Typical price: £2,200
What is it: A 1080p plasma screen with amazing picture quality
What we think: This screen offers great performance, vastly improved sound and a fair price tag, although it won't be affordable for everyone
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 3 September 2007
Tags: Samsung, Samsung PS50P96, Freeview, pixels, film
We like:
HD picture quality; full range of inputs; styling; sound
We don't like:
Freeview doesn't scale well to 50-inch screens; slow remote control response; needs to have settings tweaked to get the best possible picture
Also known as:
PS-50P96FD
You might also need:
HDMI cable, Sky or Virgin HD TV, HD DVD or Blu-ray player, hi-def games console
CNET UK judgement:
Samsung's PS50P96 is a fantastic 1080p plasma TV that offers great HD performance while still managing to make the most of Freeview
Full review:
When it comes to a movie experience, having faithful black reproduction is really important. It's not much of a secret that the current range of LCD TVs struggle with producing deep black, because of the way they work. Their pixels don't generate any light and so a light is projected from behind them. This process means that it's never possible to have total black on screen. Plasma TVs, on the other hand, use pixels that glow, so creating black is as simple as turning the pixels off. Continue Reading...
Samsung PS50P96 History
19 Oct 2007 in Crave
CNET.co.uk Editors' Choice Awards 2007
It's that time of year again, when the badinage flows as smoothly as the champagne -- yes, it's the impossibly glamorous CNET.co.uk Editors' Choice Awards
23 Aug 2007 in Crave
Samsung PS50P96: A 1080p plasma TV for movie fans
If you've been waiting for a 1080p plasma to come along and make your day, then you need drum your fingers on the desk no more -- the PS50P96 is here, and it's a corker
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