The Samsung 950 Boasts an Out Of This World Contrast Ratio
Contrast ratios for LCD TVs is definitely improving very fast. Forget 100,000:1 contrast ratio. Let’s just skip to 1,000,000:1 as proven by Samsung with the new 950 display line, which is an update to the previous year’s 81 series.
It combines LED backlighting and 120Hz panel to provide better performance displaying scenes with fast movements such as sports or action movies. The 950 also sports 1080p support, UBS ports to play digital content from various USB devices, Internet connectivity using DLNA and WiseLink Pro and four HDMI ports. It will be available in 46-inch and 55-inch models with “Touch of Color” border styling. The price is not that staggering; US $3200 for the 46-inch and $4200 for the 52-inch, available for purchase starting August 2008.
Here’s the complete lowdown:
Samsung 950
- Screen Sizes: 46-inch (45.9-inch screen size) / 55-inch (54.6-inch screen size)
- Resolution: Full HD 1080p
- Design: Touch of Color™ bezel design with charcoal gray accent
Video
- 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
- 4ms response time
- LED SmartLighting™ technology with local dimming
- Auto Motion Plus 120Hz™ technology
- UltraClear Panel
- Wide Color Enhancer 2
- DNIe™ Pro (Digital Natural Imaging engine) technology
Audio
- Down-firing speakers with integrated rear woofer
- 46-inch: 10-watts per channel, 2 channels; 55-inch: 15 watts per channel, 2 channels
- SRS TruSurround XT™
Features
- InfoLink™ RSS for one-touch, on-demand, onscreen access to news, weather, stock info
- Internal flash memory with pre-loaded Content Library
- WiseLink™ Pro (USB 2.0), with MPEG 4, XviD, MP3, JPEG decoders
- DLNA-CERTIFIED™
- Entertainment mode
- Built-in NTSC / ATSC / Clear QAM tuners
- Energy Star® compliant
A/V Connections
- 4 HDMI (HDMI-CEC) version 1.3 inputs (3 rear, 1 side)
- 1 side USB 2.0 port (WiseLink™ Pro)
- 2 component inputs
- 1 composite input
- 1 S-Video input
- 1 PC input
- 1 Headphone jack
- 1 Ethernet connection (for InfoLink™, and DLNA connectivity only)
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