung has, this TV is quite impressive even today.

I'll just get into it with good and bad.

Good :
- 120Hz (or if you have the option of 240Hz TVs now) is a must. This is that feature that smooths action and makes stuff take on the appearance of a documentary film grain some people say. Like extremely clear motion and imagery, to the point it's lifelike. It makes movies (Blu-Ray in particular) look breathtaking and video games like a whole new system with the fluid motion. I can't speak enough about how much the 120 Hz feature improves things. It's like the Black and White to Color to Digital to HD to True 1080p HD to finally the 120Hz is the series of major television progression, it's that important.
- The 50,000:1 contrast ratio is incredible for an LCD TV and rivals some older Plasma TVs and with the exception of the top of the line LCD or Plasma TVs, this is an incredibly high contrast. Blacks look black and whites are clear whites. Try looking at a bargain LCD at Best Buy or something and you will see those with 5000:1 dynamic contrast ratios look like they are in a bright room and grey everything out.
- Like most current LCD TVs, the brightness of this TV is excellent and can be seen in a bright room with ease. The same goes for the 180 degree viewing angle.
- It comes with tons of ports (4 HDMI, 3 component, PC, DVI, and more).
- It's like 2 inches thick at most. Very convenient to hang on a wall or mount.
- For some reason it does not attract dust. I've had to dust it maybe once since I've owned it (over 6 months now).

Bad :
- The 120Hz set on high causes a weird blurring distortion in games (especially if the character is rotating or turning or moving fast in front of a rapidly changing background). Turn the feature to medium or lower it goes away though, and is not always present in every situation, just some.
- The speakers are decent, but like almost all TVs of this caliber, the audio does not match the visual qualities. I recommend a standalone stereo set.

Samsung LN46A850 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color Feature

Touch of Color (TOC): Samsung's unique manufacturing process accents the surrounding bezel with a stylish red tone
High-resolution pixel density is combined with a builtin image scaler to handle inputs from a variety of digital and analog audio/video sources
Auto Motion Plus 120 Hz Advanced
50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
WiseLink Pro: For playing MP3, mpeg, and displaying JPEG files through the USB 2.0 connection on selected Samsung TVs