Samsung TXN1634F 16" Flat-Screen TV
The picture was disappointing right out the box and still is
When I first turned this Samsung on, my nephew, who had helped me lift it to the top of a chest of drawers in the bedroom, commented how poor the picture was. Being 58, I was reluctant to agree with a 23-year-old about the product of a carefully researched purchase, but he was right. The whites were blooming. The picture was fuzzy and had a purple cast. I wanted a larger set to replace a 13&quot; set in the bedroom. The 16&quot; Samsung seemed the perfect in-between size, being 3&quot; narrower than a 20&quot; set and having a flat screen. Its size allowed room for a DVD-VCR combo along side it on the chest of drawers. Over the past few weeks, I have fiddled with the contrast, brightness, sharpness, color, and tint, and have made the picture more tolerable. Unfortunately, I have two Sony sets (13&quot; and 32&quot;) and, no matter what I do, I can't get the Samsung to look anywhere near as good as the Sony sets. On the Samsung, the dark scenes are still too dark, detail is lost in the shadows. The picture looks too flat without definition. The skin tones are rarely correct. Right now, I'm trying to figure a way to add 3&quot; to the top of the chest of drawers so I can accommodate a Sony KV-20FS100 for $260.