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Samsung HPT5054 50-inch Plasma HDTV
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	List Price: $1,799.99 Our Price: $1,199.98 You Save: $600.01 *Features* • 1365 x 768 resolution • 15,000:1 Contrast Ratio • 18 bit color • Filter Bright 2 Anti Glare Technology • 3 HDMI, 2 component, 1 PC input
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Samsung HPT5054 50-inch Plasma HDTV description
Offering a rich feature set and exceptional quality for its price, Samsung HPT4254 50-inch 720p plasma TV uses the company's latest DNIe enhancement circuitry to deliver outstanding brightness, contrast, and image clarity. Use it for home theater and use it for your PC--it's perfect for both. In addition to a standard-broadcast NTSC tuner, it also features an integrated ATSC tuner that can capture over-the-air digital broadcasts from local network affiliates (the set will still require a set-top tuner for receiving non-terrestrial HD broadcasts from channels like HBO or Discovery). Other noteworthy features include a 60,000 hour panel life, Samsung's unique auto pixel-shifting technology to prevent burn-in, a gaming mode, cinema progressive film mode, and 3 HDMI connections. This model is also compatible with an Auto wall-mount Samsung will release this year that is controllable in 3-dimensions via the HTDV's own remote control.

While the HP-T5054 Samsung's entry level 50-inch 720p plasma for 2007, it differs from the step-up HP-T5064 only in the cosmetic design, and the lack of a USB2.0 connection. Both models offer the same high level of digital image processing, 15,000:1 contrast ratio, and HDMI connectivity. If you want a USB connction for playing photo files or MP3s, check out the HPT4264.

The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe) Video Enhancer refines all analog NTSC and wideband video inputs for an overall improvement in picture quality. DNIe improves contrast, white level, picture detail and incorporates digital noise reduction to improve lower quality video inputs. Thanks to the new 13-bit processing capability of DNIe, the HP-S4253 can produce over 549 billion colors (compared to the one billion colors that TVs with 10-bit processing can produce.

Single-tuner Picture in Picture
This HDTV has a picture-in-picture feature, but it only has a single tuner which does not allow POP to function n the same mode. For example, you can't watch one TV channel in the main screen and another channel in the PIP screen. You can watch a tv channel in one screen and view contnet from your computer or a DVD in another. This tends to be the functional limitation of PIP in most HDTVs currently available.

Connections:

HDMI connections: 3 (1 side 2 rear)
S-Video Inputs: 3 (1 side 2 rear)
Component Video A/V Input: 2 (rear)
PC (RGB) input: 1 (rear)
Composite video input: 1 (side)
Headphone Jack: 1 (side)
RF input: 2 (rear)

What's in the box Plasma HDTV, Remote control, 2 AAA batteries, Power cord, Owner's Instructions/Quick Setup Guide, Warranty Card, Registration Card, Safety Guide Manual, Cloth-Clean.

Samsung HPT5054 50-inch Plasma HDTV Customer Reviews

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Permanent burn-in after only 1 month of moderate viewing

I received this set as a replacement from Samsung for the HP-S5053. The HP-S5053 developed a habit of displaying a snow storm of red and green pixels for the first 10-15 minutes of viewing that made it very annoying to watch. It was a known issue and Samsung eventually agreed to replace it after 3 visits from a service tech could not solve the problem. They sent me the HP-T5054 as a replacement. After 1 month I can honestly say that I would rather have kept the old one, even with the green and red pixel problem. For one thing, the HP-T5054 is much more cheaply built. The plastic housing is thinner, the cool backlit power button from the HP-S5053 has been replaced by a cheaper button that has very annoying action and a simpler light, the stand is smaller, thinner and flimsier, even the little cleaning cloth that came with the HP-T5054 is thinner and about 1/4 the size. It is very obvious that Samsung went through a major cost reduction exercise with this set. But all of these things would be forgivable if the picture were better, or even as good. They claim that the set has broader color and black-level capabilities, but I can tell you from a prolonged trial period that the HP-T5054 has a much worse issue with "ghosting". Dark scenes are almost unwatchable. Even still, I mostly watch sports, so I could tolerate this too, but the worst part, and the clincher for why I am fighting with Samsung to get rid of this dog, is the burn-in problem. After 1 month of moderate viewing (1-2 hours/day)of mostly HD channels without sidebars, the sidebar lines are permanently burned-in (I would estimate that I've watched channels that have sidebars about 20-30% of the time). Having tried every other suggestion I could find on the Samsung site, I ran the black/white wave for 2 hours this weekend and there was no improvement. It is sort of like when a pixel goes out on your monitor or when you have a floater in your eye - for a while you don't notice it, but as soon as you do you can't not see it. I've generally had ok experiences with Samsung products, but after spending $2k on a TV, then getting it replaced with a TV that was selling for $1200 that is inferior in almost every tangible way, I will never buy from them again.

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