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the DVD player (which I'd done before and it worked great). The music had been playing for about 3 hours and one of my guests wanted to see the picture quality of the TV, so I picked up the TV remote and pressed the "source" button. The TV channel displayed for a few minutes and then the TV went black.

We went through the troubleshooting procedures in the instruction book with no luck. After my guests left, I unplugged everything and I tried to get the TV to come back on. There was power to the TV because the blue light was glowing, but all I got was a clicking sound and red flashing lights on the lower right indicator panel. I did some research on the web and I think there is a problem with the power panel. I called Amazon the next afternoon. They directed me back to Samsung. The Samsung person told me that because I purchased the TV online, they would not service it and she directed me back to Amazon. So, I called Amazon and the agent apologized for the problem and said customer service was backed up and someone would call me the next morning. Well, yesterday no one called me, however, when I checked my email this morning Amazon had already shipped me a new TV.

On the one hand, I'm thrilled that the problem is being resolved. On the other hand, I'm wondering about the power panel problem along with the Samsung DVD player. I had pressed the "source" button several times before the night of the dinner party and had no problem switching back and forth. Once my new TV arrives, I will update this review and hopefully give it 5 stars.

COMMENTS ABOUT THE TV: I like the favorites button on the remote but wish it could be more prominent. It's buried at the bottom of the remote with a bunch of other buttons. Sometimes the commercials seem louder than the programs even though I've turned the "volume control" on.

NOTE: Be sure to read about Amazon's Post-Order Price Guarantee in the HELP area. I check the price of this TV on a daily basis. To date, Amazon has issued 3 price guarantee refunds. I still have 8 days left -- unless they now honor the new ship date for the replacement TV. Requests must be made within 30 days of the item's shipment date. Overall, my customer service experience with Amazon has been excellent!

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WONT BE SORRY.

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use the Medium setting, but it really does make a huge difference in the quality of the picture. Everything flows beautifully.

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use the Medium setting, but it really does make a huge difference in the quality of the picture. Everything flows beautifully.

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* 480p - 480 lines of progressive video or 480 lines per frame (standard DVD uses 480i or 480p)
* 480i - 480 lines of interlaced video or half of a frame every second, while 480p can deliver a full 480 lines frame.)

+ Contrast ratio - 10,000:1 and up (the contrast ratio is the difference between the whitest white and the darkest black colors the display can show. In other words, the greater the contrast ratio, the better the quality and better colors it can display. Many TVs produce static 5000:1 or 8000:1 contrast ratio. Newest models produce dynamic contrast ratio - 10000:1 and up.) This TV has 25,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.

+ A couple of HDMI inputs

+ Component input

+ PIP (picture in picture - allows to view main channel and a screen with secondary channel)

I had two choices: LCD or PLAZMA. This was a simple decision because only the LCD TV can be used as a TV and computer monitor at once. There were a couple of models that I considered such as SONY, PANASONIC, and SHARP. In comparison to all characteristics, design and price - I have got the best LCD TV I could find in this category.

To make this story short - Samsung LNT4071F was the best fit for the space I had for it and that I could afford (up to ~$2000.) SAMSUNG named *71F models as an "auto motion plus" which basically means better picture and clarity when it comes to fast motion scenes due to its 120Hz. I wasn't looking for the 120Hz specifically but this was like a bonus for me.

So, I started looking for a good price for this model. Watching and monitoring prices on Amazon for a couple of months finally paid off in December, 2007. I got it from one of the online firms via Amazon $295 less comparing to the Amazon's regular price - delivered.

The TV came in a week, for some reasons I had difficulties monitoring package delivery because it wasn't updated properly within Amazon's "track package delivery" most likely because of the firm that sold this TV to me. When I got this package unfortunately, I was a little angry because the internal box was all smashed on the right top side and I was worried that the TV may also be damaged, but it wasn't. Also, there was no receipt and bar code for this product on the box. I found that there was $100 rebate by SAMSUNG that I could have used but wasn't able because the bar code was missing. I had a hard time calling the seller's firm's customer support in order to get all the papers I should have gotten from the beginning. I contacted Amazon customer service regarding the seller and the issue I had, and they were amazing. What I learned from this purchase - buy directly from Amazon if you would like to avoid issues, unless you know the seller well.

Overall, the TV works great (I have had it for 3 months now) with PC, Wii, PS2, DVD etc. Samsung LNT4071F is a great product with an excellent design and great features. With fast going technologies nowadays I think I'm all set for the next 3-5 years.

