In article , David Rance
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After doing a lot more research I finally decided on a Samsung Smart
TV. I thought that, if the sound is poor, I can still plug it into the
hi-fi. When it arrived, imagine my disappointment when I found it
wasn't possible to do that. Yes, there was a sound output but it was
digital and my hi-fi is too old to accept that!

However, all's well that ends well because the sound from the new
Samsung is superb and I don't need a separate set of speakers. It's
even better than my old Sony CRT set. The picture's pretty good, too,
especially in HD.

We recently got the Samsung Smart 7000 series - and I must admit, the
sound seems fine to me - certainly, better than our old Panasonic which
in itself wasn't too bad. However, we've still indulged in a Sammie
sound bar and wireless sub woofer. Need to be careful where you place
it - the old china cabinet can get a bit rattled.

As far as I'm concerned, with the sound bar set up and a blu-ray player
with hard disk, its good enough to get rid of all the 'old' hi fi
equipment (DVD/CD, radios, amp, hard disk and speakers). And being able
to get content via the home network from the pcs and laptops is pretty
neat too.

(Veering even further OT - I did find some TV downloaded content was a
bit slow over the wireless (its a fair distance from the router). So I
bought a pair of 'ethernet over power' plugs - one to the router and one
to the tv - and now the connection from router to TV is fantastic. I've
always been a bit suspicuous of these devices, but for this at least,
they work brilliantly).

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regards andyw