Product Description

SAMLCDTV23R87BD

Continuing the tradition of award winning design is the R8 range which replaces the most popular LCD of 2006 the R7 range. The new R8 range has a beautiful elegant design with flowing curves that will make this LCD the centrepiece of any living room.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24292 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: LE23R87BDX/XEU
• Released on: 2007-03-05

Features

• 2HDMI
• 4000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
• MoviePlus
• Wide Colour Enhancer
• Game Mode

Manufacturer's Description
HD Ready
HDTV allows you to experience television like never before with the widest range of colours and the clearest images. High Definition contains four or five times as many pixels making the image much clearer than standard definition.

Wide Colour Enhancer
This exclusive technology delivers more brilliant colours, even in bright areas of the picture where blues and greens are washed out on conventional screens. The system presents a wider colour gamut and four times as many colour gradations, showing you true colours; the fresh green of spring foliage, and the intense blue of the summer sky.

Movie Plus
Conventional LCD TVs are plagued by motion judder when showing fast moving action in movies and sporting events. The moving person or object looks shaky or blurred, like a series of still images, instead of a smooth moving picture. Samsung's exclusive Movie Plus completely eliminates this judder, presenting smooth action, no matter how fast it is going.

2 HDMI
Two High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connections make your TV a multimedia centrepiece. Connect HD digital devices like disc players, game consoles, satellite dish boxes into the 2 rear connections. HDMI is the best performing interface for displaying an HD source on a HDTV. (23", 26" Models have 2 HDMI).

Game Mode
Samsung LCD TVs offer unparalleled picture quality that can be optimised for gaming at the touch of a button. It allows for H-sharpness and a faster response time in the games. In addition, its powerful surround sound effects produce a magical environ-ment of wonder that is filled with excitement and joy.

Fast Response Time
Exceptionally quick and sharp, with speed of up to 6ms (millisecond), users will be able to see the remarkable difference in the response time of Samsung LCD TVs. The LCD TV ensur-es that each image is just as good as the real thing.

Box Contents

Customer Reviews

mostly good
Used as occasional t.v. in kitchen/diner (also have 26" model in a bedroom). Simple auto tune takes minutes to set t.v. up and good menu allows comprehensive personal adjustments to picture/sound etc. Picture excellent once toned down from rather garish factory settings and blacks are very good. Sound is very "tinny" from 3 watt speakers (5 watt speakers on 26" much better but still relatively poor) and have had to turn the spatial effect off on the 23" because that just accentuates the problem. Can be a little slow to react to remote control commands resulting in "double pressing" the control and returning to original command which can be a little frustrating (same with 26"). Quirky and not particularly intuitive remote control until you get used to it (again same as 26") particularly when using digital text and having to find the "back" command to return to main text screen. Remote also has a button which illuminates the main command buttons for use in the dark/poor lighting - but you can't see that button in the dark so have to switch a light on anyway! Excellent connectivity and very nice stylish design but a dust magnet due to the "piano" finish. A good buy for the price as an occasional t.v. but, due to size of screen and relatively poor sound, definitely not for a living room.

Great set
I have had the TV for about 3 weeks. It already feels like a member of the family! The picture quality is great. Sound quality is fine, though the bass does boom with some inputs.

My only real complaintis the menu lag. There is no shortcut for scrolling through the sources you plug into it - instead you will have to click the source button 6 times to get to the DVD player in the sixth slot etc. This gets tiresome really quickly.

The only other caution is that you'll find that once you upgrade from an old style CRT tube television to a hi-def LCD, you suddenly want to plug other HD stuff into it. It really brings out the flaws in an ordinary DVD, or even the Wii which looked better on a CRT.

This leads to a need for PS3 with Blu-Ray, a surround sound amp & speakers, and, crucially, good wiring. But then again, this is the curse of upgrading any of your kit!

Happy viewing. For the money this set is excellent.

A chance to dispell some HDTV myths and wives tales
This isnt going to be a complete and exhaustive review for this set as I havent yet had the time to go into any sort of testing process with the set I have just bought (literally just hours ago). However, in just these few hours I have managed to completely dispell some of the myths surrounding HDTV and this tv is particular and confirm some others. Here they are:

1) Will my ps2/xbox/gamecube look rubbish on this screen

Answ: Depends on what you consider rubbish and also what game you put in. Some games, like FIFA 08 that dont seem to offer progressive output and so the display doesnt look great. Its like playing a pc game in 800x600 on a native 1440x900 pc display - its the same kinda thing. However, games like resident evil 4, gran turismo, WRC rally evolved and toca 3 look either improved or just slightly less good than standard tv. I have my ps2 connected with the component cables, dont connect through composite! The picture is truly bad!

2) Is the menu and channel response time slow?
Answ: Not really and yes, channels can take 3 to 4 seconds to change on the inbuilt freeview, the menu system is a little unresponsive but taking no more than a second to do anything. It just seems a little laggy but can be forgiven as its very user friendly and looks good.

3) Can I use another set-top box for freeview on this tv?
Answ: Yes! You dont have to put up with the laggy inbuilt one on this. Plug another set top box in through the scart and just select the scart input from the connections menu. You could even have 2 set top boxes plugged in if you really wanted! Oh one thing to note with the freeview on this tv, it didnt find that many channels for me whereas my set top box found 4 times as many. Dont know whether the sensitivity is lacking.

4)Is the sound really that bad?
Answ: No not at all. I havent even turned it up to maximum yet but on about 60% it is loud enough for the neighbours next door to here through the wall (on a quiet day). Assuming just background noise in your house, 35% or above will be enough. The speakers seem to be fine, no distortion, not absolutely amazing but thats to be expected! But as good as any other tv speakers, if not a bit better.

5)Is the picture quality good?
Answ: A distinct improvement from CRT tvs in standard resolution (i.e. freeview) with a cleaner image and better refresh rate. I havent tried HD yet but I imagine it will be fantastic.

A good bonus about this tv is its picture in picture. You can play your games and have the tv on in the corner too so if you are waiting for something to comoe on, you know when its about to begin, Handy!

No complaints about this tv so far. 5/5 stars no problem!