Samsung UN55B8500 Reviews

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By C. T. Davidson

If you can take the hit to the wallet you have to get one of these. Better than I expected! Great picture.

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By R. Wright

We recently moved and didn’t want to go with another projection system for our home theatre, so compared all available LCD, LED/LCD and Plasma TVs. We found the Samsung 8500 55″ to be the best picture available. In addition, the low profile and on-wall mounting system made this the best choice for us.

We’ve had the TV for about a month now, and the whole family loves it, and no-one misses the Runco projection system we used to have. Although smaller at 55″ (our Runco screen was 110″), the clarity, brightness (without having to darken the room), appearance, light weight, low power consumption, and thin profile make this our preference by far!

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By Aman Gheewalla

I’ve had the Samsung UN55B8500 since back in November and I did a LOT of research on LCD’s before purchasing it. A couple months down the line, this TV still amazes me even after the initial “wow factor” has gone away. The colors are vivid, and the blacks actually turn completely black in a dark room. It’s like the TV isn’t even there. No other LCD on the market has the blacks of this TV, and even Samsung’s new 2010 line will not. They have not announced any local dimming TV’s for this year yet, and unless you really want to be an early adopter of 3D, there is absolutely no reason to get the 2010 models (Unless you want the C9000 for it’s thinness). Picture quality wise, this set is not going to be beat this year, unless Samsung announces another locally dimmed TV.

Overall, this is just the best LCD ever created. Check the reviews on any site. You will find the same response.

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By Jordan

I have owned this TV for about a month now and it’s simply amazing. I have Dish Network HD service, a Samsung Blu-Ray player and my PS3 hooked up. They all look great and I really can’t say enough about the color and clarity of this extremely thin television set.

I have experienced the “crop circling” twice now, seems to come and go. I notice it on “natural” mode and switching to “dynamic” seems to fix it. My firmware is all up to date.

All the internet and game extras seem like a nice idea, but the novelty wore off pretty quickly.

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By J. Tingle

The picture is as clear as I have ever seen. This product lives up to all the kudos and positive reviews it has received.

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By D

I originally purchased the UN55B7000 and was not at all satisfied with the LED edge lighting. There was no way to get rid of the light shining in from the corners of the screen and the backlight uniformity was terrible on dark scenes. I tried to like it because I did not want to spend nearly twice as much on the 8500 but I could not get past the search light effect in the corners. I returned that one and purchased this TV and I am very glad I did. There is no comparison between an edge lit LED and this one with the local dimming back lit LED’s. In the brightly lit stores, you can not appreciate this feature like you will in your dark living room. The black bars on the top and bottom when watching a movie with a ratio that does not fill the screen, are black, not grey. You will not see any light shining in from the corners. Also, the dynamic contrast feature of the 7000 series would make the screen lighter and darker during the movie depending on the light of the scene. That was very annoying. With the local dimming LED, this is not a problem. The picture is also noticeably better with all video sources whether HD or standard definition and I am using the same cables with this TV as I did on the 7000. I have the blur reduction set on 10 and the judder set on 2 for the best looking picture I have ever seen on a TV. I have Dish HD and the HD channels look amazing on this TV. Even the standard definition channels look very good. There is a very noticeable improvement on picture quality over my last LCD TV and the 7000 that I returned. Every time I watch this TV, I feel that it was well worth the price I paid for it. If you are looking for the best picture you can possibly get from a TV, LCD or plazma in my opinion, this is the one to get. If you take some time to play with the adjustments, I’m sure you will find settings that will make you say WOW, that’s amazing!

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By Y. Yosef “Josepexx”

Purchased this TV after long debating with the XBR10 and I am glad i chose the Samsung with the slim mounting it is definitely looks like a painting on the wall.
Now just turn on your blu ray and you what you paid for true HD vivid experience.
The screen comes in a glossy finish so it kind of reflects everything when there’s Light….
The widgets feature Lacks the Amazon on demand service (on amazon web site it says “Amazon Video On Demand is temporarily not available on Samsung”)I hope that they Will fix it soon .
Accompanying this TV are Martin Logan speakers Denon receiver and A PS3 I’ll post some Pics. You cant go wrong with this TV In one word AMAZING.

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By Roger Conlon

when using the greater depth of contrast that exists on the
Samsung 8500 particularly in the black and white ranges you must change the ‘dynamic’ range to ‘normal’, ‘standard’ or ‘movie’ as required. .. to the age of the movie being watched. You do not have to do this on either the 6000 or the 8000 series … for this greater range of contrast does not exist on either of these other Samsung tvs.

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By Zmk

After some review of the led based tv’s, i ordered un55b8000 by samsung. My first impression was great.however like other reviewers,I could not get over the led corner lighting problem. I called samsung re. This. Then called amazon and returned the set.I then decided to go for the un55b8500 led set. So far so good!. This is a very nice set,in form and function. My big concern now is that this set may be discontinued!. I’m hoping for explanation as to the future of this very nice tv?

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By C. Weir

I had my Samsung un55b8500 delivered January 19th. Pilot Pro delivered it in mint condition, Helped me unpack it and set it up. Waited until I inspected it for damage and made sure it worked right.
This is my first big screen T.V. and it is spectacular. I read lots and lots of reviews before I spent the money on this set. The most prevalent concerns were the viewing angle, reflective screen and the price. The picture quality is so much better than I can describe with words. The is more reflective than a matt screen. I have it in aroom with windows and is not that big of a problem. The viewing angle is not a problem unless you are right beside the T.V. It up-converts standard definition transmissions very well. Easy to set up. More than enough HDMI inputs. As far as price, Worth every penny. Put H-D content or a blue-ray on this thing and it is stunning. If you can’t tell by now, I am extremely satisfied with this T.V. I had some reservations ordering something this big and expensive on line. Amazon did a great job making sure my T.V. arrived as promised. I would not hesitate to use them again.