But the upscaling feature on it makes 1080p content look absolutely stellar

There is no verification that your content is being upscale.

If your streaming from Netflix or Amazon or mgo, some content will look better than other

It is mostly visible in dark 2.35:1 content.

There is some 4K content available on Netflix to show off the TV

AWESOME picture and features, but not perfect

The smart features are a little hokey though, takes a long time to load, and why is this TV always updating??

The picture is incredible, the smart features are even more incredible.

I missed this feature at first and was really disappointed about the boot time of the TV.

There are plenty of smart features and internet hookup without having any external devices like Roku, Apple TV

You make your own choices as to how you evaluate products).-The black levels were great

Some level of detail was lost on background objects in most scenes (as is expected when watching 3D), but the detail on objects that were the main focus of the scene were above & beyond better than I expected.

Again the black levels were fantastic and colors seem true to life.

There are 3 secrets to getting great black levels, actually

Watching normal movies is fine, but watching movies that are dark overall reveals that the set seems to be crushing the black levels.

My daughter figured out the smart remote in no time and doesn't want to use anything else

But, unlike a plasma, this TV is thin, gorgeous, light, super smart, has a cool remote, and most importantly has no buzzing sound.

This is a relief given the total failure of the past gimicky touch-pad remote which is virtually unuseable.3

Smart Remote is easy to access different options and to type also

The remote really sucks up the juice

Incredible picture quality , active 3D is great, 4K is perfect.

Every time it went to the call centers in India with poor voice quality

even upscaled, terrific 4k picture quality, and great refresh rates.

Movies tend to look so realistic, they lose that "film" quality

One nasty headache later I've decided the degraded picture quality that accompanies the depth just isn't worth it

That means, weird blurry colors and headaches for people who are planning on using this a desktop PC monitor

I feel the colors are a little dull and well the black levels are driving me crazy cause its not as dark.

For an LED it has excellent black levels and great colors

yes!deeper color quality: also yes!clear motion rate: colors, blur,

Very rich colors, great black level and no discernible pixels

Netflix often does not work, and the Smart Hub has to be reset, losing all the learned information and defeating the purpose of a "smart" tv

As mentioned, great picture, but the Smart Hub is the biggest pain

Through sheer will power I was able to muscle my way into TV's settings menu and disable Smart Hub from auto starting and that fixed the issue

Smart TV: Samsung's Smart Hub software is excellent, easy to use and navigate

The smart hub is great and works flawlessly and the apps like Amazon and Netflix are a great addition

It has a clear motion rate of 1200 which allows you to enjoy fast-moving movies with minimal motion blur.

Colors are amazing black levels are great and motion is amazing

The picture, CPU, memory, everything will be the same as the F9000 which is only 5 months older, and clear motion rate is the same.

yes!deeper color quality: also yes!clear motion rate: colors, blur,

I call Samsung support, they remote into my tv and try changing picture settings and so forth and reset the TV to get rid of the blurry motion

Even is the TV is incredibly thin, it still has a powerful and clear sound

Really, the sound was actually physically painful to listen to until I adjusted the levels within the equalizer.

For a TV, the sound can be good, but the default sound is horribly muddy as are all of the choices except Clear Voice.

every one minute or so there is a very brief (split second) sound interruption

newer HDMI standards appear- free one terabyte external USB HDD with 10 movies and a bunch of demos (temporary promotion, so get it while you can)Cons:- really, really bad off-axis image- blacks seem to be crush in dark scenes- Mediocre sound, but better than the average set- Setup a bit

The right thing for them to do is to replace the set without placing a considerable extra burden on the customer.

I'll end by saying I received a defective set, which obviously means I didn't get Samsung at their best.

A complete set of "smartTV" apps (critical for me were Netflix, Amazon, HBO Go, YouTube, Pandora)4

Excellent picture, easy set up, good bundle of features

Watching normal movies is fine, but watching movies that are dark overall reveals that the set seems to be crushing the black levels.

If you only have standard definition TV available in 4:3 format, it will be stretched to 16:9 with no option to preserve the original aspect distorting the image

I have the image fairly bright for regular TV and dimmer for movies.

I recommend to buy this tv is excellent very good image

If you have a mediocre Blu-ray disc, the image from the Samsung will be mediocre as well

this TV represents some of the best image quality available on 2014 LED TV's.

The only problem I have with this TV is how slow the apps are.

Obvious their Smart TV apps and options are top of the market

4k netflix is very cool, the picture quality is a big improvement over my old TV and the blacks and detail in dark scenes is very niceAlso the smart TV apps work well and are very nice

All of the smart apps were easy to set up and working just fine

Regarding the software/apps on the TV: The app I use most frequently is Netflix, but it hasn't worked for me for several days

Breaking Bad and House of Cards looks amazing when streaming in 4K and Bluray 1080p do very well when up-scaled

I also explained what the tech told me that it was a known issue and even replacing pieces would not solve the issue

After much research the issue with the wifi and power cycling are a known issue with Samsung TV and certain models

There is some 4K content available on Netflix to show off the TV

I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE COLOR, RESOLUTION AND BRIGHTNESS OF THE 4K LED DISPLAY

Now, it's possible that the 1K looks almost as good as the 4k because of up-conversion Samung is doing.

