NOTE: ADDENDUM BELOW TO LESSEN LED BACKLIGHT BLEED. Second Edit follows regarding LED switch-off.
NOTE: SECOND ADDENDUM REGARDING "PANEL LOTTERY"; Addition to info regarding settings to disable LED shutdown (6/30/10)
NOTE: THIRD ADDENDUM: New panel version # discovered :(

The Samsung 32" LED-LCD TV is a great unit, when used within a very limited fashion.

The LCD panel, as best I can I can determine is of the S-PVA variety, which provides good viewing angles, minimal color shift (assuming minimum viewing distance recommendations being followed), and good color gamut reproduction (>85% NTSC). However, this TV has some very serious flaws that make it a poor choice for many of the would-be purchasers that want a new bedroom TV or intend to use this as a computer monitor (as I do).

The first of these flaws is the edge lit LED backlighting. While it makes the image very vibrant (too much so until you calibrate the monitor properly), it also... Read more

The Samsung LED TVs are incredible, alomost too good really. The video is so bright and sharp that even old movie classics can be mistaken for live news. There is actually a movie setting to make movies look less live. The HD is astonishing. I do not have Blue Ray but DVD movies are also phenomenal. We use this TV in our kitchen where we spend a lot of time watching news, movies and sports. Wimbledon 2010 looked like we were watching from VIP seats on court side. World Cup was incredible and Baseball is jaw-dropping great.

Sound is good on the TV but I use a Bose 321 for sound which is the perfect confined space size for news at low volume or high volume rock concerts. The Bose is a great match and its acoustimass subwoofer delivers as little or as much base as your ears can stand.

I had originally purchased the 46in. LED version of the Samsung for my office and a 32in. Panasonic LCD for the kitchen. But the Samsung in my office proved so good that two weeks... Read more

I really liked the physical design of this set a lot, and I really tried to like the set overall, but it has problems.

Firstly, this set has poor off-angle picture quality. Anything other than straight on looks washed out.

Secondly, what is with the cartoony user interface? It looks like it was designed by a little girl.

Thirdly, the remote looks like a cheap 3rd party replacement remote. Definitely not of the same caliber as the TV itself.

But most objectionable is the backlighting. It drove me bonkers. When the average brightness of the displayed image falls below some threshold, the backlight drops in intensity. This is particularly evident in scenes like the space-plane and space-station ballet sequence in "2001", where very bright things enter and exit against a very dark background . It really spoils the viewing experience to have the white things' brightness modulating. White text on dark background is also a problem. Presumably, the... Read more