Auto Motion Plus calculates the image between frames and inserts it, creating a non-repetitive transition from one to the next. The result is a clearer picture than ever before. Response time refers to the amount of time it takes a pixel to "refresh" itself-to go from being active to being inactive, ready to be re-activated.
The lower the milliseconds, the faster the response time. A television's very fast 4ms response time virtually eliminates any blurring and gives you smooth-motion action scenes. It's advanced image processors and six-times density enhancer help to create true-to-life colors and high contrast, while virtually eliminating digital artifacts.
Automatic Picture Settings: You can choose one of the following picture settings, each input stores its own setting:. Note: You can adjust and store the following settings for each picture setting: contrast, brightness, sharpness, color, tint, and backlight. Blue Only Mode: This function displays the blue signal only by removing the red and green signals from the video signal so as to provide a Blue Filter effect that is used to adjust the Color and Tint of video equipment such as DVD players and Home Theaters.
Film Mode: The TV can be set to automatically sense and process film signals from all sources and adjust the picture from optimum quality. Digital Noise Reduction: If the broadcast signal received by your TV is weak, you can activate the Digital Noise Reduction feature to help reduce any static and ghosting that may appear on the screen.
Auto Volume: Auto volume automatically adjusts the volume of the desired channel, lowering the sound output when the modulation signal is high or raising the sound output when the modulation signal is low. This reduces the difference in volume when changing channels. You can also set the balance between the left and right channels.
TruSurround delivers a compelling, virtual surround sound experience through the two speaker internal playback system. It is fully compatible with all multi-channel formats. Wiselink: A side-panel USB 2. You have access to the following functions:. The TV can be set to automatically adjust to the video signals received, or you can use the setup menu to adjust the screen quality and position.
No cables are supplied for connecting the TV to a PC. You can change the size of the PIP window and even view the two pictures as a or split screen. You can also move the PIP window to each corner of the screen. In addition, you can switch the audio over to sub PIP picture window.
Digital Signal Strength Meter: The digital signal strength meter can be used to help you find the antenna position that delivers the highest HDTV digital signal strength. Analog Channel Fine Tuning: The fine tuning feature allows you to manually adjust analog channels for optimal reception.
A separate fine tuning setting may be put into the TV's memory for each analog channel. Input Source Names: You can assign a name for the component connected to each of the inputs.
When input naming is completed, you will no longer have to remember which component is connected to each input when selecting a source to watch. Channel Labels: Each analog channel programmed into memory can be labeled with a name up to 5 characters. Digital channel names are already assigned and cannot be edited. CH button on the remote. Program Reserve: The television allows you to reserve a program you want to watch at a later time which changes the channel automatically to the reserved program at the selected time while you are watching another channel.
V-Chip: The V-Chip automatically locks out programs that are deemed inappropriate for children. Energy Saver: This feature adjust the brightness of the TV in order to reduce power consumption. When watching TV at night, set the Energy Saver feature to High to reduce eye fatigue as well as power consumption.
You can set this feature to High, Medium, Low or Off. Sleep Timer: The sleep timer switches the television off after a specified amount of time.
The sleep timer can be set to 30, 60, 90, , , or minutes. You also choose the On Timer's channel and Volume. The on and off timers work independently of one another. You can turn this feature off if you prefer. You can use the remote control up to a distance of about 23 feet from TV with a direct line of sight.
The remote's buttons are backlit and will light up with a press of a button. The pedestal stand allows you to swivel the television left to right degrees. The weight of the TV with the stand is Wall Mounting: The TV has four threaded inserts on the back for use with an optional wall-mount bracket. The spacing of the mounting holes is VESA x mm horizontal x mm vertical in accordance with the industry standards set by the Video Electronics Standards Association.
The threaded inserts require M8 8mm machine screws not supplied. Without the stand, the TV weighs No audio cables are needed for an HDMI-equipped device. The HDMI jacks will accept p, i, p, and p signals. The Component Video 1 input can also be used as a composite video input. Digital Audio: The optical digital output with plastic cover on the rear panel will output Dolby Digital when available or 2 channel PCM. This jack allows you to connect a personal computer with a D-Sub pin output.
Headphone Jack: Also on the side-panel is a 3. The TV's speakers automatically mute when a pair of headphones are connected to this jack. For free personalized advice, call Our Advisors have listened to most of the speakers we carry, and can help you make the best choice for your system.
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The Pioneer and Panasonic plasmas got darker by a couple of hairs, although the Samsung solidly beat the two Sonys. Of course, as with all LCDs, those deep blacks became brighter when seen from off angle see below. Details in shadows were quite good, although not perfect.
During a shot when Flint stares into the camera after sneaking into his daughter's room, for instance, we couldn't quite make out the print on the wallpaper behind him, and the shaded half of his face looked indistinct compared with the reference Pioneer, although still more natural than any of the other displays. Cranking brightness brought back the details but destroyed black levels, and the Samsung wasn't crushing black. Color accuracy: The initial color temperature in Warm2 was still a tad blue see the Geek Box , but other than that we had no complaints.
