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Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Impressive blacks and contrast ratio
Very good backlight uniformity
Reference greyscale and colour after calibration
Excellent video processing
Comprehensive calibration controls
Quad-core processing
Well designed and responsive menu system
Referen
Great looks on and off screen
Decent sound
Smarter than your average bear
Fantastic smart features
Natural colour
Sharp
Defined detail
Inky blacks
Spectacular in every sense
The design is a minimalist triumph
User interface is polished
Class-leading smart TV system
Deep black levels by LED standards
Strong
Bold colours
Decent audio performance
Stunning design
Outstanding picture quality
Sophisticated online features
Excellent touchpad remote control
Picture quality and design are both outstanding
Online and multimedia support is prodigious
And the interface features some clever touches.
Outstanding feature list
Superb picture quality from any source
Slick operating system
Faithful colours in Movie mode (average Delta E = 1.9)
Good contrast
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Virtually no crosstalk in 3D mode
Effective motion interpolation (Motion Plus)
Two remote controls included
One with a touchpad
Stunning picture clarity
Amazing Smart Portal
Android app intergation
Superb HD pictures
Refined backlighting control
Slick Smart TV
Excellent Black levels for an LED TV
Superior brightness and color
Most beautifully designed TV of the year
Smooth fast-motion video resolution
Super-fast user interface
Excellent all-round picture quality
Unprecedentedly sophisticated and content-rich smart TV system
The editors didn't like
Occasional stuttering motion
Undefeatable frame interpolation with 3D content
The 'arc' stand can't be swivelled
Iffy voice control
Voice and gesture control is gimmicky
Expensive
Whites could be punchier
Picture presets don't get the best out of the TV
Motion handling remains an Achilles heel in an artefact sock
Gesture control is still little more than a novelty
Motion- and voice-control features are still gimmicky
'Crease' across the top and bottom of the display when showing certain images
Smart interface can confuse
Poor picture presets
Gesture/voice controls are unconvincing
Very wide stand design
Some aspects of the interface are rather inscrutable
Gesture/motion controls don't convince
And a moviefriendly picture preset would help
Hit and miss voice control
Needs wide TV stand
Price
Glossy screen causes glare
Narrow viewing angles
Potential for clouding
Poor sound quality
Voice and gesture controls
No effective picture presets
Wide stand
Unreliable voice and gesture control
Somewhat expensive
Bizarre sports/social mode
Wide desktop stand
Poor off-axis performance
Wide TV stand may limit placement flexibility
Remote takes getting used to
Picture presets not always helpful
Steep learning curve with the Smart TV features/interface
Published: 2013-06-21, Author: Eric , review by: uk.hardware.info
Samsung claims it has created the TV that finally understands its viewer. If we take that statement literally, the new F8000 falls a bit short. That's because the voice recognition isn't available in all languages yet, and the personal preferences of S ...
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Published: 2013-06-09, Author: Vincent , review by: hdtvtest.co.uk
Samsung has not held anything back in creating its flagship LED LCD TV this year, showering the F8000 with an utterly gorgeous design, sumptuous high-definition pictures, class-leading standard-def handling, bright and full-res 3D images (which also manag...
Published: 2013-05-30, Author: Steve , review by: pocket-lint.com
Spectacular in every sense, the design is a minimalist triumph, user interface is polished
Picture presets don't get the best out of the TV, motion handling remains an Achilles heel in an artefact sock, gesture control is still little more than a novelty
There's no doubt that Samsung's big F8000 is a formidable example of LED TV art. Both in terms of aesthetic design and feature functionality, it's a front runner, with images that are blisteringly sharp and vibrant. While the value of voice and ges...
The UE55F8000 is a real stunner, with magnificent picture quality, surprisingly good speakers, a raft of useful control schemes and a host of well thought out web-connected features. It is prohibitively expensive though, and we'd happily save some cash by...
Published: 2013-04-09, Author: Danny , review by: itproportal.com
Outstanding feature list, Superb picture quality from any source, Slick operating system
Hit and miss voice control, Needs wide TV stand, Price
The UE55F8000 is a staggeringly good TV in every department. Drop-dead gorgeous looks, an extensive and sophisticated feature set, fabulous picture quality from any source and a new operating system that oozes user-friendliness. Even its sound quality i...
Abstract: Without a doubt, the biggest spectacle at this year's Consumer Electronics Show was the Samsung booth. It was enormous, dazzling the masses with a dizzying assortment of products, including what many thought to be the show's star: the S9 UHD TV .We though...
Picture quality and design are both outstanding, online and multimedia support is prodigious, and the interface features some clever touches.
Some aspects of the interface are rather inscrutable, gesture/motion controls don't convince, and a moviefriendly picture preset would help
Samsung's ultra-sleek new flagship 55-inch TV improves on its already impressive ES8000 predecessor in pretty much every way, setting the 2013 TV bar intimidatingly high....
