Samsung PN50A550
Manufacturer: Samsung Part number: PN50A550P
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- Accurate color helps set apart the excellent picture quality of the Samsung PN50A550 50-inch plasma TV.
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CNET editors' review
Samsung PN50A550 price range: $849.95 - $1,500.00
- Reviewed by: David Katzmaier
- Reviewed on: 04/14/2008
- Updated on:04/06/2009
- Released on: 03/15/2008
The good: Highly accurate primary colors and color temperature; above-average video processing with effective noise reduction; oodles of picture controls and settings; friendly, intuitive menu design; handsome look.
The bad: Subpar antireflective screen; black levels not quite as deep as those of the best plasmas; confusing picture mode arrangement.
The bottom line: Accurate color helps set apart the excellent picture quality of the Samsung PN50A550 50-inch plasma TV.
Editors' note: The rating on this review has been lowered because of changes in the competitive marketplace.
Plasma HDTVs seem almost passe these days, but in our experience they still produce generally better images than LCDs. The mid-price 50-inch Samsung PN50A550 reviewed here provides a typical example of what plasma can do right. Its color accuracy is superb, it produces a very clean image, and like all plasmas, its picture is much more uniform than that of any LCD. Home theater sticklers seeking the darkest black levels available will probably want to look at another plasma model, but for those whose hearts aren't set on LCD, the Samsung PN50A550 will definitely satisfy.
Design
The classically attractive PN50A550 looks almost exactly like last year's FP-T5084, although it's a tiny bit taller and narrower overall due to the sliverlike hidden speakers mounted along the bottom of the panel as opposed to the sides. The frame is entirely gloss-black, about average thickness for a plasma (heavier plasmas can't achieve the thin bezels found on lighter LCDs), and there's a defeatable blue accent light below the Samsung logo. The pedestal stand allows a modest swivel range.
Including the stand, the Samsung PN50A550 measures 48.5 inches wide by 32.7 inches tall by 12.6 inches deep and weighs 91.3 pounds, while when divested of stand it comes in at 48.5 by 30.3 by 3.8 inches and 82.5 pounds. It's compatible with the company's motorized, articulated wall-mount, model PN50A550S1F ($1,999 list), as well as third-party mounts.
Samsung redesigned its remotes for 2008, and for the most part we like the new clicker better. The buttons are larger and every one is backlit, and we like the dedicated Tools menu that offers quick access to picture and sound modes, the sleep timer, and the picture-in-picture controls. We're not so fond of the glossy black finish, however, which became a grimy fingerprint magnet after a few minutes in our (admittedly grimy) hands.
The redesign extended to the menu system, which is sleeker than before and blessed with big, highly legible text set against transparent backgrounds that occupy almost the whole screen. Getting around is easy, there's helpful explanatory text along the bottom, and we dug the context-sensitive menu that would pop up occasionally to provide more options. Overall, it's one of the best-designed and most-attractive menu systems we've seen on any HDTV, and it really makes setup a breeze--except the confusing picture mode arrangement (see below).
Features
The P50A550 has one of the more-complete feature sets available today among plasma TVs. A native resolution of 1,920x1,080 (aka 1080p) distinguishes the PN50A550 from a few of the less-expensive 50-inch plasmas out there, but in 2008 this feature is just about standard. Not that it matters; even at 50 inches, it's nearly impossible to appreciate the difference between 1080p and lesser resolutions (see Performance).
Samsung added a few more picture tweaks to its already large selection, but we'll start with the basics. The PN50A550 has three adjustable picture modes that are each independent per input. That's great, but in addition there are three more picture presets, called "Entertainment Modes," that cannot be adjusted and are accessible via a separate key on the remote and the Setup menu. This arrangement is unnecessarily confusing on a TV with a zillion settings anyway; we'd prefer to have all of the picture modes, both adjustable and nonadjustable, be accessible together from a single key on the remote and one area of the Picture menu. Also, if you're in Entertainment mode, you're prevented from making picture adjustments--or even selecting one of the adjustable picture modes--until you actively cancel an Entertainment mode by navigating to the setup menu (which the onscreen instructions suggest) or toggling the mode to Off using the remote. That's an awkward hitch in an otherwise smooth menu design.
