Samsung UN50J5000 50-Inch 1080p LED TV (2015 Model)

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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Bought this TV for my grandfather and the setup went smoothly. Got called a week later with a volume control issue. After spending an hour on the phone with Samsung, the issue was never resolved. Instead of returning the product, I bought a sound bar and muted the internal speaker. Sadly, the TVs volume control issue would still cause the internal speaker to work while the external speaker was working, despite being turned off in the menu. I decided to run the cable boxs audio to the soundbar and skip the TV entirely, so the TV cant play any sound. Otherwise, the picture is good. I did buy another of the same model from a local retailer for my mother and its volume works fine.

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This TV delivers great video and minimally acceptable audio, with one problem. The TV does not complete a valid "handshake" with a Comcast cable box using either HDMI input to the TV. Comcast has tried three separate cable boxes, demonstrated to be in working order by connecting to a different TV. None of them worked using the HDMI input on this Samsung TV. Samsung support sounded apologetic, but had no solution to the problem. I found a workaround solution by purchasing an Aoken HDMI to Component Video (YPbPr) Converter, connecting the cable box HDMI cable to its input, then connecting the component outputs of the converter to the component inputs of the Samsung TV. This succeeds in making the connection between the cable box and the TV. With the addition of this converter and an external speaker base, the ultimate result is a five-star TV viewing experience.

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Were having the same sound issue reported by many other users: Namely, you have to fix the sound every time you turn the TV on, because it defaults to blaringly loud, and you cant adjust the sound with the remote. I finally figured out how to fix it, but I have to do this each time I turn it on (what a pain!): Go into Menu, then scroll down to Self Diagnostics, click on that and then choose Sound Test. If you hear the test sound, the volume is now adjustable with the remote. We may save ourselves the hassle and only listen to the sound through external speakers. Now we know why this TV was so cheap.

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