One comment on cable HDTV channels, I had an issue with connecting and viewing the TV using HDMI cable. Happens to be that WD HD cable box wasn't working with this TV due to known compatibility issue. Changing HD cable box to SAMSUNG HD cable box fixed the issue. Keep in mind that current broadcast in HDTV format is 1080i max! The TV and cable channels are working now just fine; *HD channels producing amazing quality picture. I hope my review helped you learn about the LCD TV types, characteristics and simplified your search.

Good luck.

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thing I would do is look at the picture quality of the sets without paying attention to the models or manufacturers. After seeing hundreds of sets, I noticed that I kept preferring the Samsung sets, especially the 71 series. One thing in particular which caught my eye was one of the Pirates movies on a 4071. It was stunning. It somehow had a more 3D look to it compared to all the other sets. ALMOST as if you were looking out a window. It is like the ONE girl who stands out from across the dance floor. I would later find out that the reason the set looked so good was largely due to Auto Motion Plus or AMP (More on that later). So, I took my family to look at HDTVs, and everyone felt that the 4071 looked better than the other sets, including the XBR4. Even my spouse who does not care much for these things was impressed.

Now about the Auto Motion Plus. AMP is Samsung's take on the 120Hz technology which doubles the screen rate of conventional TVs. You may have noticed at some stores, they have a demo of AMP with one half the screen with it turned ON and the other half turned OFF. I would stand there and watch this demo and I really didn't understand what was so great about it. I didn't notice much of a difference between the two sides. Well it turns out, that the reason I didn't see a big difference is because on older sets with older firmware, the AMP effect is not totally turned off EVEN WHEN SET TO OFF. So, what I was actually seeing was a comparison of AMP On to Amp Off but ACTUALLY ON LOW.

Now AMP has its share of fans and critics. Some think that it looks like a Soap Opera. This is because people are used to film at 24 frames per second. Now if you ask me, I prefer the Soap Opera effect as I feel the closer to real life, the better; and real life has infinite frames per second. Now AMP is not perfect. Most notably, it has what's popularly known as the Triple Ball Effect (TBE) and stuttering. TBE is an artifact that is seen when an object such as a ball, travels across the screen at high speed. The ball looks like three balls instead of one, due to the nature of the way AMP processes the image. Honestly, I rarely see this and when I do, it doesn't bother me much. Now stutter on the other hand bothers me very much. Stutter is when the picture pauses or jerks, in succession. When I first got my TV, this happened very rarely and only when AMP was turned on to Low, Medium or High. It did not happen when set to Off (AMP was still on, albeit at a level lower than low). TBE happened on all settings. Now, Samsung came out with a new firmware update (v1013.1) which was supposed to fix TBE (at least on OFF and LOW) so I installed it. With the new firmware, the AMP is really off when off and therefore exhibits no TBE or Stutter. So everything should be fine right? No. What happened was that the picture quality got dramatically worse with AMP off. That picture that so impressed me when I bought the set was gone. It turns out that AMP actually makes a VERY noticeable difference in picture quality. Remember that split screen demo I mentioned before? Well I ran it again, and now the side with AMP ON looked FAR superior to the side with AMP OFF. So, I turned the AMP on LOW to watch TV and Blurays. Now, the stuttering was worse than before! So I called Samsung to ask for the old firmware so that I could switch back. However, they DO NOT have the older firmware for downloading. So I'm stuck with either watching with AMP OFF (which still looks pretty darn good) or AMP LOW, (which looks AMAZING but hiccups every once in a while depending on the source material.

THE GOOD NEWS is that SAMSUNG is aware of these problems and is working to fix them in a future update. The other thing is, NOT ALL SETS EXHIBIT THESE PROBLEMS. Some sets seem to stutter more than others, while some don't stutter at all.

Other things I like about the set:

I like the touch sensitive power switch located by the blue light. By the way. the light can be selectively turned on or off (On always, Off always, On when set is on, On when set is off). I also like the touch sensitive buttons on the right side (Very Sexy and matches the touch sensitive feature of my PS3).

PQ with standard definition is good. The PQ with SD is much better than the SONY I had. SD on the Sony was close to unwatchable. I was not able to compare SD to an XBR though.

