Customer Rating: 
Summary: Ok set. Needs work
Comment: Got this set about a month ago. Noticed the "prism" effect since day one. This is where you get rainbow type flashes and flickers within the objects on the screen. This issue is more prevalent when watching DVD than anything else but I have started to notice it more while watching television as well.
Have had a tech come out and she noticed the issue and told me to wait for firmware. At this time Samsung has no known firmware that will fix this issue. So I'm working on exchanging this set through Vanns.com. Vanns has a return policy where they come and pick up your defective set and then ship you out a new one, leaving you withough a $2k+ product that you have already paid for for more than a week.
Good times.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Multi purpose TV and Entertainment Center
Comment: This was our first large TV set. We chose the digital projection technology because you get the picture of projection without the occasional exploding bulbs you get in the other projection units.
The TV lives up to hype, as when we first plugged it in to Cable without even the Cable box, it found all the channels and we could see a lot of HD content readily available.
The unit starts quickly, changes channels quickly, and has great color. It does a pretty good job of upsampling low resolution channels and input.
We are very pleased with this TV, and the technology level, the HDMI is version 1.3 which will give you some better throughput with some equipment, and also future proof your purchase a bit.
We also have hooked up a Playstation 3 to it, and it just works great!
Customer Rating:
Summary: great samsung led dlp tv.
Comment: want beautiful dlp tv love the color .have great picture to samsung great jog this one but the way buy there one good wrong there model .it look great hd channel to.have 3 hdmi in put to buy the way.color grat to pretty picture all the channel to.got 4 year warrent this model to .do buy buld this model lot model tothank samsung great modelcomeoutwith.it great onmy hddvd player to and blu-ray player to have hook up to me hdmi cable woo picture grat to.buy this to day .sound great to fill at the movie theather buy the way to.this thing rock to buy theway.the remote control have lot thing on it to.woo greatthing home theater.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent rear-projection HDTV
Comment: Very nice!
Be sure to check out an expert user group or a calibration DVD to get the settings right -- it's too bright out of the box.
Pros:
Image is amazing. Bright, sharp, colors are nicely saturated when appropriate and subtle in other scenes. Onscreen menus are easy to use. Built-in QAM can handle unscrambled digital cable [i.e. if your cable company provides unscrambled local HD (which many do), you can just plug the coax in and voila!]. Excellent set of connections, and plenty of 'em, that are easy to access.
Oh, and did I mention that the picture is AMAZING?
Cons:
1. It is a rear-projection system, which means that the viewing angle isn't as good as plasma or front projecton. Horizontal viewing angle is pretty good due to the screen, but vertical viewing is not that great. If all audience members are at about the same height it won't be a problem -- but if you have people who like to stretch out on the floor or stand/exercise while viewing it might be a real concern.
2. There are 2 "zoom" modes for watching 4:3 programs. However, some stations air 16:9 stuff letterboxed into 4:3. It would be really nice if one of the zoom modes scaled things *just right* so that letterboxed 4:3 content filled the screen, but neither does. [Zoom1 is close, but you still crop top/bottom a bit]
Overall it's a great TV.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Samsung HLT5689S
Comment: This TV is worth every penny I paid for it and the price was right. I had it shipped in 2 days I was very impressed. Blu-ray pumped into this set is awesome. This Samsung replaced an older Samsung DLP with a projector bulb. it is nice to have almost instant on operation.The color's are true to life rich and vibrant.
Summary: Ok set. Needs work
Comment: Got this set about a month ago. Noticed the "prism" effect since day one. This is where you get rainbow type flashes and flickers within the objects on the screen. This issue is more prevalent when watching DVD than anything else but I have started to notice it more while watching television as well.
Have had a tech come out and she noticed the issue and told me to wait for firmware. At this time Samsung has no known firmware that will fix this issue. So I'm working on exchanging this set through Vanns.com. Vanns has a return policy where they come and pick up your defective set and then ship you out a new one, leaving you withough a $2k+ product that you have already paid for for more than a week.
Good times.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Multi purpose TV and Entertainment Center
Comment: This was our first large TV set. We chose the digital projection technology because you get the picture of projection without the occasional exploding bulbs you get in the other projection units.
The TV lives up to hype, as when we first plugged it in to Cable without even the Cable box, it found all the channels and we could see a lot of HD content readily available.
The unit starts quickly, changes channels quickly, and has great color. It does a pretty good job of upsampling low resolution channels and input.
We are very pleased with this TV, and the technology level, the HDMI is version 1.3 which will give you some better throughput with some equipment, and also future proof your purchase a bit.
We also have hooked up a Playstation 3 to it, and it just works great!
Customer Rating:
Summary: great samsung led dlp tv.
Comment: want beautiful dlp tv love the color .have great picture to samsung great jog this one but the way buy there one good wrong there model .it look great hd channel to.have 3 hdmi in put to buy the way.color grat to pretty picture all the channel to.got 4 year warrent this model to .do buy buld this model lot model tothank samsung great modelcomeoutwith.it great onmy hddvd player to and blu-ray player to have hook up to me hdmi cable woo picture grat to.buy this to day .sound great to fill at the movie theather buy the way to.this thing rock to buy theway.the remote control have lot thing on it to.woo greatthing home theater.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent rear-projection HDTV
Comment: Very nice!
Be sure to check out an expert user group or a calibration DVD to get the settings right -- it's too bright out of the box.
Pros:
Image is amazing. Bright, sharp, colors are nicely saturated when appropriate and subtle in other scenes. Onscreen menus are easy to use. Built-in QAM can handle unscrambled digital cable [i.e. if your cable company provides unscrambled local HD (which many do), you can just plug the coax in and voila!]. Excellent set of connections, and plenty of 'em, that are easy to access.
Oh, and did I mention that the picture is AMAZING?
Cons:
1. It is a rear-projection system, which means that the viewing angle isn't as good as plasma or front projecton. Horizontal viewing angle is pretty good due to the screen, but vertical viewing is not that great. If all audience members are at about the same height it won't be a problem -- but if you have people who like to stretch out on the floor or stand/exercise while viewing it might be a real concern.
2. There are 2 "zoom" modes for watching 4:3 programs. However, some stations air 16:9 stuff letterboxed into 4:3. It would be really nice if one of the zoom modes scaled things *just right* so that letterboxed 4:3 content filled the screen, but neither does. [Zoom1 is close, but you still crop top/bottom a bit]
Overall it's a great TV.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Samsung HLT5689S
Comment: This TV is worth every penny I paid for it and the price was right. I had it shipped in 2 days I was very impressed. Blu-ray pumped into this set is awesome. This Samsung replaced an older Samsung DLP with a projector bulb. it is nice to have almost instant on operation.The color's are true to life rich and vibrant.