Samsung LNT5271F 52-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
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280 Customer Reviews Posted
- Best LCD, feature and picture quality
- I researched LCD's for 6 months, was about to buy the Samsung 5265 but the Amazon price spikes on that over the summer made me wait. Then the 71 series was discussed, saw one on display at Bestbuy and pulled the trigger over Labor Day - used the 12% off coupon ($3850 was the price for the 52 delivered), got 3 years no interest, plus 60 day price guarantee. Over the weekend, Amazon had this same unit for $3,375 + free SH. Went back to Bestbuy yesterday requested a price match to Amazon or advised I would return the set, they not obly matached Amazon, but also gave me 10% of the difference. Nice deal, love the set so far.
- 2007-09-10, 25 of 26 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Wish I had bought this one...
- I researched the 81 and 71 series for as long as they had been announced (~ 6 months, since CES show). I got all hopped up about the "100k" contrast ratio on the 81 series due completely to the new "LED" backlighting. Well, at AVS forums, one guy bought both, and concluded that it only mattered when the screen was totally black (like the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen when watching a wide screen formatted movie, or a fade scene), and then only a little. The general conclusion seemed to point to the 71 series being the sleeper hit so far this year (dunno about the xbr5, but some reports put this one right with it), and that the 81 series wasn't worth the extra grand or more.
Too late for me, because I rushed into BB to pay up front for an 81 series tv as soon as the store had the sku in their system (4 weeks before they even showed up). Yeah, I got to use a 12% off good customer coupon, but in the end I could have had a 52" 71 series instead of a 46" 81 series (especially seeing how heavily discounted they are now on Amazon). The anti-motion options in the 81 are only available in "movie" mode, and are buried in the menus, and only has an on/off option, versus the 71's easy to navigate 3 level options for the anti-motion feature.
The reviews point to the colors and picture appearing just about the same between the 2 tv's when the screen or a large portion of it wasn't all black. Other than that....get this one. It is worth the premium over the 61 or 65 series. As long as you can live with a glossy / semi-glossy screen (versus the xbr4/5's matte screens), you won't be sorry. As for me, I'm wondering if I should bite the bullet and be one of those turkeys who uses the 30 day guarantee to return the TV and get a 71 series...it is a lot of money not to be totally satisfied with the purchase. Best of luck. - 2007-09-06, 131 of 144 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- waiting...
- I've been on learning curve re HDTV options - DLP, CD, plasma, front projection, CRT (yeah, there are HDTV CRT) for past 30 - 45 days. Closing in on samsung plasma or lcd or dlp. lnt-4665f or lnt-5265f are two that I have evaluated in person at CC and BB in the last month. Like the glossy screen and bezel of the 65f series. Been reading reviews about same and can confirm good stuff. Also heard about the new 81 and 71 series out in mid-August. Our Bangor, ME, CC (Circuit City) sold all five of their initial 4671F in one week at $3200 each. The sales folks all wish they could buy the 4671f and say that all customers looking at 4671 buy it after comparing to 4665. I think that this must be something with the 120hz. 4665 is not crappy, so 4671 must be something! Please check out Alfred Poor's website (www.hdtvprofessor.com) and educate yourselves about HDTV and AVOID buying mistakes - Wrong resolution, wrong size. (Too high or too small, believe it.) Then look into DLP, especially LED lamp, not HD arc lamp. Still trending to 65f series -probably 5265f, but might try to break the bank for 4671 or 5271f. Good luck.
- 2007-08-29, 8 of 30 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Demoed at Best Buy - One Word - WOW!
- I don't own this unit but I did get a first hand demonstration at Best Buy in Boynton Beach, FL in August 2007. The 120HZ technology is unbelievable. It almost makes a movie look 'too real'... it's kind of hard to describe without actually seeing it. The jump in video quality exceeds the jump from even DVD to Blu-Ray... more like from black & white to color! I'm not sure yet if I'm ready to watch a movie this lifelike... but you can disable the motion technology and watch in 'standard high-def'.
- 2007-08-26, 11 of 26 people found this review helpful, Rated:
