Samsung - 40" Class (39.5" Diag.) - LED - 2160p - Smart - 4K Ultra HD TV

I went through a good number of screens before I found this one, including many purpose built computer monitors to no avail. I tried UHD and QHD, nothing I tried felt like a significant upgrade from my old LG 27" 1080p screens that I had three of in a triple screen setup. I was working with a good deal of real estate already, so I wanted something that could provide more. I tried out a few 27" 4K screens, everything was too small. I tried some 1440p screens, I wasn't impressed. I tried out an LG 4K IPS TV and I couldn't seem to find a happy place with the color settings. Then, I decide to try out this Samsung 40" 4K... and IT'S AMAZING! Of all the screens I tried (at least 6) this one has the best color reproduction and clarity with my Windows 10 system. I am running it from my ASUS Dual GTX1060 and it achieves 60Hz which is fine for me since I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly production. 40" is a really nice size for running 4K on your PC, a lot of real estate and the pixel density is great. The HDR mode on this TV give a very nice depth to your picture and the contrast is also very very good on this VA panel. I absolutely love the voice control remote, it's simple and now I don't like using the other remotes in my house because this one has spoiled me with it's ease of use and the button feel. Even the way this screen looks when it's off, that is to say the aesthetics, is great... it's a good looking TV both on and around the screen, looks very high end as compared to many other screens at comparable prices. I cannot recommend this screen enough for computer use, but of course it's excellent as a smart TV too. I just wanted to review it as a computer screen first and foremost because that will be my primary use of this 4K TV. There are some excellent reviews of the model on YouTube, in fact watching the review a friend of mine did on this TV is what made me decide to give it try, glad I did because I don't think I could go back to using anything under 40" @ 4K. Try it out, see what you think if you want a great screen for productivity... gamers might want something over 60Hz, but games still look amazing on this screen and are very playable @ 60Hz for me personally.

First off, it was extremely difficult to find good reviews on TVs in this class. I found a few, but the best was on rtings dot com. My overall impression is that this Samsung (I'll call it the 6300 from now on) is a good TV. I haven't sampled them all, but based on reading reviews of every TV in this class, I believe the 6300 is the best TV in this class at <$400 (bought on sale before Christmas 2017). I considered the next step up in Samsung's lineup (the 7000) but it's significantly more expensive and for my purposes I felt the 6300 was going to be fine. And it is. Glad I went w/this one. A 65" QLED is in my future, so I may opt for a premium-priced TV when I pull the trigger on that one, but the 6300 fits my 40" needs nicely. As an aside, it seems Samsung and others aren't interested in building the videophile product in the 40" class. You won't find the cutting edge features that you will with the more expensive, bigger (50" plus) class TVs. On to the review. The refresh rate is 60Hz. Everything I've watched, including sports and action scenes, looks fine. I have nothing to complain about so far. 4k/UHD. Most of the programming out there (I have DirectTV, Netflix, AmazonTV) is 1080p and this TV does well. I checked out a 4k UHD video on Netflix and it's quite stunning. Almost looks 3D to me. No complaints so far. It's noticeably superior to my older 1080p Samsung 55". Haven't done any gaming yet, but I believe this TV received high marks for gaming using an XBOX. So I expect high quality here. Smart TV interface. Not as good as my Insignia w/Roku. Roku is simple, easy, and just plain good. Best I've seen. I wish Samsung had it. But what it has is good enough, and the more I use it the easier the interface gets. Remote. At first I didn't like it. There aren't many buttons, and I wanted my Direct TV remote back! But the more I used it, I discovered that it does most everything my DirectTV remote does. There are a few things, like my playlist access, that take a couple of more button pushes than the DirectTV remote. But I'm going to stick w/it for awhile and give it an honest chance. If I had to pick one now, I'd go w/the DirectTV remote for all the DVR/DirectTV programming functions. But I'll wait to make the final decision. Speakers. Actually not bad. They seem better than the speakers on my older Samsung 55". But I have an awesome Vizio sounder w/Sub, and I don't have too much listening time w/the internal speakers. But given what I've heard, they would be acceptable for everything short of audiophile quality listening. Summary. Overall, I give it 4 stars. If I could give 4.25, or maybe 4.5, I would. It's a very good TV at the $400 price point, and it was a bit cheaper on Black Friday/Cyber Mon. But I wasn't ready to buy. Do your own research, but after thoroughly looking at what's available at this price point, with 4k and Smart TV, I'm convinced I made the right choice.

Nice little tv, which I got at a seriously reduced price--so bonus! The color is pretty good, not the best I've seen but relatively accurate. Don't mess with color adjustments when you first get the tv--let it handle itself for a few days, and it will balance out without you needing to do much to it, if at all. I'd like a little more clarity in the picture at closer distances. There is still too much motion pixelization for me. Sitting at least 10 feet or more from the screen is best. The tv is decent at displaying the different values of black and/or being able to see everything in dark/night scenes, and is better than some at displaying those if there is a daylight glare on the screen. Although without the glare, the black/dark values are pretty good. It IS great for that 3D, depth of field look. High quality HD programs have a motion and light quality that looks "in the room with you" live rather than flat images on a screen. Feature set-ups are really easy, and I LOVE that you don't have to point the remote right at the screen. I've used buttons on the remote while it was laying on the sofa behind my leg and pointing the opposite direction, and it still responded fine. The remote automatically senses your other peripherals too, which was cool. I'm even able to use the remote to operate my Roku.

