Samsung UE48H8000ST
The art of the Curve, designed for immersive viewing
With a curved screen, your viewing experience reaches another level of immersive realism. It provides a panoramic view that wraps around you and draws you into the picture. The screen is curved at the right angle to provide the optimal viewing distance for your living room. Also, the gently curved screen gives you uniform and balanced viewing from all areas of the screen.
Curved screen elevates the feeling of depth
Get ready to experience images more lifelike than ever before. With Samsung’s Auto Depth Enhancer, your Curved Full HD TV will give you a greater feeling of depth by applying different levels of contrast enhancement on different areas of the screen, making your entertainment more immersive and enjoyable. You truly have to see it to believe it.
Ultimate optimisation for the very best picture quality
Samsung’s latest Micro Dimming Ultimate technology gets the most from your TV and shows your entertainment at its best. The advanced dimming process enhances the contrast as well as the colour and detail. This means you see deeper black and purer white shades, as well as a clearer and more vivid picture than ever. It pushes your TV to the limit to deliver the ultimate in picture enhancement and optimisation.
Future Ready
Your TV is Future Ready with Samsung's Smart Evolution. Unique to Samsung, the Smart Evolution Kit completely reengineers your TV without having to replace it. Now you can renew your TV to the latest technology in terms of performance, content and features, ensuring your TV remains cutting edge for a fraction of the cost of a new TV.
Great multitasking with Multi-Link Screen (Dual)
Samsung’s Multi-Link Screen brings your entertainment experience to a whole new level by providing multiple-screen viewing. You can search for information on the internet about a TV show that you’re watching on the same screen, or watch recommended video clips related to the live show you’re watching simultaneously.
Curved design brings elegance and an immersive experience
A curved design means great viewing as well as a great look. Its uniquely elegant curved design brings sophistication and style to your home, with clean and beautiful curves and subtle touches of metal taping and mood lighting. It also means more immersive viewing. It wraps around you, giving you an incredible panoramic picture that you’ve never experienced before.
Better performance with a powerful Quad Core Plus processor
Enjoy a smoother Smart TV experience with a powerful Quad Core Plus processor. More than twice as fast as a Quad Core processor, it delivers smoother and faster navigation and multitasking for web browsing, switching between content and more.
Enjoying Smart TV is now easier and faster
The industry's reference Smart platform just got better. The leading Smart TV experience is now even more powerful, with faster access to Smart features, true multitasking and an intuitive interface. As soon as you turn your TV on the Smart Hub provides instant access to your most frequently used and favourite content, channels and sources from the new customisable bar at the bottom of the screen. To enable you to access even more great entertainment the Smart Hub intelligently organises and manages all your content into five easy to navigate panels: On TV; Movies & TV Shows; Multimedia; Apps; and Games panel.
Enjoy great gaming on your TV without a console
Now you don’t need a game console to enjoy exciting gaming at home. You can play the latest exciting games right on your Samsung Smart TV. Explore games using the new Smart Hub Games Panel, with categories including racing, sports, action and family games. You can even use your Samsung Smart Control or a compatible mobile device as the game controller. Enjoy some more family time with the Games Panel.
Clear Motion Rate minimises motion blur
Thanks to Samsung’s advanced Clear Motion Rate (CMR) technology, even fast moving scenes are delivered with clarity. A higher CMR means clearer viewing and less motion blur, so you can enjoy action films, sports and other entertainment at their very best. This technology is possible due to an enhanced panel refresh rate, image processor speed and backlight technology. That means viewing that’s clearly better.
Easy touchpad and motion control for your TV
Using your TV is more intuitive with the Samsung Smart Control. Using the touchpad you can flip between Smart Hub panels and scroll down webpages, and by pointing the remote, you can utilise Motion Control to move the on-screen cursor to navigate and enter text easily. Useful video control keys also help you watch movies, TV and other content you’ve downloaded or streamed on demand.
