The Samsung HL-S5679W offers the sharpest and clearest images available form both HD and regular TV. Despite its gargantuan 56″ display the HL-S5679W is surprisingly thin at only 15.3″ deep, and to help diminish the usual clutter the HL-S5679W has 2 built-in “hidden” speakers.

The HL-S5679W’s DLP chip is amongst the fastest in any HDTV, with millions of mirrors switching on & off 15,000 times a second to deliver ultra-sharp picture for fast moving images. When combined with Samsung’s LED, which replaces arc lamp & color wheels and creates beautiful color with a superior 20,000 hour life. A contrast ratio of 10,000:1 provides blacker blacks, sharper whites and vibrant colors. The HL-S5679W’s precise, sharp picture and fast process speeds make this screen ideal for sports, fast action shows, movies and gaming.

Specs

* High-definition TV receives and decodes digital standard-definition and HDTV signals from over-the-air broadcasts (antenna required) and cable TV service (CableCARD required)
* widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio
* Texas Instruments SmoothPicture DLP chip (1920 x 1080 pixels)
* Cinema Smooth Gen-7 1080p Light Engine
* LED light engine eliminates color wheel and improves color reproduction
* 4,000:1 contrast ratio
* 140 degrees (H) x 60 degrees (V) viewing angle
* Digital Format Converter (upconverts all signals to 1080p)
* DNIe (Digital Natural Image engine) picture enhancer
* TV Guide On Screen program guide
* 2-tuner Picture-in-Picture (split-screen or inset)
* Built-in stereo speakers (10 watts x 2)
* Multibrand remote control
* Dimensions: 52-3/8″ W x 37-3/4″ H x 17-1/4″ D; Weight: 84.8 lbs.

Review By Amazon

Introducing another breakthrough – the industry’s first LED-based rear projection HDTV. Trust Samsung to feature an LED engine that provides superior life, quicker start-up and amazing color reproduction. Thanks to Samsung’s Cinema Smoothâ„¢ light engine, this 56″ Widescreen offers an astounding HDTV experience, delivering razorsharp pictures in 1080p. With a contrast ratio of up to 4,000:1, the HL-S5679W captures blacker blacks and crisper whites. And the ultra-quick DLP chip results in the fastest video performance of any HDTV. Best yet, Samsung’s superior technology ensures no image burn-in for a reliable, long-lasting picture.

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Review By Onecall

Samsung is the worldwide leader in creating light engines that harness DLP HDTV technology from Texas Instruments. Samsung’s Cinema Smooth light engine brings together the right optics, electronic circuitry and replaceable light source to create a brilliant picture that`s more lifelike and much closer to film. Now in its fifth year of evolution, Samsung’s Cinema Smooth light engine delivers crisp, 1080p High Definition resolution with high contrast and brightness, defined edges and sharp detail.

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Review By Soundandvisionmag

SETUP The Samsung HL-S5679W has a dynamic menu system that drops to a default position at the screen’s bottom when you’re scrolling through it and also provides a Menu Map overview for seeking out a particular item — an innovative feature I’d like to see on other TVs. The antenna-setup features made tuning in local over-the-air digital TV channels easy: I simply selected the Air option from the Channel menu, let the Auto Program function rip, and they popped up in the Channel Manager screen.

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Review By Reviews.cnet

The Samsung HL-S5687W turned in a decent performance from its standard-def inputs–component 480i, S-Video, and composite–but it wasn’t spectacular. In particular, the image tended to look a bit softer than we expected. In its favor, the set did a good job smoothing out jagged edges from diagonal lines, and its noise-reduction feature cleaned up some of the snowy video noise from lower-quality sources. With Film mode engaged, the HL-S5679W detected 2:3 pull-down cadence quickly. We left DNIe off in all circumstances because it did introduce edge enhancement.

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Review By Ecoustics

Rear-projection TVs that use DLP (Digital Light Processing) are among the best high-def deals out there, easily edging out flat-panel plasma and LCD TVs on the dollar-per-screen-inch scale. But a drawback for some buyers (aside from the cabinet depth, which averages around 16 inches) has been the “rainbows” associated with the spinning color wheel in DLP TVs: occasional flashes of colored light or trails on objects that most people probably don’t notice but some are sensitive to. LCD and current LCoS-based rear projectors use separate display chips for the primary colors of red, green, and blue, so they don’t need a color wheel and don’t suffer from this artifact.

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