Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10970 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: LE37A558P3
• Released on: 2008-03-03
• Display size: 37

Manufacturer's Description
Series 5 - Versatile Confidence
All round entertainment has never been made more accessible. The Samsung Series 5 incorporates innovative, unique features to make your entertainment total and complete

		HD Ready 1080P Its resolution(1920 X 1080) is enhanced two times to that of HD TV(1366 X 768), due to 1.5 times more scanning lines than HD TVs. Enjoy the highest definition possible today when viewing content through next generation game consoles and BluRay players. Experience films and games like never before with unbelievable crystal clear clarity and Motion.
		DNIe + DNIe + (Digital Natural Image engine+) technology creates clear, vivid images that are bathed in natural beauty. Motion Optimizer produces soft, fluid motion and ensures the clearest images are displayed. Colour Optimizer provides finely balanced natural colours. Contrast Enhancer delivers deeper black tones that appear natural to the human eye. Detail Enhancer sharpens the edges of the images to present them in sharp, lifelike detail, and Digital noise reduction presents images with clarity and precision.
		Entertainment Mode To provide you with the best entertainment possible, hot keys have been preset for Sports, Movie and Game modes. In this way you can be sure the picture quality you are experiencing is optimised for your specific needs. Fast motion imaging, dynamic detail enhancement, and down-firing speakers combine to deliver the most dramatic entertainment experience you have ever been a part of.
		Clear Panel Increased readability and reduced reflection are realised by the Clear Panel. Enjoy images viewed in their most comfortable light by the reduction of glare end enhanced contrast of the Clear Panel. Images are even clearer then they were before; ensuring that what you see is as clear as can be, and your entertainment as pure as possible.
		1080 24P Real Movie Typical movies are filmed at 24 frames per second, and are later converted to 50 fps (frame per second) to show on a TV screen. BluRay Disc Players output content in its original forms of 24 fps. The Samsung LCD TV supports these 24 fps sources through the HDMI input, and is capable of showing scenes in the maximum resolution of 1080p as the director intended.
		3 HDMI 3 HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) inputs enable you to connect quickly and conveniently to a broader range of external devices. HDMI allows uncompressed streams of digital data to be transmitted via one cable, delivering a purer picture quality to be displayed for your appreciation and enjoyment. Appreciate the best that digital entertainment has to offer with Samsung.

Customer Reviews

Decent all rounder
I purchased this TV as an upgrade from a 28 inch CRT box that recently died. I've always been a bit hesitant about buying a HDTV set due to fears over SD picture quality. Thankfully, this box as proved that (through the build in Freeview tuner at least) that standard definition TV can look good on a 37inch set (for those who care - I sit either 5ft or 9ft away from it).

The TV has a number of 3 modes that allow varying degrees of modification plus 3 entertainment modes that cannot be changed. The system provides a wide range of picture settings that can be (and need to be) changed. Out of the box the settings do not do justice to the set so you will need to adjust them. The entertainment modes seem to work well with the cinema mode giving a very pleasing picture.

HD viewing is very good. I have a PS3 so the TV gets plenty of use with games and Blu-Ray videos. The 1080p 24hz and 60hz output has made me very glad that my old TV bit the dust.

Negative points: 1) the speakers could be better, 2) It is hard to get the set up just right (displaying multiple shades of black is always a bit of an issue on LCD tv sets) 3)Freeview channel changes are slow

Positive points: 1) Decent black levels for an LCD (though not as good as the glossy screened 6 series 2) Plenty of display options 3) Good range of inputs (inc 3 HDMI 1.3 connections and a USB connection) 4) Very good viewing angles 5) Fast menus (inc Freeview TV guide) 5)It remembers your settings selection for each input source 6)Good value for money

Overall, a good purchase

Four and a half stars if I could
First impressions are that this is superb value for money. HD through my Xbox 360 look fantastic. SD TV looks ok, but just as good as SD is going to be. Bring on HD Freeview. The only downside is the sound quality, which is really quite bad for a Samsung TV. I run the sound through my hi-fi, which sounds great, though. The sound through the TV has just got NO bass whatsoever, so sound is all flat.

The motion isn't jerky, and colours look natrual.

But overall this is a great TV. Four and a half stars (loses half a star for sound, incase you didn't guess.)

No Complaints So Far
Very impressed with this purchase so far. I have only used SD upto now but have no complaints with what I see. I can only imagine i'll be more impressed once I go HD and upscale to 1080P. I agree the sound ain't perfect but I have no need to have it blasting and it does what I expect for the price I paid. This topped with the excellent delivery provided by Amazon earns it 5 stars in my opinion.