| ns use the television set in the living room as the focal | | | | inputs to make them look better on the display. |
| point for a lot of their live - it's entertainment, it's a baby | | | | Its color fidelity is also worthy of note, using Samsung's |
| sitter for the kids when a Disney DVD is in it, it's used | | | | patented Wide Color Enhancer, which renders colors |
| for gaming. It's the center for socialization. And it's been | | | | by varying the brightness of the individual LED behind |
| that way since the 1950s, with the changes shifting | | | | the pixel on the display, which makes for richer, more |
| from era to era with new technology. | | | | saturated colors than traditional display panels use. It's |
| Size, display quality, and price are three of the | | | | also energy star complaint, and may well save you |
| advancing factors that make up today's televisions | | | | more than $1,000 in electricity over the lifespan of the |
| and the Samsung LN40B550 is one of the | | | | television set, if you use it a lot. |
| representations on how far TV technology has gone. | | | | Samsung appeals to the audiophile market as well, |
| You can easily tell that this particular model is a | | | | with high fidelity speakers - running rich base and using |
| television of the future with its special hint of red | | | | SRS TruSurround HD digital technology. This keeps |
| present at the bottom of the bezel giving it an | | | | sound quality crisp and rich, and the speakers use a |
| eye-catching design. The swivel stand is also included | | | | measly 20 watts of power. |
| for easy adjusting and placement anywhere in the | | | | Gamers will be pleased with the Samsung LN40B550, |
| room. | | | | because of the pre-programmed "Game Mode". |
| It's 40" display runs at a full 1080p resolution, with the | | | | Pioneered on other products, this is a set of pre-sets |
| full gamut of digital input options. It's suitable for nearly | | | | to optimize the set for console gaming. No more |
| anything you might want to use a television for, from | | | | spending 10 minutes futzing with the television to get |
| watching the news, to console gaming, and the visible | | | | the game looking perfect. It's also got a USB port and |
| difference between 1080p and 720p is breathtaking. | | | | software to display pictures from a thumb drive, letting |
| The machine has Samsung's dedication to quality; it's | | | | it be a gigantic digital picture frame. |
| got a 70,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, able to go deep | | | | Other than the not-so-friendly remote control, there isn't |
| into the blacks while maintaining color purity. The 6 | | | | really much that is bad about the Samsung LN40B550. |
| millisecond refresh rate means that there are no on | | | | The price is even reasonable for a 40" model |
| screen artifacts for fast moving video, like what used | | | | conveniently priced at roughly $1,000. The Samsung |
| to happen with sporting events. Its HDMI inputs include | | | | LN40B550 excels in design and impresses with a good |
| dynamic rasterizers that will upsample older video | | | | roundup of features and excellent picture quality. |