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|  | Brand: Samsung
Department: Televisions & Projectors
Seller: Scorpionrusso
Rating:  reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 31.1
Dimensions (in): 3 x 31.6 x 21.5
100,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
Fast 4ms response time
Picture-in-Picture
Game Mode
Crystal neck Swivel Stand
4 HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) version 1.3: (3 rear/1 side)
PC input
TV system: American NTSC standard color Channel coverage: VHF 2-13, UHF 14-69, CATV 1-125 (up to 181 pre-selected channels)
NET DIMENSIONS (WXHXD): TV with stand: 31.6" x 23.7" x 9.4", TV without stand: 31.6" x 21.5" x 3.0"
WEIGHT: TV with stand weight: 31.1lbs. TV without stand weight: 23.8 lbs.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: LN32B650
Model: LN32B650
UPC: 036725229341
EAN: 0036725229341
ASIN: B001U3Y8NG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Get yours now before the price goes back up.. January 19, 2010
Vtkau
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bought this TV from AMAZON few days after New year and got it Free with Super Saver shipping in 7 days. Would have been 5 days except for the storm they had back east. It came double boxed with air filled packets as packing material. Some of the packets had popped resulting in some movement of the inside box but there was no damage. UPS dropped it off on my front door and I didn't have to sign anything. The whole thing weighed about 40lbs so one person could move and set this up easily.
The stand is heavy duty high tempered glass with red tinge in front. Very heavy it allows the TV to swivel left and right by loosening two screws from underneath. A plastic guide holder screwed on with 4 screws perfectly to the glass stand.(I think previous issues with regard to this has been resolved by Samsung). The TV then screwed on to the plastic guide holder with an additional 4 screws making it very secure. There is absolutely no excessive movement from the TV. You could secure the TV to wall or cabinet with a included holder but this is optional.
The TV front had a subtle red Touch of Color which really only comes out in direct light. The screen is not overly glossy and I had no problems with excessive reflections.
The TV turned on and was easily setup using plug and play within 15mins. Should be noted that the TV takes about 5 seconds to turn on with a startup melody. The TV Menu has explanations of what each feature does on the bottom which was very helpful. It does comes with 150+ paper manual half english half spanish so you could easily look up things. The TV turned off instantenously with a quick shutdown melody.
The sound which I expected to suck was surprisingly good. The speakers are downward firing and I don't know if my having the TV enclosed in a armoire is helping amplify it. I have it on SRS TruSurround for now but I think anybody with Blu-ray hooked up will certainly be looking at a surround sound setup.(You'd be stupid not to)
I hooked up my cable(NPGCable) to it directly and was impressed with how good it looked with standard definition TV. My normal viewing distance from my bed is about 10-11ft away but even closer the picture was good. The free HDTV that I was receiving was even better. I used the built in tuner to memorize all the available channels. Digital channels I noted takes just a little longer to come up when I flip channels then the standard ones. I will at a later date probably hook up my cable box to it via HDMI.
Right now I have my PS3 hooked up to it on HDMI1 and Blu-ray movies were stunning. There was no ghosting or discernible motion artifact. Picture was bright, vivid with very black blacks. My PS3 upscaled my ordinary DVDs and it's a new experience. I played BioShock and there was absolutely no problems, lags or artifact that I could detect. Perfect for gaming. There was no delay in switching to different Source from TV mode and I heard no audio pops or noise.
I registered the TV online using the web address on the front of the paper manual and the site says it was manufactured 11/30/2009. I found no need for any sort of firmware upgrade at this time.
I had looked at the Sony Bravia 32XBR9 which is selling for about $599 for quite a while. This Samsung maintained it's high price for a very long time dropping to about $799 before Christmas. When it dropped to $679 I pulled the trigger and I would encourage people to not dither and get it NOW if they are interested.
I heard about Samsungs dying in 6 months I hope this is not the case. It's a gorgeous set and highly recommended.
Thanks to AMAZON and to everybody's reviews and comments. They truly help in the purchasing decision.
