Samsung UE40B7000 / UE40B7020 TV reviews

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+ This TV scores high on image quality. - It scores poorly on sound quality.

£895 at 1 retailer out of 399 retailers checked

Samsung UE40B7000 / UE40B7020 with 40" Full HD 1080p LED screen, 4 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.8
Image quality	9.5
Sound quality	7.4
Design	9.5
Value for money	8.6
Overall rating	9.0

Some customer reviews of Samsung UE40B7000 / UE40B7020

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marty, galway, ireland Sports and games fan

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Great tv, super sharp picture and sound.
Bad points:: none

Ease of use	10.0
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: 30 Apr 2010

Confirmed purchaser Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Picture
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 26 Sep 2009

Steve, Claygate, Surrey Film and documentary lover

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Great design, superb looks and a brilliant picture
Bad points:: Sound could do to be a bit better but I guess there is only so much you can fit into such a slim design.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 26 Jul 2010

Jonathan, Tunbridge Wells Film and documentary lover

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Excellent picture quality, particularly HD but standard def still very good most of the time. Image is bright and crisp.
Bad points:: Don't use the 100Hz option as it seems to make the picture worse than standard, blurring around the key moving elements. Probably the way I have it set but cannot seem to find an improved setting.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 23 Aug 2010

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Good picture, very easy to set up, good information guide. A really good purchase, well worth getting.
Bad points:: Sound is not great, the power on light is bright and distracting (why do you need a light to tell you that your TV is on!), the HDMI connectors are too close to the edge so the cables stick out the side a little bit.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	5.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 21 Aug 2010

GJ, London High spec fanatic

Score 2.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: the product was not very good for the price

Ease of use	3.0
Image quality	4.0
Sound quality	5.0
Design	3.0
Value for money	2.0
Overall rating	2.0

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Confirmed purchase: 20 Mar 2010

Simon , London Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Awesome TV
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	10.0
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 Aug 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	40
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.
Type of screen	LED
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	1
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

Connections	Ethernet

Connections	DVI

Smart TV	Yes
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
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.
Type of LED screen	Edge-lit
LED-backlit screens can either be ‘edge-lit’ or ‘local dimming’. Local dimming means that diodes in different areas of the screen can be independently switched on and off, allowing better contrast and black levels. Edge-lit screens lack the deep blacks and extreme contrast of local dimming, but can be even thinner.
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)	1000000
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.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	192

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

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)	14.8

Release date	2009-03-11
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Samsung UE40B7020W 40, Samsung Series 7 UE40B7020

TV Buyers Guide

Manufacturer's Description

Soft square clean cutting design delivers the feeling of perfection. SAMSUNG Crystal TV design LED TV series 7 gives users a futuristic experience of an enhanced TV with Medi@2.0 and 4 HDMI connections. In addition the 7 Series LED TV is very environmentally friendly.

ultra SLIM crystal TV

Made to be much lighter and slimmer.
Developed from pebble design.
With Eco design which shows the social responsibility.

Mega contrast

LED backlight technology allows for greater contrast levels, so bright images become brighter and dark images become darker.

content library flash

Various content such as Games, Cooking, Fitness etc. are available. Make your own content library with new update feature Write and delete the content of your choice Additional content is available to be downloaded from Samsung.com.

Internet@TV

New Experience of Internet Content on Your TV.
Widget Technology :
Capable of adding/deleting service easily.
Various kinds of services possible:
News, stock info, weather, etc.
Easy-to-use navigation: Bottom menu + Side-bar + Full screen mode.

Mercury Free

SAMSUNG TV adopts the LED lamp for back lighting instead of CCFL which ensures no mercury released.

4 HDMI

Enjoy the latest in cutting-edge digital technology with 4 HDMI. Experience the benefits of greater bandwidth and higher speed of digital data transmission. Plus, with one HDMI port on the side and three in the back, you can quickly and easily connect to a wide range of compatible digital devices.

100Hz Motion Plus

By inserting interpolation frames between TV frames and displaying 100Hz, animation blur is reduced More natural & smoother animation is adjusted by intelligently calculating motion movements.

Wide Colour Enhancer Pro

Offered exclusively on our LED range, WCE Pro represents the pinnacle of SAMSUNG’s colour enhancement technology. Covering the widest colour spectrum to date, WCE Pro is SAMSUNG’s most advanced technology to deliver rich, vibrant, and subtle colours for the ultimate in colour expression.

dlna Wireless

Enjoy multimedia in PC or any DMS on TV without cable connection. You can enjoy movies, music and pictures in your PC on TV wirelessly.

USB 2.0 Movie

Share your video files, photos and music instantly with USB 2.0 Movie connection.
Just plug it in the USB port, and enjoy!
USB 2.0 Movie provides simple & easy digital life.

Full HD 1080p

Full HD, or 1080p, contains 1.5 times more scanning lines than conventional HD TVs. More scanning lines mean more pixels, more details and a better picture. The new SAMSUNG LCD TV with resolution that is approximately 2 times greater than conventional HD TVs, creating the most perfect picture imaginable.

ultra slim wallmount

Innovative Wire Type Wall-Mount Solution!
Easy Installation Possible: Screws reduced from 9 to 1 piece. Holds your TV screen less than 15mm off the wall. Allows your TV to be mounted like a photo frame and look great.