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Samsung HL-S5686W 56-Inch DLP HDTV
Samsung HL-S5686W 56-Inch DLP HDTV

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Brand: Samsung
Category: CE


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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 67 reviews
Sales Rank: 23010

Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Display Size: 56
Shipping Weight (lbs): 69.4
Dimensions (in): 50.9 x 16.3 x 35.7
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: HLS5686WX/XAA
Model: HLS5686WX/XAA
UPC: 036725256866
EAN: 0036725256866
ASIN: B000F2P2T2


Features:
  • 56-inch Digital Light Projection (DLP) HDTV; measures 50.8 x 35.6 x 16.3 inches (WxHxD)
  • Latest Texas Instruments DLP chip faster than any other HDTV technology
  • 1280 x 720-pixel resolution; 2500:1 contrast ratio; 3-line digital comb filter; Cinema Smooth 3:2 pull-down film mode
  • Connections: 3 composite A/V (1 front), 2 S-Video (1 front), 2 component (Y/Pb/Pr), 2 HDMI, 1 RF, 1 USB
  • Two stereo speakers, 10 watts apiece (20 watts total); SRS TruSurround XT virtual surround

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Product Description
Featuring a thin bezel design that fits where others won't, Samsung's 56" DLP TV delivers the ultimate HDTV experience. You will enjoy lifelike, razor-sharp pictures in stunning color, contrast and clarity, thanks to the ultra-fast DLP and Brilliant Color technology and the DLP chip from Texas Instruments.

Amazon.com Product Description
Get the sharpest and clearest images possible from HD and standard TV with with the 56-inch Samsung HL-S5686W DLP television. A contrast ratio of up to 2500:1 captures blacker blacks, crisper whites and images that burst into life. And the high-speed of the DLP chip, with millions of tiny mirrors that switch on and off over 15,000 times per second, delivers a precise, razor-sharp picture. It has a built-in analog/digital (NTSC/ATSC) tuner, offers both HDMI and component video connections, . It also measures just 16.3 inches deep (with a "hidden speaker" thin bezel), fitting where many other large-screen HDTVs won't.

Samsung's DNIe™
Samsung's DNIe™ (click for demo) technology offers digital perfection in naturally presented, crystal-clear images that uncover even the most minute detail.

Motion Optimizer: The visual data are automatically broken down into signal and noise and adjusted through a combined spatial/temporal process to eliminate noise and blurring without the slightest damage to the original signal. This guarantees the viewer a picture of astounding sharpness, whether the scene is still or moving.

Contrast Enhancer: DNIe has done away with the unwanted side-effects that conventional contrast enhancement can produce, such as noise boost-up and flicker by developing an algorithm that recognizes over 1 million criteria for applying contrast. Its detail contrast enhancement technology can automatically analyze up to 70,000 local images within a frame, treating the viewer to a picture rich in contrast even in the tiniest details.

Color optimizer: For each scene the color optimizer calculates the saturation of red, green, and blue in the input signal and adjusts it to the shades that the human eye accepts as natural. Even a conventional process like white tone enhancement produces more striking results when when used with DNIe. The end result is a palette of vivid hues and pure white tones to satisfy the most discerning viewers eye.

Detail enhancer: Many viewers complain of the unnatural effect that conventional uniform detail enhancement produces by relying on artificial amplification of the input signal. In contrast, DNIe automatically analyzes the portion to be amplified, detecting and re-processing any noise or defect to bring the viewer a startlingly sharp and lifelike image.
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 Samsung DLP television employs a Texas Instruments DLP chip that is comprised of millions of microscopic mirrors. The DLP chip is faster than any HDTV technology, with the mirrors switching on and off 15,000 times a second to deliver a razor-sharp picture for fast moving images. It also offers Samsung's Cinema Smooth 720p light engine, which creates an image with no visible pixel structure and accurate shading and better low-light detail for the most film-like picture. You'll get up to a 2500:1 contrast ratio with outstanding colors and deep black levels.

