Save Samsung LN52B750 52-Inch 1080p 240 Hz LCD HDTV with Charcoal Grey Touch of Color

I bought this TV a few months ago from Amazon. Great price! My 2 cents is that you should buy this television for the picture, not the Internet and networking extras. The picture is why it gets a 5 star review - it will blow you and your friends away! Just note the following about its connectivity:

* Anything plugged into USB works flawlessly. I have watched HD and SD movies over USB with no problems. If you have a USB drive that can serve as your media (video/audio/picture) storage, you are set! Audio files and pictures are great off USB, too! I've tested digital cameras, iPods, and USB sticks successfully.

* The included media server software works just OK. (Install the software on your computer, and it lets you access the movies, music, and pictures from your PC over your home network.) Sometimes, though, you'll skip out of a movie and on to the next film on the server with no warning! Biggest gripe: when playing a move off of my PC using their media server software, you can't fast forward, rewind, or continue viewing from the last position! Read that last sentence a few times and tell me what Samsung was smoking when they shipped a media server without those features! Note that all the missing features are present if you are watching films off of a USB drive.

* The Internet@TV connectivity of this television just plain sucks - for now. There are so few Yahoo widgets out there now that it is worthless until the promised/hinted at future widgets (YouTube, Netflix) come out.

All this to say I am REALLY happy with the TV. It is a fantastic viewing experience that overshadows all shortcomings. Just don't buy it for the Internet@TV stuff! I would have given it 4.5 stars if I could have.

(Aside for the geeks: I have watched films in MKV, AVI, VOB, and MPG containers with H.264, Divx, and other MPEG codecs. The TV decodes them natively, though you will want to encode your movies in the proper aspect ratio. The TV cannot correctly interpret anamorphic encodings - e.g., if the video is in 16:9, encode it in something like 1600x900 pixels, or the TV will distort it in spite of your anamorphic settings.) Get more detail about Samsung LN52B750 52-Inch 1080p 240 Hz LCD HDTV with Charcoal Grey Touch of Color.