Your TV understands whole sentences of speech
Thanks to Samsung’s latest Voice Interaction, you can control your TV with more than just one-word commands. If you want to watch a film, just say “find” followed by its title and “movie”. If you want to watch TV Channel 7, just say “Channel 7”. To visit a website, simply say its web address. You can also use your voice to search weather, sports and stock information and open apps like YouTube.
All the excitement of the big match with Football Mode
Football Mode sharply and vividly brings out the green grass of the pitch and all the other colours of the stadium. A powerful multi-surround sound effect also lets you hear all the excitement. Once you turn on Football Mode, it will automatically start recording all action on the TV. And when there’s a change in sound, like the roar of the crowd’s cheer, or a change in the score, it will know to automatically save the highlights for you to watch later. Play live and recorded matches simultaneously for the ultimate football experience at home.
Be entertained quicker with faster startup
Now you can get straight to your entertainment quicker than ever. Instant On means your Samsung Smart TV boots up in less than 2 seconds. That’s much faster than the 2013 Samsung Smart TV, so you can spend less time waiting and more time viewing than ever before. Think about it: all those saved seconds add up. You no longer have to waste time while your TV turns on.
Immersive realism with Samsung Full HD 3D technology
Prepare to see entertainment in a whole new way. Samsung’s sophisticated Full HD 3D technology means you can even enjoy 3D movies and TV shows at stunning Full HD resolution. It also enhances your 3D picture quality and cuts out ghost images to give you clearer and more immersive viewing. With such a high level of realism, you’ve never experience 3D like this before.
Updated Smart View connects your TV, devices and content
Samsung’s latest Smart View 2.0 app makes it easier to enjoy all your content however you like. Using your home network, you can stream live broadcast TV content to your smartphone or tablet and use your mobile device as a TV remote control. Or you can access and enjoy content on your Smart TV from your smartphone or PC through Smart Hub's Multimedia Panel. It’s easy to use, so all you have to do is enjoy.
See your mobile content on a large TV screen quickly and easily
With your new Samsung Smart TV, you can enjoy content from mobile devices on a bigger screen quickly and easily. Samsung’s enhanced screen mirroring technology makes the process simple, with no need to change the TV source. Just open the notification panel on your mobile device, select the Screen Mirroring icon and select the TV. That’s all you need to do to enjoy apps, games and more on a full-size TV.
With a curved screen, your viewing experience reaches another level of immersive realism. It provides a panoramic view that wraps around you and draws you into the picture. The screen is curved at the right angle to provide the optimal viewing distance for your living room. Also, the gently curved screen gives you uniform and balanced viewing from all areas of the screen.
Curved screen elevates the feeling of depth
Get ready to experience images more lifelike than ever before. With Samsung’s Auto Depth Enhancer, your Curved Full HD TV will give you a greater feeling of depth by applying different levels of contrast enhancement on different areas of the screen, making your entertainment more immersive and enjoyable. You truly have to see it to believe it.
Ultimate optimisation for the very best picture quality
Samsung’s latest Micro Dimming Ultimate technology gets the most from your TV and shows your entertainment at its best. The advanced dimming process enhances the contrast as well as the colour and detail. This means you see deeper black and purer white shades, as well as a clearer and more vivid picture than ever. It pushes your TV to the limit to deliver the ultimate in picture enhancement and optimisation.
Future Ready
Your TV is Future Ready with Samsung's Smart Evolution. Unique to Samsung, the Smart Evolution Kit completely reengineers your TV without having to replace it. Now you can renew your TV to the latest technology in terms of performance, content and features, ensuring your TV remains cutting edge for a fraction of the cost of a new TV.
Great multitasking with Multi-Link Screen (Dual)
Samsung’s Multi-Link Screen brings your entertainment experience to a whole new level by providing multiple-screen viewing. You can search for information on the internet about a TV show that you’re watching on the same screen, or watch recommended video clips related to the live show you’re watching simultaneously.
