Customer Reviews

Samsung SP-P4231 42-Inch Widescreen Enhanced-Definition Plasma TV

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I've had the set about three weeks and have already replaced the main circuit board. The problem is that the screen and sound disappear for about 5 seconds several times an hour. The new board has slowed the problem but not eliminated it; it now blacks out about once an hour.

I've replaced my cables and my satellite box but nothing changed.

When it works the picture is amazing considering the price and the fact that this is EDTV. The sound through the provided speakers is adaquate.

I too had sound problems where the sound would go out after the tv had been on for about 3 hours. After letting the tv cool down for around 15 minutes it was good again. Bought it from Sears. They replaced the digital/audio board with no resolution. The techs were honest and told me they never had this problem with a Samsung before and weren't sure what the root of the problem was. Tech called Samsung directly from my house. Found it was the Power board was short circuting when heated up. All replaced under the two year warranty. No problems since repair. Tech did tell me they had more problems similar to this with the toshiba's and Sony's. This TV has a great picture and is far better than most comparably priced tv's I have the 3 year service agreement. Tech said anyone who didn't buy the agreement was crazy. Digital/audio board w/out labor was $512 and the power board was $212 labor was $181 first trip $222 the second since they had to take more of the tv apart. Moral is: don't buy a plasma w/out a service agreement.

From shipping date to delivery date Amazon.com rated very good in my book. Cant say enough about tv for the price. picture quality is great. I used the S video hookup from my satelite dish box to receive the signal, nite and day differance between picture quality. black is black not a grayish black, tv came with speakers and table top stand, which is about a $700.00 savings,that most plazmas dont include when you buy them. buyer beware of this when buying these tv's. many other accessories came with tv as well, sound from speakers is plenty good for me, i spent a few months looking at all other brands at stores and to get one with a better picture quality it would cost over $3000.00 more and was'nt worth the extra bucks in my book, rather have the extra monies for a surround sound system to go with this tv if i needed it. on screen setup fetures are so simple its great. thank you Amazon.com thinking of getting another for my house, this ones in my garage.great addtion to my party room, everyone who has seen it so far cant say enough good about it.as i said, use a s video cable to receive your tv signal if possible, hookup with cable wire is still good picture quality, cant beat the s video hookup thou for tv reception quality.NASCAR RACES AND SPORTS CANT BE VIEWED ANY BETTER. And i dont have HD hookup yet,dont think i will waste the monies for that either, picture clarity is unreal.

My Samsung 4231 is about 6 weeks old. 3 days ago, I would have rated it 5 stars, easy! Today, maybe one star. Let me explain... It was everything the other reviewer said and more until a couple of days ago. This is my second HDTV, and the picture clarity and brightness blows away my HD Toshiba projection wide screen by a mile. Non-HD programming is really amazing on this set. It is almost as good as HD broadcasts on other equipment; and of course HD programming is mind-blowing. I don't think there could be a better picture at any price. HOWEVER, the past couple of days, this Plasma beauty has started acting up on me. It simply goes black (no picture) for about 15 minutes, and then comes back on. The sound is uninterupted. It goes black on all inputs. It might do it 3 or 4 times a over a 3 hour (or so) period. I have no idea why this happens, or what happens to make the picture come back. I haven't caught it going dark if I leave it on over 3 hours, but it only started a couple of days ago. If anyone knows what might be going on, I'd love to hear about it.