Samsung UN32F5500 32 Inch 1080p Smart – The new Samsung Smart TV F5500 lets you conveniently navigate your entire entertainment world on a central menu with five simple panels: On TV, On-Demand, your photos and music, social media and Smart TV apps. This allows you to effortlessly connect to the content you love, without having to aimlessly channel surf. Enjoy a fluid browsing experience, switch between content, stream and multitask faster and easier than ever before. Want to share videos from your phone to your TV? Or use your phone to watch what’s on TV? With the F5500, you can enjoy a seamless viewing experience across all your smart devices, from anywhere, indoors and out. Discover how the F5500 can quickly cut through the clutter to get you to the things you love to watch.
Samsung UN32F5500 32 Inch 1080p Smart Product Details :
- 1080p HDTV : Better picture quality
- 60Hz Refresh Rate: Good for general viewing
- Smart TV: Interact with streaming content and the web.
- RVU (Directv ready)
Samsung UN32F5500 32 Inch 1080p Smart Reviews :
Quite Stunning Video and Audio
This is not my first high definition set, but it is my first smart TV–40 inches makes it the largest I’ve owned–and I am duley impressed so far. What drew me to this set was the very thin frame or bezel around the screen which obviously gives a larger picture in a smaller space.
The technical specs and capabilities are well described on the product page, so I won’t repeat them here. I want to give you an idea of my experience with the set, the things I was surprised by, and what you may not otherwise find out.
The set-up was the easiest experience I’ve had so far with the TV guiding me through the process before I even had to find the Menu or Guide buttons on the remote. The ports are plenty and well marked leaving a minimal wire profile and a clean look.
The remote control is pretty well marked and easy to follow, though not as tactile to use in the dark as the Dish Network control. The Samsung’s remote, however, is backlit so it doesn’t need to be particularly tactile.
I very much like the fact that the base is not a large, flat, glossy black surface as most sets have been in the last few years, showing the first specks of dust and never staying clean for very long. This stand is four curved grey legs that are elegant and practical from a cleaning point of view.
The sound quality is especially good with broad range and deep, unmuttled lows. Every manufacturer claims good fidelity, but this set actually provides it. My dog reacts to the slightest animal sounds as if they were right in the room.
There were only pros in my experience and no cons (if that changes I will update this post) and I highly recommend this TV.
Great buy!
Besides the “on tv” section which is automatically selected when you turn on the tv, the menu interface includes other categories like “movies and tv shows,” “photo/video/music,” “apps” (that’s where you get the web browsing, as well as access to facebook, netflix, amazon instant video, twitter, youtube, skype as well as a bunch of other less known apps), and lastly a fourth category called “social” (not sure of its purpose, as you can just use the apps for that).
One thing I really liked is that I noticed the screen automatically adjusts itself to its surroundings–if the room is bright the tv is bright, if I turn off the light and the room is dark, the picture becomes dim as well. Great sensors.
Now to some things that could be improved: If say I lose my remote control and need to turn on the tv manually, I have to actually bend over and reach all the way behind the tv to locate the joystick-like button that turns it on and controls it. This is inconvenient. Also, when I turn on the internet, I have found that it’s uncomfortable to do the typing with the remote control pointer. I have remedied this issue by purchasing the logitech k400 wireless keyboard, which was easy to set up and I noticed works well with this tv. Lastly, and a minor annoyance with the otherwise superb design, is that while the brand name “samsung” is often directly imprinted on its products, here it sticks out separately, underneath the monitor, like some kind of cheap tag that you keep wanting to tear off, before suddenly remembering that it’s attached to the tv.
Overall though, this is the best smart tv on a budget, that has almost everything that the more expensive models have. The only thing lacking is a camera (that’s if you want to use skype, but it would cost way less to purchase one separately and hook it up to this tv, than to buy a more expensive smart tv model where the camera is included).