Not all 4k TV are born equal. Nowadays a 4k TV is as much as TV as a computer. Almost all 4k TV have good enough screen to support 4k display. Yet the CPUs that're in the heart of massive amount of data processing inside 4k TV are frequently inadequate. If you buy a 4k TV with slow CPU inside, the TV will hiccup from time to time as CPU struggle to catch up. Old movie will not be up-scaled adequately. So everytime you see a cheap 4k TV, you better check if it has a poor CPU to match it's cheap price. Although this TV is last year's model but the data processing speed is amazing. Everything is smooth. Old movie shines. Installation was easy. The TV almost entirely depend upon on-screen instruction and manipulation. I'm totally fine with the design but some people may have trouble with the minimum number of buttons on the remote control. The TV also can sense if any attached equipment such as Blueray player turning on, and turns on automatically to the active video source. The wifi receiver is pretty capable too. The TV's color representation is quite good, if not the best. This Samsung 4k TV is a true bargain.

What everyone says about the picture is true. It looks amazing and even something about the sound gives it more umph. I find several small things about to be quite annoying and regretful on purchasing this tv. The remote has a nice mic feature that you can speak to and it will change to the source you wish to or open the app. Don't let this remote slide under you while you sit or lay because the volume and button button things are sensitive. They both go up and down very easily so I'm always having to scramble to find the remote if the volume or channel changes. If you want UHD10 for an Xbox one S don't bother. It doesn't support that high. This tv can turn on your Xbox but it will sometimes do it without you wanting to do. I happen to have two xboxes in one room and when I have guests we plug in the other Xbox to a smaller tv. For some reason the tv is turning on BOTH xboxes. Very annoying. The tv is capable of resuming where you left off such Netflix or YouTube will still be on the page you left it on. This feature sucks with Hulu because the connection to the server will expire and you're just forced to close out of the entire thing despite everything looking fine. I feel like there aren't enough pre programmed color settings so you have to manually adjust it to your preference and some games on the tv look awful. Bottom line is that Samsung is a good brand but don't go with this one because of price

Buy this television! I just purchased a new HP OMEN desktop computer and wanted to get away from the use of multiple monitors for my gaming experience. (On my desk I still have my 24" Apple i-Mac, and 27" HP / 23" Acer monitors for my work setup, but wanted a large single monitor for gaming and personal use.) This television offers me excellent colors/shades at 60Hz for high-end games, I have the resolution set to 3840 x 2160. I compared to a 43" television but that was actually just a bit too large for comfortable viewing from about 2 feet away, and hard to see the far edges/corners. 40" is perfect for my needs!! If you are considering using a television for a monitor for your desktop/laptop then this is the perfect television to do that with. As a bonus now, I can swap over and just watch television at my desk on this tv and the images are bright, clear, and so detailed. Loving this television! I compared for several weeks against Sony, Sharp, Acer, LG, Vizio, and others... never have I had a bad experience with Samsung products! $399 on sale is a very reasonable price for what this tv offers. The only differences between this 6300 and the previous version 6290 are a) the smart remote (so much better, with voice controls) and b) the built in Bluetooth capabilities on this television to offer you connections to broadcast/link to the television and speakers, phones, tablets, etc. The 6290 is currently on sale for $329, so for me the extra $70 for these two key features was a no brainer!

I installed 7 of these in a dental office recently, and while the TVs have a nice picture, the dentist and staff absolutely hate the remote. Their comment was "It's just not intuitive!". For instance, changing inputs requires navigating through several steps of the menu, when it could have been as easy as hitting a "source" button, like it used to be. Selecting a channel by voice command can be frustrating with the different accents and voices of the different staff members. They end up yelling at it in frustration, which is embarrassing in front of patients. Browsing the web with voice control is also very unreliable. It can't understand a command like "You-Tube", even by somebody with perfect English. The client wants to return them and get a model that has a more conventional remote, or for another brand altogether. .Sometimes, it's better not to reinvent something that doesn't need to be improved. Just give us our buttons back!

I finally decided to upgrade my old HD TV but wasn't looking to spend alot. When it comes to brand I usually go for Sony or Samsung. I went with Samsung this time because the price is what caught my attention. Good timing too because I've been hearing about all this UHD and HDR terms out there and felt like I was behind. So far I'm impressed with the picture quality and ease of setup. I kinda messed around with the picture settings and found my liking with the help of other users on forums on setting it to have the best quality. Use the "Movie" setting and not "Dynamic" as that is only good for display purposes at retail stores. Some tweaking of other settings and you are good to go. Thing that I was kinda let down about was I eventually found out that this is not True HDR, it's close but from what I can see so far and read, it's not. Not a deal breaker being that it's used in my room and not in the living room and I'll be mostly playing games on it. Again on the HDR I've havent really test it out yet as I've yet to play more HDR content. So far I've watched HDR content that is streamed and I know internet speed and can play a role in this as I know my interner is not that fast. I'll probably download a HDR movie and go from there or later when I get a player or my Ps4 pro. Other than that I'm happy with my purchase mainly because of the price and the quality picture I'm getting for it.