Customer Reviews

Samsung HLR5667W 56-Inch DLP HD TV

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4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Like the previous review says, your jaw will drop. The picture on this TV is clear, bright and lifelike, and the images are eye-popping. DVD's are amazing, even in 480P. I'm using the DirecTV HD TiVo as my satellite source, and an over-the-air antenna for local HD channels. DirecTV's HD choices are limited, but the picture on those (compressed) channels is beautiful. But the piece-de-resistance is the non-compressed local HDTV broadcasts. Just amazing. Our local CBS affiliate does their news in HD, and it makes the boring local news riveting just for the picture. Getting strong signals from an antenna can be challenging, but it's worth it if you can do it.

The set has more options than you'll ever need, but I particularly like the surround-sound simulation mode that plays a simulated 5.1 image over the set's 2 speakers. It actually creates sounds that seems to come from behind you. Of course, you can hook it up to your home theater for the real thing (over an optical connection).

I have noticed no rainbow effects that some say appear on DLP's, and the picture is plenty bright, even in my room that has a wall of windows behind me and skylights above me.

In short, if you can afford this TV, you shouldn't hestitate to buy it. Amazon has a great sale on it now (July 2005), so it's even less painful. Besides, amortize it over the 10-15 years you'll enjoy this TV, and it's a bargain.

Just got this TV to replace my 60 inch Sony CRT Projection. This Samsung is AWESOME. I am speechless. Once I hooked up the HDTV cable box my jaw dropped. Watching anything HD becomes an experience!
TV has plenty of features. However, the one feature I wish it had was to make the TV speakers the stereo's center channel. Being such a thin TV you cannot rest the center channel on top as I did with my CRT Projection.
No big deal though.
If you can come up with the scratch for a TV like this, you won't be let down!

If your Samsung was produced before june of 2005 - you can play video games such as the X-box but you must use the Component video inputs 1 or 2. This will reduce "lag". You cannot use the S-video or the Composite inputs...if you do you will experience lag.

For new TV's that are built after June 2005 Samsung added a video game mode function to the TV that enhances video gameing. These TV's have no issue what so ever. So don't be agraid to buy this TV - it's the best DLP in it's class - perhaps in any class. I compared to Mitsubishi, JVC, and Toshiba. The Samsung won hands down. (I've read there have been many problems w/ the Toshiba projection TV's so be warned)

I probably spent 60 hours researching this TV. During my research I learned about a few possible downsides; the DLP chip is not the newest, greatest version. Picture quality when going through a digital cable box, in the lower 100 channels is not as good as higher numbered channels or when the cable is connected directly. The PIP controls are awkward. But the pros far outweighed the cons. I ordered the set.

The picture, especially in HIDEF is unbelievable. If you like PIP you can actually watch the equivalent of two 32" simultaneously.

One thing I really like about DLP is that there is no worry about picture degradation or burn in. I also own a LCD TV. That sets owners manual states not to watch shows that don't fill the whole screen more then 10% of the time. I don't like having to "zoom" pictures to fill the screen. With the HLR56687W, it is a non-issue. Those shows that don't fill the entire screen are still plenty big, and because of the design of the TV I usually don't even notice that they are not wide format.

Amazon.com was $500 less then Circuit City on this set. Also Amazon.com only charged $149 for delivery and setup. Almost all the other internet sites selling this set wanted between $215 and $300 for delivery "to the door only".

If you are looking for a large screen TV, BUY THIS SET, you will not be sorry!

Had it for about two weeks now. Comcast HDTV looks AWESOME, regular digital channels look good too. Sorry, haven't tried DVDs yet but I'm sure they will look great as well. The audio is excellent as well. I'm not experiencing any of the "rainbow effects" or audio-video synch problems described in some other reviews.

Especially happy with the complete lack of glare on this tv! It faces a couple of big windows but we still get a bright, beautiful picture during the day.

If you need a wide viewing angle on your tv or want to mount it on a wall, go with plasma instead. If not, I would highly recommend this tv.

I purchased the TV online, and it was delivered within three (3) days. I was a bit nervous about ordering such a big-ticket item online, but I would recommend the experience without reservations to others - it was easy, and my experience has been great! The TV is amazing - great picture from far away and up close. I am also happy with the quality of picture from the side angles. The setup was incredibly easy - I was watching TV within fifteen minutes of the delivery men knocking on my door. If I wasn't happy before all of this, I watched football in high-def over the weekend, and without question, this is one of the best purchases I have ever made. I am a 31 year-old SWM and what I would consider an average consumer, and I do not work for Samsung (the producer) or Amazon.com. Without reservation, I would recommend this product to others.

