If seeking a 40 inch widescreen LCD TV of superior quality one would be hard-pressed to find a better LCD TV than the Samsung LN40A500. The LN40A500 has a super sleek cabinetry made of a rich black finish further enhanced by Samsung's original Touch Of Color (TM) technology. Within the housing of the LN40A500, the consumer will find the most advanced technologies incorporated and integrated into the device's construction. An amazing piece of advanced technology, the LN40A500 is ideal for anyone's entertainment center and can serve as a heart of one's entertainment needs.
Imagination could hardly do without metaphor, for imagination is, literally, the moving around in one’s mind of images, and such images tend commonly to be metaphoric. Creative minds, as we know, are rich in images and metaphors, and this is true in science and art alike. The difference between scientist and artist has little to do with the ways of the creative imagination; everything to do with the manner of demonstration and verification of what has been seen or imagined.
—Robert A. Nisbet (b. 1913)
What It Offers: o Several Components o 20,000 To 1 Contrast o Enhancing Digital Processors o PC/RF Inputs o P-i-P Functions o Wheel Key Remote o 10 Watt Speakers/ Surround Sound o ATSC/NTSC/QAM Tuners o HDMI: 2 o Swiveling Base o 1920x1820p Resolution o Progressive Scanning Function o 178x178 Angles for Viewing o Touch of Color Exterior Enhancements (TM) The LN40A500 has been fitted with several different tuners so that the device is fully capable of translating and interpreting a range of analog and digital signals with ease. These images are translated and then presented on the LN40A500's 40 inch widescreen with outstanding clarity and superior precision. While the native resolution of the LN40A500 is 1080 pixels, this device also has an image scaler which is capable of interpreting a series of different incoming pixel signals and presenting them with flawless exactitude. All images are further enhanced and augmented by the exceptional contrast ratio and digital enhancers embedded within the cabinetry of the Samsung LN40A500. The word customizable and the name Samsung go hand-in-hand; the LN40A500 gives the viewer a chance to alter the color and qualities to his or her preference with an easy setup menu, and the user also has a choice of image sizes for viewing. This model offered by Samsung allows the user to define whether or not they want to zoom in on certain images and make them larger or if they want the images to span the entire widescreen.
TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains.
—Peggy Noonan (b. 1950)
The fine options and stupendous features of this device are rounded off by the supreme quality of the surround sound technologies also incorporated in the sleek black housing of the Samsung LN40A500. Small, unobtrusive in speakers are fixed within the cabinet of the ultra-slim, wall mountable LCD TV deliver downward firing sound in such a way that it produces a 3-D wall of audible splendor.