Samsung PN50A550 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV

This telly is so great. Football looks awesome, games are great, standard definition looks pretty good too. It looks stylish and is just beautiful. Not much else to say about the telly that others haven't said. I spent a ton of time researching and definitely am happy with this buy. Go get it now.

This television is awesome. Period. The color accuracy is astounding, the setup is quick and easy, and it just looks nice as a piece of furniture.

My ONLY gripe would be that the speakers aren't loud enough sometimes, and if you turn the volume up high enough, the sound (especially lower tones) can make the cabinet buzz or vibrate a little. But I have exterior speakers, so this was not an issue for me. The sound quality from the built-in speakers is excellent.

I would highly recommend this tv. However, if you have a non-HD source going into it, you WILL know it. If you have HD already, or plan to get it, get ready for one hell of a ride. If you have a Disney/Pixar movie DVD (like The Incerdibles, Cars, etc...) that has a THX Optimizer for your picture settings, USE IT! I did, and the picture quality still makes my jaw drop.

Great tv, great picture, great sound, great looks. Buy it- you will not be disappointed.

Ordered a brand new PN50A550 Oct 2oth, 2009. It took one week for shipping. Upon arrival I inspected it and looked fine. After taking a hour to set up, I enjoyed the picture for few minutes before noticing a bright line 2 pixels wide going across the middle of the screen. It was much more noticable with lighter backgrounds. To my great disappointment, I called the vendor and they would not ship another plasma if you accepted the shipping. They kindly refered me to Samsung tech support. After waiting 10 minutes Samsung refered me to a local technician. They came over the next day and diagnosed the problem. Apparently its a "rare" defect. BTW - this tv was manufactured in Mexico, there has been alot of chatter with defective sets manufactured there, guess I was one of the unlucky ones...Another week has past, and we are still waiting for the parts from Samsung. So almost a month later, I am still waiting to enjoy my "new" plasma. This model had alot of potential, but this whole experience has been very frustrating. If I could do it over again, I would by the comparable Panasonic plasma.

I wish I knew more about all of the really technical aspects of this TV so that I could provide a more insightful review. But I don't, so I'll give you a dumbed-down review...this TV is really cool!

I can't comment on the TV speakers because we use a 7.1 surround sound system, so the speakers on the TV are turned off. (Turning them off was pretty easy using the remote). We have it connected to a PS2 with component cables, and the picture is way better than on the old SDTV. We also have it connected to a PC with a VGA connection, which allows us to use the TV as a giant PC monitor. I'm sure that a better video card in the PC would allow us to use one of the HDMI connections on the TV, but the VGA connection is infinitely better than the setup we had on the old TV. 50" is almost 2 times as big as our old TV, but because it is less than 4" deep it doesn't seem to take up much more room.

Amazon had the best price plus shipping combination anywhere, and they delivered it to our door within 6 days. I could not have asked for a better shopping experience, and for what I paid I could not get a better TV.

Excelent TV. Amazon, great place to purchase.Everything I have purchased at Amazon has been quality and received quickly. I research each item I am going to purchase. It really helps, and so far no surprises.