Samsung UN48J5000 48-Inch 1080p LED TV (2015 Model)

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I decided to leave a feedback just because of the negative reviews. Ive been looking to buy a secondary tv/monitor to my computer. A friend of mine referred to me this Samsung UN32J5003AFXZA to which he uses with his computer as a monitor. With a normal common sense I have decided to do some research to make sure it meet my needs. So this is what I found: Warranty Terms - Parts 1 year limited Warranty Terms - Labor 1 year limited Width 29.2 inches Color Category Black 3D Technology No ENERGY STAR Certified No Estimated Annual Electricity Use 52 kilowatt hours Estimated Annual Operating Cost 6 United States dollars Media Card Slot No Speakers 2 DTS Premium Sound 5W Number Of Component Video Inputs 1 Number Of Composite Video Inputs 1 Number Of HDMI Inputs 2 Number Of USB Port(s) 1 PC Input No Vertical Resolution 1080p Horizontal Resolution 1920p Screen Size 31.5 inches Display Type LED Video Input(s) HDMI|Component video|Composite video Wall Mountable Yes EPEAT Qualified No UPC 887276089621 This TV is good for what it offers. But before making my decision to purchase or not, I wanted to deeper understand of all its specs above. *Warranty: something goes wrong with the TV while still under warranty, YOU and NOT Samsung will pay for shipping back to their factory, they will fix/replace and ship back to you at their cost. *Energy Saver: NO. Which means it cost $6 per every 200 hours of use. If this TV was energy saver it would cost $4.2 instead. (US dollars) *5watts speakers, the sound is very low, pay attention to this. The volume at max should sound like a shower speaker or lower. The sound of this TV is rated to be used in a 137 square feet room or smaller. However, there is an option to buy with Samsung HW-J250 2.2 Channel 80 Watt Audio Soundbar (2015 Model). For an extra $99.99 *NO PC INPUTS, the reason I want a TV is to use with a PC. I can still use this TV as a monitor as long as I get my self an adapter (HDMI); an extra 20-30 bucks for a good quality one. *Smart Functionality- No, Built in Wi-Fi- No: meaning this TV will not connect to your wi-fi and it does not have the smart hub option to connect with apps. *USB PORT: meaning you can connect via sharemovie cable with a usb male port to your smart cell phone or camera and display your photos or even play a netflix movie. Guess what, with the combination of your smart phone and this TV = Smart TV. This does not say under description, but its common knowledge. I dont think I need to go through all the other features, they are all straight forward. Bottom line this TV does meet my needs with conditions (I need either new video card for my computer with HDMI output or HDMI cable with output pc connector), and it meets my budget. If the TV breaks, back light stop working or any other problem it will cost me 40 bucks for shipping. Unless it breaks within 14 days free shipping. and they will ship another one back me at their cost. It took me 20 minutes to do a research, well worth my time before investing $259 + tax. I prepared wrote this review which took me more than an hour, to help consumers to find what they are looking for. And not wasting their money like some did buying this TV not knowing what they were doing.

