Samsung PN50B650 50 Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV

Inspired by designs from the automotive and fashion industries, Samsung’s molding process eliminates the need for glue or screws to construct the television cabinets. The result is an LCD HDTV with a clean, smooth finish infused with a hint of a translucent color.The Ultra Clear Panel was developed by Samsung to further reduce glare in difficult lighting conditions and enable optimum picture viewing. A layer of organic particles in the panel reduces reflection even more than the original super clear panel to provide remarkably improved clarity.Technological enhancement to the image rendering continues with the company’s Wide Color Enhancer 2 and DNIe Pro, which is the generation of Samsung’s Digital Natural Image Engine. DNIe Pro eliminates noise while also boosting contrasts and sharpening edges on fast moving, Full HD images. With Samsung’s Wide Color Enhancer 2, images are saturated with vivid, natural color due to the expanded range of color expression.The crystal design also incorporates Samsung’s recently developed down-firing speakers, which replaces older duct-style speakers to produce a more balanced sound dynamic in a wider frequency range that will thrill movie and game lovers.

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars Died after 4 days…
Yep 4 days in… while watching the final Pirates of the Caribbean movie, one long horizontal strip of pixels flickered then went black. Permanently. I loved the TV up to this point and I have been extremely careful about leaving it on and/or pausing the images for too long. Getting the exact model scares me at this point since it didn’t even last 4 full days. I’m waiting to see how Amazon handles this situation and I will update my review/post accordingly. Wish me luck, Amazon is usually great.

5 Stars Excellent Value
I bought this TV 3 weeks ago and couldn’t be happier. You will enjoy the beautiful picture quality more than ever knowing you made a SMART purchase. It’s really a great time to buy price-wise, considering that to get a set with a similar quality picture in the past, you can add about $1,000 to the price for every year you go back. Looking forward, you could wait to spend more $ for LED or OLED picture technology (once these are mainstreamed) or you could wait for better internet connectivity, or other incremental improvements. Who cares. The day when you can get 1080p resolution, 3,000,000:1 contrast, and flawless color reproduction for around $1,000 has arrived. And it’s glorious!

5 Stars astounding picture!
This television has a beautiful picture. I could not be happier. If you are on the fence between lcd and plasma, take this tv home and you won’t be dissapointed. The colors are amazing, and there is zero motion blur when watching sports or action scenes. The built-in widgets are nice, especially the Monet paintings with the piano track in the background. The only negative is that you have to buy a separate wireless lan to access the online content. I wish the wi-fi was built in, but it is perfect otherwise. You get so much more tv per inch with this plasma versus a samsung lcd of comparable size.

5 Stars Worth the Investment
This was the second PN50B650 that I have purchased. One for my own home 8+ months ago and then one for another family member because I was so pleased with the first one. I did quite a bit of research prior to purchasing the first set and then additional research before the second purchase and I don’t think that I could have found a better unit for the price.

Purchased both from Amazon, they had the best price and the free shipping was great too. The second unit was initially received damaged, and the folks from Amazon got right on sending me another one, no complaints except that it was another two weeks or so for delivery, there was no way to ship faster because of the size. I was very pleased with how they handled the issue.

You can find all the TV’s spec’s elsewhere, take away from this review that there are a lot of good choices out there and if I had not been really really pleased with the first set, I would have tried something different. This set is well worth your (and my) investment.

1 Star Samsung Faulty Power Control Boards! Beware!
The internet tech and review sites are full of hundreds/thousands of unsatisfied customers that have had problems with both hdmi ports failing (causing vertical green lines to appear on the TV screen), and power boards that have faulty capacity resistors that conveniently fail 14 months to 24 months after puchase (after the 1 year warranty is up).

I have a tv that has had two hdmi ports and power board fail 16 months after purchase.

The power board failure is the worst because it causes the tv to not even turn on. Unfortunately Samsung is choosing to use cheap/old resistors that the manufacturer said to stop using back in 1999 (this is about a $2.50 savings per tv for Samsung) – serious mis-calculation by their engineering design team or supply chain purchasing.

The board and tech service will cost you $450 to repair.

I’m never buying Samsung ever again.

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4 PORT CABLE TV HDTV DIGITAL AMPLIFIER INTERNET MODEM SIGNAL BOOSTER INTERNET AMP

This is a brand new, four (4) port cable television drop amplifier, just like the ones that your local cable company uses to correct their system’s shortcomings. This new model packs a powerful punch in a compact, easy-to-install package! By connecting these fantastic signal boosters to the drop cable coming in from the street, you can increase the signal strength entering your home by up a whopping +7 db per port! If you have multiple televisions or run a cable modem for your internet, this product is recommended. By having four ports come directly off of the amplifier, there is no need for additional splitters, which reduce signal strength. If you are tired of tv pictures that don’t seem as clear as they should be, dropped internet connections, or just desire a reliable amplifier to give continuous, steady signal to your home or business, this is for you!

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Did exactly what I wanted it to do plus more!
After the digital transition, I wasn’t getting any reception at all with my rabbit ears. I decided to buy a new outdoor antenna, the Antennas Direct DB4, which is an excellent product that I also got from Amazon. Once I got it installed, however, I had about 50 ft of RG6 running from the antenna to the passive 4-way splitter and about 75 to 100 ft running to each of the two HDTVs. In a valley outside of Deliverance, WV, I was getting one channel, 5.1 + 5.2. I expected this and that’s all I could get before with analog. But every once and a while one of the TVs would start pixelating and losing audio. I knew it wasn’t the TV because both of them had done it. I decided that it must have been the splitter straining too much to get that signal through. To make a long story short, I installed this Amplifier where the splitter was and I not only do I have no problems with that channel, but I also receive signal from 2 additional channels, 10.1 + 10.2 and 12.1 + 12.2. I highly recommend this product.

5 Stars Works great
It was easy to setup. You need a spare coaxial cable. I’m using 3 of the 4 outputs. One of my TVs used to have many channels that would go in and out and now everything works great.

5 Stars Great amplifier, and splitter! worth every penny!
I use this amp / splitter to split my cable connection in my bedroom (i only pay for internet service, and tv comes through when i connect to my tv ) without the amp i couldn’t split the lines because the signal would loose strength. I have it running to my cable modem, and two tv’s. It basically boosted the signal so good that i have crystal clear hd cable.

YOu must have a digital converter on your tv for this to work. Please test your line on your tv before you make any asumptions that you have cable tv off the line.

This item also doesn’t come with a coaxial cable to connect to the power adaptor, so you will need to purchase one. I would recommend you get the good quality r6 cable with 18awg wire. I got a few 3ft cables off ebay, for a great deal.

5 Stars New to drop amps
We have three cable boxes from Comcast. Strangely, the one closest to the cable inlet to the house could not get our NBC affiliate (and no tivo either) along with a crappy picture. Our HD channels would not show a menu. We replaced the box twice, no change. We tried several passive splitters, none worked. We ordered this drop amp splitter, installed very easily, now the signal strength is excellent. Labels on the device made it very clear how to hook it up. One thing not mentioned, you need an extra coax cable to attach the power supply (AC adapter). I recommend this amp if you have one or two locations that have bad reception.

5 Stars Works Great!
There are many signal amplifiers out there that do absolutely nothing. This one works very well, and I highly recommend it!! Don’t fall for the cheapies at Walmart!

In the area where I live, FOX came in pretty weak over the air, and I often experienced pixelation, especially on HD Broadcasts. Long cable runs inside the house, and the use of a 4 Way Splitter didn’t help the situation. I replaced the 4 Way Splitter with this unit, and my reception went from 69% to 80%. I have not had any problems with pixelation since then.

If you have any doubts, just try it, you won’t be disappointed.

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Panasonic VIERA G10 Series TC P54G10 54 Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV Black

If you demand the best from your viewing experience, the G10 series of plasma HDTV was created just for you. They boast cinema-quality movie reproduction, clear, smooth sports and gaming action – even Web entertainment. All made possible by the Neo PDP technology, which delivers sharp, detailed images, deep blacks and remarkable brightness, and all with lower power consumption.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Excellent TV
I have now had my set for about a month. Straight out of the box the picture was stunning. I applied some custom picture settings as per avsforum suggestions and I am exceptionally happy. After about a month now it seems the set has really warmed up and the picture seems even more rich and stunning. The overall size of 54 inches is just right for my room, not too big, definitely not too small. I was on the fence for a year to upgrade and almost bought the 58″ panny last year. I am glad I waited as I think the 58 would have been a bit too large. About my only complaint is that I am really having a hard time loving ANYTHING in SD now. Since everything is that much bigger, SD content is just not acceptable anymore. Hopefully Dish will continue to upgrade my HD offerings. Some HD feeds are obviously of inferior quality to others. My locals, for instance, sometimes are not up to par, vs ESPN which always seems to have a stunning HD feed.

I was a little surprised to know that this unit has no cooling fans, but so far heat coming off the unit has been minimal and not concerning. Actually a fan might have increased the noise at low volumes. I have read others who dislike the sound from the set, but I think it is acceptable. I did not like the bass boost option as it added an unnatural electronic hum to peoples voices, so with that off the sound is fine to me. I do occasionally run it through my receiver for regular TV viewing, but not usually. I connected the tv through my broadband connection and find the VieraCast feature interesting but is not something I use regularly by any means. Maybe this will improve with future updates or as new content is made available. It took a little experimenting to find which picture mode I like best, but overall I use a Custom mode to view sports, and the THX mode to watch most everything else.

Great TV, you won’t be dissapointed by purchasing this. Panasonic continues to be a leader in plasma technology!

4 Stars beautiful picture but no pip
Love the picture quality, but I assumed new tvs this size came with picture in a picture. This one does not. Not a big deal, but I am very surprised.

5 Stars So far so good.
The G10 is exactly what I expected: sharp picture with great black levels. Furthermore, the anti-reflective screen is much more effective than on some of the previous models of Panasonic plasma tvs. Highly recommended.

5 Stars Panasonic G10 54″ plasma T.V.
Great t.v. I did a lot of research and so far I am glad that I made this choice. I went on [...] and found some great comparison statistics and reviews.

LCD is cheaper for a reason – plasma is the way to go.

We originally planned on mounting the t.v. on the wall but it looks so good on the stand that we decided to buy a new piece of furniture for it to sit on!

I fully recommend this t.v.

I feel like I got a good deal by buying through Amazon because they give you several options of vendors around the country who have shown the lowest prices.

5 Stars Outstanding!!!!!!!!
After doing copious research for over a year, going to stores and comparing, surfing the net, I settled on two brands, Pioneer and Panasonic. The Pana won out for price though Pioneer made the best TV on the planet. I also bought a Harmon Kardon 354 AVR. I have the Klipsch Reference speakers and a yamaha sub. My 18 year old computer wiz son hooked it up, set it up and we were watching high def TV.

Even the news looks great on this thing, but it wasn’t until I played my first Blu ray that I really experienced what this thing could do. I am avoiding all the technical terms because most folks don’t know or care about all that stuff as a rule or even understand it. I can say this the HDMI format makes it all possible. I have been into home theater a long time and this TV just took it to another level. Do yourself the favor, take the plunge, you will be glad you did.

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Samsung LN32B360 32 Inch 720p LCD HDTV

31.5″ screen (measured diagonally) * widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio * high-gloss black finish * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * 1366 x 768 pixels *

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars can’t compare to LG
EVeryone say Samsung is the best but once i got it… can’t even adjust the color right,

panel in the back where you plug in the cable is thin and weak, a little press i think I would break the panel.

return and got the LG, it is perfect and color is sharp and nice as default setting.

4 Stars Great TV
Really love this TV. It arrived before schedule in great shape. Had no problems hooking it up. And have been pleased with the picture quality and color since we have been using it.

4 Stars TOO EARLY TO TELL…ONLY HAD IT 2 WEEKS…GOOD SO FAR
I WAS LOOKING FOR A TV ABOVE BAR AREA IN BASEMENT…ONLY HAD 2 WEEKS….DOING GREAT SO FAR…NO COMPLAINTS…..

1 Star Poor Shipping Choice
First of all, the TV is fine, no problems. I had to cancel my order from Amazon after they shipped it to me via a company called Pilot Air Freight. This company sat on the TV for 10 days wondering how they were going to get it to me since they do not service my area. They finally consigned it to another freight company who only services my area once a month. So here I sit waiting over a month for my order; not in today’s world, I cancelled my order and bought the same TV at Wal Mart for less money. I phoned Amazon and they will not refund my money until the TV gets back to them from Pilot Air Freight, that I never received in the first place. What a joke to say the least, I guess I will have to file a dispute with my credit card company. Like I said the TV I bought at Wal Mart is great it is Amazon and Pilot you have to watch for.

5 Stars For the price, great TV
For the price, this is a great TV. The sound isn’t the best, about the only complaint I have.

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RCA ANT1450M Multi Directional Digital Flat Amplified HDTV Antenna White

Re-Boxed, Brown Box With Sticker; Receives Local Hd All Digital Tv Broadcast Signals; Eliminates Constant Adjustmentshang, Stand Or Lay Flat; Outperforms Traditional Antennas Due To Patented Design; Complements Slee Home Theater Designs; Supports All Di

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Convinced Skeptic
If an antenna could be any easier to use, this one was. Reception had been been annoying before always re-adjusting the old antenna when tuned to certain stations. This one, in one position gets them all, even the weakest signal.

I also bought this being unsure how much the amplifier would boost the signal. It worked. I tried the antenna with and without the signal amp. There is definite boost in reception clarity. For my setup, I was feeding the antenna signal to the DVR and then on to the TV. I’m sure there was some signal in the connections and along the path. With this antenna, with the amplifier on, the digital signal is steady and strong, allowing for a nice picture. If you’re in a fringe reception area for some station or have a weaker signal because of configuration, this will make the difference. Good results and value for this price.

3 Stars tv antenna
Not sure if its the tv or the antenna but I don’t get as many channels I had hoped for. Disappointed that if it truly an amplified antenna close local stations are pixely and never come in.

1 Star Not a true Digital antenna, avoid…
Nice looking unit.

However the one that I received from Amazon was opened and used before.

Anyway I tried the unit out, it picked up very few channels even after positioning the unit in several different locations (up high, beside a window etc).

The older rabbit ears that I had picked up the same channels…

I ended up returning this unit (tks to Amazon and their awesome service), and I more recently purchased the Terk HDTVa antenna – now this unit works straight away and offers really good reception as well as picking up all available digital channels in my area tks to it’s design and that it has proper UHF and VHF antennas…This is the unit that I would recommend to others…

5 Stars Great Antenna
I first started with the Basic Indoor Antenna, but since I live in the “fringe” area, I could bring in just ONE channel. This Flat Amplified one pulls in most of the available channels, and if I play with the direction of the panel I can get the 2-3 missing ones. I like the generous length of co-ax, so I did not need any extensions.

Delivery: It got home in 3 days – totally amazing!

The beauty of the “1450″ is its size: I placed it on top and back of a wall unit and no one can see it. The price in Amazon.com fluctuates all over the place, so look and try to get the lowest available – thru Amazon, of course!

BTW, why do they list “Sound quality” for an antenna attribute??

4 Stars Digital Antenna great
After years of using rabbit ears with my analog TV I was not prepared for the quality of the HD signal off this device. It is great.

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