This is the 2nd Samsung DLP that I have owned. The first being a Samsung 56" 5650, it still worked great when upgrading to this model, I just really wanted the new features such as the LED projection and admittedly the extra size (insert joke here). I did the research into the plasma and LCD units and just couldn't rationalize why I would spend comparable money for a 42" TV. Along with this price difference, the plasmas and LCDs, in my opinion, just don't handle the non-HD programming nearly as well as DLP units, too pixilated. As for the HD picture, it's amazing... I would gladly put it up against a plasma or LCD.

If you are thinking that this TV might be too big for your room, it's likely not! The viewing distance that I typically have on this TV is around 7-8' away and it's perfect. At this distance it is comparable to the ratio you are experiencing in a good seat at the theater. You can adjust the display to the brightness level of your preference, but just in general I have found the DLP to be a softer more eye friendly image than the LCD or Plasma and comparable to what you experience in a modern theater.

For the gamers, this set is the bomb! If you have found yourself changing the brightness level just to be able to see the details in darker games like Gears of War and then switching to watching TV to have a whitewash... there is a quick select button on the remote control that goes to `Game' mode that trasitions the picture to a mode that allows you see stuff the way that the games designers intended them to be seen.

I will leave you with this thought... You are just sitting down in your favorite chair, the unbelievable smell of the extra buttered popcorn that your friends and family are passing around dominates the air ... then all of a sudden the intro scene of Star Wars Episode 4 starts rolling across this 67" badboy while the theme song belts out of a well bassed sound system....... Yeah, it's worth it!

Randy

I recently purchased this TV from Amazon (sold from Amazon inventory for $2049.98 grand total with 24 months same as cash). Delivered in one week by a private carrier, was delivered to my TV stand and they checked to see if it worked. Very nice delivery and service at no extra charge! Outstanding picture. Can't really do a fair comparison with a big screen plasma but at 1/3rd the price this thing is awesome. 1080i Directv signal looks great. 1080p XBox 360 is the best gaming I have experienced. I have yet to play with picture/color adjustments but right out of box I am happy. Can't say about sound as I have it hooked to a home theatre system. Plenty of connectivity. TV has a nice finish and is aesthetically pleasing. Remote is average but I have a programmable remote so it won't be used. I would strongly suggest this TV if you are not looking to spend big bucks for a 67" TV. I couldn't find the Samsung matched stand so I went to Best Buy and got an Init NT-C1201 stand ($319.99) that actually matches this thing perfectly and has two nice big shelves and raises TV to my perfered viewing height (a little higher than others I looked at). Hope this helps.

First of all, I have been watching the prices on this TV for several months. I was a bit torn between this one and a 50" 120hz LCD. Obviously, this TV is much larger and is less expensive. I finally caught it on sale & decided to take the plunge. To say that I am satisfied would be an under statement. This TV is fabulous. Do not judge by what you see on the display models in your local store. There is just no way that it will do this unit justice. I always thought that the HL67A750 had a good picture, but I was convinced that the LCD models were slightly more dynamic and crisp based on comparing them in the store. When I got this one home and hooked up (about 15 minutes and it was working with my Dish Network HD receiver) I could not believe the picture. It is at least as good, if not better, than any LCD or plasma picture that I have seen. The menus and settings seem very simple to me and it did not take long before I was comfortable navigating around the various options. If there is a down side, it is that this TV gas so many different picture & sound options that it is hard to decide how you like it set up. I finally settled on one of the built in profiles and kept it there. This TV looks great with the dish HD and also just as great with my local HD programming that I am receiving through my rabbit ears ($2.99 at Big Lots). I use the HDMI interface for the Dish HD receiver and just hook the rabbit ears to the cable coax input. I let it auto program the off air channels which took about 90 seconds. I also have an older DVD/VCR combo hooked up through the RGB component inputs. The DVDs also look very, very good. In fact, it appears to me that the internal algorithms that the Samsung usues to upconvert the input to 1080P are excellent. My current Dish receiver will only output 720p or 1080i signals. The Samsung does a superb job of displaying either of those. One of my local HD stations broadcasts in 720p and the picture is flawless on the Samsung. In fact, any of the digital 480i input looks almost as good as the HD input. This assumes, of course, that the original material is high quality (not replays of ball games from 1986 on ESPN Classic for instance). I would not hesitate to purchase this TV all over again. I am simply in awe of how good the image quality is. As previous reviewers have noted, the sound quality is nothing to rave about, but actually it is not that terrible either. A TV this big & beautiful just begs for a nice surround sound system anyway. Buy & Enjoy!