The Samsung UE65C8000 – An Initial Review
The Samsung UE65C8000 3D LED TV is one of the Korean consumer electronics maker’s newest offerings and it’s quite a television to behold. Making use of light emitting diodes (LEDs) to backlight its display, the TV is one of the slimmest on the market. It’s also a 65 inch unit that is able to project its display in 3D and even take standard 2D and convert it to 3D with the right equipment.
No one would ever say that this TV is inexpensive, at a list price of nearly 4400 British pounds. There are certain online retailers selling it for about 600 British pounds less than that, though. Regardless, the list of functions and features included with the TV would seem to justify the price. Lately, Samsung has really taken the big screen television segment by storm, it must be said.
The UE65C8000 comes with Freeview HD, which is Samsung’s UK-specific tuning filter that can allow the television to access more than 100 high-quality satellite channels beamed only into the UK. It also has what Samsung calls “Internet-at-home” capability, which combines with the Freeview feature to deliver a Luxia-line television that’s backlit on its display screen by LEDs rather than fluorescent tubing.
As far as light emitting diodes, when they’re used within a TV in place of fluorescent tubes to backlight the display screen the result is generally a television that is extremely slim. This is especially evident in this particular model, because it comes in at less than 30 mm in thickness. This fact helps to bolster Samsung’s already-formidable reputation for producing big-screen TVs of extreme slimness, by the way.
On-screen display resolution comes in at 1920 by 1080 pixels (1080p), which means that the television is a real high definition unit rather than one that’s “HD-ready.” It also comes with Samsung’s proprietary Motion Plus 200 HZ motion engine, which controls the action quite capably, ensuring that even 3D imagery looks crisp and clean, with no blurring or smearing whatsoever.
With most TVs at this price point, it’s a given that they’ll include more than a few features and functions that help them to connect to a large number of different electronic components. That’s the case with this TV, including as it does four different HDMI input ports, Ethernet, scart and USB 2.0. As well, the Korean maker also includes audio return channel technologies to help bolster the total package.
There’s nothing whatsoever low performance-like when it comes to the included surround sound system, it must be said. It features digital noise filtration and Dolby Digital Plus, which helps to ensure that the sound deliver by the TV will be of extreme high-quality. Keep in mind that most any TV, though, can benefit through connection to a good-quality home theater system, for what it’s worth.
The Samsung UE65C8000 is one of the Korean consumer electronics maker’s finest offerings to date. At 65 inches, it is a truly big TV and it’s doubly impressive because it delivers images in real 3-D, to boot. It won’t be an inexpensive purchase, at 4400 British pounds list price, but a lucky buyer will be getting a huge amount of features and functions, which will greatly help reduce the pain on the pocketbook.
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