Easy Products Review

The picture on this TV is amazing. It has a wide array of colors that it can display. The GUI on the TV is well designed and easy to navigate. Consumer reports recommends this TV for the 46″-47″ size range. The only down side to this TV are its speakers. They point down and sound muffled despite playing with the settings. I replaced the speakers with a Denon sound bar and was quite pleased. I was also surprised at how light and thin the TV was right after I opened the box. It is very easy to install and set up as well.

Size is great ! Cost-Benefit is great !
The only lowlight is the quality of the sound throught the embedded speakers it brings. The orientation of the speakers and wats don’t produce a poor sound or at least lower that I expected. Altough it sounds great when connected to an external surround system.

Pros: HD channel picture quality excellent, standard picture quality very good, good deal for what you get, attractive design, easy setup, customizable controls (which i haven’t really played around with much yet), VESA 200×200 mounting pattern (one of the most common), ease of overall use, picture quality very good when watching sports and movies

Cons: like many of the non-top-ofthe-line Samsung TVs this one suffers in the sound department. it isnt horrible, but the quality just isn’t there. there is also an occasional humming noise when you first turn on the tv. i have seen this with other samsung tvs I’ve owned (this is my 3rd), and it goes away after a few minutes of it being on. others have experienced the same issue. i think samsung will fix it if it bothers you or gets worse.

overall, this tv is perfect for a small room. you do not need 1080 for a tv under 46in, so in the 32in size range this is the one to get. i plan on getting another samsung lcd (the ln52a650) as soon as the price drops a bit more, so i recommend the brand as well as the tv.

The television itself is pretty awesome, overall. The picture quality, from my unprofessional perspective, is at least on par with a large number of the plasma sets I looked at. The blacks are as black as I’ve seen on an LCD and there is no perceptible motion blur. The matte surface is excellent at handling the glare from windows opposite the telivision, which has been a blessing for me as I cannot rearrange the room. I will agree with some of the other reviewers, though, that the sound quality from this television leaves MUCH to be desired. The speakers aren’t too bad, actually, but they are aimed downward and this causes significant muffling of the sound. I’m lucky enough to have also purchased a set of speakers and an audio/video receiver, allowing me to avoid using the television’s speakers entirely.

I am a pretty avid gamer and this screen is excellent for gaming. In game mode there is no perceptible input lag and almost no motion blur at all (some can be detected on occasion but still much better than my older LCD television). I do wish that the different modes didn’t gray out most of the configuration options, though. Game mode is required to reduce input lag but the lack of tweaking that can be done to the picture in this mode is irritating. It gives one the option of either enjoying no input lag and putting up with oversaturated colors or putting up with input lag in order to gain control over the color settings.

All in all this is an excellent television and I would purchase it again. The new Samsung models are pretty appetizing, though, and I’d recommend anyone looking at this model to also take a look at their most recent offerings.

Welcome to my critical review of the Samsung A650.

After reading all the positive reviews about this TV, and reading about the other Samsung model (A750) I decided the A650 would be my new living room set. The A750 had some bad reviews about the glare on edges of the screen border. The A650 did not!

This was my first big ticket item I bought from Amazon. The delivery went well. I called CEVA and setup a time with them to bring it out. Two guys from CEVA carried the set in, unpacked it and pluged it in. They were in a hurry but gave me a chance to check it out before I signed off the delivery release.

Overall I’m very pleased with this set but I wanted to post the negitives I’ve had with it. This is nit picking somewhat but I feel others can gain something from this - read below.

Problems encountered: - The firmware needs some work. I did NOT have the problem of the set turing off as some owners did, but I decided to update the firmware anyway. The latest is always best, right? Wrong! After downloading firmware from Samsung, copying to my USB drive and plugging it into the TV the upgrade began. Easy enough. I was watching digital over the air TV as I had not yet got my Sat receiver yet. When watching over the air the TV would suddenly make a LOUD full volume screaming sound out the speekers, then turn off, then back on for about 30 seconds, and crash again, turn off, turn on, crash… You get the idea. Oh great I thought!! Just killed my new tv! I could not back out of the upgrade because Samsung does not post older versions of the firmware. I had to search the internet to find it. When I downgraded the firmware version the problem went away. Pretty scary thinking I killed a $2200 TV set! Samsung needs to get their act together on this. Now that I have my Sat TV receiver hooked up via HDMI I’m able to use the latest firmware without problems. If I were to guess, the firmware has an issue if the over the air TV signal is weak - causing the TV to crash. (note to techies - the TV runs a custom version of Linux!!)

Other negitives:

* When switching inputs from one HDMI source to another, the set will not switch until about 4 seconds have gone by and it has ‘locked’ on the signal AND you’ve pressed enter. A little annoying. Could be fixed in software - (Hint hint Samsung!)

* The remote is just OK, could be better for a set like this.

* When watching the TV and the program suddenly goes from white to black for more then a few seconds, you will see the screen fade from a light white color to black. Its almost like the LCD screen is un-charging. I’m being very critial here and its not that noticeable.

So…. Would I tell my friends to buy this TV. YES! Its well worth the money! I read in the paper that Samsung is losing money for each set sold because they are trying to compete with the bargin brands. Bad for Samsung, good for us customers! Plus Amazon was $400+ cheaper then the retail big box stores in town. Hats off to Amazon and Samsung!

Having had this tv for several months now, I have to say we are very pleased with it. For the high def channels carried by our cable company, the ones that have their act together and broadcast a good signal come out amazing on this tv. Having watched hd channels for a while now it really is true what others say, not all hd sources are created the same.

The touch of color on this set is hardly noticeable. So if your worried about that feature clashing with your decor don’t worry about it.

We also have not seen the power down issues reported in other reviews. Must have been something isolated to earlier models. When we received the tv, there was a sticker on the box that made note of the tv having a firmware upgrade. So the power down issue was probably addressed by that.

The remote is fine. As others have noted the scroll wheel on the remote doesn’t react quickly so it can be a bit frustrating. But there are other keys on the remote that perform the same functions.

Plus after buying the TV from Amazon the price dropped twice within 30 days of purchase. A quick call to Amazon Customer Service and I was refunded the difference. So it pays to keep an eye on the price after purchase, at least for 30 days while the price guarantee is in effect.

These shoes are a great value for the money. They fit perfect on medium with, medium arch feet. The velcro straps allow secure fitting and are designed to be cut down if you need to (I’ve had other shoes where the straps seemed too short). The cleats fit easily and securely.

Colorful, comfortable, cheap, attractive and totally washable. What more can you ask of a shoe? I’ve walked a mile on concrete pavement, more than once, no problem.I wore my first pair for a year and then ordered three more in different colors, panicking that Crocs might stop making them. A friend with a narrow foot found them too loose however.

So stylish you’d never know they were Crocs!

However, they *totally* run large. If you’re a half-size, definitely order down. Maybe even a whole size down, especially if your feet are narrow.

They’re incredibly lightweight when compared to other wedge sandals.