3D
When we reviewed one of Samsung’s Series 6 LCDs last year, we were
the first review source to break the news that the supposed “Full HD 3D”
LCD was, in fact, only displaying tri-dimensional images at half
resolution (we developed our own 3D test materials for assessing
resolution and motion performance). Fortunately, the UE40ES6300 does not
follow the same route, and offers a full resolution 3-D image.
Motion is still not perfect, though. As with many LCD 3D designs, the
Samsung UE40ES6300′s is 60hz-centric, which makes sense, given that
Samsung is based in South Korea. 50hz 3D content plays back with
stutter, as does 24p 3D content from Blu-ray. That’s unfortunate,
because European users will probably be feeding 24p and 50hz
extra-dimensional material almost exclusively. There is some relief,
though: the [Motion Plus] controls can be configured in a way that
causes the 3DTV to perform motion interpolation, which solves the judder
problem. Of course, that does mean that movies will appear with the
“soap opera effect”, which, to purist users, might be more of a problem
than the original judder. The user has some degree of control here,
although there’s no perfect solution to simply display 3D motion “as-is”
unless it’s in the 60hz format.
Watching Hugo on the UE40ES6300, we were happy with the
level of brightness being offered – typically a strong point or LCD
technology – but did note some crosstalk visible around high contrast
areas. Like most things about the TV, the performance is good overall,
but leaves room for improvement.





