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Samsung UE43TU7020 43 inch Ultra HD Smart 4K HDR TV

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It’s too small, the buttons on it are too small and too numerous, and the TV is tardy in its responses. Crucially, this crispness and detail is delivered without any sense of artificiality or over-enhancement, and the same is true of the way the TU7100 handles motion.

The RU7020 enjoys the same Tizen-based OS as Samsung TVs costing ten times as much and, as a consequence, it’s streets ahead of the majority of entry-level 4K sets it’s competing against. Despite being tricked out with Samsung’s less celebrated PurColor technology (more expensive Samsungs benefit from Dynamic Crystal Color processing), the 7020 paints from an expansive and convincing color palette. The close-ups of Lawrence and fellow passenger Chris Pratt are rendered accurately with plenty of good skin texture.The Tizen operating system is clean and intuitive, too, although it does feel a little sluggish in operation here compared with Samsung’s more powerful sets. BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4 and My5 are here too, and Now TV, BT TV and BT Sport give you contract-free access to the exclusive programming of Sky and BT. While exclusivity has run out on Apple TV and BT Sport, Apple Music is still under Samsung’s lock and key. What’s less likely, or justifiable, is the implacable hardness and coarseness of the 7020’s high frequency response. It’s compromised, of course, as it has to be at this end of the market, but those compromises are in the right places and the set delivers an enjoyable core performance.

The set clearly doesn’t have the contrast range of a higher-end model, but blacks are surprisingly deep for a TV that costs so little and there’s plenty of overall punch. sockets (one ARC-enabled), a couple of USB sockets (neither of which can be used for PVR purposes), component and composite analogue inputs, a CI slot and an Ethernet socket. Picture quality tests include broadcast 1080i high-definition TV, Freeview, Freeview HD, viewing angle and the stability of motion in fast action scenes. So, at ten times cheaper than Samsung's flagship display, how does the brand's budget option measure up?the Samsung’s top end is brittle and unyielding, requiring only mild abuse of the volume control to become coarse and tiring.

The TU7100 has a basic, plastic remote (you have to go up to the TU8000 to get the smarter, stripped-back One Remote), and doesn’t have voice control built-in – though it can respond to commands issued via an Alexa- or Google Assistant-powered speaker. It comes as little surprise that the TU7100’s 20W sound system is no sonic masterpiece, and you’d be well advised to budget for a soundbar with which to partner it. Philips’ Ambilight-toting 43PUS7734 can be yours too – although admittedly it costs a chunk more than the Samsung. It’s nothing too bothersome, just a little bit of lag as you switch between apps and scroll along the home menu. The predominantly green/blue/grey color palette is wide-ranging and expressive, and edges are sharp and stable.

It adds dynamic metadata on top of the core HDR10 signal that tells a TV how it should adjust the brightness, colours and contrast of content for the most optimal picture quality. There’s little weight as they land their punches, hammers and shields in what should be a glorious moment. Dropping down to SDR with Avengers: Age Of Ultron in Full HD, we can see how well this TV manages the colour palette. From Live TV to BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Apple TV, Disney+* and much more, Smart Hub brings your favourite content together in one place.

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