Samsung PN50B550 50 Inch 1080P Plasma HDTV

Samsung PN50B550 50 Inch 1080P Plasma HDTV

49.9″ screen (measured diagonally) * 1920 x 1080 pixels * 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio * 600Hz Subfield Motion anti-blur technology * FilterBright anti-glare filter *

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Superb picture!
This TV doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of some of the more expensive sets, but the picture is absolutely stunning! Excellent with cable HD and DVDs. I haven’t listened to the speakers, since I have a home theater sound system. Delivery was a bit of a hassle, since the first one I got had a big dent in it, so I refused delivery. But another one arrived in less than a week in great condition.

4 Stars Great picture, bad speakers
Great picture clarity, everything you would expect from a high definition TV..

TV sound is horrible! at 30% there is already distoring and cant do any bass… if you buy this TV do plan on setting it up with a home theater.

5 Stars Great TV for the money!
I’ve been watching this for almost 20 days now and have only one issue; its already 100 bucks cheaper than I paid for it.

I’ve heard that the sound is not great on this set. I only use the TV speakers for watching regular TV and not blurays movies since I have a separate surround sound system, but it seems ok to me. I did have to mess with the graphics equalizer a little to get it to sound right, but on the virtual surround sound it is quite impressive.

For a while it looked like the color was running a little too red, but after about 1 week of watching it seemed to cool down a little. I don’t know if that’s normal or not, but the color and sharpness is just breath taking. I have a 32 inch HDTV in the family room and my wife wasn’t too impressed with the bluray movies we watched on that, but she was mezmorized by the images on the 50 inch PN50B550 and so was I.

‘Its almost like 3D’ she kept saying over and over again. I just smiled. HDTV is really something now, I can’t even imagine going to the family room to watch it anymore.

If you got a tight budget, and are eager to experience Hi Def, this is the way to go.

5 Stars Outstanding, as expected
This is my first HDTV, but I did spend a good couple months shopping around and studying up on my features, pros/cons, etc… First of all the picture is beautiful, but hey, that’s to be expected. I love the ample HDMI ports, and as it turns out, the swivel stand ended up being a pretty awesome feature. Plasma is plasma, and there’s no getting around the fact that you’re going to have some reflective glare if there is a bright window or light behind you. So, in our livingroom at around 6pm when the sunlight is beaming in the side window, we just swivel that baby a little to the right and viola! No glare. I’m also a gamer and despite the fact that my 360 is an older model that uses component instead of HDMI, it still looks gorgeous. I’m dusting off old games that I haven’t played in years and it’s a whole new experience! I should also mention that I was concerned about the big plasma TV being hot. Some of the floor models I’ve seen almost turned me off of plasma because they let out noticible ambient heat. But I haven’t noticed that at all with this set. Very happy.

1 Star No remote, no power cord, no owners manual.
Person delivered and unpacked. Nothing other than TV in box. He said it happens all the time and that Amazon would overnight me the missing stuff. I called Amazon and they said to refuse delivery. Samsung missed the boat here.

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