Samsung PS50P91FDX
Last week I bought a Samsung PS50P91FDX 50 inch 1080p plasma television. The purchase was motivated by recently purchasing a new house with a larger lounge room that made my Samsung 40 inch LCD TV look small (now I have a 50" it looks REALLY small). The 40" has been moved to the rumpus room for sporting events and Guitar Hero.
I was looking to buy the TV from a online store listed on Shopbot.com.au which was listing it at $2,550, which is about $450 below any brick and mortar store. But I took this price to JB HiFi who were selling it for $3,000 and after an initial hesitation they matched the price. Sweet!
I'm very impressed with this TV. I read a rather long thread on DTV Forum about problems with this mode. That might deter some from buying the TV, but I like knowing what I was getting myself into. The known problems included a noise coming from the back of the TV, the TV having a slight tilt on its stand, and HD signal over HDMI having some display corruption. I haven't been able to test a HD signal over HDM, so the only known issue I can confirm is that it doesn't sit level on it's stand. This is an annoyance, but I intend to mount it on the wall anyway.
I gotta say, Samsung has really improved their firmware since the one they used in my 40" LCD. The menus and displays are all glossier and take advantage of the display being high resolution. I also found that my PVR looks a lot better now. I thought my PVR must have had desaturated colours, but it seems this was the fault of the SVideo input on my 40" as the colours look rich on my new 50". The built in tuner also doesn't produce artificially warm images compared with the 40". It's definitely a much better display.
HD DVB-T programs on my plasma doesn't look anymore crisp on my 50" than on the 40", but this should be expected since it's not a 1080 program anyway.
The only real issue I've seen with this TV is with movies that have a slight green tinge, like the Matrix (when they're in the Matix). There seems to be a sharp transition from the green in the mid-tones of someones face, and the pink of their skin. However, this might not be the fault of the TV, rather a result of DVD compression made obvious on a larger TV.
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When I read around town, all the similarly priced TV's (LG, Pana, etc) when weighed up had similar issues. The stand problem is something at least that can be fixed with either a replacement stand, or wall mount. Was a little disappointing but not a deal breaker.
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1. John says…
Recently picked one up for a bit ($200) more than you paid, but with 4 year extended warranty.
It's just insane that Samsung do a 2 year warranty, and if you get a 4 year extended on top you're looking at 6 years warranty.
When I read around town, all the similarly priced TV's (LG, Pana, etc) when weighed up had similar issues. The stand problem is something at least that can be fixed with either a replacement stand, or wall mount. Was a little disappointing but not a deal breaker.
Anyway, thought I'd let you know, read this a couple of weeks back while browsing for options.
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