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4.5 stars
"Excellent!"
Pros: Great picture, 3 HDMI, sharp looking
Cons: standard channels not the bst
Summary: I recently received my Samsung 5084 after reading a ton of on-line reviews, here are my thoughts as a "non-tech" person.
1) The TV is great. Hookup is very easy, picture is superb with great blacks. Great at 1080P and the 15,000 contrast ratio, sharp!
2) don't go crazy reading all kinds of reviews that talk about "false contouring" or "color of whatever was not so great", the average person couldn't tell the difference. I saw this TV at a store with 3 other similar TV's (size wise and price). The Samsung stood out.
3) as a non-tech person i have to laugh at such fuss made over "glare". Get this folks, in the afternoon, your movie isn't going to look as good as it does at night! But as far as daytime watching, it still looks great.
4) I highly recommend a power strip that also features a "line conditioner". I think Paramax and others make them. When i hooked mine up, the picture quality absolutely improved without doubt. So you get superior protection and a better picture. Worth what you'll pay.
5)many people out there will tell you "configurations" you should use. Tv should be burned in for maybe 60 hours before doing anything. Many good stores offer a configuration where someone will come out, run a DVD and configure your TV. Around where i live they charge $30, worth it.
6) you don't need "monster cables". They are good but guess what, you can buy cheaper one's on-line that are just as good. Your paying for a name.
7) You'll want a good blu-ray or high def DVD player. That's where your really going to see why this tv is better than it's 720 counterparts.
8) I've read a comment that "Dynamic setting will fry your set". I've been told that's a crock, BUT guess what? I hate the picture in dynamic. I watched a movie and ball game & switched between dynamic and standard and the standard looked much better to me.
All in all, i love my Samsung despite the arrogant tech people trying to tell me how much better the pioneers are. This is a great set that i was able to get for a little over 2k, a steal in my eyes. Retail stores have them for 3k right now. A great set.
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I have no doubt in my mind that there are arrogant tech people out there selling TV's, not one bit, but in the same respects, I think it is rather ignorant of yourself to overlook the shortcomings of a television you got at a good price. It takes no expert to see the difference in banding and picture quality between this Plasma and the Panasonic TH-50PZ700U. Pioneer also makes an amazing plasma. Panasonic and Pioneer have been doing it the longest and are at the forefront. I don't disagree that the TV is good, but I think your review is tarnished to a degree by your own arrogance of the subject. Your opinion is to not listen to the "arrogant tech people," when they are merely attempting to convince you why another Plasma is better? I'm not sure what experience you had, but I can assure you every customer I take care of receives best of class service and I hope they don't leave with the impression that I am arrogant.
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