Design

The Samsung MU6470 is available in three size variants - 49, 55 and 65 inches. The one we are reviewing is the 55-inch model. It is large enough for decent sized room and should match your home aesthetics. The TV looks similar to the Samsung KU6470. The screen size, bezel type and the TV stand are more or less similar. The TV is slim and sleek in design. It has a plastic build all over and is surrounded with a thin metal bezel. It is silver in colour and roughly measures a centimetre. This makes the TV look premium.

The branding is embossed at the front center of the TV. At the bottom are the two speaker grills placed close to one another. The back panel of the TV has a brush-finished texture and is pretty clean. There is no much happening at the back. All the ports are aligned on the right and are easily accessible.

The TV comes with a polished Y-shaped stand that makes the TV look stylish. It is strong and sturdy enough to hold the weight of the TV. However, its Y-shape alignment takes a lot of space. The Samsung MU6470 4K TV is bundled along with a Smart remote. It’s a curved remote with a hard-plastic build. This remote has a Voice search button on it, which was missing earlier. Besides a few small rubberized buttons, there is a small rubberized disc for navigation and two trigger-like buttons to control volume and TV channels. This makes controlling or accessing content very easy.

Features

The Samsung MU6470 is a 4K Smart TV that has a resolution of 3840 x 2160. It runs on a quad-core processor that should help the OS run smoother and load apps faster. The Samsung MU6470 supports HDR+. We all have heard of HDR in many Full HD and 4K TVs these days. TV manufacturers claim that HDR helps improve picture quality by optimizing colour, brightness, sharpness and contrast levels.

Talking about the interface, it is quite simple and appealing. All the menus and settings are neatly organized. The MU6470 runs the latest Tizen operating system. There are a very few apps installed such as NetFlix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Box TV and a web browser. All these should be sufficient to keep you entertained for hours. There is a Samsung app store from where you can download apps of your choice and interest. There is a Samsung Smart Hub that help searching and accessing content much easier. You get all the content at one place, in a single click.

The Samsung MU6470 supports auto-detection feature that recognises external devices when connected to the TV in no time. It automatically displays the name of a device when connected. Like other TV’s, you can connect your smartphone or a tablet to the TV using the Samsung Smart View app. With the help of this app, you can stream photos, videos and movies from your phone whenever needed. The app is available for Android and iOS devices. If you have more Samsung Smart TVs at home, you can easily control them using this app. The TV supports Wi-Fi Direct, where you can connect your phone, tablet or a hard drive wirelessly.

Performance

 

To test the picture quality, we viewed some 4K sample photos and played some Blu-ray quality movies. The TV offers great picture quality. The colours were bright and very impressive. Pictures and movies had good details and the saturation levels were pretty decent. Even the fast moving objects in the movies appeared sharp with saturated colours. The black and white levels were amazing. There are four picture modes to choose from - Dynamic, Standard, Natural and Movie. By default, the TV was set to a Standard mode. The viewing angles were decent and watching the TV from a close distance is still great.

There’s a 360 degree icon in the right corner of the TV screen, which is noticeable only when your play videos on the TV. It was disabled at first, hoping it would only work for specific photos and videos. We downloaded a few panoramic photos and videos, but the 360 degree feature was still disabled.

The MU6470 4K Smart TV detects external devices very fast. It displays the name of devices connected, on top of the screen. If you have content stored on your phone, streaming it with the help of the Samsung Smart View app is quite simple. When we tested it, there wasn’t any problem connecting the phone to the Samsung TV. Even streaming content was smooth.

The sound quality of this TV is not very impressive. We had to set the volume to maximum for loud and clear sound. One thing we liked is that you get an audio equaliser on this TV. For example, if you want more bass while watching action movies, you can set it accordingly. One of the interesting features was the Samsung Smart Remote. The curved design was easy to hold and with very few buttons on it, it’s easy to use. We tried using it on the web browser to see how intuitive it was. Scrolling through news feed and browsing was very easy using this remote.

Verdict