LE55A956D

Looks-wise, this flatscreen is certainly different to the Samsung’s regular Crystal Designed wares – there’s no splash of red. This style is monikered ‘Platinum Black’, although – subtle mottling aside – it’s just black, really.

Standard black it may be, but what a bezel it is. Other TVs boast superslim surrounds, but here the frame is as wide as a hippy’s bell-bottoms. It makes the TV seem far larger than its 55in panel suggests. Indeed, ‘slim’ is entirely the wrong word to describe this screen. The 956’s footprint harks back to the bygone days of LCD TVs before the AV industry went size ‘0’ crazy.

But there’s a good reason for this; the extended waistline is padded with LED bulbs – one of the 956’s crowning features...

First published in Home Cinema Choice 163

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