The Samsung 50 Inch Class 7 Series TV – LED 4K UHD Smart Tizen caught my eye from Best Buy, and I had to grab it.
My last television purchase was back in 2012 when I first moved out of my parents’ house. I can’t quite remember whether I purchased it at Costco, Walmart or Best Buy, but it’s a 40″ Philips TV that has stood the test of time.
Now that we’ve purchased a Samsung 50 Inch Class 7 Series TV with Crystal UHD, the Philips has now been demoted to the bedroom at the foot of the bed, but it served well as the primary living room television for many years.
I’ve also had a VIZIO E40-C2 40-inch in the past.
Choosing the Samsung 50 Inch Class 7 Series TV
With all of the Memorial Day sales happening, and countless people commenting on our “small” 40″ TV in the living room, it was time to get a better setup.
I’ve often purchased many electronics from Best Buy, so that was my first look. We don’t have too much room with our tiny house, but we made space on the wall in our living room to expand to a 50-inch TV. Another qualification for our new TV was finding one with feet at a width of only up to 40″ to fit on our entertainment cabinet.
I first looked in the 39″-50″ category of TV but then boiled down to choosing a TV from the 50″-54″ size category.
Due to my preference for brands, the few TVs that caught my eye included the Toshiba 50″ Class LED 4K UHD Smart Fire TV, the Sony 50″ Class X80J Series LED TV, VIZIO 50″ Class V-Series LED 4K TV.
If the price was no consideration, I would probably always choose a Sony TV was its quality and reputation, but at $699.99 for the Samsung 50″ Class Q60A Series and $999.99 for the Sony 50″ Class BRAVIA XR X90J Series, I crossed Sony off the list. For a 50″ TV, I was looking at something for around $400.
The Toshiba 50″ Class LED 4K TV was running at $349.99, but for only $50 more, I have a brand preference for Samsung screens, so I went with the Samsung 50 Inch Class 7 Series TV for $399.99.
I reserved the TV and paid online and then picked it up in a local Best Buy store within two hours. The final price with tax and recycling fee was $436.99, and Best Buy sent a confirmation when the TV was ready.
First Impressions of the Samsung 50″ Class 7 Series TV
After unboxing the TV, it was simple to set up. It’s also sleek with thin trim!
As is customary in our home, our living room computer is hooked up to a PC to browse the internet, watch Netflix, work, and more, all from the living room TV with an additional wireless keyboard and mouse. Since the Samsung 50″ TV only has HDMI as its two primary inputs, I connected a DisplayPort to the HDMI cord from the PC to the TV.
Although we use the PC as the source interface on the TV, we created a Samsung account to use the Samsung TV Plus app on the television to try accessing subscriptions and Alexa.
The DisplayPort to HDMI connection from the PC to the TV worked perfectly—transferring both display and audio signal. I’m impressed with the speakers built into the TV, loud enough to fill our living room with plenty of sound at halfway to the highest setting.
How is the picture quality on the Samsung 50 Inch Class 7 Series TV?
Out of the box, the picture quality is excellent!
Although the TV delights immediately, one of the first settings changed on the TV was turning off all Eco Solution options, keeping the TV from auto-dimming, and adjusting brightness settings. I found some of the Eco Solution options enabled sometimes put the TV into a brightness-state a little too dim.
Apart from color, one of the reasons I genuinely love a Samsung screen is due to the clarity. Of course, color is always varied depending on the service and programming, but clarity must come from your TV itself. At its price point, the Samsung 50 Inch Class 7 Series TV delivers a reliably clear picture and refreshes at a rate that keeps up with fast-paced visuals.
RuPaul reruns are what I’m binging lately, but I can’t wait to venture into other series, films, and more—with the Samsung 50″ Class 7 Series LED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV as my steed.
