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Date: 2006-09-01 AWESOME! AWESOME TV! Can't say how pleased I am with purchase! Awesome price from Amazon too. NOTE!!! STAY AWAY FROM EGL SHIPPING! TV arrived 10 days later and the box was all crushed. Luckily it worked fine, but their service is downright HORRIFIC! Date: 2006-08-18 ONE STAR!!! Samsung should recall this specific model Note, somehow Amazon saved my review as 4 stars, and I gave it one star. The only reason I gave it one star is that there was no choice of ZERO stars. Purchased the TV online at a great price. Arrived in a very short amount of time, and EGL did an excellent job. I set the TV up as per the directions, and ran the Digital Video Essentials DVD to calibrate the TV properly. This was done during daylight hours, and at first, everything seemed fine. However, when watching at night with a semi-dark room, and dark subject matter on the screen, I noticed what some people have called "black grass" in the lower center of the screen. It is only visible on dark scenes when watching in a semi-dark room. I reseached this problem online, and it appears to be a CLASS problem, that is, everyone of these TVs has that specific problem. Other than that, the picture is wonderful - sharp, crisp, great color and deep blacks. But, once you notice the "black grass", it is hard to ignore and you start seeing it more and more. My girlfriend even commented on it, and she's not very picky when it comes to tech stuff like HDTV. It is "strange" that after numerous people complained to Samsung, they lowered the price of the 46" model to the same as the 42" model. Essentially, admitting they have a problem and should do a recall, but not taking responsibility for their product. If you research this in AVS Forum online, you'll see that no one has been able to get Samsung to fix this problem on their TVs, yet SAMSUNG refuses to replace the TV or give a refund. Luckily for me, the online store I purchased the TV from accepted a return and gave me a refund. In turn, I purchased a 46" Sony LCD TV from them, and am 100% satisfied with that. Buyers beware of Samsung HL-S4266W HDTVs!!! Date: 2006-08-17 Samsung HL-S4266W Projection TV After lots of research, bought this TV because we needed a bigger screen, and didn't want to spend what it takes for a Plasma or LCD set. This is a GREAT television. We have HD reception, but even with regular signals, the picture is fantastic. Easy to use, meshes perfectly with our HDTV DVR box, and shows movies with breathtaking clarity. Highly recommend this set if you want great performance at a price considerably less than plasma or LCD. Date: 2006-08-11 worth every penny! i bought this tv from amazon 3 weeks ago and i haven't regreted it since. the delivery was fast and the white glove service was awesome. they unpacked the tv, set it up on the stand, made sure the tv was working properly, and threw out the box. i suggest getting an hdmi cable to connect to your cable box instead of using the regular coax cable. the picture is 100x better with hdmi. there's even a second hdmi port on the tv, so i hooked my dvd player up to it as well. i didn't pay plasma quality money, so i wasn't expecting that. but it sure comes close! regular channels are tolerable, but the hdtv feeds are incredible. it can get a little grainy at times, so if its going to bother you THAT MUCH then spend an extra $1000 for a plasma. i'd give the overall picture quality a 9 out of 10. the sound is great with the tv speakers alone. people who have bad things to say about this tv have champagne taste with beer money. like i said, if you want the best quality possible get a plasma. but if you want an hdtv that comes real close without breaking the bank, i suggest getting this one! Date: 2006-08-09 Upgrade to the 46" if possible Having seen this TV in stores, I was very impressed. After doing further research, though, I found that the 46" model had slightly better black levels and did not suffer from a problem some refer to as "black grass." Black grass describes a (slight) certain shadow or impression that you see at the top and/or bottom of the screen that may be distracting for some. So, if you have the space, the small price increase (around $40, if I am not mistaken) is certainly worth it for those small details and a larger image. Aside from that, the TV is brilliant and produced a picture as good as most any LCD or plasma I have seen (albeit from a more restricted viewing angle). I just submitted a very detailed review of the 46" model, whose details, except for those mentioned above, are just about the exact same as this one's, and the bottom line is that it is a great choice.
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