Good picture from wide viewing angle
It was easy to hook up. The picture is great and there is no distortion even if viewed from a side angle - it can be watched from every chair in the room. Sound is pretty good. As someone who doesn't read instructions, it is easy to operate. The shiny black is very attractive, but is a dust magnet.

Samsung 26" LCD HDTV
Very good product; just as advertised; sharp picture and easy to use. As usual, very EXCELLENT ordering and QUICK delivery time from Amazon suppliers.

Great TV overall
This is my first HDTV and I couldn't be happier with the picture, it truely is amazing. The reason I give it 4* is because the sound is terrible, you really do NEED to buy external speakers. It sounds like a radio, which is a huge turn off if you doing something like playing Guitar Hero or watching mtv, things of that nature. I disregarded the other reviewers saying the sound is bad, it really is noticable. Just a little thing on my wish list, I wish it had S-Video, Headphone plug ins, and PIP but the 2 HDMI inputs make up for it. I just listed all the cons about the TV which may make you think that it's a bad set, but it really has great picture quality. Xbox 360 games look great with the HDMI input, and HD programs, like football, look so much better than with a regular TV. Regualr cable channels do look like crap, as they do with most/all HDTV's. Just be weary that if you buy this set you will most likely also need to buy speakers and digital cable. I'd recommend this to anyone.

Misleading images - Bezel is thicker than it is in images.
All of the advertising images of this TV are misleading. The black frame/bezel on this TV is actually about an inch wider than it appears to be in the advertising images of the TV. To me, this is a disappointment. Pretty good TV. Sound is ok but could be better. Seems to be some resonant vibration/distortion at moderate levels. Contrast range doesn't seem to meet specs.

Big Fan of Samsung TV's
I admit it, I'm a big fan of Samsung TV's! I have one in almost every size for different rooms in my home and vacation home. I have bought cheaper brands, but always regret it and end up replacing the cheaper brand with tried and true Samsung. Worth the extra money!

Love it
The picture is phenomenal and sound has come a long way from earlier LCDs. I was going to buy a wall mount for the swivel feature, but was pleasant;y surprised to learn the stand has it's own swivel feature already included. I am very happy with this purchase and would recommend it to anyone.

Having a blast with the new TV
I had this TV for about a month now and do not have any regrets about buying it used. I was looking for a TV a little under 2000 and found this one for 1900 with a open box discount. First of all blu-ray is the way to go with this TV, b/c of the clarity of all aspects. Bought this TV with a blu-ray capable samsung surround sound home theater system and a 40G PS3 with a free movie (troy). Set up was very very easy and went with HDMI cable and fiber optic cables for excellent audio. Popped in the blu-ray dvd and was astonished on how clear everything was. If you are looking for a TV and feel like going all out, this is the one to get. The reason I got this tv was for the 120 HZ

A Super TV
I lucked out when I found this tv through Amazon. I had been looking at several different models but I always came back to the Samsung. I'm glad I did as the picture and color are great, I would recommend this product to anyone.

Awesome TV, super blacks, great price.
I have had this TV for a couple of months now. I was trying to decide between this and the LN46A750. They were both the same price, but I wasn't too hot on the red border on this year's model. After doing some extensive research it all came down to this TV and the Sony XBR4. The XBR was more expensive, and seeing the two sets in the store there was no comparison. The Samsung has MUCH deeper blacks and better color and contrast. I think this may be partly due to the glossy finish on the Samsung's screen.

Speaking of which, this is one thing that I was worried about. I have a pretty bright room, and I was afraid that the glossy screen would be a problem. No worries, the only reflections you can see are those directly behind you.

This TV has plenty of inputs, although I only use about 2 (1 HDMI for my DVD player, 1 component for my HD Cable Box). I don't use any of the audio inputs anymore because of my surround sound, but when I did use the audio it seemed like the TV had decent sound. It was surprising the level of low-mid range sound the TV produced from such a small enclosure.

