To thoroughly test out the LN46B640, I sat myself in front of the TV for hours upon hours with various inputs: cable TV, digital OTA, Blu-Ray via HDMI and PC via HDMI. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it. In short, you won’t be disappointed by the B640. The colors were great and much sharper than comparable Series A TVs. By that, I mean comparing it to a A650. When considering a purchase of this magnitude, it’s absolutely imperative that you judge all reviews with a grain of salt. There’s really no way for you to tell whether or not the TV is worth your investment by a few pictures. Do yourself a favour and visit your local brick and mortar store and stand in front of the TV for twenty minutes. Find the remote and play with the settings. If you can’t do that or would like to narrow your choices, let me show you a handful of pictures and videos of the TV in action!

I’ll start with the viewing angle. The B640 claims to have a 178/178 viewing angle giving you a great viewing pleasure from every angle you’d want to watch TV at. You certainly get a great picture but the colors do become more washed out than say the A950 I reviewed last year. That said it’s very unlikely you’ll be watching TV at such extreme angles so there’s really nothing to worry about. At about 160 degrees away where you can still see the entire TV, the picture is still perfect.

Here are some pictures of the movie “The Recruit” watched from my Blu-ray player:

Watching TV with cable source (non-HD):

Watching a HD Video of “How I Met Your Mother” off my USB Drive.

Here are some pictures of Command & Conquer being played off of the computer (HDMI connection):

It wouldn’t be out of the question to use the 46″ TV a permanent monitor replacement; the resolution is definitely good enough to support this. Unlike some of the older models where the text will still appear to be grainy on the screen, it’s perfectly sharp on the 46B640.

Two of the key features implemented on the B640 not found on the lower end A series was the InfoLink and what I would consider an upgraded WiseLink USB 2.0. InfoLink collects information like weather, news, sports and stocks from the internet to display on-screen without you having to change channels.

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WiseLink first started off as a feature that played music and showed pictures off of a USB drive. Additional features were added in the higher end Series A models to include artwork, cooking recipes, games, children activities, etc. While these were nice additions, the biggest feature that I felt was missing was a movie player. We finally have this in the 2009 Model TVs!

Viewing pictures off of WiseLink USB.

Watching movies off of WiseLink USB

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