Other things I DON'T like about the set:

The remote that comes with it is not great. You have to point it towards the bottom right corner of the set in order for it to work. The good news; the issue is with the remote, not the sensor, as my Harmony universal remote (which came with the TV) has no problems. Also, the layout of the buttons is not great. For example, the Favorite Channel button is mixed in at the bottom with a whole bunch of other buttons. Also, the "back lit" remote only has 5 back lit buttons. The ch +,- vol +,- and TV for some reason. The Sony remote was way better although not perfect either.

I wish it had a zoom feature. The inexpensive Vizio has a zoom. The Samsung should too.

The set is an amazing DUST MAGNET. There's a reason the set comes with its own cleaning cloth. With it's glossy screen and finish, it attracts dust like pigpen. It gets a little better after a few days but be prepared to clean your TV a lot.

The set does not accept Dolby Digital through it's HDMI input and therefore does not pass it through to the receiver, although it does output Dolby Digital for HDTV.

Despite the issues with TBE and Stuttering, The picture quality MORE THAN makes up for it. Also, these problems will be fixed (hopefully) soon.
Even without AMP, the set is a great set. IMHO, AMP just makes it really shine (when it works). To be fair, I can watch an entire movie without stuttering, and the next movie may stutter several times. I suspect it is source dependent.

Now, AMAZON's DELIVERY:

Delivery is handled through their white glove service. From what I can tell, service varies greatly depending on the local contractor you end up getting. My experience was not great. As someone else mentioned, it is imperative that you track your shipment on the MOVER'S website and then CALL them to confirm. I called and was able to get the TV delivered the day it arrived at my local hub. Then they called a week later to schedule a delivery for the set. I said sure if you have another one, deliver it. ;) So, without getting into the details, the guys are late and I had to pick up my kid from school. I had everything set up, and all I had to do was plug in a few cables which were already connected on the other end. It took me literally 45 seconds. I turned it on and wanted to check for screen defects. The guy rushes me for a signature and says, as long as the TV turns on, that's all they are responsible for. I wasn't comfortable signing, but since I was already late, I just singed and left. Luckily there was nothing wrong with the TV. Other people seem to have better experience with the delivery, but I wasn't impressed.

In conclusion, the set is great, and will become even better with updated firmware. EVEN WITH the current issues, I would still buy the set over again. I was wary about buying the set from Amazon considering the potential issues if the set had problems, but for the price, I couldn't resist.

I highly recommend the Samsung LNT-4071. A brick and mortar purchase may be better if you can find a competitive price though.

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in my TV. This TV was for my bedroom which is on the top floor so the delivery man brought it up 3 sets of stairs straight in the bedroom. He was willing to hook it up and everything but my new bedroom furniture had not arrived so he simply opened the package and checked the contents with me to make sure there where no damages to the set. There wasn't so i accepted the delivery and he was on his way. He was extremely professional and the overall experience was fantastic so kudos to Eagle Shipping!

Now the TV itself!!! WOW! What a picture!
I am a huge sports fan and i cannot believe the clarity in the picture. I have been researching HD sets for well over 6 months now and had settled on the LN-T4065F when i saw the spec sheet for this TV so decided to wait. And it was well worth it. Ever since this TV arrived, i've had a huge grin on my face everytime i was a show. The 3 HDMI inputs is fantastic because i can use my HD cable box, up-convert DVD player, and PlayStation 3 using just 3 cables to reduce the clutter. Blu-Ray movies and the PS3 games are simply phenomenal. The 25,000:1 contrast ratio and auto-motion plus technology make the picture unreal. I stood in the store for hours comparing this to Sony 40" XBR4 and could not see any difference to justify the almost $800 more in price.

The one con that others have mentioned is the triple-ball-effect (TBE) which is a bit annoying and am hoping a future firmware update will fix it. But for me it's very minor and hardly worth worrying about.

Overall, this TV is phenomenal. I highly recommend it to everyone and in fact my brother is placing an order for one as well.

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fixes this issue with an updated firmware.

Given the flaw, it is not extremely distracting and should not deter you from getting this TV. I assure you will not be disappointed.

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look incredible, and the tv is small enough that standard channel look great too. My only worry was that this tv would be too small, but its perfect! And if/when I do decide to get a larger tv, when the technology improves, this tv will be perfect size for the bedroom! Buy the LNT4071F, you will NOT be disappointed!

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for 720p and up is remarkable. This feature is relatively new to digital TVs and worth the price of admission when compared to the old sets that only use a 60Hz refresh.

