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Date: 2008-10-21 Great picture..not so great sound. I have had the TV for 6 weeks now and I can't complain. Love the "Touch of Color". Great picture. I went to Tweeter and compared it side by side against a bunch of other LCDs and Plasmas. For the price, this TV beat the LCDs hands down in terms of picture quality. I am not so impressed by the sound quality, but with a home theatre setup, this won't be an issue. My only complaint - takes almost 10 seconds after power on before displaying a picture. Date: 2008-10-18 Great Value This is a great TV. I guess if you are a fanatical home theater guru you could differentiate the picture quality between this and a Pioneer or other higher end unit, but for a basic sports fan this TV is so far and above better that my "1080i HDTV" rear projector bought 7 years ago that there is no question about the great value. I'm totally happy. Date: 2008-10-09 Good service, great product. I have had my A650 for a couple of weeks now and am very satisfied with it. Paired with Dish TV HD service it delivers a vibrant picture. Although the set is in a room with lots of windows, I have the screen angled away from them and have not had any problems with glare. My purchase from Amazon was easy and the price was lower than any local big box retailers. There was a minor hiccup with the delivery (a couple of hours late) but I suspect this could be a problem with any delivery. The TV mounted easily to the stand I had purchased elsewhere. It is a 2-person job to mount it, though. Since the set ships with the base attached I mounted it first then removed the base. This process worked fine. The picture looked fine to me right out of the box. I found some tweaks on the Web at various sites; but frankly I can't see the difference when they are applied. It is easy to adjust the picture from the menu, and just as easy to restore the default settings. The sound is adequate but uninspiring compared to the picture. I paired it to a Sony home theater sound system and now the sound is the equal of the image. I had reservations about purchasing a TV on-line, but ultimately I decided it probably wasn't any different from buying it in a brick & mortar store. I was going to have to have it delivered in any case. If there turned out to be a problem with the item they would have to come pick it up as well. I'm glad I followed my instinct, and Amazon has once again proven to be my retailer of choice. I would recommend Amazon and the Samsung A650 to anyone considering purchasing a large plasma display. Date: 2008-10-03 Nice way to shop Made my search, find best price and shipping, one key purchasing, shipper brought it to the room I wanted. Samsung has a great picture. Overall am pleased with Almazon, the dealer, the shipper and the TV that is why I thought five stars was earned. Date: 2008-09-19 Awesome Picture. I teach film and wanted something that would enhance my viewing experience without overwhelming my medium sized, 14 wide by 20 living area. This TV is perfect and the sound, unlike some of the smaller Samsungs, is very good. While not the theatrical surround sound experience, the down facing speakers work well and produce realistic tones whether you are listening to voice or music. They also allow for a clean appearance which is further enhanced by the touch of red screen. If you are not the techie type and cringe at hooking up one more wire or don't want to lay out another $500 on sound, you should be quite happy with this set just the way it is. My couch is about 12 feet from the screen, while the arm chairs go as close as 6. I find this distance just about perfect for watching the 50 inch screen. I've even had a few friends comment that they almost felt dizzy watching large, fast moving, objects on the screen. If you are wondering how big to go, I personally don't think paying $$$ for an inch or two more will make a difference unless you have a very large room and want to bump up to 60 or 65". The kids should be adequately wowed by their video games on this one. I also like the set of video connectors on the side of the TV which allow you to connect cameras and other devices without having to get to the back of the set. My TV arrived fully assembled in the box. No struggling to get the base on. Amazon offered free white glove delivery and the gentleman placed the TV on my stand without so much as leaving a finger print on the frame or screen. Since the TV is quite heavy this was good to have. He also told me about adding a "line filter" to remove sine waves from the AC as he said some clients encountered small squiggly lines on their screen. Luckily the power center I bought already had digital filters on all the lines. BTW that power center is the Belkin PureAV F9A1033fc10 from Amazon. I also purchased a SONY HDMI cable which you need to connect your DVD player and sometimes the Cable TV to your TV. HDMI is a much higher standard of connector and DOES make a huge difference in quality over traditional RCA connectors. Most local dealers carry MONSTER brand cables. I have found them to be no better or worse than the high quality devices provided by the above vendors. The only thing MONSTER about them is the price!! I should add that CEVA was the company that delivered the TV and sent a very polite and knowledgable man to do it. He even disposed of the box and all of the packing for me. I'd never heard of the company before but I was able to communicate with them about the details of delivery by speaking directly to a rep at their local New Orleans area warehouse. Hurricane Gustav was in the Gulf at that time so a timely delivery was important to me. I would recommend this company to others. I've had the set for two months and use it with a new Sony s350 Blu-ray player. The only problem I've had so far is not wanting to leave home!! Great product.
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