http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/ Engadget HD Comments for Samsung LN52A650 review http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
Anyway, wish you'd said more about all this stuff, because it's far more important than the inputs/the wall mount, the swivel base, the sleep button, etc.]]>Apr 25th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
However it appears that we need to go to cNet. There the only website I rely on nowadays for tech news and reviews.]]>Apr 25th 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
However it appears that we need to go to cNet. There the only website I rely on nowadays for tech news and reviews.]]>Apr 25th 2008 2:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Samsung, as far as i know,is using stock ATi processors and hasn't adjusted it too much. They just 'let the light shine through' with what appears to be EXACTLY the same coversheet as a SONY XBrite laptop. In other words, more light is 'more contrast' technically, BUT, uh.. wow, the glare sucks big time.
I tell everyone to treat these Reflective LCD Panels the same as a Plasma in where you want to place it. People still seem to like these to plasma since they appear to be sharper with 120htz. If Panasonic or Pioneer implement 120htz motion frame interpolation on their 480htz effective plasma panels, they would solve that issue.
For my money,the best TV's on the market are Panasonics with AntiGlare coatings (better than their Anti Reflective coating) and an XBR4 or XBR5.
Mid Range, Toshiba's look really nice when you turn down the Green Drive and increase the Blue Drive to compensate for the human eye's reception preferences.
There is not enough significant difference between a Toshiba and a Vizio to warrent buying something that lowend. So, if you aren't spending much money, a lowerend SONY V panel or a Toshiba, if you are spending money, you need to check out the first two i talked about. ]]>May 8th 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Apr 25th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
How come no mention of the most important thing: Picture Quality? How does it stack up next to the Kuros, XBR4s, and Sammy 65s and 71s from last season?

Saw it in the store for a few minutes and it looked to me like the color popped more than the Kuros and better detail too, but obviously not blacks...But wondered what you thought after testing side by side...]]>Apr 25th 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Apr 25th 2008 4:17PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Apr 25th 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
Thats like saying my crap smalls a little better than yours. Meaningless numbers. If you really work for a large retailer and think LCD's look good its not wonder Plasma is just hanging on to life like a piece of poop around a dogs bum hair.

My god things have changed from my day when sales people pointed the customer to the best product, not the one with the flashing lights.]]>Apr 26th 2008 3:29AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Jun 1st 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
That should read

"and if the contrast of a plasma doesn't interest you, then we would definitely recommend that you check out your nearest mental hospital, or just wipe my hairy ass with the cash you spend on this piece of poop that will blind you every time it attempts to display a dark scene"]]>Apr 25th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
I avoided plasma because I use my HDTV for a lot more than just movies. Image retention on my friend's Panny plasma was terrible, but that model is a couple years old now so I'm sure the technology has improved.]]>Apr 25th 2008 4:20PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
Thats the funniest thing I have heard in a long time. I have a tub of dog turd covered in lights and its presented in a nice box. It improves the black levels on any tv. You might buy it from me? It seems you will buy any crap marketing companies tell you.

Its not possible for LCD to have good blacks, short of manufactures creating mini black holes to suck all the light in.

Science is my friend.]]>Apr 26th 2008 3:38AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/May 2nd 2008 2:10AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Apr 25th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Apr 26th 2008 1:17AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Apr 26th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Apr 26th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
You couldn't be more wrong. Last years Sammy model had the best blacks of ANY HDTV on the market. You should do more research before talking about of your ass.
]]>Apr 26th 2008 7:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/May 8th 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/May 21st 2008 4:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Apr 27th 2008 2:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/Apr 27th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
You couldn't be more wrong. Last years Sammy model had the best blacks of ANY HDTV on the market. You should do more research before talking about of your ass.
]]>Apr 28th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/May 1st 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/May 7th 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
I have compared a TH50PZ700A Panasonic Full HD Plasma right next to an LA40F81BDX and the Samsung had much better black levels and better colours overall.

That's right. The LCD had better colours and tones compared to the Plasma.

I assume you believe Plasma's don't suffer from backlight issues, which is true, they do not use backlights. They do however suffer from black-level issues as Wikipedia states "Plasma is often cited as having better black levels (and contrast ratios), although both plasma and LCD have their own technological challenges. Each cell on a plasma display has to be precharged before it is due to be illuminated (otherwise the cell would not respond quickly enough) and this precharging means the cells cannot achieve a true black."

Yes, maybe Wikpiedia is not THE best reference but it's better than whatever you've provided.

Compare a good quality LCD like the high-end Samsung range and you will start to realise that LCDs have come a long longe way. I'm not saying it's better than the new Kuro but it's certainly better than a lot of other Plasmas.]]>May 8th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
A LOT of TV & movie material is still in either in 4:3 mode or or has black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. To stretch a sub SD quality 4:3 image to 16:9 will give you a hideous picture especially on modern high resolution Flat panel TVs. Its best to watch it in its native format. You really cannot do this with Plasmas because you will eventually cause damage to the screen.

Bottom line: If the movie picture quality on LCD is getting close to Plasma - then its an absolute no-brainer which is the better buy - LCD. There is a good reason why Pioneer is going to stop making Plasmas. ]]>May 13th 2008 1:50AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
"Its not possible for LCD to have good blacks, short of manufactures creating mini black holes to suck all the light in."

I and a lot of other users love your comment as stated above. It's just so funny.
]]>May 19th 2008 10:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
This guy is an excellent calibrator who uses $40,000 in equipment to get peoples sets to that level. He also commented on the new Viera plasmas and says don't waste your time, you can't get the correct skin tone on them no matter what.

I hope this helps some out there, you can go to AVS forums and look in the 650 calibration thread for the info I just provided.

Mosh~~]]>May 22nd 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
One of the big factors in my choosing LCD was I detested glare; yet it seems all the sets now have glare galore with highly reflective screen surfaces, just like plasmas. BIG step backwards for LCD technology...]]>May 28th 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
Seeing is believing!

"Wisdom begins with the definition of terms" Socrates]]>Jun 1st 2008 4:17PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/25/samsung-ln52a650-review/
1. You are comparing a 50in(Kuro) to a 52in(Sam)
2. Plasma(Kuro) to LCD(Sam)
3. Price $2800 to $2000(Sam)

Just due to those 3 points alone the Samsung WINS allround. Now if I wanted to go spend $2800 on a TV is sure would not be the Kuro there are better TVs out there.... then the Kuro ((get off the cNet bandwagon)) and do more research...cNet even states that the Kuro does not even have the best color....true it has great blacks...but what good are true blacks if you have poor color!]]>Jun 23rd 2008 7:11PM