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• 1 Burkholder

  I GOT THIS TV AT A STEAL FROM A CIRUIT CITY DISCOUNT OUTLET FOR JUST 890 DOLLARS IT WAS STILL NEW AND IN THE BOX.br /I HAVE HAD IT FOR A YEAR NOW AND STILL CAN SAY IT LOOKS AND WORKS BETTER THAN THE NEW SETS IN THE STORES FOR 2500 DOLLARS OR MORE.br /I HAVE MY COMPUTR HOOKED UP TO IT AND THAT IS SO AWESOME I STILL DROOL ON IT WHEN I USE IT THAT WAY MY COMPUTER HAS BLU RAY SO I WATCH BLUE RAY ON IT AND IT IS AWESOME. I HAVE A SAMSUNG HOME THEATER HOOKED UP TO IT AS WELL AND THE ANY NET SYSTEM MAKES THEM WORK AS ONE UNIT THRU THE TV’S REMOTE. WHEN PEOPLE SEE THIS SETUP THEY ALWAYS LOOK DUMBFOUNDED WITH ITS SLICK OPERATION. br /IF YOU CAN STILL FIND ONE BUY ITbr /YOU WONT BE SORRY.br /

• 2 McGann

  Samsung service is garbage, I have a 2300$ TV purchased 18 month ago , and I am ready to give it to goodwill.br /I have not been able to find a repair man around Phoenix area, and when I finaly did, he asked for $ 900 to repair it. and that was not sure that would be it, this was only a minimum estimate.br /br /So As far as I am concerned, Samsung is JUNK

• 3 Eggehorn

  I had this tv for a little over a year. The picture quality was very good for it’s time, and the style of this tv is out of this world. As soon as my warranty expired I started having issues with this tv. I hardly ever used it(average use once a week), and took very good care of it. So in my opnion these problems shouldn’t occur so early, and the tv itself now is near unusable. My tv is plagued with green pixels scattered across the screen, and basically you don’t know what you’re looking at anymore. This happens every time I use it, and majority of anything I watch is infested with green pixels. br /br /Trying to find a fix for the problem, I was told time after time, that many people are having issues with this model. That and Samsung needs to send a Tech out to troubleshoot the tv, and I was told not to go this route. I’d suggest if you’d get an HDTV, that you look at other models with a better failure rate.

• 4 Muldune

  My HLP-5085 is 4 years old and still going strong. Over 8000 hours on it and still on the original lamp! I do have a spare ready just in case.br /br /Have had zero service issues with it.br /br /There are, however, two design anomolies.br /br /1. With the integral stand, your component (receiver, DVD Player, etc…) storage options are limited to the funky stand made for this TV.br /br /2. Direct-access to the input ports doesn’t work. It makes programming a remote, especially the “too smart for their own good” Logitech remotes, extremely difficult. Attempting any sort of programming to directly switch to the HDMI, DVI or other ports simply doesn’t work. You have to use the “Cycle” method, and that also fails most of the time. The best thing you can do is put the “Input Next” button and code on the front page of all your device screens so it’s handy.br /br /Other than that I have zero complaints about this TV.br /br /The new 61 LED 1080p units are dropping in price like a rock. Less than $1800 for the top of the line 61″ set!br /br /I’m going to wait until it hits $1500 then I will bite. I’ll probably give this one to my sister as I’m sure it will be still running strong in a year.

• 5 Kapp

  I bought this set 11/04 for $3,539.97 from Circuit City. I did EXTENSIVE research before plunking all that $$ down on a TV. The pundits were very clear: for a big high-def TV DLP was the way to go and Samsung was the best at DLP.br /br /Liars!!br /br /The second year I owned it I had all my friends over watching NFL Kickoff Sunday. Just as the kickoff was about to happen on the second round of games –KABOOM! It sounded like a shotgun going off! What it was was the bulb had blown up — that took $300.00 and 5 days to get rectified. OK, I was warned about the bulb issue. I got over it.br /br /After I had the set for 3 years and 1 month suddenly these black pinstripes (10 sets of 8 pinstripes) appeared over the whole screen, just like that. Samsung was as interested in helping me as a US Marine wants to get Osama bin Laden a cold glass of water and a pillow.br /br /So I call a local TV repairman and he came out to have a look. A VERY nice man and quite intelligent as well. He told me that the DMD board went bad and Samsung charges $750.00 for a replacement board, plus $200.00 labor to install. He warned me that in DLP’s the color wheel tends to go bad as well and they are equally as expensive to replace.br /br /I asked him why a 3000+ dollar TV doesn’t last for at least 10 years, like my old trusty Toshiba tube TV? He said that the new technology TV’s - DLP, plasma, LCD - have an average user life of 2-4 years. That’s right, you read correctly — 2-4 years!!!br /br /I figured quickly that buying a new set that is current would cost me ~ $1300.00 and fixing the Samsung would be throwing good money after bad.br /br /br /I went ahead and bought a cheap Sanyo 46″ LCD — looks EVERY BIT as good as the Samsung did in it’s prime. Plus, it was hella easier to set up and such.br /br /Buyer beware — Samsung is really bad.br /br /If you do buy a new HDTV, be sure to put out the extra bucks to get at least 3 years insurance on it, regardless the brand. It’s a little extra money but will be well worth it if your set is a lemon. br /br /It will be interesting to see if the glowing reports on this set are still “glowing” after a couple years passes.br /br /

