Samsung - 50" Class (49.5" Diag.) - LED - 1080p - Smart - HDTV

This review will cover both the TV itself, as well as the buying experience at Best Buy. The basic skinny: overall a great TV for $649 ($100 off the standard $749), but it's too soon for me to give it an 'excellent' rating, since I've only had it a month. I'd be greatly pleased if I could get 10 years out of it, like I did with my previous set, a Samsung 47" DLP. Oh, how I miss my DLP, with it's non-reflective screen and six forward facing speakers in the base! Good sound is not part of the package with these new low cost LED television sets, so you should either invest in a soundbar or, like me, run it through your existing audio system. Out of the box, the colors are way too bright and over saturated. My understanding is these are calibrated for big bright display rooms, which pretty much describes Best Buy, Target, HH Greggs, etc. To fix this, go online and Google "calibration settings for Samsung J6200 series LED TV" and you'll find several options to help you get the picture that works best for your particular viewing room. I found this site helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sjNQrCKa14 Don't get hung up on whether it matches your exact model number, as this will get you in the ballpark and serve as a great tutorial for future "touch-ups". Grab a few of your favorite DVD's (ones you know backward and forward), brew a cup of tea or coffee, and be patient, as you may have to do this a few times. Do not fear - if you botch it there is a reset button that puts the picture back to its original values. You should calibrate both the 'standard' setting and the 'movie' setting. I use Standard for over the air (I don't have cable) broadcasts, and Movie for Roku streaming and DVD viewing. By the way, the digital tuner in this set is excellent; my flat Audiovox antenna draws in a terrific over-the-air HD picture. After several rounds of calibrating [spread out over a week] I achieved the optimal picture settings for my viewing room. The outer build on this model is rather flimsy [the norm these days for sub-thousand dollar sets) so you need to put it where it's going to live and leave it alone, save for the occasional dusting. Now for my buying experience at Best Buy: Excellent! One of the best things about Amazon is they've forced 'brick and mortar' stores to step up their service game. I was going to buy the TV on Amazon, but figured I'd give my local Best Buy (North Riverside, IL) a shot, since they matched the price. Every employee I came in contact with was courteous and professional. Not once did I feel pressured. They didn't attempt to up-sell me on a different model (another good thing about Amazon, and the web in general, is you can and should do your homework before making ANY big ticket purchases; there are reviews aplenty online and while I know you can't always believe what you read, one can visit enough sites to come up with a fairly valid consensus). So, if you're willing to invest a little time in the set-up, you can have an excellent picture for a modest price. Here's hoping you have the same overall buying experience I did. Cheers!

I purchased this model after returning a very disappointing 49" LG TV. Wow, what an incredible difference in picture quality. The colors are very good out of the box and the sound is very acceptable for this size of TV. This TV gets great reviews on rtings.com for having very low motion blur, which is great for watching sports or playing video games. Also the blacks and whites are very good. I thought TV technologies were just standard, and overall coming down in price. Apparently TV manufacturers including Samsung, purposefully make lower quality picture screens and audio to get a lower price point. I could of bought a Samsung similar size screen for $150 less but the reviews have horrible motion blur and not very good blacks and whites. So you get what you pay for. Be warned. Also, the Smart OS is slow and clunky. I did not use the WiFi feature as I used the ethernet port for best speed for our 50mbps connection. I hooked up Netflix and the few shows we had tried, the stream would buffer every 20 seconds. I then gave up and exited out of the Smart OS, and the TV froze. No thanks, I will not be using this feature, and I will stick to using my Chromecast. One last thing, I was very curious to see the back of the TV as Samsungs website and BB.com did not have any pictures of the back. Also, the store had this up high so I was not able to see. This may help other's know where the inputs are. Note all inputs come out the recessed back, and no ports are on the side.

