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User Submitted Samsung HL-P5085W 50-Inch Widescreen HD-Ready DLP Television with PC Input Reviews Date: 2009-08-23 Best TV you can Purchase This is the Best HDTV that you can buy. The DLP picture quality is so far superior to LCD or Plasma. The sound quality is fantastic. The built in pedestal is awesome. 1 complaint: The remote control could be better, get a logitech remote or use the cable box remote. Date: 2009-06-23 Never was that impressed I agree with the guy whose TV quit during the football game. Mine has lasted longer than his before messing up. Luckily I won the TV. I was never impressed with the picture. And it does get HOT and makes a noise. Today I've had it almost 4 years and the bulb must have blown out b/c hubby said it made a loud sound (like his did). I will order a lamp, but if it tears up again, that's prolly gonna be it for me. My neighbor has a Panasonic plasma and the picture is unreal. So much better than mine. Date: 2009-06-22 Do not buy Samsung I purchased a Samsung television about eighteen months ago. Two weeks ago the picture became all distorted. Since my television warranty was through Circuit City I had no choice but to call a television repair person out to look at it. As soon as he walked in the door he knew what the issue was. He told me that the part would cost almost as much as the television and that his recommendation was to throw away the television and purchase another one. After doing some research I discovered that there were quite a few Samsung televisions that were going out and that the parts were on backorder for about a month. Samsung was also not helpful. I trying to discuss this with SamsungTweets on Twitter, but he blocked me when I asked why nobody called me like he said they would. The only other answer I got from Samsung was that I needed to take it to a service center; this is after I told them that a television repair person had looked at it. From what I can tell from looking on television repair forums, Samsung televisions look to be pretty flakey. Date: 2008-07-23 LOVE IT I GOT THIS TV AT A STEAL FROM A CIRUIT CITY DISCOUNT OUTLET FOR JUST 890 DOLLARS IT WAS STILL NEW AND IN THE BOX. I HAVE HAD IT FOR A YEAR NOW AND STILL CAN SAY IT LOOKS AND WORKS BETTER THAN THE NEW SETS IN THE STORES FOR 2500 DOLLARS OR MORE. I HAVE MY COMPUTR HOOKED UP TO IT AND THAT IS SO AWESOME I STILL DROOL ON IT WHEN I USE IT THAT WAY MY COMPUTER HAS BLU RAY SO I WATCH BLUE RAY ON IT AND IT IS AWESOME. I HAVE A SAMSUNG HOME THEATER HOOKED UP TO IT AS WELL AND THE ANY NET SYSTEM MAKES THEM WORK AS ONE UNIT THRU THE TV'S REMOTE. WHEN PEOPLE SEE THIS SETUP THEY ALWAYS LOOK DUMBFOUNDED WITH ITS SLICK OPERATION. IF YOU CAN STILL FIND ONE BUY IT YOU WONT BE SORRY. Date: 2008-07-22 4 Years old and still going strong... My HLP-5085 is 4 years old and still going strong. Over 8000 hours on it and still on the original lamp! I do have a spare ready just in case. Have had zero service issues with it. There are, however, two design anomolies. 1. With the integral stand, your component (receiver, DVD Player, etc...) storage options are limited to the funky stand made for this TV. 2. Direct-access to the input ports doesn't work. It makes programming a remote, especially the "too smart for their own good" Logitech remotes, extremely difficult. Attempting any sort of programming to directly switch to the HDMI, DVI or other ports simply doesn't work. You have to use the "Cycle" method, and that also fails most of the time. The best thing you can do is put the "Input Next" button and code on the front page of all your device screens so it's handy. Other than that I have zero complaints about this TV. The new 61 LED 1080p units are dropping in price like a rock. Less than $1800 for the top of the line 61" set! I'm going to wait until it hits $1500 then I will bite. I'll probably give this one to my sister as I'm sure it will be still running strong in a year. * Price is subject to change. |
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