11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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Im retarted....
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lol, oh the irony
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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!
lol, oh the irony
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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
My roommate has a Samsung Plasma also. I left my computer plugged into it over night on accident once, and my desktop image was burnt into the TV for about a week.
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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
Ive had my 50" HP plasma since 07 and love it. Get an extended warranty for it like I did and it will be fine. 4 year warranty at best buy was like 80 bucks.
All major brands are great these days but I do love samsung as well.
Dont buy a used TV Tom... get something new closer to xmas, when all the deals come out.
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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
^Same as you pretty much but no warranty. I got my samsung plasma thru a commercial vendor and I have a commercial version that is supposedly designed to resist burn in.
Either way no issues here.
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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
Glad to see so much plasma love here. What a smart forum we have 
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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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Originally Posted by badinblack
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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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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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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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11-08-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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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Re: New Plasma tv
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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Re: New Plasma tv
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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11-09-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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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11-09-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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Originally Posted by rose0529
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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11-09-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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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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Re: New Plasma tv
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Originally Posted by rose0529
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! ) |
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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11-12-2010
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Re: New Plasma tv
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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Re: New Plasma tv
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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Re: New Plasma tv
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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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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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