Curved design brings elegance and an immersive experience
A curved design means great viewing as well as a great look. Its uniquely elegant curved design brings sophistication and style to your home, with clean and beautiful curves and subtle touches of metal taping and mood lighting. It also means more immersive viewing. It wraps around you, giving you an incredible panoramic picture that you’ve never experienced before.
Better performance with a powerful Quad Core Plus processor
Enjoy a smoother Smart TV experience with a powerful Quad Core Plus processor. More than twice as fast as a Quad Core processor, it delivers smoother and faster navigation and multitasking for web browsing, switching between content and more.
Enjoying Smart TV is now easier and faster
The industry's reference Smart platform just got better. The leading Smart TV experience is now even more powerful, with faster access to Smart features, true multitasking and an intuitive interface. As soon as you turn your TV on the Smart Hub provides instant access to your most frequently used and favourite content, channels and sources from the new customisable bar at the bottom of the screen. To enable you to access even more great entertainment the Smart Hub intelligently organises and manages all your content into five easy to navigate panels: On TV; Movies & TV Shows; Multimedia; Apps; and Games panel.
Enjoy great gaming on your TV without a console
Now you don’t need a game console to enjoy exciting gaming at home. You can play the latest exciting games right on your Samsung Smart TV. Explore games using the new Smart Hub Games Panel, with categories including racing, sports, action and family games. You can even use your Samsung Smart Control or a compatible mobile device as the game controller. Enjoy some more family time with the Games Panel.
Clear Motion Rate minimises motion blur
Thanks to Samsung’s advanced Clear Motion Rate (CMR) technology, even fast moving scenes are delivered with clarity. A higher CMR means clearer viewing and less motion blur, so you can enjoy action films, sports and other entertainment at their very best. This technology is possible due to an enhanced panel refresh rate, image processor speed and backlight technology. That means viewing that’s clearly better.
Easy touchpad and motion control for your TV
Using your TV is more intuitive with the Samsung Smart Control. Using the touchpad you can flip between Smart Hub panels and scroll down webpages, and by pointing the remote, you can utilise Motion Control to move the on-screen cursor to navigate and enter text easily. Useful video control keys also help you watch movies, TV and other content you’ve downloaded or streamed on demand.
Your TV understands whole sentences of speech
Thanks to Samsung’s latest Voice Interaction, you can control your TV with more than just one-word commands. If you want to watch a film, just say “find” followed by its title and “movie”. If you want to watch TV Channel 7, just say “Channel 7”. To visit a website, simply say its web address. You can also use your voice to search weather, sports and stock information and open apps like YouTube.
All the excitement of the big match with Football Mode
Football Mode sharply and vividly brings out the green grass of the pitch and all the other colours of the stadium. A powerful multi-surround sound effect also lets you hear all the excitement. Once you turn on Football Mode, it will automatically start recording all action on the TV. And when there’s a change in sound, like the roar of the crowd’s cheer, or a change in the score, it will know to automatically save the highlights for you to watch later. Play live and recorded matches simultaneously for the ultimate football experience at home.
Be entertained quicker with faster startup
Now you can get straight to your entertainment quicker than ever. Instant On means your Samsung Smart TV boots up in less than 2 seconds. That’s much faster than the 2013 Samsung Smart TV, so you can spend less time waiting and more time viewing than ever before. Think about it: all those saved seconds add up. You no longer have to waste time while your TV turns on.
Immersive realism with Samsung Full HD 3D technology
Prepare to see entertainment in a whole new way. Samsung’s sophisticated Full HD 3D technology means you can even enjoy 3D movies and TV shows at stunning Full HD resolution. It also enhances your 3D picture quality and cuts out ghost images to give you clearer and more immersive viewing. With such a high level of realism, you’ve never experience 3D like this before.
Updated Smart View connects your TV, devices and content
Samsung’s latest Smart View 2.0 app makes it easier to enjoy all your content however you like. Using your home network, you can stream live broadcast TV content to your smartphone or tablet and use your mobile device as a TV remote control. Or you can access and enjoy content on your Smart TV from your smartphone or PC through Smart Hub's Multimedia Panel. It’s easy to use, so all you have to do is enjoy.
