We have been talking about it for a while, even before the holiday season but never were able to get past our conversation. Then Saturday night came around and we now own a beautiful 40″ Samsung LCD display!

We went to Circuit City after doing some research and price comparison finally ready to make a commitment and hopefully bringing home a new tv. Our current tv’s (living room and bedroom) are from our days in college so you can only imagine we were a few generations behind and ready to join the HD generation. We left circuit city after an associate was not very helpful and they didn’t have the model we had in mind in stock.

Then over dinner and with the help of some margaritas, we started talking about it again. We were already there maybe we should go back and take a look at some of the other displays they had in stock. This time around, Steve was extremely approachable and helpful. Instead of a sales pitch, we had a conversation, sort of like a conversation you would have with your other geeky friend. So we went over several factors when trying to choose between a 720p/1080i (the one we got) and a 1080p display. It was a very helpful and without any pressure we believe we got the best option for our current needs.(customer reviews

A little note about the LN-S4051D, every site lists the width of the display to be 39″. In reality it is 39 AND 1/4″ wide and this quarter of an inch is killing me! We have a built-in entertainment center and the opening is exactly 39 inches. I wanted to stay with a 40″ display (to avoid going to 37″) and meant we only had a certain number of models to choose from. The fact we found the Samsung to be only 39″, it seemed like it was a match made in heaven. Unfortunately, we the space is quater on an inch too small so we had to set the tv in an angle for the time being. Solutions are currently under consideration and if you have any experience with sanding 1/8″ off sheet-rock let me know your thoughts.

I still have to arrange for all of the remote controls (tivo, sound & tv) to work together and upgrade our cable package for HD programming. However, we watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith over the weekend on the new tv and it was a great experience.