Samsung UN40B7000 40" LED HDTV 40-inch 120Hz 1080p LED HD Television

The picture quality is absolutely fantastic. I have a few things to note for would-be buyers. The buttons on the TV are kind of a pain to use. You can hardly see them and there is no tactile feedback or even a raised bump for the buttons. The internet "widgets" are painfully slow to load. This makes them basically useless to me. The audio out for the headphone jack is independent from the main volume control. This is nice, but it could be a bad thing if your headphones don't have a volume control. The source select on the TV is odd. Your connected device must me on before it shows up at the top of the list. But for some reason PC/DVI is always there. One last thing: you can't set the wake-up time on the TV so it turns on with a different source selected. You can only have air or cable selected. So my TV turns on with white snow, then I have to switch the source over to the cable box.

Good TV overall, not perfect, amazing picture. Be careful how you set the "Auto Motion Plus 120Hz" because it can make some video look very weird.

This is a good TV overall. I like it. I did not connect it with internet yet (neither wire or wireless), so I do not know how is that working. The only thing that I am not pleased is that in the product description, it said there is a subwoof included in the TV, but it is not. I emailed Amazon about that, but there is no response.

This TV is everything that you read it would be - But the wireless internet connection has not worked for me yet.
I have had techs here and they don't know why. If anyone out there has this TV working on wireless network let me know. I will write more once this is fixed.

First let me say that I have bought hundreds of items from Amazon and have not been disappointed yet.

My first minor issue happened with the delivery. I had taken off the day the set was to be delivered. Later that day I called the delivery center and was told the set would not be delivered until the next day. Since I did not want to take the next day off I ask if I could pick the set up. The office was about 25 miles from me, they said yes. Well after driving to the office it turned out they did not have my set but another company did. So after a 2 hour ride in rush hour traffic, no set. It was finally delivered after work later the next day, so no biggy.

Second not so minor issue is the set does some strange things. First it cuts itself off and back on intermittenly.
Next I have the cable box hooked to HDMI 1 with an HDMI cable, and while watching the TV it will cut to the TV cable source and start searching through the channels really fast like someone has the remote button stuck down. Also at one point the TV was going into DEMO mode. I read in the manual how to reset to "Home" use and that seemed to work for awhile.

I have called Samsung service and they have scheduled a service person to come out, the 3rd party company called and said the parts will take 3 - 5 days to come in. I said no one has seen my set yet and she said that the desciption I gave apparently is so common that they know what parts to bring.

At this point I just want the TV to work as designed. I have a 55" Samsung LCD that I have had for 18 months with no issues.

For what it's worth when the TV is on, and not doing the strange things, it is great.

One other thing I forgot to mention is I have this TV in the same room as my computer and I have a 26" Samsung monitor and every time I use the remote the monitor and the TV change. From what I can find out Samsung DOES NOT have any way to have the remotes communicate on different channels. Kind of pain. You would think they might consider this could be a problem.

TBC.. I will update the review after the service person comes and replaces whatever parts they have.

Followup: Repair person came bearing a new "main (the brains)" but did not fix the issue, he has now ordered a new "p-touch" he calls it.. controls the buttons on the front of the TV.. side note TV is now not watchable at all since it cuts out every few seconds. TBC2..

10/06/09 - Repair people called and can't get out until 10/13/09 to try to replace the "p-touch" part. So this will be over a month since I bought the set and I still can't watch it - not happy!

When reviewers say this TV has more depth than others, what they actually mean is that it looks so crystal-clear and three-dimensional that you KNOW when a program is filmed on a studio set. This really takes some getting used to, since all other TV screens we've ever watched have conditioned us to see two dimensions only. My husband absolutely loves it for viewing football games, but I prefer the non-LED Samsung version of HDTV for movies and regular programs. (I'd rate this TV a 4.5 but didn't have this option.)

I also haven't linked it to my computer yet but look forward to doing so.