See your mobile content on a large TV screen quickly and easily
With your new Samsung Smart TV, you can enjoy content from mobile devices on a bigger screen quickly and easily. Samsung’s enhanced screen mirroring technology makes the process simple, with no need to change the TV source. Just open the notification panel on your mobile device, select the Screen Mirroring icon and select the TV. That’s all you need to do to enjoy apps, games and more on a full-size TV.
Technical details
- Colour of product
- Black, Silver
- Game mode
- Y
- Wide Color Enhancer
- Y
Networking
- Ethernet LAN
- Y
- Wi-Fi
- Y
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Y
- WLAN-ready
- Y
TV tuner
- Tuner type
- Analogue & Digital
- Digital signal format system
- DVB-C, DVB-S2, DVB-T2
Ports & interfaces
- HDMI ports quantity
- 4
- PC in (D-Sub)
- N
- HDMI version
- 1.4a
- USB 2.0 ports quantity
- 3
- Component video (YPbPr/YCbCr) in
- 1
- Composite video in
- 1
- SCART ports quantity
- 1
- DVI port
- N
- Headphone outputs
- 1
- Digital audio optical out
- 1
- RF ports quantity
- 2
- Common interface (CI)
- N
- Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- 1
- Common interface Plus (CI+)
- Y
- Consumer Electronics Control (CEC)
- Anynet+
- Remote (IR) output
- 1
Management features
- Electronic Programme Guide (EPG)
- Y
- Smart modes
- Game, Movie, Sports
- On/Off timer
- Y
- Sleep timer
- Y
- On Screen Display (OSD)
- Y
- Number of OSD languages
- 27
- Picture-in-Picture
- Y
- Handheld remote control
- Y
Power
- Power consumption (max)
- 148W
- Power consumption (standby)
- 0.3W
- Power consumption (typical)
- 72W
- Annual energy consumption
- 100 kWh
- Power consumption (PowerSave)
- 50W
- Energy efficiency class
- A
- Input voltage
- 220 - 240V
- Input frequency
- 50/60 Hz
Performance
- Local dimming
- Y
- Extended PVR
- Y
Display
- Display diagonal
- 121.92 cm (48")
- HD type
- Full HD
- 3D compatibility
- Y
- Display resolution
- 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Supported graphics resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (HD 1080)
- 2D-3D converter
- Y
- Display diagonal (metric)
- 121 cm
- Motion interpolation frequency
- 1000 Hz
- Motion interpolation technology
- CMR (Clear Motion Rate)
- Screen shape
- Curved
- Supported 3D technologies
- Samsung 3D HyperReal Engine
- OLED technology
- N
Smart TV
- Smart TV
- Y
- Interactive TV
- Y
- Internet TV
- Y
- Lifestyle apps
- Skype
Audio
- Built-in speaker(s)
- Y
- Number of loudspeakers
- 2
- RMS rated power
- 20W
- Built-in subwoofer
- Y
- Subwoofer RMS power
- 20W
- Dolby technologies
- Dolby MS11, DTS Premium Sound 5.1
Teletext
- Teletext function
- Y
Ergonomics
- VESA mounting
- Y
- Wall mountable
- Y
- VESA mounting interfaces
- 400 x 400 mm
Packaging content
- Batteries included
- Y
- 3D glasses included
- Y
- 3D glasses quantity
- 2
- Manual
- Y
- Quick start guide
- Y
- Warranty card
- Y
Weight & dimensions
- Width
- 107.86 cm
- Depth
- 7.92 cm
- Height
- 62.59 cm
- Weight
- 13.2 kg
- Width (with stand)
- 107.86 cm
- Depth (with stand)
- 23.68 cm
- Height (with stand)
- 67.19 cm
- Weight with stand
- 14.7 kg
Packaging data
- Package width
- 117.5 cm
- Package depth
- 22.5 cm
- Package height
- 74.5 cm
- Package weight
- 19.2 kg
Other features
- BD Wise
- Y