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 3-line digital comb filter constantly analyzes the three dimensions of picture height, picture width, and picture changes-over-time to dramatically reduce edge image artifacts while improving transition detail. Samsung's Cinema Smooth 3:2 pull-down film mode corrects for the artificial frames created when films are converted to DVDs. The result is a clearer image without the subtle motion artifacts caused by 24-to-30 frames per second video conversion.

Samsung's 2.6-inch color wheel spins at 14,400 rpm for smooth, fast motion video, and has five color segments for more accurate colors. It achieves film-like transitions without pixel breakup found in slower color wheel designs and slower switching LCD microdisplays. Air Bearing technology also makes it whisper quiet.

Samsung also worked closely with Microsoft to create a special Game Mode that optimizes image quality, sound and response time for more realistic video game play--with just a single touch of a button. The Game Mode enhances dark areas, sharpens the picture, speeds up the image processing response and enhances the sounds of your games.

Other features include:

  • Picture format adjustment: Enjoy all your 4:3 aspect-ratio programming in smooth, wide-screen without black bars. Four pre-set aspect ratio modes--Normal, Wide, Zoom 1 and Zoom 2--stretch your image to fill the screen naturally.
  • Color temperature adjustment: Selectable between Cool1, Cool2, Normal Warm1, and Warm2 with on-screen display.
  • Auto volume leveler: Keeps audio volume consistent during channel changing to minimize static sound bursts.
  • Discrete IR codes: This set is equipped with discrete IR codes for use with a macro/programmable remote.
  • Closed caption: Displays dialog that can be read along with encoded broadcast TV programs and pre-recorded videos.
  • V-Chip: Enables parental control for channel and program blocking of TV programs that incorporate the rating code signal.

High-quality virtual surround sound can be experienced with just the speakers built into the TV. SRS TruSurround XT technology delivers an amazing, simulated 3D effect with clear dialog and powerful bass. It produces 10 watts of power per channel (for 20 watts total). It offers the following connection options:

  • Component (Y/Pb/Pr): 2 inputs
  • HDMI: 2 inputs
  • Composite (RCA audio/video): 3 inputs (1 on the front)
  • S-Video: 2 inputs
  • PC: 1 D-Sub-15 input
  • PC audio: 1 input
  • RF: 1 input
  • Sound monitor output: 1
  • USB: 1

Tech Talk
HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV--all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats--standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV).

SRS TruSurround XT audio adds three new audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience.

  • Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into OfocusO during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.
  • TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.
  • The SRS WOW feature widens the soundstage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system.
Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.

What's in the Box
DLP TV, remote control (with batteries), power cord, printed operating instructions.

Warranty
It's backed by a 1-year warrant on parts (including lamp) and labor, with in-home service backed by Samsung toll-free support.


Customer Reviews:   Read 62 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Best Bang For The Buck   June 17, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

What a great TV. Picture is awesome on DVD and HD. Standard def doesn't look so hot, but that's got more to do with the cable source (and the fact that my GF insists on watching standard def in stretched mode).

It also works great hooked up to a computer as a monitor. video streamed over the network looks really good, and it displays its native 1280 * 720 very nicely as a windows desktop. I bought a wireless keyboard - with mouse built in- from Fry's, and now I really enjoy surfing the internet from my couch.

I bought this TV in February '07, when amazon had it on sale for $1,250 with free shipping. What an awesome deal. Since we got this TV (which dwarfs the 30" CRT that used to be our living room TV, but now lives in the bedroom), we've been watching everything from standard def to HD to tons of DVD's -- upscaled by our Sony upscaling player (also great, it remembers the position of the last 6 DVD's and movied played on it through HDMI look wonderful). The difference from before we got the TV to now is so amazing it's hard to describe. Though you get used to the awesomeness pretty quick, you still say to yourself "Man I love this TV" at least once a week. We now host a weekly LOST viewing every wednesday, and are looking for a new show to watch with our friends every week now that LOST is in reruns. My money is on Entourage.

My DVD collection has grown by leaps and bounds since I got this TV, largely thanks to blockbuster's awesome and frequent used DVD deals. But, I digress, back to he TV. I love this TV so much I feel like I ripped Amazon off. Though it doesn't do 1080p, there is no 1080p content on TV just yet so it looks as good as anything else can unless you're a gamer or own an HD optical format player. Haven't noticed a rainbow effect, and neither has the GF. We went to the store before buying this TV to see if we could see the rainbow effect and neither of us could. YMMV on that.

