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• 1 Sleeter

  This mount works perfectly with my Vizio 32″, at first when i was looking at this product i was skeptical thinking that it would might be a mock off product. I was wrong. This mount holds my t.v. into place securely and even has a nice little tilt functionality to it.

  I recommend this mount to anyone who is looking one for their TV.

• 2 Paschal

  I used this mount to put a new 32″ Sammy on the wall and it worked great! This mount will tilt enough for most (doesn’t swivel) installations. The price Amazon offers it for can hardly be beat. Highly recommend for a tight to the wall install.

• 3 Urlacher

  A couple years ago when I bought my first LCD TV, I purchased a $100 mount for it. That mount is a monster. This one is not.

  The construction material is certainly sturdy enough. The bars are rugged and will support the size TV for which this is designed. However, the hardware, most notably the main lag screws, while large, are easily stripped.

  I put this thing directly into studs and I am sure I could probably hang off this myself. There are a few problems with the kit itself.

  1) The directions are pretty horrible.

  “Step1: Assemble the Wall Plate
  For this model, Part K Wall Plate needs to be assembled. Take the 4 metal wall plate pices and connect them together. You will then have a larger rectangle piece that closely resembles the part illustrated above”

  This doesn’t tell me HOW to connect them together. It doesn’t detail which way certain parts should face, which way the bolts should face, etc. While it was fairly easy for me to figure out, I am also mechanically inclined. I prefer more straightforward directions.

  2) The “adjustment” doesn’t really work. This thing is so close to the wall that you can’t adjust the tilt of it after the TV is up. Actually, once you’ve attached the arm brackets to the back of your TV, you can’t adjust it much. The knobs they give you have such a long turning radius that you can’t turn it a lot without having the knob pushing into the back of your TV or interfereing with the actual bracket groove. Therefore, you should really adjust the angle BEFORE you put it on the TV. This is problematic since you really don’t KNOW what angle you want until the TV is up. You CAN, however, very easily adjust the left-right position of the TV on the wall once you have it up, so it doesn’t need to be perfectly centered when you place it. Similarly, since the mount is so close to the wall, it’s really difficult to lock in the bottom screws. You really need one person to hold the TV up while another screws in the locks.

  3) This is a simply-designed mount. There isn’t much confusion with putting this together, even with the lackluster instructions. It also sits very close to the wall, so it saves you a lot of space if you’re worried about that.

  You get what you pay for. For $20, this mount is pefectly functional, sturdy enough for the size TVs you’re buying it for and is very compact. I managed to put it together and install my TV on it in under an hour. If you’re looking for an inexpensive wall-mount solution with no bells and whistles, this is a good mount for the price.

• 4 DeJesus

  Excellent mount for the price. Direction is easy to follow. I spent more time making sure I found the middle of the wall studs. You do not want to mount on the edge of the studs as the lag bolts that come with the kit are at least 1/2″ in diameter. I used it to mount a 32 inch Panasonic LCD TV (720p) also bought from Amazon. Very happy with both purchases.

• 5 Tarbet

  PROS: Solid Construction, Easy to build, it had all of the installation hardware included.
  CONS: the only thing I didn’t like about this bracket is the handles to adjust the tilt rubbed against the TV when turning them.

• 6 Safford

  I spent nearly 3 months (almost daily) researching HDTVs before purchasing this TV; at first the technologies available, then brands and products individually, and finally resalers.

  With many reviews from various online sources (zdnet, amazon, etc…) I determined that I first needed to get a plasma. Why? #1: I prefer quality over anything else (deeper blacks, more vivid coloring and detail, and more accurate motion display). #2: A friend of mine has a $1800 LCD of which I get motion blur sickness when watching (everyone’s eyes are less or more sensitive to motion capture technology). #3: The lack of contrast/brightness compared to LCD doesn’t affect me since I don’t watch it while sitting outside in broad daylight or in an atrium full of windows. #4: “Burn-ins” is a completely null argument. LCDs get burn-ins just as much as plasmas do; I’ve seen it first hand. And burn-in prevention (pixel shifting which isn’t really noticable, among other things) helps prevent it. Either way, if you’re watching TV or playing a video game that has stationary menus or display frames for more than 4 hours, you need to get out more IMHO.

