I am still looking at the Sammy 330 & 450 the 330 has less adjustments, but still puts out a decent pic. It will be on sale at Walmart on the 25 Jan for $498.00 the 450 best price in town is $650.00. Wife wants me to buy at B/M not on internet, so to keep peace B/M it is and the 330 on the 25 Jan.
Mike
If you have a Fry's in your area, check out their ads/prices. They advertise in my local paper every other day, and I've seen both the 330 and 450 for under $600. As long as 6 months ago, I was able to get Best Buy to match a 4th of July Fry's ad and get $100 knocked off the price of a recently purchased 32" 450.
Also, be very wary of these Samsung models if you plan on using their built-in OTA/QAM tuners as you may experience the dreaded Robot Audio problem. (There is no problem if you are running audio from a cable/sat receiver to an external AVR).
To check whether you got it if you buy one: after you've set up your TV, scanned for channels and started using it, disconnect it from its power source momentarily, turn it back on, tune to an HD channel (OTA or QAM) and leave that same channel on for at least an hour. If you get a distortion in the audio without an accompanying distortion in the picture, then robots have invaded your set.
But don't rely on Samsung to fix it. There is no permanent fix, though replacing the circuit board on a warranty service or doing a factory reset yourself (hold down escape key on remote for 10 secs) will resolve the problem until the next time it is disconnected from its power. I recommend instead, and as a favor to us owners who are stuck with this problem, calling Samsung, telling them you have the robot audio problem and that you are returning the set within your 30-day return window for another brand of TV. If I had to do it all over again, I would've gotten a Sony.