Absolutely love this TV!!! One of the best purchases I've made, value for price. Amazon delivered it intact. My problems were with FedEx (had multiple problems with them before), who refuse to deliver to my house/guard station in my absence, requiring my having to pick-it up. When I thought the TV stand was defective, they immediately shipped me a replacement part. Assembly was super easy! Up and running in minutes. Great as a computer monitor.

Outstanding quality of the picture. Colors and clarity are exceptional. Standing in the room with big windows, even then glare is not a problem whatsoever. Highly recommended.

This television has an amazing picture but the backlighting for my particular set was off. When a completely dark scene was up the television went black (the deepest black that I have ever seen on a set). However, when a lighter image appeared the backlighting would shift and would have a white tint around all four corners of the set. Once I noticed this that was the only thing that I was looking for and became annoying. I sent the television back because I have an older 46" Samsung and had to deal with Samsung customer service which was a nightmare. I replaced it with the LG 42SL90. The LG is perfect. This set has an amazing picture, no shifting of the backlight and no white areas. You have to mess with the setting for awhile to get it just right but once that is done the picture is ridiculous.

I have had this TV for about six weeks and I am still amazed at the picture quality - simply fabulous. At first I was reluctant to make such an investment without actually seeing the equipment (as it is not yet in retail stores in my area); but after reading many reviews (on Amazon and elsewhere), I decided that there was little risk in buying this TV -- I was right. Basic setup was quick and easy (plug it in and connect the HDMI to the cable box/DVR), though the TV has many features and it can take a while to get through all of them. I bought the Samsung Wireless LAN adapter along with the TV and it has been very useful in updating the firmware. The internet icons are interesting, though I'm not sure I will use them very much. Some reviews that I read criticized the sound; I don't know why -- the sound is typical of all current TVs. One can always add external home theater features to enhance the sound to suit one's needs. To summarize, this is a great TV and worth every penny.

I got this recently as my first HDTV and I'm highly impressed. I use it mostly for movies on an LG BD390 via HDMI and so far everything looks great. The only gripe I had was that I saw very noticeable motion artifacts (sort of like halos) around people's heads and bodies in Blu-ray and DVD movies, for example when someone walked quickly across the screen. I couldn't believe that the picture quality could be so flawed so I did some searching on the internet and found a suggestion to turn off Auto Motion Plus 120Hz in the Picture > Picture Options menu (by default it was set to Standard). This seems to have fixed it, PHEW. The Clear setting seems OK as well. The rest of them introduce artifacts. I'm not sure what this is for, maybe sports or video games. Anyway I wanted to post that in case anyone else has the same issue because it was driving me up the wall.

Great set, easy to set-up, super clear picture, good sound, but we added the Samsung home theater system with Blue-ray and WOW! We love it!

I was persuaded to buy a B7020 for several reasons (I must emphasise this is a review of a UK B7020, which does not seem to differ in any significant regrads to this model). I already own a Samsung 40-inch A656 LCD, which I love, so going for a Samsung is as good an assurance of quality as any electronics brand. The full HD and 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio were major enticements. Seeing as I wanted to put the set on my bedroom's chest of drawers, the mere 20kg weight (including stand) and rated power output of 98W were far better than that of a 40-ich Sony Bravia Z4500 (rated at 25.5kg and 235W respectively).

For my needs, the B7020 delivers. I must emphasise that I don't watch television on this set, nor am I particularly interested in sound quality. I can't respond to criticisms of the quality of TV reception for the B7020, seeing as I haven't used the set for TV, and I probably never will. But I can say that the second criticism levelled at the B7020, that of thin sound, is especially true with mono soundtracks and 2.0 stereo mixes. I have found the sound to be sufficiently full and balanced from DVDs and Blu-ray (played through HDMI with a Pioneer BDP-320), especially when the TV's Movie sound mode is enabled.

As for the picture, black levels are fantastically deep, and the 100hz settings are sufficiently varied to give enough customisation for even the fastest-moving scenes. Blu-ray films like "Gone With The Wind" and "Zulu" have amazingly dark varied palettes, and the level of picture detail provided especially in the Blu-ray format is remarkable. Of course, the picture settings of Samsung TVs are infamous for being difficult to set up, but a bit of experimentation reaps very worthwhile results (see my prefered cinema set-up, below); the annoying auto-dimming feature can also be easily turned off by accessing the engineer's menu (there are plenty of forums on the internet detailing how this can be done).

