Customer Reviews

Samsung LE32B650T2 32-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p Crystal LCD TV with Media 2.0 and Freeview

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I was in the market for 32" TV. It was really between this and the Sony KDL32V5500. What hi-fi magazine suggests Sony is the best overall but it did seem like a close run thing and the Samsung is more attractive.
The TV is very impressive and to me just as important has tons of clever features. So sure the picture is great (as you would expect of TV's of this price) but like some of the latest models it now has widgets and other 'cool features', so can connect to the internet. I went and purchased a ethernet over power kit and within a minute was looking at share prices, and weather on the TV. Not only does it have support for widgets(which will be added to) but it has some built in content. It has for example built in, some lovely art work so if you want to you can just switch to that and chill out to the music. Also this content contains things like children's stories. I can really imagine a 5 year old loving that, as it reads them stories and highlights the words as it goes along. Really nice!

To me this TV is really the beginning of the next phase for TV's. I read tons of reviews about imagine quality etc but little about these additional features. The reviews need to focus just as much if not more on these in the future as that is where the TV's will differentiate themselves.

Samsung's Series 6 LCD TV's offer superb value for money, excellent picture quality, gorgeous design and plenty of future proof connections, the LE32650 even includes an "internet TV" option to satisfy that gadget lover inside of you!
My parents have been the owners of this model for the past couple of weeks, and I must say I am very impressed.
Picture quality via the built in freeview tuner is excellent, deep blacks, warm, natural colours and motion is handled brilliantly.
Actually, whilst on the subject of motion, this set includes "100hz motionflow," you really notice the difference when watching football, - just make sure via the on screen menu that it's set to "Clear"
You also get Samsung's own picture processing enhancement system, "DNIE" which although I am not too familiar with it certainly seems to produce a very strong image.
4 x HDMI's are present for all your connection possibilities, enough here for Blu Ray, PS3 etc.
I can't pass comment on the "Internet TV" feature just at the moment as you need to buy an extra wireless dongle for it to work; I suspect however it's just an extra future proof gadget which should work well.
Sound quality isn't usually very hot on flat screen TV's these days, and the LE32B650 is no exception to that rule. It's fine for just general viewing but movies sound flat and uninspiring, if you're buying this set and you're a movie lover then you owe it to yourself to get an external surround sound system.
HD Images are very stunning, this set is 1080P Full HD, and whilst there is some debate as to whether or not a 32" set can really display the quality of a 1920x1080 resolution, there can be not doubt as to the quality of the Samsungs images.
(It's better than my 720p 37" Panasonic Plasma, which is very good too by the way)
In summary, I highly recommend this TV. It's certainly one of the best 32" currently on the market.

After reading a plethora of reviews and seeing differnt tvs in showrooms i decided on buying the samsung 650 and can confirm that, in my opinion, the 650's picture is better than any of the other 32" tvs out there with the exception of the Philips 32PFL9604 which costs 60% more. Colours on the 650 are rich and vibrant and blacks are amazing for a lcd tv, at times the picture even seems 3d. The Samsung 650 is also great to show of blu ray films, detail is incredible and playback smooth without artifacting.

At the moment i have my pc, 360 and ps3 hooked up along with freeview. The 360 and ps3 connect fine via hdmi without any setup, showing up under the input for the hdmi port you connected to. When playing games the tv switches into game mode and disables a lot of the advanced picture optimising technology used for movies leaving it in effect a 32" tv, this is a good thing since the tv then concentrates on just displaying the 360 and ps3 games signals resulting in no lag and very responsive gaming unlike many other tvs out there which have lag.

The pc connection is via hdmi port 3 and i used a dvi to hdmi convertor, the quality was not acceptable for working on, however since i just use the connection for displaying pc movies e.g. netflixs on the samsung screen thats irrelevant, once again the colours on the samsung show of the pc movies i viewed to great effect, at times it was almost like watching a different film, such was the improvement in quality.

The only downside is the audio, which as is normal in sub £1000 tvs, is average. I purchased some onkyo speakers with the surround sound add on, also available from amazon Onkyo Digital Home Theatre System, which really add to the experience of watching hdtv and turn it into a working home cinema experience.

