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• 1 Greenwood

  At first I was a little concerned when my reds and greens were too strong. I calibrated my screen and kept the black level off, and it cleared everything up. The HD channels look incredible and the 480i analog channels look great too. br /br /The 58″ size is the perfect size for our basement, not too big or too small. I can’t imagine having a tv bigger than this.br /br /This is an awesome tv and a great value.

• 2 Upchurch

  I just got the Samsung PN58B550. I’ve had the TV now for about 3 days and so far I am very pleased with my purchase. Blacks levels are very good. Remote and menu is fairly easy to use. There’s no professional reviews out there right now only because the set was released in January of this year. As a result I was a little concerned about buying this set. I’m hoping the reviews will be favorable. How different could this unit be compared to the top rated PN58A550?br /br /The only negative is there’s a slight buzzing coming from the back of the set. No big deal. If you stand in front of the TV you can’t hear it at all. I’m sure it’s part and parcel of the electronics.

• 3 Pilate

  I bought This TV with very reasonable price and service is real good tha tincludes Delivery as well as after sales customer service..the only thingi have to mention is i got defective piece @ the cost of New so quality is not good got vertical thick different color line at half screen stay for 20 minutes wheveer you turn ON the TV which is repaired by samsung service man at home butin other word i can get better refurbished TV at that price..

• 4 Cessna

  My wife and I treated ourselves to new TV this year and we just love our purchase. Watching high def movies and programs on this is just like being in a movie theater.

• 5 Felton

  I have had this TV now for about 3 weeks and am very happy with it! The picture is very good and I am still tweaking things to try to make it better! Easy to navigate the menus and there are enough settings to keep you busy for a long time.I would recommend this TV to anyone who wants a big beautiful picture!

• 6 Gossett

  I had been shopping for a TV for about 9 months. Having already been a big fan of Samsung and the color quality I’ve seen on the A550 40″ LCD. br /br /Going back and forth to window shop at several retail chains, and annoying the staff with questions and not buying their TV. At first I didn’t care for plasma; the heat issue, the burn-in issue, and overall fragile vibe I had for plasma TVs in the first place. br /br /Originally I had my heart set on the A750 52″ LCD. When I did a generic samsung search on amazon.com I found the 58″ plasma to be same price at the time. br /br /Now I did the conversion from an HDTV back to a SDTV so I know what I was dealing with. A 52″ HDTV is the same height of a 40″ SDTV. This little bit of info is very important and why some people are confused with their HDTV purchase. Being familiar with the height of their previous TV, and replacing it with an HDTV and having that feeling that somehow its smaller. br /br /Exactly what happened to me. I thought my 40″ HDTV was big, but when you take the widescreen out of the measurement. It become a 27″ SDTV. br /br /BIG DIFFERENCE br /br /and that is what explained why I felt it was smaller than I expected. This fact become more profound when you watch media that isn’t widescreen. The 52″ HDTV becomes a 40″ SDTV height wise. br /br /Hopefully, I haven’t lost you yet. br /br /Having waited and done my homework this 58″ plasma TV fit the bill. And as a bonus I got the better picture quality. Which is very important for me since I have the Sony PS3 for games and blu-ray movies. br /br /It comes shipped in a box that was bigger than I expected. Very well packaged. I immediately turned it on and left it on for a few hours to see if there was any shipping damage. Because plasma TVs are a huge sheet of glass, I had to be sure before they left.br /br /Yes, this TV will require 2-3 people to lift into place ! no kidding.br /br /My only warning is this: this plasma is very bright and because of that burn-in can happen very quickly. A matter of minutes depending on what is on the screen. The user’s manual suggests turning the brightness down on several settings. It also mentions for the first 100hours, 200hours and 1000hours, burn-in is possible at different levels of severity. We have since learned to just flip the channel real quick when we pause a movie. The “JumboTron” as my friend puts it is worth that inconvenience.br /br /The really good news is that burn-in seems to only last a few minutes if turned off or flipped to another channel. You don’t have to worry about ruining the TV.br /br /Another interesting fact. When idle this TV runs at 215 watts with no signal. When in use, showing on broadcast or movie this TV pulls a whopping 675 watts. I know this because I still need to get a bigger UPS (uninterpretable power supply) for it. Since I wouldn’t want something stupid like a brownout (which is worse) or power failure to damage it. br /br /So Yes, all in all I’m very happy I got this TV.

• 7 Tenebaum

  This is one awesome television set. The color and clarity of the picture is amazing. Actual set-up was simple and quick. My expectations have clearly been exceeded.

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