Discount Samsung LN40A650 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color

We are thrilled with:
- the Amazon price of this TV compared to all other sellers we researched, both in-store and online
- our white glove delivery service experience, which was excellent as the TV came within a week of ordering and the gentlemen delivering and setting up the TV were efficient and courteous
- the quality of the picture we get. We watch a mix of digital (not HD) and HD programs as are currently available from our cable provider, and while the HD programs are definitely better, many of the digital programs are also very sharp and clear. We have a Panasonic DMP BD35K blu-ray disc player and the few movies we've watched, both blu-ray and standard, have looked great.

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We have found that keeping the 120 hz option on works well for all programming, especially sports programs, but do turn it off for blu-ray discs.

The TV sound is a bit tinny but we have a home theatre speaker system hooked up to the TV that we use for movies, and we also change the TV sound settings in the menu from standard to other options to make voices sound fuller and richer.

We find no problem with operating the remote as we ignore the wheel option and use all buttons.

Because the HD cable box we rented from our cable company was not calibrated correctly for our TV, it took a few days and a number of phone calls to the cable company (the name starts with C) to find a rep who would agree to tell us how to change the cable box settings at home rather than pay for a service call as the first few reps insisted on. Once we changed the picture setting to widescreen and the resolution to 1080, we started getting the amazing picture quality we saw in stores.

Two minor disappointments:

We have a Nintendo Wii system and have found that some of the games on the sports disc look a little jagged around the edges. We purchased a Wii HD Link Compnent Cable from Amazon but that has not eliminated the jaggies.

To use the TV screen to show digital camera images, we hooked up our Apple PowerBook G4 15" monitor computer to the TV with a DVI to HDMI cable, following the manual directions, but that did not work. After much digging for info on the Samsung web site, we discovered that our TV supports an Apple PowerBook G4 12" monitor computer, but not a 15" monitor computer. We have since switched to a flash drive which allows us to put images on the TV screen and access the options provided.

All in all, we are very happy we purchased this TV. Get more detail about Samsung LN40A650 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color.