With all of the fanfare surrounding Samsung's high end internet enabled and LED equipped LCD TV's, their mid to low end offerings have slipped quietly under the radar. This is a shame, because they are surprisingly well equipped, with much of Samsung's 'core' electronic wizardry.
The LE40B550 sports one of the latest incarnations of Samsung's picture processing technology, DNIe + (Digital Natural Image engine). With a Motion Optimizer, Contrast Enhancer, Detail enhancer and Colour Optimizer, DNIe + works to improve these four main aspects of the LE37A599's performance. DNIe has a track record of producing impressive results on previous LCD and Plasma offerings from the Korean electronics manufacturer.
The first indication that we have come across something a little bit special in the LE40B550 are some surprisingly good black levels. While not up to the same standards as Samsung's LED TV's, the deep rich black levels on show here are much better than anything we have witnessed at this price level. The B550 even gives Samsung's older B650 sibling a run for its money, just falling short with the appearance of some minor grey clouding at times. This impressive black level performance does not come at the expense of screen brightness which can be maintained at a decent level without compromising the impressive contrast.
The accomplished black level performance produces a good backdrop for colour. While not as jaw droopingly lustrous as Samsung's high end LED TV's, colour reproduction once again belies the screen's budget status. Unlike many budget TV's, a rich colour palette sits alongside accurate representation of these colours, which in most cases produces subtle representations of even tricky areas such as facial tones.
Read a full review of the Samsung LE40B550.
Samsung LE40B550
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