In addition to the standard picture controls, there's an additional one called Cell Light that affects overall light output. It seems superfluous to add yet another control, especially since Contrast can serve the same purpose, and unlike the backlight control on an LCD, Cell Light does not affect black-level performance. Others include five color temperature presets along with the ability to fine-tune color using the white-balance menu; three varieties of noise reduction, including an automatic setting; a film mode to engage 2:3 pull-down (it also works with 1080i sources); a seven-position gamma control that affects the TV's progression from dark to light; a dynamic contrast control that adjusts the picture on the fly; a "black adjust" control that affects shadow detail; and a new color space control that lets you tweak the Samsung's color gamut. See the Performance section below for more details.
You can choose from four aspect-ratio modes for HD sources, two of which allow you to move the whole image across the screen horizontally and/or vertically. As we'd expect from a 1080p TV, one of those modes, called Just Scan, lets the PN50A550P scale 1080i and 1080p sources directly to the panel's pixels with no overscan--the best option unless you see interference along the edge of the screen, as can be the case with some channels or programs. There are also four modes available with standard-def sources.
Like all plasmas, the PN50A550 can be subject to burn-in under certain conditions, and Samsung includes a rash of features designed to address that issue. There's an adjustable pixel shift, which moves the image slowly and imperceptibly around the screen; a choice between light and dark sidebars for 4:3 programs (light is better for preventing burn-in); and a pair of settings, one that scrolls gray bars across the screen and one that simply fills it with a white field, available to address burn-in in the unlikely event that it does occur.
We appreciated the three power-saver modes, which did cut down on the PN50A550's prodigious energy consumption (see the Juice Box). As far as conveniences, Samsung throws in picture-in-picture as well as a USB port that can connect to thumbdrives to play back digital photos and MP3 music.
Samsung's connectivity suite is basically unchanged from 2007. Two HDMI inputs are available around back, while a third can be found in a recessed bay along the panel's left side. There's also a pair of component-video inputs; an AV input with S-Video and composite video; a single RF input for cable and antenna (the '07 models had two); and a VGA-style RGB input for computers (1,920x1,080 maximum resolution). That recessed bay offers an additional AV input with S-Video and composite video, a headphone jack, and the aforementioned USB port.
Performance
Overall, the Samsung PN50A550 produces an excellent picture, with highly accurate colors, very little noise, and solid processing. Its can deliver relatively deep blacks, although it can't muster quite the inkiness of Pioneer's Kuro sets or the latest generation of Panasonic plasmas. Our one gripe concerns its ineffective antireflective screen, which makes it less desirable in brightly lit conditions.
During calibration we took advantage of the PN50A550's numerous picture adjustments, although we didn't have to do much because the default Movie preset came very close to what we consider ideal anyway. We tweaked the white-balance control just a bit, set the gamma to achieve a shallower, more natural-seeming rise out of black while still preserving shadow detail, and utilized the great "blue-only" mode to adjust the color and tint controls without having to rely on a filter (see Tip No. 2 for details). We also tried to improve the already accurate primary and secondary colors using the Custom color space controls, and while they worked better than most other color management systems, they still necessitated compromises that made the default Auto setting a better choice. For our full picture settings, check out Tip No. 1.
For the majority of our image-quality tests we watched Live Free or Die Hard on Blu-ray, comparing the image of the Samsung PN50A550 directly to that of a Panasonic TH-46PZ85U as well as to our current reference HDTVs.
Black level: While the PN50A550 was able to muster a convincingly dark shade of black, better than either of our Sony reference displays, for example, it didn't get quite as dark as either the Panasonic or the Pioneer PDP-5080HD plasmas in our comparison. Blacks in the letterbox bars, shadows, and nighttime skies, for example, all appeared a bit lighter on the Samsung, although even in a side-by-side comparison the PN50A550 still held its own well. Details in shadows, such as the bricks and boards in a blown-out wall during an apartment firefight, looked as excellent as on the Pioneer, with a more-natural rise from black than the Panasonic exhibited.
Color accuracy: Here's where the Samsung shined. After calibration, the set's color temperature was quite close to the standard, leading to natural-looking skin tones and white areas, such as the overcast sky and the sides of the police cars during the helicopter assault. The Pioneer appeared a bit reddish and the Panasonic a bit more bluish in comparison in most areas. Primary and secondary colors were also right on, from the greens of the trees alongside the highway to the blue of the skies; the orange of the explosion from the VTOL jet fighter that follows Bruce Willis down the section of freeway looked closer to our reference on the Samsung than it did on the Panasonic. Color decoding was again very accurate, and we saw no red push, even in delicate skin tones such as the face of Lucy after her make-out session.
Video processing: Unlike most HDTVs we've tested, the Samsung PN50A550 was able to successfully de-interlace 1080i film-based material once Film Mode was engaged. It also handled video-based material well and, as expected, successfully displayed every pixel of both 1080i and 1080p sources. Not that it mattered much; as usual we found it nearly impossible to distinguish any difference in detail between the 1080p Samsung and the 720p Pioneer.
The Samsung did produce a cleaner, less-noisy image than either of the other plasmas. With all of the noise reduction controls turned off, they showed more dancing motes of "snow," and when we turned the Samsung's NR to Auto and the other plasmas' up all the way, the Samsung again looked cleanest. The difference wasn't drastic, especially between the Pioneer on High versus the Samsung on Auto (although the Samsung's High was cleanest of all), but people who are sensitive to video noise or sit relatively close to the screen may well appreciate it.
Uniformity: The PN50A550 appeared just about perfectly uniform across the screen and when seen from off-angle. We also noticed a bit less false contouring than on the Panasonic when looking at test patterns, and a bit more than the Pioneer, but during Die Hard we didn't see any contouring on any of the displays.
Bright lighting: Samsung has been working on its antireflective screens over the last couple of generations, but the one on this model, dubbed FilterBright, wasn't as effective as the screens on the other two plasmas in our comparison. The Pioneer and Panasonic both did a better job of reducing glare from the windows and bright overhead lights, and on both displays the dark areas stayed truer--they washed out a good deal more on the Samsung.
Standard-definition: On our standard-def tests, the P50N550's performance was about average. It displayed every line of DVD resolution, but the grass and bridge from the detail test appeared a bit softer than we'd like to see. The set also didn't remove the jaggies from moving diagonal lines very well. As with HD material, SD noise reduction was superb, and the set had no trouble engaging film mode's 2:3 pull-down detection.
PC: Like most Samsung HDTVs we've seen, the PN50A550 performed extremely well as a big computer monitor. When connected via the HDMI input, the PN50A550 performed very well, resolving every line of both horizontal and vertical resolution when given a 1,920x1,080 source and set in the Just Scan aspect ratio. We connected our PC via the analog input and experienced the same results after we hit the Auto Adjust command.
| TEST | RESULT | SCORE |
| Before color temp (20/80) | 6957/6620 | Good |
| After color temp | 6526/6502 | Good |
| Before grayscale variation | +/- 275 | Good |
| After grayscale variation | +/- 166 | Average |
| Color of red (x/y) | 0.635/0.328 | Good |
| Color of green | 0.301/0.579 | Good |
| Color of blue | 0.147/0.061 | Good |
| Overscan | 0 percent | Good |
| Defeatable edge enhancement | Yes | Good |
| 480i 2:3 pull-down, 24fps | Pass | Good |
| 1080i video resolution | Pass | Good |
| 1080i film resolution | Pass | Good |
| Samsung PN50A550 | Picture settings | ||
| Default | Calibrated | Power Save | |
| Picture on (watts) | 446.6 | 373.8 | 326.2 |
| Picture on (watts/sq. inch) | 0.42 | 0.35 | 0.31 |
| Standby (watts) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Cost per year | $136.35 | $114.24 | $99.79 |
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| Score (considering size) | Poor | ||
| Score (overall) | Poor | ||
User reviews
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Fabulous picture but be careful
by NYCelectronicuser on August 18, 2008
Pros: Best flesh tones and most accurate color matching theater viewing
Cons: Pink hue on different parts of the plasma screen
Summary: I own a PN63a650 not a PN50A550 but want buyers to be ware. What I am seeing is the same for any size Samsung Plasma and any of the 450, ...
Summary: I own a PN63a650 not a PN50A550 but want buyers to be ware. What I am seeing is the same for any size Samsung Plasma and any of the 450, 550 and 650 series.
My set exhibits a pink background in three areas on the screen. I went to my local Circuit City and Sound Advise and looked at ALL their Samsung Plasmas. All the Samsung plasmas exhibited the same problem though on different areas of the screen. There was one Samsung 50A450 that was perfect or the way plasmas are supposed to be.
At Sound Advise their 58A650 had a pink band from left to right about 4 inches wide about 10" from the top of the screen.
If you ask the salesman to put on the WHITE screen, which can be found under the Screen Burn In Protection menu, it is instantly visible. What you see on this screen is in the background of anything you watch.
White snow looks slightly pink and sky scenes look like sunset scenes.
Now for the good.
Picture is the best of any large plasma I have seen or own. I own 4 other plasmas. This was supposed to replace a 5 year old 50" Pioneer. I also own a 65" & 50" Panasonic and a 42" Hitachi.
I used the calibration that Plasma Buyers Guide posted and the only alteration I made was changing the temperature setting from Warm 2 to normal.
The picture is incredible. Flesh tones are real with all the color popping you would expect from a HD set without exaggeration.
Truth be known, I don't know what else to buy since I've seen what an accurate large screen can do. The Panasonic 65" and 60 Pioneer 6020 don?t come close. Yeah blacks are better on the Panasonic and Pioneer but they don't have the movie realism or depth that the Samsung has.
If there was no problem with the "pink cast" I would have rated this set a 10 or higher if possible. I love the set but can't live with the problem.
Minor complaints. No finger or handles to hold while lifting a 140 pounder. No presets for each input nor a way to lock your setting so nobody changes them on you.9 out of 11 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Excellent - Must buy for 50" plasma
by vivonic on May 15, 2008
Pros: Very nice design, Excellent Color, better control options then others
Cons: none so far
Summary: After reserching for several weeks and debating between Panansonic TH50PZ85U, I purchased Samsung PN50A550, 1 wk ago from BB on sale. I am VERY happy with the purchase. There's ...
Summary: After reserching for several weeks and debating between Panansonic TH50PZ85U, I purchased Samsung PN50A550, 1 wk ago from BB on sale. I am VERY happy with the purchase. There's very minimal diff in picture quality compare 85U but a550's picture/colorlooked more Vivid and clear to me. I like the sleeker frame/design, more controls, base that swivel, etc.. Those little things made the difference for me. Great Buy!
- Be aware of extra warrenty & monster cable sales pitch by the sales person which I declined all. They will really make you feel guilty for not purchasing them..7 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Samsung Produces Outstanding Televisions
by johnnydk on May 2, 2009
Pros: Nice color and contrast ratio for perfect dark scenes. Not the best plasma TV in the market, but it still performed very darn good. I recommend you to check out http://www.squidoo.com/best-hdtv for information on what best HDTV to buy for this year.
Cons: Pioneer Elite still beats it in overall color and contrast performance.
Summary: Overall it is still a great Plasma TV.
Summary: Overall it is still a great Plasma TV.
5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Awesome image, great value!
by montereydds on May 4, 2008
Pros: Great picture on HD channels and HD DVD, picture adjustments
Cons: Blacks are not quite on par with Pioneer Kuro
Summary: After months of deliberation, I finally decided upon this set because it presented as such a great value. I couldn't justify the Pioneer 5010 for at least 30% more $. ...
Summary: After months of deliberation, I finally decided upon this set because it presented as such a great value. I couldn't justify the Pioneer 5010 for at least 30% more $. There just isn't that much of a difference between the two sets. I stood in a showroom and looked at them side by side on several occasions and liked the black levels of the Kuro, but colors (especially the green) and overall image on the Sami sold me. Purchase without reservation...you won't be disappointed! Looks much better than my 500 series Pani.
5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Impressive
by fishgolf09 on April 25, 2008
Pros: Extremely sharp picture, great features and easy settings.
Cons: Haven't found any yet!
Summary: After doing about 3 months of research, I'm extremely happy I purchased this tv.
Summary: After doing about 3 months of research, I'm extremely happy I purchased this tv.
4 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Unreliable
by InkMot on July 22, 2008
Pros: Great picture
Cons: Poorly quality control and poorly supported
Summary: Worked great for 7 weeks: nice picture with great resolution and color depth. Had minimal glare in a sunlit room. HOWEVER, if it breaks, you're screwed. Samsung refered me ...
Summary: Worked great for 7 weeks: nice picture with great resolution and color depth. Had minimal glare in a sunlit room. HOWEVER, if it breaks, you're screwed. Samsung refered me to a local repair company who has not been able to fix problem promptly. The TV died in a shower of green pixels on 7/10. A call to Samsung dispatched RTA, Inc. who showed up on 7/14 and took the TV to their shop. I was told on 7/18 that parts had been ordered ("buffers") and that they were still waiting for them to show up. Followed-up again on 7/22 and was told that "three boards were ordered yesterday, we'll call you when they come in". So, a brand new $2,000 TV breaks and I'm stuck chasing a third-party for almost two weeks. Samsung may not be able to prevent every failure, but they can certainly improve the way they address a problem. They should just either ship me a new TV or send me back to the store for an immediate exchange.
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Excellent value in a flat panel display
by alfa1277 on September 21, 2008
Pros: Superb picture quality, excellent contrast ratio, great color matching, Easy set-up, reasonable price.
Cons: Unlikely, but screen burn-in a possibilty, sound quality not good.
Summary: This samsung model replaces a Sony LCD HDTV, which has served me well. I chose this Samsung model because first, the overall picture quality was better than the DLP models ...
Summary: This samsung model replaces a Sony LCD HDTV, which has served me well. I chose this Samsung model because first, the overall picture quality was better than the DLP models and LCD's. The picture was brighter and more vibrant with terrific clarity and coloration. I mostly watch sports and also noticed that with the DLP TV's and some LCD's, there was blur during fast motion sequences. I did not see this problem at all with this TV and it has not been a problem at home. I have NFL Sunday Ticket HD and the picture quality is amazing. Non HD channels are not nearly as impressive, but the picture qualty there is solid. CNET dinged this TV over its anti-glare technology. I have a wall to the left of this TV that is nothing but windows and have experienced no glaring issues. Set-up was very easy. The TV comes well packaged and already on its stand. It was easy to lift and connections were a breeze. The remote is easy to use and menu functions are easy to use. The remote lights up which is great when viewing in the dark.
Speaker sound quality is not good, like it is coming through a tunnel. There is an equalizer that helps some, but you're best bet is to use separate speakers and an A/V receiver.
Screen burn-in is a possibility with plasma, but there are features built into this model to help make burn-in unlikely. Use the features and you shouldn't have any problems.
Price played a role in my decision. For the overall picture quality and features, I found it hard to justify paying more for a Panasonic plasma or a Sony LCD model. However your personal taste may say otherwise. i do think this Samsung TV is worth comparing to other models of interest. It may end up being your favorite.2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great colors, problems with antireflective screen
by von7 on August 27, 2008
Pros: for the most part, the picture looks really good. 95%. HD is Dazziling when it is at its best. The color gold as shown at the Olympics was great. lots of adjustments for perfectioniasts. X-Box 360 games are excellent in sharpness and color.
Cons: ONE BIG huge one. the so called Antireflective screen. it causes light backgrounds to be pink or light purple in color!
Summary: The antireflective screen is not a screen at all. what samsung and probably everbody else did is paint the back of the glass with a purple color. imagine using a ...
Summary: The antireflective screen is not a screen at all. what samsung and probably everbody else did is paint the back of the glass with a purple color. imagine using a spray paint can and spraying a purple paint on the back glass,going from left to right and watch it run. do about 4-5 lines like this. that is what they did. at first i thought i was seeing things, but as the days went by i saw the whole picture. i bought mine at CC and called them up the first week. the salesman told me it might be the antireflective stuff but i thought it was supposed to be another screen. so i called samsung. that customer service man laughed at CC's suggestion and never heard of any purple paint. so i took the tv back and got another.I am disabled and this was very hard to do. so, i bought another one. same pn50a550. no sooner had i hooked it up than there was the same material on the back of the screen!! i couldn't see it at CC as you can't stop the picture and look closely at it. now, i'm the one that is the fool. nobody at CC or samsung could tell me with certainty what the discolorration was about. they all should have known in a second. now i have to decide wether to take it back again or live with the problem. as i said, for the most part i can't see it. but it is always there. and it doesn't help with reflections at all! CNET is to be blamed also. they should have seen this and told us. we rely on their expertise more than anbody else's! so, if you can get by with light blue skys, white backgrounds, and light faces that have a touch pink-purple all the way across them then this HDTV will work for you. i have a 60in Mitsubushi HDTV also and the colors are more impressive in the Samsung. there are differences in both of them. i get more of a 3D effect from the mits while the sam brings the picture closer.having only had the sam for three weeks i am sure i will see more differences. there are 720p hdtvs out there that are just as impressive as this 1080p and are cheaper, but i wanted a 1080p and to not spend over $2000 for it. so i guess i will stick with the samsung. otherwise i would have bought the panasonic 800. p.s. i bought mine before nycelectronic wrote his review. his review is right on. mine explains what the pink is. i also played prey on the sam and the colors were dazziling. there is some pixilating on hdtv when watching some sports. but it is hard to tell if it is my tv or the camera shooting the action that is at fault. sound is really good. lots of options and i am impressed. i do have a 7.1 onkyo with polk speakers (4 tower) on the mits. so i know what sounds good. thats all for now.
2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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PN50A460 - great TV when works, awful customer service
by austex1151 on June 8, 2009
Pros: light, excellent picture and sound, looks good
Cons: After sale horror story. Awful customer service. SAMSUNG DOES NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCTS- PERIOD. Reps lied repeatedly,claimed to escalate to next level repeatedly and did not, next level only a rubber stamp.
Summary: I researched TV's to find best for money i had. Samsung plasma seemed best bet. However, that was based on presumption that set was made in company factory, by ...
Summary: I researched TV's to find best for money i had. Samsung plasma seemed best bet. However, that was based on presumption that set was made in company factory, by Samsung trained techs, in appropriate assembly environment. THAT IS NOT WHAT I HAVE. I have a refurbished set at new price.
