Samsung UE55KU6000 review
Review: June 2016 | ||
![]() Rating: In a nutshell: The Samsung 55KU6000 Smart TV gives you an enormous 55-inch screen for less than £900, and that's an incredible deal. But there's more to the KU6000 than just a low price. It's a 4K HDR TV with Amazon, Netflix, and the BBC iPlayer all included. Picture quality is generally very good, with high brightness, deep blacks, and excellent shadow detail. But viewing angles aren't the widest, and motion blur can sometimes be an issue. |
Samsung KU6000 - a top-value 55-inch UHD TV
HDR and UHD are the buzzwords in TV tech in 2016, but perhaps the real story is just how cheap 55-inch screens have become. Samsung's entry-level 6-Series TV sets a new standard, giving you 55-inches of screen for comfortably less than a thousand pounds, without too many compromises.
The Samsung UE55KU6000 launched at a price of £980, but already it's available for more like £800, and we wouldn't be surprised if the price fell further in the run-up to Black Friday and Christmas. That makes it incredibly good value, and at that price we're willing to forgive a few shortcomings.
In truth, there's not much to forgive. This is a very stylish-looking TV, equipped with superb Smart TV functions, including access to Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, and the BBC iPlayer, plus excellent connectivity with support for screen mirroring of compatible smartphones and tablets.
Picture quality from this 4K HDR TV is in many ways very good, with a superb dynamic range and crystal clear viewing. Viewing angles are reasonable, so even if you're viewing from the edge of the sofa, you won't notice too much fading. The only issue we can find is the relatively low-end motion resolution, which can sometimes show itself as blur.
Read our full review of the 40-inch Samsung UE40KU6000 to find out more. If you can afford to spend a little extra, we'd recommend you consider the Samsung KU6400, which costs about £100 more than the KU6000 but fixes the problems of viewing angles and motion blur.
Samsung UE55KU6000 features include:
- 55-inch UHD LED-backlit screen
- 3840 x 2160 resolution
- High Dynamic Range (HDR)
- Motion rate: 100
- UHD dimming
- Mega contrast
- Picture Quality Index (PQI): 1300
- Samsung Smart TV
- Freeview HD tuner
- Audio: Stereo speakers, 20W output, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi Direct, ethernet, HDMI x3, ARC support, USB x2, digital audio output (optical), component / composite input, screen mirroring, CI+ 1.3, Anynet+
- Power consumption: 195W
- Energy efficiency class: A
- Remote control: TM1240A
- Size without stand (WxHxD): 1242.6 x 718.4 x 63.2 mm
- Size with stand (WxHxD): 1242.6 x 787.5 x 310.5 mm
User questions
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When I'm changing channel on my sky box (cable box) i get the on screen message "channel does not exist do you want to remove it" even though the channel has changed fine. Any help on this?
Asked by Gary
from UK
on 26th Sep 2017
They are selling this in Thailand for 445 UKP and I am considering buying it to replace my aging Samsung plasma which I have had for around 8-9 years. Will primarily use it for gaming with my PS4 and to watch downloaded movies and tv @ 480dpi. Any problems I should be aware of when connecting it to my ps4?
Asked by MonoXimian
from Thailand
on 5th Jun 2017
How much bough this tv wlth euro?
Asked by Ety
from Maroc
on 27th May 2017
Samsung UE55KU6000 user reviews
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Average rating from 4 reviews:
Reviewed by Alex
from United Kingdom
on 27th Dec 2016
I have a UE55KU6000.
I've used it for about a week so far.
It's installed in a position where no natural light falls on the
screen during the day, and the lighting in the room is dimmable at
night.
It's been used with a ps4,ps3 and Xbox one S, plus the
in-built streaming apps.
I don't use a satellite box or RF
antenna, so can't comment on how those perform.
Out of
the box, the picture is obviously over-hyped using the factory
settings.
Found some useful ones on the internet.
These
improved matters significantly.
576i looks subdued and lacking
detail, but any resolution greater than that is quite rewarding
viewing.
Sound is merely ok, but few TVs sound good.
Connectivity is adequate. 2 USB, 3HDMI, plus composite and
component video.
Only one HDMI is capable of receiving
2160p @ 60fps. I believe the other 2 are limited to 30fps, but can
deal with 1080p @ 60fps just fine.
Settings have a
tendency to jump around if the connected device or the content you're
viewing changes resolution. One setting seems to cover up to 1080p,
but the colour space changes in 2160p, invoking a different group of
settings, irrespective of picture mode. Once you've modified the
second lot of settings, it's fine.
Not convinced by HDR
at the moment.
Some Xbox one (s) games support it, and there's
some Netflix content, but only "Marco Polo" on Netflix really seemed
to benefit.
The 4k content is immediately much more impressive,
as is the native display of the content upscaled by the Xbox.
Does this set upscale? I still don't know and can't tell! The
info button tells you what resolution is incoming, but not what the TV
is doing to it! There are no options or settings that relate to
upscaling anywhere in the menus.
In summary, then:
Good:
Picture, when adjusted, with most processing turned
off.
4k performance.
1080p performance.
Smart
functionality.
Low lag (20ms) good for gaming.
Price.
Not so good:
Off-axis viewing.
Motion blur on fast-panning shots.
Settings changing without
warning with colour space changes in incoming signal.
HDR only
8-bit, and gives variable results- but maybe I've missed something.
No 4od catch up app (UK specific)
Only one HDMI can handle
2160p @ 60fps.
It does exactly what I want it to do, but
this set might fall short of what others require or expect in terms of
performance or features. I got mine at a very competitive price.
Rating:
Reviewed by Colin
from UK
on 27th Dec 2016
My wife has a hearing disability, and requires the use of earphones!,
am unable to connect wireless earphones to this set, which also does
not have bluetooth, somewhat disappointed for a so called smart
tv!!..
However, picture quality and ease of use are
outstanding, just let down by the above!.
Rating:
Reply by Stu
from UK
on 1st Jan 2017
Surely you would have the common sense to google whether the TV had
bluetooth before blowing £500 on a TV?
Reviewed by Hemanth
from India
on 6th Aug 2016
There is a problem. Half of the screen one line is occured is any
solution is there please explain.
Rating:
Reviewed by George
from Australia
on 28th Jun 2016
I just bought the 55" version (my exact model is UA55KU6000W) and as
good as a TV is it for the price, size, UHD etc viewing angle is too
atrocious. Even if you have a couch in front of the tv, sitting to one
side of the couch only slightly off centered reduces color and quality
dramatically. I've had mine for a week and am very close to re-selling
it. Yes it's bottom of the range but all those top features in a cheap
TV become useless anyway if you must sit directly in the center of the
tv. Having 2 people on a couch in front of the TV means one or both
will have reduced picture quality it's that bad. Samsung didn't think
of that. I also think the colors are too cool. Whites are very
blue/purple and the predefined Picture settings are all pretty bad and
need customizing to get right. Even on the warmest setting you'll get
some pictures looking fine but others still bad. It's very
inconsistent for example when ads are on, one ad color balance is
fine, the next atrocious. And you have to constantly be changing the
backlight setting for night and day otherwise during the day the
picture is hard to see and then at night the whites kill your eyes. I
will say the upscaling is good but that is all.
Rating: