Samsung UE43RU7100 Review

Techradar was impressed by the Samsung UE43RU7100's low price and felt that for the money you were actually getting a very fair picture. However the edge lighting means it doesn't quite have capacity to make full use of HDR.

Rtings.com were pretty impressed with the Samsung UE43RU7100's design and thought the TV has a very low input lag (which is good for gamers). However, they echoed Techradar's concerns around HDR performance. They also commented that the viewing angles were not the best.

So far this tv is amazing. Just hope it stays that way! The sound isn't very loud so you should get a soundbar.

Probably the best 70" tv available at this price range. Target red card makes it a best deal!

Best tv I ever purchased! Picture and price! WOW! All the newest and latest apps i use all built in!

PROS: The picture is bright and vibrant. Have not seen any blur or artifacts from fast movement. Color is accurate and natural. Setup was fast and easy. Basic setup is fast, easy and automatic including connecting to my wireless network. Plenty of connection options for your add on items. I worried about the stand (which is just a couple of legs on each side) providing enough stability, but they work fine and the TV is very stable. Vizio has a 'remote control' app you can put on your phone that works over your wifi, so you can turn the TV off if you forgot and you're in another room or use your phone instead of searching for the remote. CONS: The manual is on the TV, so it's hard to read the steps in the manual while you perform them on the TV. You can also search the manual on the Internet. Too bad they couldn't put a printed copy in the box. Cannot "add" apps to the TV, which is pretty standard now on other televisions. Still not able to get it to work with Google Home. No real support or help, just searching the Internet for answers is frustrating. No mic on the remote control, so if you can ever get it to work you have to shout out the commands to your Google Home device. Sound is mediocre, so be prepared to buy a sound bar or connect the TV to your home theater system. I expected that as It was the same on the last Vizio I had, so no improvement there. If you don't care about voice control, then I highly recommend the TV. If you have integrated your home into a wireless control system, then this TV may disappoint you.

Bought this a year and a half ago and it had a heart attack.Everything worked great till i noticed a darkening of the picture in the lower half of the screen . I thought my eyes were bad being 83 yrs. old. it gradually went out slowly till no pic at all still getting sound .CALLED VIZIO AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LEDS WENT OUT .. DID NOT HAVE EXTENDED WARANTY . Great pic while it lasted

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Really love this TV. Free channels are included with the Vizio smart interface. Picture is gorgeous for the price. If you were lucky enough to snag it on Cyber Monday you have a 70" UHD for just over 6 bills. Make sure you get a soundbar with it because TV speakers.

This is my fourth Vizio! I have found them to be great media for the money! I have never had issues with any and went looking for a larger and smart tv for the livingroom and started and finished up purchasing a Vizio again.

Is the best tv ever. Highly recommended

Ideal size for the room , sounds and looks great , perfect buy

Literally love the tv it's just so perfect. The quality, picture and sound is so good and its just the way its written in the description. Thank you so much can't wait to purchase again.

Picture quality excellant easy to use

Great TV for living room, slim, small stand, easy to set up (I also have Samsung phone so linked and set up through this), can set up one remote for all, good picture and sound, Smart TV very easy to use. Very happy.

Wow what a TV. Seamless connectivity to a smartphone, perfect for streaming movies from your phone. Design is great although important NOTE: the legs on this TV do cause it to be raised quite high up ! Only discovered this upon trying to fit the TV into an existing alcove and only had a few mm to spare...once I had sawn the feet down an inch or so... Another thing to note is that the audio profiles are quite limited so there is not a lot of audio customisation to be made.

It's Samsung so you are a off to a good start. Screen and picture quality is outstanding. Easy to set up and install. I run a pc and an Xbox through it. Game mode kicks in and everything is groovy. Honestly can't think of anything really wrong with it. I'd prefer a differently shaped remote but that's only personal preference as I have arthritis.

I bought this TV for my bedroom last week , so far very impressed with it. The TV sets itself up automatically , didn't even need to enter a WiFi key. The interface is very responsive , unlike other smart TVs I've used which suffer badly from lag making the interface seem old and clunky , this is fast and smooth. Picture quality is excellent as expected , i wasn't however expecting the sound to be as good as it is , no need for a sound bar for this TV!

It's a good tv for the price really good for gaming.

Bought two of these TVs couple of weeks ago. Very easy set up on the phone. Great picture. Sales staff in store were excellent. Called and reserved and collected within the hour. !

After shopping around, found Argos to be the best on price for this product. Ten out of Ten all round!!!!

Very pleased with the new TV. Everything is working fine. Easy set up.

Nice looking tv , price pretty good,

This is the 3rd one of this series I own. They're a good value all rounder. Nice picture - sharp 4K and nice blacks, good sound, easy to use and great Smart interface for Netflix, Amazon, etc. Would recommend.

Bought this tv on behalf of a neighbour who is unfamiliar with on line shopping. Excellent service and rapid, high quality delivery service could not be better. On line communications were first class.