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Please if plan to use 1080P including a Blu-Ray player or any device dont make mistake I did buying this trash. Samsung is a horrible company that imposes such bad copy protection via HDCP it makes the TV unable to achieve 1080P. The USB has copy protection that forces to register to even watch stuff from it in 1080P... It refuses to detect a Blu-Ray player properly making it into 720, blanking the screen, refusing to play anything back... I called support wasted about 10 days of lost sleep by being so upset... They had me waste more time downloading a "firmware" update that refused to work... The USB keeps claiming its not detecting or is there, I tried every possible way even using multiple USB sticks... None of them detect the software to even update the product at all... I doubt Amazon will publish this since they are hiding the fact these HDCP copy protections only shaft legal users... I have all bought legal Blu-Rays finally got a player after years of putting it off... I just wanted to watch them in peace, yet I cant see anything at all much less 1080P. I will have to resort to going full pirate, streaming from pirate sites, burning/copying stuff from them to even watch anything... I can try hooking it up via the component video which shouldnt have the copy protection that only hurts legal users... AS long as products are made using HDCP it will be pointless to invest any money in the trash. They dont work, it causes conflicts for people who are not doing anything illegal only... It has not stopped 1 pirate, if anything its made the pirated copies or streams the only to work... I had no problem using a blu-ray player with LG or even the Walmart bought Sceptre or Spectre whatever name they are... Ive really given up at this point, I thought of killing myself I was so upset or other people... If Samsung was a decent company they would send me a TV that works... They are known for their smart TVS spying on people, yet they cant manage to play a Blu-Ray or display anything in 1080P??? I just wanted a simple TV to watch Blu-Rays/DVDs not stream or even do anything... I dont have anything going for me in life... I have a C5-C7 neck fusion, two plastic spacers in my neck w/ titanium teeth... Yet Im being forced to do all this stuff I cant manage for a TV that is setup to not work legally?? I started on 300 baud modems, Ive never been so disgusted in my life... Samsung products are the worst, they used to be a good company but that is then this is now. I recall having an issue w/ a Samsung monitors where it wouldnt give me a picture having issue detecting the proper video since its got some cheap built in plastic switch... That should have kept me away for good, my mom got a Samsung for Mothers Day or Birthday so figured it would be fine... I waited so long to finally get HDTV, Blu-Ray, was all excited only to be totally devastated. There is something wrong in the world where copy protection is only hindering the people legally using the products. Everybody laughs at me for being honest, not turning to all these pirate sites... Thinking I can legally by the Blu-rays I want to show support for the Anime or other things I enjoy... Yet a Samsung TV or any using HDCP among other idiotic stuff is only hindering anybody trying to be decent. When I smash this junk in the street Ill be replacing it with another TV that wont work because of HDCP BS... Im going to try hooking it up via the component cables which will only give me 1080i not the 1080P I paid for... This is a Scam TV that will not generate the 1080P only 1080i if it displays any picture at all. Lost over 5 hours talking to tech people from all across LG to Samsung. They dont care about the people or their product, surely not my life or those lives of any who use them... Ive seen stories of people all losing TVS from automatic updates Samsung has done, my cable boxes are Samsung giving me many issues too... Please just listen to me about this one topic... Dont Buy Anything Samsung, even a cell phone I had was Samsung Rugby which dont work well if at all... Im so devastated by this, Ive just given up, I never supporting pirates until I finally have seen they are in the right. You cant properly buy/watch anything legally without having some sorta conflict happen... They can even decide to restrict the resolution you see movies in by some choice at any moment regardless of what you do. Laws need to change to ban HDCP or any forms of copy protection as they only hurt the consumer not any pirate in the least. Even the Cable only works since its mostly broadcast in 1080i or below otherwise it wouldnt give me a picture either. I made the mistake of buying this TV from Amazon, otherwise maybe it would have somebody fix or support it. Samsung refused to do the right thing in fixing the TV or sending me one that worked... AS the TV never worked properly, I just didnt know it, many others are getting scammed just like me. I wonder if my moms TV even works since she has never tried using Roku or anything broadcast in 1080P. I didnt know about all this stuff until recently, I thought you could legally buy/use stuff in USA... Yet I see this country is worse than China where their products actually display 1080P or even 4K without this BS... I suggest giving LG a try over Samsung, my first 1080 TV in any form was a LG... It managed to work fine with the same Blu-Ray player this trash Samsung TV wont play... It wont even display the picture in 720 even though it converts the Blu-Ray to that even when empty without a disc in it... Anything I try to play it will work fine except not having any picture or sound :). Samsung TVs are over priced, they are not worth anything, basically filled with copy protection to point its unusable to anybody... Even the tech on the phone admits he had no idea what to do, that nobody has ever had such issues as me :). Imagine buying a TV thinking will be able to use it with a Blu-Ray player to see stuff in HD at 1080P... That is just totally insane, I cant even buy a HDTV that will legally display 1080P because they have faulty buggy trash HDCP.

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Viewing this LED tv is incredibly easier on my eyes than a 6 year old LCD tv it replaced that was set at 100% sharpness, this is much better straight from the factory in all its settings. I already had a Samsung sound bar from the original 6 year purchase and it married the new tv like love at first sight. While I could arrange the settings of the tv speakers for "good enough" sound the sound bar and its wireless woofer gives me the depth of sound I am accustomed to hearing. There was a software update last year that I downloaded to a flash drive to upload to the tv, but the tv did not accept it as needed. I am on the mailing list with Samsung if any updates come along that the tv may need, but for now it is up to date despite being older than the release of an update for the tv software. I may need more time to get used to the size of the people on the screen, they are much bigger than on ye olde 32 inch tv, but I will. That it saves money to buy this one as a 2015 model and with the cost of electricity as an EnergyStar model surely makes the bottom line look really good.

