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Samsung UN46B6000 Luxia Series 46-inch LCD 1080p HDTV (120Hz) w LED Technology & Sherwood BDP-5003 1.1 Profile Blu-Ray Disc Player Bundle
 
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Samsung UN46B6000 Luxia Series 46-inch LCD 1080p HDTV (120Hz) w LED Technology & Samsung HT-WS1R Speaker Bar Bundle

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  • It takes television to a new world of connectivity where InfoLink can access news, weather and sports with real time RSS updates right on your TV.

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The Capacitor will break when your TV just past the warranty
 
Review Date: November 26, 2009
Reviewer: Jijun Zeng, Atlanta, GA United States
Before you buy any Samsung LCD TV, please take a minute to check the link below:

http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=62360

I have the same problem after just 2years, spent $300 to replace the parts. I will never buy a Samsung LCD TV again.
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Samsung LN-T4681F 46" 1080p LCD HDTV with LED backlight
 
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For those who are ready for the clearest, brightest LCD picture on the market today, Samsung presents the LN-T4681F. Full 1080p resolution is just the beginning: Samsung’s incredible LED Motion Plus™ technology reduces motion blur for crisp, precise action. Samsung's SmartLighting™ technology allows for an amazing 500,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and ultra-sharp blacks. The LED backlight also provides more natural color representation. A fast 8ms response time ensures smooth, lifelike motion.SRS TruSurround XT™ sound from hidden side speakers is enhanced by the premium audio sound of 2.2 channel dome speakers. Enjoy connectivity with all your other digital devices, with 3 HDMI version 1.3 ports and a full complement of inputs. And the handy HDMI-CEC feature lets you control all your CEC enabled peripherals using just one remote.

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  • Contrast Ratio(Dynamic): 500,000:1
  • Resolution : 1920X1080
  • Viewing Angle: 178°
  • Response Time: 8ms
  • Inputs: HDMI: 3 Component: 2 Composite AV: 2 S-Video: 2 PC Input(D-sub): 1 Headphone: 1

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Stunning Picture for the new Samsung LN-T4681F
 
Review Date: September 24, 2007
Reviewer: Jaime C. Lent, Altoona, PA
This TV has a great picture right out of the box. Pretty easy setup. Quality I have come to expect from Samsung and the reason I bought this set. Plenty of inputs. Sound is also nice, but I use a Home Theater so I don't really rely on the TV's speakers. Very well-designed and looks gtreat on the wall. The stand which comes with the TV is also nice and could rotate a little more, but is nice and stable. The glare issue is not a big deal and I for one am glad Samsung is keeping this panel in the new generation LED sets. This has much less glare than a standard glass tube TV screen. In some settings you might be concerned about the glare, but the screen is wonderful and necessary for the overall picture quality. I used to watch TV with my glasses off because the fine grain stood out too much. Now I have my glasses back on because the picture is so sharp. The blacks are black, you can't get blacker than this. The detail amazing and I have not even watched a HD movie yet. I was eyeing the LN-T4665F for a long time, and decided to wait for this one to come out. Very glad I did. Very highly recommended.
LED backlighting is the future
 
Review Date: November 17, 2007
Reviewer: HMMWV, santa clara, CA USA
When you see numbers like 5000:1 contrast, etc, it's hard to put a meaning to it, but when you compare this set against a CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) you discover why LED backlights are the wave of the future.

First we had NTSC with it's inability to produce deep reds due to the severe limitations on its color gamut, now we have ATSC with a digital RGB signal that is a hundred times better than NTSC when it comes to color. The final piece of the puzzle is viewing it on a system with red, green, and blue produced by LEDs instead of phosphor chemicals in a lamp tube. The bold, rich color of HDTV comes alive with this LCD TV making the others seem washed out in comparison.

Sure, the contrast ratio is great, but it also will outlast 2.5 CCFL based LCD TVs because of the reliability of LED backlighting. If you are in a commercial institution such as a restaurant where the set will run 12 hours a day or more, that can add up to some substantial savings.

