Our Verdict
The Samsung J5500 has great picture quality overall, both in dark and bright rooms. However, its motion blur could be an issue for gamers or sports enthusiasts. It also has judder when displaying 24p movies.
- Great overall picture quality both in dark and bright rooms.
- Very thin bezel.
- A good deal of motion blur
- Colors change at an angle.
- Judder in 24p movies.
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We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests are done with specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
Test Results
The contrast ratio is great, and the blacks are deep when viewed in a dark room.
This TV has very little DSE, which is great. However, the edges and corners are a bit darker than the rest of the screen.
The colors on the J5500 change as soon as you are at an angle. You can still see the picture, but it won't be as good.
Update 01/06/2017: We have changed the methodology of testing. Since this is an old TV which we don't have anymore, we extrapolated the results from 2016 TVs.
The black uniformity is very good. Our unit had one brighter spot near the bottom, but it was very minor.
The semi-gloss finish on this Samsung doesn't reflect a lot of light. You will have no problem having a few lights on.
The maximum luminosity of the screen is average, so while it isn't the best choice for a porch or sunroom, it should be fine in a room with a few windows.
The Samsung J5500 has a good deal of motion blur. It won't be an issue for normal TV shows or movies, but it could be for sports or video games.
Unfortunately, there is a small judder in every movie. It is not that noticeable, though.
Game Mode on this Samsung brings the input lag to 40 ms. PC mode is barely higher, at 41.9 ms. Movie mode has 91.7 ms of lag.
Doesn't get very loud, and the low-end cut off is decent for a TV. Frequency response is good at lower volumes, but it gets worse under load and may produce pumping.
The distortion levels are good all-around. It increases as the volume increases, but not by much compared to some other TVs.
