New Samsung HDTVs coming

[neuronbob]

http://www.dealerscope.com/doc/277399152255115.bsp

I just bought a Samsung TXM3096WHF and was wondering whether Samsung would offer a DVI/HDCP-compatible add-on/card for their current crop of TVs. I instead found that there are going to be some new 30-32" (among others) models introduced shortly with DVI.

If they come out soon enough, I might take the 3096 back to Best Buy....I simply love the PQ of my current Samsung, and the size is PERFECT for my particular setup.

[Bakaneko]

Will these new direct view sets do 720p? I've been eyeing the Samsung sets for a while, but my major "should I really?" is that they don't support 720p... and I wonder how important that is.

[57U]

Even if the set does not accept 720P, most STBs output 1080i, which all HDTVs accept.

720P is only an issue if you're a "gamer" since some games are 720P.

[keith1229]

i bought the txm3298 back in december and it wasn't working right. i finally got samsumg to agree to replace it, but they were all out of that model, so i am getting the TXN model instead. i was gonna sell it to get a tv with DVI, but now i won't have to. this is the greatest day ever!!!!!!

[phototalk123]

Hope they agree to replace my LTM225W too.
They all tell me it support HDCP/DVI, but it does not.

[Skyboss]

Will these new direct view sets do 720p?

Direct View sets cannot display 720p. They are either 540p or 1080i.

[57U]

Many of the newer direct view sets "accept" 720P although they cannot display 720P natively.

Direct view sets display 480P or 1080i. I don't recall seeing a DV TV that displays 540P. 540P is an option on Toshiba and Hitachi and perhaps other CRT-based RPTVs.