Samsung HL-R5688W 56' DLP HD-Ready Projection TV with Digital Cable Ready Tuner

Features of Samsung HL-R5688W

• Built-in HD/Digital tuner (ATSC) and 181-channel tuner (NTSC) and and Digital Cable Ready; 16:9 widescreen picture aspect ratio

• Includes 3 composite and 3 S-Video and 2 component and 1 DVI and 1 HDMI and 1 PC (D-Sub) and 2 Firewire and 1 Monitor and and 2 RF inputs

• Two stereo speakers and 15 watts apiece (30 watts total)

• 56-inch projection HD-ready DLP TV with unique built-in pedestal; measures 52.4 x 15.3 x 37.9 inches (WxHxD)

• Digital Light Processing technology features better color uniformity over time--no burn-in and screen aging

Get the sharpest and clearest images possible from HD and standard TV and your favorite DVD movies with the 56-inch Samsung HL-R5688W DLP projection TV, which features a unique built-in pedestal. This TV measures less than 22 inches deep, helping you to avoid sacrificing precious real estate in your home. It has a built-in analog/digital (NTSC/ATSC) tuner that will receive free over-the-air HDTV signals and is Digital Cable Ready, so you can enjoy digital cable without an additional box or remote. It also offers a good range of connections for DVD, DTV, PC, HDTV sources. DLP (which stands for Digital Light Processing) uses an optical semiconductor to recreate source material with a fidelity analog systems can't match. While other technologies lose a certain amount of light in transit, the microscopic mirrors in a DLP projection system bring more light from lamp to screen. It also features better color uniformity over time--no burn-in, screen aging or color-shifting possible. It's the leading display technology for products like small portable conference room projectors and professional venue entertainment systems. This DLP set employs the latest Digital Micromirror Devices (DMD), which have switching speeds twice as fast as previous generation microdisplays and up to 1,000 times faster than competing technologies. When combined with Samsung's new Cinema Smooth 1080p light engine, the result is a crisp, bright picture with deep, rich colors that are closer to film. The HL-R5688W features a widescreen picture aspect ratio (16:9; standard TVs have a 4:3 aspect ratio), which is the ideal screen format for viewing widescreen video from DVD players and the growing availability of broadcast programming off digital HDTV tuners (HD content is always widescreen), cable boxes and satellite receivers. The HL-R5688W's 3D Y/C digital comb filter constantly analyzes the three dimensions of picture height, picture width, and picture changes-over-time, to reduce dramatically edge image artifacts while improving transition detail. Powered by SamsungÕs Cinema Smooth technology, the 3:2 pulldown cinema video processing feature detects and compensates film--which is shot at 24 frames per second (fps) compared with video's 30 fps rate--to video for a smooth theater-like experience at home. The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe) Video Enhancer refines all analog NTSC and wideband video inputs for an overall improvement in picture quality. DNIe improves contrast, white level, picture detail and incorporates digital noise reduction to improve lower quality video inputs. The Automatic Digital Format Conversion System is compatible with 1080i and 720p HDTV formats, 480p EDTV and 480i SDTV formats. This system will accept any DTV, analog TV, or XGA computer RGB input. All video signals are converted to a 16:9 wide-screen pixel count (1280 x 720) progressive display for flicker-free images. The 30-watt stereo audio system (two 15-watt speakers) delivers ample sound for sports and movies. It features the following video and audio connections: AV in (RCA): 3 (1 side, 2 rear) S-Video In: 3 (1 side, 2 rear) RF In: 2 Monitor and Sound Out (RCA): 1 rear Component Video Input (Smart Input): 2 rear (480i,480p,720p,1080i) DVI Audio In: 1 (rear) HDMI: 1 (rear) PC In (D-Sub 16-pin): 1 (rear) Monitor: 1 (rear) Firewire (IEEE1394): 2 (rear) POD Slot (CableCARD): 1 rear AnyNet (Mini Jack): 1 rear Other features include: Watch two sources at once with 2-Tuner Picture-in-Picture. You can select from a small, movable, re-sizeable window in the corner of the screen, or share the screen with Side-by-Side Split Screen. TV Guide On Screen interactive program guide provides listings for cable-ready, cable box, digital cable and over-the-air broadcasts directly on your TV. Five pre-set aspect ratio modes--Normal, Wide, Panorama, Zoom 1 and Zoom 2--stretch your image to fill the screen naturally and with less distortion. For the times when digital cable features require a set-top box, such as Video-On-Demand, you can connect that box to a second input. 1-year warranty for parts and labor What's in the Box Samsung HL-R5688W DLP TV, pedestal, remote control, two AAA batteries, printed instruction book

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Samsung HL-R5688W Customer Review(s):

Summary: What A Great TV!
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Comment: I have been researching HDTV's for two years and finally they have come out with the 1080p's, which are supposed to be the highest level of picture which HDTV will go to. At this time we are still at the 1080i stage, one below the 1080p, but very close. So this TV is ready for the future as well as super excellent for now.

The picture when the TV is receiving a HDTV feed from my Comcast HD box is so unbelieveable, really, I just sat there and stared. It was the first game of the World Series and I have never seen such a perfect picture, both focus and color.
Monday Night Football was equally stunning. And Discovery HD was almost 3D it was so clear. If you have Comcast, and are using Component cables, be sure to set the box for the 1080i feed by turning ON the TV and turning OFF the Cable box and pressing menu on the Comcast remote, and scroll to the Y, Pb, Pr line and hit the right arrow till 1080i appears, then you get the full feed.

Regular channels are somewhat grainy so we still watch analog TV on our regular set and use this for the HDTV channels available.

DVD is excellent but not perfect as there are no HDTV DVD players yet so the TV has to upscale the feed.

Good sound through the TV's speakers.

This is an early review as I have only had this one week. But so far so good.

I bought this through Vann's and got an excellent price and good service and good delivery.
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