Samsung has also put a clickable scroll wheel that can be physically rotated (like those found on the very first generation of Apple Ipods) within the main remote.

Potential owners of the Samsung UE40B8000 shouldn’t anticipate significantly from your Television within the sound department: the physical limitations imposed by the sheer slenderness of the chassis.

Highlights include access to YouTube videos and the Flickr photography storage site, plus interactive news, weather and finance reports.

The overall result is generally good, and watching some movies confirmed this initial finding.  HD looks great, with good contrast, tones evenly divided, natural colours--everything is there.

Samsung's term for net tellies is Internet TV, available in many of its newer sets. It's a well laid out system, mostly populated with Yahoo! widgets for webmail, news and other information.

The Samsung LE40B651 includes 1080 pixel horizontal resolution, making it a top of the line HD television set. It comes with some content stored in its memory, including some games.

The LE40B651's internet connection is the most significant feature that separates it from Samsung's cheaper LCD TV ranges, allowing you access to a small section of the internet.

But the key thing about the LE40B651 is its flexibility. For it gives you the tools to get round or hugely reduce processing glitches, via judicious tweaking of the Custom 100Hz mode.

Nowadays, though, Samsung LCD TV owners are no longer forced to have obnoxious image enhancement functions locked on at all times, nor are they stuck with having the backlight lamps behind the panel pumping out light at eye-burning levels.