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• 1 Quishenbery

  I purchased this for the Sony 52″ LCD Bravia XBR4 I purchased last week. It’s an excellent stand for under $200. I built it so I had more height on the middle shelf (10″) to hold my receiver and center speaker, and less room on the bottom shelf (7″) to hold my DVD Recorder, Blue-ray player, and Satellite box. (Had to stand my XBOX 360 up on the floor, next to the unit because they run hot and I did not want to lay it down on top of the satellite box on the bottom shelf.) The width between the support columns for the middle and bottom shelves is 41.25″. My 52″ LCD TV hangs over each side of this unit by about 5″ (but plenty of room for the TV’s pedestal as this unit’s top shelf is 47.25″ wide X 17.75″ deep. (Middle and bottom shelves are also 17.75″ deep.) Shipped to me w/o a scratch. VERY easy to put together (less than an hour, even for those who are not mechanically inclined). I purchased the black unit, and the shelves are black, not smoked (i.e., you cannot see through them). I highly recommended this stand for price and quality.

• 2 Peal

  This is a flimsy, unstable, worthless piece of junk. Take my word for it and do not waste your money or time trying to put this thing together.

• 3 Carlos

  This, like other Samsung products, worked great for a few months. All of a sudden it won’t recognize my Mac from the DVI port. The Mac works fine with other monitors, and even a Dell LCD TV. But the Samsung no longer recognizes it. Support from both the Tweeter store where I purchased it and from Samsung direct were absolutely NO help. I would stay away from Samsung and Tweeters for this reason.

• 4 Loo

  We bought this TV via Amazon in 2004 and have been very pleased overall. At the time it was one of the cheapest 42″ plasmas available at around $2800, and now it can be had new for closer to $1500 thanks to the rapid developments in plasmas. If, like us, you don’t have HDTV service or immediate plans to upgrade, it’s a good choice. DVDs look excellent and standard channels (we use DirecTV and Tivo) look as good as they possibly could.br /br /Keep in mind, though, that this isn’t a top of the line and will have some trade-offs. Most notably, the resolution is not true HD even though the TV can accept all HDTV formats and will display them at its own maximum resolution. Also, there are no built in speakers or HDTV tuner, but this isn’t an issue when most people will use the unit with a surround system and cable box/satellite receiver. We route all our video sources (DirecTV, DVD, VCR, video game) through a $300 Sony surround system that routes the video into a single cable to the TV and the audio to 6 satellite speakers. If you have HDTV service the set does support the DVI connector but not HDMI, so you may need an adapter.br /br /She set emits an audible buzz that’s loudest when the unit first turns on, but never goes away fully. It does not have a noisy internal cooling fan, though, as some early plasmas did. The set also radiates a lot of heat and draws a large amount of power — more than 350 watts according to the specifications.br /br /Many people mistakenly fault plasmas like this one for premature burn-in when what they’re noticing is only temporary. If you see the shadow of a previous image on the TV you need only watch something else for a few minutes and it’s gone.br /br /Picture quality will be astounding for those upgrading from a standard CRT TV like us, but it’s not perfect. Darks lack clarity and night scenes are often hard to make out. Bright scenes look excellent. We watch standard TV in the “Panorama” mode, which gradually stretches the square image to fit the rectangular screen. We prefer this to watching with gray (not black) bars on the sides of the image, but that mode is available too. DVDs will display in full 16×9 widescreen mode and look beautiful.

