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Samsung PN50A650 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV with RED Touch of Color | 
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| Brand: Samsung
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 95.9
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 48.8 x 30.1
MPN: PN50A650T1FXZA
Model: PN50A650T1FXZA
UPC: 036725228368
EAN: 0036725228368
Release Date: May 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Touch Of Color Bezel | | • | 1080p HD Resolution | | • | 1,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio | | • | 4 HDMI Inputs | | • | RSS-Infolink |
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Product Description
Touch of Color high-gloss "rose black" finish * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * 1920 x 1080 pixels * 30,000:1 contrast ratio (1,000,000:1 dynamic) *
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
This TV is a Must Have for a Videophile June 22, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Look, I have had a lot of HDTV's and like other reviewers I veered away from the plasmas because of Burn-In concerns and the like. I have had this TV for about a month and have enjoyed nothing but pleasure from it. The blacks are some of the deepest I have ever witnessed on a TV. I think this TV could truly give the Pioneer Kuro a run for it's money. I looked at the Panny's too and I was unimpressed when I saw the 650 next to it.
If you are in the market for a TV that will be a centerpiece of your AV room and display a picture worthy of the HD signal with which you will power it then look no further. This TV is spectacular.
Great product August 6, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I just let go of a Sony CRT HDTV to purchase this, which I've had now for three weeks. I was slow to go to flat panel because of their notoriously poor rendition of blacks. I was right to wait, and this was the right product to wait for. I don't know how blacks could get any darker than the way they're displayed on this screen. In addition, what I thought was black on the CRT was often very dark blue, very dark green, etc... this TV delivers blacks but also nicely renders colors very close to black. Cons: I'm glad I don't have this screen in a bright room - there is some glare, though improved over earlier models - and the heat it puts out is surprising. But I think heat is one price you pay for going to plasma. Other nice touches: jpg and mp3 support. Haven't done the sound yet, but for jpg, just plug in a thumb drive, then point to the photos and ask for a slide show. Images, of course, have excellent resolution.
Plasma much better than LCD June 11, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have used Samsung for years but always the LCD. This is my first Plasma. I stayed away from plasma because of all the bad hype. This was a mistake.. This new Samsung is great. The plasma picture on this, is in another league compared to LCD. My sister has the Panny 85u & I think the pic on the 650 is better than hers....Like always Amazon beats everyone on price and the really strange thing is Plasma is cheaper than LCD and the picture is much better. I still have 3 other LCD TV's and there like watching crt compared to the plasma.
Great display, amazing value July 17, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have had my PN50a650 for a almost 2 weeks now, and have been very impressed. Colors can be calibrated to be almost perfectly accurate, and black levels are great as well. There are not many professional reviews of the 650 series out yet, but the reviews of the 550 series have been extremely positive:
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/samsung-pn50a550/4505-6482_7-32887581.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://www.hometheatermag.com/plasmadisplays/808samup/
http://www.guidetohometheater.com/flatpaneldisplays/708sampn50/index4.html
The 650 series adds an additional HDMI connection, a more advanced version of Samsung's DNIe picture quality enhancement engine, a better glare-reducing screen filter, and the Touch of Color bezel that shows a hint of dark red from some angles. There are a number of display setting recommendations in the reviews noted above and on www.avsforum.com message boards that provide a good starting point for a great picture, but professional calibration or use of a calibration DVD/Blu-Ray disk such as Digital Video Essentials can really dial in a reference-quality image.
Overall, I highly recommend this set. I have had no issues with it, and Blu-Ray images in particular amazingly clean and vibrant. This set is a great value.
Great TV August 8, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I recommend this TV and I recommend Amazon as a vendor. Initially I ordered the 46" LCD Samsung (650), it had intermittent display problems so I sent it back. Meantime my "research" revealed that many authorities prefer the picture quality of plasma to LCD. So I opted for this one, and I'm very happy with it. I'm convinced it offers a better picture than the LCD I started with, though it's difficult to say why. The LCD seemed to have deeper blacks (when viewed head-on, at least) and it was surely brighter. But the picture on this plasma seems less like a big flat computer monitor and more like a CRT. It has more depth of color. It can reproduce action sequences without gimmicky options like 120hz. In terms of screen size, I think 50" is plenty big if you intend to watch both TV shows and movies in a room of moderate size. TV shows (and ads) are designed to grab your attention on a small screen; with a 50" screen, the effect can be overpowering. But if you're looking for a dedicated movie screen, I'd consider a larger one, to give letterbox movies their full advantage.
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