Samsung UN55B8000

It’s What LED TV Is Supposed to Be

Our editors have given me just 200 words to extol the beauty of the Samsung UN 55B8000 – and what a beauty this entertainment machine is.

I must pay tribute to a guy named Vladmirovich Losevin, a radio engineer, who in the 1920s invented the LED concept. I’m sure he’d be amazed at how so much technology could be put into a unit so small.

Firstly, you’re going to pay a bit more to adopt this unit – around $2500 – but the quality of the picture and its very slim, lightweight (just over 50lb) features compensate for this.

Your 55B8000 offers you both full screen and wide screen options and the back input and outputs can be easily installed with HDMI cables.

Sound is enhanced by three speakers – all at the rear plus tow ordinary speakers and a woofer. I have been told that once hooked into the surround sound, it’s a double Wow! factor.

I just love the sleep timer and the PIP – that’s picture in picture which allows you to view many channels at once on the same big 55 inch screen.

Fellow reviewers having given mixed reaction to it. Yet, the majority give it the thumbs up – me too.