• 5 Thalmann

  I can’t complain about this set at all. I originally had a used Daewoo plasma from sams club and it sucked big time, heated up the room like crazy, and constantly had ghosting. I returned it at sams club and bought a samsung spn4235 at circuit city because they had a promotion (2,700 dollars) plus a 300 dollar gift certificate. They were getting rid of the model to get in new ones. The only thing I was let down about was it was EDTV but I found out HDTV models were a heck of a lot more expensive. When I first got the model it had this weird clayface effect and the picture wasn’t what I expected however I adjusted the settings with Avia home theatre setup and I was very impressed with dvd picture. I thought this was as good as it was going to get but recently I ordered HDTV through dish network. I thought the standard channels looked like crap but I was able to set my settings at 1080i and 16:9 and hdtv channels were amazing. The picture was very lifelike and colorful and it fit my whole screen without stretching. I watched the discovery channel and the DNIE option is great for hdtv viewing. The unit does decent with blacks but not the best. The set definitely can provide a great picture but every tv can only provide as good a picture as the source it gets from. My suggestion is if you go hdtv use either component or dvi and avoid svideo and rca cables. The price is great and if your looking to save money and have a good picture I recommend the unit. There is a slight buzzing noise but I haven’t noticed it. Don’t bother with the side speakers go with surround sound it will enhance your experience much more. Overall a very good unit and I am definitely not disapointed.

• 6 Jaynes

  I purchased this Plasma for a friend and have had it in my home for 2 weeks. I too have looked at many plasmas in the stores and compared. I have to say this one has a beautiful picture. Compared to true HDTV plasmas in the store, this EDTV has a great picture. It is hard to spend the extra money for subtle differences that are hard to see even side-by-side. Most of our viewing is cable or DVD movies so I can’t rationalize the extra money. Even with a cable input, the picture is great. It is clear and has little “noise” or “graininess” considering it is a cable signal. Friends come over and remark what a great picture. pInternal amp for speakers is fine. The Virtual Dolby does give good impact to the 2 speaker sound. For DVD’s I use my separate surround sound system. One thing Samsung forgot on this model are audio output jacks to connect internal tuner sound to your surround sound system. So many other inputs, I don’t know why they forgot those outputs.pThis is one of the few Plasmas that comes with a 2 year warrenty in home! The appearance of the TV is perfect in our home and looks great on or off. We are likeing it soo much, I will probably buy one for myself now that I have seen and used it my home.

• 7 Hancock

  Great picture and great sound. Especially when you hook up a subwoofer to the set. I also purchased the optional speakers which have good overall quality. I have read some other reviews regarding some buzzing with the set but I have found that when I have hooked up the speakers there are 3 screws on the side of the set. If these are overtightened this could cause some buzzing noise. By loosening the screws you can make the buzzing go completely away. It worked on my set. hope this wil help if you get some buzzing on you sets enjoy

• 8 Quant

  Got the product fast, was happy with it. After I figured it out it went up really fast, 30-45 minutes. It has held the TV and not fallen.br /br /DO NOT BUY: It was defective which I realized when it got up on the wall. The seller took 5 days to reply to my email and when they did they just sent me a 1-800 # to call. Then when I insisted they fix it, they just sent me an email with an RMA # and said send it back at my expense. No “we are sorry” “how can we help”. VERY RUDE! None responsive to any emails. They still have not written me back in 8 or 9 days now. I have this product up on my wall but can barely pull it out from the wall. It takes a lot of effort because it’s too tight and not fluid.br /br /Sorry I was really hoping it would be a good one and it probably is, I would just avoid this seller because if by chance you get a bad one, you’re stuck with another $30 shipping bill to send it back and hope they send you a good one.br /br /This is what I would go with instead!br /CHEETAH MOUNTS PLASMA LCD TV ARTICULATING DUAL ARM WALL MOUNT FOR 32-63″ DISPLAYS UP TO 180LBS BLACK

• 9 Miyamoto

  This mount works wll for my 52″ TV. Shop around. You can find a better price for a similar mount. I paid $145. You can get one for $90.

