Samsung LN32B460 LCD HDTV Review - Motion

Motion Summary
Editorial Note: This is a review of the Samsung LN32B460. Test results are for this model, but should indicate the general performance of other sizes in the LNxxB460 series. The LNxxB460 series also includes the LN22B460 and the LN26B460.  Read here for more details on series differences.
• Moving images have issues with blurring. • Most of the artifacting in 1080p content is masked by the aforementioned blurring. • 1080i had more blatant artifacting. • Testing done using DisplayMate Software
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Motion Smoothness (5.5)

The LN32B460 definitely had some issues with motion smoothness. A panning photo was incredibly blurry. Outlines smudged into thicker lines, which can make people appear cartoonish. Solid blocks of color will be trailed by a fairly prominant shadow. Patterns will also show lots of blurring, but not so much that the actual pattern was obscurred.

Motion Artifacting (6.25)

It was a bit hard to judge the effects of artifacting on 1080p resolution, because the blur ended up obfuscating a lot of it. Panning pictures seemed to have some rolling shudder, but most of it was smudged out by the blurring. The only place we noticed artifacting was when vertical bars moved horizontally. There was a stairstepping effect and a noticeable rolling shudder.

We saw more issues on 1080i playback. Solid blocks of color were highlighted by a strip of that color's inverse. Fine patterns suffered from really heavy rolling shudder, so much that it caused thin lines to blink. Some greyscale patterns were trailed by a faint rainbow pattern.

3:2 Pulldown & 24fps (8.5)

Although it definitely has issues with both blurring and artifacting, the LN32B460 handled 3:2 pulldown well. We saw smooth video here; there weren't any processing jerks, judderss, or crawling effects. The LN32B460 also had no problem detecting and displaying a 24 frames per second signal from our test device (a PlayStation 3 playing5 a Blu-ray disc). 

Other Models in the LNxxB460 Series
This is a review of the Samsung LN32B460. The other sizes of HDTVs in this series should be similar in terms of performance and usability. For details about any differences, click on the image to jump to the Series Comparison page.
LN22B460 22 inches	LN26B460 26 inches