Response times for games are apparently not as good as for some of the Sony models (such as the W and Z 4500s), but Game Mode is far less invasive than that for the A656 (it only ties you down to having to use Standard picture settings), and is a tool that apparently cuts response times from about 85m/s to about 25-30m/s.

Another draw of this series is the amount of multimedia features. I'm not hugely interested in the InternetTV feature that the Sammy LED series boasts, but it is handy having two USB sockets to play most video formats (including AVI and MKV) as well as their attendant codecs: the menu system for this is very handy as well.

Right, on to the downsides. Although the Slovakian-made set is in itself well-built, the ultra-thin build of the set has led to some irritating inconsistencies in the layout of sockets. While the front of the set is beautifully sleek, the back is a very asymmetrical affair, with all the inputs loaded onto one side. It can be tricky reaching the ethernet and component connections, especially as the TV is so light: if you have screwed the stand on yourself, make sure you have secured it VERY thoroughly, as the B7000 isn't the most stable thing in the world, especailly when trying to disconnect that awkward USB that just wont come out. And of course, the thin sound is going to be a problem for audiophiles; most irritating in this context is that there is NO headphone socket, although there are various solutions to this (see http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002KHA1J6/ref=ox_ya_oh_product).

Overally, the B7020 is a fantastic, versatile creation, keeping in line with Samsung's reputation for elegance and innovation. It is designed for multimedia, style and HD performance rather than standard TV functions or audio excellence. (I must also add that the set seems to kick out remarkably little heat, even with the Power Saving feature turned off.) If you want an affordable machine for pure picture excellence and can't afford either the price or the size for a Pioneer plasma, then you could do a lot worse than this.

My Movie settings.
Energy saving: Off; Backlight: 2; Contrast: 95; Brightness: 55 to 60; Sharpness: 50; Colour: 50;
Black level: Dark; Dynamic Contrast: Low; Cinema Mode: Auto 1; 100hz: Custom (Blur reduction and judder reduction both set at 3)

This television is incredible. The only regret is that I didn't buy the 46" version, but 40" is just fine. I did not purchase this television off Amazon so I cannot give an opinion on the purchasing experience... but a warning: Once you have this television delivered, take it out of the box and closely inspect the outer frame of the television. Make sure there are no cracks on it.

The sound is pretty good but I do get the slight "tinny" sound as some reviewers claim. But that's something good speakers will fix. Don't make too much out of the sound as other reviewers are - it's fine on this television.

Watching blu rays are nothing less than spectacular on this and yes, you will go hogwild when you watch football. The colors are vivid and you don't have motion-blur. I'm noticing that my set is auto-defaulting to 60hz for most shows - trying to change it in the settings but can't seem to get the full 120hz. But it doesn't seem to matter.

This television is super light and thin. I purchased it for $1,500 during xmas week and had a major case of buyer's remorse once my credit card was swiped at the register. I kept repeating to myself: "starving kids in Africa, starving kids in Africa, starving kids in Africa." The guilt was killing me and in this recession, I should be wiser with my money.

But now, I can watch those annoying "Save the Children" infomercials in crisp HIGH DEF!!!

This television really rocks my face off!!!

i bought this one from bestbuy with their 36 month credit program.
this is my first lcd tv and quality is definitely very stunning.

multitude of ports allows it to be used from pc, xbox, dvd player, etc.
very good product. the only thing i am missing is built-in internet browser even though product can connect to internet budnled applications are very basic.

I'd been hearing about the upcoming Samsung 9000 series, with the wireless "media box" and the full localized LED backlighting (this one uses edge-based LED lighting). I kept waiting on it to come out, but it was delayed repeatedly, and I finally decided to go with this one (assuming that when the 9000 came out, I'd move this one to my bedroom).