The Samsung TV I brought is Brilliant! I did quite abit of research before I brought the TV and could see alot of reviews slating the TV for poor picture quality and such, but I dont really listen to alot of peoples reviews (Specially when they have probably just upgraded from a 1080P TV and their eyes are just adjusting to the better 4K UHD imaging the TV is producing), So I brought the TV and can say the picture quality is Fantastic! Movies are crisp and clear and It has enhanced picture quality for gaming.

TV is great we are really impressed with it Fully automatic set up just plug in and play Easy to find WiFi and Cable TV Smart slimline style and the bigger screen still fits in the same footprint as the old 36 "TV

Bought for my sons birthday, for watching Football, Love Island and Movies, binging on box sets and playing FIFA ..... we haven’t heard a peep out of him since so this Television is obviously awesome ! Richer Sounds were the most competitive and with a 6 year guarantee. The staff were helpful and knowledgeable. I have bought a tv from there before and will always return and recommend.

I bought this TV for gaming, very happy with my purchase, as explained to me it has game mode and 11ms response which is good for a TV. Always very happy with the service and expertise shown at Richer Sounds. I don't ever bother to look elsewhere my first call is always Richer.

Bought just over a week ago but have agreed an exchange with the store assistant. The picture is great if you're sat just in front of it, but even a little off to the side it starts to lose colour and the picture look washed out. Not good for a family lounge, unfortunately. Also, the HDMI socket was loose so when watching something the TV signal would suddenly cut out. Richer Sounds are great at exchanging products if you're not happy. This is our 4th TV this year and this weekend we pick up our 5th! The first 3 were Panasonics (but apparently not made by Panasonic) - the first filled the lounge with a acrid burning smell that didn't disappear, even after a few weeks, the second had sound issues and the third lost its picture a couple of weeks ago. Hey ho! So glad I bought them from Richer Sounds - no fuss and very understanding.

This was bought 2 months ago as a replacement. The first TV delivered showed evidence of edge bleeding, Richer sounds organised a pick up and replacement within 3 days.

bought a larger version of this type before and very happy to have a smaller one for my bedroom now...

Apart from my use dinosaur moments which were resolved by my son, the Samsung tv is proving to be a great advance on my previous set which I thought was pretty good anyway. I think we are going to get along really well together.

We have owned our Samsung HD , 43 inch for over a month now, replacing an ageing Panasonic that had served us well. The picture and sound quality are both excellent and easy to set up with the channels etc , c an hour if that. Excellent service from Richer Sounds in Preston.

Love this TV. Picture is very sharp and clear and very easy to follow user manual.

Replacement Samsung bought a week ago. Good value for money.

Value for money easy to set up great picture and sound

I bought this product approx 1 month ago from richer sounds, staff were great and friendly and assisted me in my purchase . Great service...

For the price this is a great TV and easy to set up. Fantastic oucture and compatible with other Samsung devices.

This TV was on offer at a very competative price with the usual reassurance of the Richersounds warranty.

Bought this tv after looking at reviews. My old Samsung tv is 11 years old but still works but is only 720p. So i decided to get the Ru7100. I have a samsung phone and dont even need to use the smart things app as I just use the same Samsung account. 4k is stunning. Fantastic features, apps,picture and sound. Simple to setup. The price is excellent but used a free online voucher code to knock a extra fifthteen pound of. Very pleased with it. Plus a free 6 year guarantee. I ordered online to pickup at store. Excellent service from richer sounds Stockport.

Good picture and features, this is our 3rd Samsung tv in 4 years, we have gone from 32 to 39 now we have this 43 inch, at this price the picture quality is very good, the sound is typical for a flat screen tv. I don’t like the stand, this will be changed for a single pedestal unit that is available from online sales.

I bought this TV for a second room on a standard TV aerial therefore didn't want to spend too much on it. The picture quality was far better than i expected particularly on the HD freeview channels. The sound quality has also proven to be more than adequate. Add a sound bar and a decent picture source and i think it would be an excellent set up.

Bought this smart tv today. Very easy to set up.

I have had it two weeks and great Excellent picture

bought this tv 10 days ago and at first was not too happy had previously owned 3 samsung tvs(all bought from richer sounds) and I found that I needed help from samsung to get to grips with this one but once I sorted out broadband settings etc all is now good

I bought this item just over a month ago, and it has been amazing. Easy set up, sleek design and full of amazing apps

I needed a new tele and decided that a Samsung has always been good value, easy to set up and a picture and sound that suits me. Only thing I would have liked is a stand that comes from the centre rather than the couple of twigs that look cheap as well as determining the size of the furniture it stands on

Only bought the tv a week ago I'm so glad we did it's fantastic

did not want to trade down from 4 HDMI on my old set to 3 on this, but that's my only real criticism. I am using it with a pc, an Xbox one s, and an Nvidia shield TV, and had to give up my fire TV stick. ( Reliable 4k capable HDMi switches are expensive and the fire stick is hard to please with switches.) Picture is good, can't comment on sound as I use optical out to a teac stereo hifi setup. Stand is fine, some reviews criticised it but I see no issues. I prefer having two wide apart feet because stands with only a central pole never look perfectly horizontal to me. On board apps for netflix, Amazon, plex work well.