The Samsung UE55B7020 - A First Review | The Communication Blog

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The Samsung UE55B7020 - A First Review

By Karen Puckett

Initial Views: By far the most extraordinary attribute of the UE55B7020 is the depth of it. Less than 1.5 inches, in truth.The black sheer finish to the surround of the screen looks great, as does the thin see-through connection between the screen and the stand. Another bonus point is that Samsung has included all of the key parts within the set - a few manufacturers have required viewers to find a site for a separate box for such items as the Freeview tuner.

Sound: Like a lot of flatscreen Televisions the sound output on the UE55B7020 is rather modest. The UE55B7020 is too slim to permit a sufficient sound system. Look to connecting it to a separate sound system to get reasonable sound to hope to complement the image quality.

Screen Performance: The difference with the UE55B7020 is that, instead of fluorescent tubes to provide backlighting, it uses LEDs. Not everyone realises that the UE55B7020 is still a LCD TV. it is solely the backlighting that's changed. LEDs have the following advantages:

* This technology gives a much more constant backlight across the TV, as it uses a lattice system.

* Only plasma Televisions have produced faultless blacks until now - this enables LCD ones to do so as well.

* The response time of the television is quicker.

* The choice of colours that can be displayed is wider.

Socket connectivity: The UE55B7020 has all the connections to hook up to other appliances and PCs that the largest part of us are to be expected to require - an LAN port, 2 USB ones and 4 HDMI ports. With a separate, easily purchased wireless USB stick, the UE55B7020 can access any home wireless network and in addition, any USB memory device can be used to allow it to play nearly all multimedia file formats.

The UE55B7020 comes with 2 remote controls. Handy if one gets misplaced! The bigger one looks fairly peculiar. It curves over at one end, a bit like a shoe horn. Weird to use at first, but OK after a while. Just on / off, volume and channel controls are on the second remote - by and large OK for everyday use, nevertheless.

Environment: Using less than 130 watts in daily operation, the UE55B7020 will cost a smaller amount to run than other comparable TVs

Summation: Although the sound performance of the UE55B7020 is not up to the mark, it outperforms its competitors, with alive colours and black blacks. The top image quality in its class.

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