Samsung HL61A750 61-Inch 1080p LED Powered DLP HDTV

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 54.8 x 14.4 x 37.8 inches ; 70.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 92 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B001415FIG
• Item model number: HL-61A750
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (311 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,399 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

We ship all of our items directly from our wearhouses located in San Francisco, CA and other locations in the USA. This items comes with manufacturer warranty. This item is listed as a *Special Promotional item; hence it may take 5-10 business days for delivery. Please review our Return Policy & the FAQ under the Special Promotional section for terms and conditions. 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed !!! Experience a picture with almost the same high quality as the movies you watch on the big screen. CinemaPure Color Engine creates brilliant, realistic images and displays color that's 40% brighter than traditional HDTVs. The Samsung HL61A750 also has a huge 61" screen that surprisingly doesn't take up much room. Immerse yourself in an incredible 1080p high definition experience and enjoy movies and sports to the fullest with this Samsung DLP TV. General Product Type 61" rear projection TV Digital Television Certification HDTV TV Tuner 1x analog, 1x digital Video Interface Component, composite, HDMI, S-Video PC Interface VGA (HD-15) USB Port Yes HDCP compatible Yes Dimensions Without stand Width 54.7 in Depth 14.4 in Height 37.8 in Weight 70.1 lbs Enclosure Color Piano black Display Diagonal Size 61" - widescreen Technology Projection Projection Display Technology DLP Resolution 1920 x 1080 Display Format 1080p (FullHD) Image Aspect Ratio 16:9 120Hz Yes Dynamic Contrast Ratio 10000:1 Widescreen Modes Zoom 16:9, Conventional 4:3, Wide Zoom, Zoom, Just Display Menu Language English, French, Spanish V-Chip Control Yes Color Temperature Control Yes (Warm1/Warm2/Normal/Cool1/Cool2) Picture Adjustment Custom/Standard/Music/Movie/Speech Additional Features On-screen menu, DNIe (Digital Natural Image engine), 3D HD ready, Cinema Smooth Light Engine TV Tuner

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295 of 297 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best bang for the buck, great features of LED, July 10, 2008

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mikepro (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung HL61A750 61-Inch 1080p LED Powered DLP HDTV (Electronics)

Very happy with this TV! Much improved over last years LED sets. Excellent picture, great performance, and nice, efficient LED engine. Does it have the best picture available? No, that's probably the 9G Pioneer Kuro plasma, but that costs about $3000 more. Even the new Mitsubishi bulb based DLP's have a slightly better picture, since they use the newer TI Darkchip4 DLP chip, and the Samsung uses the Darkchip3. But, I feel the advantages of the LED light engine outweigh any slight picture quality difference. In my opinion, this TV has the best bang for the buck, by far.

I wrote a FAQ on AVS forum, so I will include some of that here:

- Why should I get a 750 LED series over the 650 bulb series?

* The 750 comes in bigger sizes, 61" and 67".
* The 750 has an LED light source that should last the life of the set. No bulbs to replace.
* The 750 uses the CinemaPure Color Engine that creates brilliant, realistic images and displays color that's 40% brighter than traditional HDTVs. (Note that most sources don't take advantage of this extra color space. Some Camcorders do support it.)
* Nearly instant startup times, with instant brightness no need for the bulb or ballast to warm up.
* No spinning color wheel, so quieter TV (color wheels spin fast and can sometimes have a high pitch whine), and less moving parts
* Much, much less chance of seeing rainbows as the LED's cycle much faster than the color wheel.
* "Green" TV. The LED set uses much less power than bulb based sets and has one of the lowest energy consumption of TV's. Note that actual energy usage is less than the max rated watts listed on the TV.

- Why should I get the 750 series over a competitor, like the Mitsubishi

* The 750 has an LED light source that should last the life of the set. No bulbs to replace.
* Nearly instant startup times, with instant brightness no need for the bulb or ballast to warm up.
* No spinning color wheel, so quieter TV (color wheels spin fast and can sometimes have a high pitch whine), and less moving parts
* Much, much less chance of seeing rainbows as the LED's cycle much faster than the color wheel.
* "Green" TV. The LED set uses much less power than bulb based sets and has one of the lowest energy consumption of TV's. Note that actual energy usage is less than the max rated watts listed on the TV.
* The Samsung has 120Hz video processing for smooth, judder free playback of 24 fps film based material, such as Blu-Ray movies. Have to move to the expensive Diamond series to get this in the Mitsubishi.
* Extensive user menu settings for picture adjustments
* The Phlatlight LED engine is made in the USA.

This TV has A LOT of options for adjusting the picture. So many, that some may get confused, so I will post my suggested settings. First of all, when you get the set or see it in the store, it defaults to Dynamic mode, which in my opinion looks HORRIBLE!!! Don't judge this set too much by how it looks in the store, it looks waaay better in person.

Suggested Picture settings

Picture mode: Standard
Usage: What I like for normal Cable/HD viewing. Provides extra "pop", and 3D-ish look but clearly over saturated.

