This is somewhat aside to the topic of quality, but...
When I lived in the Dominican Republic 6-8 years ago Samsung was the top
seller for TV sets.
Why?
They had a flurry of TV ads showing how their sets continued to work at
low voltage which is chronic in the country as opposed to the US import
brands.
I bought one just for that reason. Ok, $250 for a 13" color set but
that was the going price. I rarely, if ever, had 90 volts available in
my house, certainly not at evening TV viewing hours which was typically
in the low 80s on a good night.
This guy picked up a bit of humbar below 70 volts but would work without
cutting out down to about 55 volts AC. It was also rated up to 240 vac.
The set lasted 5-6 years (flyback went out) which I felt was normal but
I remain impressed with the model for this reason. Like any
manufacturer I suspect they all have their good and bad quirks which may
not be revealed for years to come.

-Bill M




David wrote:
Whatever you do, consider a different brand.
Samsung from a service standpoint is one of the worst.
They do not offer much in the servicer training, warranty reimbursement is
one of the lowest, the tech support is non-existant. The RPTV sets are
board level repair and Samsung has very high prices for the boards.

The image quality is sub-standard unless you are willing to have the set
calibrated and adjusted. Since they are usually so far off, they cost twice
as much to properly calibrate.

The more basic equipment from Samsung, standard size tv sets, vcr's, etc are
as good as the rest of the consumer grade stuff in the same price. i.e. your
monitor. But even then Samsung had a large batch of bad picture tubes not
that long ago.