Samsung HP-S5053 50" Plasma HDTV

Average customer rating: 4.0

Sharp image, great color
Samsung 5053 50" Plasma HDTV
Excellent value for a great TV
Buzzing sound RESOLVED!!!
Samsung HP-S5053 50" Plasma HDTV

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Samsung HP-S5053 50" Plasma HDTV

Manufacturer: Samsung
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000EIW3E4

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Product Description

The Samsung HP-S5033 50" High Definition Plasma TV with HDTV Tuner enriches your life. With its incredible new technology you'll enjoy outstanding contrast and brightness and vivid colors. The powerful, 50 inch plasma display delivers outstanding brightness, contrast and overall picture clarity. The TV comes equipped with an NTSC/ATSC tuner for instant enjoyment of the latest HDTV broadcasts. You'll also get the latest DNIe picture enhancements for superior graphics, Split-screen and PiP features let you view more than one show at a time, for easier channel browsing. TruSurround delivers a compelling, virtual surround Sound experience through the two-speaker internal playback system. The simple HDMI connection makes it simple to make the HP-S5053 a part of your home entertainment system. 13-bit processing (549 billion colors) Split screen function Picture-in-Picture DNIe (Digital Natural Image engine) Viewing Angle - 175 degrees (horizontal and vertical) 3D Y/C digital comb filter Audio pixel shift (burn-in resistance) 15-watt per channel amplifier Built-in 1-way, 2-speaker system SRS TruSurround XT Rear A/V Connections - HDMI, YPbPr (Compnent) in, S-Video, Composite input, PC input Side A/V Connections - S-Video, Composite input, headphone jack 60,000 hour panel life

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Offering an incredible feature set and exceptional quality for its price, Samsung's fifth-generation 50-inch HP-S5053 plasma TV uses the company's proprietary electronic chassis and the latest DNIe enhancement circuitry to deliver outstanding brightness, contrast, and image clarity. Use it for home theater and use it for your PC--it's perfect for both. In addition to a standard-broadcast NTSC tuner, it also features an integrated ATSC tuner that can capture over-the-air digital broadcasts from local network affiliates (the set will still require a set-top tuner for receiving non-terrestrial HD broadcasts from channels like HBO or Discovery).

The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe) Video Enhancer refines all analog NTSC and wideband video inputs for an overall improvement in picture quality. DNIe improves contrast, white level, picture detail and incorporates digital noise reduction to improve lower quality video inputs. Thanks to the new 13-bit processing capability of DNIe, the HP-S5053 can produce over 549 billion colors (compared to the one billion colors that TVs with 10-bit processing can produce.

This set features a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, 175-degree viewing angle, brightness rating of 1300 cd/m2 (candela per square meter), and an amazing 10000:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) The 3D Y/C digital comb filter constantly analyzes the three dimensions of picture height, picture width, and picture changes-over-time to dramatically reduce edge image artifacts while improving transition detail.

The anti-glare plasma panel offers several protective features to resist burn-in, including auto pixel shift, signal pattern processing, and white screen function. It's rated for a 60,000-hour panel life (6 hours of usage a day for 27 years). Other features include: <ul>

Picture-in-picture (PIP) enables convenient simultaneous viewing of TV programs and video or PC sources.

Parental Control (V-Chip) helps parents monitor what their children watch on TV by establishing rating limits.

Auto volume leveler keeps audio volume consistent during channel changing.

Multi-lingual on-screen displays in English, Spanish or French.

Side A/V input </ul>

High-quality virtual surround sound can be experienced with just the speakers built into the sides of the TV. SRS TruSurround XT technology delivers an amazing, simulated 3D effect with clear dialog and powerful bass. It produces 10 watts of power per channel (for 20 watts total) and offers the following connection options: <ul>

Composite (RCA audio/video): 2 inputs (1 on the side)

S-Video: 2 inputs (1 on the side)

Component (Y/Pb/Pr): 2 inputs

HDMI: 2 inputs

PC: 1 D-Sub15 input

RF: 2 inputs

Digital audio: 1 coaxial and 1 optical </ul>

<b>Tech Talk</b>
HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV--all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats--standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV).

TruSurround XT audio adds three new audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience. <ul>

Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into ÒfocusÓ during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.

TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.

The SRS WOW feature widens the soundstage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system. </ul> Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.

<b>What's in the Box</b>
Plasma TV, remote control (with batteries), power cord, printed operating instructions

Customer Reviews:

Sharp image, great color.......2007-05-20

This is a really great TV. I bought a SONY 46 LCD (46v2500) few months ago and were not totally impressed with the picture and color. So I decided to give Samsung plasma a try when I need to buy a TV for my parents. With more than $1000 lower than the Sony I paid, I am so amazed with the quality of this TV. Color is very vivid and image is so sharp. I had totally changed my impression on Samsung. I am not trying to compare orange with apple but I really feel I am getting much more from this TV than the 1080 Sony LCD. I purchased online and also registered right away. Samsung provided additional 3 months of warrenty. I am very pleased with this purchase.

Samsung 5053 50" Plasma HDTV.......2007-05-07

Received the TV from Amazon in a timely manner and in good condition. Great picture quality. The only problem is that the HDMI input is not compatable with the HDMI output on a DirectTV high definition receiver. You have to use the component hookup. I called DirectTV and Samsung and still don't know who is to blame for this problem?

Excellent value for a great TV.......2007-05-04

I purchased this 50-inch Samsung from Amazon at around $1700 and am completely satisfied. Debated between this and the comparable Panasonic, and to be honest, I chose this black model over Panasonic's silver. Sharp, deep colors were very important to me along with wide viewing angles. This TV delivers! The lack of 1080p was a slight drawback, but I personally didn't see the value in having it. Probably only downside is that the sound put out by this unit's internal speakers is somewhat weak. But if you're buying an HD TV, you darn sure better be connecting to an audio receiver! The non-HD channels look better on this unit than other similar TVs I've seen and it naturally stretches those channels to fit the screen. The TV is one month old as of this writing, and I couldn't be more satisfied. Very good value for this TV.

Buzzing sound RESOLVED!!!.......2007-05-01

I did a lot of research before making my decision to go with the Samsung 50" Plasma tv model 5053. I was very nervous about this so called buzzing noise, but I took a chance anyway. I purchased the tv from Circuit City because they had the best deal at the time. Yes, right out the box when I first powered the tv up, there was a very loud and annoying buzzing sound. I was sitting about 11 feet away from the tv and the noise was very audible when watching a quiet scene in a movie. My heart was crushed, because the picture on this tv is UNBELIEVEABLE!!! I hooked up a Sony HDMI upconvert dvd player and the picture quality on a movie is just to die for. I called Samsung to complain about the buzzing sound and a technician came to look into the problem. I'm very happy to say that Samsung has finally seemed to isolate this buzzing problem with this particular 50" model. Two guys showed up and explained to me that they would be lowering the voltage on my plasma tv. They went on to assure me that this would in no way affect the performance of the tv. They unscrewed the back panel and tinkered with the motherboard to lower the voltage current in two specific areas. After that they pulled out some special adhesive strips and taped them onto certain areas of the back panel. They put it all back together and PRESTO!!!! The buzzing sound was reduced to almost nothing. It seems that they really know what they are doing now in regards to this problem. Now, I'm enjoying my tv to the fullest. I have yet to receive my Direct tv package, so I can take advantage of the HD content. You heard it from me. Samsung is GREAT! The two technicians that came over were just awesome and they seemed to know exactly what they were doing. I would say they were at my place for no more than 35 minutes. I sure hope this info helps all of you out there dealing with this buzzing sound.

Samsung HP-S5053 50" Plasma HDTV.......2007-04-12

Great picture, great price, superb & fast delivery by Amazon (via EGL trucking).
No complaints except for a faint buzzing sound on the plasma TV. I have heard that all plasma's "buzz" a bit. This would not stop me from purchasing this TV again.

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