My basic requirements were 65 inch screen and the ability to have streaming channels since we cut out cable/satellite. We use Netflix, Hulu, CBS, Sling, and CW as our primary viewing sources and had been using a Roku. I was looking for a smart tv to replace the Roku. Walking into Best Buy, pretty much all the TVs in this class have a great picture. I think that if you are a purest, you might look at extreme contrast situations, etc. However, I just want a tv that looks great to me. The Sony definitely met that criteria. To be honest, for the picture quality, if I had 3K to spend, I might opt for the LG OLED as that (at least in store) seemed to have the best picture. But looking at Sony, Samsung, and Vizio, the Sony seemed on par or slightly better. Probably more important was the smart feature. I checked the platforms used by the major brands. Samsung has their own apps, LG uses Web OS, and Vizio has their own apps. Sony uses Android TV. Sony won in my book as all the apps I needed were natively supported already, with the exception of CW. Since I have CW on an Android device, I assumed it was available on Android TV but it isn't. However, I can cast from my tablet/phone to the TV so it is still a win. I also wanted to be sure to have enough HDMI inputs and wanted to ensure one was an ARC port so I could route to the sound bar. I had decided to get a sound bar (Vizio 5.1, reviewed separately) and using the HDMI port was a plus, although optical output was also viable. This TV has 4 HDMI 3 USB, optical out, coax digital out, and then the composite, component, and coax connections. So definitely a solid ability to connect pretty much any device. That, plus the ability to cast to the tv gives really good flexibility to me. Sound was not an important aspect since I was planning to use the soundbar since I like the surround experience. However, when I first turned on the TV and was checking things, I noticed the sound seemed pretty good. It sounded a lot fuller than the Samsung 50 inch we had just bought for another room. So you might give a good listen, it might be just fine for your listening needs. The remote works great for now. It controls all the tv features nicely. As I use HDMI to connect to the soundbar, the sound gets controlled through the Sony remote as well so for 95% of my current usage, I am using one remote. In my prior set up with an AV receiver, Roku, and TV, I had a harmony hub and enjoyed one remote. I also have a blue ray player attached and use a separate remote but we only use that once a month or so and going two remotes isn't an issue. I am happy with this purchase and would recommend to a friend, or even a total stranger such as yourself. FYI, Sony has this model and then one that is like 400 more. I stood there pondering and asked the Best Buy rep about the more expensive model. The pictures looked identical. He told me the more expensive model had a faster processor. And then he said he'd get the cheaper one as well since they both looked the same. So I appreciate that I was not pushed to get more than I really needed. I would have bought the more expensive model if there was a tangible (for me) difference. Maybe if you are a gamer that might matter; not sure. So consider that as well.

This is actually 2 reviews in 1, but let me first say that the SET UP is as simple and easy as any TV I've ever had. TV #1 - brought it home, set it up, let it do it's thing; we were watching TV in less than 10 minutes. I adjusted some of the initial settings and was just getting used to the remote and several of it's functions. The TV had been on for about 20 minutes. I clicked the on-screen GUIDE. It popped up and was on the screen for just UNDER 1 minute and the screen went completely dark. NO PICTURE. You could hear the audio. I knew the remote was working because you could hear the audio change as I changed channels. Turned set on/off several times. Unplugged it for several minutes to try and "reset". Nothing helped -- Still NO PICTURE. I was on the phone then with Samsung for almost 40 minutes and their solution was to send it to them for repair. I said something very clever indicating that was NOT going to happen as this was a brand new TV. Shockingly, disassembly and repacking the TV exactly how it came in the box was VERY quick and easy. I returned to the Best Buy to get it exchanged. After confirmation that I wasn't fibbing (also helped by the fact that I wanted the exact same model) I was given a new one. TV#2 - this time, from the opening the box to stand assembly to on-screen set-up took less than 5 minutes. That was 1 week ago and we still have a picture - although I have yet to press the "GUIDE" button on the remote this time. Review: Picture is GREAT. Sound is really good. We have experienced some of the latency issues others have mentioned. Several shows have noticeable jumps or jerks or skips in the picture. One of the other reviews told how to "fix" that but it turns off the 120hz refresh rate. However, watching sports programs in sports mode has been awesome with no noticeable clipping. The first movie we watched on Netflix seemed to be out of sync with the audio and I'm only using the TV's built in speakers. The bottom line for ME is that the black friday sales price was UN-beatable for this size screen and quality. I wish the quality was better, that is, more in line with what the TV retails for normally, but I am OK with it. All that said, even though I'm happy, I'm not sure I would get this model again. Now if I can just work up the courage to hit the GUIDE button...

