Customer Reviews

Samsung HL67A750 67-Inch 1080p LED Powered DLP HDTV

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3 star:		(5)
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This is the 2nd Samsung DLP that I have owned. The first being a Samsung 56" 5650, it still worked great when upgrading to this model, I just really wanted the new features such as the LED projection and admittedly the extra size (insert joke here). I did the research into the plasma and LCD units and just couldn't rationalize why I would spend comparable money for a 42" TV. Along with this price difference, the plasmas and LCDs, in my opinion, just don't handle the non-HD programming nearly as well as DLP units, too pixilated. As for the HD picture, it's amazing... I would gladly put it up against a plasma or LCD.

If you are thinking that this TV might be too big for your room, it's likely not! The viewing distance that I typically have on this TV is around 7-8' away and it's perfect. At this distance it is comparable to the ratio you are experiencing in a good seat at the theater. You can adjust the display to the brightness level of your preference, but just in general I have found the DLP to be a softer more eye friendly image than the LCD or Plasma and comparable to what you experience in a modern theater.

For the gamers, this set is the bomb! If you have found yourself changing the brightness level just to be able to see the details in darker games like Gears of War and then switching to watching TV to have a whitewash... there is a quick select button on the remote control that goes to `Game' mode that trasitions the picture to a mode that allows you see stuff the way that the games designers intended them to be seen.

I will leave you with this thought... You are just sitting down in your favorite chair, the unbelievable smell of the extra buttered popcorn that your friends and family are passing around dominates the air ... then all of a sudden the intro scene of Star Wars Episode 4 starts rolling across this 67" badboy while the theme song belts out of a well bassed sound system....... Yeah, it's worth it!

Randy

I bought the Samsung HL67A750 on sale from a local Fry's. The unit was delivered in 4 days for a small fee that included carrying the unit upstairs.
I have owned front projectors for 25+ years (starting with the Kloss Novabeam Model One and continuing to my previous Sony VPL-HS20). The Samsung HL67A750 is easily the best unit I have bought for watching TV (and doing a little big screen gaming) and yet was the least expensive TV/Monitor I have bought since my first projector. The visual quality was excellent out of the box with very little fiddling needed.

The negatives I found on this unit were minor, but worth mentioning.
The sound is weak at best, but was unimportant as I have a 7.1 external sound system. The only moderately annoying issue I found was that the projector is apparently a significant source of flickering IR. This caused my RX-V3800 to think it is receiving an intermittent mute command from a non-existent remote. While this is annoying, it was reduced considerably by changing the placement of the RX-V3800. While the mute still occurs occasionally (primarily when a person stands in front of the TV and reflects back the IR to the receiver) it is now acceptable.

In conclusion: The Samsung HL67A750 is an excellent product with only minor issues

Late Jan 08 Update: I have now owned this product for 6 months and it is a great product. I watch it an average of 1 to 2 hrs a day and have found little or nothing to complain about. As I am notorious for second guessing my purchases, this is nothing short of amazing.

First and foremost, size isn't everything. But it's certainly nice to have! When I began researching TVs to replace my 9 year-old Toshiba 36" CRT, I was only looking in the 46-52" range. I'm in the military and move every couple years, so I needed something that I could move safely and that would work in any reasonable environment. This eliminated plasmas, which reputedly do not perform well at higher altitudes. Next I looked at LEDs. The black levels are getting better, although it seems B&W stores continue to carry models 2-3 generations back for the same price you can order the newest models online. But then you run in to the dead pixel issue and the insecurity that comes along with an LED, and the hassle if you have a dead pixel out of the box and you purchased online. Nevertheless, I continued to look at LEDs until going out to a B&M store to actually look at TVs. I knew ahead of time that stores don't calibrate TVs on display and you can't judge picture quality based on what you see in the store, but I did want to get a better sense of the layout, saturation, issues with any uneven lighting of the screen, and so forth. On my way to the back wall with LEDs I walked through an aisle of DLP sets - a couple Sammies and a Mitsubishi. They looked nice, and they were larger than life. Black levels were solid, even when uncalibrated. So I went home and started researching DLPs to compare to the Sony and Samsung LEDs I had previously narrowed my search to. Lo and behold, the Samsung 6xA750 TVs were getting the most favorable reviews by videophiles. They didn't like the sound from the TV's speakers (and for good reason - it sounds like a tin can) but as a monitor everyone seemed to love the LED-based 750 series. I also read briefly about last year's 650 series, but didn't want to bother with bulb-based technology, so I was left with the 61" or 67" version of the A750 series. It seemed more people had QC issues with the 61" than the 67" for some reason, so I decided to bite the bullet and buy the 67", which is so much larger than I originally contemplated that I can only imagine what my wife is thinking about me right now. However, the 67A750 is cheaper than any of the newer-model 52" LED flatscreens I was considering, still weighs less than my old 36" CRT, and the picture is incredible. On blu-ray discs the picture is breathtaking. I haven't seen HD cable or satellite on it (I'm with DirecTV and they provide absolutely NO incentive to upgrade, wanting an arm and a leg to do so) but others with similar observations to mine on other aspects of this TV claim it's the best picture they've ever seen. Those are certainly my sentiments with blu-ray. When I set up my 5.1 home theater it felt like I was *in* the movie, not just watching it. I'm afraid to watch a horror movie on this thing - I might poop myself. Have I mentioned the picture is incredible?

