Samsung TX-P2675WH 26" Widescreen HDTV
Good For The Money, But Not Quite Excellent
Update 3/07/09  I've found out a little while back that they stopped making hdtv widescreen tube. For this size, everything is lcd now and I guess for lightweight, space saving, and energy efficiency. However, I've been browsing the local stores to see what's out there and the lcd doesn't quite match up to the tube. During fast action, you can see the square boxes, even with the top-of-the-line models like sharp and samsung toc. With lcd, you can have one bad pixel, multiple bad pixels, or a line of bad pixels. You might not be able to see them if you sit far enough but just knowing they're there could be bothersome to most people. I still love my tube because I'm picky about the picture quality. If you can find one used locally, buy it. You won't regret it, I promise. I use mine with a rooftop antenna to receive local hd stations. I matched the rooftop antenna with a channel master 7777 pre-amp and a leviton 48210 distribution amplifier and I'm getting perfect or near perfect reception. Please read my review on the channel master 7777 to see how i set it up. By june 12, 2009 if you can't get local channels via your rooftop antenna, you can use my set up to get it working, guarantee.    I bought this tv locally due to its weight. I am fairly happy with it. I will not go into details about the specifications since most of you have done research about it online. If not, you can go to Samsung's website and read it there.  The thing that I wish some other reviewers told me is that the color on the flesh tone is not very accurate. If you pay close attention, you can see people's skin somewhat purple-ish or green-ish. I tried changing the settings but every scenes are somewhat different. Also, the contrast on this is not quite as deep as, let's say, the Panasonic. A black shirt suppose to look dark, not gray-ish, and a white shirt suppose to look bright, not glared or washed-out. I would give the flesh tone rating of 8 out of 10 and the contrast 7.5 out of 10. I wish Panasonic makes a 26-inch with a high definition built-in but since they don't, I decided to get this one. Overall I give it 8.5 out of 10 for the many features it has, on the tv and the remote. I like the built-in program guide to let you know what shows are on and a brief description of each. If you want to go full screen on the program guide and small tv screen, it does take a while to download, about 55 seconds to get a list of 6 channels. If you click the down button to see what's playing on the next channel, it takes another 30 seconds. Another drawback is that the program guide only lists current shows and up to 12 hours ahead. The remote is non-lighted but that doesn't bother me. On the bottom is a sliding compartment that has hidden buttons. The one I use the most is the close caption decoder. All I have to do is slide down the door and press the button once to turn on or off the onscreen text. All the picture settings are from 1 to 100 and I set mine on the following that works best; contrast 55, brightness 40, sharpness 50, color 14, tint (green 52 - red 48).