Samsung Smart TV 2012 hands on

Samsung Smart TV 2012 – Hi TV

Walking into a room and saying "Hi TV" to turn on your box is pretty damn satisfying. Plus you can set up new trigger words to activate voice control and switch between over 20 supported languages if you feel like it.

You can also activate apps – although the model we were trying out struggled with this – and dictate words to search for in the web browser.

The success of the TV at picking up exact words depends on ambient noise levels in the room, and people chatting next to you will unfortunately affect performance. But for a first try, it's not too shabby.