Even on SD sources, the TV looks great. It upscales to 1080p, and does a better job of it, in fact, than my Denon receiver, through which all sources run. You will still see some fuzziness around edges if you look closely, for nothing I've found can upscale a SD source perfectly, and you'll see some splotches on a completely black screen, but the picture on this TV even with SD sources is more than acceptable. Perhaps the fuzziness would be even more difficult to see on a smaller TV of equal capability (the 61A750) but what you gain with the extra size when using HD sources outweighs the advantage the 61" might have with SD sources by virtue of its size.

I did hundreds of hours of homework over 4 months before buying a TV. I was confident I had made the right choice when I ordered this from Amazon, and am certain of it now that the TV has arrived.

One final note, which is about shipping: my experience was as follows. Ordered TV at 1pm central time friday. Amazon package tracker originally said TV would not ship until Tuesday. This is because CEVA tries to get a full truck before pulling out of amazon warehouse. TV actually shipped same day, and arrived in Kansas City at 9am Sunday morning. Monday was Columbus Day. TV was delivered to my house in perfect condition at 9am Tuesday. Five stars for Amazon and CEVA as well as the TV!

Make sure you read the reviews on the optional extended warranty here on amazon before you buy it.

Summary: The only drawback of this TV is the quality of the sound it outputs. The picture is flawless. Amazon and CEVA did a great job getting the TV to me, which along with outstanding price makes Amazon one of the best sources for this TV.

This TV is awsome you cant find a better deal for 2k I almost bought a mitsubishi 72inch that would have been a huge mistake this thing has an incredible picture and if you are a gamer you wont believe your eyes If you own a x-box 360 make sure you set it to 1080 an prepare to get blown away. But the sound quality from the box blows I highly recomend a surround system and a hormony 880 universal remote.

Had this set for three days and have found nothing to dislike about it. It replaced my 65" CRT RP Mitsubishi and it's like having HD for the first time all over again. Great array of input connections (though they're on the wrong side for me for now; new stand is ordered). Makes even 480i dvd's look great.

I recently purchased this TV from Amazon (sold from Amazon inventory for $2049.98 grand total with 24 months same as cash). Delivered in one week by a private carrier, was delivered to my TV stand and they checked to see if it worked. Very nice delivery and service at no extra charge! Outstanding picture. Can't really do a fair comparison with a big screen plasma but at 1/3rd the price this thing is awesome. 1080i Directv signal looks great. 1080p XBox 360 is the best gaming I have experienced. I have yet to play with picture/color adjustments but right out of box I am happy. Can't say about sound as I have it hooked to a home theatre system. Plenty of connectivity. TV has a nice finish and is aesthetically pleasing. Remote is average but I have a programmable remote so it won't be used. I would strongly suggest this TV if you are not looking to spend big bucks for a 67" TV. I couldn't find the Samsung matched stand so I went to Best Buy and got an Init NT-C1201 stand ($319.99) that actually matches this thing perfectly and has two nice big shelves and raises TV to my perfered viewing height (a little higher than others I looked at). Hope this helps.

At the new 11/24/3008 prices this projector is a bargain just as hdguru states.
TI and Samsung have really gone all-out in this DLP design to provide the maximum fidelity possible mating the green state-of-the-art LED light source with the long-in-the-tooth xD5 DLP chip.