Beautiful!!! Samsung did say they would pay for postage if there was a problem. January 10, 2010
radiowires
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
To the previous reviewer who wrote about customer service mail-in policy - I just bought this TV today from an electronics store, pre-opened. We got it home and found a dead pixel. I called Samsung right away who told me specifically that yes, I had to mail the TV to be repaired, but that the dead pixel would be taken care of (many companies don't even help with dead pixels) AND the representative said specifically that Samsung would send me paid-postage, free of charge. She estimate the repair would take 2 weeks max. The store I bought it from ended up having another, pre-opened TV in perfect condition, so I don't have a reason to deal with Samsung mail-in repair currently.
I'll update later after I've had the TV for a while, but this display is GORGEOUS. I haven't been able to commit to an LCD TV but every I saw this in an electronics store it blew away all the other TVs in it's range. It has great depth, the speakers work fine by themselves but of course the TV works best when run through your receiver. Still just using a regular old DVD player and pixelation is definitely visible up close but from sitting distance it is still vivid and GREAT! HD television through an antennae looks GREAT. I can't wait to see a blu-ray. I'm very optimistic about this purchase.
 Great picture, but has some minor flaws December 21, 2009
EJ Honda (Slingerlands, NY USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Update: It turns out the HDMI 1 port is apparently bad, which is causing the poor picture problems we experienced. We lost the sound on HDTV broadcasts after trying out the game console, but noticed when the sound was lost, the picture was much improved. (?!?!) Swapping the cable to the other HDMI ports brought back the sound, and the picture remained much better than previously reported. The downside is this set now has to either be returned to Amazon or sent to Samsung. I'm going to ask Amazon to take it back and replace it. I'll update this review in the next few days...
Update 2 (1/3/10): I received the replacement HDTV, and it had major scuffs on the bottom bezel! Couldn't believe it. The protective plastic that this set ships with on the bezel was missing on the lower portion, and appeared to come from the factory like that. Unfortunately there were 3 major scuffs on the bezel due to this, and caused me to make yet another call to Amazon. Amazon shipped a 3rd HDTV to me, and this one arrived undamaged and is working as it should so far. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Original review:
I've had this set for about 10 days, and as a user who is mostly using it for broadcast television viewing, I'm mildly impressed. Picture quality is pretty good in most circumstances, but suffers from the same issues that affect HD broadcasts - motion is juttery in certain specific circumstances (fast motion with fine detail in the picture).
Using this TV with a Time Warner Cable HD box & HDMI cable (supposedly the best quality input for TV viewing), I've noticed the following:
- Standard TV output on this set, like other LCD TVs, is of slightly less quality than a good performing CRT TV. This will only be of concern to those who still need to rely on non-HD channels for some of their viewing.
- The speakers on this TV leave a lot to be desired. They are downward firing, and have no bass to them. The sound is very tinny, and really needs an add-on sound system to correct this, which bumps the cost of this TV up even further. Going into the audio menu and choosing "Movie" for the audio output alleviates this somewhat.
- Still pictures or portions of broadcasts without much action/motion are pretty crisp compared to a standard def TV, but when there is motion involved with a live sporting event broadcasting in 720p, it degrades quickly when fine detail is being displayed. 1080i sporting events look much cleaner, but still show some motion issues. Commercials with motion don't seem that bad - but who buys a TV for commercials? The 720p motion causes all sorts of unintended visual elements to appear, which is surprising considering this set supposedly has "blazing fast 4ms response time" and "Auto Motion Plus 120Hz" features. Perhaps as broadcasters continue to upgrade their systems, this will improve, but for now it still seems like the industry is immature and this TV won't magically overcome these issues.
- The included stand wobbles slightly when attached to the TV (play of about 1/8" side-to-side). This TV has some heft to it, and it is supported on a single post that simply snaps into the bottom of the set, and then has 4 screws you install to secure the post. The screws lined up fine for me unlike other reviewers report, but I found you really couldn't tell when they were fully tight - they went in with much effort from the start - so that I ended up stripping at least one of them, and then knew enough to be very careful with the other 3. The TV isn't exactly rock-solid on this skinny single shaft. If anyone walks in the room, the TV rocks ever so slightly, mostly side to side. This problem of course will be dependent on how stiff your floors are. What I found odd is the set comes with a shoestring on a small black plastic triangular attachment. If you don't mount the TV on the wall, then you are supposed to attach this triangle with the shoestring to the back of the TV, and then you are supposed to drill a screw (not included) into the piece of furniture you plan on setting the TV on top of, and then tie the loose end of the string on the screw to help prevent the TV from tipping over. So it's basically anchoring the TV from the top back of the set. That doesn't give me a lot of confidence, in that Samsung apparently lacks confidence in their own base to keep the TV upright and stable. It also seems to be a real contrast in design details for a company that took the time to put such a trivial styling touch as a thin line of injected red plastic on the face plate, but then tosses in an afterthought piece like an ugly piece of gray string as part of the stability of the set. Weird, and it definitely smells of cost containment.
