Samsung HLN507W 50-Inch Widescreen Projection HDTV with DLP Technology
Samsung is to Sony what Lexus is to Mercedes
If you associate Samsung with so-so quality sold cheap, forget it. This set produces a very impressive picture. I bought mine on the recommendation of the Chief Engineer of the television station we both work at. What makes this set so special is the DLP technology. There is no CRT. Instead, the picture is produced by a beam that strikes a chip that's about the size of a postage stamp into which 10,000 tiny mirrors have been imbedded (I have no idea how they pulled that off). The set, although a 50-incher, weighs only 80 pounds. My only complaint: the remote is flimsy. If you're out to buy an HD set, check out DLP (Samsung is not the only manufacturer with the technology). Not long after buying the Samsung, I bought a 34-inch 16:9 Sony WEGA HD set for another room in my house. It's picture is on par with the Samsung, although the sound is superior. Who'd ever thought Samsung would rival Sony? Sort of like Lexus and Mercedes.