Samsung LN32A450 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV

I mounted this LCD on a wall. It looks great and the picture is excellent. The LCD has the correct supports in the rear for mounting. Also, duplicate input/output connections on the SIDE and REAR for cable, etc., makes it real convenient.
Amazon price was best I could find - $50-100 less than the big box stores and NO tax. LCD ordered on Sunday - delivered on Thursday !!! Strongly recommend.

The TV required some simple assembly but was ready to hook up in under ten minutes. Hook up was only complicated by feeding the cables through my cabinet. The picture is astounding! I shopped this brand for about four months and am very happy with the purchase.
We have HD satellite and are always laughing at how much "worse" CSI (and all the others) is now that we can see all the grisly details with a clarity that makes us cringe. Can hardly wait to view some really seriously gory "splatter" film just for the heck of it!
Samsung has a great TV.

November 9, 2008
I purchased the Samsung LCD HDTV yesterday from our most respected appliance dealer here in Long Island, New York. In the store the TV had the most varied and interesting features and I would say the best picture quality at any price point I compared. Samsung is a trusted name in electronics with a sound history of dependability. I would advise my readers of being watchfull for any problems or issues in attaching the TV to a fitting designed for a TV cart. In my case I was unable to achieve a snug fitting after many telephone calls to Samsung customer service. I will now have to attempt an exchange with the appliance dealer or Samsung. Absent this possibly isolated although uncomfortably too common issue amongst TV manufactuers, I would stll say include this TV in your shopping evaluations. If this issue changes in content, I will be happy to amend my review with subsequent comment.

Jay Adler, Music Critic

I have bought two samsung tv's a 61" Led HLT6187S and a 32" LN32A450C. The 61" quit working 1 week after I bought it and the 32" didn't even make it 8 hours after it was purchased. I will never buy anything that is made by samsung again. JUNK!!!

I did a LOT of research before choosing this TV. I read every single review here...and about 1,000 others for other TVs. We just got ours two days ago. We are supposed to have cable hooked up to it today and have been using a DVD upconvertor ($39 Phillips @ Costco) and wow does it look great!! I am anxious to try out the channel functions too.
We turned the backlighting down to "3" (not sure if that is down far enough) so as not to shorten the life of the TV. We have it set on standard mode, which after all our lives on regular TVs...it is still a vast improvement.(Dynamic mode was BRIGHT! and actually bothered my eyes after a short time).
We were surprised that after setting the picture to 16:9 all "widescreen" movies didn't fill up the entire screen, that some still had the black on the top and bottom (in some cases really skinny viewing that was annoying). We thought the point of getting a TV like this was to view those types of formats better. We ended up putting it on "just scan" and many of our movies fill most of the screen. Sometimes we used the zoom feature on the DVD player. Then again, maybe something in our TV set up was wrong and it could fill the whole screen if we did it right.
I expected setting up the screws on the stand to be a bit difficult, but it wasn't, once we figured out how to point it the right direction. Tip: our base woouldn't swivel until we got the connector and the TV attached...then it swiveled just fine. We tried for quite a while to get the thing in the base to turn so it was lined up to the front of the base correctly...it was a waste of time. Once we resigned ourselves to just turning the base to the angle necessary for viewing and finished setting up the stand...then it worked! Getting the screws in so that the TV is level, seems to be much easier if someone holds the TV straight while the screws are being screwed in by another person. Ours was perfect the first time.
I was curious what "weak" meant on the sound. Now I think I understand. The SRS is audible, but not a huge difference between that and what we have had before. Some difference, just not a huge difference like I expected. However, the sound is not at all "bad", and is plenty good enough for us. Still get chills when the THX logo comes up... just like the theatre.
The whiteglove service wasn't all it was cracked up to be, I didn't think. Someone did deliver and he did plug the TV in and make sure the picture and sound worked before letting me sign off on the paperwork. I think it would have worked the same or better sending it through UPS or something, turning it on ourselves, and probably getting it a few days sooner.
I am concerned about cleaning. The only instructions given are on the cloth, spraying it with water and wiping down the housing. No information on cleaning the screen. I broke down and bought some LCD TV screen cleaner by Monster (oh my gosh - $25!!!) from Best Buy....but am nervous about using it and possibly damaging the anti-glare coating or causing some other problem. The screen isn't dirty yet, so I have a little bit of time to decide if I will use the cleaner or not.
Overall...we love it! Of course, my husband and I looked at each other during our first viewing and both said, "Wish we could have gotten a bigger one", but this one will do quite well for our small living room and limited budget. We were looking for quality first and foremost. We didn't want to spend this much money and not be happy with the TV and its performance. So far...so very good :)