Well here is the newest toy in my collection I have had it for a few days now and feel like I have sufficiently played with every feature that the TV has to offer.
There is one main reason that I decided to purchase this TV over my 22” Flat screen (not flat panel) CRT. I need to join the legions of people already well into the HD universe, I cannot be left behind any longer.
I had never really experienced true HD till I visited a friend with a television very similar to the one currently being reviewed. After seeing what true High Def looks like, and then switching back to normal TV it is...heart breaking. While visiting my friend we spent countless hours playing X Box 360 on his Sony HD TV and I was shocked. No ghosting, brighter colors, faster refresh rates and a list of improvements over CRT television that goes on and on. That was it, I couldn't go back, at this point it was only forward into the future of televisions for me. My mission was to find the best HD television on the market for the average Joe like you and me.
I think Best Buy Employees knew me by name after the first two weeks of me walking in and out of the TV section and harassing every salesman on the floor about the differences between Plasma and LCD or A/V vs. HDMI. I was able to round the selection down to a few televisions in the right price range. It was down to the SONY my friend had, the Samsung being reviewed and LG's comparable model. After tons of research by both picking the brains of the employees in stores and surfing the web to see every possible review it came down the the Samsung. Now its off to find the best pricing.
My colleagues and I search in every imaginable tech store you could go to and almost every where the price was $1599, which is pretty high for the size of the television compared to others of similar style and quality. The LG which was a close second choice was a good $200 cheaper. Finally the searching payed off on line. The price would fluctuate between $1699 and $1199. Newegg.com was the lowest price around. Now my search was over and my new TV was in the mail.
The doorbell rang in the middle of cooking dinner and everything in a 5 foot vicinity of me when flying when I heard the deep rumble of the UPS delivery truck. It was here. I reemerged into my spaghetti sauce covered apartment and immediately began tearing open the box.
The insulation on the box was weak at best so be careful when handling this product if you receive it via a parcel service, make sure you don't accept a damaged product. Lucky this one was in pristine condition. The setup was a piece of cake besides mounting the swivel base TV stand, it is a two person job. The back of the TV was clearly labeled with 2 A/V ins, coaxial cable in, audio ins, and outs, VGA inputs and all the other fancy accessories. Very simple to setup and understand, even for people that are not to tech savvy.
Pushing the power button started the TV up after a small warm up cycle and brought up the setup menu. Again very easy to navigate and find what you where looking for. The remote was no different it was well thought out in the design process. So far no complaints everything is what I had expected.
With the good comes the bad though. Not much but enough to make one main gripe. After looking at the TV you will notice that you can't see the speakers on the front of the screen. They are well “hidden” in the bottom of the screen. The only Problem is that when you bury speakers that are already small to begin with behind a sheet of plastic thing start to sound weak. Some pitches will be audible at any level while others are very difficult to hear at any level. It leaves you feeling like you can never find that perfect volume. Its fair to say that if you are looking for an amazing audio experience you will need a separate sound system, if thats not in your price range i would suggest looking elsewhere for your entertainment needs.
When Push comes to shove I would say that this is a pretty great TV, the colors are the brightest out, it offers every imaginable hook up on the backside, has a very sharp design and its an easy setup process. If it wasnt for the weak sound setup I would say that this is the best HD TV on the market in the 27”-37” range. There are cheaper alternatives out there, so make sure you look around first, with so many choices there is a “right” TV out there for everyone. With this Purchase I can definitally say that this is mine.
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