My wife bought a 55" and she and I were very displeased with it. The motion rate was terrible on the screen. We owned a 120hz Samsung before this and it finally gave out. So, we purchased this television. To our surprise, while watching movies, images on the screen would "stutter" a lot and look very choppy when they were moving fast. We thought the TV was broken and so we returned it for the same model. We were wrong. The new TV was doing the same thing if not worse. It turns out this Model has a function called "Auto Motion Plus" that is supposed to make the fast moving motions smooth. It does not do this. Whenever "Auto Motion Plus" is turned on it creates "stuttering" or "judder" in moving images on the screen. There is lots of image latency and it looks terrible. The TV looked great when you turned the "Auto Motion" plus off. But then the 120hz motion rate wasn't being used. We figured there wasn't a point in having a 120hz motion rate television when we have to turn the motion rate off in order for it to function properly, so we returned it and just got a different brand all together. I am very surprised that a Samusung television would have these types of problems. I didn't want to go with another brand of TV but it looks like Im stuck with only 4k options only in any Samsung brand. It's very sad.

I picked this TV up open box, and Geek Squad certified for $400. My Samsung 55 inch 4k recently started acting up, so I took it back to Aaron's and decided to find a replacement while I'm saving up for a Sony 65" 4k, either the XBR65X850C or XBR65X900C model, or possibly the Samsung UN65JS8500 which was rated 2015's second best TV in an online review. (I just prefer Sony as my #1 brand, and Samsung is a very close second). Being used to a 4k picture I was a little disappointed after I got this home and set up, even after using calibration settings I found online, but, from what I read, the picture is a little soft on this TV when watching in 720p, and I was using my old Roku. So, I switched to my PS3 and a Blu-Ray movie (Tommorowland) and wow, this TV came to life. It has a great picture; the blacks are deep, no flashlighting, grey uniformity is decent, and it can get pretty bright imo. And honestly the 720p picture isn't bad, it's just that I'm used to watching everything on a 4k tv, so I'm a bit spoiled, lol. So, in conclusion, I would definitely recommend this TV, even for the $500 price tag, and am glad I got this over the 55" Toshiba that's running $399.99 right now. (Although that seems to be a good TV for the price). My only real gripe with this TV, and the reason I don't give it 5 stars, is the lack of ARC or Anynet+. Even my 5 year old 40" Sony turns on and off my reciever with the TV, but this TV doesn't.

I just bought this TV 2 days ago after my 8 year old Magnavox died. It is ok so far. There were some issues adjusting the picture just right and it still looks funny sometimes. I'm glad the sales man told me not to expect HD when watching over the air broadcasts. He explained that the picture quality isn't going to look like the TVs in the store unless I am playing or streaming a high quality HD video. It's the old "garbage in, garbage out" scenario. This TV can't turn bad video into good video. It's fine for general viewing and, if it last me 5 years, I will be happy. Also the sound needed adjusting. Having the speakers in the back is different, but not bad. I'm not having the sound problems other people are reporting. I also changed the picture motion plus to clear to get rid of the blur and dizzy feeling when the camera moves a little too quickly. My advice is: Don't expect too much from a cheap TV. And, there are plenty of ways to adjust it. Keep trying different things until you get the best picture and sound. There is a reset for both, so you can always start over if you really mess it up. I also liked that it was really easy to set up and adjust. I purchased the 5 year warranty from Best Buy and then canceled it the next day because I am not happy with the experiences I have had with the Geek Squad. They are impatient and condescending when I ask them for help and they always act like they have something better to do. I don't think it is the individual employees, since it seems to effect all of them. I think it is some demands that management is putting on them that makes them not have enough time to assist the customers in a good customer service kind of way.

Lots of crashes with Netflix. Worked awesome at first but having owned this since Christmas 2016 now, its a major pain any time we want to put on a netflix show. Either the various profiles dont open, nerflix goes black, or we will go to check the connection status and find that it's great but it wont stream netflix. Have tried taking the app off and re-adding it, logging out of netflix and back in, turning tv off, taking our internet network off and re-adding it. Nothing, I mean nothing, has been a solve-all fix. Very frustrated that best buy's answer is to bring the tv in for a replacement, when tons (thousands) of online forum comments say they have the same thing going on and it appears to be an issue between samsung and netflix. Updates havent fixed the priblem so why do they continue to sell the TV? This is a 55" TV, so it's not the easiest thing to just bring in. Furthermore, the quality is just so-so. When we are in TV mode sometimes it looks amazing and other times its not HD and just as though we were watching fron our old plasma from 1999.