Contrast 97
Brightness 48
Sharp 0
Color 49
Tint 46/54

Detailed Settings
Black Adj off
Dyn Contrast Low (Adds the "pop" many people are looking for)
LED Control Auto (Sometimes turn down to medium at night)
Gamma 0
White Bal -4
Flesh Tone -3
Edge Ehancement off
xvYCC off

Picture Options
Color Tone Normal
Size Just Scan
Digital NR Auto
DNIe Off
HDMI Black Lvl Normal * See notes below
Film Mode Auto
Blue Only Mode off
Color Gamut sRGB

Picture mode Movie
Usage: Movies, Blu Ray playback. Generally, the most accurate mode

Contrast 100
Brightness 47
Sharp 0
Color 49
Tint 50/50

Detailed Settings
Black Adj off
Dyn Contrast off
LED Control Medium
Gamma -3
White Bal 0
Flesh Tone 0
Edge Ehancement off
xvYCC off

Picture Options
Color Tone Warm 2
Size Just Scan
Digital NR Auto
DNIe off
HDMI Black Lvl Normal * See notes below
Film Mode Auto
Blue Only Mode off
Color Gamut sRGB

187 of 193 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome set, April 5, 2008

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Christopher J. Beardslee "pinkfloydd" (Atlanta Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung HL61A750 61-Inch 1080p LED Powered DLP HDTV (Electronics)

(Apr '08) Well I finally made the jump to a HDTV. I do not pretend to be an authority on TV's, a high roller who can buy $20,000 sets, or a person who has owned 10 HDTV's in the past and can compare and contrast my past sets. I did do quite a bit of research beforehand and the best balance of cost to size and function was this set, and I am more than pleased.

This is a 61" Projection set, but the image engine is not a lamp and spinning color wheel like almost all DLP sets, but rather LED based. This is huge because the lamps burn out and are expensive to replace, and the color wheel makes noise. These are eliminated on the series 7 sets. I got this delivered this morning and have been playing with the TV all day. No fewer than 100 times did I switch between ESPN and ESPN-HD and say "look at that!" during the final four games. The clarity for a 61" screen viewed at 10 feet is amazing. I am certain there is better out there, but I can't imagine how much better it can really get to justify another several thousand dollars. You will not be displeased with this image at all. Then I fired up some PS3 games, namely Madden 08 and Motostorm. Super impressive images. I am using the Psyclone HDMI cable for the video input and it delivers a whole dimension to the games I never saw before on my old CRT set. Even my friends who have an Aquos system say it looks better on this Samsung set. The color is sharp, the menus are very user friendly to make adjustments, and it functions great. Also, the TV requires virtually no warm-up time which I have read can happen with some high end sets. From "power on" to image is like a couple seconds.

The remote is attractive and easy to use; the whole TV set doesn't have much weight (easily picked up by two people with hardly any effort), is in a very sharp looking cabinet and has ample input slots on the back. It even has a PC input which is nice, and a USB slot that you can plug a thumb drive into and play MP3's or project JPEG images.
This set is full 1080p, not just a 1080p screen like some sets. It is also 3-D ready for the games out there who know about this. This set is very future proof by all standards that I have researched so you can buy in confidence that you won't regret this in 3 months. Even my wife, who said I was crazy to spend a couple thousand on a TV, loves the image and in one day has agreed it was a good buy. Samsung is sinking a lot of money into their DLP even if Sony is bailing on the platform. You simply cannot get a full 1080p image this good, at this size from plasma or pure LCD set without paying a massive amount of money. I think any sports fan out there who likes to watch movies from time to time and play the occasional game on the Xbox or Wii like me will love this set.

Always do your own research. One negative review of this set claims it does not have 120Hz image rate. Well, it does. Also do your homework on what you could care less about. 35mm film aspect convert? You know, darn it if I just don't ever use it for that purpose. Auto audio adjust? You know, darn it if I don't just use a home theatre for the sound and not the crap speakers that come with any high end tv. Hope you find the right set for you, because ultimately you gotta live with it. So far I am quite happy with mine and will update as I discover good/bad things.

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HL61A750 My Experience, May 9, 2008

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Ed (Surprise, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung HL61A750 61-Inch 1080p LED Powered DLP HDTV (Electronics)

Almost bought the HLT series from Samsung when I read that it was being replaced by this model. Several issues were addressed, one concerning a halo effect that effected some of the sets, which Samsung later had a fix for. When shopping, went to BB and CC to compare this set with larger screen lcd, plasmas and dlp models. Chose this over other brands of dlp because there is no bulb to replace in the Samsung (led light source). For the same quality picture I found that the plasmas and lcd sets were far more expensive in this screen size range.

Ordered from Amazon, was delivered, unboxed, and hooked up to make sure everything was fine, by the trucking co. Very satisfied with their white glove delivery. In fact, it was better than I expected.

The picture on this set is much better at home than what you see in well-lit stores. The contrast, color and resolution are amazing. Even up close the picture is excellent. Replaced a Toshiba 60" (HD) that was about six years old. Major improvement in HD. The screen on this has no reflective glare as the older one did. Always had a reflection of something in the screen, a light, window... Have directv, so was able to use the HDMI hook up, that replaced the 3 wire component, and two wire audio to the set--now just one. The sound from the set is ample,(it has SRS) however, I hooked it up to surround which gives the viewing experience a lot more kick!

I highly recommend this set on my personal satisfaction, and Amazon for their excellent customer service and the delivery.