Samsung PN50B450 Wonderful TV - Especially for the price!

I was having a hard time deciding between this TV and the Panasonic Viera P50X1. My husband and I went to Best Buy and luckily they had them set up side by side to compare. The Samsung seemed to have more accurate color (albeit barely perceptible) so we were leaning towards it anyway. Then, the price on the Samsung was temporarily lowered to $799 which definitely sealed the deal! We received it last Thursday, which was a day earlier than estimated. We're both very impressed. We were watching the US Open in HD and it really feels like you're standing on the court right next to the player's sweaty body. So far we're thrilled with our purchase, and I'm very happy with Amazon as they (in my experience) always make transactions seamless and stress free.

Samsung PN50B450 Great Value

I have had this TV for about a year. It is the best TV you can get for $1000 or less. Only downside is weak speakers, and I have surround sound to cure that.

Samsung PN50B450 Love It!

First let me say that I own a Samsung 40" LCD 1080p, and I am very happy with that one and really like Samsung for home electronics. I found this deal from a Google search because Fry's had the PN50B450 on sale for 1,099.00. I found it cheaper through Google shopping at Best Buy. Though we had some very questionable service at best buy (make sure they don't set the plasma it on it's side, they know better!).

This TV is just a great TV. I am viewing HD Clear QAM channels through the basic cable line and they look AWESOME. The only thing I ran into is the HDMI ports require the cable to be HDMI 1.3, so my DVD player has yet to work because I have to get a new cable. It says this in the manual though, so I wasn't alarmed.

I looked for reviews like this, and I especially liked the one from the guy who used to install Home Theater Systems. This is a great TV and if you can find it at a good price, buy it!

Samsung PN50B450 Wow and Double Wow!!

I just got this TV yesterday and I'm are still in shock! It is truly amazing! I don't even have HD programing for it and I'm almost afraid to get it because the SD programing (from DirecTv) is such an awesome picture. I mean how much shock can I take, lol. It takes less than 5 minutes to set up and the only adjustment I have made so far is to turn the color down a little because the reds were so red they hurt my eyes!
The sound is perfectly fine and I feel no need for a surround sound setup. I love the remote too, but since I have a DirecTV remote I don't even need it except to adjust settings on the TV. The size of this TV is perfect if not almost too big although I'm sure I'll get used to, lol. I watched a movie last night and could almost count the individual hairs on peoples heads. I sit about 11 feet from the tv. Amazing, just amazing. Delivery was even two days early and the man brought the TV in, unwrapped it and discarded the box. He set it up where I wanted it and even turned it on to check that it worked. That left me with the only thing left to do was go through the easy on screen setup. I had been afraid that TV would be difficult to set up what with all the new technology, but it was so easy that even my 80 year old Mom could do it! No need to look any further, this is the TV you want! The delivery man also said that he has NEVER had anyone return this TV! Enjoy.

Samsung PN50B450 Adequate for home theater

Taking the plunge into HDTV from a CRT, I'm mostly pleased, and with decently-transferred DVDs the image quality is what I was hoping for -- a viable home theater.

I made the mistake of making the Planet Earth DVDs the first thing I played. They almost looked better on my old CRT, and I was crestfallen that I'd just thrown away $900, but putting on a few other DVDs showed it to be a DVD issue, not the TV (I'm running a progressive scan DVD player with component cables directly to the TV).

I'm also running Yamaha's entry-level receiver, HTR-5830, and unfortunately I'm noticing a little lip-sync issue. The next one up, HTR-5840, has lip-sync correction.

One area that was a huge improvement from CRT was with the XBox 360. Really impressive.

So to those making the move into HDTV for the first time, be aware of factors that will make it a less-than-ideal experience, but it's a great TV for the price and in the right circumstances.

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Not having bought a receiver in a few years, I thought all I'd need to have the receiver handle all outgoing video traffic was one cable. Evidently it's now acceptable for a receiver to only transmit the same kind of traffic that goes in; in other words, video input from composite-, component- and HDMI-connected sources would need three different cables out to the TV.

It's a scam that video conversion isn't standard in today's A/V receivers.

Samsung PN50B450 Excellent TV for the price!!

I have recently got this TV delivered after my 56' DLP started turning itself off randomly every 3 hours. Since I got the service plan three years ago I got two tv's for the price of 1. I got this TV which is fantastic. The colors are vibrant and really pop off the screen. I play a lot of games on XBOX 360 and PS3 which I don't know why they list the TV as displaying only 720P. I can set all three resolutions 720P, 1080i, and 1080P and XBOX accepts all of them. Could not be happier....

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Update 9-5-2009
I still think this is one of the best deals out there on TV's. I recently compared again along price and features and this TV again won out. I have purchased this same model for my living room. The kicker was it was [...] cheaper than last time. If you need a large screen this is the best one available.

Samsung PN50B450 inch plasma 720p

This TV is amazing. The picture is fabulous, The controls for Samsung are very intuitive and easy to use, connections are easy and have many options. And the delivery - top notch. I would not hesitate to recommend, this TV or Amazon delivery to anyone.
This is my second Plasma n 2 years, both from AMAZOn. I am a happy camper.