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Samsung HP-S4253

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Pros
Excellent sound with SRX surround
Includes 2 HDMI inputs
Cons
Offers only basic color controls

Performance: Good: 78
Features: Good: 79
Design: Very Good: 82

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Performance
Brightness and Contrast	Good
Color Quality	Good
Detail	Good
DVD Image Quality	Very Good
High-Definition Image Quality	Good
Image Quality Under Bright Lighting	Good
Interface Tested	HDMI
Overall Quality	Good
Standard-TV Image Quality	Good

What You Should Know about the HP-S4253

Good Fit For a Midsize Living Room

HDTVs with a diagonal screen size between 42 and 45 inches are LCDs or plasmas, usually with a resolution of either 1366 by 768 or 1920 by 1080 (1080p). The optimum viewing distance for an HDTV screen like this one is generally considered to be about 6.5 to 7.5 feet. That makes a television of this size appropriate for a range of living areas, such as a den, a large bedroom, a midsize living room, or a game room.

Reviewed by: smp0921

Duration of ownership: 1 Year

Strengths:

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 Evaluation: 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 Evaluation: 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.