• 10 Slone

  I bought this mount for a 50-inch plasma screen (80-100 lbs). It seems fairly sturdy, but I am not sure if I would trust it with the articulating arm fully extended due to the excess torque pulling at the wall bolts. The instructions that came with the unit were rather lame and seemed to be missing some relevant content. I think that using a stud finder is essential to install this or any other mount that is going to be used to support a heavy TV.br /br /The mount comes with several assorted bolts for attaching the mounting arms to the back of the TV, but some were too long to use and some were almost too short to ensure enough thread engagement after tightening things. If someone needs to use the 8mm bolts, they might want to take a trip to the hardware store and pick up some mid-length ones.br /br /The wall bracket comes with its own level indicator. However, I noticed some play in the articulating arm. Therefore, the part attached to the wall may be perfectly level, and the TV may hang at an angle due to the arm being off 5-10 degrees after bearing the load of a heavy TV. Before installing, I would recommend pulling on the articulating arm while retracted and try to rotate it to see how much play there is, and then compensate for any angle adjustment when drilling the stud bolt holes. The wall bracket may not be quite level, but the TV plate should be level (you can check by resting a separate level on this part). If the TV is mounted and seems to be listing to one side, there are four Allen head bolt in the middle of the TV mounting plate that may be able to be loosened to rotate things, but the TV will have to be removed from the mount to make the adjustment.

• 11 Padden

  This wall mount is of great quality and we got it right away. We read a couple of the reviews before we purchased it and they were very helpful in preparing us for a 5 to 10 degree play in the mount, so we were able to take care of that with a small adjustment while installing. Looks great and we love it.br /br /E D.

• 12 Eastland

  This works great for my LCD TV (46″ Samsung @50 lbs), however, I don’t know if I would trust it with a heavier Plasma TV. There are only 4 lag screws that connect to wood studs, which wasn’t enough for me. The wall it is mounted to has a closet behind, so I actually used 3 extra bolts and bolted it through the wall to angle iron on in the closet. Now, if the TV falls off, either the wall fell down or the product (swing arm) failed. Besides the connection to the wall, I don’t know if the swing arm could support 150 lbs 20″ from the wall.

• 13 Uyemura

  I tried this on my Sony 46″ and it did not do it’s thing. It left the screen with streaks. I also tried it on my PC CRT monitor and it left streaks as well. I went out and bought Monster’s ScreenClean and it was perfect. Like they say, you get what you paid for.

• 14 Maravilla

  This stuff works GREAT! However, it is a little pricey. If I could do it again I would look for a little bit cheaper brand…

• 15 Hobbs

  I found this at Big Lots for $4.00 Item # DC-129Pbr /It works great any produces no streaks when applied with the included lint free shammy. I recommend this over other harsh cleansers. I use it on both my plasma and smaller lcd displays. Can’t think of a reason not to use this is you have small kids. I also noticed less dust collecting on the screen of our 34″ Samsung Tube Type television. Try it!

• 16 Unzen

  comparable to Monster screen cleaner at Best Buy, it was cheaper to buy and I didn’t have to go anywhere. Smells good too!

• 17 Hotchkin

  I bought this a few years ago and it still looks fantastic. Works perfect. No problems, no worries, just a great unit!

• 18 Rafeedie

  This Samsung model HPR4252 will work only 2 years. After 2 years it will start giving black shadow on sides which is not repairable and to replace plasma panel for this it will cost almost the new TV price.DON’T BUY!! DON’T BUY!!!

• 19 Rufus

  We purchsed HP-R4252 in Dec 2005 - we play it avg 20hrs / week over last 3 years. Completely satisfied. The picture is as good as any (but I’m not a comparison expert) and the TV works well. We kept our old ‘non-digital’ in spare room and I can hardly stand to look at it now. The TV Hooked up to computer very well / nice 1028×768 display. We’re getting ready to add blue-ray this Xmas (2008) and we’re pleased that TV has 1080i option - although manual says 720p is ‘optimal’. The biggest downside for us is that it consumes 600watts of power - $20/month or $240/year where we live - compared to projection 50″ my friend bought at 60watts (1 tenth = $2/month or $24/year).

• 20 Quirino

  This TV burned out in 2 1/2 years and the Samsung repairman said it could not be repaired.

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