Amazon = Risky

Maybe I just hit the unlucky lottery. But I have had the worst experience buying this TV.

I bought it on August 15th. It is now August 29th and I have never seen it and likely never will. Eagle picked it up and then just sat on it for 10 days. I took the day off to be here on the delivery date. They didn't show.

Eagle may have screwed it up but Amazon was NO help. I called and emailed and called and emailed. Silence. I got one "we'll get back to you." They never did. I never got one respnse to any of my emails to Amazon.. Not one.

I finally found Eagle's phone number on some internet forum and called them myself. Finally they tell me it will be delivered. The next day I get a call from them saying the TV was stolen (cough cough..lost). Sorry, call Amazon

Nightmare.

Now I'll have to deal with trying to fight to get my money back ...which could take weeks...maybe longer...who knows. So I'll have been out $1200 with no TV for well over a month...if I'm lucky.

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Excellent Picture -- One of the Best Pictures of ANY TVs on the Market

We bought the 5064 Samsung Plasma 50" and liked the picture and sound quality so much that we also bought this 42".

As it turns out, the Picture quality and the vivid rich colors on this 42" are better then those on 50" from Samsung. On TVs, generally picture quality is sacrificied as the size increases.

The 42" uses the same SRS surround technology as its 50" cousin. 50" sound quality is awesome. Amazon lists the same speaker size for both TVs. However the sound on 42" is not as rich and thundering as the 50".

All in all, I am very pleased with the picture quality on 42" but somewhat disappointed with the sound, I guess bec. I had high expectations partly after using the 50". This is the reason for 4 stars.

Also, we bought Samsung bec. it has a technology that supposedly makes for the longer lifes of the plasma screen. Since the TVs are still new, not sure how effective this technology really is. We do not watch TV for long hours, perhaps upto 1.5 hrs at a time. While some channels  more

Jaw dropping HD

I received this TV from Amazon via Eagle delivery last Saturday in perfect condition. No problems with the tv tilting on the stand like some people reported in the avs forums.
So I hooked up the cable and set everything up and I was in for a treat. Before I go any further I want to add that I went TV shopping at Circuit City to see what this TV or rather the hpt4254 would look like. The demo feed at circuit city was good but it never prepared me for what I would see with my own tv. My first time watching an HD channel was truly eye opening. It was akin to a religious experience on the grandest scale. The clarity of the image and the colors gave shame to the real world. That's how good this TV is. If you're hesitating and wondering whether this TV is good, it's not. It's better than good, it is awesome. The picture quality is bewildering that anything can look this good.
What does regular TV looks like? It looks ok like regular tv. But after watching HD why would you even  more