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Samsung LE40R74BDX - 40'' Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV - With Freeview

by Samsung
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews) More about this product

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Technical Details

  • 40" Screen Size
  • Wide S-PVA XGA Panel
  • High Definition Ready
  • Integrated Freeview Digital Tuner
  • 5000:1 Contrast Ratio
  • 500 cd/m2 Panel Luminance
  • Table-Top Stand Supplied
  • 8ms Moving Picture Response Time
  • 178 Degree Viewing Angle
  • SRS TruSurround XT
  • Picture In Picture (1 Tuner)
  • Component Video Input
  • HDMI Socket
  • PC Input
  • 2 Scart Sockets
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Product details

  • Boxed-product Weight: 30 Kg
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  • Item model number: LE40R74BDX/XEU
  • ASIN: B000F4RC4I
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 12 July 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,596 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Samsung's new generation of high specification LCD TV's deliver extremely high picture quality and connectivity matched with a high gloss black finish which makes this product stand head and shoulders above the competition. Enjoy 40 inch True widescreen pictures on a product which is High Definition ready featuring a screen resolution of 1366 x 768 coupled with HDMI connectivity for true replication of the HD signal. With a dynamic contrast ratio of 5000:1 the Samsung Bordeaux II range delivers unrivalled performance. Additional features such as IDTV, 1000 Page Megatext, PC connectivity, Auto Volume leveller and Composite connections are provided as standard within this range. IMAGINE the possibilities, whether it's enjoying a feature film in widescreen, gaming through a high definition screen or doubling up as a PC screen to enhance your work, this LCD TV delivers it all.

Key Features:

Shows how precise the gradation from black to white is. Samsung LCD TVs offer crystal clear, vivid picture quality with its sharper blacks and whites.
Samsung LCD TV's 12.8 billion colour display brings you rich and expressive images with a stunning clarity that is at higher levels than any other TV is capable of achieving. Now you can enjoy pictures with extremely vivid colour and greater depth in all environments.

Wherever the TV is located, the True off Angle feature on Samsung LCD TV allows users to see any display clearly. With the 178° wide-viewing angle, users will see a clear picture, both horizontally and vertically, from any angle or any position in the room.
DNIe (Digital Natural Image engine), Samsung LCD TVs revolutionary technology, offers digital perfection in the form of crystal clear images in which even the smallest details are captured. Images appear as close to real life as they can possibly be.

The first thing that most people notice about HDTV is the crystal-clear vision on a wide screen. Samsung's HD ready TV, packed with cutting-edge technologies and rich features, guarantees razor sharp images as vivid as reality itself.

Samsung LCD TVs can function as a high-resolution PC monitor and a high-end TV without any sacrifice in picture quality. Outperforming PC monitors in brightness, response time, resolution, and of course screen size, Samsung lets you easily adopt to the ever-expanding multimedia revolution.

Samsung LCD TVs offer unparalleled picture quality that can be optimized for gaming at the touch of a button. It allows for H-sharpness and a faster response time in the games. In addition, its powerful surround sound effects produce a magical environment of wonder that is filled with excitement and joy.
Exceptionally quick and sharp, with speed of up to 8 ms (milli-second), users will be able to see the remarkable difference in the response time of Samsung LCD TVs. The LCD TV ensures that each image is just as good as the real thing.

Samsung LCD TVs satisfy the highest global standards for environmental safety and health protection. It is the first LCD TV in the world to receive the Nemko RoHS certification as an eco-friendly home electronics product.
When viewing regular broadcasts with Samsung LCD TVs' hidden bar type speakers, surround sound makes you feel as if the theatre has been brought into your room.
The LCD TVs ingenious swivel stand affords consumers the ultimate flexibility in positioning the TV in their house. It allows for mobility and ergonomic comfort in your house.
HDMI " allows 100% transmission of both visual and audio digital signals, ensuring perfect image and sound reproduction when connected to PC, STB, DVD, or DTV with both digital visual and audio signals.
With various PIP (Picture in Picture) modes, you can watch TV and see images from DVDs, PCs, camcorders or games, at the same time.
 

Product Description

Samsung LCD TV 40in Nicam Stereo HDMI iDTV HD-Ready Contrast 5000:1 1366x768 pixels Ref LE40R74BDX
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162 of 166 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Brief but accurate, 11 July 2006
By Mr. J. A. Holtom - See all my reviews
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Great looking set with a good picture in almost all cases. Sound from the hidden speakers is also surprisingly good, but let's face it. Most people buying sets this size will likely run it through a dedicated cinema system so it's not really that important.

