Last June, I was started looking for a TV for my bedroom. I wanted something that wasn't too big but was of good quality and had a high definition tuner built-in to it.
Keeping this in mind, I shopped around for Sony, Panasonic and Samsung televisions but I also looked at the LG, JVC, and Sharp brands as my last choices. The size of television I was looking for was something under 24 inches because it was going to sit on a drawer. After about a week of looking around I decided on this
Samsung LN-T1953H 19 inch LCD HDTV because it is the right size even though it is a wide screen TV, has a HD tuner built-in, and is one of the brands from my first choice list.
STORES I SHOPPED :
I looked for prices at
Cdw.com as my work has an account with them and they also have an employee purchase program. They price they gave me was lowest but the shipping was too much. I check
eBay.com also but didn't see any thing cheaper—plus I don't trust eBay sellers anymore after some bad experiences. Then I looked at
Frys Electronics but I did not like their prices either. So then I went to
Circuit City and saw this TV on display. I liked it. A day later I went and purchased it from there. Over all I saved a bunch and paid $431.99 plus tax. That was the cheapest I could find this TV at the time and guarantee that it was not defective or a lemon.
THE INSTALLATION & SETUP :
Installing this TV basically involves unpacking everything from the box, attaching the base (no screws), setting the unit on a shelf/stand/drawer, plugging in the AC cable, and plugging in the TV Cable or the Cable from your Satellite receiver. In my case I plugged in the cable from my Dish Network receiver. Then if you have any other accessories like DVD players/recorders or game consoles, plug them in. This unit has a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port that I used to plug in my
Samsung DVD-HD870 DVD Player that I purchased a few weeks later. I purchased the same brand of DVD player for best compatibility between the two.
When you turn on this TV for the very first time, it will go through the channel scanning process if you have cable or an antenna. This process will take a few minutes to scan through and find all available channels. It’s a one time thing so it is worth the wait. Once the scanning completes you are all set and ready to enjoy your new TV.
If you have Satellite TV then you will probably use an AV (Audio/Video) or S-Video with Audio cable to connect to this TV. Doing this will basically skip the scanning process as you will not be using the TV mode instead you will be using either the AV or other input modes. Then you will just have to tune your receiver and you are all set to enjoy your new TV.
I have experience with both of these setups and I had Comcast Cable at first and then I switched to Dish Network later on.
Electronics 
4 out of 5 Stars
