Very nice matte screen, May 24, 2009

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B. kosanam “bk” – See all my reviews

  

I just received this TV today. So far so good. I was seriously confused between 46b650 and 46b630 and I am very happy that I got 630. Since my room has good ambient light, I was looking for anti glare screen and 630 is a perfect fit. 650 is too glossy for my setting, it is very good for dark room setting but otherwise glare could be very annoying. Yes, 630 has 80000:1 vs 100000:1 for 650 and I did notice the slight difference in contrast. I am yet to tweak picture settings. I got this from Vanns for 30, got it in 5 days with free shipping and free wall mount.

UPDATE 1/22/11

Too bad, just after about 18 months of usage, TV gave up. Fortunately I bought 3 year warranty from Amazon so I am getting reimbursement for replacement TV. Main board and Panel went bad.

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Terrific TV, price, delivery!, July 2, 2009

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K. Jones (Chicago, IL) – See all my reviews

  

After having spent several months researching, considering options, & agonizing over choices, I am completely happy with this TV – can actually say, `I love it!’ Therefore, for the first time ever, I’m providing a customer review:

Picture quality:

SD very good & much better than expected; HD quality terrific.

Better than what I expected based on the display loops they run at Best Buy. Motion flow produces very smooth picture.

DVD quality:

Terrific; better than expected. (Don’t have Blu-ray)

Matte screen:

My room is very bright. Samsung’s ultra-clear panel on the 650 model is as shiny & reflective as glass – like looking in a mirror. The 630′s matte screen is perfect for my needs, yet I’m still getting a very clear picture with great contrast ratio. I only knew this model existed by reading customer comments at Amazon, as Samsung doesn’t appear to promote this model.

Settings:

TV has lots of options for picture & sound settings. Easy to adjust, test, play around with.

Connection to Cable Box/DVR:

To be able to use my cable DVR remote with the TV, I had to call the cable company to get the volume control to work – just needed a special code.

Sound:

OK; better than expected.

Set aesthetics:

Attractive. Originally nervous about the red Touch of Color – but it is very subtle; looks more brown/burgundy. Does NOT look like the bright red stripe that is pictured in Amazon’s product info.

Amazon `Enhanced Delivery’:

Very good. Delivery by CEVA was on-time. Team of two guys took their shoes off at the door without being asked, unpacked the TV, mounted it on the stand, placed it on my TV console, & hooked up connections to cable.

Warranty:

Set comes with standard one-year warranty from Samsung. But, for peace of mind, I added an additional two-year warranty (for a total of 3-yrs coverage) offered by Square Trade for Amazon customers for just an extra . This Amazon/SquareTrade package is a much better extended warranty deal than I could have gotten from other retail or online sellers.

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The best non LED LCD out there, June 22, 2009

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P. NARAYANAN (Ashburn, VA) – See all my reviews

  

I decided to buy this TV after doing about 3 months of research. Initially I was ready to buy LED TV(which was additional 00), but settled on this. The TV came in 2 DAYS!!! with the Free shipping.. I’ve been using this TV for the past 4 days, so far I love it. picture is probably the best on this tv. I have fios, which is great on this TV. I have this in my living room which has a lot of windows, it works great there. The audio i was a bit disappointing, but who cares, I’ll be plugging this into my receiver. For this price you cannot beat it..far better than SONY (non led), and SHARP.

Pros:

-Great picture,

-Great contrast, color,

-HDMI connections.

-Ethernet plug in for the Info Link and updating Firmware

-USB HDD/Flash plug in for playing photos, movies (havent tried this yet)

-Great Remote

-User Interface is great

-Lighter (40 lbs)

-One man installation

Cons:

-Speakers are sub par, you def need to hook up to home theater.

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