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The only problem I've had with it is that the sensor for the remote is on the far right side of the TV and is blocked by the cabinet into which I set the TV. If you don't have the TV in a cabinet or enclosure, then that won't be a problem. The price for this TV on Amazon seemed to be reasonable, so I went to a local electronics store to check it out in person. I fixed that problem with a remote extender, but for an additional $40. Overall, a great TV for a great price. The picture was by far the best of any similar sized TV in the store, and the price was about $300 higher than on Amazon. So I went home and ordered it from Amazon.
Not sure why. Took the stand off and mounted it to a wall, which was pretty easy. Non-HD channels actually look worse than a regular tv. PS2 games don't take advantage of the 1080 res, so they actually don't look that great, like regular tv broadcast. Very happy with the TV.
Highly recommended. Amazon had an excellent price and the unit was delivered quickly and taken out of the box by the delivery men. I think a PS3 or Xbox 360 would need to be used to get the full effect. Try the Sony. Works great with plugging in a laptop computer and surfing the net etc. Not that great. Nice looking set. I don't use the internal speakers.
Great picture especially in HD. Bought a Sony HTCT 100 which improved the sound greatly. Will buy more Samsungs in the future. It's not this tv's fault, I think they're all like that. hooking up a digital camera and viewing pics in high res, also easy to hook up games etc.
I will agree with some of the other reviewers, though, that the sound quality from this television leaves MUCH to be desired. I spent a few weeks looking at various LCD and plasma television sets in my local BB and CC to get a feel for what was out there. After looking at the feature sets on various models, I decided to go with the LN40A550 and ordered one from Amazon. The new Samsung models are pretty appetizing, though, and I'd recommend anyone looking at this model to also take a look at their most recent offerings.
Game mode is required to reduce input lag but the lack of tweaking that can be done to the picture in this mode is irritating. It gives one the option of either enjoying no input lag and putting up with oversaturated colors or putting up with input lag in order to gain control over the color settings.All in all this is an excellent television and I would purchase it again. I do wish that the different modes didn't gray out most of the configuration options, though. In game mode there is no perceptible input lag and almost no motion blur at all (some can be detected on occasion but still much better than my older LCD television).
The picture quality, from my unprofessional perspective, is at least on par with a large number of the plasma sets I looked at. I'm lucky enough to have also purchased a set of speakers and an audio/video receiver, allowing me to avoid using the television's speakers entirely.I am a pretty avid gamer and this screen is excellent for gaming. I followed that up with another couple of weeks of research online into the models I was considering. The speakers aren't too bad, actually, but they are aimed downward and this causes significant muffling of the sound.
The matte surface is excellent at handling the glare from windows opposite the telivision, which has been a blessing for me as I cannot rearrange the room. The delivery service was polite and fast and they were willing to work around my schedule to arrange a drop off time.The television itself is pretty awesome, overall. The blacks are as black as I've seen on an LCD and there is no perceptible motion blur.
I give 4 stars because I think the SD should be better but it may be the quality of the signals. It is just as good as our 50 inch Plasma Panasonic. They did what was necessary and I am completely satisfied with the delivery.The TV operates great no real problems. There seems to be a great variation in quality of signals coming in.
Worked for me. Have had this TV for about a month now. HD is Excellent with satellite signal and also Excellent with over-the-air local channels. SD is nothing to brag about. I was pleasantly surprised by a couple things. A tip to others, there are 5 settings for audio you can try.
HD channels are great but hard to watch SD after watching the HD. Amazon delivery was great. Use the best settings as a starting point and use the "Custom" setting to fine tune. Check those out to find which one sounds the best to you. They are Standard, Music, Movie,Speech and Custom. The sound is much better than I thought it would be after reading all the negative reviews. Overall I am very satisfied with this TV, it works great with my new compact Samsung DVD player and also flawlessly with my JVC VHS player. The Olympics were fantastic with over-the air HD.
They took it out of the box, hooked it up and tried it to make sure it worked with no problems. My viewing distance is usually about 6 feet as I watch most of the time from my computer chair. Also I am surprised at the quality of the video from a sharp angle. Could tell they were in a hurry but that is understandable. Check "Equalizer" and you will see what the settings are for each. 6 feet is fine for HD. I am hooked up with HDMI. Sitting a couple feet farther away does help with the SD.
Standard definition (non-HD) programming looks fairly bad. If I step back another 2 feet, the image is much better. This is a really nice TV, especially since right now the price is just over $1k.Pros: Great HD picture - this includes HD television stations (for me output from a digital HD cable box at 1080i through an HDMI cable) and Blu-Ray. The picture is near perfect. I sit about 6-7 feet away, and can see pixelation. Menus are fairly straight forward, although in my opinion there are too many menu options - great if you are a perfectionist and really know what you are doing when it comes to fine-tuning the color. Nintendo Wii through component cables looks fine.Cons: Would be nice if there was a digital coax audio out - there is only an optical out, and it doesn't pump out 5.1 sound (i.e., you go from 7.1 or 5.1 to 2.1 if you run the sound through your TV to your audio system).
That is my biggest complaint for this TV.Final note - viewing distance means a lot. There is a lot of pixelation, some channels are passable some are awful.
Set-up is fast, the TV is not that heavy, and the swivel stand is great. This helped quite a bit, but it still is noticeably bad.
Standard DVDs upconverted to 1080p then sent through HDMI look pretty darn good - some pixelation and color variations here and there, but mostly looking good (also depends on how new the DVD is - newer looks better). I bought a cable line power booster, set the HD cable box to output only 480i when on standard channels, set the sharpness to 0, and turned digital noise reduction off.
So, if you sit 6 feet away, I would go for the 37" instead. That's all that needs to be said there.
I think there a good amount of inputs.
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