Me and my roommate play a ton of video games and watch a lot of movies, and we put our money together and decided to research and find the absolute best 40-50” LCD HDTV that money could buy, and eventually ended up deciding on the LN46A650 LCD from Samsung for many reasons. First off, there were more perfect score Samsung LN46A650 reviews and analysis’s online than any other television, which spoke volumes about its quality, value and desirability, I mean we were doing our own research and reading tons of television reports to make sure we got the absolute best TV our money could buy, but the fact that so many people had also bought this television and then gave it perfect 5/5, 10/10 and 100/100 ratings really was the strongest indicators that many others had done their research and this is THE TELEVISION to get in the 46″ range this summer/fall.

Setting up the television was pretty straight forward and easy, tons of connectors intelligently laid out on the side and back let us easily configure our consoles, receiver, sound, etc.. much better laid out side and rear panels with more options then my last Panasonic Viera HDTV.
The menus and features pretty straight forward as well and allow for tons of customization. We spent 20 minutes scrolling online and checking out some of the recommended settings we had read on some LN46A650 reviews before we bought, then tweaked a little bit from there till we found the picture to be the best, I’m at work right now righting this review so I’ll submit another article on what settings / calibration tuning we used and feel is the best for our dimly lit type of room. Lots of other options and add-ons too to play with that really add a lot of value to this television beside pure TV/movie/gaming.
| Model Name (Part #): | LN46A650A1FXZA |
| List Price (M.S.R.P): | $2,199.99 |
| Price Range (7 sellers): | $XXXX to $2,049.99 |
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The LN 46A650 is incredibly light and thin, and we were easily able to mount it up in the room in no time at all and hide/clean up all the cords with a cheap little tubey thing we bought to keep it from looking like a dangling cord holder… the name of the mounting kit we used is slipping my mind right now, but it’s quite cheap, incredibly fast to setup and does an awesome job, I’ll double check the name of the mount when I get around to submitting my calibration / tweaking settings.
The glossy screen / polished black look is definitely quite slick, and really make the room look techy and advanced compared to old Viera plasma we had on a tv stand before. I heard on other Samsung ln-46a650 reviews that glossy screens aren’t as good as matte screens, but I definitely like it, and there isn’t much light that could cause glare anyhow in our type of room, not that I think it would be a major issue for someone with lightly lit rooms unless perhaps had those annoying sun rays directly on the screen.
There is definitely a massive picture quality difference between on our old Panasonic Plasma (40” 720p vs. 46inch 1080p) and it is actually a lot more noticeable then I would have thought. Games on PS3 and Blu-Ray / HD-DVD movies look much much better on the LN46A650 Samsung TV, like a lot really.. We don’t have High Def cable, so not much difference really, but it really is superior in big ways on any high def source via HDMI cables.
Sound isn’t any better or worse than the old television as far as I can tell, again back in the menus there’s lots of customization ability and options you can turn on to get the sound to desired quality such as “SRS TruSurrond” and such which really changes the way the Samsung’s LN46A650 sound comes out. One thing I don’t really like is that the television doesn’t seem to get really loud, I am a crazy deep sleeper, but with 100/100 volume on the televisions alarm it still didn’t wake me up lol…
just_convinced
September 4th, 2008 at 12:16 am
I really hope you are not employed by Samsung, because after weeks of research and stressing out, I just purchased the LN46A650 online after I read your great review. I can’t wait to get this TV set up. I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to write such an informative and detailed review. I read close to 100 different reviews about this set, but I went directly to Amazon and purchased the LN46A650 after reading yours. I hope mine is just as amazing as yours. Thanks again !!!!
Bori
December 4th, 2008 at 4:32 am
Finally a great review on a great tv. These other stupid reviews that lead to you to blogs or other links get very old. Thanks for this great review guys. It was very helpful
Shane
December 6th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I bought this TV 2 weeks ago after buying and selling 4 TV’s in 2 years searching for the right one. This TV is it! The picture is superb with deep blacks and rich color. The TV looks like a quality unit with slick surfaces and good quality plastics. I like the shiny screen vs a matte screen, I think it makes the picture more crisp. Think about it…which is more clear; clean smooth glass or frosted glass. The Tv has tons of inputs and is basically the best TV available for under $2000 IMO. Get one, you will love it. be sure to play a Blu-Ray disc and prepare to be blown away. Batman is insane on Blu-Ray.
Kyle
December 30th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
This tv is extremely popular for a reason. The specs, appearance, and features are amazing. Thanks for the review!