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It was everything I expected, and even a little better. I use this with Apple TV and suits all of my entertainment needs. This TV is extremely simple, easy to use, and has a great display. Didnt think once about returning it for a better model because I dont need to. I am very, very happy with this purchase. Great product for its value. Cheers.

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Very pleased with this "purchase". This actually wasnt my first "choice". Amazon credited this item as a replacement to another TV that was out of stock. With that said, I was very pleased when the agent said I had the option to get a Samsung given their reputation in the HDTV market. Ive had a 32" Samsung LCD for years now and the GUI/controls are very similar. Thats not a problem because they are functional and useful as-is. The picture is beautiful. I dont think theres a need to calibrate it out of box. I hear clicking noises when I first turn it on and for the first few minutes while its on... not sure why.. maybe warming up? Sound Ive had to switch settings between playing video games, watching shows (netflix/prime video via PS3) and watching sports (coaxial antenna). That only takes a couple seconds. Also need to adjust volume between the different sources. Remote is fine. I wish the arrows were positioned higher on it, though. I am sure I will adjust to it. Only negative thing is this was shipped twice in its original packaging. The first time the screen was cracked. The 2nd time the screen was intact, but the frame had a crack in it (which Amazon discounted instead of having me return for a 3rd try (4th really since this was a replacement to one). This does not affect my rating, as I left appropriate feedback in the "packaging feedback" section.

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Great picture, however, the sound is meh. Also, if you wanted to control this television manually, not happening. There are no controls of any kind on this television. You will need to use the remote for everything on this television. Need to turn the tv on, need the remote, need to change channel, need to use the remote...etc. P.S. the legs cracked within the first month of use, if you purchased you should wall mount if possible.5/31/2017 recently found out that there is a control button attached to the sensor on the bottom of the television on the right that can turn the tv on and off and also be used to switch channels and it has volume control too.

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Our bedroom tv died and we were looking to replace it. My husband bought this one because it was a great price and cheaper than many of the smaller models we were looking at. I thought the tv would be way too large for our room but it actually is a nice size and we have gotten used to it. The picture is very clear. It was very easy to hook up and hook up the cable, xbox and google tv to. It is very easy to switch between devices. The cable controller was able to pair with the tv so we are able to use the cable controller to control the tv seamlessly. The tv has a built DTV tuner so you can get off air HDTV reception. There is a coaxial input and you can hook up your MP4 and many other devices. This is not a smart tv - meaning it does not automatically connect to the internet. However, you can stream netflix or hulu or amazon by connecting through other devices. We use our xbox to connect to netflix and watch movies that way. The only downside of the tv is that the sound is not that great. We dont have it set up to any type of surround sound so the only sound we get is coming from the tv speakers. It works ok but you have to turn it really loud to hear it. Other than that we are very happy with this tv. For the price and the fact that it is a name brand it is a great buy!

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Not a big fan of the feet. Takes a big foot print if you are putting it on a dresser in a bedroom like I originally wanted to do. So I had to get a wall mounting bracket to hang it. Other than that, great picture and sound.

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LOVE this little TV for bedroom. Outstanding color, contrast and clarity, and it weighs "nothing." Speakers are tinny - not good in absence of a soundbar. Fast and easy to set up. Even with 720p stations, the picture is remarkable. Unfortunately, the screen on startup displayed a series of narrow vertical black bars of varying width over a total width of something under 1/2" - Amazon offered their usual spectacular service and had replacement on the way on the same day. Did I mention color, contrast, and clarity? Nice array of inputs. Did I mention color, contrast, and clarity? ... ;-)

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I bought this item used/like new through Amazon 3/3/17. It arrived in a factory box, well repackaged. Ive had no performance issues with it in the 2 weeks since its been connected. So far, Im very pleased with the purchase. Nice picture, acceptable sound.

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