I had moved to a new place and figured I would treat myself to a digital TV. In my area there is decent over the air HDTV reception, but I opted to order the HDTV premium channel package from my cable provider Comcast. I looked at LCD, Plasma and DLP sets. I read the myths and listened to the stories that sales people told me. It was hard work. After doing tons of research I still wasn’t quite sure which set I wanted. Sure LCD and Plasma sets looks cool and everyone on Cribs always has them hanging on their walls, but for how much I was willing to pay and the value I was getting it didn’t seem too practical for me. As far as picture quality for the price I felt that it seemed lacking compared to the DLP. Sure the DLP set was a lot bigger, but much smaller than a conventional set and space wasn’t too much of a concern for me. I really appreciate Samsung as a brand, whether it’s a DVD player to computer RAM to a cell phone to a computer monitor, I have always been pretty happy with their products. After looking at a few sets at my local electronic stores I was sold on the Samsung HL-R4667W.

The picture quality of the Samsung HL-R4667W on HD programming and even DVD programming is excellent. It is much-improved picture and sound over conventional TV. I have an Apple Mac Mini connected to the unit to use as a large screen attached via DVI-to-HDMI. The computer settings need to be tweaked quite a bit, but after proper configuration it’s a nice addition to the setup. I use a Comcast digital cable box by Motorola, which I will review in a later post, works well with the unit via Component cabling and optical audio to my receiver. I do not use the audio from the TV so I cannot really compare how good the sound from the Samsung HL-R4667W really is, but for most speakers integrated into a TV I would probably say not that great.

A few downsides to the TV which probably is at no fault from the unit, but worth mentioning is once you watch HD programming for a while then switch over to analog programming everything seems to look horrible. This has many factors, but in any case it seems to bother me a little. Since I use the Comcast receiver for TV Guide programming, I can’t seem to find a way to turn off the built in TV Guide on the Samsung. I’m sure there must be a setting to turn that off, but as of right now it gets in the way every time I turn on the set. Overall there isn’t much to complain about the unit.

So far I’m pretty happy with the Samsung HL-R4667W. I feel I have made a good investment and when I’m ready to jump into LCD or Plasma I’ll probably pick up another Samsung. In fact, I am considering one as an additional bedroom set if anyone has any suggestions I am happy to listen. The 46″ set is a nice size for a medium sized living room, but I can always say for me after I buy something I always wish I bought the model one better or larger, etc. That is just something I’ve learned to live with. Another good review for an excellent television. If you have any questions feel free to ask.