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Samsung PN50A550 50" Plasma TV

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Samsung PN50A550 50" Plasma TV

  • Reviewed by:

    12-12-08

    Duration of ownership: 99 Days

    Strengths: Crystal clear picture. What else do you want from a TV

    Weaknesses:Sucks a lot of power out of the box, but I think they all do

    Overall Evaluation: Let me address some of the negative items I've read about:-Blacks aren't as deep as they should be on a plasma: Who can tell the difference. I've actually paused BluRay on scenes with a lot of black and was not able to discern any area which was "not as black as it should be". My assumption is the reviews that write that are using test equipment which is far more sensitive than the human eye. If you want the best black ratings, buy a Kuro and spend $2-$3K more. This is a non-issue for me.-Poor sound quality: Seriously? You are buying a 50" plasma TV and intend on using the TV speakers? You buy this TV for the image quality, not the sound system. Go buy yourself a cheap HT in a box set for another $300 and start to enjoy the experience of minimal home theater.-Not the greatest in bright rooms: This is pretty true I believe. I usually have the shades drawn in my living room so not much of an issue for me, but if you do have a bright room, you would definitely want to take that into consideration.I have this TV connected to a Panasonic BluRay player and a Pioneer Elite receiver I picked up for about $550. It has Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master HD. I also have Definitive ProCenter 1000, ProSub 1000, and ProMonitor 1000's as well as flush mount SpeakerCraft ceiling speakers. You can go with a lot more or a lot less than this set up, but I will tell you, it is very difficult to peel myself off the couch.I also paid for the calibration. Was it worth it? I think so, but can't say for 100% sure. I know it does run a lot cooler now. Precalibration the screen temp was about 9,000 Kelvin, it's not about 6,000 Kelvin. The colors do look more realistic now as well and I am very happy with the performance.This TV is definitely worth the price. You will not be disappointed.

  • Reviewed by: andersonhuang

    11-19-08

    Duration of ownership: 25 Days

    Strengths: Very good color, when it works

    Weaknesses:Defective rate

    Overall Evaluation: Nightmare product. Got it defective on 10/20 still waiting for Samsung to fix it through a local tech. Its almost a month later and it still has a white line running through the middle of it. The tech came twice already and said it was a "rare" defect. I got my model from mexico and there has been alot of chatter about defective units from there. I guess I was one of the unlucky one...I wish I bought the Panasonic plasma instead.

  • Reviewed by: bcunning

    07-30-08

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: good picture quality, easy to set up

    Weaknesses:sound quality

    Overall Evaluation: From lots of research on plasma TVS, the Pioneer TVs look to be the best followed by high end Panasonic TVs and then Samsung TVs. The Pioneer TVs were extremely expensive. So, I looked at the Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U but it was consistently $600 to $700 more than the Samsung PN50A550. I ended up deciding that in my case the $600 to $700 more wasn't worth it and bought the Samsung.The TV was easy to set up. The picture quality is very good especially once I added my DirecTV HD tuner and Blu-Ray player. Going from a SD to HD picture is truly amazing.The one con is that the sound quality isn't very good especially at higher volumes. However, sound quality tends to be lacking in larger TVs. I will be looking into speakers in the future.

  • Reviewed by:

    07-30-08

    Duration of ownership: 7 Days

    Strengths: Quality of picture is outstanding-Easy to install and adjust to picture to preverance, remote control great.

    Weaknesses:NONE

    Overall Evaluation: After watching the unit for a week I must say it is best picture I have seen, did a lot of research and it came down to two products , Panasonic or Samsung. Feature I liked about Samsung was it offered USB port for picture input, Panasonic only offered SD input, with USB input can use SD or CF through the used of USB port. GReat service from BuyDig.com and certainly would buy again. Shipping of item was perfect as they use a great company to ship items.

  • Reviewed by: ross44

    07-17-08

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Great picture, great sound. Good amount of HDMI interfaces, and component inputs.

    Weaknesses:None so Far

    Overall Evaluation: I researched for a long period of time and researched Plasma and LCD. Came to the Samsung PN50A550. Checked out Consumers reports and found that the TV had an excellent rating across the board. Went to all the stores and checked out the picture for myself and it was great. This set also has advanced anti-burn technology plus I do not play allot of games.

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