Buying Samsung LN40A650 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color

At this time, there is not much you can use of the many features this TV has. If you do, you have no life whatsoever. I bought this TV for my bedroom, about 6 ft away from my viewing distance. I watch mainly HD live broadcast, late night HD movies, and Bluray movies and games with PS3 console player over the weekend. Absolutely perfect!
Picture is too sharp and bright on all the presets that you have to tinker with the contrast, brightness and backlighting to suit your taste. CNET reviewed the 52LNA650 and recommended some settings for movie mode via HDMI in a dark room(see CNET website)but this is a smaller version of that TV, and it will be much sharper and brighter, less grainy than its 52 inch sibling. So tune it according to your taste.
For games, you can just leave it on Dynamic Mode and it's fine. For live broadcast and Sports, here are the settings I find pleasing:
Mode: Standard,Contrast-95, Brightness-45, Backlighting-6, Sharpness-50, Color-55:
Detailed settings: Black Adjust: Off,Dynamic contrast: Off, Gamma: 0, Color Space: Native,Flesh tone: 0, Edge enhancement: On
White Balance submenu: Leave it alone!
Picture option submenu: Color tone: normal, size: 16:9, Digital NR: Off,
DNIe: grayed out, HDMI: grayed out, film mode: grayed out,Blue mode: Off, Auto motion plus: Medium.
I switched from Blockbuster to Netflix for streaming movies to this TV, via my Macbook( I will try Roku soon) and it's good enough quality, like a good old VHS tape, mainly because of broadband speed, 2-3mps average in my neighborhood. By the time broadband speed is NOT LIMITED by this greedy providers, it will be much better then. I saw downloads from Apple TV on HD and it's amazing. Soon, streaming HD videos and movies will not be far behind.
Back to the Samsung 40LNA650, the picture quality is as good or even better than the Sony 40XBR6. It should be, since Sony gets their LCD panels from Samsung for ther XBR6 and up. Did I mention video processing is excellent? Whether 1080p Bluray, 1080i or 720p HD channels ,this TV set can display brilliant colors and shades. Even SD channnels are good.
Unless you can afford the top-of-the-line 950 series,not much difference in picture quality between the 650, 750 and 850 series, so buy this one!
It's a bargain at $1239, even free shipping with Amazon. You'll love it!!!Get more detail about Samsung LN40A650 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color.