Samsung UE40D5520
The Samsung UE40D5520 Smart TV is a Freeview LED TV that contains the latest in viewing technology giving you beautiful natural colour tones with twice the resolution of a standard HD TV. Samsung’s Smart Hub is at the heart of the D5520 series letting you to access Samsung TV Apps and Social TV as well as sharing films, photos, and music.
After unboxing this set, you will find that it is surprisingly thin at 27mm and looks pretty cool on a TV stand or you can purchase a wall bracket, which needs to be VESA 200 x 200 standard. There’s no concern about the weight on the wall as this is one of the lightest TVs for it’s size being 11.5Kg. Samsung also provide details of a simple fixing unit to mount this flush to the wall.
Once you have set-up the Samsung D5520, you will see the stunning picture with an amazing resolution of 1920 x 1080p , delivering beautifully natural pictures which certainly enhance your viewing, it is worth noting that standard channels are also up-scaled which deliver amazing pictures. Setting up the set is really very simple and you will notice that the TV essentially sets itself up.
One of the key selling points of this television is the Smart Hub on the Samsung UE40D5520 where Samsung provide the ability to have all of your digital content and interactions in a single place with AllShare. This features allows you to connect the D5520 to all of your compatible digital devices to access such things as music, photos, and films. You can also download the Allshare software for your PC, which will enable you to stream back content from your PC to the television.
To get access to internet content you will need to plug the television’s Ethernet connections into your home router/network or plug-in the Samsung Wireless Adaptor which is sold separately. However once you have done this, you can stream films from LoveFilm, access the BBC iPlayer, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or stream news content from the BBC. If you need to do a lot of typing, you may be better to connect a keyboard to the television to make the experience a little smoother, but most of the time you won’t need to.
The Samsung D5520 series also boasts a handy guide feature, allowing you to watch a channel whilst checking what’s on any other channel a week in advance, which no doubt you will find useful. It is worth noting that the screen is very glossy, shiny and reflective and so viewing programmes in direct sunlight is a challenge although this can be difficult for most televisions.
This television comes with a really great ‘ECO’ feature which is something that those of you with an eye on the environment will find useful. It will let you lower the wattage of the TV considerably by modifying settings when you are watching in a darkened room for example. With regards to connectivity the D5520 series delivers everything you will need with 4 HDMI ports, 2 USB Ports, Scart, Ethernet, PC IN (D-sub), and Headphone connections among others.
This television provides a truly remarkable depth of field and you have to see the picture to believe it. You will see that the depth of the black and colour performance are unbeatable, coupled with the Smart Technology giving you internet access, the Samsung UE40D5520 is a great purchase.
February 1, 2012
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Posted by Jam Man
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