Just bought a Samsung HL-S5087W 50" DLP

[fs5]

http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/DLPTV/HLS5087WXXAA.asp

so excited, it'll be here in a week! any opinons?

 

[AnyMal]

50" of HD porn..mmmmmmmm...... it's almost liek being there, isn't it?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Tell me how you like it? I pushed my parents to go LCD over DLP and they were debating between the Pioneer Elite and Samsung DLP, but I pushed them to go for the Sony 46" XBR2 which is just pure awesome.

 

[JackBurton]

How much did you pay for it?

 

[imported_Mike]

Everyone says to get a plasma/lcdtv but with the DLPs....you just seem to get more for your money. I don't know enough about TVs.. 🙁

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: Mike
Everyone says to get a plasma/lcdtv but with the DLPs....you just seem to get more for your money. I don't know enough about TVs.. 🙁

Plasmas are king of HDTV, but they come at a price. I'd rate Sony's XBR2 and XBR3 a close second, and DLPs third. All great TVs though. It just depends on personal preferences. For instance, DLP provides a GREAT picture but not as good viewing angles as plasmas or even Sony's XBR LCDs. But you do get a GREAT bang for your buck on the initial purchase.

Great TV fs5. I'm sure you'll be very happy with it.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: JackBurton
How much did you pay for it?

$2000 shipped from ibuydigital.com. There are better prices out there, but this is the cheapest with a 8.5 rating on resellerratings.com.

Originally posted by: Mike
Everyone says to get a plasma/lcdtv but with the DLPs....you just seem to get more for your money. I don't know enough about TVs.. 🙁

You do get more for your money. A decent 1080p plasma would be way more than $2000. I think the color saturation on DLPs is better and the overall image is crisper. Not until you get into the $5000+ range can you get a plasma of the same size that rivals the picture quality of a good DLP.

If I were rich, I would definitely get a pioneer elite plasma though!

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: JackBurton
How much did you pay for it?

$2000 shipped from ibuydigital.com. There are better prices out there, but this is the cheapest with a 8.5 rating on resellerratings.com.

That's a good price for a great TV. You could have gotten it for a tad bit cheaper through OneCall, but nothing that would make you regret buying from the merchant you went through. Good job man. :thumbsup:

You do get more for your money. A decent 1080p plasma would be way more than $2000. I think the color saturation on DLPs is better and the overall image is crisper. Not until you get into the $5000+ range can you get a plasma of the same size that rivals the picture quality of a good DLP.

Probably the cheapest 1080p plasma out now is Pioneer's PRO-FHD1, and the price on that set is ~$10,000. So yours was slightly cheaper. 😉

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: JackBurton
That's a good price for a great TV. You could have gotten it for a tad bit cheaper through OneCall, but nothing that would make you regret buying from the merchant you went through. Good job man. :thumbsup:

Doh, you're right it would've been cheaper by $25. Ah well. I'll keep that in mind for the future though. Onecall is a great site, I've purchased cameras from them before.

 

[DaveSimmons]

The Samsung HD-960 is a good upscaling DVD player to pair with it, it upscales to 1080p over HDMI. It's around $150 but does come with an HDMI cable.

. . . though DVDs also looked very nice using my old 480i Sony DVD player over both s-video and component, letting the DLP do its own upscaling.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Does it have a CableCard slot?

 

[ScottyB]

Cancel and buy this from that onecall site that was listed.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: JackBurton
How much did you pay for it?

$2000 shipped from ibuydigital.com. There are better prices out there, but this is the cheapest with a 8.5 rating on resellerratings.com.

That's a good price for a great TV. You could have gotten it for a tad bit cheaper through OneCall, but nothing that would make you regret buying from the merchant you went through. Good job man. :thumbsup:

You do get more for your money. A decent 1080p plasma would be way more than $2000. I think the color saturation on DLPs is better and the overall image is crisper. Not until you get into the $5000+ range can you get a plasma of the same size that rivals the picture quality of a good DLP.

Probably the cheapest 1080p plasma out now is Pioneer's PRO-FHD1, and the price on that set is ~$10,000. So yours was slightly cheaper. 😉

Hmmm...Pioneer's PRO-FHD1 is the only 1080P native Plasma out right now isn't it? Well this is AFAIK anyway.

OP congrats on the purchase :thumbsup:

Koing

 

[sash1]

can I have it? 🙂

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
The Samsung HD-960 is a good upscaling DVD player to pair with it, it upscales to 1080p over HDMI. It's around $150 but does come with an HDMI cable.

. . . though DVDs also looked very nice using my old 480i Sony DVD player over both s-video and component, letting the DLP do its own upscaling.

Thanks for the tip, I haven't begun to look at a good dvd player to pair with it.
A quick search reveals a few complaints about it though ( http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=673545&page=11&pp=30 )

 

[DaveSimmons]

I'm happy with mine, I run HDMI to the HSL5087 and coax digital to the receiver for audio. After a month and a half I've had exactly one picture glitch where I had to turn the player off and on again, but I don't know whether it was the TV's fault (losing the HDMI signal) or the player, or the summer heat with no AC. When I powered up again I watched the rest of the movie without any problems.

It's not a _huge_ difference in quality from my old 480i player, just the little more detail. You'd probably be happy with the TV's own upscaling, I just watch a lot of DVDs and can justify the expense since I don't spend money on anything else.