The LCD display with LED backlight makes for a clearer, sharper, and more defined picture than ever before with no spillover light around the edges. Combined with the picture quality and life extention, this is a true bargain for someone looking at a modern 46" 1080x1920 Progressive display.

Simply put, this set is pure eye candy.
Simply stunning
 
Review Date: July 24, 2008
Reviewer: Mr C. A. Higgins, Portland, OR USA
I have owned this set for about six weeks now, and I love it. The picture is exquisite, and far outpaces the three-year-old Sony VEGA set it replaced (the old set only did 720p, for one thing...).

Good stuff:

This TV is a real conversation starter. It's enormous, and very glossy (both on the screen and the bezel). The gloss makes fingerprints very obvious, and seems to attract dust...so you'll want to do some routine cleaning if you want to keep it looking nice. People sit down in my living room and just stare at the set, even if it's turned off. Some have compared it to the monolith in "2001: A Space Odyssey." That's...good, right?

The picture is stunning. The reviews here are right: the LED backlighting really makes things look great, and makes rich black really pop.

I recommend turning off the power-on LED (the little blue bar under the display) using the onscreen menus. When it's on, you can actually see the reflection of the power light on the bezel around the screen, and I found that distracting. Fortunately it's an easy thing to turn off -- and when it's off, the set has ZERO lights aside from the picture when turned on. This is a great feature, as I don't want any little points of light distracting me from the picture! On my old set, there was a little "power on" light that always bugged me.

Tuning between inputs is fast, and makes switching from one input to another no big deal. (On my old set, it took several seconds for each switch, so going through the list felt laborious....)

Be sure to go through the onscreen menus and enable the optional features, particularly the dynamic LED backlighting (some of these features require you to change the picture mode to MOVIE, which I've done on every input...). The default VIVID setting is garish, but it's very easy to switch (and of course the setting is saved, on a per input basis, so it's a one time setup).

Bad stuff:

The three HDMI ports are adequate for me (HD TiVo, AppleTV, and Samsung Blu-ray player), though I wish there were more, and I wish they were all on the back rather than one on the side. As it is I'm using the side port for a Blu-ray player, and having the cable sticking out the side isn't exactly ideal. I still haven't found a decent right-angle adapter.

The speakers aren't great. I guess they're fine for a TV set, but they're nothing to write home about.

The remote is adequate but not great. I wish the backlight extended to more of the buttons. The remote is also rather long. Note that if you have a Samsung Blu-ray player, you can use the Blu-ray remote instead to control most/all of the TV functions...but the Blu-ray remote (at least the one with the BD-1500 series player) isn't backlit. Oh well.

The glossy screen definitely shows light sources in the room: windows, lamps, etc. In many cases you'll want to move stuff around (or simply turn off/block out any light sources) if you're watching anything serious. But I guess that's true of any movie viewing experience.

Anyway, overall I'm extremely satisfied with this purchase. My other candidate was a Sony XBR4 set, but I'm glad I went with the Samsung...it's cheaper, has a better picture, and uses less energy due to the LED backlight. The Sony's design is arguably a little better, and it doesn't have the extreme gloss factor. But for my money, this is the set to get.
Great Picture Quality. True Blacks
 
Review Date: March 22, 2008
Reviewer: Kelly, Orlando, FL
I have had my Samsung LNT4681F for over 2 weeks now and I could not be any happier. The colors that are produced on the screen are amazing, when my wife saw it she said "WOW!" I had a rear projection TV before and my wife and I love to watch movies. Whenever we rented some DVD's I would always steer clear of the ones in widescreen. I could stand the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. Very noticable, and if I did happen to watch a widescreen DVD I would change the screen ratio to stretch the picture and remove the black bars. With the Samsung LNT4681F there is no need to do any of this because it produces TRUE Blacks. I can quite easily watch a DVD in wide screen now and not for a minute do I even notice the black bars. I would highly recommend this TV to anyone.
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Sony Bravia S-Series KDL-32S3000/R 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV, Red
 
