Samsung LTN325W 32-Inch LCD TV
Handsome quality, still takes getting used to
This screen is a total indulgence for me. I waded through a lot of the jargon to familiarize myself with the technology, but in the end, it was still a sort of irrational decision. The box is huge, but the set is optimally sized, with the case not much larger than the screen. The detachable speakers have stayed in the box, which was a selling point for me. Wish I could have bought the screen more cheaply without the speakers at all. The connections are pretty robust, yet it took me several attempts to bring up an image. I'm neither the biggest geek nor the biggest technophobe, so getting the devices to communicate was less obvious than I may have preferred but ultimately do-able. So many options can turn into a tragedy of riches.<br />Picture quality is quite good but quite different from the blur of a CRT. It's very bright, which works well for dark images, and it gets over ambient light very well. The composite connection yields really poor results, but who really expects to use that? The component connection is far, far better, but even that reveals screen artifacts unknown in a CRT, such as the distortion of lines moving across the screen. Progressive scan DVD players are reported to improve this (I don't yet own one).<br />Without a lot of video sources or comparisons to other LCD or plasma, I can't reliably steer a potential buyer toward or away from this product, but aside from a few minor quibbles, I'm quite happy thus far with mine.