Got my TV delivered last Saturday and got it installed on Sunday.
My initial review of the 50B5000FHD LED TV.
Design :
The first thing you notice is the minimalistic design of the TV. Its quite thin , has a very premium look and is very light in weight. Again no frills, all you see is the micromax logo, power on LED to the left and buttons(volume, channel etc.) at the right bottom of the panel.
The low-profile stand though looked small and flimsy was solid enough to support the TV. The design is also quite good and looked very modern. I wanted to keep it that way but i have 2 kids at home who can knock of that TV down any time, so decided to to wall mount. My sincere suggestion to all, avoid the stand and go for wall mount especially if you have kids.The TV would weigh no more than 10 to 11 KG.
I don't want to write too much about all the ports and their positioning because its already been shared by other members.
Another good thing i liked about is the wall mount shoes which get screwed to the TV were long enough giving decent space between the back panel and the wall. This is ensure that wires can pass easily. Also the ports are position downwards , so there is no issue of the wires getting bent.
Remote definitely looks famine struck with minimal buttons and functionality, but seriously who uses the TV remote now a days especially if youhave a cable or DTH. The only purpose of the remote for me personally is to switch the TV on and off. So no complaints.
Score : 9/10
Features
Again , nothing much to brag about. Its not a smart TV , so let me quickly tell what I have used so far and how they fared.
HDMI : I have a tata sky HD box and so never had to use the cable/antenna jack. I have a 4 in and 2 out HDMI box which I plugged it in and it automatically read the input resolution which was 720p/50Hz. No issues at all.
Score : 10/10
USB : Plugged in my 16GB USB drive and it recognized it in a jiffy and read its entire contents in less than 3 seconds. I played different formats like MKV, AVI, MP4 etc and it played all without any issues(except for one movie where audio was missing, the same played in my media player without any hassles). I didn't play with it much longer as I already had a Western Digital HD Media player which does all this stuff and so i would rarely use the TVs USB port. But for all of you who are planning to use it, you will be impressed.
Score : 9/10
Picture Quality : It was good and i personally compared it with some of the branded TVs my neighbors had and i can proudly say its on par and may be even better in some cases. HD is amazing , SD is pretty good.
Black levels : I thought it was an advertising gimmick so didn't believe it initially.I owned an Samsung 40 LCD TV and all i saw was greys instead of blacks so when I switched on the TV for the first time i could see a lot of rich colors and clear blacks(though i was not entirely satisfied). Word of advice, don't use the predefined picture settings , rather select user and alter it to your needs.There is an option to change the black levels. Once i tweaked it, it was VOW.. I watched some full HD content and i was blown away. Please don't compare its PQ with a Samsung/LG/Sony 4K TVs which costs 1.5+ lac. For the 30K price , its amazing.
Score : 10/10
Sound : Who ever said its not loud enough ,pls get your ears checked..(just joking). The audio output is quite good , at level 7 its loud and beyond 12 you will wake up your neighbors. I have an Yamaha Home Theater which i usually use while watching movies or cricket. Otherwise for all other TV programs its plain TV audio and i am happy with it.
Score : 10/10
This is all i could write , will keep adding more as days go by. Meanwhile if anyone have any Questions/doubts feel free to ask.
Bottom Line : Go for it.