Samsung UN55B7100 55" 120Hz LED HDTV Review

YouTube on Your Tube

One of Samsung’s newer Widgets allows complete access to YouTube through the Internet@TV interface. Browsing the featured, most popular and other sections is user-friendly and snappy but the search function is a bit of a disaster. Its main problem is how slow the remote responds to your inputs due to the widget performing a new search with every letter you select. Trust me, if you don’t want to feel like throwing something at your new $3800 TV, avoid the YouTube search function at all costs.


As you browse the videos, you are able to see a thumbnail as well as a brief description of the video itself. Pressing Enter on the remote will allow you to select a video while you navigate with the arrow buttons.


Playback is smooth over either an Ethernet cable or wireless and you are even able to enlarge the video to fit the screen. Unfortunately, there is no high def option that I could find so the videos don’t exactly look as good as they should on a 55” HDTV.

Even though I am not a huge fan of browsing YouTube, my girlfriend was all over this feature. It allows nearly all of a PC’s functionality without actually having to boot up your computer and burn through even more electricity.