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"The step-up HL-T5089S is simply amazing. It is accurate, quiet, and LED driven."
Pros: Color is right-on, the LED system works, it is SLIM, and it's a beauty with a narrow piano black bezel.
Cons: Sound is just OK, but it is as good as other in-set units.
Summary: Well, they did it! To me, the Samsung HL-T5089S DLP LED driven HDTV is the best under $3500 set of any type. First of all, it is a SLIM DLP ? under 13? deep, under 62 pounds with a thin piano-black bezel that?s just gorgeous, before you get to the great picture. It has an LED light engine and full 1920 by 1080p resolution. No color wheel, no noise. A projected 20,000 LED life bulb life! They claim a 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and I believe it. There are no screen light reflection problems and it is plenty bright. Some reviews of Samsung?s first outing into LED, the HL-S5687W complained about lack of inky blacks, uneven brightness and slow menu response. That?s all gone. Blacks are beautiful, and I can?t detect any uneven brightness or color gradation. The other complaint was high price. I bought this thru Amazon from Electronic Express and paid $1995 plus delivery of $100 (to my vestibule ? not pure white glove service, but at 61 pounds, not a problem). This is the stepped up model. The basic T5087S looks as good, but lacks PIP, Bluetooth (who cares), USB 2.0 (which I might care about in the future) and HDMI 1.3 (which I will care about soon). The HL-T5087S seems to go for about $1900 which is a real bargain. My Dish Network has 32 HD channels + locals! I?m using two HDMI cables from my Satellite receiver and my OPPO upconverting DVD player. I borrowed a Blu-ray for a day, and it was simply fantastic, but I?ll wait for a few months to buy hoping for a winner in that dumb battle. The first on screen cue out of the box is a set up choice of ?home or store?. Store is way too much, but home is close to fine. I backed off a bit on brightness, contrast and green, but otherwise all seems very close. The basic settings are Standard, Movie, and Dynamic. I?m sure Movie is close to correct, but when friends come by, put on Dynamic and blow them away! The menus are complete and simple. The setup is completely intuitive. I?ll read the manual one of these days. If there is a negative, it is the sound which is just OK, but no worse than any other in-set unit. But I use my surround system and the results of the complete set-up are staggering. The universal remote is OK with a few lights on critical buttons. I tried the game mode briefly, and there are no delay problems that I can see, and it is 3D HD ready. I haven?t tried the PC input yet. I use very few of the picture enhancements, but I?ll try them should I get bored with a truly fine HD receiver.
