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Samsung HLP6163W Reviews

Excellent picture, but some glitches
by Michael Schuyler , 2009-10-26

I've had one of these for several years now. Overall it's been an excellent TV. Just before the warranty ran out I had a problem with the color wheel. It started getting very loud. Tech replaced with a louder one! I complained, he came and swapped it out claiming he couldn't hear a difference, but at my insistence he swapped it out. The customer service process worked very well. No complaints, even though I kinda had to fight with the tech. No problem getting him here or getting it on warranty.

Also, the HDMI port doesn't seem to work. At first it didn't matter because I didn't have any HDMI sources, but now that I do it's kind of a bummer The Component, S video, and other inputs work fine. The set is a nice size, fairly thin, and sets back to the wall very nicely. I had a custom credenza built for it to get it up a bit higher.

Samsung 61" DLP HDTV
by T. Tuggle , 2005-08-01

I bought one of the 61" DLP Samsung HDTV's. On the good side the picture is great! There is no problem with glare on the screen. Even with the Florida sun coming through the windows you get a bright picture. On the down side, the ballast started to go after only 2 months. The first symptom was that it would occasionally take several tries to turn the television on. Within 6 months the television would not turn on at all. During that period of time the repair center had me do such things as unplug the TV for several hours to reboot it, hold the power button down with the TV unplugged to discharge the transistors, and other things that are a pain to do with a TV this size. I called a second repair center and they told me, just from the symptoms I described over the phone, what the problem was (they had the same complaint on the Samsungs from other customers). They replaced the ballast and gave me a new bulb for my troubles. I was lucky the TV was still under factory warranty. My advice would be to get the extended warranty. I was told that the bulb alone coast around $300.

Bought a refurb - AWESOME!
by C. Kassel from Aldie, VA, 2005-07-16

This TV is awesome! It makes a great centerpiece to my home theater. I didn't need a built in HD tuner because I use satellite, so this TV was perfect. I was between this and the Toshiba 62HM84, I am totally happy with this. I bought it refurbished on Amazon for about $600 less than i could have bought it new. It was my first ever refurb purchase and it has been flawless so far.

Sweet DLP TV! Does xbox have lag?
by Nicholas Lee from Lansing, MI, 2005-05-03

So, I saw that Circuit City now has 24months no intereset so I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my ageing 32" Sony that I bought 4 years ago.

I went to Circuit City and got a floor model from a store that just closed for 450 off retail, he then threw in a 2 year protection plan + delivery. I also only had to pay $200 more for 2 more years of extended warranty, so a total of 4. I got a monster power station, even if not needed, it's a 3k tv so who cares.

The tv is scheduled for delivery the next day, which I work all day but will have my friend goto my place for pickup. I then start reading reviews and others are saying that with xbox, there is a .5-1 second delay, because the DLP chip cannot handle it and Samsung knows about it but has no fix. I was upset about that and called Circuit City and they said to go ahead with delivery, test it out and we'll go from there.

I got the tv and when I got home I tried Halo 2, no lag what so ever, supposedly DLP takes 1/8second to process the image but I can't notice that. SOOOOOO, I havn't tried other games but Halo 2 works PERFECT and looks pretty dang sweet. It was overwhelming at first because you have to look around the screen to find people, look at radar, etc.

I have DTV, so I do have a digital signal, it does look a little bad but soon enough DTV is going all HDT and then I will awe on every channel.

In conclustion this TV has no LAG! like other message boards/forums suggest.

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Color problem
by Mi Lehoang from California, 2005-03-30

I just bought this HDTV set this week and very desappointed with its picture and color quality. I am still waiting for a new HD converter box from Cox Communications, so I cannot say much about the HDTV programs. But for a normal TV channel, the picture and color quality are much worse than my old regular TV set. The picture is very blurry, and color is at best unnatural. All adjustments on the color settings are in vain. With this size of screen, your eyes will be under tortures when the pictures are not good. I can hardy watch an entire movie.

I had hope that these problems are related to the fact I do not have yet the HD box. But when reading other postings, I know now I am not alone. Not sure how to resolve this, but for potential buyers, be aware. I've done a lot of researches, but don't expect this type of problem for a set at this price. Make sure you watch an ordinary non-HD program while shop around, don't just rely on what the stores show you in demo.