Samsung HL-S5087W 50-Inch 1080p DLP HDTV
Very Pleased
I have now had my Samsung TV for 2 weeks. I recommend going to a retail store and comparing the models that you are interested in. For the price and quality the Samsung was my top choice. If not for the price the new Sony bravia LCD is the best picture quality that I saw. I ordered it through Amazon (not one of the vendors). There was no tax and no shipping fee (I selected the faster choice of shipping and still no shipping fee). The TV was in perfect condition when it arrived. The delivery guys took it out of the box and let me take a look at it for external damage. They informed me that if it did not turn on or if something else was wrong internally that I would have to contact Amazon. I bought 2 HDMI (Cables to go) cables from Amazon and they work great. I have Dish Network and spoke to technical support and asked about expensive cables; $150 Monster vs. $15 Cables to go and he informed me that they get a lot of calls about picture quality and one of the first things they ask the customer is if they have Monster HDMI cables. The tech informed me that the more expensive cables pick up and magnify the noise that is in the signal. He said that the other cables have a clear picture and do not pick up this noise. So for the picture has been great. My neighbor has Monster cables for his 1080p 57 inch and I can't see that his is any better. There is plenty of information online about this topic and most of it points to Monster cables being money down the drain.  I also picked up the sony dvd hd up converter player and am very satisfied with it. I went ahead an got a line conditioner (about 115 bucks from Amazon). My researched showed that these are good investments for just about any electronics equipment. I did not get any kind of warranty except the manufactures warranty, but supposedly they are not worth it from what my research showed.