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Customer Reviews
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Great DLP
Samsung was one of the first to jump on the DLP wagon and they did a good job with this set. I have had mine for over one year now and it has been a very good television. The HD picture quality is as good as I have seen on a projection unit (less than 1080p.) DVDs and video games look fantastic on the HL-R5067W.
What does not look good, however, is regular definition content. Satellite or cable programming that is not in HD will be some what fuzzy and pixelated. Not so much that it is not watchable, though. This is a general issue with large DLP's and some LCD's though. It happens to be a bit worse with this particular model. On the other side of that, the HD image and DVD/Game picture was superior to the competitors.
In summary, if you watch mostly standard definition still, DLP and particularly this set, is probably not for you. Perhaps consider a Plasma since they are now entering this price range. If you watch more higher resolution content or are a console gamer, this is the best DLP I have seen, and the price has really come down since the 1080p sets are out now.
The remote control, hd-tuner, sound and osd are all solid and about the same as the competitors. This is a very good set, and even better at the current price.
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Rainbow effect
I have had this TV since Mid-March 2006. I absolutley love it!! I did extensive research before I bought a large screen TV and found that this Samsung seemed to give you the most bang for your buck. I read some reviews saying that DLP technology was plagued with problems from the rainbow effect, especially in movies with lots of dark scenes and lots of moving action. One reviewer specifically said to try playing "Bourne Supremecy" to see an example of the rainbow effect. This was the first dvd I played on this tv and I did not once have a problem with rainbow effect. Overall I have no complaints with this TV. Samsung has produced an excellent product. I recommend either satellite or HD programming for the best picture. Regular cable comes in sort of grainy.
As far as where to buy it, I recommend Best Buy. I originally was going to buy from Amazon because when I first looked they were offering free shipping. When I decided to buy their was no longer free shipping, so off to Best Buy I went where they price matched me with amazon's price no questions asked. Best Buy offers an extended warranty for around $400 that covers bulb replacement or any other problems. It will also cover the rainbow effect on the slight chance that you have any problem with it. Overall a wonderful product.
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Be prepared to upgrade everything else, or be dissatisfied!
OK, let me first say that this TV CAN be great. OTA broadcasts in HD are very nice. Video games look very nice (especially Xbox 360, intended for HD).
HOWEVER, gaming on lesser systems, like gen1 Xbox, PS2, GameCube, etc. will leave you with a half-second lag between the time you do something on the controller and when it actually happens on the screen. For games where timing is important (most, though some more than others), this is a killer. It has been said that setting your input to the "GAME" label addresses this, but it most certainly DOES NOT.
NEXT, today's DVDs are meant for 480p resolution, so they must be upconverted (either by the TV or an upconverting DVD player) to display on this TV. Even upconverted, many DVDs still look terrible, especially in darker scenes, where you will see all kinds of heavy distortion/blockiness and solid textures that appear to be moving (when they shouldn't be). I assume (and hope) that once HD-DVD (or Blu-Ray) comes out, those DVDs will look perfect on this TV... But don't expect it from standard DVDs that exist today.
FINALLY, there is an issue of "video lag", where the video is a fraction of a second behind the audio (if you send your audio to your receiver for surround sound), creating a lip-sync problem. It's not ALL the time, but MUCH of the time. If your receiver has an audio delay feature, this can help, or you can buy a 3rd party audio delay device. I see these as Band-Aids though, to address a problem in the TV that should not exist. I feel that if the TV had this kind of issue, then it was not ready to be sold.
SUMMARY: This is a good TV that has potential to look great, but not without upgrading all your other equipment too. This means potentially new (1) Receiver (for audio delay feature), (2) DVD player (to an upconverting model w/ HDMI, which will still be unsatisfactory in many cases -- hi-def DVD player and movies are the true solution here), (3) Gaming system (that natively supports 720p, so TV does not have to upconvert the signal, which is the supposed cause of the gaming response lag), (4) Cable service (standard cable looks pretty bad on this TV, need HD content) and/or OTA antenna (better results than same channels over HD cable).
See this forum BEFORE you buy, it's dedicated to this particular TV, and has LOADS (too much for some) of info, good and bad! http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=537675&page=46&pp=60
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This TV is awesome!
This in an outstanding DLP television. Picture is still bright and clear from side angles. The HD TV picture is very good. The menus are simple and easy to navigate. We are very happy with our purchase.
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Wife wanted it, I fell in love with it...
I was mad when my old CRT set blew last week, even more upset when my wife told me she wanted to replace it with a $2000 HDTV and measuring 50" (requiring an upgrade in our furniture and AV cables), but after buying the 5067W at my local BestBuy and setting it up I couldn't be happier. But, with every big purchase and life changing event (SD->HDTV) a small amount of advice before taking the plunge would have made things go a lot smoother, so let me tell all of you who are thinking about buying this TV a bit of the details that I had to figure out on my own.
First, as an owner of a PS2 I was not very happy about the review here that stated the 5067W had a full second delay when using a console. After further research I found that most DLP sets suffer from this as a result of the time it takes to upconvert the analog signal, but one small bit of information I found made all the difference in the world. The Samsung set has a GAME mode you can select for any of the various inputs that drastically cuts down on the delay, and to do away with it completely I recommend buying a set of component AV cables for your game system for a full digital to digital signal (plus it looks fantastic).
Next, HDTV... As a DirecTV subscriber I was upset that it would cost me an additional $550-600 to convert my Tivo and dish to an HDTV set, and furious when I found out that only 3 of the four major local channels and five additional total choice stations were available in HD. In my mind it wasn't worth the money to convert my service to HD for such a small number of channels. I was also upset when I saw how crummy a SD broadcast looked on the new TV (due to the 640 lines being upconverted to the higher HD resolution of the set... its like taking a low rez photo and magnifying it to twice its size). The solution? Buy a $40-50 HDTV Indoor Over-the-Air antenna! Having the typical bad/fuzzy experience with bunny ear antennas in the past I was highly skeptical about the quality a simple antenna would produce, especially for HD broadcasts... I thought I was going to be proved right when I plugged in a Terk antenna I bought and tuned to our local Fox station only to see a bad reception with a lot of snow... of course what no one bothered to tell me was stations broadcast HD on a different channel!
After fixing that problem we watched our first HD broadcast Monday night ("24") and I'm now a believer. This set is awesome! HD looks fantastic and our overall experience couldn't be better. This set has more inputs than I have components, with the VGA input being a personal favorite, allowing me to run my iBook on the TV (crystal clear picture) and using iTunes and iChat at levels I never thought possible. The remote needs more work, and less TV Guide plugs, but the on-screen menu is a joy to use.
I highly recommend this TV and a Terk HDTVa antenna to go with it for local HD broadcasts.
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