Samsung LE46A686 TV reviews

Score 9.1/10 Read 10
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This TV is a good all rounder.

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Samsung LE46A686 with 46" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 4 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

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Peter, Bedford

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Sleek surround, great sound, smart to look at and with a blue ray picture brilliant, very easy to setup
Bad points:: some solid colours look grainy then again it may be the way I have it set up but there is very little in teh way of explanation of how to improve

Image quality	5.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 29 Dec 2008

Conrad, Kensal Rise, North West London Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: easy to use remote control, the picture quality is excellent, the built-in freeview is easy to set up and good value for money...
Bad points:: ...I can't think of any (yet)

Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 23 Mar 2009

Andy , Essex Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Picture is superb
Bad points:: picture in picture

Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	6.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 21 Mar 2009

Peter, Crawley West Sussex Sports and games fan

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Looks
Bad points:: Sound

Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 18 Feb 2009

Susan, Isle of Man Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Looks brilliant on the wall. Picture quality is fantastic. Sound is great. So glad we chose this tv,
Bad points:: None. I'd recommend to anybody.

Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 16 Jan 2009

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Range of configurability. Excellent blue-ray image quality
Bad points:: Can take a while to get image looking correct

Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 08 Dec 2008

Fiona, Sunderland

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: The picture quality of this TV is outstanding & the "rose-black" design is very stylish.
Bad points:: I can't think of anything bad to say- I really love this TV!

Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 02 Dec 2008

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	46
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	LCD
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
3D	No

HD TV	Full HD 1080p
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum resolution of 720 horizontal lines (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Built-in disc player	No Disc Player
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of HDMI ports	4
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Connections	HDMI

Frequency (Hz)	100
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Response time (Milliseconds)	4

Screen aspect ratio	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	2000000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Reflection angle	178
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	192

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	500
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Weight (kg)	22.3

Release date	2008-09-10
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Samsung LE46A686M1FX, Samsung LE46A686M1FXXU, SAMSUNG LE46A686M1F, Samsung 46", LE46A686

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