c|net wasn’t totally convinced by Samsung’s new LED-lit DLP projector, but HDBeat Engadget HD had a different opinion, pretty well liking the set a whole lot.

Like lots of other television sets, or should I say most, look terrible right out of the box. And this one is no exception, according to the Engadget HD folks. Or folk - Matt Burns. The image quality is superb, and the scaler does a great job of scaling video to the set’s native 1920 x 1080 resolution. The blacks are better than any DLP set Matt has ever seen. And I don’t know if that’s good or not, because I don’t know how many DLP sets Matt has seen! But still, the black level is one of the few areas where DLP falls down next to its ancient CRT competitors. (Does anybody make CRT displays anymore? Sure they do!)

Game modes are an important feature for televisions because typically they turn off processing that might cause gaming lag. But this Samsung’s gaming mode seems to be somewhat of a wash. Oh well. I guess no set can be perfect!

Review: Samsung HLS-5679W LED DLP