The 46B6000 is just over a meter wide and weighs less than 30 lbs so it is quite easy to manage on your own. Once the panel is lifted from its supports inside the retail box, it gets slotted into the base. You will know when it is in place when you hear a little click. At this stage, the TV will stand on its own, but for extra stability it is in your best interest that you screw in the four included bolts.

The base the TV clips into allows a generous amount of swivel, about 30 degrees, so you can place the TV in the corner and angle it towards your favourite seat.

Just so you get an idea of how thin this TV really is, check out these two pictures. The LED TV Series 6 is less than 1.25″ thick.

The back of the TV is where all the inputs and outputs are located. Unlike older TVs where cables are connected perpendicular to the screen, the 46B6000 has connections parallel to maintain the thin profile if you were mounting the TV to a wall.

Along the bottom of the IO panel we have LAN, Antenna or Cable In, Audio/Video input via component and composite cables and PC In via VGA. Running up the side of the TV we have a 2.5mm stereo audio in for the PC/DVI connection, four HDMI connections, an optical digital audio out, 2 USB connections, a 2.5mm stereo audio out and finally the EX-Link.

Hooking everything up gets a bit messy and we can clearly see that I have little to no cable management skills.

The overall look of the TV is simple and clean. Samsung continues to use a Touch of Colour around the bezel. The red trim adds a sense of style and helps differentiate it from the competition.

Moving onto the remote control, the shape fits my hand nicely. The sloped design rests nicely and the remote is not awkward to hold. However, I do think there should be some changes to where the buttons are positioned. For me, I like to key in some random channel and if I don’t like what is on I will either key in another channel or start to channel surf with the channel up and down buttons. Individually these tasks can be performed well. The enter button is not too far from the keypad and it is easy to slide my thumb down from the keypad to the enter button. However, if I want to then start using the channel up/down buttons I need to move my entire hand down the remote to reach those two keys. I think it would have been better to flank the enter button with the channel and volume up/down keys instead of the navigation keys. Alternatively, it would have been ever better if the navigation keys can have double duty and act as the volume and channel up/down buttons when watching TV.

The light button gives a nice orange glow to help you use your remote at night. It isn’t eye straining but I wouldn’t suggest leaving it turned on as it will burn through your AAA batteries a lot faster and you’ll be left without a remote until you get new batteries. If you are stuck in this situation, you can manually control the TV with the discretely hidden touch sensitive buttons. The power button is located directly under the Samsung logo and the TV control keys are at the bottom right edge.

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