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During setup, the adjustment to color balance is on a bit of a hair-trigger – it’ll tip from ‘just slightly understated’ to ‘rather too lively’ in no time. But play around a bit to find the optimum balance and the color palette is naturalistic, convincing and wide-ranging. Skin-tones, in particular, are detailed and varied. This is a 4K LED screen, powered by Samsung’s ‘Crystal 4K’ processor and with support for HLG and HDR10+ standards of HDR (we’re used to Samsung refusing to offer support for Dolby Vision, but it never stops being galling). Percentage luminance drop at 35 degree horizontal angle from the centre of the screen with 100% white output
Slim chassis, great spec and very agreeable picture performance is all well and good – but when it comes to audio performance, the Samsung BU8500 sounds like an affordable flatscreen TV of the old school. And that’s not necessarily a good thing. Discover Samsung’s Crystal UHD display on the UE50BU8000KXXU. With four times more clarity than Full HD TVs, you’ll enjoy image quality so real it will feel like you’re actually there. Intuitive smart tv OS powered by Tizen with an abundance of apps including Netflix, Prime, Disney+ & BT Sport. Here, too, the 50AU8000 flatters to deceive. At first listen it seems to produce a pleasingly wide soundstage, filled busily by lots of subtle detail. Certainly things feel more ‘hi-fi’ than you might typically expect from an affordable 50-inch TV.With Samsung's Advanced SolarCell One Remote, you can easily operate all of your compatible devices, including Netflix, YouTube, gaming consoles, and a Soundbar with Smart Hub. The SolarCell One Remote may now be fueled by interior lighting and is partially made of recycled plastic. It's even smart enough to harvest electricity from Wi-Fi network radio frequencies in your home, so you'll never need disposable batteries again. The Samsung BU8500's ports are largely easy to access. (Image credit: Future) Samsung BU8500 review: Features It’s quite distinct through the mid-range and, again, quite decent levels of detail. Voices project forwards well, and they're actually quite nicely balanced – until they start to nudge into the upper frequency range. Once it reaches the higher frequencies, the BU8500 becomes quite hard and edgy, bringing sibilance and even a hint of coarseness to treble sounds. It’s a trait that’s only exacerbated by volume. While some colours look beautifully vivid on the 50AU8000, others, especially ‘nature’ greens, can look a touch subdued, resulting in bright HDR footage sometimes looking uneven and inconsistent.
Percentage Luminance drop at 35 degree horizontal angle from the centre of the screen with 50% white output The TV’s build quality is pretty respectable for such an affordable TV, too. It’s fair to say that by the time you’ve added to the mix an ultra-trim rear, a super-slim frame around the screen and a cool, minimalist finish, the UE50AU8000 ends up looking like it’s worth comfortably more than it costs. Percentage luminance drop at 20 degree vertical angle from the centre of the screen with 50% white outputThe 50AU8000 also excels with its upscaling of sub-4K content. It adds a seriously impressive amount of detail and sharpness to HD sources, producing much more ‘4K-like’ results than most affordable 4K TVs muster. What’s more, it delivers its excellent upscaling results without exaggerating noise or causing distracting side effects. Percentage luminance drop at 20 degree vertical angle from the centre of the screen with 100% white output There are limits to the amount of ‘designing’ that can be done to a TV at the best of times, and ‘the best of times’ most certainly does not include a mainstream range of aggressively priced televisions designed to appeal to as many folk as possible. So the BU8500 is an unremarkable looker. Q-Symphony synchronises sound from your TV and your compatible Samsung Q-Series Home Theater Soundbar for a truly immersive surround sound experience that immerses you in the action.
If everything we watched on TV happened to be bright, the 50AU8000 would work just fine. Its pictures skew brighter than usual for such an affordable TV, and this joins forces with some serious colour punch to really sell the HDR dream when you’re watching really light images. The Samsung BU8500 is on sale now, though at the time of writing this particular model is available in Europe and some other countries, but hasn't been announced for North America or Australia (though it is available in New Zealand). Accessibility (Enlarge / High Contrast / Multi-output Audio / Color Inversion / Grayscale / Sign Language Zoom / Slow Button Repeat) Max light output HDR (high dynamic range) while displaying small white square taking up 60% of the screen (measured in Nits) Samsung has included a range of connection ports including three HDMI and two USB ports. Why not link up a games console or soundbar to help you make the most of the UHD screen? You can even connect to the television via Bluetooth. And, you can control your TV with your voice using Bixby, Google Assistant or Alexa.
That’s a positive, though. At a touch over 25mm deep for our 55-inch version, the chassis is enviably slim, and the bezels surrounding the screen are minimal too. It can be wall-mounted, of course. If you don’t fancy that option, though, and would rather stand your new TV on a surface, the Samsung’s feet are usefully close together, so your surface needn’t be as wide as the screen itself.
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