Also, the 25,000:1 contrast ratio is noticeable even compared to 10,000:1. The features on this set that also attracted us are the 3 HDMI ports and the USB 2.0 port. We have lots of digital pics and viewing them on this gorgeous screen is something we look forward to.

We got the set only a few days ago and just got a digital and HD upgrade from our cable provider and WOW!, the images are just as vivid and "Live and in person" as what is seen on display at the stores. We coupled this 4071F set with a Samsung 1080P up-converting DVD player and indeed even standard, old-world DVD's look crisper, especially with fast motion on the screen. Its not quite HD/Blueray but a noticeable improvement for regular progressive scan DVDs. Per other reviewers we are waiting for the dust/cost to settle on these two high-deg standards.

Why do we recommend this set so enthusiastically even over the Sony Bravia XBR series (which also has a 120Hz refresh)? I won't throw down the spec #s and whatnot; instead I'll relate an anecdote. We had already settled on the Samsung 4071 but were still researching the best deal we could get online (of course we located the best, by far, deal on Amazon -- under fifteen hundred shipped). I was in Bxxx Bxx and looking at the digital TVs displayed on a wall just to reinforce our opinion. I was at a distance so as to see as many sets at once, regardless of size, and my eye settled on a particular set. I thought my eye had settled on a Phillips. I was surprised! I ogled the set some more while letting my eye flit to other sets to validate what I was seeing. There was a tag on the wall that I thought had ID'ed the display as Phillips but when I went to read the specs I discovered the set I was looking at was indeed the very model we had settled on. Serendipity indeed! The tags had been so close together I mistook the TV for a Phillips which was next to the Samsung 4071F. This unbiased "test" solidified our choice.

You could look at the Samsung xx69F series which also has the 120Hz refresh but it's contrast is 20,000:1 and, as a rule (online at least) costs the same as a xx71F. And the 81F series (Magnolia Home Theater labeled)? Way too much more coin for a minimal viewing improvement (LED illumination might be the way of the future but not for a $1000 premium.

A selling point for me as well is the ability to hook up a PC either with a VGA connection or using a DVI-to-HDMI converter. I won't bother with getting a 1/8"-to-2RCA connectors to get sound through the TV speakers. I'm going to use my dedicated speaker set for the PC (Logitech G51s).

A final word: I saw that another reviewer thought the 120Hz refresh was basically bogus. Not so! If you are considering this set go to Bxxx Bxx or Cirxxxx Cixx and have the sales person enter the on-screen menu and select "Display Mode" under the Picture settings. You'll see one half of the set at 120Hz vs 60Hz. Just wait for the demo pictures to get to the football viewing. You can't miss the dif!

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hd dvd player or bd player to 1080p/24
use an hdmi cable
put in a movie that is 1080p/24 (pretty much all of them)
turn on the player and tv and play the movie.
you will see stutter, frame drops and slow motion on and off. sometimes it's REALLY, REALLY bad, other times it'll last for 2 seconds.

aside from this warning, i do recommend the set because it's got an excellent picture, is well built and should offer years of great use. i suspect samsung will fix the issues i mentioned above if enough people call them.

update: i called samsung and a level 3 (the highest level) tech said they know about the issue i described and are wokingon a firmwre fix. when it will arrive he coul not say, but he said it will arrive for sure.

a great set and one i recommend.

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impressed me about the set was how well it handled regular low-definition television broadcasts. Looking closely at the screen I've never see any of those squarish scaling artifacts that I've sometimes seen with other LCD TVs displaying an image at less than the native resolution. So when I watch regular low-def TV channels I see only the image that was intended, and I see it as clearly as possible.

Where this set really shines, however, is at 1080p, so shortly after buying it I got myself a Playstation 3, an HDMI cable, and a couple of blu-ray disks. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and the BBC documentary Galapagos both look fantastic in 1080p. This is beyond what was possible with any television I've ever owned before, including the 1366x768 Sony LCD I bought just a few years ago.

The audio on this TV is perfectly good as far as my ears can tell, but I'm more of a visually oriented person, so I can imagine that some people might want to pair it with a set of 5.1 speakers for the ultimate high-definition theater.

The remote is fine, and probably has more functions than I'll ever use. Basically I just programmed the TV and customized its display mode when I first set it up, and I don't expect to mess with it too much in the future. I find the favorite channel button useful for quickly returning to the channel that allows me to watch using my VCR and its tuner after channel surfing.