I have had the Samsung HLR5667W for about three weeks now, and I feel I must tell everyone what a GREAT TV this is for the money! I recently hosted my company party at my home - my company designs and installs large scale audio and video systems. All the video geeks were blown away by the high definition picture from this set!

I purchased from Amazon, saved about a grand over the local shops and superstores, and delivery was perfect.

If I had anything negative to say about it, I wish it had two HDMI inputs, since I have Samsung's DVD player with HDMI output. I am using the one input for the HD cable box. I believe the new 1080i unit that is replacing this one has two HDMI inputs.

All in all, a great TV!

I bought this TV back in November 2005 at Best Buy when it was a little bit more expensive. I considered the plasma's and the LCD's, but this TV is so much better than what I saw at several seperate stores. The picture quality is great, and even the sound quality isn't too bad either as a stand alone. When I have my 6.1 suround sound BOSE speakers connected with the TV it makes any movie, TV show or game sound incredible. For this past Super Bowl we had a party, and everyone commented on the TV and the quality of the HD channels. I currently go through Comcast for my cable company, and us componet cables for almost everything I have. I also have a Sony DVD player, XBOX, PS2, Gamecube, and XBOX 360 all connected to my TV by my receiver. Everything that I play or watch looks great, and I have no complaints with the quality. My only complaint would be the lack of options on the PIP. I have an old 32" Sony flatscreen TV and it came with a lot of options for PIP. If you do or don't use PIP(picture in picture), it doesn't matter because this TV is still Excellent!!!

I finally decided to upgrade from my 27" tube and go with a big HDTV. I purchased this tv last weekend (03-31-06) from a local Circuit City store. They had it delivered the very next day, unboxed it, conntected it, and made sure it worked. The picture quality is incredible. I also purchased a Samsung progressive scan HD-convert DVD player with this TV. I don't think I will ever go to the movie theater again. The sound quality from the built in speakers is decent. I have the TV hooked up to my HTS so I only use the TV's speakers when I watch regular tv.

I hooked up my Xbox to this TV using the component cables and the graphics are incredible. Be sure to go into your Xbox settings (from the dashboard) and enable 480p, 720p, 1080i, and widescreen. I didn't do that at first and was very disappointed with the graphics and got nausea from the stretched and blocky image. Once I enabled those settings it made a HUGE difference. Also, the menu and setup for the tv is extremely user-friendly. It is very straight forward and self explanatory.

My complaints about this tv are the TV Guide feature, the included (universal) tv remote included, and the "rainbow effect". As far as the TV Guide, it does not work for me at all. I've keyed in all our local settings and it is not providing us with any listings. Everything is showing "not available". As far as the tv remote, it's a universal remote which allows you to program and control a DVD player, VCR, and Cable box. Like I said, I purchased a Samsung DVD player along with this tv and am only able to control "play" and "stop" from the tv remote. I am unable to scroll through the DVD menu, needless to say make any selections. Good thing I purchased a separate universal remote from CC at the time of this purchase. The "rainbow effect" was only something I had read about in regards to DLP's but never actually seen it. Yesterday, however, I started noticing it while watching a DVD (24 season 3). It only occurs in certain scenes, and like I said, I only noticed it for the first time yesterday, so it's only on certain DVD's.

Someone had mentioned a loud fan. If you are watching tv on mute you will hear the fan, but I sure don't. You will only hear the fan after you turn off your TV. The fan will stay on for about a minute to cool down the bulb. Not a problem for me.

Overall, the picture quality is incredible. Watching anything in HD makes up for the negative. If you plan on using HDMI I'd recommend buying the HDMI cable from Walmart for about $25. The least expensive HDMI cable Circuit City had was selling for an outrageous $100. I did purchase a Monster Surge Protector (stage 1) for a little over $100. I would highly recommend it. If I could do it again I probably would have invested in a stage 2 or 3 surge protector and paid the extra $200-$300. I did not opt for their extended warranty.

PS. Our living room looks so much nicer with this TV, it's not only a great piece of electronic, but also a great piece of furniture.

Right out of the box this TV has been awesome. I was unsure about purchasing such a big ticket item online, but after shopping around and reading all of the other reviews on this site about delivery and no hassles I am glad I didn't settle for what I could gt at a Best Buy or Circut City. The only place I saw that had a slightly lower price for this model was on Ebay, but that was without shipping. Did I mention shipping from Amazon was FREE. I was really happy and surprised about that.
So far after watching a DVD (Star Wars III) and flipping through the channels I have to say that this TV is great. I have it hooked up to a Bose 3.2.1 system and they really go well together. All I could ever ask for in a home entertainment system....now all I have to do is upgrade my cable to the HD package.
Hope my rambling review was of some help...