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4.5 stars
"Excellent TV for the price, picture quality and clarity is great..."
Pros: Price, picture (quality and clarity), no color-wheel, no lamps to replace (LED's)
Cons: Built in speakers aren't the best quality (but that's easily fixed) and I'm not fond of the remote (once again, easily fixed)
Summary: My wife and I recently purchased the HL-T6187S from Sears (11.04.07) and got a great deal ($1600). I'd done a lot of research on DLP, LCD and Plasma TVs; since my wife and I are avid gamers, I chose the DLP's to negate the risk of burn-in. While doing research on the DLP TVs, I found a lot of complaints about the high cost (and frequency) of replacing the lamps; then I stumbled upon the HL-T5087S (50' version) while I was @ Circuit City buying a DVD. Once I got home, I started doing research on the Samsung HL-Txx87S-series online and found that I no longer had to worry about replacing the lamps.
We love this TV. We already had the HD TiVo hooked up to our old 32' LG LCD (which was moved into the bedroom now that we purchased the Samsung) and it looks amazing. We also have an up-converting DVD player; and even though it's not true HD, they still look damn good.
Even though I love this TV, it's not perfect. As stated above, the integrated speakers aren't the best; but buying a home theater system will quickly solve that issue. I also do not like the remote, but the Logitech Harmony 880 we already had cleared that up. I have to say that my major complaint with the TV was a couple of 'lag' problems while gaming; however strategic placement of the Wii sensor-bar solved that and we haven't had any problems since (I've also been told that buying the wireless sensor-bar will help that, but I haven't tried it to confirm).
All-in-all I do not regret this purchase at all. The TV is overall an exceptional value, wonderful to watch and I'm extremely satisfied.
