Samsung LN40C550

I purchased the Samsung LNT 4065F in early 2008. At first I was very satisfied with the TV. However after less then 3 years of what I would consider average usage, a narrow vertical green line appeared on the right side of the screen. Since then, several other vertical green and red lines have appeared, ruining the picture quality. I find this extremely disappointing, as I purchased a Samsung on both its reputation of quality and reliability. And yet this TV lasted less then 3 years before the screen began to fail.

I contacted Samsung to see if they would stand behind their product in light of the fact that they had sold me a lemon. I expect more then 3 years of use from a $1,500 TV. I was told since it was no longer under the one year warranty, I should basically take a hike. This is not a company that stands behind their products.

If you want electronics that turn into big paper weights after 3 years of use, buy a Samsung. Otherwise, do yourself a favor, look for something other then a Samsung. I know my replacement will certainly be another brand.

I had the pleasure of "testing" this out at my sisters place not too long ago and was surprised. I had an older Samsung LCD and it looked like crap but with the fairly newer ones out now they def improved. Samsung has always been in my opinion, run a darker than usual picture. For fans of deep blacks go with a Sammy. For a satellite pic on it it looked good, colors were great and their was barely any artifacts shown when motion was happening. For a blu ray test I had a Samsung blu ray player and tested a few movies. By the way this TV does show a 1080p/24fps picture which looked good. This feature on the player did it's job well but on the TV itself it was noticeable. It reminded me of a 120hrz refresh rate thing. (Which this TV doesn't have) The look and feel of it is what I mean and any fast motion on the screen came out kind of blocky and didn't flow as nice as a higher refresh rate would. Maybe a better cable would have fixed this problem, I don't know, but, with that said the picture on it was awesome, and if you didn't know better it's as if you were looking at a living breathing picture. A nice, simple HDTV and if you are a samsung fan and can find a good price on it I say check it out.