Well, let's just say I feel no desire to "upgrade" my living room TV now. This set is BEAUTIFUL... even though it's not "localized LED backlit" I've still got so much black-to-white contrast, compared to any set I've ever seen before, that I can't imagine, right now, that I'd be able to see the difference on a better set. If I can't tell the difference between a device and the "better" version... as far as I'm concerned, there IS no difference.

This set is part of a complete "home theater" setup, including a full 7.1 speaker system (two original-release Bose 301 speakers, a set of Klipsch Quintet IIIs, and a Polk PSW505 12" subwoofer), a Pioneer 1019 receiver, a home theater PC, plus a full range of sources (turntable, cassette, VCR, DVD-changer, Archos 5 internet media tablet, cable-company DVR, and blu-ray player).

If I had a much larger living room, I might want a LARGER set, but as far as the picture quality, I'm just amazed. Note that everything I watch on this set (in High-definition, at least) comes in through the receiver, and I'm sure that contributes some elements to the overall picture characteristics... but I've never seen a better picture anywhere.

The sound quality from the built-in speakers is better than "fine" but obviously not truly hi-fidelity. The feature set is very complete (though I think I need to upgrade my "wireless G" uplink point to a "wireless N" uplink point so that I can watch movies from online... you need a FAST connection for this to work, though all the rest of the internet-ish features work flawlessly on my "wireless G" connection).

Note that if you want the "internet" features, you'll either need to connect a network cable to it, or do as I have and go wireless. If you go wireless, you have only one choice... Samsung's PROPRIETARY "usb dongle." That's the one criticism of this set I can really make.

As far as the set's cosmetics... I would have preferred it to be provided without the "touch of color" bezel, and instead just be the functional monitor (which would actually be a bit smaller overall). But I'm a guy, I couldn't care less about the appearance (provide it doesn't have "Hello Kitty" on it or something!). I care about how it works... and it works magnificently. I got it here because it was VERY affordable here... that's what keeps me coming back to Amazon (instead of shopping at my local Best Buy or whatever). Mind you, I'd gladly patronize my local shop, if they had the stock, and the prices, you get here.

But let's just say... I've decided to buy the smaller version (32", 6000 series) to go into my bedroom now, and I bought that from Amazon as well. It's hard to beat the service you get here!

I believe that this Samsung 40 inch LED HDTV should not even be called a TV. It's so much more, and the amazing picture is unlike anything I've ever seen on a mere TV. Add to it the ability to access the intermet (YouTube, Blockbuster, etc), and you have a multi-function visual experience in the guise of a 'TV set." Once I updated the encryption method on my wireless router, the hook-up was a snap. You must use WPA. WEP won't cut it. Viewing a Blu-Ray disc is an amazing experience. Everything is unbelievably clear. Even watching a classic b&w movie on TCM is an almost 3-d experience. Well worth the investment!!!

I just got this TV a few days ago, and it is absolutely driving me nuts. While the picture clarity is amazing (may be the best I've ever seen) it has one issue I just can't get over (especially noticeable while watching movies). It makes images "pop out" like 3D, but has a cookie cutter 2D look. Good movies suddenly look "cheesy" like a B movie. I turned down the backlight setting and changed the picture mode to the movie setting which helped a bit, but it was still terrible. Another smaller issue is that it blurrs from time to time on fast action scenes. The sound quality isn't very good either, so if you buy this TV, make sure you have a good sound system. My husband found the TV bothered his eyes, but I did not experience any eye fatigue. Although I hated this TV, I still gave it 3 stars because of the amazing picture. I will be returning this set and will either try a standard LCD, or hopefully fix my Samsung DLP(which I love). A big plus is the LED tv's are extremely energy efficient(which was one of the reasons I chose to buy it). I will definitely consider buying one down the road if they are able to fix the "cookie cutter" look on future models. If it weren't for this serious flaw, I would love this TV.

don't waste your money on the accessories {WIS09ABGN} WIRELESS LAN ADAPTOR it's a total waste video streaming, there customer service is average nothing spectacular.
I'VE had a technician out to the house already with no resolve he called samsung support an immeadiately they want to blame the enduser.so if you want to stream you might try to use a cable because the SAMSUNG PC manager has issues and they will not address them.I called ther customer support again so a high level support person was supposed to get in touch with me WITHIN 2 DAYS that was 4or 5days ago now i,m getting mad, hey if the price is right go for it but this is the honest truth

For some reason the DLNA is not fully functional. While the some videos play fine on USB stick, the same videos will not play from the DLNA home server. Other movies on the home server play fine. I've notified their tech and I am supposed to hear back from their level 2 tech soon...like two weeks ago....still no resolution.

