Samsung HP-S4253

Samsung HP-S4253

HP-S4253 Review, by Kalpana Ettenson October 24, 2006

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• Latest User Reviews 2 reviews
• Reviewed by: smp0921

  Duration of ownership: 1 Year

  Weaknesses: The picture quality is very poor especially in dark scenes and fireworks sences. Vey noisy and especially red noises in dark scene will make you suprise! Poor grayscale.

  Overall: This last year's Samsung TV was the worst I have ever seen. I expect this year's better.

• Reviewed by: ribar001

  Duration of ownership: 3 Months

  Strengths: Nice HD picture. Very clear and vibrant color

  Weaknesses: TV could use some more sound input ports for optical cables

  Overall: Tv was great for about the first 2 months. We then started to get a blue fuzz on the left hand side of the screen. This only shows up after the set has been on for about 1 hour. Tech came out and tried to fix it but did not stay long enough to see if the problem was fixed. Called Samsung back and they set me up with another Tech service guy. He has so far not come out to service the tv because he said " he has another set that is doing the same thing in his shop and so far he nor Samsung can figure out what is wrong". He also said that this is becoming a common occurance with some of the Samsung models. I would hope that Samsung would just buck up and admitt that there is a problem and replace the set. The longer this goes on the worse I feel about the company. Untill Samsung takes some corporate responsibility and the problems are corrected, I would not recomend buying this set.

• Reviewed by: ddldave

  Strengths: Great picture quality, just as good as panasonic and lg's plasma or even better.

  Weaknesses: none so far, hopefully i wont experience burn-ins

  Overall: i use this to play my ps3 games and watch blu-ray also. for best quality in my opinion, should set your contrast around 65-75, brightness around 55-60, color between 35-43, and sharpness around 0-15, and color temp is normal, not cool or warm.

• Reviewed by: pauliewalnutz

  Strengths: Initially a good picture and customer service answers the phone quickly

  Weaknesses: Easy screen burn

  Overall: TV is five months old, we work 9-5 jobs and watch it at night only and sports on weekends. We have comcast and watch as much HD as we can. The sides of the screen are burned. There is no fix for this nor is this covered by the warranty. It is considered abusive use. We are your normal TV watchers and did what normal people would do. Once you get screen burn you are toasted - goodbye $1500. The worst electronic decision I ever made. Their tech people claim if more than 5% of your total usage is not 16:9, then you have abused the use of the tv and it will burn. Buy LCD they are harder to burn. Also avoid the Best Buy extended warranty - it does not cover this problem and if you call them to get a tech to come to your house they tell you it's $75 if they find screen burn.

• Reviewed by: 0079999

  Strengths: size is perfect not too big but definitely not small. color is vibrant...HD is clear as a 8mega picture

  Weaknesses: non HD channels actually look better on a tube...

  Overall: I had been searching for a plasma tv for 6months and research Panasonic, Hitachi, and Samsung.I was impressed by all of them but the samsung stood out for the rest due to the elegant style of the set.the samsung has yet to disappoint me...the only troubling thing is the remote didn't work with my other equipment. But that's OK I'll be buying a harmony 880 remote anyways..

• Reviewed by: tstodnick25

  Strengths: Decent picture until mass problems

  Weaknesses: Burn in after 2 months, and minimal usage. Ghosting also a problem now.

  Overall: This was the worst electronics investment i ever made. I've already experienced burn in after only 2-3 months and minimal usage. Both store and Samsung failed to stand behind their product - told me too bad. The customer service at Samsung actually made the problem worse after instructing me to run several different utilities in hopes of helping with the burn in. The utilities made the burn in worse, and then caused ghosting on all the pictures. I told them about this, and they didn't seem to care - said it would not be covered.I will never buy another Samsung product again.Just wanted to share.

• Reviewed by: buckv

  Strengths: Great PictureHigh Quality BuildNumerous Inputs

  Weaknesses: No Cable Card Slot

  Overall: I have had this TV for about 5 months. Prior to purchasing I looked at all the big names and reviews. I viewed this unit next to a comparably priced Hitachi, Panasonic and Toshiba. There was no comparison. To get the full impact you have to view these sets next to one another. I have seen the price drop about 150 since my purchase.I love this TV so much I am considering another for my living room.You can not go wrong.