I only have two gripes about this lovely looking screen. Firstly, there is only one HMDI connection at the back of the set, although there are any number of alternatives.

Secondly there is sometimes a noticeable lag when changing channels via the remote or accessing other TV functions. I'm guessing the software is somewhat buggy.

Overall however, I think you'd be hard pressed to find similar performance or looks for this kind of money.

I have to say after owning the set for a while now, there are some problems. Particularly with the image contrast. There is a rapid fall off to black, so subtle tones in dim lit scenes whatever the source are completely lost. The end result looks like a downloaded movie from the net with poor compression. No amount of tweaking any of the settings helps.

Also. It has a self regulating brightness function which you have no access to. When the scene rapidly changes you can see the image intensity switch as it lags after. It is possible to switch this off via the engineer menus (found searching the internet to fix the problem). Why it's on in the first place is beyond me as it's serious distraction.

I'll still awaiting a software upgrade to fix the sticking menus and channels not changing for up to 20 seconds after the button's pressed.

So, having lived with the set for a while longer, my initial praise has lost it's lustre. Especially after seeing other cheaper sets out perform it on the image stakes.

It's more a case of style over function I'm afraid. Would I buy it again? No!
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46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 'Triffic TV - bring on BBC HD broadcasts now please, 30 Dec 2006
I spent many hours comparing specifications of some Panasonic 42" plasmas against Samsung's R74 and M73 ranges. I plumped for the Samsung LE40R74BDX.

The Plasma has a better contrast ratio, and a deeper colour spectrum, but I also want my TV to serve as a monitor for my Mac. For this purpose, the Samsung is way better - Panasonic can only give a 1024x768 resolution, whereas this TV is perfect at 1366x768.

The 8ms refresh is slightly noticeable for very fast moving images, but this hasn't detracted from the TV. The contrast ratio on this model is excellent at this price point in late 2006 - 5000:1. The M73 Samsungs are at 6000:1 and have an additional bit for colour (giving 25 billion colours instead of the "mere" 12 billion on the R74s), but come on - are you really going to notice?

Panasonic and the other plasma manufacturers launched a web site attempting to dispel the "myths" they perceive are spread about plasma - namely "burn in", greater energy consumption etc. compared to LCD TVs. I needed reassurance that any plasma I'd buy would not suffer from burn in. Panasonic's web site was very clear stating there is no appreciable burn in with modern plasmas. Great. However, if you download their product manuals from their web site, you'll notice they warn about "burn in" and suggest PC images, or on-screen images (such as the "press red" buttons on many broadcasts") can become permanent and that Panasonic would not consider this a fault against their warranty! This put me off plasma completely: it's a bit rich to warn you in the manual that comes with the TV you've just purchased!

The choice was thus between LCD TVs. The latest Sony Bravias are very nice, but you have to be quite Bravia about the impact on your credit card.

My choice came down to Toshiba, LG, and Samsung. Toshiba's Regza range at the similar price point only have about a 1000:1 - 1500:1 contrast ratio. LG and Samsung make their own LCD panels, but Samsung have another advantage - great design. The gloss black frame looks superb.

I'd advise you use an external AV receiver amplifier - all these sets don't have brilliant speakers, but if you're just watching the news they are acceptable.

Beware that the standard definition Freeview broadcasts will not look as good on any of these sets as on a decent CRT TV (of which there are many excellent large Sony Freeview CRTs on eBay currently :)

However, fed from a PC or Mac, or using the component inputs, this Samsung performs fantastically. Go into anywhere where their is a Sky HD box connected to it, rather than the pathetic component distribution systems in the large chain stores (PC World seem to have Sky HD boxes hooked up to their Samsungs) and you'll see what this TV can do.

So, cost v. benefit, this Samsung makes sense. I've not regretted any part of the ownership experience at all. However, I'd be really grateful if Auntie could get round to announcing a "Freesat" type system to start BBC HD broadcasts rather than the trial they're currently running.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars broken ofter 20 months, 23 April 2008
By S. Clark (SUSSEX) - See all my reviews
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i got this tv 20 months ago ,and i was happy with it untill 2 days ago turned it on and nothing,just clicking with the red light flashing
rang samsung they told me it needed to go for repair ,there gave me there repair centre number and told me to contact amazon about my complaint in the lenght of time that it took to broken down ,they never even said sorry (samsung suck) still waiting for amazon to contact me ? the bill for a new power unit is £155 which i have paid and now have get the tv back today.£1229.99 is what this tv cost 20 months ago plus £155 for a repair after just under 2 years .what a bargin" NOT"
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