The AutoMotionPlus (AMP) feature is great! I tend to leave it on low, so I have never noticed any "jitter" that many reviewers have seen. I only (immediately) noticed the problem in the store when the TV was set on "high". I tried it at home, with the set on high, and did not notice anything. Samsung has (supposedly) released a firmware that fixed this problem, and I'm sure all of the new TVs ship with it. Still, I think it's overkill for me on high, and I found that the AMP on high (and sometimes medium) detracted from the viewing experience.

The black-levels on this TV are unmatched by any LCD I've ever seen. It doesn't quite match the levels of Pioneer's plasma line, but it can beat any LCD out there. The blacks are pretty incredible, even though there is a slight black crush.

I also use this TV on the VGA input with a Media Center PC that I built out of some old computer parts I had laying around. I can get 1080p resolution with some H.264 files doing this and truly see what the TV is capable of (because I don't have a Bluray player... yet). The image is outstanding. Clean, crisp, beautiful. Bright, bright whites. The detail is incredible on 1080p, and it looks MUCH better than Comcast's HD feed (which, by the way, is being recompressed on certain channels, search Google for "comcast recompress", first link for AVSForum). I just wish I could do AMP on the VGA input. Oh well, I'll eventually switch over to the HDMI input for my PC.

Lastly, the TV is pretty energy efficient for its size. Remember that when you get it, ALL the settings are cranked up to the max. You DON'T need it like this, and in fact it looks worse than if you tweak the settings. I tend to lower the brightness to 50%, and the backlight down to 3 or so. You may not be used to the slightly darker picture, so give yourself a couple of days with it. You get better detail and truer colors using this method, not to mention you basically cut power consumption in half.

SUMMARY:
This TV is outstanding. For the price you can't beat the color, black- and white-levels, quality of manufacturing, number on inputs, and features. The set itself is beautiful, and the picture is amazing. Great job, Samsung!

Great TV
Samsung is a well-respected brand and I had read reviews of this TV before I bought it. The TV has amazing picture quality. I have a PS3 hooked up to it and BluRay movies along with PS3 games, running in 1080p, look spectacular. The detail is superb and the color/contrast is great. As far as the sound quality goes, I don't really know since I have a home theater system. It has a lot of features and is, as far as I can tell, one of the best TVs for the money out there.

It isn't perfect, however. In my limited experience, the AutoMotion Plus (AMP), which is touted to smooth out the action and reduce blur, has not worked as Samsung claims. In movies it generally makes the slow moving scenes seem surreal and fast moving scenes more blurry. And for games, it seems to make it more choppy, even in Game Mode (which activates AMP). I made sure I have the most recent firmware, too. As I mentioned, I have very limited experience with using the AMP feature, so these issues may possibly be fixed by messing with settings. I mainly wanted 120Hz for the benefit of 5:5 pulldown to smooth out 24fps movies.

All in all, it is a great TV and, despite the AMP issues, it deserves 5 stars.

LOVE MY "TUBE"
I like watching thisw TV. I have DirecTV with HD DVR and a HD DVD player. The picture is amazing clear. I have the option to either listen through the amp in surround or through the TV speakers. Either works for me, you should use a sound sytem capable of switching and upgrading to HDMI 1.3.

SOmne of the features, such as automatic color adjkustment and such, are nice to have, but I think it works great without any of them turned. There are three "memory" settings for video. I set them up for the changes in room lighting and it's very simple to switch.

Awesome TV!
This is by far the coolest, best purchase I have made in years. I got this TV at a great price, and it was more than I could have imagined. Great picture, sleek looking TV. It arrived fairly quickly and in perfect shape. Samsung knows how to make TV's! The 120 Hz technology is something that everyone will be wanting in the coming years with Blu-ray technology coming to the forefront.

Amazing picture. 120hz is a joke!
Had this TV for six months now. Just as many of the other reviewers have said, the picture and clarity of this TV is unmatched. You are just going to be blown away by the colors, brightness, and overall picture quality, hands down.

