Samsung Series 4 LA A450

Good picture but mediocre functionality – This model has an appealing exterior. The amount of inputs is sufficient. Picture quality is very good with nice colours, no ghosting, and good sharpness. The user experience is bad. The delay from the remote control inputs is unbearable. The reaction from button presses almost makes you think you need to press it again. The HDMI inputs for PC output is functionally OK but should not be limited to one HDMI port. The exterior plastic scratches with ease. The screen surface is much more durable and is not prone to scratches. The built in speakers sound average. The manual is average. Good picture, lots of inputs. Slow response time, exterior scratches easily, average built in speakers, average manual.

Excellent – We picked this up at Costco for $600, and we absolutely love it. It's got good size (32 inches), terrific picture, plenty of connections, and support for USB-mounted drives to play not only DIVX but MKV, WMV, pretty much everything. We could not be happier with this purchase. Great price, DIVX support, excellent design Nothing so far

Bad – I like the TV itself, for the most part. I don't know a great deal about TVs, which is why this review will probably be a bit superficial for some. The remote is a curved shape, with one end coming to a point underneath it so that it doesn't sit flat when put down. This guarantees that the thing nearly always ends up bang on the floor. Despite the number of times it's hit the deck, it still works so it must be well made.

The TV plays a little musical thing when turning on or off. If you mute the TV when turning it off, you won't hear the sound. However, there is nothing you can do to prevent it upon startup. It's annoying when you don't want the whole house to know that you got up to watch a little TV because you couldn't sleep. I went through everything and can't find any way to disable it.

This week, I was very startled to hear men's voices in my house in the middle of the night, while my husband was at work. It turned out that the TV was turning itself on and off whenever it felt like it. It was also doing it when I opened a drawer on the table on which the TV sits. From what I could ascertain, the thing with the prongs that you plug the power cord into on the back of the TV, is loose. The TV, which we've had for 7 months, is now at a local repairer for warranty work. Not terribly impressed with this. We are supposed to call the repairer late next week to check on its progress. Nice looking unit, good picture quality, easy to set up I dislike the remote control unit, and can't stand the musical tones the TV makes when turning it on or off. Also dislike that it's currently getting fixed under warranty, so we're without it.

OK – Its a good second screen for the bedroom or elsewhere. It isn't going to show your blu rays or hidef dvds with the clarity of higher priced TVs but for the price its what you'd expect. Its compact, both in sound and vision but again as a bedroom telly it sure beats a big old tube one. Good small screen, Easy to use No HD tuner but it does state this on the package even though the shop we bought it from told us it did!!!