Samsung HL-R5078W

Beats other high priced TV sets in picture quality especially in HD broadcast. Life like picture quality - totally awesome! Lots of digital and analog inputs-outputs. Money well spent for this unit.

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The greatest compliment that can be given is the one from my wife. This is from a woman who could care less about electronics. After viewing our first HDTV prodcast she looks at me and says, "Wow. I didn't think it would look that good." <BR><BR>Picture: Incredible<BR><BR>Ease of use: Not bad. Remote needs a little work. No program code for my Dishnetwork box, DVD player or Onkyo receiver.<BR><BR>I'm watching shows that I didn't before just because they are in HD. I'm enjoying sports almost like I'm there. Can't wait for football season to start back up again.<BR><BR>Bottom line: Great TV. No regrets at all.<BR>

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I did a lot of research, like most other people, before making this major purchase. I decided on this TV because compared to the XBR, I felt like I would get more bang for the buck. HDTV on this thing is spectacular. If you have never seen the difference in person, you will be truly amazed. I have a relatively small living room, but my couch is still about 10 feet away, and it is the perfect size. I have digital cable, so I have no use for the TV guide function, and the remote is pretty boring as far as functions, but I am getting a Logitech Universal remote anyway. That is honestly the only bad thing I can say about this TV. You will not be disappointed if you make this your next one.

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I purchased this TV to be used primarily as a PC Monitor and so far (two weeks) I am very pleased. This DLP works seemlessly on most video card resolutions. In fact I'm writting this review sitting about 8 feet away and the video resolution is set to 1024 x 768. The text clarity is great. There is no DNIe used for the PC input so don't worry about that. The one thing that I'm concerned about is that large white sections of screen look textured with fine pitched colorfull dots. I think that I'll get used to this, it's not a big deal, but not something you see on LCD.

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Ive been pondering a ws high def tv for the past year and finally took the plunge. After much research and local comparison, I settled on the DLP format. I found Samsung to offer the best picture and features of the group. Also, to take advantage of my corner location, I wanted a tv with the speakers on the bottom to allow a larger screen and Samsung fit the bill.<BR>Price: When the price came down to $2999./delivered with a FREE stand(offer over now) I jumped. This is the new 1080p version that isnt even available in my area yet.<BR>Customer Asst: The sales rep was extremely knowledgable. I opted for the 5 yr warranty as it covers the lamp bulb in the event it needs replacing. Safe insurance<BR>Ordering: Kinda messed this up a bit as it took about 30 min of phone time but worked out fine.<BR>Delivery: In my living room 7 days later.<BR>Picture: AWESOME !!! Its trully hard to to go from HDTV > regular picture. Vivid, bright and extremely detailed ! When watching a sporting event, you could pick out someone in the crowd if you knew them ! The olympics(esp ski/boarding events) are spectacular. Alot of actors/actresses have facial flaws like the rest of us ;-)<BR>Cons: The remote. It is user friendly but could be slightly larger and offer back lit keys. Come on Samsung!<BR>Tech Support: Called w/ question re: digital audio connection to my Denon reciever. The advisor was EXTREMELY knowledgable and gave me his direct ext # if I had further questions. I didnt as it was good the 1st time.<BR>Overall: This is my 1st purchase from Crutchfield and Im totally satisfied with both the product and company. Shop around and if the price of your item is remotely close, Go with Crutchfie

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After months of research I had settled on the Samsung HL-R5078W. I also had concerns with a very bright great room. No problems at all. There is little to no glare. Let's be real, when the midday sun is directly glaring through the windows you will get some washout. But, it is much better then my previous Sony XBR CRT and better than I expected after hearing all of the horror stories of bright rooms. The detail of the picture when it is working is simply amazing. I have not had the TV one week. It took me 6 weeks to get it. Starting on Day 1, a blue digital artifact started appearing in dark shadows almost as if it was fighting with the deep blacks. I called Samsung tech services, which for the most part was helpful, and they asked to unplug the TV for a few minutes and reset it. This did nothing. I removed the bulb to make sure it was clean. As far as I could tell it was clean. I replaced the bulb and fired it up again. I had a totally crystal clear picture for about 3 days. The "blue haze" appeared again on day 4 and resetting the TV does not seem to do a thing. It is scheduled for service when the backordered part comes in. I am working with the local audio video shop where I bought it to replace the whole unit entirely. Word of advice... the extra service/protection plans are worth it with these TV's. Simply consider the cost of the replacement bulb in a year or two. For now, I will give this TV 5 STARS for picture quality but 1 STAR for reliability. There has to be at least one bad apple in every bunch. So I will cross my fingers and hope this issue is resolved quickly because when it is working the picture is AMAZING.

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I admit, I was a bit concerned with this TV purchase. My living room is very bright, with many windows. On sunny days, my old 32-inch Tube-TV was a little difficult to see, mostly because of the glare from the windows reflecting off the glass screen. So I was thinking a rear-projection TV might have problems in this environment. Well, let me say here, NO PROBLEMS whatsoever! The screen has ZERO glare from surrounding light sources. And it's a VERY bright picture! Extremely easy to watch, despite the very bright environment in which it's located. And, it's able to pull in the digital HD channels from my cable, without a Cable Card! I told it to search for all the channels it could find, and it found them all automatically! I was extremely pleased with that! (Of course, your cable system might be scrambling the HD channels, so that might not work for you...) The picture quality on the HD channels is beyond belief, and DVD videos are even better than that! I'm extremely impressed with this television. Couldn't be happier with my purchase!

