This was one blind purchase, I did a few weeks back before getting a PV80. The catch here was to buy a small Full HD T.V, to experience FULL 1080p at a price that won't scar me just in-case the T.V sucked.
DVD/Blu-Ray:
Upon plugging the unit with a PS3, as a blu-ray player then set to Dynamic mode at 1080p. Everyone in the house was impressed by it's sheer brilliance, the DNLE+ engine gives you very vibrant colors and for the first time, even my non-videophile wife said "wow, that's a nice T.V". Everything was crystal and film grain management was very good. Not as noisy as the LX80, and the movie plus feature tends to smooth out the picture even more. At a glance, it performs like a very expensive T.V, packed with an excellent design to look really well on just about anywhere you put it. Now, comes the quirky side, with movie plus on, I noticed that while the picture was very good, there were a few stutters along the way. Switching off movie plus clears this issue though. When it comes to color accuracy, this unit tends to be a bit off, not the biggest deal in the world, but you'll start to notice that everything seems to be tainted with an extra coat of paint. Hopefully, this could be fixed via calibration. The difference between 1080p and 720p for movies does not make a dramatic impact at this size (32 inches). At least for my part.
PS3/X-Box 360:
With a press of a button we enter Samsung's "Game mode". Picture for this mode is somewhat subdued and pale, but we noticed that input lag is almost unnoticeable, and blur was kept to a very very bare minimum. Rounds of COD4 and Tekken 5DR were tested on a ps3 and this little unit delivers, forget about pale pictures, as hardcore FPS and Fighting game fans (like my sis) says "I can do better combo's and shots with this model". Game mode really does cut down on input time. Now, does 1080p make a difference in this area? Yes, it does! We've been playing Virtua Fighter 5 on 720p for so long, that when we forced it to run on 1080p and set the aspect ratio to "just scan" you could really see cleaner, less jaggy, and more detailed backgrounds. This is the weird part, pale as it seems on game mode for the ps3, it was not for the 360. Partnered with the X-box 360 this model appears to be the perfect T.V and rivals the picture quality output of my PV80, but then again this is just for the Microsoft console.
Cable performance:
Very good, but I don't think I have a unit that has bad cable performance, must be our area.
Sound:
Not the best thing in the world, but I'm not a sound expert so I would not really know. (Btw, all my T.V's don't have a home theatre set-up, not one)
Final words:
A cost effective T.V, that offers FULL HD and a very good all around performer. Did I just throw almost 40k down the tube? The answer is a resounding NO!
By the way, if you guys can share your exp. with this T.V I'd really like to hear it out.
