Samsung LN26A450 26-Inch 720p LCD HDTV
The Samsung LN26A450 720p 26″ LCD HDTV (Black) is true 720p resolution with 5,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio for vivid colors and bold blacks. LN26A450 is nice disign for your media room with its slim, stylish bezel. This HDTV has an integrated NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuner, which receives digital terrestrial and cable signals and have three HDMI inputs allows for one-cable digital connections with your HD gear. The LN26A450 has a 26″ display, which features sharp, realistic imagery combined with SRS TruSurround XT to bring your movies. Aside from the screen, display 178-degree viewing angle , hidden speakers, a side-mounted HDMI port, and a redesigned remote that includes “hot keys” that allow one-button access to different video sources.
User reviews
Despite the Reviews so far on this, I bought it and am pleased By Eradiani
So, despite the poor reviews I re-read them and figured they were by people that didn’t know much about HD-TV’s or are bitter by one thing or another about the product.
Why will you buy this screen? Well you want a medium sized TV for a bedroom, college dorm, etc that has TONS of inputs.
For you gamers, this is the perfect sized TV that will hook up to your consoles with multiple HDMI inputs and component inputs you will get a bunch of your consoles plugged in to this without additional AV tuners. Note: this doesn’t have composite inputs, so you will have to either buy an HDMI cable or component cable for the consoles if you don’t have one already.
The contrast ratio and brightness of this screen is also amazing which makes movies and games come to life. Been playing GTA4 over the weekend through my ps3 and everything was amazing and didn’t notice any delay (another perk of the 8ms response time).
The speakers for this definitely are it’s one weakness, so that review is appropriate, they are in the back of the screen and pointing directly down to the ground. So while that kind of sucks honestly you have to ask yourself, are you going to use the TV speakers or use the multiple outputs to plug into a surround sound anyways?
I would ignore the poster that talked about bad picture plugging directly from cable, that will happen on ANY HDTV because without a cable box you don’t get a digital signal (at least not until the digital transition) and because of that ANY HDTV will look bad. The cable box converts the signal.
Nice for a Bedroom By OceanMan “OceanMan”
I just purchased my 26″ LCD on 6/19/08. Setup was real easy . The first day I hadn’t read all the instructions so I was dissappointed with the picture, and the sound quality is still fair at best . This is my first HDTV and the second day , after reading the instructions I got a great pic and hooked the sound to a Yamaha 100W/per channel Dolby 5.1 I had hangin’ ’round . In my master bedroom this little puppy blows my old, tube hi-end Sony and Proscan away in picture quality. The others are hooked up to higher -end surround systems so their sound is great .
I do suggest that one turns down the dynamic range, and only use it sparingly as this will use a lot of energy and burn out your TV quicker and other settings have real pic quality in a darker room .
Lastly, the connection options are plentiful with 3 HDMI’s and many others . Get an upconverter DVD with this TV and you’ll be very happy for a long time . Those are inexpensive . Also don’t let them sell you a $89 HDMI’s per/1 ! I bought 2 at Target for $60 saving $120 ! No difference in pic quality .
I’m enjoying playing with all the pic options this TV has to offer. Next year I’m upgrading to a large 1080p .Don’t know if it’ll be a Samsung on a big screen but so far I’m impressed !
The only reason my review doesn’t get a 5 is due to speaker/sound quality.Which most people will hook up to external speakers anyway .
Perfect PS3 Monitor By MMMM
I chose this unit after months of research seeking the perfect pair for my PS3. I considered Vizio, Sharp, and Sony, but decided in the end that the Samsung had the most features and best connectivity. I am a college student so a larger screen size would not be useful for my needs. I use it in the apartment and my bedroom at home.
This tv is only listed as 1080i but the ps3 supposedly runs in 1080p mode when connected and Blu-Rays play in 1280×1080 @ 24Hz which is the default 1080p setting. This was a fantastic surprise. They say you cannot tell the difference between 1080p and 1080i but next to my roommates Sharp which is only at 1080i, the difference is noticeable. Colors are wonderful. HD really pops. Standard definition looks much better than my roommates Sharp.
The digital tuner also decodes the digital channels on my cable so I can get local channels in HD at no extra cost.
Overall this was one of the best purchases I made. Plenty of connectivity options will leave it useful for years to come.
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