So...I was pessimistic at first considering the 1 & 2 star reviews. Now that I have it, have configured it, and have it set up with Dish HD and PS3, I am overwhelmed. Here is my pros and cons:
Pros - Amazing colors, excellent menus w/ lots of useful options, great inputs/outputs (in my opinion), amazing and highly customizable sound, great zooming features for fitting motion pictures to the size of the screen, extremely useful picture burn protection tools, great plug-and-play features, and a cool little melody that plays when turning off and on
Cons - Picture is sometimes blurry during fast, vivid action or quick camera change moments (ex. The Rock San Francisco chase scene or Speed Racer Grand Prix race scene), the need to adjust the picture zoom sometimes to protect from picture burn simply because it's a plasma TV (but it has tools that help you protect against this!)
This is hands-down, bar-none the best TV for the value. I've researched all the plasma and LCD TVs in this price range. This is the biggest TV with the highest refresh rate and most appealing features I could find. Plus, Samsung is praised for the quality of it's plasma TVs. When you see the menu, explore the options, and use them, you will praise them yourself. For example, there is a section on burn protection that allows you to set a pixel shifting function to prevent picture burn and a scrolling function that allows you to get rid of it if it happens.
The "straw that broke the camel's back" though for me was the 3.5mm sound output on the back. First of all, it's hard nowadays to find a good TV w/ a 3.5mm sound jack. This one does! Second, it doesn't cut the TV volume off. I hooked up a microphone headphone volume amplifier to it, and now I can control the headphone and actual TV volume separately! Trust me, this is useful. For example, when a significant other doesn't want to hear your program, you can just pop on your headphones and blast the volume! Imagine explosions and firefights, all the while, your spouse or whoever is reading a book or sleeping a few feet away. Ha!
Anyways, it's a good deal for the cash. I'll update in a few months.Get more detail about Samsung PN42C450 42-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV (Black).
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