Samsung HC-R4755W 47-Inch HD-Ready Rear Projection TV
Good price for a great picture
This is my first foray into the world of HDTV. I recently closed on my first house and knew I wanted digital cable and a DVR. We had no TV (at least bigger than 13inches) so why not try HDTV?<br /><br />Like many people out there I became familiar with the different types of TVs available. I knew Plasma was out of my price range and I considered some of the smaller HDTVs with traditional tubes. I was going to settle for a 30inch or 32inch widescreen of one of those when I decided to go to a local store and see what they had.<br /><br />I saw this model with a TV stand for a price I was happy with and a screen size I loved. I know there are 60inch screens but this one is plenty big enough for me. I researched it online and found it was a new model and that Samsung had a good track record with rear projection HDTVs.<br /><br />So I bought it, set it up and tried it with a DVD player (just a portable one) and waited for digital cable to be hooked up in a couple of days. The picture was amazing with the DVD. I then got digital cable hooked up and went straight to the HD stations. WOW. Amazingly clear, incredible depth and definition, vibrant and rich colors and very bright. I thought for years projection TVS had a problem with brightness but this one does not.<br /><br />The sound is good, not great, but very loud without distortion. A Dell with the same screensize would have cost me 4 or 5K or more. The bottomline for this HDTV is great value for the dollar.