UHD Samsung TV Question (1 Viewer)

[John*Wells]

Last year I bought a 55 inch Samsung 4 K UHD tv. All off the HDMI ports are on the right hand side. The power supply is on the left hand back side. The power cord actually came out and I had to put it back in. Are most of not all Samsung models designed this way? I upgraded from a TCL 50 inch and didn’t have the same issue. But I’ve been doing some rearranging and experienced this twice recently

 

[Josh Steinberg]

If you mean, is the power cord designed to be able to be disconnected rather than being permanently attached to the set itself, my experience with more recent TV models is that they’re made that way, yes.

 

[JohnRice]

You might not be plugging in the power cord all the way. It takes some force.

 

[John*Wells]

If you mean, is the power cord designed to be able to be disconnected rather than being permanently attached to the set itself, my experience with more recent TV models is that they’re made that way, yes.

I was actually wondering the reasoning behind the design. The idea of all ports on one side and the power connection on the opposite side. As John Rice points out it’s hard to reconnect should it fail out and I had a 10 minute experience of getting it back in

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Just a guess but all of these new sets place thinness as one of the design priorities so placing it on the opposite side of the inputs may be about spreading out the different components to keep the overall device profile as thin as possible.

 

[B-ROLL]

Just a guess but all of these new sets place thinness as one of the design priorities so placing it on the opposite side of the inputs may be about spreading out the different components to keep the overall device profile as thin as possible.

As well putting the power on the opposite side would help to reduce issues with AC* noise etc... The sets are designed to be wall-mounted.

*Alternating Current