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The editors liked
Ambitious user interface. Beautiful design. Excellent white and black levels. Accurate color. Comes with 3D glasses.
Brilliant
Bright picture
Excellent black levels
Superb color accuracy
Gorgeous design
Upgradable hardware
The beautifully thin Samsung UNES8000 LED TV seems to have come from a year or two in the future. Its massive feature set includes a touch-pad remote
IR blaster
Four pairs of 3D glasses
Motion and voice command
And the industry's most capable Smart TV
Sensational
Slimline design
Very good 2D and 3D pictures
Excellent Smart services
Dualcore picture quality
Great multimedia file support
The editors didn't like
Voice
Motion
And touchpad controls are unreliable. Screen shows significant light bloom on the edges. Only three HDMI ports
Some light bleed from edges
Poor off-axis performance
Merciless with low-quality sources
Lighter black levels and imperfect screen uniformity hamper its picture significantly
Especially for such an expensive TV. Samsung charges too much for extra features that are largely unnecessary and poorly implemented
Published: 2012-05-22, Author: Will , review by: pcmag.com
Ambitious user interface. Beautiful design. Excellent white and black levels. Accurate color. Comes with 3D glasses.
Voice, motion, and touchpad controls are unreliable. Screen shows significant light bloom on the edges. Only three HDMI ports
With its voice- and motion-controlled interface, Samsung's ES8000F series does a lot to advance HDTV design, but some of the new features aren't quite ready for prime time....
Abstract: Colors in this 55" LED Televisions are plenty bright but the backlighting from the edge lit LEDs can overwhelm color information and wash them out if you are not careful with the backlight setting. Certainly with 1080p broadcast programming they wil...
ES8000 is a Smart TV and comes with Samsung's complete package of smart features, including voice and gesture controls. The platform has not changes much compared to last year's TVs and even though the dual-core processor is faster, significantly smaller...
At its current MSRP of $3799, the Samsung UN55ES8000 might seem overpriced. But there are some things to consider before staking that claim.First of all, testing the ES8000’s core performance—outside of its innovative new interfacing features—yields i...
Abstract: February 5th, 2013, In Reviews, Television Sets, by Mike OsadciwIt was in the Aug/Sept 2012 issue of CANADA HiFi that I reviewed Samsung’s excellent flagship PN64E8000 plasma television. Equipped with many of the latest user technologies and deliverin...
Abstract: Late last year, we took an in depth look at the UN55D8000 , an ultra expensive flagship 3D HDTV from Samsung. For the most part, the picture quality was superb and its focus upon aesthetics was second to none but we didn’t pull any punches. The D8000 fell...
Abstract: THIS IS A PARTIAL REVIEW. The complete product review (and the whole issue in which it features) can be purchased here . This digital edition can be downloaded to your iPad or Android tablet (using the free Zinio app) or can be viewed through your web ...
Excellent 2D picture quality, Very good 3D display, excellent connectivity and media support, interesting new control options
Should have better chosen default for ‘Sharpness' setting
The Samsung US55ES8000 is a beautiful-looking TV with at the very least as much network capability as anything on the market, and far more than most.The Internet-based content offerings are solid, providing a wide range of choice for expanding viewing opt...
Excellent picture quality in HD and SD, Useful video sharing and apps, Striking design
Voice and motion features aren't perfect, Interface feels slightly slow, No huge advances in picture quality since 2011
Samsung's best 2012 LED TV is a strong performer for picture quality and design, and it has some interesting technical advancements in the form of voice and motion recognition. On its own, the Series 8 TV is a high quality device. Picture quality isn't va...