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BRAVIA® S-Series HD LCD TVs offer unprecedented performance and value. Ranging in size from 26" to 46" diagonally, each hosts great new features and technologies. The 10-bit display panel and 10-bit video processor, DMeX expansion capability, Xross Media Bar¿, BRAVIA¿ Theatre Sync and S-Force¿ Front Surround are all new features for 2007. And most 2007 S-Series now include Live Color Creation featuring the WCG-CCFL backlight and 1080/60p capable video inputs along with an impressive array of other performance enhancement features. Add Sony's BRAVIA Engine full digital processing system, ultra wide 178° viewing angle displays with fast panel response times and it's easy to see why BRAVIA HDTVs stand out. Ample inputs and the sort of unique design that Sony is known for make S-Series HDTVs real winners.

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  • 16:9 HD Resolution Panel (1366x768)
  • BRAVIA Engine¿ full digital video processor
  • Live Color Creation featuring WCG-CCFL backlight
  • DMeX-ready with XMB GUI - Intuitive & Expandable
  • HD Inputs - HDMI¿ (x2), YPbPr (x2), PC Input

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Samsung LN-S4695D 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

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Samsung LN-S4695D 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
 
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Sony Bravia KLV-32U100 32-Inch HDTV Tunerless LCD Monitor
 
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HP Pavilion DV6-1050US 16.0-Inch Laptop (2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 400 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
 
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Sony Bravia KLV-S32A10 32-Inch LCD WEGA HD-Ready Flat Panel Television
 
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Note: For the latest version of the Sony Bravia 32-inch LCD TV, see the Sony KDL32S2000 32" Bravia Flat Panel LCD HDTV.

Save space and enjoy a wonderfully vivid, colorful picture with the 32-inch Sony KLVS32A10 LCD TV, which features a native 16:9 widescreen display. It has a built-in standard NTSC tuner (181-channels) and includes a table stand that can tilt and swivel. (To receive high definition digital signals, a separate tuner is required.) The 3D digital comb filter analyzes the picture over three dimensions--vertical, horizontal and time--to get superb detail and high color purity under the widest range of picture conditions.

It also features Panel Driver technology, which improves picture contrast and detail while reducing video noise and image blur during fast action scenes. Other features include the Steady Sound audio equalizer (for consistent output between programs and commercials), parental controls (V-chip), Favorites channel list, front AV Inputs for connecting camcorders or video game consoles, and an HDMI connection for uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface between the TV and any HDMI-equipped audio/video component.

It has a 20-watt stereo audio system (two 10-watt speakers) and SRS Trusurround panoramic audio effect. It features the following video and audio connections:

  • Composite AV In (RCA): 3 (1 front)
  • S-Video In: 3 (1 front)
  • RF In: 1
  • Component Video In: 1 (480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i)
  • HDMI In: 1
  • PC In (D-Sub 15-pin): 1
  • Headphone: 1

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KLVS32A10 TV, AC adapter and power cord, tabletop stand, remote control, two AA batteries, printed instructions

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  • 32-inch LCD TV measures 31.2 x 23.95 x 12.2 inches (WxHxD) with included tabletop stand. 3.8 inch depth without stand.
  • 181-channel tuner (NTSC); 16:9 native aspect ratio
  • Front A/V connectivity; SRS TruSurround virtual surround sound capability
  • Inputs: 3 composite, 3 S-Video, 1 component, 1 HDMI
  • Two stereo speakers, 10 watts each (20 watts total)

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Sony Bravia S-Series KDL-32S2010 32-Inch LCD HDTV
 
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Sony KDL-32S2010 32" S-Series LCD HDTV

