Samsung UN32C6500 32-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Black)

Review by MrMovie&News for Samsung UN32C6500 32-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Black)
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The Samsung LED TVs are incredible, alomost too good really. The video is so bright and sharp that even old movie classics can be mistaken for live news. There is actually a movie setting to make movies look less live. The HD is astonishing. I do not have Blue Ray but DVD movies are also phenomenal. We use this TV in our kitchen where we spend a lot of time watching news, movies and sports. Wimbledon 2010 looked like we were watching from VIP seats on court side. World Cup was incredible and Baseball is jaw-dropping great.

Sound is good on the TV but I use a Bose 321 for sound which is the perfect confined space size for news at low volume or high volume rock concerts. The Bose is a great match and its acoustimass subwoofer delivers as little or as much base as your ears can stand.

I had originally purchased the 46in. LED version of the Samsung for my office and a 32in. Panasonic LCD for the kitchen. But the Samsung in my office proved so good that two weeks later I gave away the new kitchen Panasonic (ouch) and replaced it with this new 32in. Samsung LED for the kitchen. The reviews I saw say the larger and higher model Samsung TVs are even better. I do not work for Samsung and I never write these review things but there’s no going back now. See for yourself. WOW!

Review by mnk for Samsung UN32C6500 32-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Black)
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I really liked the physical design of this set a lot, and I really tried to like the set overall, but it has problems.

Firstly, this set has poor off-angle picture quality. Anything other than straight on looks washed out.

Secondly, what is with the cartoony user interface? It looks like it was designed by a little girl.

Thirdly, the remote looks like a cheap 3rd party replacement remote. Definitely not of the same caliber as the TV itself.

But most objectionable is the backlighting. It drove me bonkers. When the average brightness of the displayed image falls below some threshold, the backlight drops in intensity. This is particularly evident in scenes like the space-plane and space-station ballet sequence in “2001”, where very bright things enter and exit against a very dark background . It really spoils the viewing experience to have the white things’ brightness modulating. White text on dark background is also a problem. Presumably, the backlight dims to make the blacks seem blacker, but it also makes the whites grayer.

And there’s no way to turn this “feature” off.

So I sent it back. I am now the happy owner of a Sony 32ex700, which while not nearly as physically attractive as the 32c6500, is much easier to live with day to day.

Review by Peter Osback for Samsung UN32C6500 32-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Black)
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Just bought this TV. I was looking at the LG 32le5400 but it was out of stock & I wanted to buy a TV for the bedroom ASAP. I love it. I see the LED bleed everybody talks about but it does not really bother me too much. I like how they changed the glossy finish on the tv frame to flat. I hung it on the wall. If you use the stand It will reflect of it’s mirror finish. I play some ps3 games on it & it will lag if you don’t change the settings. I didn’t expect the sound to be great but sound on it is fine. It’s loud enough & if you need they have a volume boost.

I only had the TV for 3 days 7 will get back to my reviews once I get a change to really get used to it.Samsung UN32C6500 32-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Black)

Review by Ann R. Martin for Samsung UN32C6500 32-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Black)
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On calling customer service (a misnomer), I observed the set had a white glow in the corners, which couldn’t be corrected by changing backlight settings. After several minutes, she returned to tell me that this “flashlight” problem should disappear in three weeks! A $1,000 set! I reminded her it was more than three weeks old.

I asked for the hours of the service center. They weren’t on the samsung web site. She said she didn’t know and had no way of finding out. She then told me I couldn’t drive the set in but had to go to UPS and buy a box and mail it. So, talk to the manager trick. After a several minute wait, he said she was wrong, I could drive it in, but he didn’t know the hours either. Then, of course, wait to be transferred to someone else to approve the repair.

I think they have been taken over by the North Koreans and are hunting for ways to tick off customers.