I'm convinced that this 120hz technology is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. It just doesn't work. The screen gets all choppy and studders when it kicks in and is extremely distracting. I've contacted Samsung and installed the latest updates but it just flat-out doesn't work. Luckily, I can turn it off and the LCD's infamous "motion blur" doesn't bother me anywhere near as much as the 120hz fiasco.

In the end, I would say buy the plasma. You'll save yourself enough money to buy a blu-ray player, a ton of movies, and a lifetime of popcorn and you'll get a comparable picture quality without the motion blur.

Inferior product, poor support
Bought TV less than 1 year ago. It died 2wks ago. It's still under warranty. Other than wait longer, Samsung has not been able to tell us what's wrong, when it will be fixed. Poor customer support, inferior product.

Got a Bad Piece - Samsung Support is Very Very Bad
The TV has not worked properly since the second month. There are these dead gray pixels on the left hand side of the screen. Changing the panel didn't fix the problem.

First, Samsung tried to fix it but couldn't. Then they tried to exchange it but ran out of their TV stock. Now they've been trying to issue a refund but can not seem to move the process along.

The refund check has been AP posted since August 6th but a trucking company has still not contacted me. Customer service doesn't give me more information except to wait more time.

The customer service is so inefficient, slow and unhelpful.The exchange process has been going on for 4 months and is still not complete. No idea when they will pick up the old TV and issue a refund check. Bad product, horrible support.

nice TV
great picture with HD on some channels like ESPN; not as great with refgular broadcasts. Occasional "hiccups" in the software - have had to reset a little here and there. Good viewing angles for an LCD.

Great...but 7 months later a big problem
I ordered the Samsung LNT 4069 in March 2008, after doing
a lot of research (much of which was thanks to comments
from people like you).

Everything was fine..until yesterday.

I turned on the tv, and the picture essentially goes "in and out"
(ie on and off) with the "off" either being blank (ie black screen)
or a screen entirely comprised of 'snow'.

Samsung is closed, so I'll have to call them tomorrow.
However, I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem,
and I was wondering what the solution was?

I'm very surprised, since I know the quality of Samsung and
everyone gave it great reviews!

Feel free to email me at: Dave_S_Duncan@yahoo.com
with any info you may have regarding this problem.

Thanks!

Awesome TV!!!
Excellent picture. Saved hundreds buying it from Amazon.com. I've had it almost a year now, and absolutely no problems. Free shipping, and delivery was a breeze. The HD channels on this TV will blow you away. The picture in HD is even better than if you could see it live. I never knew how bad some actors look until I saw them on HD on this TV. Definite buy!!! You won't be disappointed.

Great TV and great service from Electronics Expo
I ordered this TV and it arrived from UPS. When I took it out of the box the frame of the TV was broken. I called both UPS and Electronics Expo. UPS was helpful but Electronics Expo was exceptional. After the call I truly believed that I would get a new TV with no problems. And that is exactly what I got. A new beautiful TV in perfect order with no hassles.
After two weeks I am still very satisfied with the quality of the TV. I called Samsung because I had trouble hooking up the TV and their customer service was good too. I don't have cable yet so my TV is only hooked up to the antenna which means I don't have HD and I'm still satisfied! I'd buy this TV again. All the research I looked up regarding this TV before I bought it was helpful and true. The matte finish is great for my bright room for viewing. It's so easy to use I hardly had to read the book except for hooking it up. The sound is good even without any additional speakers and the price is right:)

Gorgeous TV
This television is beautiful in nearly every way. The sound does get weird as far as volume levels are concerned. It's never too quiet or too loud, it just requires some fine tuning when not using surround sound. Games and Blu-rays have never looked prettier. Excellent buy!

You get what you pay for! In this case not much.
We bought this DVD player to be used with a new Samsung 19" TV in our small RV as well as on a screened porch. We bought the campanion DVD in the same brand for campatibity. The DVD is cheap. The sound volume is poor even with HDMI cabling. On several ocassions the play back has be poor, but by moving the unit and using another plug it has worked. It seems to have some problems with self-recored DVDs -- skipping and screen going black for 1-2 seconds. Most of the problems have been in the RV, except for the sound. In the RV the sound is not a supreme issue as we are within 6 feet of the TV. Samsung support gets a mixed review. I called them 3 times about the volume issue. Once I was told to reconnect it. After several attempts I used a HMDI cable which did make some improvement. The second call was transferred to the DVD "department" because since the TV worked it had to be the DVD player. Ultimately in the conversation I was disconnected. The last call resulted in a suggestion to reset the DVD player. This did help a bit. I would not recommend this player. It is also very slow to respond to the remote. So slow in fact you think you didn't do anything.