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  • ATSC Digital Tuner
  • BRAVIA ENGINE Full Digital Video Processor
  • Digital audio amplifier
  • Light sensor backlighting control
  • SRS TruSurround XT audio enhancement

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HP Pavilion DV4-1120US 14.1-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
 
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HP Pavilion DV4-1120US 14.1 Inch Laptop. Expanding on the sophisticated elegance of the current line, the new DV series is defined by fluid, modern lines and metalized finishes with surprising innovations inside and out. High-gloss HP Imprint finish in Onyx and chrome now encases all surfaces visible during normal use for greater durability. The DV4 series Mesh Imprint features a grid-like pattern for subtle contrast to the liquid appearance of the metallic finish. The streamlined look is enhanced with a color-matched keyboard and touchpad. And touch media controls light up and become visible only when the system is powered on further enhancing the clean appearance. Providing more choices than ever, QuickPlay enables access to DVDs, videos, photos, music, karaoke, games, and Internet TV. Built-in demos show you how to add music to your slide shows or videos with drag-and-drop functionality, and much more. An HDMI port enables you to watch films on an HD TV. Muvee autoProducer makes creating films complete with effects and transitions a snap! Extras include dual headphone jacks and an HP Mobile Remote Control. It¿s time to play! For those who want digital entertainment features and the latest mobile technologies in a stunning design that travels well, the HP Pavilion DV4 series Entertainment Notebook PC delivers! Its elegant Mesh Imprint finish helps protect your system while on the go. The DV4-1120US ships with Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5800, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD shared with up to 1759MB Total Available Graphics Memory, 4096MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm), 250GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD plus/minus R/RW with Double Layer Support, and Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN. Dimensions: 13.15 in (L) x 9.45 in (D) x 1.34 in (min H) in approx., weight: 5.18 lbs approx.

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  • 14.1-inch Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display, 1280 x 800 resolution
  • 2.00 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5800 with 2MB L2 Cache
  • 4096MB DDR2 System Memory, 250GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD with up to 1759MB Total Available Graphics Memory
  • LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support, Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN
  • Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium, dims in inches: 13.15 in (L) x 9.45 in (D) x 1.34 in approx., 5.18 lbs

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Sony Bravia KDL-32S2000 32-Inch Flat Panel LCD HDTV

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Sony Bravia KDL-32S2000 32-Inch Flat Panel LCD HDTV
 
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Amazon.com Product Description The sleekly styled, silver 32-inch Sony Bravia KDL32S2000 is packed with the latest high-performance video features, including a wide viewing angle, blazing fast 8ms response time (great for sports and action movies), and a wide color gamut backlight that provides more natural skin tones and highly accurate overall color reproduction. It also offers integrated HDTV capabilities (with an integrated ATSC tuner), digital HDMI video connectivity, and a bottom speaker design that helps save space. The thin profile of this Bravia TV accommodates VESA compliant mounting systems (separately available). The removable pedestal swivels 30 degrees left and right and also tilts forward 3 degrees and backward 8 degrees for additional placement flexibility.

With clean lines and styling, Bravia TVs look great in any room, either on a stand or mounted on the wall.
Like other TVs in the Bravia line, the KDL32S2000 uses Sony's Wide Color Cold Compact Fluorescent Light (WCG-CCFL) to display a color gamut almost 30 percent larger than a conventional CCFL display, which results in deeper reds, more vivid greens, and cleaner blues. It also offers a high response time (also referred to as refresh rate) of 8 milliseconds (ms), which is able to clearly portray fast-moving images across the screen with well-defined edges and without ghosting (streaking or shadowing). The set's Light Sensor feature intelligently adjusts the screen brightness to match the ambient light in a room, ensuring a comfortable viewing experience.

BRAVIA televisions’ new Super-Patterned Vertical Alignment (S-PVA) panels divide pixels into more segments than was possible with PVA (Pattered Vertically Aligned) technology. These segments have an incredibly fast 8-millisecond response time that increases the television’s refresh rate. Dividing the pixel display into more segments also allows a cleaner break between dark and light pixels, improving viewing angles, color, and contrast.