After calibration it was quite accurate, lending a natural look to skin tones and other delicate areas, like Mary Jane's pale face. Green grass in the plaza and red balloons during the parade all looked rich and punchy, and color balance was superb. Overall saturation, thanks to deep blacks and fine color balance, was equal to the superb Pioneer. Video processing: Samsung's Auto Motion Plus AMP processing is designed to smooth out motion--specifically the judder or faint stuttering inherent in frame material such as most films.
Judder can be perceived most easily in pans and camera movement, but once you notice it, it seems to pop up everywhere there's any movement onscreen. Some viewers find the smoothing effect desireable, while some think it looks too video-like and even cartoonish in some instances, particularly Hollywood films.
We're of the latter camp, but we feel de-judder processing can be effective in some scenes. AMP has been improved this year, and it suffers fewer artifacts than the version we tested on the LN-TF from The infamous "triple ball effect" seems greatly toned down, for one thing.
We looked at one example we cited in the 71F review, a deep pass during a college football game between West Virginia and Louisville, and this time there was very little blurring and elongation of the ball.
We also turned to the same hockey match between the Ducks and the Kings and noticed blurring of the puck much less frequently. It was still there in some instances, such as a flip pass into the air that spanned half of the rink before landing, but it was much less noticeable.
Of course, the level of AMP made a big difference--we saw more blurring and artifacts around the puck in High mode, fewer in Medium, about the same in Low, and none in Off. For that reason, we still recommend watching hockey, and indeed all sports, in Off mode. During the opening of Spider-Man , for example, the camera quickly pans over a newsstand and a headline in USA Today double-plug! The camera then moved to follow Peter Parker on his scooter, and the Samsung looked like the camera was on rails, while the Sony allowed a little bit of unsteadiness that made for a much more natural look in that scene.
Later, the camera orbits Parker's face at the beginning of the parade, and we saw a sort of halo effect around his head. The buildings in the background bent slightly near his head as they moved by, even in the Samsung's Low mode, although these artifacts were worse in Medium and High. In this case, the Samsung's Low and the Sony's Standard were pretty much indistinguishable.
Both sets looked much better in pans over natural landscapes from the Planet Earth Blu-ray and in some other non-Hollywood movie material, especially compared with the non-de-judder-equipped sets in the comparison.
Samsung's engineers along with Sony's claim the 52LN can perform this conversion, but if so, it doesn't make much difference. A refresh rate Hz should also cut down on blur in motion, increasing motion resolution.
The blur returned when we turned Off AMP, so you can't get the blur-reduction on this set without de-judder. The Sony performed at about the same level for this test, and neither was as sharp as either of the plasma displays or the Sony SXRD. As usual we didn't notice blurring in program material, however, including during Spider-Man.
As we expect from any p LCD, the Samsung resolved every line of i and p sources, and unlike most sets it properly de-interlaces i film-based sources as long as you leave the film mode engaged. Uniformity: LCD will always be at a disadvantage compared with plasma in this department, and the LN52A is no exception. Its screen was relatively uniform for an LCD, but there was still a brighter spot visible in the upper-left corner in dark scenes or letterbox bars, and in mid-dark fields we saw that the left and right edges of the screen appeared brighter than the middle.
I thought it was a fluke; however, when the tv started misbehaving more regularly, the feeling of annoyance finally crept in. During a brief call to samsung technical support samsung did it for me, make sure you have model, version and serial number from the side of the tv handy when you call , after the analyst verbally verified the model code, serial number and version, as well as the symptoms of the problem, she determined that it's most likely the capacitor issue on the power supply.
Apparently, Samsung is aware of the the capacitor problem, and because it is so widespread, rather than initiating a mass recall, they address the concerns with the individual customers and dispatch technicians for a free capacitor repair even if the tv is out of warranty.
So i got my service order number, received the email confirmation with the assigned local Samsung repair facility. I got a call from the technician the next day, picked a day for the technician to come over and a 4-hour service window. The technician arrived bright and early in the morning the day after.
There were 4 capacitors in questions on the power supply two V and two V capacitors ; however they looked normal - there were no bulges or leaks. The technician did desolder the 4 capacitors from the power supply board and replaced them with V equivalents anyway, just in case. The technician also advised that the issue may lay elsewhere as well since the original capacitors didn't exhibit the characteristics of failure.
I thanked him for that, refused the offer; and he was on his way, presumably to the next person to replace the capacitors. The whole process was very organized, streamlined and painless. I applaud Samsung for their technical support, not necessarily for the short lifespan of their products. With that repair, the relay click and reboot has not happened any more.
However, the slow startup time, the loud buzzing noise, the unresponsive controls and vertical lines persisted. The issue with power supply was seemingly resolved, however something else was not right.
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