Failed
The DVD-1080P8 was provided free with the purchase of my Samsung LNT2653H HDTV, as part of an Amazon promotion.

After playing a total of three or four DVDs over a period of a few months, it now refuses to load any DVD. When I attempt to load a disk, the drawer closes and the player struggles mightily for several minutes (I can hear the motor spooling up and down, thumping noises and other interesting mechanical effects) before finally admitting defeat and displaying "No Disk" on the front panel.

I did not experience the HDMI interface problems others have reported, and appreciate the simplification provided by replacing separate audio and component cables with a single HDMI cable. Aside from that convenience, I really saw little picture improvement over the ten year old Toshiba progressive scan player it replaced (which has now resumed it's place in my entertainment center) which still functions perfectly.

Samsung's standard warranty only covers labor for the first thirty days, and requires that I ship the player to their New Jersey repair facility at my expense. Since the combined cost of shipping and labor will undoubtedly exceed the current price of a new unit (.00 on Amazon), the DVD-1080P8 is an essentially disposable device. As an engineer, it would not surprise me to find that the same unreliable disk mechanism is used in their other products, such as Blu-ray disk players, since such commonality is a common cost-saving design strategy.

Good Value
Good picture quality, useful upsampling ability which looks good on my 52" LCD. Annoyingly slow at loading and accessing the disc. Definitely good for the price though. The ability to make it region-free sold it for me.

Disappointing
The first one I received simply stopped working after three weeks. Amazon was great about replacing it, but the second unit has not impressed me either. Even with the output set to 720p, it is not unusual to see the picture "band" for a second during action scenes. Just as Batman is swooping in or the armies of Mordor begin to descend, the image breaks up into zebra-stripe-like bands for a moment. I would say that I see this happen about once every other movie. I'm honestly considering going back to my old reliable DVD player. It may not upscale, but it always maintains solid picture quality.

Great Picture Quality.
When I bought this DVD player for my new 42" Samsung TV I was skeptical that it really improves the quality of my DVDs!

Boy I was WRONG!!

The Quality of the DVDs were never better almost HD quality.
I just watched my old "HELLBOY" dvd on it and it was never better, just superb.

There is just only one annoying little problem. Everytime I insert a dvd i have to change the resolution. I like watching in 1080p.

If there any of you guys who know how to make this setting permanent.
I alreay tried the setting menu!

STILL THIS IS A GREAT PLAYER !!

Great TV
This is the first HDTV I've owned. I've had it for about a month now, and I'm still blown away by it. Only downside is I find myself watching TV just to be blown away by the amazing picture. USB thing is pretty cool, too.

A 10 as far as I am concerned
Best picture I have ever seen. I cannot express the excitement and joy I am feeling. Wow! I highly recommend purchasing. Also the price was outstanding for what you get.

Great Tv
Works great. Speaker are a bit poor but I run it thru a Yamaha AV via Hdmi so dont really care.
Picture is great on my old Dvd player via S video.
Direct TV HD connected as well via hdmi.
Logitech remote takes care of any issues with the supplied one so I havent noticed any startup time issues.
Over the air digital signal pickup was very good.

The most amazing investment in my entire life...
This TV is simply an amazing piece of engineering. It looks good, performs good and is definitely my best investment by far!!!

Before I had got this, I was researching a lot about the various specs that this TV has.... It had a good Dynamic contrast ratio(30000:1), a response time (5ms) and the best resolution available as of today (1080p)...

