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have been made by recent purchasers who are discussing both
good and not so good aspects of Samsung
LN32A450
LCD HDTV, as well as relating their
purchase experience. Some explain why they took a long time
before deciding to commit to their purchase decision, or
known issues related to 32-Inch LCD
HDTVs.
Also, third party testing rates Samsung LN32A450 as one of the
best-performing LCDs. The bottom line is the
32A450 picture quality, anchored by
excellent black-level performance, and accurate color,
surpasses that of many other competing models.
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 Samsung 32/720P LCD HDTV,
February 5, 2009
Love this TV set, it
is sharp and clear, the HD picture is beautiful. I
have never read the instructions but going through the
menus is easy. I was worried about getting a
720 instead of 1080
but have not been disappointed, the money I saved was
worth it.
Samsung 32, February
4, 2009
I bought this TV based on the many favorable comments
posted on Amazon and many other web sites. At the time, the
price of $577 including free shipping was very competitive so I
went ahead and ordered one.
It was received within 7 business days. It took me about 30
minutes to unpack it and set it up. No problems at all. I have
a small den where I watch TV and use my computer so the 32 inch
size is perfect. There is a menu which is easy to follow and
there are numerous options to make changes to color, size,
tint, sharpness, etc. plus options to save channels and more. A
very good TV in my opinion but this is my first HD TV. I
noticed that a local retailer is now selling this product for
$500.
HB Portland, OR.
Very Good Product,
January 30, 2009
I purchased this unit
to replace a 27" monitor style Zenith that was
starting to fail. I checked many previous reiviews and
went out to Best Buy to compare different
manufacturers, and resolutions.
I had read many reviews saying that under 40" width you
really didn't need 1080p resolution unless you were; a, a
big gamer; b, hooking up a computer to it as a monitor; or
if you were going to use a Blueray Player with it. I did
not plan on adding any of these options, so, after
comparing several different units side by side and from
about the distance I would be viewing it I decided on this
unit.
I had the TV professionally installed on a PDR mount in my
bedroom. Picture has been great. Sound has been adequate
for the room that it is in, but if you really want to hear
all of the sound from an HD signal, I would find some way
to upgrade the audio.
I would buy this unit again.
Excellent TV for a good
price, May 1, 2008
Pros: Outstanding, crisp HD picture; excllent color
contrast; solid response time
Cons: Slight pixelation with poor quality SD signal
"After doing a huge amount of research, I finally settled
on this set. I was actually interested in the slightly
lower-priced Toshiba Regza, but every store in my area was
out. While shopping around, I noticed that this Samsung in
particular seemed to have a top-notch picture. Finally I
decided to take the plunge 3 days ago, and I have not been
disappointed at all. In the past I have had several issues
with LCD TVs, which is why I had been hesitating up to now.
I know these issues are on many people's minds, and so I
will address each one:
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Motion Response
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First, and most important, is response time with fast
motion. I am driven absolutely nuts if the TV can't "hold"
the motion (that is, if the image smears, or fractures,
when high speed elements are zooming across the screen).
The element you are looking for in an LCD monitor that
tells you about this is "response time", and you want
something 8ms or below. I believe this TV is 6ms (the specs
say this on Sammy's website, but several stores have it
listed as 8ms). In any case, this TV "holds" the motion of
even fast images extremely well. In the store, it held
motion best of all comparably priced models, including the
Sony Bravias around $1k, and the Sharps around the same
price. When I got it home, I tested it out with Star Wars
ep. 1 and the battle sequence from Narnia. Both looked
outstanding using a regular DVD player with HDMI upconvert
to 720p. You will not see ghosting issues with high def
images.
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Color and contrast
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Color fidelity and contrast are also important to me, and
LCDs have been known to have issues producing deep blacks
and bright whites. This is not a problem for this set. It
produces excellent color, and did so right out of the box
with the factory pre-sets. I have not had to fiddle with it
at all. I did try switching to "Cinema" mode, which has
some nice characteristics, but even without that,
everything looked amazing.
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Standard Def rendition
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Another major issue with LCDTVs and monitors is that
anything not displayed at the native resolution tends to
look blurred or "fractured". I was very concerned about
this because I have lots of old DVDs of shows like Seinfeld
and the Simpsons, which I know were never broadcast in HD.
Also many TV stations have not yet made the switch (though
most have). Here the TV was about as good as I have seen,
though it is not perfect. The good news is that upconverted
SD sources like the Seinfeld DVDs look excellent -- every
bit as good as on a regular TV, if not better. The bad news
is that your VHS tapes are going to look blurry and
pixelated on a set like this. I don't have a lot of VHS
tapes left, and so this isn't a huge deal. Regular SD
sources with this set vary in quality. For example, the SD
version of Animal Planet had a special on the other night
that almost looked HD. At the same time, flip channels to
CNN, and it looks terrible. I suspect this is the broadcast
quality and NOT the set... otherwise all channels would
look awful in SD. So when you get a nice SD source being
broadcast, it looks fine.
.
I would highly recommend this set. After connecting my HD
cable box today and watching things like CSI:Miami, Vegas,
and Miss Congeniality, all in widescreen HD, I can say that
I am totally blown away by this set's HD performance. I
don't think you'll be able to find a better HD TV set for
the price."
Samsung 4 Series 32" HDTV - Good
value & good quality, April 13, 2008
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.
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