Samsung UE40F6400AK Pro Reviews

It's not the best upscaler, nor the slimmest TV, and some won't like the need to use MotionPlus for both 2D and 3D, but we're quite taken by the Samsung UE40F6400. Packed with apps within a reasonably polished Smart Hub system, there's plenty of contrast, colour and detail to compete with pricier options. We're also big fans of the Smart Touch remote and of its integration with Samsung Galaxy gadgets, though it does stutter occasionally. However, on the extra features, we're mostly disappointed. It might sound like a strange thing to say, but the presence of voice interaction - and even of the hit-and-miss S-Recommendation system - actually detract from the Samsung UE40F6400's otherwise highly polished and great value package. Experimental technology is all it is, and until it's much more powerful we think that such technology is only going to introduce a sheen of disappointment. Having just become the owner of one of the UK's best value smart TVs - and that's exactly what this is - that's a shame. With apps a-plenty and an easy to use interface and Smart Hub pages, the Samsung UE40F6400 is a great value option for a living room.

Samsung's TV requires some tweaking to get the best from it, but the results look superb for the price

The Samsung UE40F6400 is a highly capable LED LCD television whose only major letdown is its handling of 3D Blu-ray movies: the undefeatable motion interpolation imparts soap opera effect onto what should appear filmic, which will bother you if you’re a video purist like us. We certainly hope the Korean manufacturer will be able to issue a firmware update (as they do occasionally) to fix this – we think the very mild judder present on the UE46F7000 for 3D 24p playback is an acceptable compromise. By far the biggest attraction of the 40-inch F6400 is its price: for less than £800, you get an HDTV that has deep blacks, is supremely calibratable to yield accurate colours, sounds good, and comes with two pairs of active-shutter 3D glasses as well as Samsung’s comprehensive suite of Smart TV functionalities. Its standard-def upscaling and jaggies suppression are less accomplished than the F7000 and F8000′s, and navigational responsiveness is more sluggish too, though these are probably reflective of the lower price and processing power available (dual-core vs quad-core).