Rating  - Very Nice TV
I had a Samsung DLP HDTV for a while now. The TV was awesome. Unfortunately, it went with the house when we sold it. Decided to get a LED TV from Samsung. Picture quality is great. Does lack some inputs, I have some older AV equipment. It does support the newer HDMI and component video nicely (better quality than the older RCA inputs). Overall, a great buy.
Rating - GREAT!!! TV
A few weeks back, I decided it was time to replace my 12 year old Sony TV and 17 year old "stereo" system with its two cheap speakers.
End result, after lots of research, was the purchase of the following, all from Amazon.
- Samsung LN40A650 LCD TV
- Onkyo TX-SR606
- JBL CS6100 6-Piece Home Cinema Speaker Package
- Logitech Harmony 550 Universal Remote
Also connected are;
- Scientific Atlanta cable set top box from Time Warner
- Sony SLV-D300P DVD/VCR which is 2-3 years old
- Nintendo Game Cube
Installation was in a 20'x30' room.
My goals were to have a high quality TV with decent sound, and keep the entire cost under $2500 if at all possible. Goal achieved, even with the purchase of the incidentals; some speaker wire, banana clips for speaker cables, an optical digital audio, cable, etc.
My concerns prior to the purchase;
- Would the 40 inch TV be large enough? Yes it is even though most of the viewing is across almost all of the 30" length of the room. While the 46" version would have worked as well, neither initially, nor at any time in the four weeks I've had this running have I found myself wishing I had the larger screen. My other concern with the 600 series was the glossy screen. Where my old CRT was, I always had glare from outside during the same and from a lamp at night... the LCD is mounted in a different place, but even so, it's virtually impossible to find glare on this screen when it's on. I have to view the screen from about a 75 degree angle from the side to find reflections... very pleased with how this worked out.
- I had read some disparaging things in the forums about the CEVA shipping company who would deliver the TV. CEVA was perfect. The TV arrived sooner than I expected (Reno where they ship from to Orange County). CEVA called on a Friday, confirmed that they could deliver any time the next week. They showed up about 0930 on Monday, right at the time they said they would. The shipping carton and contents were in perfect condition. Delivery people offered to unpack and help with taking out of the box... phone contact and delivery staff, all professional. I couldn't can't ask more of a shipping company.
- Even with all my research, I kept hoping that I'd find no connection and set up surprises with the Onkyo. Setup was painless although. My only "had to read the book" was because the older Sony DVD/VCR combo has separate outputs for both the DVD and the VCR.. I wound up using digital audio out and S-video for the DVD side and composite video/audio for the VCR.
- Speakers... even if you go to all of the places you can visit to hear speakers, you have no idea how they will actually sound in your own environment. And, speakers are an object thing. My concerns here were that the only review I could find was for the smaller CS480 speakers. the CD480s have a single woofer and tweeter in satellites vs. the dual woofers in the CS6100 package. The reviews of the CD480s indicated that they were a bit bright, a bit lacking in mid-range under some conditions. I don't find that to be the case with the CS6100s, maybe because of the dual woofers.
I selected the TV because I already owned a 32" Samsung purchased last Christmas, and am still VERY happy with it. And a friend whose opinions I trust had just purchased the LN4A650. The 4ms response time and 120Hz refresh rate were also part of the decision to go with a 6 series vs. a 5 series... my only concern was the glossy display and that turned out to be a complete non-issue. The display is amazing, the Olympics really show off how good sports can look... the colors in the CSI and CSI Miami series really show you how much attention the people making TV have adapted to HD production.. sound is OK if you don't have a large room and done have a receiver.
I selected the Onkyo SR606 for a variety of reasons.
