Samsung DynaFlat HDCRT 1080i 32" Television review

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Samsung DynaFlat HDCRT 1080i 32" Television review

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Well, I hope you have overly large muscles, or a friend or two to help you moving this thing. It is @#$% heavy. It weighs in at around 140-150lbs. Takes up a huge ammount of room, but is a very decent hdtv. It supports 1080i but it is a 4:3 tv. Meaning, you either switch it to wide mode, or squish the image. It does need a digital converter box for people recieving antenae signals in the United States.

It has 1 S-Video, 3 Composite, and 2 component video. The picture quality is good, providing true blacks and full reds, blues, and greens. It does require some tweaking though, as the standard picture mode is very washed out. The speakers are decent, although, do not produce very good bass. You can adjust the equalizer, which is a very good idea.

The TV also supports picture tilting to remove incorrect image rotation. It does have fairly bad overscan not so much horizontally but vertically. The bottom of the image is cut off just enough to be noticable. Some people have problems with component video where the image will appear pinched in the center, making a trapazoid shape on both top and bottom. I havent noticed it but then again I'm not so anal about these things. Also, it has a freeze picture option, in case you want freeze the image for some reason.

Prices are fair considering it cost all of 100 dollars for me to find this set with a digital converter box. It really is a decent TV, especially if you have those wonderful PS2 and gamecube component cables. It requires a little work to get it where you want it, get it in a place that fits well as well as looks good, but for the price, its wonderful. Some of these sets are prone to huge amounts of geometry problems however, so before you shell out the cash, be sure to check the picture on all imputs to make sure the one you are buying works well.

Pros:

CRT
Good picture
Cheap to find
Entry level HDTV, supports wide mode, as well as 1080i, 720p, and 480i/p resolutions

Cons:

CRT
Can have large amounts of geometry/picture distortion problems
Fairly hard to find, if cheap when you do
Only supports analog signals
Heavy (140lbs)
Takes up unholy ammounts of space for a 32" set
Speakers are fairly average, about the same you find built in to equivelent LCD sets


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great review Samsung makes great HD sets... 8)
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That would be Crash Commando for PS3. Best game on the system so far :wink:
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The DynaFlat series of sets were sadly the last good CRT's Samsung ever produced, as later all we got were those awful Slim-Fit sets and their horrible geometry, banding, and purity issues.
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I have had experience with the SlimFits and while I like how they try to slim down the CRT, it did have very shitacular results.
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Yeah, I was drooling over one when the Sears by my house was clearancing them out for $400, until I did a bit of research on them.
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