Rated 
Overall the best 32 inch LCD!
Great, colorful and bright picture. (Standard broadcasts look as good as they do on standard CRT's) Loaded with outputs. Great for gaming.
None.... Unless you're hoping for a DVI output (which is outdated technology).
Posted Jun 1, 2006 - I bought this TV a couple of months ago and I love it. I did a whole lot of research, both online and offline. I visited local stores such as BestBuy, Fry's, and Circuit City. This LCD TV outperformed even Sony's overpriced Bravia LCD's. The overall picture is clearer and crisper on the Sammy (Sony looks grainy). The contrast levels are unmatched. The black level is the best I've seen in any LCD and looked a lot better than Sharp's Aquos LCD. Before purchasing this TV, I read all over the internet about how horrible the DNIe feature is in Sammy's line of LCD's. Perhaps there was a problem with the previous model, but Sammy's latest batch of LCD's (LNS series) looks great. I found that the DNIe mode enhances the picture quality (just as Samsung claimed). Over the air HD broadcast looks fantastic, if you're able to get a good signal (Sometimes the picture looks a bit grainy but I verified that it's a result of a weak signal both coming from your antenna or even the broadcasting station. Not a result of a possible defective LCD). Standard 480i tv signals look great, both analog or digital over the air. Standard TV quality on DirecTV is a hit or miss. It can look as good as over the air depending on the station or the program you're watching. Overall though, standard signal looks good on Directv. However I recently switched to Comcast because they offer real HD service unlike HD Lite from DTV and DishNet. But there's a trade off, Comcast's standard 480i signal is very poor in comparison to over the air and DTV :( I haven't done research to find out whether this is exclusive to the area where I live or not (I doubt it). Of coarse, this isn't the LNS3251D's fault. The LCD offers great standard signal picture quality, but I thought I'd include this in the review. This LCD is great for gaming. I have it hooked up to my Xbox 360 and the picture is by far better than on any other LCD I've seen. The colors are very vibrant, the contrast levels are excellent and the blacks are almost as dark as they get on plasmas. There is no ghosting what so ever! But you might want to turn off the "Game Mode" from the picture settings. Although it works the way it's supposed to, I hate the way the brightness levels adjusts itself on the fly as you transition from bright and dark areas during game play. Some might not have an issue with it, but I do since I find it a little distracting. This isn't a negative on the LCD since it's a mode you can either keep on, or turn off. Afterall, it's a feature that's not even found on other LCD's. I did notice some of the shadowing of bright objects on dead black backgrounds (mentioned by kraemer95) when playing my regular Xbox. I "only" saw this problem when first booting my Xbox but once a game starts, I don't see the shadowing any more. I don't know if this problem is exclusive to the Xbox console (I've yet to hook up my PS2) but I didn't see find this problem on my Comcast receiver. I hope my review will help some of you with your purchasing decision! Mig
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