First thing I checked was stuck/dead pixels....TG all pixels work fine. The menu system is really slow and a bit cumbersome. The picture quality which is the heart and soul of a TV is great...hence the four stars...but not a perfect product yet...needs more firmware refinement...and I wait.

Would I recommend this? I recommend you wait and see if they get the DLNA fixed...otherwise pass...

UN407000WFXZA HD Picture is awesome. TV is very sleek. WII and Toshiba Home Theater use same component connection (Samsung should plan for a home theater and WII). The instruction manual for wireless WIS09ABGN is woefully inadequate (router is called internet sharer). The WIS09ABGN USB does not plug into new Netgear wireless router...feel like I wasted 80 bucks... Googled to find router that fits WIS09ABGN with no luck. Expected seamless and plug and play to my great disappointment...

After many years, I thought it was time to buy a HDTV and bought the Samsung UN40B7000 LED-TV. I am a huge tennis fan and bought it in time to see the Indian Wells ATP in California and am seeing the semi-finals as I write this review.

The setup was easy once I had got my HD DVR activated and the picture was no doubt a far cry from my old 27" workhorse (which has a decent picture). I did notice some pix-elation, particularly when the camera is near a object moving at high speed. This may not be because of the TV, but could be a result of the telecast too. I do not know. Maybe the 240 Hz refresh may have been better?

The sound on the other hand leave a little to be desired. The speakers are clean, crisp, but even though I am no audiophile, it cannot match the sound of a $200-$400 sound system.

But overall, I am extremely pleased with Amazon for the packaging, the delivery and the ease with which it came off the packaging and the simple install. The picture quality is breathtaking, particularly for sports, wild life and science based channels.

I am World War II movie buff, and will soon be watching them once I decide on a reasonable matching Blu-Ray and sound system.

I bought this TV for $1216 from Amazon.
Here my story:

1)Only 4 days after placed the order I got the TV.

2)CEVA company (delivery): will not install the stand unless you give them tip. I gave them $20. (three stars)

3)After connect to the digital cable box, the screen had purple and green waves go horizontaly and buzzing sound. So I went to buy a Monster HDMI cable, it costs me $86.I went home and found out my cable box didn't have HDMI slot. Made a trip to the cable store and exchange the newer box. The picture is perfect now, but the closed caption is not available for any movie and channel.(Enlish is my sencond language,I need caption for the English accent movie)

I'm going to return the Monster cable and buy the cheaper one from Amazon.

4)Internet@TV was easy to set up but not working until I get the Linkstick wireless LAN or Blueray DVD

5)Installed my Samsung DVD with White, Red, Yellow cables: got black and white picture. So my next step is buy the new Samsung Blueray DVD.

At last, I like this TV but I spent too much time and money on it. If you don't need the internetTV, buy the regular LCD TV.

This TV is the single most beautiful television I've ever seen. The picture quality surpases anything I've seen to date. Worth every penny though when I bought it it was priced higher than it is now.

I've had my eye on this TV for a while. Best Buy used to have it, but no more. We wanted it, but at a fair price. You couldn't possibly do better than buy it through Amazon. It's an amazing TV with an exquisite picture. We had it in less than a week at an astonishing price. Couldn't be happier.

After buying this TV I am a huge Samsung fan. Do not hesitate to buy this TV if you are in the market for a new LED TV. I have rewatched all my DVDs because they look sooo much better on this TV. And yes we got the tv hooked up to wireless internet for movie and tv downloads--works flawlessly!