Samsung HLR5667W 56-Inch DLP HD TV
Great TV!
After watching a few football games on my buddies 50\\" Samsung DLP. I knew it was time for me to get mine! After a couple of months of researching the pro's and con's of DLP vs. LCD vs. Plasma I finally went with the 56\\" Samsung just for the fact that my friend had his for 6 months at that point and had no problem. Now where to order it from? It made no sense to pay the extra cash that the big box stores were advertising the same TV from anywhere from $500 to $2500 more then some on line stores. Now the question became who to choose as my on line store. So once again the research began, pro's and con's to alot of stores, even some bad reviews of Amazon.Com. I decided to go with Amazon, because I had used them in the past for some smaller item purchases and never had any issues. I am glad I went with Amazon.Com as I believe I got the best price at the time for the same TV then several other on line store. Ended up paying right at 1999.99 for this TV. Actually only $200 more then my friends 50\\"! The only issue that I had with Amazon.Com was when I initially ordered the TV on a Thurs. the web site said it shipped in 24 hrs and was in stock. Well it was in stock but what happened was that as a security measure from my credit card company, they put a hold on the purchase until verification was given that I was ordering the TV. The problem was that Amazon sent me the confirmation that the order had been received but had not been processed yet and that they would send me another email when the transaction processed. Now it's Friday and I still never receive another email stating the transaction went through. So I call Amazon's customer service, which by the way, was very good! Despite reading some negative reviews. I had no problem contacting them. As a matter of fact they have a cool on line contacting system where you tell them to call you either immediately or in increments of 5 or 10 min. You give them a number to call and BAM your phone rings!  I suppose you just needto know how to navigate their site. I had no problem with it. Anyway, when I did talk to them they said they werent sure why it hadnt processed but was sure it would be ok by 5pm. Sat morning, still no confirmation! So I decided to call the credit card company on my own just to verify that the transaction had even hit their system. It did, but were waiting on verification from me the the order was valid. So I clear that up and they process the order right then. That was the only real heart burn that I had with Amazon, they should have been able to tell me that the CC company needed to be contacted vs. me doing it myself. So now it's Sun, 3 days after my initial order. Get the confirmation email from Amazon saying it will ship on Mon as they don't ship on Sun. Mon morning rolled around and I get the email stating it was shipped out with at tracking number. Well the tracking # didn't work when I went to check it and again I called Amazon customer service and again very good service from the people I talked to. They gave me the name of the shipping company and number and said if I had any additional issue to call them back. I didn't, with the exception of getting the first available date of delivery to my house, which wasn't amazon's fault. So in total it ended up being 10 days before I got my TV. Once it was finally delivered to the house the guys came in unpacked it and set it up. Right out of the box the picture was great! I had read many reviews that a lot of work had to be done to get the pic right. Not in my case. I was waiting on my DirecTV HD box so I just had standard cable but even that looked great running it through my S-Video cable. DVD's spectacular! Once I got the HD TV up and running a few days later and surround sound going it has been the best investment that I have made in awhile. The picture is stellar, no pixallization (sp?) and a lot of local channels are broadcasting in HD now. I acuatlly have had more problems with the satellite feed then the TVitself.  If you looking at this TV it is worth the money. Just don't have that new TV fever thinking you will have it in a few days. The anticipation will drive you nuts!