- Four HDMI inputs
- One HDMI output (there are only two cables to my TV; power and HDMI.. a nice, neat, almost wireless setup)
- Sufficient other inputs to deal with anything I have and might buy, including a plugging in a yet to be purchase Apple Universal Dock for i-Pods and i-Phones
- The Onkyo can "upscale" all non-HDMI video input to 1080i... no need to buy a separate DVD `up-convert' box for the older Sony DVD player. The Onkyo does a nice job of up scaling older DVD movies and the graphics from the Game Cube are excellent. Pleasant surprises... the Onkyo senses audio source from the cable box... example, if the TV program is broadcast in HD with 5.1 audio, the Onkyo passes the 1080i from the cable box straight through, and automatically sets the audio settings to use the 5.1 source. Switch channels to a channel with only stereo and the Onkyo switched to "TV Logic"... you can manually override any of these settings (quickly from the Logitech remote), but i find little reason to do so. Another nice surprise... I often watch TV after the rest of the household has gone to bed. Many movies, some TV and even some commercials are delivered with 5.1 sound. And when the satellite speakers kick in with the sound effects or music score, the volume in the room goes up enough to wake people. The Onkyo has two "Night Mode" settings which soften the higher volume sound affects and music scores either a little bit, or quite a bit. Result is, you can pick a sound level which is high enough to hear dialogue, and not have to dive for the remote when music or sound effects kick in.
Last nice surprise was with Amazon per se. A friend asked me about my TV a couple of weeks after i had it installed. I happened to check Amazon and noticed the price of the TV had dropped $78 since my purchase. One quick phone call to Amazon, a few minutes on the phone, and the credit hit my credit card the next day.
Advice.
Dealing with four remotes is a pain... all four of my remotes, Time Warner, Samsung, Onkyo and Sony... claim to be "universal" and to some extent and with significant limitations, they are. The $75 I paid for the Logitech remote is some of the best money I've ever spent.
HDMI cables... DON'T buy them at your local superbox stereo/appliance/computer/sound store. They all charge $75-$150 for cables you can buy at places like www.bluejeancable.com for $20-$25 dollars. For the most part, and with a few limitations, HDMI is HDMI is HDMI... that fancy $250 HDMI cable is no better than a well built $25 cable.
Speaker wire connections. If you speakers and/or your receiver support the use of "banana clips", use them. Blue Jeans cable carries them, and if you buy HDMI cable from them, a good buy. But you can probably find these locally for not much more if they are all you need and avoid the shipping cost.
It all came together and works the way I wanted it to... I'd do this combination again in a heartbeat. (no, i don't work for any of these companies).
Rating - Great TV Great/Fast Service
Samsung LN40A650 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color This Tv is great I just got it it has a crystal clear picture. Ordered the TV Late Sunday night recieved it Early Thursday afternoon. Amazon uses a great professional Delivery service they will set up the tv for you. Unlike other internet Retailers they are Hassel free and they are well priced ( NO TAX NO DELIEVERY FEE ). I will definately use Amazon again to purchase high end items.
Rating  - BEAUTIFUL!!
MY SAMSUNG LN40A650 40" 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV WITH RED TOUCH OF COLOR IS THE BEST TV I'VE EVER BOUGHT. ARRIVED ON TIME. THE GENTLEMAN SET IT UP FOR US.THE COLOR IS WONDERFUL. THE STYLE IS BEAUTIFUL FOR ANY SETTING. I WAS SO AMAZED OF THE QUALITY. ALL MY FRIENDS WANT ONE. THE PRICE WAS A STEAL. I SEARCED FOR WEEKS BEFORE MY DECISION WAS MADE. THIS WAS THE ONE, AND IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. ONLY ONE HOLD UP. THE REMOTE IS A LITTLE MUCH FOR ME. OF COURSE I'M NOT GREAT WITH THAT STUFF.AND IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN HOW GREAT IT WOULD BE I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT A SIZE LARGER. OTHER WISE THIS IS THE PERFECT TV FOR ANYONES NEEDS.
Rating - So Far So Good
Our TV arrived on 8-12-08, which immediately helped calm our nerves about buying something this expensive on line. We researched HD TVs for 6 months and we are still convinced this TV is a great buy at a great price especially not having to pay sales tax or freight charges, plus we get 24 months free financing. We are now waiting for the cable company to come out and install our HD Cable Box, so we can't comment on the HD feature at this time, but the picture quality of digital cable and our Wii are 200% better than compared to our old bubble tube TV.
The Red Touch of Color looks wonderful since our living room decor has plenty of red/orange/yellow spread around, and it helps that our entertainment center and tables are dark brown/black in color with tan couch and love seat . If someone has a light colored decor in and around where they will be viewing this TV, I'm not sure how they might feel about the Red Touch of Color, but for our home, it couldn't look any better!
Once we have our HD Cable Box installed we will update our review, but as of right now we are completely satisfied and couldn't be happier.
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