Samsung HL-S6187W Reviews

Walk the other way! Quickly!!
by J. Konder , 2010-05-30

TV is now 2.5 years old. Starts with white spots. They continue to multiply. When I call Samsung customer service, I get sorry out of warranty. They have other models with the same problem (46" version). They have a free replacement part for those models including the ones out of warranty for a few years. The problem is a bad chip that controls the mirrows. Cost for a fix starts at $400 and goes up if there are any other issues.
Your option will be, try a fix that could be a money pit or go LCD TV with a maker other than Samsung. One that has a customer service department.
Try a search on samsung white spots the results should send you to another maker.

Just Simply Superior Product
by Stanley G. Baker from AL USA, 2009-09-14

Loved it since day one. Cannot seem to get away from it. The grand-daughter insists she get to watch it during her non-study time home from school. Great product and only recently began experiencing a problem of the TV shutting off on its own.

Expensive Piece of JUNK!
by Alicia Ferguson , 2009-07-24

At first I was in love with this tv. I always wanted a big screen so I splurged and went for it. 6 to 9 months later the picture started to shrink. No problem, it was still under warranty. Samsung sent out a tech and it was fixed. About another 9 months passed then the sound went out. Wasn't under warranty so I bought a surround system. Now another year later and the tv keeps turning off after about 10-15 minutes like it's overheating. This isn't the only Samsung product I've had problems with. Two Samsung dvd players I've bought both crapped out after about a year.

I'm going back to Sony! Samsung [...]

P.S. Don't pay any attention to the reviews of people that just bought the tv. The picture is phenomenal so most everyone is going to give an initial good review. It's what they think about it after a couple years later that matters.

Lemon Product
by Abel Pena , 2008-09-24

Lemmon Product

Samsung has been trying to fix a problem for 3 months- White Spot on the screen- They have not been able to solve it. Even though the product is under guarantee, they do not want to replace it. Amazon told me, we can not do anything about it. If you want to by CD and Books, Amazon is ok. If you want to purchase a real Item, go to Best Buy., they can replace it.

Samsung HL-S6187W
by Bogdan Chugunov from New York, 2008-09-08

Do not recommend to buy. Multiple tech. problems have occured immediately after purchase. They have no way to exchange, just repair for free. We have waited 2 weeks for repair man; has changed something major inside. Problem appreared over 9 months. You cannot adjust a screen to a mode to see a bottom line. Such model provides you to catch just 85% visibility of any movie. Stay away of that model.