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User Submitted Samsung HLN507W 50-Inch Widescreen Projection HDTV with DLP Technology Reviews Date: 2007-11-03 Picture Great, Repair Service Horrible Before you buy, call your local Samsung authorized repair service and ask them how parts and service are these days. If they check out, then fine, buy the TV. My Samsung DLP was wonderful for 12 months, then the sound crapped out. I'll keep the story short. All 3 closest (60 miles plus) service facilities will no longer service Samsung because they cannot get parts in a timely manner and the poor receptionists are getting ulcers from all the irate customers yelling at them for having their TV's broken for 2 months. My picture is still great, and I can route my receiver through my HIFi system. Once it totally fails I am buying Sony and never anything else. Date: 2007-08-01 AVOID SAMSUNG LIKE THE PLAGUE I was lured by the gorgeous HDTV picture. I loved this tv until it started to make a grinding noise. It came and went until it became unbearable. Research on the web revealed a common issue: failure of the color wheel. This, an archaic technology going back to the invention of the color tv, is a complete waste. It seems to have a life of 2-3 1/2 years. You need to replace it. It is expense to replace. I did so, but it would not go on. I replaced the lamp as suggested, it would not work. Then it was suggested to change the ballast. This still did not do it. I believe the DLP technology will go the way of the 8-track tape, the cassette, the VHS, the Edsel, the dodo...My Sharp Aquos LCD HDTV is amazing and a good value. Date: 2006-03-25 DO NOT BUY THIS TV!!!! I have owned this model for almost three years. This model is flawed. I will be replacing the color wheel for the second time. I have yet to replace the lamp. My repair man states that this is a common problem with this model. Samsung has yet to resolve this issue. I will have to replace the color wheel ($350) every three years...this is not worth it. Date: 2005-10-19 After 3 years, it still rocks!!! Awesome picture, easy to move, shallow depth and great quality over all. Folks giving it one Star prolly cannot figure out how to turn one on. DLP is a great solution because there is Zero Burn in concern. Meaning you can watch all your favorite shows in the correct format without worrying about burning in. Also means you do not have to deal with distorted "Fat People". It's also nice that the DLP does not dominate the room unlike all of the older bigscreens this thing is easy to move and only 17.5" thin. Good Stuff. Update: Well another 3 years and I've replaced a bulb... Yup, same great picture, and has been flawless through three moves now. Couldn't be happier. PS3, Wii, all look great. Starting to see the need for some updated technology perhaps, but still a great value. Date: 2004-10-31 Don't get one of these I was so excited to get my Samsung HLN507W 50" DLP and the Samsung DVD-HD841. Now that I have had them for a week, I could not be more disappointed. I will start with the good things. The picture. The picture is incredible. I am using the DVI video and optical audio interface for the DVD player and component video/optical audio for the HD Digital Cable. Both look stunning. I do get surround sound from the DVD player with the optical cable. So much for the good stuff. The audio and picture are not in sync on most of the regular cable channels when listening to the TV speakers. The HD channels seem to be OK. Most of the time. I called Samsung the first day I had the TV and they told me it was a known problem with this model and when can they send someone out to fix it. The local repair guy said the "lip sync kit" (on backorder) has not corrected the problem on other units he has worked on. Even the DVD audio is not quite in sync on the TV speakers. It was very difficult to get the DVD - DVI picture on the screen. You have to connect the component cables and go through the menu to change to the DVD output, and then complete the process on the DVI output. That took a while to figure out. The DVD player freezes, then continues, freezes, then continues, freezes, then continues, freezes, then continues, many times on DVD's that play fine on my older players. It is going back tomorrow. I guess they haven't quite figured out all this new technology. I really hope someone out there is having better luck than me. Now I am also having a horizontal hold problem. After about 10 minutes of warm up time the picture stops flipping.....
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