The TV- when working- is great. But Samsung has worthless customer service that lies outright, stalls, claims to be escalating to Executive Customer Relations (ECR)- but did not do so until 4th demand. ECR was also worthless, simply repeated ad nauseum "no exchange if set can be fixed". NO consideration of my point about it now being not "new" but refurbished. Refused to give name of contact in head office, just blanket address to "Office of the President". Other posts have said letters never answered. mine either, so far. BOTTOM LINE- WOULD NOT BUY SAMSUNG PRODUCT AGAIN WITHOUT STRONG NON-SAMSUNG EXTRA WARRANTY.
BE WARNED IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUYING ANY SAMSUNG PRODUCT. THEY DO NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great Product ; Until it BREAKS
by ckherring on March 11, 2009
Pros: Great picture, Excellent Television
Cons: SAMSUNG ; Warranty is a joke, they will attempt to push blame to the consumer and not correct the issue.
Summary: Overall, I really LOVED the television set until one evening the screen had some sort of issue and left the screen all black with a huge crack down the right ...
Summary: Overall, I really LOVED the television set until one evening the screen had some sort of issue and left the screen all black with a huge crack down the right side of the glass. I would have replaced the set if I had caused the damage, but the set has been mounted on the wall for SIX months with no issue. I have been dealing with good ol' Samsung warraty support for the last 2 weeks and have not been given an answer?? I have done everything I personally could to prove and verify I did not damage the set, including sending pics numerous time, inviting them to send technicians to my home to examine and TRY to find where I caused the damage. SO ... I guess in a brief summary, the product is great, picture is perfect, until it stops working altogether. I guess this is what I should have expected from a company with a BBB score of F??? Buy a product from a company who backs their products, I guess I learned the hard way this company is NOT SAMSUNG.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Samsung
- Part number: PN50A550P
- Description: Marketing description is not available.
General
- Product type Plasma TV
- Diagonal Size 50 in - Widescreen
- Enclosure Color Gloss black
Display
- Technology Plasma (PDP)
- Display Format 1080p
Video Features
- Video Interface HDMI
- HDTV Ready Yes
Connections
- Connector Type HDMI ( 19 pin HDMI Type A ), 1 x USB
Memory Card Reader
- USB Port Yes
Remote Control
- Remote Control Remote control - Infrared
Miscellaneous
- HDCP Compatible Yes
Sustainability
- CNET Labs: Operational power consumption 446.6 Watt
- CNET Labs: Calibrated power consumption 373.77 Watt
- CNET Labs: Power Save Mode power consumption 326.2 Watt
- CNET Labs: Power consumption Stand by / Sleep 1.2 Watt
- CNET Labs: Estimated Annual Energy Cost 97.51 US Dollars
- Greenpeace policy rating (Sept 2009) 6.9
Product series
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Manufacturer: Samsung
Specs: Plasma TV, 58 in, Gloss black
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Manufacturer: Samsung
Specs: Plasma TV, 50 in, Gloss black
Accessories
- dreamGEAR Dreamline video / audio cable - HDMI - 6 ft (33543214)17.47
- XtremeMac XtremeHD video / audio cable - HDMI - 6.6 ft (32416821)19.95
- ViewSonic ViewMate Cable Collection - video / audio cable - 6.6 ft (31482671)32.00
- ViewSonic ViewMate Cable Collection - video / audio cable - 10 ft (31482685)34.00
- VIZIO VMAX1000 - video / audio cable - HDMI - 6 ft (33397373)29.99
- URC Universal Remote Professional Line MX-810 (32912039)260.00 - 399.95
- URC Universal Remote Control MX-900 (32552106)399.99 - 449.95
- URC Professional Line MX-850 - universal remote control (32092938)409.99
- URC Professional Line MX-450 - universal remote control (33639921)249.95
- URC Home Theater Master MX-3000 - universal remote control (31337842)1099.99
Manufacturer info
- Samsung
- Manufacturer profile
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- Website: http://www.samsungusa.com/
- Address:
105 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 - Phone: 1-800-726-7864
- Fax: 1-973-601-6001
