Re: HDTV Questions and Answers Thread
Check out the Samsung HLS-5087 or HLS-5687 at Circuit City. I think Best Buy only has the HLS-6187. I have the HLS-5088 and it's not sold at any CC or Best Buy. I got it from Vanns.com and here is the link, looks like they just got them back in stock. The 50" is $2699 with a free Sony Upconverting DVD. I ordered mine with the free shipping option on a Thursday night about midnight and it was ready to be delivered to my door the following Tuesday so Vanns is really fast too, you wouldn't be waiting 2 weeks or whatnot for your tv if you go through them.
You may want to read back through this thread a page or two for full impressions from me of the set the day after I got it. I've had mine almost a week now and I can assure you all games look freakin' fantastic on it for the 360 and PS2. I'm very happy with this set. No lag or anything either, even without using the Game mode. The model HLS-5088 adds TV guide, picture in picture and cablecard option. The HLS-5087 and HLS-5687 do not have those 3 things but if none of those matter to you then you could get one of the sets at CC or Best Buy (I believe Best Buy only has the HLR-6187 in the xx87 models though as I said earlier)
Now as for comparison to the Sony SXRD, I'm not going to say it looks better than the Sony SXRD as that was my original choice but once I saw the Samsung HLR-5087 I changed my mind. I will go out on a limb and say the Samsungs look as good as the Sony SXRD's though in my honest opinion. And the Samsung is about $400 cheaper (and if you include that DVD player it's $520 cheaper) and I like the design of the case much better of the Samsung as the Sony has those huge speakers that hang out to the side that you will probably never use, not to mention taking up more space in general. I much prefer the Samsungs all-black look too as opposed to Sonys mixture of Grey/Black.
As for Comcast, I live in Richmond and I get a lot of HD channels here. And they're adding more all the time, for example they just added ESPN2 in HD. If you have any other questions about the Samsung set go ahead and post and i'll try to answer for you. I will say that Vanns.com was a great experience and saved me a lot of money but you cannot buy an extended warranty through them directly, although if you read back the thread someone else posted a way to get one through another vendor, so long as you do so within 30 days of buying the set.
Originally posted by Havok410
You may want to read back through this thread a page or two for full impressions from me of the set the day after I got it. I've had mine almost a week now and I can assure you all games look freakin' fantastic on it for the 360 and PS2. I'm very happy with this set. No lag or anything either, even without using the Game mode. The model HLS-5088 adds TV guide, picture in picture and cablecard option. The HLS-5087 and HLS-5687 do not have those 3 things but if none of those matter to you then you could get one of the sets at CC or Best Buy (I believe Best Buy only has the HLR-6187 in the xx87 models though as I said earlier)
Now as for comparison to the Sony SXRD, I'm not going to say it looks better than the Sony SXRD as that was my original choice but once I saw the Samsung HLR-5087 I changed my mind. I will go out on a limb and say the Samsungs look as good as the Sony SXRD's though in my honest opinion. And the Samsung is about $400 cheaper (and if you include that DVD player it's $520 cheaper) and I like the design of the case much better of the Samsung as the Sony has those huge speakers that hang out to the side that you will probably never use, not to mention taking up more space in general. I much prefer the Samsungs all-black look too as opposed to Sonys mixture of Grey/Black.
As for Comcast, I live in Richmond and I get a lot of HD channels here. And they're adding more all the time, for example they just added ESPN2 in HD. If you have any other questions about the Samsung set go ahead and post and i'll try to answer for you. I will say that Vanns.com was a great experience and saved me a lot of money but you cannot buy an extended warranty through them directly, although if you read back the thread someone else posted a way to get one through another vendor, so long as you do so within 30 days of buying the set.
Good for you man. Believe me you'll love it. Once you get this bitch calibrated you'll be in heaven. Believe me when I say on the Pro settings with proper calibration it'll make the TV you saw in the store look like an old piece of crap. I still am amazed at it. Took me a few weeks to really be happy with settings, but now I don't touch 'em. I used the Avia disk BTW.
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