The 3-D feature works fine with 3-D DVDs and can't wait to try with streaming video

Every update so far has broken important functionality.- Built-in Netflix app does not properly output 5.1 audio

Unfortunately its not helpful to have a smart tv which gets outsmarted by poor updates

So I must suspect the "update" the reason for the soundstuttering

I usually put the tv in game mode and I haven't really noticed any input lag

I never thought that i would find a TV that would make me feel totally cool leaving my Kuro Elite 9G behind

Also how does the input lag compare to that of the sonyxbr65x850b (the other 3000 dollar sony competitor) because I am a big gamer

The only opportunities I've noticed are like all LED's, it struggles just a bit with fast paced live sports and the UHD upscaling causes some noticeable input lag with gaming, which can be remedied by utilizing gaming mode and adjusting the picture settings so the graphics don't suffer

For this model, initially Samsung used a T-GFP chipset that fully supports 4K@60Hz with 4:4:4 chroma

UPDATE ON 5.1 AUDIO -I'm dropping this rating one star for one critical reason.

So I must suspect the "update" the reason for the soundstuttering

and it's also not compatible with DirectvNot much different than my old Sony 1080pBut the biggest reason I gave it 1 star was due to the following

Now, it's possible that the 1K looks almost as good as the 4k because of up-conversion Samung is doing.

Turn that thing off as fast as you can.

I purchased this model several months ago and although I love the picture... the problems with slow menu controls that lock up and the horrible loading and buffering the television does is enough for me to call this television a piece of

Have used it almost a year without significant problems.

Only problem is the frequent loss of audio/picture sync which may be dependent on the playback medum at the station.

The 2nd and 3rd self diagnostic test pictures are all gray scales which do show the problem, BUT you can't see these images unless you tell your TV that it failed the 1st self diagnostic picture (which of course is designed NOT to show this darkening problem)(5

When streaming a video, it doesn't matter the source whether it be Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Hulu or my own movie collection on PLEX, I get an intermittent problem where a status popup shows up on the top half of the screen indicating the TV has lost a network connection.

Online chat support just wasted my time and then told me to submit a service request through their website

Plex runs great as well, but still no support for HD audio so you're stuck with only 5.1 surround sound.

For this model, initially Samsung used a T-GFP chipset that fully supports 4K@60Hz with 4:4:4 chroma

Samsung support is truly horrific and unable to deal with something that appears to only affect a small number of customers

This leads me to my third gripe; Tech Support

If you have a bright room, look no further, this is the unit

Movie - the most important change.backlight: 12 - CNET's setting of 7 is way too low unless you are in a really dark room.

I tested picture with a dead pixel detector and the black is so black in a dark room no light is on the tv

The viewing angle is excellent in my large great room

I had to keep reducing the Backlighting due to the eye strain this TV induced in a dark room

A bit pricey but for me, worth the price!!!

The picture is amazing, which actually bothers me a little bit

For this model, initially Samsung used a T-GFP chipset that fully supports 4K@60Hz with 4:4:4 chroma

After that, play with the brightness a bit and test whether you like the Standard picture setting or Movie picture setting.

I was a bit worried that Netflix Ultra HD wouldn't work

It is a 4K TV and even though there isn't any 4K content yet without getting movie on a hard drive and paying out the nose

I am not sure if these tech realize that the hard drive is their 4K media player

EVEN 3 D IS VERY IMPRESSIVE AND PLEASING TO TH EYES

I tell him about the hard drive and that it is their 4K media player and would accept this issue on non 4K content but not with 4K content

Star Trek is a movie off of the 4K media player which is nothing but a hard drive which connects to the TV through the one USB3 port on the back of the set

The bane of my TV viewing is the fact that so many scenes are very dark, and it can be difficult to see enough detail to recognize faces

Dark scenes on movies work better on the Plasma, but the HU8550 do a nice job with them also

The main cons:The vertical banding lines that are noticeable very good when watching dynamic light solid color scenes

Overall the picture is decent but during dark scenes there is a distinct glow around the edges from the edge lighting.

It's not terrible on this set, but it is noticeable on the corners on dark scenes.

After only a few months of use, the television is now displaying a vertical line of dead/stuck pixels on the screen.

After only a year and a half, the LCD panel went bad as dead pixels began to appear on the screen

Very rich colors, great black level and no discernible pixels

The more pixels you add, the more pronounced this issue becomes.

I'm usually one that can stomach 1 or 2 dead individual pixels if I've used the product for awhile, but the line is extremely obvious especially on brighter background images.