Samsung HL-S4266W DLP Television

Category Household | Permalink | 24. February 2007

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It shows how far the Home Theater revolution has come when we speak of a 42 inch television ad the baby of the line. The S4266W is exactly that thought, the smallest screen size in the DLP lineup from Samsung. It has 720p resolution and 2,500:1 contrast ratio and the floating screen “no cabinet” style. All of Samsung’s DLP televisions at the time of this writing have either that package, or they have 1080p with 10,000:1 contrast ratio. It could be considered that one is the upscale package, and the S4266W has the downscale package, but this is not really the truth.

The 720 progressive scan and the contrast ratio over two thousand are still way ahead of average for a HD television. The exclusive Brilliant Color technology is here with the exclusive Cinema Smooth light engine. Samsung also has a color wheel that is larger than normal and spins at 14,400 rpms. It also contains five segments rather than the normal four and it works with a micro mirror system that uses Next Generation DLP chips from Texas Instruments.

There are two ten watt SR5 TruSurround XT hidden speakers, and the connection array features two HDMI connections which are about the best way to hook up the television to the other components of a Home Theatre. The PC inputs allow the television to be converted into a large DLP WUXGA PC monitor. Samsung does not speak much of gaming when discussing their DLP line, but the color technology and high speed processing of these units actually do lend themselves to gaming, and the connectivity is there to make this an excellent game monitor, too. It may be the baby of the Samsung DLP line, but the S4266W is an example of why Samsung DLP televisions deliver a razor sharp picture with realistic color and very little distortion regardless of the type of image.

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