This means if you try and take advantage of the TV’s Dolby Digital Plus support using a soundbar you’d only have room to connect one other device. Even at this price two HDMI ports feels stingy.

On the back you’ll find two HDMIs (one with eARC), USB, Ethernet, Optical audio out and aerial input. One minor quibble with the design is that connectivity is fairly limited if you plan to connect multiple devices or use a soundbar. Though the design is a little old school and full of inputs most younger people won’t use, it does the job and is suitably intuitive. Unlike the TU8500, the TU7100 only comes with one standard-looking remote.

The stand also sets it high enough for you to place a small soundbar under the TV, if you so desire. The design isn’t revolutionary, but the tiny bezel and utilitarian stand make it a suitably compact to fit in any second bedroom, kids playroom or small lounge without taking up too much space. If you’re embedded in Samsung’s SmartThings ecosystem you can speed things up by copying over apps, settings and logins from any other Samsung TV you have in the house. From there you just have to plug it in, connect to the internet using Wi-Fi or the Ethernet port and follow a series of on screen prompts. The two feet are attached to the stand using a clip docking system. This means it’s a fairly unassuming TV that’s blissfully easy to set up. The Samsung TU7100 is effectively the little brother of the Samsung TU8500 we reviewed earlier in 2020, being the smaller option and lower entry point to the firm’s Crystal UHD series. It’s not a set that features all the bells and whistles gamers will need for the next generation PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, but at this price, what do you expect? The Samsung UE43TU7100 has a discrete design and easy setup process So much so, that as it stands we couldn’t recommend it more to any buyer on a strict budget looking for an affordable, small form-factor TV. With a set of features and picture quality beyond what you’d normally expect at this price, the Samsung TU7100 is one of the first products in an age to genuinely surprise the team at Trusted Labs.

While that may sound boring, having put it through its paces I can confirm the Samsung UE43TU7100 is anything but dull. The Samsung TU7100 (UE43TU7100) is one of a number of affordable tellies flooding the market in the run up to Black Friday.

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