Pros: Great picture (after you mess with the menus a bit)
Can't beat the price for this screen size with any other technology.
Great Build Quality (after 4 months of ownership)

Cons: It'll need an expensive new bulb sometime next year at the rate we're putting hours on it.
No 1080p
Remote sucks and is worthless (but, who actually uses the remote that came with their TV for anything except accessing he tv menu?)



Bottom line: You cannot beat this TV in terms of screen size, features or quality for the price.



1 out of 5 stars Horrendous Customer Service from Amazon & Samsung   May 10, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I made the mistake of purchasing this TV from Amazon. Amazon had the best price for the TV and matching stand. Shortly after receiving it, it began blacking out. The tv would stay powered on but the picture would go out randomly for about a minute or 2. I thought maybe my Tivo was dieing since I use that as my primary device. Within a few weeks the HD DVR from Comcast arrived as well as our IP TV. The blackouts continued with these units as well. At this point I figure it must be the tv and call Amazon.

Not our problem says Amazon you're past the 4 week time frame, call Samsung. Samsung had a service agent out within a week. Unfortunately he didn't fix it. There were problems with the service company and it took another 2 weeks for them to get out to try and fix it again. Nope not fixed after 2 tries. On both occassion I had to waste my whole day waiting on the repairman. I was told I will be contacted at 11am on the day of appointment and told when he will be coming. Both times I was told 3pm (I had requested first stop)

My first call to Samsung was on March 21st. I am still waiting to get this resolved. I have spent over 5 hours in Customer Service calls with CS and Executive CS. I keep being told that they will see about getting someone out to fix it or that they will replace the TV. I never get responses to my follow up emails or phone calls inquiring about when.(I have been polite with an annoyed/frustrated tone at times but never cursed or screamed at anyone - maybe i should start?)

I can only say while this TV gets rave reviews, heaven help you if there is a problem with it. Because Amazon and Samsung sure won't! They got your money and apparently that is all they care about. :( I for one will never buy from either again.



5 out of 5 stars Excellent HD for the money   April 24, 2007
I've had this TV for about a month now and really have been impressed so far, pictures through my HD cable box and Xbox 360 are amazing and standard dvds look really good too. Standard definition is not as smooth, but it looks as good on this set as any other I've seen, I'm a cable TV tech so I've seen quite a few TV's. With so much less information available to make a picture in standard def you have to expect some trade offs. Some of the advanced features such as digital noise reduction, etc, are debateable if they do anything, and the remote is not the best, not the worst I've seen, I have a nice universal so I don't even really worry about that. For the money it's pretty tough to beat this set and I'm guessing it would take a better eye than mine to see the difference between this and the newer 1080p model. I've been very pleased.


5 out of 5 stars Wonderful!   April 24, 2007
Everything about this tv and shipping was wonderful. The TV is amazing - my sons and I love it. It is a BIG TV and watching a baseball game in HD is a major treat. The Eagle delivery guys were courteous and prompt. I am thrilled with my purchase.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent & UGE   April 17, 2007
I'd like to thank Amazon for the super fast shipping and free shipping. II ordered my tv on friday, it shipped on monday, and I received it on friday. I must admit, though, I was initially worried because Amazon said that the shipment was going to take almost 4 weeks...thankfully, it didn't even take a week.

When they got it out of the box and set up, the only thing that I could think was "WOW!!!" This tv is HUGE.


One thing I did notice is that your viewing height (where you sit on your couch or whatever) should be equal to the height of the middle of the screen. Horizontally the picture stays sharp but move off the vertical plane by a few degrees and you can really tell the difference.

The only HD content I've seen has been great..I was surprised that besides the better resolution HD offers, the colors are just incredibly precise and vibrant. Watch A basketball game in HD once and you'll be hooked if only for the sheer vibrancy of the colors I don't really care for sports but i was watching for the colors.
Video games using the component cables look really good too.





 
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