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User Submitted Samsung PN42A450 42-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV Reviews Date: 2010-03-31 Boomy sound I guess when you have a trend towards ever slimmer flat-screen TVs, we simply will not get decent audio. After all, speakers need a certain physcial depth to achieve any sort of bass. However, what Samsung has done with this TV, and other firms do it as well, is to place the speakers on the back, and they are rear-firing speakers. The result, especially in cases where the TV is in a large room, is an unpleasant boomy-ness. Dialog especially is garbled. Yes, I played around with all the audio settings, and that helps somewhat, but in the end I had to attach a low cost home theater system, and that helped improve the sound considerably. Date: 2010-03-25 Great! Very happy with the purchase. Met a nice salesperson at the Samsung store in the Time Warner Center. She took me through a number of different websites and assisted me in finding a model that worked for my plan. Shipped to my home and although a small delay, the television arrived following a major snow storm in good shape. The store called and said that the model I ordered was out of stock and offered me a free upgrade which I accepted. Very happy with all aspects of the transaction. Excellent service! Date: 2010-02-23 not happy with the product quality After a year of use, when switching the TV on or off, the blank screen shows some red color bleeding before any picture appears near the left of the screen. Tried resetting to factory settings, and also using the scrolling feature that is supposed to fix burn-in issues but there has been no change. Samsung support said I'll need to get an onsite technician to diagnose and fix this which will probably cost a third of what I bought this for. That said, the TV is sleek, and easy to use. Sound quality could be better. Date: 2009-09-07 Great Choice I searched and searched looking for the right flat screen. I was very new to this technology as well. I visited several websites and stores. There are true benefits of both LCD and Plasma; however, the plasma has an awesome view with brighter pictures and excellent for movie nights. Some people say the plasma tv will cause an increase in the electric bill because it does use more energy. I have not noticed much of an increase and I've had this tv for two months now. We watch it everyday. The 720p is great as well because most tv networks broadcast in 720p (The higher, the more expensive for the networks). I am very pleased with this Samsung. It has great sound and picture quality, and you can even connect your laptop computer to the tv. It definitely is a great purchase for the first flat screen tv buyer. Date: 2009-05-31 Pretty decent plasma I originally purchased this TV as a gift for my parents' however they thought it was too much (not in price wise though). So I ended up giving them my new 32" LCD that was in my bedroom ... however the gift was just for a spare room in their home that didn't have a TV (which I wanted 1 to be in there). Anyhow, I purchased this TV in DEC08 -- nearly 5 months & it's already discontinued, although I don't know how long it actually survived on the market. Overall, it works pretty well up to my standards even though I don't spend too much time watching it. Nonetheless, I've occasionally noticed that it seems to be subject of a slight burn-in. I really don't know ... But I'm starting to feel as if this TV won't last me too long because sometimes I see an image very faintly when I turn it off or switch onto vid-mode. Like the previous channel's logo will still be there for a moment. The design/look is nonetheless, stylish! Which is a plus but I'm not too sure about the actual quality of it just yet. So far I will give it 4 out of 5 (although I would say a 3.5 is more suitable). * Price is subject to change. |
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