Samsung LN40B650

I have owned this tv for almost 3 months now and I am completely satisfied with the picture quality. I have to admit that I had to change the picture settings before I could achieve the best picture… quality. The only reason I have given this tv 4 star is because of the slow remote control operation. Samsung markets this tv with internet widgets but accessing and playing around with the widgets is so slow that soon you will give up. Other remote operations are very slow as well. Overall I am satisfied with this TV. Great value for the money.

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I purchased this TV because of the GREAT reviews here at Amazon & other websites. Only 1 thing, and a warning to everyone considering this TV. After owning this for less than 10 months, it started powering… on & off after being on for 3-4 hours. I spoke to Samsung Customer Service, was told to reset the TV, unplug it from the surge protector I was protecing it with & plug directly into an outlet. In less than 1 week the situation got worse, so that it performed its on-off routine in 1.5 hours of being on. I Googled the problem, and found out that many were complaining of the same issue, and that these TV's are fitted with a bad power supply. Thank goodness it was still under factory warranty, as the service people came & took it in to replace the power supply (which, by the way has taken more than 2 weeks). It seems this problem has affected ALL Samsung LCD models, from 30" up to 50". The service guys actually told me to be sure I had an extended warranty, as even though Samsung has updated the power supply software, they could not assure me that this won't happen again. In the meantime, I am stuck without my beautiful TV for the 3rd Sunday in a row without being able to watch football on the big secreen. What a bummer! We asked what brand TV do they have to service less--Sony! Too bad we didn't spring for a bit more money & buy that one. Hopefully, this trip to the service people will solve the problem, but it's very worrisome that a new TV would go bad in such a short time. From what I have read while researching the problem, a lot of folks had this happen to them after their 1 year manufacturer's warranty was already up.

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I'd been looking for a second TV for quite a while, and researching different options. Liked the Sony models a lot, but also liked the Samsungs. This model has great color saturation, and a number of nice… features that allow you to connect to web content such as You Tube. Samsungs have gotten criticism, probably deserved, for their sound quality in the past. However, in comparison to earlier models Samsung appears to have improved the sound. I think Sony still has the edge on sound, but on the other factors I felt this was equal or superior in quality, and I got more value for the price. Perfect size for a bedroom TV if you have the room. I bought this through Amazon Overstocks and was very satisfied with the unit and the delivery. The description said minor blemishes to the housing but I've yet to find one, and the discount factor over the regular Amazon price was significant.

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I love my new TV. It is the second Samsung I have purchased and will continue buying Samsung TV's in the future. The picture is great and I am enjoying all the extras. I was not too happy with the… delivery service provided in Rhode Island. They didn't want to take it out of the box and plug it in to see if it worked. I told them that if they didn't make sure it worked, that they could just take it back.

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