We guess Samsung has a bit of a problem when he began to try to design its latest range of LCD TV. For most of the criticisms - and punters - seemed to agree that Samsung LCD TV’s previous range was already around the prettiest, it must have been hard to achieve something better. But as any manager you say English football, with the new mid-range LE40A656 ‘, boys do good’…

The index of the main features of the design 40in LE40A656 “is the key phrase” colour Samsung has used in the marketing of television. For the last year, while the range has been almost universally all black, for the 600 range Samsung has injected a subtle pitch deep red (called Black Rose by Samsung) in the rear, which becomes progressively more apparent even extends in the bezel. This appears to be a master stroke, giving the television a unique identity without becoming overly exaggerated.

Television is the construction quality exquisite also ensuring that the television looks almost as good from the back as it does from the front. It is linked in part to an industry first, according to which the body does not use any glue or screws in its construction. Presumably, this means that all held together by magic, or something else.

Not that his opulent appearance, the design and construction are the only things that has to please LE40A656 in these early stages. To begin with, its connections are not less than four HDMI sockets, all built to the specifications of Deep Colour v1.3 compatibility, all equipped with the functionality CEC for the control of sources compatible via the TV remote control, and able to receive all Sources 1080p/24 In this way the production of the majority of Blu-ray. Cool.

Elsewhere, you get the customary component video input, a D-Sub PC input, optical digital audio output, two SCARTs, an S-Video, a composite video input and, last but not least, a USB 2, 0 for reading JPEG images or MP3 audio files.

The 40A656 incorporates a 1920 x 1080 full-resolution HD and promises a contrast ratio of 50000:1 extremely high, delivered with the assistance of the system inevitable Dynamic Contrast, where television backlight is off to increase levels in the black dark scenes. Also playing its role is an innovative technology filtering into the screen itself, which significantly reduces the contrast-spoiling reflections.

A quick dive into the rest of the features LE40A656 finds something that on paper should fill us with joy: 100Hz processing. This technique of doubling the refresh rate PAL standard has proven very successful in reducing the problems of the LCD screen with the picture of the motion of normal levels without loss of resolution. Yet we have also seen the photos from time to be worse if the processing engine driving it is not up to scratch. And we are concerned by the appearance on the LE40A656 because we were not entirely convinced by the Movie Over movement to improve the system found on previous Samsung LCD sets. Cross fingers Samsung has more his game this time…