Boy, I'm glad that I went for this set. I compared this with a few other TV sets that my friends had( all were 1080p, brands: Vizio and Sharp 42" TVs) and only then did I really know why every one insists on Contrast ratio.. Man the black in this TV are so black and the picture quality is crystal clear. Sound, out of the box was definitely an issue, however, with a few adjustments (search google for "best sound setting on Samsung LN40A550" and you can find a few links that have images of their custom sound settings. Believe me, it makes a huuuuuuuuuuge difference and now I'm more than happy with my TV's sound quality)

I went for the Verizon's FIOS TV for cable and the clarity of the channels is just out of this world.

After seeing all these things, I just wonder how the higher models in Samsung would perform (one with 100000:1 contrast ratio). People who own those should be ever more luckier and satisfied. If I ever think of getting a bigger TV, I'll close my eyes and go for a Samsung. Kudos to Samsung for making millions of their customers happy.

Don't even hesitate buying this TV.. You wont be disappointed for sure.

Have fun....

Excelent
The TV really works great, worth the price and the shipment was great as usual with Amazon.

Recomended 100%

This TV is Freakin' Sweet!
I ordered this Friday morning (11/14/2008), took advantage of the free shipping, white glove delivery and 0 off the Samsung 1500 Blu-ray player. The 1500 shipped out later that same evening, while the TV itself shipped out on Monday.

I was a little hesitant about CEVA shipping it, as I haven't heard of them prior to purchasing this TV. The reviews I have read on here have been mixed, and I was a little dismayed to see that Amazon's estimated arrival date wasn't until 11/26/08. I kept tracking the package online and saw it was actually in my area on Wednesday. A quick call to CEVA and they set up delivery the next day at 9:00 am. Got an immediate confirmation email, and a call at 8:30 this morning verifying delivery. They showed up right on time (a little early even), brought the TV to my room, unpacked it and placed it on my TV stand. They had offered to hook up all of the connections for me but I declined, part of the fun of getting a new HDTV is setting it up yourself ;-) They made sure the sound worked great, no dead pixels or lines before they had me sign. A+++ with CEVA, could not have asked for anything better.

Now onto the TV itself. The TOC is nice, though not too noticeable to me. The sound is great, granted I have a small room and don't have it cranked up, but I'm still very pleased. Hooked it up to my Samsung Blu-ray, Popped in "The Mist Blu-ray" and was immediately blown away. A quick search on Google gave me some suggestions on specific color settings and I was able to sit back and be amazed for the next two hours. Some scenes looked as if I was really there, it's that amazing!

Since I have a Blu-ray dvd player that is also a Samsung, I can controll both items with just one remote. If I pop in a dvd, it will automatically turn the tv on, which is nice. The downside is, is that if I am watching a dvd and puse it to switch over to something else, then it will stop my dvd and I'll have to find where I left off manually, which can be a little annoying. One broght side of this set-up, is taht when I pop in a dvd to watch while I fall asleep, the sleep timer will turn my tv AND dvd player off, which is great.

Still trying to figure out how to set up the RSS feeds with my wireless adapter plugged into the usb port, but I'll look again after work.

As many have said, the preloaded features are cool the first few moments, but I seriously doubt I'll look at them ever again. The wheel on the remote can be a little tricky, but overall not too bad. If you get too frustrated, you can still click in the direction you want, instead of using the wheel to scroll.

I'll be updating this review every so often to keep everyone informed on how the set holds up after time, as well as any issues or whatnot that hopefully will not occur.

Love that TV. AMAZING HD picture
I really like that TV. I went with the 750 and really happy about that. The design is superb. The remote is a bit clunky. The HD picture is AMAZING. Blu ray (from PS3) is amazing on that TV. PS3 gaming are fantastic. Sound is good. Wii looks very good as well. Lots of HDMI connectors which is a plus.
120Hz looks great. No ghosting images. Sports events look amazing. Things are so sharp, you can see anything in the image. I feel like I put a better glasses when I watch that TV.
What can I say. It was a great buy. Samsung has a very good product line.

Shipping was awesome as well. (Ceva)

Go 4 it!

