Samsung LE-R87 Series LCD TV (23",26",32",37",40") Reviews

The Samsung LE37R87BD 37-inch HD Ready LCD TV is a great all-round performer. It has a great design, excellent black level performance, impressive colour saturations and tones with colours being bright and vivid and good black level response plus ...

Great design ; very good black level performance ; three HDMIs ; plenty of features ; really vibrant colours ; remarkably cheap

Standard definition pictures look soft ; movement not handled particularly well

Samsung's LE37R87BD isn't truly outstanding in any one, single crucial department. But it's pretty good in almost all of them. And so what makes it a definite success in our book is the perfect balance it manages to strike between the key elements of ...

To help maintain its lead in the 32-inch LCD TV market, Samsung has tweaked the design of one of its most successful models, emphasising the piano-black curves. Even better, you get three HDMI inputs and a gaming mode to get the best out of your console

Gaming mode ; three HDMI sockets ; picture quality

Out-of-the-box picture settings less than ideal ; weak sound ; slow remote control response

If you're looking for a sensibly sized screen, possibly for gaming, this offers everything you'll need plus more. Once you've fiddled with the picture settings, the hi-def picture quality is good, and Freeview performance is decent too.

A stylish set with a lot to shout about

Great with HD ; Strong picture quality ; Impressive connectivity ; Stylish design

Poor Freeview pictures

The big stumbling block is Freeview, which looks pretty atrocious, with conspicuous ghosting and motion blurring, and does some serious damage to its credentials as an everyday, family TV