Customer Reviews for Samsung - Refurbished 5003 Series - 40" Class - LED - 1080p - 120Hz - HDTV
Customer Rating
4
Good but has problems
on June 11, 2012
Posted by: RiverBoyBlues
A store clerk encouraged me to buy this TV, which was about $300 cheaper than other, less well known brands with 40" displays.
In terms of picture quality I am very happy. The slim design is stylish, and my first few viewings of DVDs and cable TV were impressive - if there's blur I didn't pick it up at all, and I watch quite a bit of sport.
One thing I wasn't happy about was the back of the TV with regards to output and inputs. For a start, there are no outputs on the TV I bought - just a single HDMI In, and a composite video/audio in.
Considering I just graduated from a 32", bottom of the range 32" that still managed to have 2 HDMI inputs, 2 video/audio inputs, 2 video outputs and a headphone jack, I wasn't impressed.
This forces you to look for workarounds, so you'll need to out your DVD/Cable box/media player audio to your sound system. Luckily I prefer the sound on my audio system anyway, so that workaround made this issue liveable - but I am annoyed by the fact that there is just 1 hdmi input - it limits your options.
So yeah - the picture is as good as any I have seen, the unit is sleek and stylish, but the designers really didn't think about usability. I guess that's why it is $300 cheaper, and I guess I still consider it a good deal for the price I paid.