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Samsung HL-S5086W Projection TV (HLS5086W)

50" diagonal, 16:9, 2500:1 contrast, $1,499 MSRP Add to Compare List


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Samsung HL-S5086W Projection TV
User Rating 

4 User Reviews Rated 4.0
Image Quality 3.8
Features 4.0
Construction 4.0
Ease of Use 4.0
Reliability 4.0
Value for Money 4.3

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Samsung HL-S5086W Projection TV Reviews
4 User Reviews
Jan 9, 2007 Garcia
    I have had this HDTV for 2 months now. I am very pleased at the ease of use and ...
Dec 10, 2006 Emurdock
    Seems to be a great HDTV for the price. Although I should have done my research ...
Sep 27, 2006 Matt
    So far so good, I wish it had PIP though....
Jul 6, 2006 JD
    Serious design flaw on component (RGB) input. ...
Jul 06, 2006 JD 3.2
Image Quality 2.0
Features 4.0
Construction 3.0
Ease of Use 4.0
Reliability 3.0
Value for Money 3.0

My Experience: Serious design flaw on component (RGB) input.

Problems: Got this set home and put it through its paces. Found that component input (R-G-B) input (supposedly highest quality analog in), has serious design issue causing misalignment of the three colors. Problem not evident with lower quality inputs (AV1/AV2/S-Video). Reproduced problem in sets at dealer as well. A test pattern input from component in, will make this issue obvious on vertical borders between red and green bars. Can also be seen by looking at the lettering on the far right of the default opening screen of 'Nemo' DVD, among others. It shows up as a green shadow of the letters to the left of where the letters should be. A very competant tech from Samsung confirmed this design flaw and said he will feed the info back to the factory. Will update this review if/when Samsung addresses the issue and issues a fix. So far it's been almost a month, and no response from Samsung.
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