Very good TV for the price
4/5
This was bought in the Black Friday sale to replace a previous generation 49” Samsung TV that had developed a shadow down the screen after about 5 years (hopefully this one will last longer). The operating system and picture are an improvement over the old TV - dark scenes now have more definition so there’s less squinting to see what’s happening - though some scenes can look a little blocky in areas where colours are very similar shades, but that might also depend on the quality of the input (we can’t get ultra-fast broadband).
The sound output was immediately linked to a soundbar so we can’t comment on the quality of the built-in speakers. We did set up the voice assistant which is a novelty to use and does work as long as you know what to tell it - “BBC One” won’t work for instance, but saying the channel number will, and to find out anything else seems a bit trial and error, after which you’ve resorted to picking up the remote and doing it the old-fashioned way. Alexa does the same thing just as well and sounds less weird when she talks to you, so we just use that integration instead.
Overall we are very happy with the purchase so far and would recommend it, longevity concerns aside. The picture could be a little better and the OS a touch more responsive, but there’s nothing that makes this not a worthy purchase for the price bracket.
JB