| Even although this isn't the first time we've laid eyes on | | | | not really that noticeable (especially in brighter ambient |
| a wafer-thin Samsung edge-lit LED solar panel, the | | | | lighting conditions), but if you're searching for a |
| size-zero slenderness from the UE40B8000 still | | | | large-sized flat panel display with near-perfect display |
| requires our breath apart. Its polished black bezel is | | | | uniformity (and wide watching angles), plasma tv |
| encased by a thin strip of translucent plastic extending | | | | remains the only viable choice to date. |
| beyond the borders. And whenever you get into | | | | When each aspect of standard-def video processing |
| account the sturdy table-top stand sporting a brushed | | | | is taken into account, the Samsungs have |
| metallic surface, the see-through pedestal stem, and | | | | outperformed each other brand of HDTVs we've |
| the “deactivatable” (it would still blink in response | | | | tested this year, and this holds accurate for the |
| to any remote keypress even if you elected to switch | | | | UE40B8000 as well. The quality of upconversion |
| it off in the user menu) blue LED indicator light peeking | | | | scaling was good, capturing sufficiently sharp detail |
| through the bottom from the solar panel, it's hard not to | | | | both off-air or from DVDs with out any sign of |
| fall in adore with the Samsung UE40B8000's exquisite | | | | excessive ringing. |
| style which befits a flagship Television. | | | | Jaggies in video-based material had been smoothened |
| Firstly, the main remote for Samsung UE40B8000 | | | | so successfully that we practically saw no jagged |
| sends RF signals instead of the usual infrared. Once | | | | edges either in check patterns or real-world content. |
| “paired” with the UE40B8000, the RF remote | | | | And with [Film Mode] engaged, the Samsung |
| manage allows you to operate the Television with out | | | | UE40B8000 LED-based LCD tv effectively detected |
| you getting to aim the clicker at the television, as well | | | | and processed the 3:2 cadence assessments in 480i |
| as be within the same room. Neat! | | | | and 1080i, and also the Two:2 cadence tests in 576i |
| Samsung has also put a clickable scroll wheel that | | | | (though some moiré was nevertheless visible about |
| may be physically rotated (like those found on the first | | | | the red Coca Cola sign saying “Go Bridget Go” |
| generation of Apple Ipods) on the main remote. | | | | in the notorious check scene from your PAL DVD of |
| Unfortunately this turned out to be more hindrance | | | | Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason). |
| than help: the slight on-screen navigational delay | | | | Coupled with wonderfully rich blacks and precise |
| created it hard for us to judge how far we've scrolled | | | | colours (the green from the snooker table cloth just |
| along the menu options; yet when we reverted to | | | | looked so right), SD seeing was a treat about the |
| clicking for manoeuvring the menu, the scroll wheel | | | | Samsung UE40B8000. Auto-dimming did rear its ugly |
| was nevertheless sensitive sufficient to draw us into | | | | head while switching channels, but otherwise the |
| generating the occasional mistake (e.g. accidentally | | | | majority of Television programmes should deliver |
| scrolling 1 step extra). | | | | sufficiently higher APL (Average Image Level) to |
| Perhaps an unavoidable side impact of its super-slim | | | | maintain the light output fluctuations at bay. |
| construct and edge-mounted LED backlighting, the | | | | Potential owners of the Samsung UE40B8000 |
| Samsung UE40B8000 flat-panel television evinced | | | | shouldn't anticipate significantly from your Television |
| slightly worse screen/ backlight uniformity than the | | | | within the sound department: the physical limitations |
| latest conventional CCFL-backlit LCD TVs. Even after | | | | imposed by the sheer slenderness of the chassis |
| calibration – and with the aid of auto-dimming – | | | | meant that the internal speakers couldn't muster |
| we observed some backlight bleed and clouding | | | | adequate bass nor audio resolution for critical seeing. It |
| especially within the darker (below 20% stimulus) | | | | does pass (just barely) for day-to-day Tv viewing |
| full-field grey check patterns. | | | | though, since it can go fairly loud with reasonably |
| In real-life viewing, these screen uniformity issues were | | | | obvious dialogue. |