Is this HDTV as good as it looks?

I'm a sucker for good-looking technology. I've had my eye on this Samsung LCD HDTV for awhile, but I want to make sure it's not a gimmick. In addition to using it as a monitor I'd also be using it for game consoles and probably TV. I'm going to go look at it again tomorrow, but I was wondering if anyone on here has heard anything about these. For $500 I'd rather not get ripped off.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Dayvon

no HDCP compatiblity (you will eventually wish you had this)

What is this? I'm not familiar with it.

I'm not too concerned with size. I currently use a 19" LCD monitor and I'm comfortable watching movies and playing games on it. The reason I'm looking at a TV like this is that I want something with component inputs for game consoles (I imported Game Cube cables), and I also want it to serve as my computer monitor. While I don't intend to use it as a TV right now, it'll be nice to have when I finally have my own place to live.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I decided to go ahead and buy it. So far so good, though I'm having some setup issues with my PC. Since I still have my old monitor I've decided to try setting it up as a second screen, though I'm wondering if maybe I should just let the TV be the second screen instead. I couldn't get the TV to display my desktop properly using the DVI input, so I'm using VGA instead and it looks fine.

Does it make any sense to run Nvidia's Display Optimization wizard on this thing? It felt a little too bright, so I figured I might as well try to calibrate everything. Unfortunately, I don't have very good vision as it is, so I'm not quite sure if I did everything right. For instance, at the beginning you're supposed to turn Contrast and Brightness up to 100%, and then it tells you to lower the brightness so that two grey bars appear black. Are you supposed to adjust the contrast too? Anyway, I'll use it for awhile and see how things turn out.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

As I understand it, HDCP only applies to the digital inputs. This thing has VGA in, and the DVI port doesn't support PCs anyway.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?