Samsung UE46ES5500 Pro Reviews

The UE46ES5500 looks quintessentially Samsung. The slender gloss black bezel is encased by the hallmark transparent surround that sits on a plain, rectangular stand that, alas, doesn’t swivel. The remote control is nice and slender, well planned and easy to operate with just one hand. Being that the ES5500 is a mid-tier TV, we weren’t disappointed by the lack of a fourth HDMI port nor the lack of built-in Wi-Fi. The Samsung menu system contains many, many picture controls, much of which are superfluous but at least they’re cleanly presented and offer helpful descriptions of the functions therein. The Smart features on offer are about as complete a set of apps, games and video on demand content you could ever wish for. Add in USB PVR recording, interaction with smartphones and tablets plus the streaming of an extensive set of media files all housed in a customisable home page, and we probably have the market’s leading Smart offering. Perhaps LG edges it on the presentation front but in terms of ‘breadth on offer’, we don’t see a rival for Samsung at present.