HD DVD: The Italian Job
The Italian Job is a nice popcorn flick with an interesting plot and a great cast of actors. While not my favorite movie, it is one that I got for free with the HD DVD purchase which is a heck of a lot better than paying $30 for it. Lots of motion and cityscapes gives the Samsung a chance to display jaggies or moiré. Not here. As clean as clean can be is the order of the day and the LN52A750 didn't disappoint. When I said earlier than you should set all your devices to interlaced, I meant it. This was one time when I wasn't sorry that the Toshiba HD-A2 could only output 1080i.

HDTV: Various Shows
One thing that the LN52A750 cannot do is fix a bad cable signal. Motion blur and stuttering is as often a sign of an overcompressed HD signal than anything else. For example, the picture I took of Burn Notice was from a late night recording that stuttered badly and generally had poor picture quality while the second picture was from a special on the History Channel about Indiana Jones during or near prime time. The difference is pretty astounding. Just to check, I played with a number of the settings on the Samsung to try to clean up the bad signal as much as possible on Burn Notice but nothing helped. A bad source is a bad source. When you are running a display as good as the LN52A750 and you see something wrong, it is one of two things. Either the unit has a setting enabled that it shouldn't or your source is bad. In this case, it was the latter. I also grabbed a few shots from FoodTV specifically for the detail and the color. I'm not sure what show that is but it looks like a box of crayons threw up all over her home. If I every walk into a home like that, I guarantee you that I'll turn right around and walk out. It's either that or gouge out my eyes.

Conclusion

Rarely do I come across a display that performs as well as the Samsung LN52A750. At the $3500 asking price, it should perform well. But even a cursory search of the Internet will show you that this unit can be had for a significant discount. For most users, this set has more than you need. But is definitely has something for everyone. Want the best picture possible? You got it. Need a ton of HDMI inputs? Check. Want interconnectivity with other Samsung products. No problem. Want to pull media off a USB stick or computer? It can do it. Want to access the Internet for news and stock updates? It's got you covered. Feature rich, performance trendsetting, the LN52A750 is an LCD you could spend the rest of your life with.

Samsung LN52A750 52-inch LCD Display

$3499

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Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., markets a broad range of award winning, advanced digital consumer electronics and home appliance products, including HDTVs, home theater systems, MP3 players, refrigerators and laundry machines. A recognized innovation leader in consumer electronics design and technology, Samsung is the HDTV market leader in the U.S. and is the only manufacturer that produces all four major digital television technologies.