Samsung LN32A450 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 32" 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) * 1366 x 768 pixels * Product details and pricing info |
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136 Customer Reviews Posted
- Samsung LN32A450 32-inch 720 LCD HDTV
- I am very pleased with the product and customer servie at Amazon. This telvision was worth the money. I highly recommend this product!!!!!!
- 2008-04-29, 3 of 7 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great Picture, Poor Customer Service
- The engineering and picture quality on this is amazing. Quite Frankly, however, Samsung has the worst customer service I have ever witnessed. The base of the unit was broken upon arrival. Samsung informed me that they don't cover any physical defects, even though it was boxed at the Manufacturer and the box was defective. They were rude and obnoxious to me on the phone.
The seller through Amazon replaced the TV for me, thankfully. The TV is really a great device, but if you are bothered by rude corporate beaurocracy when it comes to customer service, buy something else. - 2008-04-27, 11 of 13 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Samsung 4 Series 32" HDTV - Good value & good quality
- Good image quality watching local HDTV stations, DVD movies and video games. This 32" LCD HDTV has 3 HDMI inputs, S video, composite video in, component video in and optical audio out.
The HDTV is easy to set up, with an automated feature that finds all the HDTV channels on air or your local cable. The black levels and contrast are quite good. This screen features 720P progressive scan.
The remote and menu software are well designed, so that you don't have to go too deep into the menu to adjust settings. The prices in Atlanta area ranged from $800 at Fryes Electronics to $712 at HH Gregg. Prices online appear to range from $700 to $1000.
Since the Samsung 400 series was launched in March 2008 this is quite a range of prices. The Samsung 4 series is intended as Samsung's value line, compared to the more upmarket Samsung 5 series. However, this monitor seems to have better picture quality than some of the other 32" LCD TV's we reviewed in the $800-900 range. This price and quality makes the Samsung 4 series a good value for the dollar. - 2008-04-13, 43 of 43 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- So far so good
- Bought this model a few days ago from H&H Gregg for $807 "on sale." Not clear why they would be discounting a model that just came out this month by $92 off list price when last year's model was still selling for more than that, since the new model boasts better technical specs in several important respects.
Bought Samsung because many reviews indicated Samsung was worth the extra money in picture quality over cheaper 32" models. The picture is excellent. The documentation is good as far as it goes. However, there are a myriad of picture controls that are probably great for the afficianado, but bewildering to any neophyte. Unfortunately, the documentation doesn't give you any real insight into when you would want to deviate significantly from the default settings. You just have to keep experiementing until you find what you like. There are several "automatic" settings that supposedly make adjustments to the picture based on the input source and material, but frankly I couldn't tell whether and how this was working.
Likewise, there is a special feature that is supposed to enhance picture quality to the highest level (precisely how is a little unclear), but that feature may be toggled on or off, and is available in only the "dynamic" mode, not the "regular" or "movie" mode. Again, why this is so is not in any way explained in the manual.
Nevertheless, the picture if excellent under most conditions and probably just a little tweaking of the default settings is sufficient most of the time. I did notice a little shadowing in the action scenes from a PBS drama. There was also some weird flickering in an HD broadcast of an NHL hockey game, perhaps because the white ice is on the screen so much of the time. This did not occur in any of the other sporting events - NCAA basketball, golf, NASCAR etc - all of which looked awesome.
On this model, the speakers are hidden below the picture and the sound quality is a bit weak. But then for any sound that matters much to you, output can be sent to your external speaker system.
Set up was easy. The set looks great, so much sharper than the clunky CRT set that it replaced. Only problem was that the first effort to automatically detect local over the air HD stations failed to find a couple, which turned up on a second try. The "Favorite" channel designation feature is a nice way to focus on the few stations you may want to consistently view. - 2008-03-31, 59 of 60 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Just purchased.....
- Well, I just bought this TV, going to hook it up 2marrow....I'll let ya'll know how it is as there is no reviews out yet. Kinda strange...lol
- 2008-03-29, 2 of 102 people found this review helpful, Rated:
