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Yeah i saw that one. notice "720p", Im looking for 1080p

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I got a Panasonic 50" plasma about two years ago and I love it. One thing to ask about when shoping and comparing image and color quality is, some companies ship their display tvs with the color and contrast cranked so it looks good in the showroom. disapointment when you bring yours home would suck.

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we have a 50in LG plasma got it at costco on sale for 500.00 It came with a free 4 year warranty on it.

I would look at costoco,sams club,micro center

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When searching online yesturday, i found settings for both sets that seem to be the accepted best settings to start with and adjust based on your room.

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Im retarted.... i shoulda looked closer before i posted! lol

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LOL no problem. That one caught my eye when i walked into BB last night but then realised that it was 720p.
I really dont think the samsung price will get any lower for black friday, if i were buying new i would have no reservations at buying for the simple fact that they have a low price guarantee. So i figure anytime within a month of buying the TV i would be able to go back on black friday and get the difference. :) Currently the tv New is $899. I wonder if i could get them to go lower on the open box price because black friday is coming up and i wont be able to get the price down lower at that time.
Anyone know what Best buys policy is on open box pricing? Do they negotiate at all on those?

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Are you sure the low price guarantee works for open box items? I wouldn't think it would.

Also it may happen on Black Friday that you could have gotten a 55" or 60" for what you're paying... Just something to think about.

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lol, oh the irony

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You spelled Retarded wrong. haha

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LOL ... wow... I'm sure not helping my case any today! ... I'm just going to go back to work!

Carry on Tom!

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Interesting reading in this thread. I was on the LCD boat for awhile but I'm thinking about going with a 50" plasma, I had a lot of misconceptions about them.

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I don't know anything about TVs, we went from a LCD to a Panasonic 50" plasma a few years ago that was on sale. I don't have an complaints. It looks decent, has good blacks, hasn't had burn in problems and you can see it in different lighting conditions and from the side. With the LCD TV we had before, you couldn't be too far off the center before the picture got harder to see. The plasma set does seem to suck a lot of energy and weigh a decent amount.

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I have been reading up a lot on plasma vs LCD and found a good article. http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/p...ma-vs-lcd.html

Burn in Seems to be less and less of an issue as people have found fixes for it (Free fix is running snow for 30 minutes). The longevity is also no longer an issue as we have been seeing in comments here.
Whats funny though is that when i did a search on this site and some of the past threads the angle has switched from LCD to Plasma (I also am one of the switchers.)

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Jessica and I decided to wait until the black friday sale and will be picking up a 58" Samsung. Current price is $1400 but i figure it will come down that day quite a bit (hopefully).
But another thing that i also realised is that the samsungs do not have Component inputs. Strictly HDMI, which would be fine if my 5 year old receiver actually did more than HDMI Pass Through. :( So i will be scouring craigslist for a new receiver that does audio and video upconverting and audio/video HDMI. Found a nice DENON receiver that does everything for like $369, But ill keep looking around. What brands of receivers do you guys like?
My current receiver is a Onkyo HTIB system, Its actually a pretty decent system, 7.1 Surround Dolby DTS etc. I will eventually look toward getting new speakers sometime next year or after we buy a house (so i can throw some nice ones in the wall/ceiling.)

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Good plan on waiting till black friday.

Im not sure where you are seing that the new plasmas (samsung 50 or 58) dont have components. If i look at the pictures on bestbuy or the info on samsungs website for that TV it lists that it has 2 componant in's. The best buy specs in there compare info is wrong.

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+...&skuId=9790779
This is the one we are looking at.
NM i just looked at the back image now and i see Component. Funny how the description says 0 for component.

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Yeah its crazy i read the description and i was like WTF .. it has too! ... So i looked at pics and the samsung website to confirm. So your good to go as is! (kinda sorry cuz its fun to upgrade! I wont tell Jessica if you don't! ;))

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Well i didnt want to upgrade the receiver until i get a house with a designated home theater area. Im going to go balls deep on that setup so i would hate to go mid to low end just to have to replace later on.

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OK now choices....
Black friday ad supposedly came out with this
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+...&ref=39&loc=01 TV for 1499.99.
So now the question is LED LCD or Plasma.... yikes.

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1.25" thick. I would hang that sucker on the wall. The other one you were lookin at was 2 7/8" thick.

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My need of building credit has gotten me looking at TVs. They don't take too long to pay off and they still build credit.

I went to an Ultimate and talked to a guy there. He was really set on trying to sell me the 58" Panasonic plasma, since I wanted a 3D ready TV. He kept pointing out that the colors were so much more vivid. But being a photographer I could tell the colors were way over saturated and asked him to show me what the contrast was at. He dodged the question.

Either way, when I started asking about burn-in, I hated hearing what I heard. I'm more of a turn it on and don't worry about anything person. For example, when I had a boob tube I didn't play with magnets next to it just to see if the colors would permanently get stuck. Kind of like I'd be doing with COD on a plasma, with the map and equipment staying in one spot. What if I forget to turn it off at the main menu because I had to run out the door?

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either way its going on the wall, i dont really care about thickness, but features/quality/price savings are where its at.
But im almost thinking that if one samsung is on sale then the rest of them will be.

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Ok so im finally going to make the purchase. No Need to wait until Black Friday.
http://www.buyersedge.com/prodinfo.p...ePGElectronics
the LG 60pk750. Went to the sears showroom last night and looked at it. Its a georgeous TV. Picture quality is great, features are nice, THX Certified. I saw this on blackfriday.info on the sears ad for $1499.99. And last night i was doing a crap ton of research on the AVSForums where they have a pk750 owners thread. Seems a lot of people love the out of the box performance of this set. Minor bugs here and there include high light performance with glare. but at the same time that doesnt really matter as this will be in a dimly lit room with very little natural light.
During my research, i noticed something... Amazon.com has this set RIGHT NOW for $1565.00, No Tax, No Shipping charges.... So doing the math i realised that if i were to buy it from sears i would actually be paying over $1650 after tax, plus they said it would take 2 weeks to get the set in, (even though its going to be in their ad). With amazon, their shipping says 3-5 business days and its in stock. So i said fuck sears, i went on pricegrabber.com, and did a quick search and found the above site, for $1497 no shipping no tax. So i will be doing that. YAY.
Oh and most stores do not seem to carry the 58 and above sizes in stock, most have to be ordered.

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Good! Now we can stop hearing about this in the SB :)

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Nice work tom!.... I just picked one up yesterday as well. Was on break and saw the back of the star trib had a Ultimate Electronics ad for yesterday and today, and I got the last 58" panasonic plasma for $1098 in minnetonka yesterday! I'm just glad I got a good deal and don't have to camp out all night at best buy!