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I did a lot of research before buying this TV. I admit that I was never a big fan of rear projection TVs because of the small viewing angle and the low brightness levels. But with the help of DLP these TVs have come a long way. This TV is great! I am very impressed with the picture quality, especially the digital HD channels. I got a headache the first day I watched the TV because the picture is so crisp and clear, my eyes and brain didn't know what to do with all of the detail in the picture that is not noticeable with regular TVs. I also had to adjust the brightness level down on the TV. During the daytime the preset brightness is fine, but at night without any lights on the picture hurts your eyes!! The only thing that I am diasppointed with is the remote that comes with the TV. For the price paid for the TV I expected a remote with a little more functionality. So far I am very pleased with this TV, but I have only had it for 1 month.

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I purchased this model about 2 months ago. I can't find a thing wrong with it. The remote is not very universal is all. It is absolutely stunning to watch HD programs on. Other programming looks great too. I would seriously doubt there is a nicer TV available than this. I also appreciated the great service and info provided by Crutchfield. Do yourself a favor and buy this TV....you will be pleased!

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I originally was planning on purchasing the 42 Samsung DLP but was waiting for all the of construction work had my house to be finished. I am so glad that it took the contractors longer than expected to finished because when I started to look at the sets again, the 1080p units were available. I had only seen the lower resolution units in person and always thought they looked great so I knew that the 1080p model would be awesome. Once I had the set in my home, it looked even better then I had imagined. The HD digital cable picture was truly amazing as was the picture from the up-convert DVD player. Although I have a 5.1 home theater setup, I used the internal speakers for the first week until I re-ran all my wiring and I was very impressed by the built-in speakers and virtual surround processing.<BR>In summary, 1080p is the way to go and this Samsung unit is awesome in both product quality and price. Also, Crutchfield's ordering process and customer service were top-notch and made the purchasing experience extremely pleasant.

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It was 3:05pm on a dark and cloudy afternoon. Suddenly, the sound of a cell phone vibrating was heard. Alas! It was my cell phone.<BR><BR>"Hello, this is Brian"<BR>"Hi, This is such and such from such and such shippers. We have your tv."<BR>"Ill be there in 10 minutes," I said as I left work to head back home to meet the delivery folks.<BR><BR>I was shaking. It was finally here. It had only been a week since I placed the order, but it was finally here!<BR><BR>I rushed home and got my living room open for the acceptance of a large box. Just as I was finishing up, I saw the van pull up in front of my home.<BR><BR>Within minutes, they were gone, my tv unpacked, and there I was, sitting in awe at the beauty of this machinery. I almost wanted to give it a girls name. <BR><BR>Instead, I plugged it in.<BR><BR>Standard non-digital cable looks awesome on it. I was shocked. A lot of hi-def tvs show non-hidef tv in grainy picture. Not this one.<BR><BR>After flipping through channels for what seemed like only moments, the church a few blocks away chimed its bells for 4 oclock. <BR><BR>So much for my 20 min break. I turned it off, and hauled myself back to the office and wrote this review of my first impression of the unit.<BR><BR>Its a stunner. Looks awesome in the room. 50" is SO much bigger than my old 42" plasma, and this tv is so much more vivid. I cant wait to hook up my up-converting DVD player to it in a couple hours to see what this tv can really do. (T2 Extreme edition is actually recorded in 1080p, fyi... so i suggest you all try this movie out.)<BR><BR>Ill write another review after a week or so of playing with the controls and trying out all the toys.<BR>

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Wonderful T.V. great for everything from games to Movies.

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I have never seen such rich colors and image definition. My wife and I actually did a lot of comparison shopping for an HDTV before purchasing. We were first drawn to a Plasma set. Concern about burn-in kept me from that choice because I watch so many programs with ticker bars or logos in place all the time. Let me say right up front, nothing I've seen has a better HDTV display than this set. Baseball and football games are better than at the stadium. That is, all the color and clarity of live sports is there along with up-close viewing of every play that you can only get on TV. And, yes, premium movie channels are excellent in HD on this set.<BR><BR>This HDTV has more connections than I can fill. Changing sources is a one button snap! I have been able to use a CableCard with no problems. Not many users in my area can with other TV brands due to firmware issues, I'm told. <BR><BR>The only time I'm aware of the exhaust fan running is when the set is turned off late at night. I hear a nearly inaudible whispering for just a few seconds then, but don't notice at all during the day when ambient room sound is louder. I'm one of the few folks who can see the famous "rainbow" effect at times. Frankly, after two weeks with the set, I'm not aware of it at all unless I really exagerate my head movements to bring it about. This is just not a problem! My wife, daughter, and grandkids have never seen the rainbows.<BR><BR>Be prepared to crank contrast(white level)down quite a bit. Preset is 80% but 35% works great!<BR><BR>Absolutely consider this HDTV when shopping!

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For my purposes, the DLP technology with 1080p was the way to go. I am absoutely thrilled with the picture quality. In the past, I have found projection TVs to be bulky and had real problems with field of view. In my application, I was not wall mounting, so I did not need plasma or LCD, but I wanted top quality picture mostly for sports. From anywhere in my game room, I get great resolution. I can recommend this TV without qualification -- the only problem is that now I feel that I need to upgrade my HDTV in my family room! If you don't need plasma, this is THE way to go.

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