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| Brand: Samsung
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
New (15)
Avg. Customer Rating:  266 reviews
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 46
Shipping Weight (lbs): 60.8
Dimensions (in): 44.4 x 11 x 30.2
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: LN-46A550
Model: LN-46A550
UPC: 036725228184
EAN: 0036725228184
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great TV: Inferior Speakers July 11, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
No need to rehash all the positive things that have been said about this TV. The picture is stunning. My gripe concerns the speakers which don't belong on an otherwise 5 star TV like this one. In short, I often find it difficult to clearly hear the spoken word on this TV. I find myself turning it up to do so, but then just finding it's louder, but not actually more understandable. If Samsung has just spent another $25 or so to install higher fidelity speakers (and upped the price accordingly) this would likely be an unqualified 5 star product.
 Great, when it works. August 11, 2008
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
I ordered mine on June 30th and it was delivered on July 7th. It looked great for a few days then the picture became all distorted. I called Amazon on July 10th and they shipped me a replacement. The replacement arrived on July 15th and they picked up the defective unit. The 2nd unit worked great until July 19th when I stopped getting any picture at all, only sound. The only thing that lights up when you turn it on is the backlight. I mistakenly thought it would be something simple so I went through Samsung to try and get it repaired this time. I called them on July 21st and got an appointment for a repairman on August 1st. The repairman replaced the 3 boards in it on that day but nothing helped. A replacement lcd panel was ordered and we are hoping this is the problem. It is now August 11th, almost one and a half months since I purchased this TV and I still do not have a working unit. I learned my lesson and will just return it next time I make a purchase like this, while I still have that option.
On a positive note the unit produced a gorgeous picture, from the little time I was able to see it.
No price guarantee from Amazon! November 16, 2008
7 out of 23 found this review helpful
In a new policy (Sept. 2008), if this t.v. drops in price the day after you purchase it, Amazon will not refund you the difference. Before Sept. 2008, they gave you a 30-day guarantee that the item would not drop in price. I purchased this television early Nov., a few days later it dropped by $20, but no refund, even though I've spent about $3000 at Amazon over the past couple months. Very, very poor customer service from Amazon.
Technically Sound and a Great Buy April 21, 2008
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
Vivid colors, contrast and clarity. It incorporates advanced technology and is easy to install. I did it all myself. It does lack a little depth perception, but that is quite common with LCD's. The sound is great too.Samsung LN46A550P 46-inch 1080p LCD HDTV
 Excellent TV - I would purchase it again and again May 4, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I ordered the LN46A550 from Amazon about 5 weeks ago on a Tuesday night. I have been wanting to purchase the Samsung 4661F for almost a year now. When the new model came out and then dropped to a lower price than the 4661, I finally purchased it! Got a call late Friday afternoon from CEVA and scheduled delivery for the next Tuesday between 2:00pm-6:00pm. I asked that they call before delivery so I wouldn't miss any work. They called at 4:30pm, and I met the one delivery guy around 5:00pm at my house.
I moved my 17 year old 27 inch Magnavox TV from my TV stand. He unpacked and setup the new TV. He hooked up a set of rabbit ears that I had and turned on the set. He said that Samsung changed the remotes. This was his first delivery of this model. I chatted with him, and he told me that he has delivered many HDTVs and the most popular brand seems to be Samsung. The largest TV he has ever delivered was 70 inches! I did a quick check of the TV and told him that it looked good to me. He told me to contact Samsung if I have any issues with the TV. I signed his sheet and he was off.
The family and I looked through the over-the-air HD channels here in Columbus Ohio. We were amazed at how real the local news people looked. I noticed one black dot on bottom right of the screen and rubbed it with my finger. It disappeared so I don't know if it was a spec of dirt or a stuck pixel. I was immediately surprised that the SD channels looked better than I expected. I was also surprised how good the picture looked from the side. The picture had bright whites and dark blacks. The built-in settings looked pretty good to me. I like the remote, but it seems like you have to press down harder on the buttons than I am used to. I thought the speakers sounded fine, definitely much better than my old TV's speakers. But I do own a Sony 5.1 receiver hooked up to 6 speakers, so I haven't listened to the speakers since the first day. I purchased HDMI, component, and optic cables from monoprice - they have all worked great and were very inexpensive!
The next day after work I visited our local Time-Warner and replaced our old SA8300 DVR with a new SA8240HDC DVR. I use an HDMI cable from the DVR to the HDMI1 on the TV. I also use component cables for my 2 year old Panasonic DVD player and our Wii. I use optical cables for audio from the DVR and from the DVD player. When I first hooked up the DVR to the TV HDMI1 connection using an HDMI for the video and an optical cable for the audio, the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound would quickly cut in and out on HD channels. I moved the HDMI cable to HDMI2, and it started to work fine. I then moved the cable back to HDMI1, and it has continued to work fine. Not sure what was happening except maybe some possible copy protection issues?
Other observations since the first week of ownership: I notice a slight hum but only if I put my head behind the TV. I don't notice it from the front of the TV even with the sound off. Changing the brightness doesn't seem to change the level of the hum - it stays very quiet. I don't notice any light spilling out of the back of the set, but I can see some of the light tube if you look at the right angle at the back of the TV. The stand seems to collect alot of dust daily. I don't notice any smearing, columns, pillarboxes, clounds, or anything else like that. Over time, I noticed the picture at the default settings had some black crush to things like dark sport coats worn by TV announcers. So, I have tried two different settings from the avsforum.com website.
So bottom line - I love this TV and think the picture quality is great. I am very happy with it and would purchase it again and recommend it to others. The last thought I would share is that I can't set the TV to one set of settings and have it look great for all content. HD shows seem to be of excellent quality consistently, but SD show quality is all over the map. This doesn't seem to follow by channel but by show or DVD. Every TV show or DVD seems to have a different quality to it. Battlestar Galactica on Sci-Fi looks like a YouTube video, but Survivor or most History channel shows look like 4:3 HD quality. On DVD, movies like Star Wars, Finding Nemo, and even Babe look great. But other DVDs like Transformers don't look as good. This could be a function of the DVR, DVD player, or this TV, but I think it really is that the content is created in many different quality settings or compression levels. To this day, I still flip through the HD channels and say "Wow, will you look how good that looks!" no matter if it is content that I enjoy or shows that I don't care for.
EDIT#1: I forgot to mention two more items. First, the TV only makes one small click when turning on and another small click when turning off.
Second, I debated about what size of screen I should get. I am glad I went with the 46 inch. We sit roughly 8 feet from the screen, and I think 40 inches would have been too small and 52 inches would have been to big.
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