Samsung LN46D550 CYBER MONDAY

Samsung LN46D550 CYBER MONDAY, Couldn't be happier with my new Samsung!
I'm somewhat of a tech geek and when I first saw LCD panels a few years ago, I was definitely not impressed. Dim display, difficult to see from the side, picture quality marginal at best. Boy, has all that changed! And Samsung is certainly among the best of the new technology. In HD (1080i/1080p), the picture is terrific-- crisp, colors vibrant, and the display is even brighter than my 60" Samsung plasma! For normal broadcasting (720p), it's certainly adequate. If you're in the market for a large flat panel, I don't think you can go wrong with Panasonic, Sony, Vizio as well--but I would definitely consider a Samsung LCD or LED as the best quality buy for the dollar! And Amazon's amazing Free Shipping just makes it soooooo easy. 


Samsung LN46D550 CYBER MONDAY, Excellent TV Excellent Value!
This TV is amazing! I could not be happier!

When I was shopping for a new TV after my old tube TV finally started dying, I knew I wanted a Samsung. Why? I've yet to have any problems with their products - they seem to be well designed and well built to last. I also notice subtle nuances, such as the "Inspected by ___" sticker on Samsung products will have a person's name and not a number. Can you imagine the difference that makes when you're standing on a production line 30-40 hours a week and you get to put your name on a product being shipped globally, knowing that someone will see your name instead of some nameless number? It's things like that that make their products better, by making employees feel valued, which in turn makes customers feel valued.

I was confused by all of the refresh rates and things that aren't a part of tube television. As you all can see, this TV is at 60Hz instead of 120Hz or even upwards of 600Hz. Is this problematic? Absolutely not! After conducting research, I found out that all signals in North America coming into your television are at 60Hz. Even Blu-Ray is coming in a 1080p 60Hz, which is exactly what this TV is - 1080p 60Hz. Why 120Hz and higher? I'll answer this in two ways. Number 1: Why does car wax smell good? The car can't smell it. The smell doesn't improve the car wax. Many times over, companies add in features that make the customer feel as though they need it, simply in order to charge more money for the product. Microsoft is notorious for this with their Office suites. Number 2: In the early days of LCD/LED/Plasma technology, there was an issue processing the signal coming in, that ended up in a sometimes un-smooth signal or "judder". Since then, this technology has been fixed and we no longer experience this problem, but in the meantime companies decided to make TV's at twice the refresh rate in order to insert frames - not make the picture better, but make it smoother - and sometimes ends up in the picture looking too smooth. You know what I'm talking about when you've looked at a new TV and thought, "People don't move like that...this is weird..." Absolutely not an issue with this TV - everything looks natural.

This is a high-quality TV from Samsung in full HD, with deep and rich colours, at a glorious price. You'll love it!