When I purchased mine I transported it lying down. I didn't want to take a chance it would fall down and break something. Everything was fine when I hooked it up.

We hauled it flat in the back of an SUV with no issues

No, plasma TV 's must be transported in an upright position. There is a lot of air space around the TV in the box so it's deceiving how big it is. I had to remove the one for my daughter out of its box to fit it in her car upright. We made sure it was stable and wouldn't fall over. Also watch for the placement of the screen so it doesn't get damaged. This will fit in the backseat of a full sized pickup, in the box. Just fold the seats up and the TV stands upright.

No do to the sensitivity of the television.

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i would not advise laying this tv down, keep it standing upright

aspect ratio is adjustable. There is no issue with people looking compressed or stretched UNLESS you FORCE a specific aspect ration to be displayed.

SD looks ok but the HD is sooooo much better. I took awhile to switch my cable box with this TV from SD to HD because i had shows i wanted to watch on my cable box dvr. I knew the picture would be better but I had no idea how much better. Switch the HD as soon as possible, i speak from experience.

No but it's easy to do yourself

Have in HD so do not know. ....has been perfect in HD

It can defiantly be adjusted.

Have yet to see short or fat when not viewing in HD on either of my Samsung products.

We also had this issue with the tv as we have an external speaker to hook up..we ended up using the output on the cable box and that worked fine. Hope this helps!

It does not have one

I do not recall a headphone jack but it does have a USB port which should support a Bluetooth dongle.

yes,though a soundbar