Great product, recommended

I bought a LEB32650 from Amazon just after Christmas after reading numerous reviews online and the opinions on AVforums. It was £100 more expensive at Richersounds, so Amazon came up trumps.
The picture from an SD signal (virgin) is very good on this TV, but of course some Virgin channels are transmitted at a lower bitrate from others so if you are watching a minor channel expect some artifacting. Compared to my old TV (a Panasonice TX28PL1, which was a very good CRT) the picture is a quantum leap. Yes there are cheaper 32" LCDs available, for example the LG32 3000 model, but comparing the pictures side by side in Richersounds the well know brand such as Sony and Samsung are noticably better.
HD looks incredible from a bluray, so no complaints there, and 95% of my avis and mkvs play fine from a USB hard drive. The only fault with USB media play is that although ffw works fine at 2x speed, rewind does not. To rewind you have to use the jump feature (left arrow on remote). Hopefully a firmware update will sort that out in future.
My biggest complaint is the DLNA feature. I have had lots of problems streaming media wirelessly from a Samsung R610 laptop using the Samsung DLNA software. Windows 7 media "play to" actually works better, but rew and ff does not work, and every film stops at just before the hour mark. Also, DVD rips are played in a box and not stretched to fit the screen when played this way, and some avis that play perfectly from USB will not play by wireless due to "format error". So it looks like Samsung need to do considerable work to the DLNA "push" software. Pulling the media from the TV seems better, but still no ff or rew.
In conclusion then, a great picture, sound is quite good, films played from USB media is good, but DLNA is definitely a work in progress...hence only 4 stars.

The TV looks the part and the frame looks better at home than in the showrooms. Pictures are stunning on most channels and I have not bothered to make any adjustments yet. The remote control (very dark aubergine colour) is easy to use, but not the prettiest. However, one needs to apply more pressure on the buttons than usual. There are buttons for all sorts of things and found all to be useful. I read everywhere about the sound quality, but I find no real issue on this score, and I believe that the average person will never find any.

To put the four screws fully-in properly was extremely hard. I expected this from other reviewers' comments and hence I spent 90 minutes to complete this task. I kept moving from one screw to another after facing some resistance and occasionally stopping to allow the screws to cool down and for the stand material to yield and deform. But the last half turn was unbelievably hard (Samsung, why?). From then on, operating the TV was a breeze; just follow on-screen instructions. Low marks for the manual, but use the remote and if you are stuck, then read the manual. If you use your PC and TV through a wireless router, then you will need to install the software on the supplied CD. Upgrade is available by downloading firmware from Samsung website.

I have connected the TV to the internet using an ADSL modem, registered my name, and searched on U-tube (simple). Also, I used the PIP (Picture in Picture, press tools button) facility on a few occasions, for example, to watch football on Channel 5 & ITV4 at the same time. You will need first to connect your aerial through the DVD or VCR recorder (equipment with a tuner) then to the TV. You can adjust picture sizes to suit, hear sound from one source, and change channels as you wish.

I used a Power Meter (Model GT1379) to determine the power consumption of Samsung LE32B650T2. Nominal average readings: off mode - 80W, auto - 78W, low - 63W, medium - 57W, high- 50W. These are pleasing figures but the standby reading was 11W (instead of 1W). Samsung said possibly a faulty TV, and should contact Amazon.

One criticism is that you can only see the front panel buttons with the aid of a torch!

Finally, highly recommend TV, second best TV below £760, after the Samsung UE32B7020.

Like many others I was considering equivalent Sonys and Panasonics but am so glad I went for this Samsung. Sonys are always overpriced and you pay a lot more for freesat in the Panys which is really not worth it unless you already have a satellite dish installed.

Rest assured the picture quality from SD transmissions is superb on this TV, which after all will probably be the most important aspect for most purchasers. The picture quality adjustments are quite extensive, far more so than other TV's of similar price range. I particularly liked the DTV guide which has PIP and no adverts like the Pannys. It has internet@tv and other such nonsense you may never use, or only use once, but I guess this is a hint towards the future of where TVs are going. My only concern was about reports that you could only use game mode in standard picture mode, but this is realy not an issue. You can still adjust brightness, contrast and saturation to suit, although I found this not necessary as picture quality was exemplary at factory defaults. Not being a serious hardcore gamer I can't really comment on the lag, suffice to say I have not experienced any noticable deterioration in gameplay.

Anyone deliberating over which 32" to buy in this price range cant go wrong with this choice. The picture quality and other features like the two USB ports which allow you to play virtually any type of media file, make it a superb value for money choice.

I spent quite a while comparing LCD TVs before buying this one, based on superb picture quality in the shops and excellent reviews online. Enough has been said about the picture quality, it is excellent, although I have noticed one or two odd effects occasionally - the picture can sometimes wobble or shimmy - there is a particular scene in the latest Star Trek movie with a close-up of Nero's face, his whole face slides around the screen like jelly, quite off-putting. And on some TV programs (not HD), dark colour movement can sometimes lag behind other moving elements, for example a dark scene with a man with black hair, and his hair can appear to move independently of his head.

