Samsung LNT4061F 40-inch 1080p LCD HDTV

First of all, I never realized how useful it would be to have a tv that will rotate on its stand. To my knowledge, no other brand does that. Second, the picture quality is simply amazing. The remote and on-screen menus are easy to navigate. Even when it is off it is a piece of art. The piano black gloss finish is beautiful. There are other more expensive models that Samsung makes that may have higher resolution, but for the price the quality is unbeatable.

Outstanding Picture with incredibly vivid colors. My only complaint is that the colors wash out a little bit faster than I would like as you widen your viewing angle beyond 30 degrees.

After reviewing many manufacturers of mid size LCD HDTV's, and supported by consumer reports, The Samsung 40" HDTV is absolutely great. Great quality picture, easy to use interface and remote. I would definitely recommend it.

Bought this TV as my first HD TV, and found it to be easy to set up, remote and setting is intuitive. My grip is with picture quality for non-HD programming, it quiet bad at time, but the resolution is still worse than my non-HD generic 17 inch flat screen TV. Is it possible I did not have the right setup, I hope this is the case. For a promised contrast of 15,000, I regret to inform potential buyers than you can see the pixels on the screen. Price is very reasonale, specially if you don't have to pay sale taxes the saving may be enough to buy a decent DVD player.

I purchased this TV after comparing it to other LCDs in a big box store. I thought the Sony's had a slightly better picture, but for the money, the Samsung was a better value. This TV has very impressive specs and has just about every connection you could imagine or need.

I have a roof-top antenna that feeds two HDTV's - a two-year old 42" plasma and a 19" LCD. I also have a 26" LCD on a separate Mini-State antenna. All three give excellent pictures. I'm not an expert, but I have a working knowledge of HDTV's. When I hooked this one up to the antenna and a 1080p upconverting DVD home theater (antenna directly to TV, home theater through HDMI), the picture was terrible. It didn't matter if it was 480i, 480p, or 720p. I tried adjusting the picture with preset settings and manually with no improvement. Words and graphics were fuzzy and motion was blurry. The only time the picture was acceptable was through the upconverting DVD player. Even then, it wasn't obvious we were watching anything close to 1080p.

I returned the TV to Amazon, which started out as a painless procedure. I have no complaints against the trucking company, Novacor/CEVA. They delivered it back to Amazon in 5 days. It then took Amazon over two weeks to issue a refund. The story I got was that the delivery truck was involved in an accident and the TV was damaged. Why should that hold up my credit? The TV and Amazon get two stars. Novacor/CEVA gets four - I don't know whose fault the accident was so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

P.S. I went back to the big box store and compared a Panasonic plasma side-by-side to Sony and Samsung LCD's. There is no comparison, the Panasonic wins hands down. The LCD's were certainly better than my Samsung, but not as good as the plasma.