Perfect Bedroom TV I bought this TV a couple of weeks ago primarily for watching DVDs in my bedroom. While I hooked it up briefly (via HDMI cable) to my DirecTv HD DVR just to check the picture (great with both SD and HD programming), most of my experience with the set has been with it connected to a Samsung up-converting DVD player.
Color and contrast are spot-on. Adjusting the variable backlight, brightness, and contrast controls yields perhaps the best picture quality I've seen from non-BluRay DVD. Ther ar...
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review by Louis M. Sensel can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | Louis M. Sensel | | Review Date: | 04/11/2008 | | User Location: | Cincinnati, OH USA | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (53 of 53) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent second/small room LCD TV - good for SD signals My mom needed a replacement TV for her kitchen, had to fit in a fairly small space, so this is the biggest that would fit. The most important thing was that it include a tuner, so it can take a straight cable feed with no box. Also that it do a good job with plain old standard definition, which is what is watched 99% of the time.
This TV is excellent! SD picture is fantastic! HD looks good (I've never seen an HD picture that looks really bad, have you?). Only complaint, slight "glow"...
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review by P. Lourd "plourd" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | P. Lourd "plourd" | | Review Date: | 09/07/2008 | | User Location: | Wilton, CT USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent space saving LCD TV Well-thought out LCD TV, with good details. Nicer styling (to my taste) than the very similar 350 series and with sturdier control buttons on the side--'tho not an issue because a remote is included. The TV includes HD circuitry, so if a station like CBS or ABC is broadcasting in HD, you'll see it in HD without having to do anything special. Good sound (better than some other TVs I auditioned where the sound was soft/recessed) and high-contrast picture (also better than some other 19" TVs I look...
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review by D. Kaplan "media writer" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | D. Kaplan "media writer" | | Review Date: | 05/15/2008 | | User Location: | San Francisco | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good picture, good sound, good look I got this TV yesterday to replace my 19" LCD HDTV Sharp which I got from Costco. I do not like my Sharp. Quality of picture was not good and I could not really adjust it to be better. Sound level was too low in maximum position. My new Samsung beats Sharp everywhere. I can adjust sound much louder; quality of the picture is much better right out of the box, without any adjustments. It even looks better.
I use the television in my kitchen and so far I am happy with the picture and sound.
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/08/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
97% (35 of 36) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great TV for smaller spaces I've had this TV on my desk to the right of my computer monitor for about three weeks, and have been extremely pleased with it. It replaced an Avermedia TVBox 9 that I had hooked up to a 17" LCD monitor. The difference in picture quality, even on standard non-HD content, is remarkable. Contrast and color are great, and required little if any adjustment out of the box. And none of the backlight issues I've read about with some of the earlier 19" Samsung models.
As for HD content, I fin...
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review by R. Stott can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | R. Stott | | Review Date: | 04/30/2008 | | User Location: | Atlanta, GA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (28 of 29) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Sticky sticker, difficult stand, and bizarre buttons We were looking for a small 19 to 22 inch LCD for the bedroom. The Samsung had good reviews both here and at CR. Yes, the picture is great. BUT the sound isn't up to par even for a small TV. The stand is a pain to adjust. You are to put the TV face down on something, press against the back, push a button, and swivel the stand into place. (Bizarre.) Then there's the sticker. Who would put a gooey sticker on the frame of a TV? Well, Samsung seems to think it's a great idea. Peel the stic...
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review by Gary L. Whalen "G Whalen" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Gary L. Whalen "G Whalen" | | Review Date: | 09/27/2008 | | User Location: | Texas | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (9 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great pic, etc., but smelled! This TV is great on picture/sound, etc. however, while on standby (you can never turn it completely off, unless you unplug it)and on, it emitted a very strong plastic/hot electronic smell. It wasn't hot to the touch, though. Even when unplugged, you could smell it, but worse when on. We had it in the kitchen and there would actually be pockets of the smell as the air currents carried it around. Had to return it, but great TV otherwise.
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/12/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
83% (15 of 18) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Defective TV -- DO NOT BUY I purchased this product from Amazon in July. Out of the box it was broken. The tv did not get any audio on certain channels. One channel had the video of one picture and the audio from another. I sent it back and got a replacement. BIG MISTAKE. The second one arrived. It worked great for about a month. Then BAM - same problem. On some channels, no audio, mixed audio/video on the same channel as before. Plus, on some channels the audio levels rise and lower for no apparent reason -- so one minut...
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review by Cece08 can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Cece08 | | Review Date: | 09/09/2008 | | User Location: | New Jersey | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
62% (10 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Stupid Marketing and Horrible Customer Service This TV comes with a sticker on the front, which did not come off without leaving a GREAT DEAL of glue residue on the front of the TV. Called Customer Service a number of times, and wasted hours of time. After suggesting a ton of "home remedies" for removing the glue, they caused stains to be left on the monitor. Then I started wasting more time dealing with Customer Service to figure out how to get an exchange, but Customer Service refuses to recognize that the problem is their own fault. C...
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review by Irene Ayzenberg "Former Samsun can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Irene Ayzenberg "Former Samsun | | Review Date: | 08/24/2008 | | User Location: | Jersey City, NJ | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
50% (5 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Set is White, Power Cord is Black The electronics of this Samsung TV are not a problem, the power cord is. The set replaced a smaller, older white Sony. The Sony had an visually inobtrusive white cord. The Samsung's black power cord looks terrible.
[Samsung LN19A450 19" LCD TV Black review by A. Bialek can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | A. Bialek | | Review Date: | 07/24/2008 | | User Location: | Chicago, IL | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
25% (3 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful |