Samsung PN50C490

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• 7 stars

  Samsung 3D

  by YouLieeeeeee on December 26, 2010

  Pros: Great price with incredible picture quality.Blows away TV's costing 3x as much

  Cons: ugly crome stand

  Summary: was a little hesitant when checking out this TV because of the very low price. Went to
  the B&M store so I could compare it side by side ...

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  Summary: was a little hesitant when checking out this TV because of the very low price. Went to
  the B&M store so I could compare it side by side with other TV's. I figured if I was gonna
  buy a big TV it had to be 1080p. When I was able to compare this Samsung next to a
  Bravia that was over a $1000 more I was shocked. This 720p actually looked better and
  had richer colors then the 1080p Bravia. I was not able to try out the 3d in the store but
  the 2d picture of this model had me sold. I had optimum online and the picture was
  pretty good. After I bought this TV I switched over to FIOS and was blown away by the HD.
  Then playing Black Ops in 3D on this Samsung I knew I had made a great purchase. If
  your looking to get into a 3D TV you shouldn't even consider buying anything else. 3D
  TV's have not been out all that long so spending 2-4 grand on one would be foolish.
  Knowing that the TV's will be improving and updating quite frequently over the next few
  years why spend your whole nut now? Spending under a grand and getting this quality
  and viewing experience is a homerun anyway you look at it. I would have given it 5 stars
  but I am not too fond of the shiny chrome stand it comes with.Hung mine on the wall and
  with discovery HD on it looks like a piece of artwork.
  
  Updated on Dec 26, 2010

  4.5 stars is my rating not 3.5. Cnet's a little glitchy today.

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• 9 stars

  Very nice picture, good 3d, HD looks great!

  by mmoffitt9241 on January 8, 2011

  Pros: Picture updates fast, colors are vibrant and 3d looks good. Price is what you expect for pay for a 50" Plasma and you get 3d to boot!

  Cons: Glare off of screen from lights in the backgroung. Also, it doesn't take log for your image to "burn in"...this was expected with a plasma and it doesn't take long for the "burn in" to clean itself up...just a light shadow for a minute or two.

  Summary: Our previous TV was a 37" LG LCD that we bought when LCDs were first coming out. I was a little leary about going with a plasma because of burn-in ...

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  Summary: Our previous TV was a 37" LG LCD that we bought when LCDs were first coming out. I was a little leary about going with a plasma because of burn-in and I'm at high altitude. But the research I did showed that plasma's have come a long way in both respects and for sub $1000 I had to give it a good look. Here's the deal I got from Best Buy:
  $849 for:
  50" 3d TV
  Starter kit (2 pair of 3d glasses) $150 each if bought seperately
  Free Xbox360 or PS3 game ($60 value)
  $50 credit toward 3d movies (paid for 1.5 movies)
  
  I thought that was an awesome deal since we had planned to paid about that much for a non-3d movie.
  I added a Samsung 3d ready BluRay player and the 4 year extended waranty (covers burn-in, etc.)
  
  All said and done we paid about $1250 or so...We've had it for about 3 weeks now and have since switched to Dishnetwork HD...It was good before but in HD I can honestly say WOW...I've never been a TV snob so HD wasn't very important to me...but with this new TV and dish network running a promotion to get free HD, I figured what the heck...man, I wish I'd done it earlier!
  
  We would recommend this to anyone. The only drawback is that if you pause for couple of minutes, it will leave a shadow where the "hard" outlines were. Or when watching something like foxnews where it has a station id in the same spot the whole time...it will leave a shadow there for a couple of minutes when you first change the channel...but it gets wiped away pretty quick...

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• 10 stars

  Great Deal for a great price

  by sombertulip on March 16, 2011

  Pros: Excellent picture and the HD is way beyond anything I have seen before.

  Cons: Bought it from Ultimate Electronics for to much but not by much.

  Summary: We were looking over the Ultimate Electronics bankruptcy sale and between the LCD, LED and this plasma there was just no comparison. We last bought a 32" Sony Trinitron back ...

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  Summary: We were looking over the Ultimate Electronics bankruptcy sale and between the LCD, LED and this plasma there was just no comparison. We last bought a 32" Sony Trinitron back in 02 and this is like seeing colors for the first time.

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