Samsung PS42Q97
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Samsung PS42Q97
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I Sell Tvs For A Living And Have Sold Many Of Thes
I sell TVs for a living and have sold many of these sets and always liked the picture quality. My main TV is a 46" Panasonic G15 which is among the best around. I picked up my ps42q97 (the q96 is not as good) from ebay recently and I hate to say it but I prefer watching the Q97 to the G15! The G15 has better blacks and looks utterly amazing with blu-ray but for normal telly the Q97 has a really smooth natural reproduction and way more calibration settings, 3 HDMI, optical output for surround and an anti-glare panel.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Although We Have Had This Samsung Tv For Less Than
Although we have had this Samsung TV for less than a week, the whole family are really impressed, especially when comparing it top our old Philips one that cost over six times as much four years ago!
The only thing is that, following our bad experiences with the Philips, it is absolutely essential that anybody purchasing this, or any other, Plasma / LCD TV purchases an extended warranty.
The other thing is that it is essential to shop around as the price varies considerably. Take into account the cost of delivery and extended warranty.
We ended up purchasing the unit from Laskys (a member of the Comet group) who at £932.00, inclusive of delivery and five year warranty, was £20 under that of John Lewis and by joining a cashback website (which is free) you could probably get another £20 cashback!
I have just been told that the PS42Q96 is exactly the same TV as the PS42Q97 but only sold by the Currys/Dixons/PC World group.
Everywhere else will sell it as the PS42Q97!
One other point of note is that the TV comes with it's own remote control limited swivel stand but as we wanted to have it fixed to the wall, similar to our old Philips, we decided to purchase a wall bracket.
The Philips one simply hung on a fixed wall bracket but, from experience, we found that this is not a good idea as it is extremely difficult, to put it mildly, to access the various video/audio imputs/outputs which are sited at the back of the unit!
This time we opted for a cantilever generous swivel bracket but we were amazed at the different prices on offer!
After considerable research into the subject, we decided to purchase one through Amazon.com at a cost, including delivery charge, of just over £100 (the delivery charge was about £25 which is not bad considering the weight and the fact that it arrived the next day). It is well up to the job and has an adjustable tilt and allows the screen to swivel as much as you would ever need, giving easy access to all inputs/outputs!
This was £200 cheaper than some other similar ones advertised so it is definitely worth shopping around!
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