Samsung PS42Q97HDX review

Samsung PS42Q97HDX Review

Reviewed by: Alex Jennings

Reviewed on: 11 October 2007

Weaknesses
Although the 42Q97HDX loves playing HD sources, it doesn't support the very highest quality HD format -- 1080p/24.

Also, we urge caution with a couple of features the TV does have, namely an Edge Enhancer and Movie Plus. The Edge Enhancer certainly does make the boundaries of objects more crisp, but often goes too far so that they leap out of the picture in a quite unnatural fashion.

Movie Plus, meanwhile, is designed to make motion look more fluid. It does succeed in doing this, but only at the expense of a flickering effect around moving objects, which -- for our money -- is actually more problematic than any motion judder.

Of course, though, if you don't like them, you can always turn the Edge Enhancer and Movie Plus features off, though this does leave a tendency to exaggerate any noise that might be inherent to a standard definition digital tuner source.

Conclusion
If you look hard, you can find better picture quality than that offered by Samsung's PS42Q97HDX. You'll undoubtedly have to pay more for it. Considered more fairly in the context of other 37-42-inch screens selling for around £800, the 42Q97HDX isn't just good, it's practically revolutionary. 

Edited by Jason Jenkins
Additional editing by Jon Squire