- The "buttons" on the front of the set leave me scratching my head. Looking at the set out of the box, I had no idea there were "buttons" on the front - the bezel is completely smooth and solid. Then I saw references to them in the manual, but looked for them and couldn't see them. It was only when I angled my view to create a glare on the front trim that I could see the outlines of control labels. They are touch activated, so they aren't raised in anyway, and to keep the front looking "clean" (with the exception of the large "SAMSUNG" logo printed on the front), apparently Samsung has chosen to not put legible lettering on them, nor to light them when the TV is plugged in. Granted, most people will be using the remote, but it doesn't seem like a well thought out detail. You'll also end up touching them unintentionally if you attempt to move the set by grabbing the bezel.
- This is probably more a personal preference, but the volume indicator on screen doesn't really appeal to me. Rather than the normal bars that would appear to grow or shrink across the bottom of the screen, Samsung has a circular indicator, which starts at the 12 noon position, then goes clockwise around, accompanied by numbers from 0 to 100 (25 at the 3 o'clock position, 50 at the 6 o'clock position, etc). This plays mind games with me as I'm clicking the volume button up while the indicator on the screen goes down for the first half of the range - it seems to be counter-intuitive, and I find myself questioning whether I'm pressing the button in the right direction each time I'm going to adjust the volume. I didn't see anyone else mention this, so it might be just a personal quirk.
- Out of curiosity I hooked up this TV to the Internet via an ethernet cable. I tried a firmware update over the Internet, but it error'd out with a code of "connection failed (102)". I did run the network connection diagnostics available on the set, and they came back as successful. Googling on this error message provides many hits of people having the same issue, and even some complaints of Samsung's firmware versions not being well managed by Samsung. I found this to be the case, as Samsung lists on their website an earlier version as the latest for this set, but when I query the version using the TV's menu, it reports it is a newer version, one revision higher than what is listed as the newest on the web.
-DVD playback has been fine. I don't have a Blu-Ray player, but DVDs don't seem to suffer from this issue with motion like live TV does. I've only played some Adult Swim cartoon DVD collections, so I'm not sure I've really tested it well.
-The PS2 I have works fine on the set. The images aren't that great - similar to standard TV - but it's OK for game play.
-I do like the set from the perspective of the connection types available on the back. There are plenty of options and it allows for many different setup options. The connections are all biased to the right side of the TV (as you watch it). That's a bit inconvenient for me as my cables all need to run from the left. You just need an additional foot or 2 of cable length to overcome it. Power cable attaches to the left hand side of the TV (as you watch it), and is angled 90 degrees to the right, so if you need to run the power cable back to the left, you'll have to twist it back 180 degrees.
Just keeping my fingers crossed I'm not one of the unlucky few who experience the dreaded "dead set" problem eventually...
Beautiful Picture, a couple of small gripes December 14, 2009
Fillmoe (California)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this set from Amazon in July and am still playing with the features, many of which I'll probably never use. This replaces a 20-year-old Sony XBR, and is my first flatscreen, so maybe my small problems are caused by inexperience. The delivery was first class; two people brought it into my house and set it up for me and made sure it worked.
I use it to watch satellite tv, dvd's, and for streaming with a Roku box. The Roku movies are much better looking on this tv than on the old Sony. I like being able to use different sound options for different purposes and being able to adjust the picture according to use.
There is a very annoying chime that automatically plays when one turns the set on and off, and I can't figure out how to shut that sound off. It's much louder than the volume that I play the tv, and I'm afraid it will wake someone sleeping in the next room.
It would be very nice to be able to use headsets to help me hear all the dialog without turning up the volume too loud, but I don't see a place to plug in headsets, and I've read that wireless headsets don't work well with digital sound.
Forget trying to contact Samsung's mis-named customer service. I asked my questions on line to them and all they did was sign me up to receive email advertisements.
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