  I then determined that Pioneer had the leading quality, but was also discontinuing their plasma product lines and were extremely expensive. Samsung and Panasonic were pretty much tied in second for quality, but Panasonic was pricier for roughly the same quality.

  After this I found that the media content displayed on a 42″ won’t be as noticable in 1080p as opposed to 720p, and 42″ happens to be the right size for a mediocre budget and viewing distance. Another note is HD channels from all content providers are actually only up to 720p now. Blu-ray discs (1080p) are still expensive to purchase and higher layering technologies are coming, which will drive those costs down later on.

  Surprisingly though, while playing 1080p content from my computer connected via DVI-HDMI cabling, I can still see a difference compared to 720p content, even though the native resolution on this TV is only 1024×768. As a side note, playing any content via a computer with a good graphics card yields much better quality compared to most DVD players, tuning boxes, or other converting devices since you first have options to change resolution and refresh rate at your finger tips, and second the hardware and software used to display the content is much more capable.

  Over-all, the only problem I had with the TV was the low native resolution. For the price and quality, I couldn’t really complain. But since I’ve been using it, I’ve learned even that wasn’t a downside.

  In anything I purchase I always buy at the bottom of the curve just before things jump to expensive, but are still tried and tested quality products.

• 7 Venegas

  I had put off upgrading to the flat screen as long as possible, but finally, with the cable conversion and need for on demand program to keep a little one entertained, it was finally time.

  I have always trusted (and had good luck with) Samsung products, so when this model finally hit an acceptable proce point, I bought it. I have other friends with Samsung TVs and have always thought they had nice pictures. So far I have been happy with this TV. The picture seems good when there is a good quality signal. I’m not a big movie watcher so I haven’t done any blu-ray or anything with it and I don’t have any surround sound hooked up to it (the regular TV sound seems more than sufficient).

  Ideally I would have gone LCD but at this size, it was more than I wanted to pay (so LED is WAY out of my range too…) Instead, I opted for the lower tehnology (720p vs. 1080p - since most of my research indicates the extra expense for the resolution at the 42″ screen size wasn’t necessarily worth it).

  I’ve been happy with it but then I haven’t really pushed the limits the way some other purchasers might.

  All in all, I think it was a decent value.

• 8 Akopyan

  I had my heart and mind set on the LH42LH90 after months of research. My wife pulled me down in price and pointed at the Samsung Plasma. For almost 1/2 the price, I am sold that Plasma has a superior picture for less money. We also own an Toshiba 52 DLP that this Plasma’s picture blows away. Great deep blacks, vibrant colors and no annoying bulbs to replace ($180), no dejutter issues or refresh rates of the LCD. I may never buy an LCD now.

• 9 Slocum

  My wife and I have been very pleased with this TV from Samsung. This is our first big screen HD TV. We have owned it for 5 months. It is in our living room hooked up to a Samsung 5.1 surround sound DVD player with 1080p upconversion. And I have to say, even though this TV is “only” 720p, the picture looks as good as or better than most other 1080p TVs. I don’t know if that is because it is a plasma or just Samsung quality coming through. One of my best friends kept commenting that he could not understand why I bought a 42″ TV that was only 720p. When I showed him the picture quality he understood. The fact that I paid $699 for it blew him out of the water. Basically, if you are someone that likes to brag about having 1080p then this TV is not for you. But if your someone that wants 1080p picture quality at a 720p price, then this tv is for you. I believe that 1080p is only useful on 46″ or bigger TVs. Anything smaller and you will be hard pressed to see a difference.

• 10 LeTourneau

  I have a 61 1080p Samsung DLP, a epson 1080ub projector, 37 toshiba 720P lcd, 2 Samsung 32 720 LCD they all have a great picture but the picture on this plasma is outstanding! The colors have a extra pop, no motion blur, nothing but a crisp image. It almost looks like you are looking through a window is that impressive. I have always did through researh on what types of TVS I bought to make sure I got ones with the best picture but I did not know images could look good as this! I would sell my 32 inch tvs in a heartbeat (which is their top of the line models for last year) if they made this model in a 32 but unfortunately they do not, this tv is just that much better. I cannot comment on standard def sources but if you hook this to a HD signal (I have dish network and blu ray player) get ready to catch your jaw when you start watching TV.

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