Dave Dodson

Samsung's latest line of 1080p RPTV get a lot of hum Internet these days. HL-S models are feted as the worthy successors to the forward line HL-R, which itself was extremely well regarded. The company sent us the HL-S5687W to use in our review of the player BDP1000 Blu-ray, and we decided to do a comprehensive review of the screen too.

Video inputs are abundant, with two HDMI (which can accept up to 1080p), 2 items, 2 S-Video, three composite, one VGA, RF and 2, which feed inside ATSC (digital terrestrial) and NTSC (analog) tuners. Among other connections, RS232 (for service only) and USB, which calls Wiselink Samsung to allow you to view JPEG photos and listen to MP3 audio files on USB storage devices.

A very important feature in the Samsung HL S5687W 11 is a method that maps each pixel of a 1920x1080 signal on a pixel screen, which is great for avoiding overscan artifacts. There's just one problem: this function is essentially available! It can be activated in the service menu, where users have no access.
The remote is a standard Samsung: long and rather thin, with the ability to control up to four other devices using codes in its database. It is not lit, but most used buttons are arranged in a reasonable manner. The Menu button and exit are close to cluster 4-way cursor, and is next to Mute Volume Up / Down, which is good. Not so good is the single Source button, which cycles through the entries.

The menu system is OK, but not much. Seven main sections appear in a scroll bar at the bottom of the screen, each with its own menu and, in some cases, sub-menu.
Naturally, the parameters out-of-the-box were wacko, too bright and too blue. Looking at the baseline HQV DVD, the information seemed pretty good, as did low angle diagonals, and the fluttering flag. DNIe really increased the noise level, and it introduces a change in color, then I strongly recommend you leave off. Text horizontal ramp on video film was fine, but vertical ramp rather badly broken.
The processor set the pace 3:2 pulldown quickly and reliably with a 480i signal, but not with a signal to 1080i HD DVD. In fact, he seems to lack the pace at all, if TPV video consultant Dave Abrams think I picked up at the last minute of the clip. With the way 11 people with disabilities, all showed some overscan and heavy banding in a model 1-pixel-on/1-pixeloff 1080i. With 11 licenses, the model has been completely solved any problem, if there was still a little overscan optical 1 to 2%, which is good.

black level better than I would have expected the measure (see'Measurements). I think this is due to the high peak white level, which results in a high contrast ratio. View Shade was also surprisingly good, as shown in the walk under the bridge at the beginning of Master and Commander and the observation post inside the duck blind at the beginning of Star Trek: Insurrection. I saw virtually no false contour in the blue backlight that begins The Mask Of Zorro or the transition to a foggy morning in Master and Commander.

My observations were confirmed with HD DVD: the subjective dark was great in Constantine where the lamps out that Constantine was to explain to Dodson on the battle between God and the devil for the soul of humanity. The blackness of space is deep and rich Apollo thirteen and The Chronicles of Riddick, who also presented the information good shade.
This limited the best viewing position right opposite the midpoint of the screen.

Essentially, the