We finally got our new HDTV on Saturday! So far, we’re very happy with the TV that we had to wait more than three weeks to get.
The new TV is a Samsung 50 inch series 8 plasma HDTV (PN50B850). It’s supposed to be one of the thinnest TV’s on the market right now, and for a plasma, it has one of the brightest pictures.
It took us a couple of hours on Saturday to get the new TV hooked up properly on the new TV stand which has a mount that holds the TV about a foot above the stand. Of course hooking it up to the Home theater system was part of that 2 hour or so set up too.
Once we had it all hooked up correctly we were amazed by the picture! We thought we had a fairly nice TV when we got the Samsung DLP several years ago, but this picture is much much better! Of course the DLP’s light bulb was getting old so the picture might have not been quite as bright as it would have been if it had a new bulb in it.
When I registered the TV at Samsung a tiny message came up when I typed in the serial number. It said the TV was manufactured on January 31st – two weeks after we’d ordered it, so in a way our TV was made just for us! Made to order anyway since it was on back order for a few weeks. LOL
The buzzing problem that this TV model has been notorious for hasn’t reared it’s ugly head as of yet. I had heard that Samsung had a fix for the problem and since our TV was just made hopefully it has the fix built in and we won’t experience that dreaded buzzing problem that I’ve read about so much in various forums and reviews.
We haven’t had a lot of luck with appliances and electronics in the last year or so, i.e. broken washing machine, broken toaster oven, furnace making weird sounds, DLP TV dying and other problems, so we’re hoping that our luck has changed and no problems crop up.
I haven’t played with any of the color levels on the TV yet. It’s just in standard viewing mode for now. Apparently with a Plasma you’re supposed to run it in standard for about 100 hours before you start playing with the settings in order to avoid any burn in problems. Of course this TV has a built in screen wipe that we can turn on if we do notice any burn in that will apparently erase it quickly.
Along with a new home theater system (a Yamaha 6230) we also got one of those high tech remotes (we got a deal!). The new remote was easy to set up. I customized everything by hooking it up to my computer and now all we have to do to watch tv is hit one button on the remote and the TV, home theater and PVR all turn on to the correct settings. This will make it a lot easier when our in-laws or other guests come for a visit. The old remote confused my father in law to no end and all he really had to do was hit separate power buttons for the TV and cable box (PVR) so getting it down to one button should help. I hope!
I’ve spent the last few days watching the new TV while still recovering from that darn cold I got. Geez … I’ve had the cold almost as long as we were waiting for the TV to come in. LOL I’m happy to report that my cold seems to finally be going away. Just a few sniffles now. Now if only I’d stop getting emails for Sacramento homes for sale when I live in Toronto I’d be a happy camper!
Anyone else have a Plasma TV … perhaps even the one we have (a Samsung PN50B850)? Are you happy with it?
Congratulations on the new TV… I’m still viewing a Mitsubishi rear-projection unit. It was so big that the previous home owner left it behind when we bought the house. Turns out that he couldn’t fit it up the stairs, so he had to hoist it in the window. THAT involved removing part of the window, so it was a huge production.
I think when it’s time for me to replace it, I might break it into pieces to get it out of the house…
I wanted to get a new TV, but now 3D ones are coming out, I guess i need to wait.
Sounds like you’ve got yourself a nice little home cinema setup going on.
Best of luck with it and fingers crossed no problems with buzzing noises.
@Car News – the 3D tvs look like their going to be really good, can’t wait to try watching sports on one.
Why plasma?, I have a 40 lcd I think they are great and much cheaper.
I have heard there are problems with cells going dead on plasmas’.
Wow having a 50 inch samsung plasma sounds really great, i wish to have the same, my tv is getting old and i am planning to change it with the new one.
The problem with HD is it makes everyone look old and the bad sets look fake! That’s what I thought anyway..
My! I am always dreaming of having a samsung TV. Hope I can buy one next month.
I have heard there are problems with cells going dead on plasmas’.
Samsungs are by far the best tv’s, I recently bought the le40c650 and to be honest I cant fault it, by far much better than our old Sony Bravia
Sony HDTV 3D are the best 3D tv’s out there today!
Absolutely the best picture I have seen in a LCD TV and better than my 3 year old 46XBR4 that had the fluorescent backlighting.
This kdl55nx810 has a dynamic(local dimming) edge lit LED, and the contrast and blacks are excellent.
The 3D is stunning with little ghosting, even with 3D set for max effect.
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Hiya trica, glad your happy with your new tv.these new plasma ones are so easy to use,and the quality is great.