It also features the latest in Sony’s unique S-PVA (Super Patterned Vertical Alignment) LCD panel technology, which divides each sub-pixel into two segments per color for a more refined consistency in colors, contrast, and brightness at wide viewing angles. This seventh generation Sony LCD panel was specially crafted at Sony's plant and produced from one of the world’s biggest mother glass (a huge sheet of glass that can be divided to create multiple LCD panels).

The KDL32S2000 has a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, 178-degree viewing angle, and 1300:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) The Cinemotion 3:2 pulldown cinema video processing detects and compensates film--which is shot at 24 frames per second (fps) compared with video's 30 fps rate--to video for a smooth theaterlike experience at home. The 3D digital comb filter offers 10-bit signal processing that renders superb gradation of grays, resulting in superior picture detail.

Blurred image caused by motion artifacts due to slow panel response time of typical LCDs.

BRAVIA's fast panel response time handles the motion in sports and video games
Other convenience features include:
  • WEGA GATE Easy Operation Guide allows you to easily navigate to the most convenient TV functions: favorite channels, TV channel list, external input list, or settings.
  • Favorite Channels with the WEGA GATE function, allows you to navigate a list of up to 16 favorite channels without leaving the current channel.
  • Wide Screen Mode allows you to watch 4:3 normal broadcasts in wide screen mode (16:9 aspect ratio).
  • Parental Control (V-Chip) helps parents monitor what their children watch on TV by establishing rating limits.
  • Caption Vision/Info Banner allows closed caption and/or channel programming information to be displayed.
  • The Freeze Function temporarily freezes the picture in a separate screen while the programming continues to display, which can come in handy when you want to copy a recipe, phone number, etc. that flashes too quickly across your screen.
It pumps out 20 watts of audio power via its integrated bottom-aligned stereo speakers (10 watts per channel). It has a built-in Dolby Digital decoder (for connecting to a surround sound home theater receiver) and it can also produce SRS TruSurround XT virtual 5.1-channel surround sound from its two speakers. This set offers the following connection options:
  • Composite (RCA audio/video): 3 inputs (1 on the side)
  • S-Video: 2 inputs (1 on the side)
  • Component (Y/Pb/Pr): 2 inputs (with left/right audio jacks)
  • HDMI: 1 input (with L/R RCA audio connections)
  • PC: 1 D-Sub15 input (with L/R stereo mini plug connection)
  • RF: 1 input
  • Total audio inputs: 5 (1 side, 4 rear)
  • Analog audio output: 1
  • Digital audio ouput: 1
  • Headphone: 1

Tech Talk
HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV--all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats--standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV).

Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.

TruSurround XT audio adds three new audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience.

  • Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into focus during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.
  • TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.
  • The SRS WOW feature widens the soundstage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system.
And in case you were wondering, BRAVIA is short for "Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture."

What's in the Box
32-inch Bravia LCD television, tabletop stand, remote control (with batteries), coaxial cable, HD15-to-HD15 cable, printed operating instructions

Warranty
1 year for parts and labor; in-home diagnostic warranty service for one year (for LCD TVs from the Bravia S-Series measuring over 30 inches)

Product Details

  • High-performance 32-inch LCD TV with integrated HDTV tuner; measures 31.25 x 23.6 x 8.6 inches (WxHxD) with included stand
  • Wide color gamut produces deeper reds, more vivid greens, and cleaner blues; 3D digital comb filter; Cinemotion 3:2 pulldown
  • 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, super-fast 8ms response time, 1300:1 contrast ratio
  • Connections: 3 composite A/V (1 side), 2 S-Video (1 side), 2 component (Y/Pb/Pr), 1 HDMI, 1 RF
  • Two stereo speakers, 10 watts apiece (20 watts total); Dolby Digital decoding and SRS TruSurround XT virtual surround

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