Excellent 16:9 wide screen 480P picture for the best in DVD viewing. Great remote.

Totally unrealiable. Broken twice since I have owned it. It decides when it simply will not power on (wants to ... clicks ... clicks ... clicks).

Great set when it works. Watch for non-spec picture adjustments when it is in the service center for repair. You don''t need a proressive scan DVD player to get the best picture with this EDTV.

Nice Design, Flat Screen, 16X9 HDTV, Built-in Doly surround

Only one component video input

This is a review of new HD model, TSL3095WHF. I've had this TV for about 3 months and I like it very much. It has built-in Dolby Surround with 45 Watt total. I just connected two surround speakers and it sounds great. If you don't have DD/DTS receiver, it's a good feature. I also have a progressive scan DVD connected to component video input, and it looks fantastic. I compared with SONY 32XBR400. But, Samsung has wide screen and looks better than Sony, I believe. I've thought about reliability(Sony is probably better than Samsung), but as the other reviewer mentioned, Samsung makes good computer monitors, so same as TV monitors.

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My first Flat 16X9 HDTV

16x9, multiple aspect ratios, lots of video inputs, very good built-in sound system, compact and efficient remote

Image quality could be better, cumbersome video input switching, wish it could "remember" more settings between the different inputs

In Canada, this is the most affordable (and widely available) direct-view TV in the under $2500 CDN range (approx 1500 US?)

It's a nice model, with a nice flat screen. The built-in sound is great, especially for watching TV (but if you are watching any home theater stuff, you probably won't use them).

It is also great that the "aux" video inputs are on the side of the unit, although it would have been nicer if there was a door to it.

I have two big pet peeves with the unit:

1 - it is a pain in the behind to toggle the video inputs (video button, cursor, enter)... It would have been nice to have a single one-button toggle (a problem easily solved with a macro on my main remote), but that's nitpicky
2 - the colour rendition doesn't seem to be all that great. My old 27" Toshiba Cinema Series seemed to render the picture more nicely and smoothly. It is like the difference between looking at an AVI at 256 colours and 24 bit. The tonal range doesn't seem to be there. After some tweaking, it is minimized, but if you're within 2 feet, you can still see it.

I've been dreaming of a widescreen direct view tv for the past ten years, and despite my two quibbles, I'm very happy with the TV. I'm only using S-video inputs (my first-generation sony dvps3000 doesn't have component outs) but the picture is lovely. Not as nice as Sony's direct view HDTV but only a fraction of the price.

I think I'll have to play with the set a bit longer to get my picture preferences right. Also of note, the "Standard" picture setting is just downright horrible. The line doubling seems to create some nasty artifacting. I'm pretty nitpicky about these things. There is also noticeable aliasing on diagonal lines.

While this sounds like a negative review, it isn't. But it is important to know the negatives before buying. You won't really catch these things while you are at the store.

The unit has a great remote control, decent colour rendition, and is a great unit for the price. Its bells and whistles are competitive with any tv in its class.

Upconverts any standard video to 480p
800 lines horizontal resolution
Incredible DVD picture
AV, S-Video, and DVD/DTV component video inputs
Many features, including PIP
Easy setup

Needs to be adjusted from the factory setting to get the best picture

Our main reason for purchasing this TV is to enjoy widescreen DVDs on a 16:9 aspect TV.

My wife and I live in an apartment where space is a limitation. We did consider the Panasonic 34" Tau and the Toshiba 34" CW34X92/C2. But what we *really* needed at this time was a TV which was great for widescreen DVD, and which would function as a great secondary TV once we move into a house (and get a true 60" HD-TV at that time).

From what we've heard and read, ED ("enhanced definition" at 480p) is as good as HD ("high definition") TV for watching DVDs.

At the Hudson's Bay showroom, this ED-TV was situated close to the Panasonic Tau HD-TV. Both were showing a broadcast station through standard AV inputs, and both had better picture than the other non-digital sets due to the 480p upconverting and removal of scan-lines.

The main thing I noticed was the picture sharpness on this Samsung was as good as the Panasonic's. Only the colour depth on the Panasonic was better, which was not so much of a concern because I figured it could be improved on the Samsung by tweaking. Hudon's Bay had the Samsung on clearance at $1998 Canadian ($1330 US!) , so the selection was a no-brainer.