Still, on the whole the picture quality is excellent and regular DVDs look great. The TV audio however is disappointingly weak, very tinny. I would have used the line-out audio from the back of the TV to feed a pair of speakers, but you can't control the line-out volume with the TV remote (the volume is fixed), and I don't want to have my stereo on every time I watch TV, only when I watch a movie.

HOWEVER!!!! There is a major flaw with this TV, the line-out audio from the back of the TV is not in sync with the TV speakers or picture! Have a search on the web forums; it's not just my TV. The result of this is you can't take an audio feed from the back of the TV to put through your stereo AND have the TV speakers on at the same time. It also means that even if you turn the TV speakers off, the line-out sound is not quite in sync with the picture (sound occurs just before the action). It is possible to switch the TV mode to `Game Mode' and this brings the line-out audio slightly more in sync with the TV speakers and picture, but still not perfect. Samsung don't seem to have a fix for it either.

Obviously all the thought went into the picture quality, and the audio technology was sourced off the local market. On balance I wouldn't buy this TV knowing what I know now, it's my first LCD TV, it could have been so good, but the audio problems are really inexcusable and let down an otherwise classy product.

Oh, one other thing, I had no problem fixing the stand like some others have said, the screws went in fine, just follow the instructions.

Having been looking for a TV for a few weeks and having a good look around at what was available in my price range, this seemed to be the television that had everything I was looking for and more. Not only is the picture quality great, the sound is excellent and it looks fab. I especially like the features like being able to attach a USB so that I can look at photos on a big screen. I also love the fact that I can plug several other items into the television at once. Currently we have the Sky+, a DVD player, Wii and Xbox and its is great that nothing has to be unplugged to get something else to work. The full HD is fantastic too

This is a considered purchase at this price, but I do think that it is worth its price tag.

After my daughter had put the Wii remote through my yr old flat screen TV I found myself in the market for a new TV. Did a bit of research on the net and found this Samsung TV met all my requirements. However, it was not widely available in local stores, so I decided to order it from Amazon.
Delivery of the TV was prompt. Having unpacked the TV and turned it on, to be honest I wasn't impressed. The picture quality was ok, but I prefered my old LG. I find the picture quality ok if one looks directly at the screen, but if you are sitting looking at the screen 'side-on' it has a whitish hue about it. The remote control is on the large side, and isn't the same colour as the TV, in bright light ie sun light, it looks slightly burgundy. The TV design is very stylish, but the high gloss finish is a nightmare, the whole TV is a dust magnet, and the high gloss finish to the back of the TV is terrible, it seems all you have to do is look at it for it to become scratched. I was disappointed to find once I had taken off the protective film from the front of the TV several scratches/marks already there. You can't see them unless you look for them, but I know they are there, which isn't good for a brand new item. The best thing about the TV is the solid glass stand, which, unlike other reports, I had no trouble at all assembling, it was easy and straight forward. The sound quality is ok, nothing great, and you definitely need a home cinema system to enjoy films. Once connected to such a system and you've enabled the tru-sound, its fantastic. The internet function is not worth having, it's slow and limited, in fact, for me, it has become annoying, much easier to use a PC or laptop, or like me, use my notebook in the lounge. I was disappointed to find I couldn't return the TV either for a full refund as I had opened the package and turned it on, which in one sence is understandable, but on the other hand how can you tell if you like such an item until you have actually seen it working. I was told I could return it but would only get pack a fraction of what I'd paid for it. In hind sight I will not be making such a large purchase again from an internet site, far better to actually see a product in a showroom before purchasing, I will be looking to replace this TV in the next few yrs, and putting this one in my bedroom. Just have to put this puchase down to 'experience'.

A very nice Television, does (almost) all that I need and more.

Rather slow with the inbuilt games and (wired) Internet connection, but as I have no real plans to use these again after the initial "playing around" I have no gripes. Certainly feel the cost involved to purchase the Samsung WiFi dongle is a waste of money.
I have no problems connecting my Computer using an HDMI cable, and have two 16 GB USB's full of additional films, music, and pictures sticking out the side (which are not in view from the front).

Only two issues for me are:

Firstly, the ability to view the controls on the set itself. Almost impossible to see in daylight, and at night in a darkened room, forget it, they might as well not be there. Stick to using the remote control.

Secondly, there is no Master Power Off switch. The set is either in Stand-By, or you have to kill power at the mains. Not good for myself as the plug is inaccessible.

Apart from the power issue all I could require in a TV, connectivity and picture quality are brilliant. I would certainly recommend it.