This tv is AMAZING! Highly recommended and affordable.
I cannot say enough good things about this tv, I highly recommend it if you are shopping for a new 40" tv. First off let me say to date the picture is superb out of the box. A little tweaking the picture using the menus and it looks even better as you watch Blu-Ray movies like Iron Man or Batman Begins. The PS3 is the perfect way to demonstrate how amazing web browsing can be on this screen and the Xbox 360 also outline the amazing picture quality of this tv. I spent 95 when I ordered this from Amazon, got free shipping and a guy from CEVA wheeled the tv into my house, took the box off and even offered to set it up. I told him I could handle it and once I started watching cable, playing games and watch Blu-Ray movies, I was confident I had arrived to the high definition land of milk and honey. I cannot get over how amazing this tv is. Run out and buy this! Oh and I received this tv within 4 days of my order and I live in California. The 120 HZ frame mode looks weird, almost like quick or fast movements are put on fast forward. Its unatural when you watch tv or movies. I highly recommend you turn it off. In games, i havent tried it, maybe its awesome since games are fictional recreations that never quite look photo realistic to begin with. Anyways thats the only bad thing I can think of off the top of my head and even then, its not a bad feature. Just an added feature you might get used to the more you use it.

Wow!
Since everyone's got their own issues and configuration, I'll talk about our configuration, not just the TV itself.

Bottom line: this TV is fantastic.

We just got it along with the Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-ray Player and a cheap HDMI cable. Amazon threw in two free Blu-ray disks. For a couple of bucks a month we've upgraded our Netflix subscription to Blu-ray.

Delivery of the TV was simple--we inspected for physical damage, checked the TV to make sure it worked, and sent the deliveryman on his way.

We get over-the-air TV, not cable or satellite. I just plugged in the antenna cable, powered up the TV. In a minute it found all the channels (regular and DT and HD), set itself up, and was good to go. The only mistake it made was on Daylight Savings Time--it thinks it has already ended, so I had to manually reset the time.

Stunning picture, elegant design, right-out-of-box set-up. The Samsung Blu-ray remote works perfectly with this TV. It's a little cleaner layout than the nice but many-buttoned Samsung TV remote. (Our second Blu-ray disk displayed an irksome "Bonus View' box, but a quick Google search led me to a button sequence--Popup Menu/Info/Popup Menu--to make it go away.)

The TV speakers are great. Perhaps down the road we'll add a speaker system , but in our not-so-big living room the TV sound seems plenty good enough.

We've got lots of windows and sunlight, but the screen of this Samsung is fine even in full daylight. The touch-of-red is subtle, and the overall look is sleek and elegant.

We waited a long time to replace our 1991 Panasonic Prism 19" TV, and did a lot of reading of reviews. You won't want to wait as long as we did to get this great TV.

Amazing TV!
I couldn't be happier. The picture of the local HD is WOW. I never seen a TV with such clear picture. It's theater like...it looks absolutely shocking...the picture is as good if not BETTER than theater picture in my opinion. If you're watching a movie in HD or a show in HD, you feel as if you're right up there at the theater because the picture scream out to you and you feel like you can reach out and touch the characters. I am actually embarrassed that the characters on TV look THAT clear because i feel like i am invading their privacy because you can see every wrinkles they have, pimples....whether their clothes are dirty...it's THAT AMAZING! I also like the fact the the picture size adjust itself as they shown on the screen. A lot of TVs don't do that..and as result, you get bad blurry video in certain segment of video...be it commercials or whatever...you name it!! The sound ain't bad either...it's above decent. You can always hook up to a sound system.

I don't know why some complaint about the red touch around the screen as being distracted....it looks absolutely beautiful. Why would you be distracted by it?? I don't get it. It's like a nice touch....very slick and don't bother you at all..no glaring. When you're watching the TV...you're not looking at it. I like the red touch because it makes the TV look unique.

This TV also allowed you to play files off of the PC. Some of the video files don't work because of wrong video size or incompatible with sound...i hope they come out with an update to fix this issue. They should allow you to play ANY FILES regardless of the size of the video or the sound it incorporated.