Samsung LN52A550 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

If you're planning on using the OPTICAL OUT (sound) feature of this television, keep the following statement from Samsung's manual in mind:

"When the source is a digital component such as a DVD and is connected to the TV via HDMI, only 2 channel sound will be heard from the Home Theater receiver.If you want to hear 5.1 channel audio, connect the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (OPTICAL) jack on the DVD player or Cable/Satellite Box directly to an Amplifier or Home Theater, not the TV."

also:

"The difference between HDMI and DVI is that the HDMI device is smaller in size and has the HDCP (High Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection) coding feature installed." If connecting your computer for playing Blu-Ray, use a HDMI (#2) connection (not DVI).

Color brigtness is good but not excellent. For those watching sports, consider Samsung's 600 series (LNA650), which has 120 hz scan frequency. (more expensive, of course)

One of the nice features of this television, is you can hook it up to your pc. Just remember to set your computer's scan frequency to 60 hz BEFORE you connect the two.

As for the positive remarks concerning this tv-they've already been mentioned in the other reviews. I DO RECOMMEND this tv wholeheartedly, though.

Have had this TV about a month and love it. Amazon's price was the best around and the delivery was quick. Company delivering the TV took it out of the box and tested it to make sure it worked before leaving. We paid to have it installed for us and was told we didn't need any additional equipment from our cable company. Not sure if this is true. The channels that broadcast in HD format are incredibly clear. The ones that do not are average but still an improvement over our old TV. We do notice some shadowing on a few channels. Still, would definitely recommend this TV.

I upgraded to this Samsung HDTV after a full year enjoying my SHARP LC-42D64U. I wanted to get LC-52D64U, but I was scared I would get one that has banding. I've been fully enjoying this Samsung HDTV for a couple of weeks now and it's just awesome. I followed some calibration settings from avsforum. Also, I can't complain about the sound for this tv since I have an Onkyo TX-SR705 receiver for my 7.1 surround.

I ordered my Samsung on Sunday at 11:40pm. It shipped on Monday morning. Received a call on Thursday confirming delivery for Friday. I received it Friday at 12:30pm. Plugged in PS2 Guitar Hero: Aerosmith through S-Video and it looked amazing. I plugged in my Home Theater/DVD player through Analog, and I was extremely surprised at how great "King Kong" looked. My sofa is twelve feet away from the LCD, but it looked flawless. Then I got a Mediabridge 1.3b HDMI cable($7) and plugged the Home Theater/DVD through HDMI. Glorious picture!!! I watched "Live Free or Die Hard", and it was perfect. I even got three feet away from the LCD and the resolution looked perfect. But I know I will never watch it from that close. I can't wait to see what it looks like when I get a Blue-Ray player. This LCD is GREAT. The transparent menu is NICE!!! I believe the sound is pretty descent once you tweak it, but I use my 5.1 Surround always. I'm very happy to have it hanging on my wall like a piece of art, and very pleased that Amazon came through every step of the way. It was a peaceful transaction.

The Samsung 52" 1080p is a really good tv. I have had it for a month now, and everything looks good and sounds good. When using a blue-ray player the picture quality is great. when just looking at non HD tv shows the picyure looks normal; no big differances can be seen. Overall the tv looks nice and the remote controll is cool.