The extra wide bezel of this 40-inch HDTV not withstanding, it’s a quite a stunner. Thanks to LED backlighting, the display is really slim and the large stand is made of glass embedded with red highlights – Bordeaux style. The material used imparts a very upmarket look and feel. Even while setting up, the blackness level is pretty good and the HDMI ports face sideways, which really makes setting up easy.
The contrast ratio is very good, in DisplayMate, we got great scores for the grey-scale intensity check. Colour rendition was good, but we felt the gamut for red should have been a bit wider. Movies are pretty good, with minimal banding. There is a lot of noise and banding in really dark areas of the screen while watching video content, but this is not very serious.  There were some really bad issues with the backlight response and this spoilt what could have been a decent gaming experience. There is noticeable input lag as well, noticeable in games and with desktop use. Text clarity, when connected to a PC is also an issue. Priced at Rs. 1,25,000, this Samsung 40-incher is overpriced. However, it’s stunningly good looking and will make a flaunt-worthy addition to your designer home.
 

The extra wide bezel of this 40-inch HDTV not withstanding, it’s a quite a stunner. Thanks to LED backlighting, the display is really slim and the large stand...