Gadgetory

Samsung has made some very distinctive looking TVs this year from the gold bezel of the es 9000 to the minimalism of the es 7500 well it's not quite as ostentatious as those TVs the year 6,500 is still very elegant-looking with a one sheet of glass type design the TV sits in the middle of Samsung's range and includes most of the TV features you'd expect including smart TV with onboard wireless 3d with two pairs of glasses and a 240 hertz mode we had great hopes for this television as it's the replacement of one of our favorites from last year the D 6400 unfortunately the 6500 isn't as good as that TV but is similar in some areas colour reproduction is almost identical with well saturated and natural looking colors but it's black levels where the es 6500 misses the mark while the TV has very good shadow detail it lacks the previous models black depth and so images don't look as solid the TV also suffers from an occasional artifact whereby leading edges can break up into a dark blue line the es 6500 is a decent television but for the price there are plenty of other lcds and even better plasmas to consider instead for example the sharp 645 or the Panasonic st50 I'm ty pendlebury for cnet com