Samsung PN50A400 50 Inch 720p Plasma HDTV
Clearer images, bold details, bright colors. This Samsung plasma delivers everything you need for an amazing home entertainment experience. ACEsilhouette editor makes sure images are sharp and realistic looking and DNIe technology enhances details. It’s easy to immerse yourself in exceptional images and superior quality surround sound. The Samsung PN50A400 makes it possible.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Great Buy
I bought mine at Sears for $799.00, and love it. If you are looking for a large plasma TV, and want to spend less than $1000.00-this is for you. I recently connected it to the HDTV box from the cable company, and the picture is great, especially sports. We have also played the wii and playstation on the TV without any difficulties. You can set the TV to move 2 to 4 pixels vertically and 2 to 4 pixels horizontally every 2 minutes so there will never be a burn on the screen, because the pixels are continuously moving. The remote control is very easy to use as well.
4 Stars Great Budget Plasma
I bought this tv for $800 and couldn’t be happier. Sure it’s 720p and not 1080p, but for this cheap I couldn’t be happier with 50 inches of HD television. You really don’t give up that much resolution at 50 inches anyway.
Picture looks great, I have HD cable, Xbox 360, and Bluray player hooked up to it, and I love it. I have not seen any signs of the screen door effect.
What is bad about this tv? Well they skimped on the inputs. There are no front, or side panel inputs. On the back there are two HDMI inputs and two progressive inputs….ZERO RCA inputs. If you have RCA (like an old VCR or Tivo) then you use up one of the progressive inputs. Also there are ZERO optical audio inputs. There is an optical audio output so you can pass the HDMI sound to your surround sound receiver.
This tv has some feature to make the blacks darker, I think it does it by turning off the pixels all together. The only time you notice it is if the show you are watching fades to black, then it looks like the tv is completely turned off. At this point the tv would “freak out” and switch between the tv’s black and off really dark black. I was able to get the tv to stop doing this when I calibrated my contrast and brightness settings. Would have been nice if Samsung offered a setting for the tv not to do this.
I have noticed some very slight image burn in after playing games, but it goes away quickly. After some research I found this is normal for Plasma’s during the first 150-200 hours of use. I left my tv on for 24 hours on a cable channel, and already I’ve found that it’s happening less frequently. I am a big gamer, and put in a few hours on the Xbox every night, the tv is brand new, and there are ZERO permanent burn ins, but I still wanted to mention it. Just don’t leave a still image on for hours and hours during the first few months of use.
Overall I’m really happy with this tv. 50 inches is huge in my living room, and the color, contrast, and resolution is really nice. Doesn’t have all the bells and whistles, doesn’t have the 120hz, or contrast and picture you could get for another $1,000-$2,000 but at this price it’s a great tv.