The picture size button lets me choose zoom and aspect ratio. I rarely have to touch this button as I keep it on 4:3 for regular TV and 16:9 when watching blu-rays or DVDs through the HDMI. Occasionally a TV channel will show a program letter-boxed and then I sometimes zoom the picture to fill the screen, but that's the only time I've used it thus far. I've seen other TVs that have a mode that expands a 4:3 picture to fill a 16:9 screen by stretching the edges of the picture so that the center does not become distorted. I haven't found anything that fancy on this model, but I'm perfectly happy with the 4:3 mode for regular TV.

As far as the 120Hz refresh that sold me on this product? As far as I can tell it does exactly what it's supposed to and makes movement real smooth. But I figure the human eye can barely distinguish events that occur within 1/60th of a second, so I imagine that the visual difference between a 60Hz refresh and a 120Hz refresh is actually fairly subtle.

To sum up, this is by far the best and most capable television I've ever had. I suspect that just about anyone who wants to watch either regular or high-definition content will be satisfied with it.

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to say, there is no other tv that can compare to this one at the moment except for the 4081 and it is not that much of a difference as some people may think. Don't think twice about purchasing this tv and the price is great also!!!!!

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plasma screen, and it is probably going to compete with the best plasma's out there. The contrast is simply incredible, and the light output was so bright that I had to tone down the brightness setting, and increase the energy saving mode.

And this is exactly where personal preference comes in. You may see this screen in a store where it is cranked way up for certain settings, and you may not like the contrast, brightness, or color. There are - of course - ample settings to play with and it is quite possible to "dial in" what you like best. So don't be disappointed in the store, and don't give up on this Samsung just yet - give it another chance by trying one out at home. Just as you need to select the proper viewing size, so that everything looks normal and not too stretched or squeezed, the color, contrast and saturation settings need to reflect a normal picture. And then there are settings (like the x.v.Color) that will do injustice to the image, if the input signal does not utilize this color-space.

There is a now (in-)famous blue Samsung light on the bottom of the screen that can be set to be on when the TV is on, or on when the TV is off, or always on, or always off. Using an HDMI connection, turning the TV off also turns our connected receiver off, and vice versa. You can name each input on the TV with a specific name-tag, such as DVD, game, and so on. The few "bad" things that I have noticed are blurry contours of fast-moving subjects (when you look close) or occasional slow frames / jumpy picture for a short time. These may be due to processing by the TV, may be due to incorrect settings, may occur already in the players or may actually be in the (compressed) signals itself. These problems have occurred watching blu-ray movies using a Sony PS3, and DVDs on the PS3 or on a Pioneer DVD player. Not a super big problem, but it is something I keep noticing and worrying about. Our one & only PS3 game so far looks fantastic, and I haven't noticed any movement issues while playing that. I was also very worried that standard DVD's and our home-made picture DVD's would look relatively bad, but they are still OK to watch and they look absolutely fantastic on this new TV as compared to our old one. With the TV set to 1080p, I do not see a clear difference in a DVD signal put out as 480p compared to the same DVD signal up-converted to 1080p by a pioneer DVD player or the PS3. If anything I would say the PS3 looks better. There is definitely a tremendous difference when you look at something on DVD (up-converted to 1080p) and then look at the exact same footage on a blu-ray disc (both played on the PS3). There is so much more detail that it puts a lot of the blogs and discussions (about seeing a real difference with 1080p or not - on a 40 inch screen) to shame. See the 2 images of Planet Earth footage I have also posted. The pictures were taken from about 9 feet away, using a tripod. The DVD was set to up-convert to 1080p. TV settings were exactly the same for both images.

We're not using the sound of the TV itself, so I cannot comment on that at all.

Pros: 3 HDMI (1.3) inputs, super clear panel, INCREDIBLE clarity and color; a great system with lots of hi-tech specifications.

Cons (all relatively minor):
Highly reflective screen (although this makes the picture quality awesome!).
Highly reflective edge. When the TV is off, the reflective screen is bad enough, but with the shiny edge it can look really bad.
No "name tag" for HD-DVD player or Blu-ray player in the menu list to assign to HDMI input (very minor point - I agree - and may be fixed by future updates?).

In short - look no further. This is the one you want.

This is a review of the Samsung 4071F.

