Samsung HL-S5088W 50-Inch 1080p DLP HDTV
SAMSUNG: Listen to Customers......
I purchased HL-R5078W two months ago. I based my purchase on the product brochure provided by Samsung. TV quality is Good except it doesn't operate what it says in the brochure. This TV have IEEE 1394 ports not one but two which are good for nothing. I have a MiniDV camcorder which has exactly the same port(4-pin IEEE1394) which I thought I can connect my camcorder in the hightest possible clarity. DLP TV did recognize the camcorder and said unreadable format. Made further investigations and found out that it cannot play miniDV format on the TV. Infact all the Samsung TV's which has this IEEE 1394 are NOT CAPABLE of make it work for the MiniDV camcorders. To my knowledge there all the MiniDV camcorders has this port. Talk to SAMSUNG and said it won't connect digital camcorders to any of thier TVs which has IEEE 1394 ports. When I asked for replacement with some better model, they simply said that they are not to be blamed for the product brochueres printed my them and reluctant to take my TV back. For future consumers, SAMSUNG is NOT consumer friendly company. They don't stand up to their own products.