Samsung TXN3071WHF 30" 16:9 DynaFlat Digital HD-Ready TV
Inexplicable Auto Shut Off Feature
I echo the remarks of the other review here regarding the confusing auto shut off feature.  <br />Picture &amp; sound quality are excellent (in fact we don't notice any of the sound mentioned by the other reviewer.  We have remarked about how quiet the set is, in fact, at all low volumes.)  <br />The manual refers to a feature, which can only be described as an energy saving device, which causes the TV to turn itself off if you don't touch any button on the remote or one on the set itself for 3 hours.  What luncay!<br />This is the seventh day for this set in our house and I just pulled the box back from the curb in case I have to take it back to Best Buy.  <br />I don't drive with my air conditioning on with the windows down, but saving energy is supposed to be the consumer's choice.  If I want to run the thing at full blast while away from the set for 10 days that is up to me, not the agenda of some energy saving police.  Absolutely ridiculous.<br />And if you try calling the customer service line you'll be in for a treat.  A kid on the other end who is reading a computer version of the manual you received with the TV.  When I asked for more help (on my third phone call - the first one told me to unplug the set which would reset the timer to the &quot;factory setting&quot; for 5 minutes, and the second which told me to do the same for an hour) I was told that a technician would call me back &quot;this week&quot;.  What?!  I'll just sit here with my $1000.00 paperweight waiting for help from above, or take it back and buy something that let's me decide how much energy to use or not.<br />Oh, by the way, the timer (counting down to what God only knows) is loud enough to make you wonder if you have a bomb in your living room.  Probably engineered by the same dope who decided the thing should shut off in three hours.  Lots of shows/events last longer than three hours (like the Redskins game, golf tournament, Yankees &amp; Twins game, Super Bowl, Gone With the Wind, etc.).<br />Overall, I am about fed up with this one and really reconsidering our purchase as it was a coin toss between this one and the comparable 30&quot; Philips widescreen HD set.