The following products have also been mentioned and are also available from Amazon:
Sony Playstation 3 (PS3)
Planet Earth

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plasma screen, and it is probably going to compete with the best plasma's out there. The contrast is simply incredible, and the light output was so bright that I had to tone down the brightness setting, and increase the energy saving mode.



And this is exactly where personal preference comes in. You may see this screen in a store where it is cranked way up for certain settings, and you may not like the contrast, brightness, or color. There are - of course - ample settings to play with and it is quite possible to "dial in" what you like best. So don't be disappointed in the store, and don't give up on this Samsung just yet - give it another chance by trying one out at home. Just as you need to select the proper viewing size, so that everything looks normal and not too stretched or squeezed, the color, contrast and saturation settings need to reflect a normal picture. And then there are settings (like the x.v.Color) that will do injustice to the image, if the input signal does not utilize this color-space.



There is a now (in-)famous blue Samsung light on the bottom of the screen that can be set to be on when the TV is on, or on when the TV is off, or always on, or always off. Using an HDMI connection, turning the TV off also turns our connected receiver off, and vice versa. You can name each input on the TV with a specific name-tag, such as DVD, game, and so on. The few "bad" things that I have noticed are blurry contours of fast-moving subjects (when you look close) or occasional slow frames / jumpy picture for a short time. These may be due to processing by the TV, may be due to incorrect settings, may occur already in the players or may actually be in the (compressed) signals itself. These problems have occurred watching blu-ray movies using a Sony PS3, and DVDs on the PS3 or on a Pioneer DVD player. Not a super big problem, but it is something I keep noticing and worrying about. Our one & only PS3 game so far looks fantastic, and I haven't noticed any movement issues while playing that. I was also very worried that standard DVD's and our home-made picture DVD's would look relatively bad, but they are still OK to watch and they look absolutely fantastic on this new TV as compared to our old one. With the TV set to 1080p, I do not see a clear difference in a DVD signal put out as 480p compared to the same DVD signal up-converted to 1080p by a pioneer DVD player or the PS3. If anything I would say the PS3 looks better. There is definitely a tremendous difference when you look at something on DVD (up-converted to 1080p) and then look at the exact same footage on a blu-ray disc (both played on the PS3). There is so much more detail that it puts a lot of the blogs and discussions (about seeing a real difference with 1080p or not - on a 40 inch screen) to shame. See the 2 images of Planet Earth footage I have also posted. The pictures were taken from about 9 feet away, using a tripod. The DVD was set to up-convert to 1080p. TV settings were exactly the same for both images.



We're not using the sound of the TV itself, so I cannot comment on that at all.



Pros: 3 HDMI (1.3) inputs, super clear panel, INCREDIBLE clarity and color; a great system with lots of hi-tech specifications.



Cons (all relatively minor):

Highly reflective screen (although this makes the picture quality awesome!).

Highly reflective edge. When the TV is off, the reflective screen is bad enough, but with the shiny edge it can look really bad.

No "name tag" for HD-DVD player or Blu-ray player in the menu list to assign to HDMI input (very minor point - I agree - and may be fixed by future updates?).



In short - look no further. This is the one you want.



This is a review of the Samsung 4071F.



The following products have also been mentioned and are also available from Amazon:

Sony Playstation 3 (PS3)

Planet Earth

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misplace it somewhere!

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misplace it somewhere!

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if the reader detaches from the cap, you'll still have the cap but stand a good chance of losing the device itself. Other than that (and the caveat that this thing looks like it shouldn't cost more than ten or twelve bucks), the MicroMate is a nicely functional, able performer.

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if the reader detaches from the cap, you'll still have the cap but stand a good chance of losing the device itself. Other than that (and the caveat that this thing looks like it shouldn't cost more than ten or twelve bucks), the MicroMate is a nicely functional, able performer.

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if the reader detaches from the cap, you'll still have the cap but stand a good chance of losing the device itself. Other than that (and the caveat that this thing looks like it shouldn't cost more than ten or twelve bucks), the MicroMate is a nicely functional, able performer.

Samsung LN-T4071F - 40 Widescreen 1080p LCD HDTV - 25,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio - 6ms Response Time - Black

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if the reader detaches from the cap, you'll still have the cap but stand a good chance of losing the device itself. Other than that (and the caveat that this thing looks like it shouldn't cost more than ten or twelve bucks), the MicroMate is a nicely functional, able performer.