Samsung LN40A550 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 40" widescreen HDTV (16:9 aspect ratio) * high-gloss black finish * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * 1920 x 1080 pixels * Product details and pricing info |
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262 Customer Reviews Posted
- fair
- The series 5 Samsung TV we purchased is ok. The sound is good. The controls are easy enough to use. The picture quality is just OK. I had expected the picture to be clearer than it is. We have dish network and even the HD. channels are not very clear.
- 2008-06-23, 0 of 5 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- buy it!
- this t.v. really stands up to all the hype...i have been looking into buying a flat panel for months and this one caught my eye at best buy..i just recieved the t.v a couple days ago and am completely blown away from the clarity of the picture..im not even using a cable box yet and standard television channels look amazing..the HD ones are beyong imagination...if your looking for a breath taking t.v. this is the one! minor irritations with the speakers due to a hallow sound but the can be overcome with a sound system. the picture quality more than makes up for this minor flaw
- 2008-06-22, 0 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- The BEST HD Starts Here!
- After reviewing several dozen reviews on the best selling 1080P HD TVs I went over to Best Buy and watched them and compared them in person. Sure enough, this TV, in the 40 in and 46 inch sizes had the clearest, sharpest, brightest, most amazing picture quality I've ever seen. I wondered if I should step up and pay another $500 for the "red" series TVs with supposedly better contrast ratios and refresh rates, etc. but wanting to keep my purchase price around $1200 or so I went with this TV and now I'm so glad I did! This TV has plenty of contrast and speed and even the standard speakers on the TV excellent. My TV arrived in 6 days from the time I placed my order with Amazon and it was carefully delivered to my home with a appt. set up by CEVA shipping. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS TV! The best I've seen at any price or size. Just get it! You won't be disappointed! But if you really want to see what this TV can do you will want to also get a Blu-ray player and a copy of the BBS video Planet Earth. Absolutely astounding! Go for it!
- 2008-06-20, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Very Nice TV, White Glove Service not so great.
- I am on week one of my TV and am very pleased. I upgraded from a 27" crt model and the difference just knocks you out. On recommendation of a friend I watched some Discovery Channel HD programming. All I can say is "WOW!"
Everyone else has pretty much said what needs to be said, but I do have one comment. I saw a review where someone mentioned getting an $11 HDMI cable.
Folks, if you are going to spend this kind of money on a TV, why be cheap with the cable? Go ahead and spend a little extra to get the 10g monster cable. You wouldn't buy a new porsche and put a honda civic transmission in. Would you?
The only negative I have about this purchase is the white glove delivery service. The tracking info had my TV scheduled for June 11 delivery. I expected to get a call on June 10 to schedule a time. Instead, the TV showed up unannounced on the 10th. It was just lucky someone was home at the time. And then the guys just plopped the box down in the livinging room and left. No unpacking, no taking the garbage away.
I of course called Amazon. The first person I talked to about it thanked me for telling them, but made no offer of a rebate. I didn't pursue the matter with her because I wanted to wait until I got the tv unpacked and set up, so I would know if there were any problems. My next call was made that night and I was told I'd have to call back during the day. That surprised me, I had never run into that with Amazon before.
Finally I talked to a guy the next day who at first didn't seem to understand why I was dissatisfied. I told him that the white glove delivery is supposed to be part of the service. He told me I should keep the box for at least 30 days in case there was a problem. I tried to tell him that if the delivery service did their job correctly I wouldn't have the box anyway. That logic seemed to escape him.
But he did pass the report on to someone else and a couple days later I got an email telling me I had a $30 credit.
I'm not sure I feel totally recompensed for my trouble, but it was something.
So the moral is. The TV is great, but don't count on the white glove people to do their job. - 2008-06-19, 2 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Sansumg LN40A550
- This is a great Tv with a picture worth watching. The service was good and was delivered in about 10 days. I would recommend this tv.
- 2008-06-19, 0 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