• 6 Kovacs

  First, I would like to say that I love this TV. It has everything that I expected and then some. I was concerned that the Dlp would not look as good as a LCD or Plasma…boy was I wrong! This TV looks great. HD channels look amazing, Bluray movies look outstanding and my PS3 looks surperb (this tv is made for gaming). The Dlp comes with all the hookups one could possibly need (including 3 HDMI inputs).br /[...]

• 7 Oz

  The last thing this TV needed was another 5 star review, but I just had to give my 2 cents. This is my first big screen television and after doing plenty of research there was no question that this was the set for me. I bought in September, hoping that I’d be watching the Cubs in the World Series on it. Oh well, that didn’t go as planned, but I then had it for football season. Just amazing picture. I have a home theatre, so audio was never used. I have a PS3 and it looks spectacular. br /br /I will say that you should never buy Monster Cables for HDMI. Go to amazon and look at HDMI cables. I bought the SUPER cheap ones for 2 bucks plus shipping. They are good overall. Serviceable. I know that a lot of people believe that a digital signal is a digital signal and I’m not an engineer so I can’t argue. I was having issues with my PS3 HDMI with red lines and I’d have to shake the cable a bit, but hey, I spent [...] bucks on cables. I decided to buy a couple MEDIABRIDGE 1.3 cables for 10 plus shipping. The picture is just as good, but the cable is much MUCH sturdier than the super cheap one. When you hold the 2 in your hands there is a noticeable difference in weight and how much more solid the mediabridge is. I highly recommend it. br /br /As for the TV, BUY IT, BUY IT BUY IT!!! I got mine for $[...] plus 4 years extended warranty at Best Buy. Best value out there.

• 8 Poe

  I ordered a 50in. Samsung DLP HDTV 1080p and was very surprised how well packed it came to my home. I was skeptical in ordering this product for fear something could go wrong with the shipping. I already belonged to a satellite service company, and all I had to do was call them and they came out and changed over the box and dish and set everything up HD for me. Would recommend anyone interested in ordering to do so.br /

• 9 Tharin

  I have had the HL50A650 for one month. The picture quality is as good as any plasma or lcd hdtv that I have seen. There is no trace of bluring or loss of resolution in high movement movies such as Transformers.br /br /The Amazon price for this hdtv was competitive and much, much less than the other technologies.br /br /The picture needed very little adjustment during setup which was extremely easy. The only aspect which required some thought was getting the picture format correct for my cable as I do not subscribe to the high definition channels and must up sync sdtv.br /br /As with all DLP there is a foreshortened viewing angle so the TV horizontal centerline should be mounted at eye level.br /br /I am going to purchase the 3D accessory so that when the hdtv 3d format is instituted I can view them on this set.

• 10 Robert

  We love this TV. My husband researched TVs for months before this purchase. We are both happy with our purchase! br /Plus, the company (or their delivery company) brings it in your house, sets it up for you, and makes sure it works before leaving. Great service!!!

• 11 Nickels

  I bought this unit in August, 2004 and love it! I probably overpaid as this was “new” technology back then. I bought the 4 year extended warranty from Best Buy and had the DLP bulb replaced twice. Each time the bulb was replaced it was not absolutely necessary but hey, I paid for the extra warranty… I’m using component input cables from my Denon AVR-1905 and am considering upgrading to the AVR-1909 so I can connect to the Samsung with HDMI. I just got a Blu-ray player and am shopping for the AVR-1909 but I’m struggling with a reason to upgrade the TV. This Samsung has been a real winner. I’d like to get a 58″ LCD or Plasma but will probably wait for this DLP to break down. I’s strongly recommend a Samsung DLP to anyone in the market.

• 12 Quock

  I’ve had mine for three years. It was the product of the year in 2005 when I bought it. The only problem I’ve had (and I haven’t tried to get it fixed) is I can’t use the component inputs because they have some kind of short in them. I use the other inputs instead. Maybe I’ll get the component inputs fixed some day, who knows. But it hasn’t been something I’ve had to do so I haven’t done it. I have been wanting to get a Blu-Ray player but the salesman I spoke to said the 720p output of my TV isn’t the ideal output for Blu-Ray and I would be wasting my money. I need a TV that supports 1080p. Well, I’m not ready for a new TV just yet so the Blu-Ray will have to wait I guess..

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