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Introduction
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01.Tour & Design
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02.Performance: Summary
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03.Performance: Blacks & Whites
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04.Performance: Color
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05.Performance: Motion
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06.Performance: Viewing Effects
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07.Remote
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08.Audio
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09.Connectivity
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10.Controls & Menus
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11.Formats & Media
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12.Power Consumption
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13.Value & Comparisons
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14.Conclusion
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15.Ratings & Specs
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16.Comments
Samsung LN46A750
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Controls & Menus
The Samsung LN46A750 offers an very good selection of ports, including a headphone jack and four HDMI ports. We especially liked the easy to reach selectio of ports on the left side of the TV.
The Samsung LN46A750 offers a reasonable selection of input ports in two locations. On the back of the TV you will find three HDMI ports, VGA with an audio line in, two Component Video ports, DVI, three HDMI and two analog audio ports. There's also an antenna port on the back that supports digital and analog cable as well as digital and analog over the air signals.
Most of the ports are found on the back middle of the TV.
On the left side of the TV are several additional ports for easy access. Here you will find the only analog video input and another set of analog audio inputs. There's also a fourth HDMI port and the only S-Video port on the TV and a 3.5mm headphone jack. We were surprised at the dearth of analog video inputs, most TVs still have at least two despite the move to digital connections, perhaps the Samsung LN46A750 is just ahead of the curve. We were pleased with the good selection of HDMI ports, however.
There are a few ports in easy reach on the left side.
The only output ports on the Samsung LN46A750 is a digital audio out and and an analog audio out, both are used for connecting audio equipment to the television and both can be found on the back of the TV along with most of the other ports. Other Connections (0.0)
The Samsung LN46A750 does not support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or any other wireless connectivity options. Media (1.0)
The Samsung LN46A750 has a USB port on the left side of the TV that allows you to plug in any USB mass storage device. You can view photos and play music or videos stored on this device. The photo support is limited to Jpeg images and the music support to Mp3 files. Video support seems to be limited to MPEG-4 video files, but we had mixed results even using that file type. Several of our MPEG-4 files were unable to play back and many of those we could play were displayed with significant errors that made them unwatchable. There is no support for memory cards directly, but you can plug a USB card reader into the port to view images on a memory card. Placement (7.0)
The main collection of ports on the Samsung LN46A750 are located on the back of the television toward the center-bottom. These will be difficult to access if you're TV is not easily accessible from the back, as most are. Thankfully there are a smaller subset of ports much more easily accessible on the left side of the TV. These include analog video and audio ports, an S-Video port, the USB port for attaching mass storage devices and a fourth HDMI port. This will make it much easier to attach a camcorder or other transient device to the Samsung LN46A750, something we very much like to see.
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