SAMSUNG 43-Inch Class The Sero LS05B Series - QLED 4K, Rotating screen, Matte Display, Premium Speakers Smart TV w/ Alexa Built-in (QN43LS05BAFXZA, Latest Model)

this thing is great, works so well, fits a hard space perfect and is a conversation starter really

The Sero is first and foremost a rotating television with an attached Mount that doubles as a speaker. The monitor itself is beautiful and sharp, with bright, vibrant colors that have become common for Samsung products. The screen is just beautiful, and the fact that it spins into portrait orientation with just a button makes it feel almost like a giant phone in front of you.The Mount is an attached speaker that stands ~22 inches wide, ~18.5 inches high until it hits the television in landscape mode, and ~13 inches deep. The Mount itself is shaped sort of like a giant easel, and can’t be moved around very easily. It’s heavy and, unless turned into portrait mode, isn’t very maneuverable with just one person. The mount also is attached directly to the television and is not adjustable, meaning you can’t take the monitor off of the mount and you’re stuck with the tv facing just one specific angle.Unfortunately, beyond YouTube Shorts, a handful of applications that use the feature (which is only going to dwindle in time), and photo sharing applications, there really isn’t much use for the portrait orientation beyond it just looking cool. It is a very fun gimmick to use and it’s exciting to see videos/games in that orientation on a big, 43-inch screen, but besides those handful of apps, videos and acting as a sort of virtual wallpaper to sit in the corner of your room, The Sero’s big feature isn’t very useful yet.The Samsung Smart TV operating system is also app-rich and useful, better than Roku’s Home Screen and app selection. The settings also give a decent amount of fine tuning options for both the screen (brightness, contrast, gamma, white balance, etc.) and the mount speakers (balance, an equalizer if you have speakers attached that support this feature, and sound feedback control). The Sero also has support for Bluetooth speakers. The settings and features of the operating system are nothing amazingly special - especially for the high price tag, but they’re acceptable. Additionally, on my unit, the operating system and home menu are very laggy and glitchy already, something that usually only starts after a device is a few years old. If the Sero already has a laggy, stuttering homescreen, how bad is it going to be in 2-3 years?We have gotten plenty of use out of The Sero because of its beautiful screen and speakers inside the stand, it’s an odd item for a specific audience. The rotating screen is super cool, that's for sure, but its limitations are price, lack of adjustability, and lack of content that uses the portrait feature. It’s a great tv, and if you’re a heavy user of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and/or YouTube Shorts, this may be worth price. BUT, TikTok and Instagram are not available as apps on The Sero, so the only way to use these apps through The Sero is through screen mirroring applications that utilize your phone. These apps basically turn the Sero into a giant screen for your phone, and can display anything you have on your phone.Because of these lack of features within The Sero and previously mentioned issues, it is really only worth the price if you’re a heavy portrait-media consumer and would like a larger screen than your phone to watch it all on. Overall, we do use it as my family (college-aged children especially) utilize all the features. I do wish there were more content available in portrait mode, because I do like that orientation. It fits well where wider TVs are bulky.Overall, it is fantastic for what it is, a sort of niche item. I really really enjoy the portrait mode (we even used some digital Halloween decorations on it!) and wish there were more options for things to view that way (without it being heavily letterboxed the other way.) It certainly is a show-off item, and if your one to that likes to utilize its features, then you'll be very happy.

Some of the functions don't work as advertised or are too difficult to figure out

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The media could not be loaded. So I’d like to say that this thing is heavy!!! Not like a standard 43” tv with the stand. Since it’s all connected, it has some weight to it. I cannot stress enough that you need to follow the instruction to get this set up. Take your time! It’s worth it. The sound quality from the speakers is amazing. Just the right amount of bass and it gets loud. There are options to amplify the sound as well. As far as the orientation, I love it. If I’m going to cast my phone, it lets me see it how I would normally look at it. Huge plus since this tv is for my garage and I like watching videos on how to make and fix things. I like the angle that the tv sits at, but it is not adjustable that I’ve seen. With such a heavy tv, you really wouldn’t want to be moving it anyway. I will update with any additional insight at a later time, but for now, I would highly recommend the Sero!!!!

This is a tough review because this is a fantastic tv shackled to a confusing experiment.So as far as the picture quality it's Samsung, they're at the top of the TV game for a reason. The picture is fantastic as expected - rich vibrant colors and deep dark blacks even though its QLED and not OLED (which is known for darker blacks because it shuts the pixels down whereas QLED produces the black and can in turn produce different shades). It displays tv/movies/4 and 8k youtube vids/ and PS4 games beautifully and it's hands down the best picture of any tv I've ever owned (including earlier Samsung models which were great too).Simply adding wifi to it gave me access to Samsung "channels" with a surprising amount of content which was unexpected and a nice bonus. The remote is very simplified because they want you to use your phone to control the tv ultimately but it's nice and streamlined. It's the first remote I've had with a solar panel in the back to charge it.The built in 4.1 speakers sound much better than the average stock tv and if you don't run a system with your tv I think you'll be pretty happy with these. I personally hook everything up to an external system so they wouldn't be used unless I could set them as my center channel in my speaker lineup. If it had to have this base on it at all these speakers are the closest thing to making it worth it.Now to review the rest of this odd tv. I had thought if I didn't like the whole stand and flip deal I could just wall mount it but quickly realized that's not possible because all the connections for power/hdmi/etc are through the base and it doesn't disconnect anyway. This was a bummer. Because it's always attached to the base the tv is always cocked at an angle at the top which is just weird. From the ground it's not a bad height but it's much lower than most people want a tv. If you put it on top of a tv stand it would not only look really weird but that tilt at the top would look odd. I will say that the base isn't unattractive looking with the color and fabric on it but the stand being permanent and not adjustable is the issue.Now to what I suspect they think is the star of the show - the rotating screen. I don't know who this is for honestly. My guess is it's aimed at Gen Z phone gazers who might want to enlarge their content consumption while at home, or possibly as a display screen for a business (although an expensive option in that case). Unfortunately for most people I know it's a weird novelty at best, and not worth sacrificing the ability to wall mount. It's literally "hey watch this" and then rotate the screen, then get the same comment everyone says "huh....why?". I don't know why, I feel the same way.I'm still on the fence on whether I want to keep this tv or not. If I do I will eventually find a stand that I will take a router to and make slots so that I can scrap the rear part of the stand completely and slide the part under the tv into the stand. It's a lot of work just to have a standard flat facing tv but the picture quality alone may make it worth doing.I'm a Samsung fan and have been for a long time. I have two other Samsung TVs in the house and have owned a bunch or Galaxy phones (and currently do). I was super excited about the chance to grab this product but the base and tilt are the reason it's sitting in a back room tucked out of the way at the moment. I really wanted to like this but I don't. I would trade this for a standard Samsung QLED that I could wall mount in a heartbeat despite this costing much more, and when I say "I would" I really mean "I wish I could".I applaud Samsung taking a risk with this because you can't drive innovation without thinking outside the box and taking chances. Unfortunately for myself and everyone I've shown it to this is either a very niche product or a misfire.

This TV is one of the wildest gadgets I have ever seen. It's essentially a heavy 43" TV on a stand with speakers built in, that rotates to a vertical orientation at the touch of a button. The picture quality is excellent, the sound quality is much better than normal TVs, and the thing rotates like a device from the future. If you're in the market for a TV around this size, you can get a nice screen and sound setup for much less, and I would suggest you do so if you only watch normal content. But if you like to watch both orientations, this is the most convenient way to do so in one device hands down.