The 750 series is one of the few displays which scales nicely to either a completely dark or daylight room. The key is the variable power LED light source which also offers the best power efficiency. Many plasmas will heat up the room.
With no spinning color wheel (which typically wears out), the display should be stable and reliable for many years. The cost of ownership should be zero.
My evaluation and recommendations: Use -3 gamma and CNET.com settings. (ok sports -2) . Use little or no A/C power conditioning. Use movie setting for night, standard for evening and dynamic for daytime viewing. Use only the sRGB colorspace setting, otherwise there is too much of an orange cast to skin tones.
The DLP chips native contrast could be better. There is bit of a washout in the dark areas in mixed content bright and dark scenes. This is a limitation of the dynamic iris used in projector light engines. The effect is minimized by setting the picture mode to match the rooms ambient light.
I've analyzed several of these 61" and 67" 750 displays, and all had an increasing amount of red mis-convergence in the top third as you move away from the center of the screen. Must be part of the design at this price-point?

Hope this factual information is useful in making an informed purchasing decision. Enjoy!

BRIGHT, even with ambient light, BIG!, and surprisingly THIN considering it's a rear-projection screen. Ah, the magic of mirrors.

Love the LED technology which means (1) no bulb to blow out and replace, saving money and tech hassle (2) brighter screen.

Has the usual caveats you'd notice for any rear-projection model - e.g., if you move your POV off-center from the screen, say, as you walk into the room, the screen appears less bright. But straight on it's good even in a room with unshuttered windows.

Does a creditable job upscaling any signal sent to it, with no noticeable digital artifacting.

Bought also a Samsung upscaling DVD player; the two speak to each other over Samsung's proprietary AnyNet, so that loading a DVD turns the TV on and sets it to receive signal from the player, and turning the player off turns off the TV.

Yankee games in HD over cable also look magnificent - but of course if you're doing HD you have to use a digital input, not 75 ohm. Make sure your cable box has HDMI output.

All in all a fantastic buy. Well worth it. Shipping was simple - I had the set 5 calendar days after ordering it, and the shipper even carried it upstairs and helped me put it in place. Make sure to tip your shipper!

First of all, I have been watching the prices on this TV for several months. I was a bit torn between this one and a 50" 120hz LCD. Obviously, this TV is much larger and is less expensive. I finally caught it on sale & decided to take the plunge. To say that I am satisfied would be an under statement. This TV is fabulous. Do not judge by what you see on the display models in your local store. There is just no way that it will do this unit justice. I always thought that the HL67A750 had a good picture, but I was convinced that the LCD models were slightly more dynamic and crisp based on comparing them in the store. When I got this one home and hooked up (about 15 minutes and it was working with my Dish Network HD receiver) I could not believe the picture. It is at least as good, if not better, than any LCD or plasma picture that I have seen. The menus and settings seem very simple to me and it did not take long before I was comfortable navigating around the various options. If there is a down side, it is that this TV gas so many different picture & sound options that it is hard to decide how you like it set up. I finally settled on one of the built in profiles and kept it there. This TV looks great with the dish HD and also just as great with my local HD programming that I am receiving through my rabbit ears ($2.99 at Big Lots). I use the HDMI interface for the Dish HD receiver and just hook the rabbit ears to the cable coax input. I let it auto program the off air channels which took about 90 seconds. I also have an older DVD/VCR combo hooked up through the RGB component inputs. The DVDs also look very, very good. In fact, it appears to me that the internal algorithms that the Samsung usues to upconvert the input to 1080P are excellent. My current Dish receiver will only output 720p or 1080i signals. The Samsung does a superb job of displaying either of those. One of my local HD stations broadcasts in 720p and the picture is flawless on the Samsung. In fact, any of the digital 480i input looks almost as good as the HD input. This assumes, of course, that the original material is high quality (not replays of ball games from 1986 on ESPN Classic for instance). I would not hesitate to purchase this TV all over again. I am simply in awe of how good the image quality is. As previous reviewers have noted, the sound quality is nothing to rave about, but actually it is not that terrible either. A TV this big & beautiful just begs for a nice surround sound system anyway. Buy & Enjoy!

First, I went to Circuit City to check this tv out. In my opinion, the settings that they have does NOT do this tv any justice. I was not impressed at all when I saw it, but the size was a selling point for me. So I went to Amazon, saved almost $500.00 over CC, and have been totally blown away.
Once you get it, make sure you start to adjust it to your liking. Friends cannot believe the picture quality of this set.
BTW, if you register on line, rather than call in, for the warranty, Samsung extends the warranty for an additional three months.
All in all, I would HIGHLY recommend this DLP tv .