Samsung UN40B6000 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 39.3 x 3.3 x 25.1 inches ; 37.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 49 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001UHMV90
• Item model number: UN40B6000
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,905 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Samsung UN40B6000 40-inch (39.9" Diagonal) LED High Definition TV that features an ultra slim 1.2” depth LED TV delivering breakthrough picture quality. The Samsung UN40B6000 is designed by meeting Energy Star compliance. Unprecedented image quality is achieved through innovations such as a 3,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio for incredibly deep blacks and pristine whites, Auto Motion Plus 120Hz motion blur reduction and enriched, more accurate color processing. Samsung LED TVs use 40% less power than conventional LCD TVs and are manufactured with the environment in mind. The Samsung UN40B6000 LED HDTV takes television to a new world of connectivity where InfoLink can access news, weather and sports with real time RSS updates right on your TV. Get more out of television with Samsung LED TV.

Product Description

Samsung UN40B6000 40-inch (39.9" Diagonal) LED High Definition TV that features an ultra slim 1.2” depth LED TV delivering breakthrough picture quality. The Samsung UN40B6000 is designed eco-friendly by meeting Energy Star compliance. Unprecedented image quality is achieved through innovations such as a 3,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio for incredibly deep blacks and pristine whites, Auto Motion Plus 120Hz motion blur reduction and enriched, more accurate color processing. Samsung LED TVs use 40% less power than conventional LCD TVs and are manufactured with the environment in mind. The Samsung UN40B6000 LED HDTV takes television to a new world of connectivity where InfoLink can access news, weather and sports with real time RSS updates right on your TV. Get more out of television with Samsung LED TV.

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76 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good to Excellent, Significantly better than CCFL?, September 16, 2009

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Gregory L. Dauria "daurigl" (Connecticut USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung UN40B6000 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Electronics)

I originally ordered the Samsung LN40B650 and was fairly certain that I had made a good choice. I don't know why but I starting second guessing my decision, which led me to review the Samsung LED LCD televisions. While the reviews were not extremely glowing, the Samsung UN40B6000 looked like it could better the picture of the CCFL LN40B650 and I canceled the order for CCFL and went with the 6000 series LED television. One of the "cons" of the edge-placed LED televisions is a noted lack of screen uniformity but that is for larger screen sizes and I thought the 40 inch screen would not be as prone to that problem.

Some thoughts and observations:

1. The clear screen is very good - I have 3 windows, and a bright ceiling light; there are no reflection problems. In some of my earlier posted Amazon photos, a window reflection was evident on the screen, but not really noticeable in real-life viewing. I found, however, if I looked for the reflection, I could see it. I reshot the photos in lower light to better illustrate the performance of the UN40b6000. The first photo shows how good the screen image is when viewed directly on; this quality remains solid to 15 - 20 degrees of center. The image does lighten but I disagree that it rapidly deteriorates to poor quality even up to a viewing angle of 45 degrees; it's still a good image.
2. Out of the box the picture is good, but after using the settings recommended by CNET, with some slight personal adjustments, the picture for many Blu Ray pictures are as good as I've seen.
3. Despite the stated mega contrast ratio of 3,000,000:1, the gamma setting needed to be adjusted to at least +2 or +3 (highest) values to keep dark scenes properly contrasted. One interesting fact regarding the off-center viewing is that contrast for dark lit scenes actually improves.
4. The sound is NOT bad; the two UN40B6000 rear/downward firing speakers in custom mode produces respectable sound for a television set. Now, if you want theater-quality surround sound, then this TV is going to fall far short of such expectation, but what set would not? My suggestion is to go into sound mode; select custom, select graphic equalizer (set 100HZ to max; 300HZ to 3/4 range); set SRS Trusurround HD to "On" and give a listen. If you're still not happy, buy a sound bar.
5. The backlit remote is nice for nighttime viewing and is fairly user friendly.
6. The Samsung Blu Ray and UN40B6000 automatically recognize one another which may play a role in the exceptional picture that is produced.

The bottom line is that UN40B6000 produces a very good to excellent picture, and the sound is decent for a television set - is it worth the couple of hundred dollars more than its CCFL counterpart? I cannot say with certainty, but my hunch is that it is. However, where its performance may exceed say the LN40B650 is most likely limited to direct viewing +/- 20 degrees off center. After that the CCFL set may hold an advantage.

Update 9/25: I have read the reviews regarding limited viewing angles, but I have not noticed the dramatic degradation that has been observed by others. For comparison, I have placed 3 images under typical dark viewing conditions (note all camera settings are in static manual mode, no photo editing performed). The series of photos uploaded on Amazon do not come close to the actual picture on the screen in terms of quality, but they do demonstrate relative difference in picture color and contrast as the viewing angle is moved from center - please note photo placement captions. Overall, I am VERY happy with the UN40B6000 performance and have every intention of keeping it. The picture is outstanding when viewed directly, and may diminish with increased viewing angle, but it's more of an excellent to good, than a good to terrible. My wife keeps complaining that the picture is too good - that it's like watching a movie being made instead of viewing a movie - it does not make sense to me either.

UPDATE 1/22/10: In the comment section I was asked the set's height with stand. When I performed the required action by using a metal measuring tape positioned on the right side of the TV, the set went into store demo mode that displayed features of the TV - I needed Samsung technical support to get me out of the stored program. On the plus side - at 23:00, Friday night, I had a technician within minutes. Samsung did not understand why it happened but it did, and they directed me out of the program. FYI, I measured over the front buttons on the right side of the TV and I now believe the metal tape simultaneously contacted two buttons which initiated the store demo program - do not take a measurement in that fashion! If for some reason the store display comes on, from menu, go to "plug and play" and advance to section that has choices "store demo" or "home use" select "home use" to exit the program.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful picture, August 6, 2009

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James F. Stoicheff (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung UN40B6000 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Electronics)

We bought this TV because it had the best picture, period. The rest is, as they say, gravy. That said, there's a lot of gravy.

Pros:
Fantastic picture
A lot of HDMI inputs (4)
Easy to set up
Attractive and lightweight design
Cable HD looks great
There's some control of the Panasonic receiver/DVD player through the TV
Photos on USB thumb drive look gorgeous

Cons:
The Ethernet connection is nice, but it should do more: I want access to my Ethernet HP Media Vault, and the Internet offering (USA Today news stories, weather, and stocks) is meager
One of the PIP options must be to the RF coaxial input

The cons are minor, especially since I wouldn't have cared or noticed if the features weren't included at all.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely picture, June 21, 2009

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Winter - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung UN40B6000 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Electronics)

We just upgraded from a 10yr old huge tube tv to this. Granted that anything would be awsome in comparison, the picture is fabulous, its very light, thin, and energy efficient. It is weird not having any buttons on the tv itself, but I can kind of see why. Since it is so thin, the wire placement in the back is a bit strange, or different I should say from the monster tube tv we had. We had to get a HMDI cable to go with it to connect our DVD player, but other then that, no other item was needed. If you are going to mount it on the wall, you will need to purchase that separately. Luckily the DVD player we had was new enough to be an upconvert to Hi-def.

The picture looks like you are standing next to the film crew as they are filming the show. It's very strange. Even Kungfu Panda looked more 3 dimensional if that is possible.