At home, we did the "Plug and Play" setup for our standard analogue CATV (we are still waiting for the cable company to install a digital set-top box). The result of the factory setting was an very good picture with slight graininess and smearing of reds. We corrected these issues by adjusting the brightness, contrast, tone, and colour settings. Now, we don't know how to get to the "service menu" for further tweaking as mentioned by the previous reviewer. Even so, the final result was a picture that was far better then we had imagined.

The built-in Dolby Pro Logic sound was very good, although we proceeded to hook up the sound through our surround sound receiver.

We connected our DVD player using the S-Video input, and the result was an incredibly good picture (in colour depth and in picture sharpness) like we've never seen before!(Our DVD player is non-progressive scan with no component video outputs). There were absolutely no grains visible from our viewing distance of 7' and we could even make out the minor scratches from the master cinema reel from which the DVD ("A Passage to India") was created.

We also hooked up our 4-head Sharp VCR through AV inputs (4-head a VHS HQ with no S-video). It upconverted the VHS signal flawlessly to 480p, such that the VCR picture (the movie "Too Late the Hero") was clear and sharp with no scan lines.

This TV has many good features including three aspect ratio's to choose from, PIP, zoom, and still picture (freeze frame).

Overally, my wife and I are extremely pleased with this purchase. We highly recommend it for anyone who wants to watch great DVD.

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Compared with Panasonic 34" Tau 16:9

Great remote, Dolby Pro-Logic and great picture

One composite input, poor website representation

Good lord for the money that I got this set I can't be any happier. Also I got the service manual via pdf and have adjusted the picture to look even better using the service menu and help from THX Optimizer and Video Essentials. I love watching movies on this thing!!!

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Sony Trinitrons, Panasonic Taus and Wegas/XBR's

Picture Quality, 16:9 ratio

None

I just bought this TV a few weeks ago and love it. One thing I thought I was eliminating when I bought the set were the lines at the top and bottom when I play a DVD movie. I tried the screen fit mode on my DVD player but the picture didn't look good at all. Are the lines just part of watching a DVD or is there a way to have the movie fill up the TV?

Any help would be appreciated?

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Great quality product for your money

could it be 34"?

KD32XBR2 is an excellent HDTV, but while spending $1999 less you can get TSK3092WF while you get the same/competitive picture quality! (I know you will get 4" smaller screen....) This set provids vivid and natural image on HDTV/DVD pictures. It is a keeper for your investment. I feel if this set provids more HDTV capable/480P component input(s), I would given a value rating of 5 stars. But based one the picture quality and the price, the overal rating will be 5 stars.

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KD34XBR2

size, cost, great sound for a tv

only one component video in

Hi i have this TV and think that its great,
but I got into the sevice menu and made some changes, to improve the picture. but I recently upgraded my video source and need to re-calibrate it: unfortunetly I misplaced my copy of the origional settings so if anyone can email me or post the origional settings for geometry and picture,please email me at Guamicycle@hotmail.com,

thanks and any help is much apriciated.

p.s i will leave a more detailed review once I reset the tv

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Excellent picture after tweaking

Tweaking needed to get the excellent picture

I have had numerous e-mails requesting how to access the service menu. It's mute, 1, 8, 2, power. Proceed at your own risk. I will not take responsibility for any damage caused by you screwing around in the service menu. Good luck!

P.s. To Steve Backart from two post below... I think your TV is fine. It's the user error, dude. Not your fault though. It's a poor design by Samsung. Samsung uses a single component input for both interlaced and progressive signal. If you accidentally leave your TV in DTV input and power off (believe me, it's really easy since DVD and DTV is right under one another), next time you turn on the TV, it will act like it's possessed, turning itself on and off and on and off until you think it's going to blow up and makes you pull the plug. It's true. It happened to me too. The cure is simple. Simply turn on whatever equipment that is connected to the component input (usually DVD player). The idea is to feed the TV a signal and it will stop acting wacked.

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First DTV

Excellent picture.

Broken after 10 days of use.

The good stuff: Loved the television, particularly in light of the low "close out" price. There is no better value in digital television. The picture is as good as HDTV when using DVD as the source through component inputs. Samsung made a decision to move into HDTV to better market itself against other manufacturers, but this is a great set and won't be obsolete 5 years from now (unlike Sony's non-digital WEGA models selling today for MUCH more).

The bad stuff: After 10 days the set will not turn on (checked all of the troubleshooting issues and called the 800 number). It cycles repeatedly as though it wants to turn on, but does not (had to unplug it). I must call for in-home service under warranty. All this happened on December 31 ... so much for football on New Years Day!

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First digital TV experience.