The technology giving Samsung its excellent picture is Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe). DNIe is a video enhancer that makes the picture more colorful and lifelike. You can tell too. In the DNIe product demo, the screen is split - one side shows natural footage, the other shows DNIe enhanced footage. The difference is remarkable. The natural footage is boring and robbed of color while the DNIe footage is bright and crisp. The user controls when DNIe is used, which is good because not everyone will want enhanced video all the time – like an editor previewing footage to see what color correction is required.
Every Samsung DLP television comes with a DNIe video enhancer. On the flip side, none have a built-in HD tuner or cable card slot. No cable card slot isn’t a deal breaker, but it would be a nice option on a couple of models because some people might want to eliminate their set-top box. The bigger issue is the lack of a built-in tuner because now an additional receiver is required to see high definition programming. It's an issue because some people might want to attach a HD antenna to their house to receive local HD channels for free without the need for a HD receiver.
