An INCREDIBLE TV - At A Great Value. Ok, I feel compelled to share my initial thoughts on my new Samsung HP-R5072 50" plasma TV. After comparing many options in person, and doing a great deal of research online - including reading through every review I could find - I decided on the Samsung over my other top finalists: the Pioneer PDP-5060HD and the Panasonic TH-50PX500U. All, I'm sure, are great TVs. But the Samsung won out mostly b/c it offered the best value (it seemed to be priced around $400-$1000 less than the other two op...
[Samsung 50" Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (HPR5072) review by James L. Drought III "jld3" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | James L. Drought III "jld3" | | Review Date: | 12/29/2005 | | User Location: | San Antonio, TX USA | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
97% (37 of 38) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Samsung HP-R5072 versus Panasonic TH50PX500 Initally purchased the Panasonic from Amazon. I received it damaged, so I had to send it back. They didn't have any left in stock, so I decided to purchase a 50" plasma from a local dealer. None of the locals had the Panasonic that I wanted, so I went with the Samsung HP-R5072. I had the Samsung for 20 days before I returned it and purchased the Panasonic TH50PX500.
All-in-all, the picture on the Samsung had a good picture, but it did not have near the picture clarity and color ...
[Samsung 50" Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (HPR5072) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/29/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
87% (28 of 32) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Samsung vs. Panasonic.. Samsung wins by a slim margin IMO Decisions decisions.. I'm moving into my new place soon so I was out looking for a brand new plasma TV. I thought about getting DLP but that's another story which I won't discuss here. After I decided to get the plasma I started to do some research. After looking at Panasonic, Sony, LG and Samsung, it was pretty easy to narrow it down to two manufacturers: Panasonic and Samsung. Then the hard part: deciding between two very nice plasma makers. After days of sleepless nights I decided to g...
[Samsung 50" Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (HPR5072) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/15/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
87% (96 of 110) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great Value - Very Attractive Note: My Samsung is actually the 42" version of this model.
Like many other reviewers of HD products, I spent many hours researching products and "test driving" them in stores. I found the Panasonic to have a slightly better picture than the Samsung but the Samsung is far more attractive and less expensive. The connections are plentiful and readily accessable. I agree with others that they could have added 1 more HDMI port. The Samsung picture in HD is spectacular and DVDs are excellent. T...
[Samsung 50" Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (HPR5072) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 02/25/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
82% (19 of 23) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Beware of false contouring I have had the TV for two weeks. The picture quality is very inconsistent. It ranges from completely fantastic to unwatchable. For me, the most annoying problem is that the TV over processes images to create lot of artifacts. Human skin can look very unnatural and pixelated.
I don't know if I got a poor sample or it is endemic to Samsung TVs. Some posters on avsforum have reported the same problem.
Buy at a local store so you can return it, there is a good chance ...
[Samsung 50" Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (HPR5072) review by B. Yu "5052 owner" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | B. Yu "5052 owner" | | Review Date: | 11/10/2005 | | User Location: | new yourk city | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
74% (23 of 31) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Check the specs. FYI. Note that this description doesn't match the manufacturer's. The Samsung website states that this model has a 10 speaker (2-way) sound system with 15-Watts per channel for a total of 30-Watts. I didn't get clarification with their customer department.
[Samsung 50" Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (HPR5072) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/09/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
68% (13 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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unrealistic contrast ratio "Samsung was founded in 1938 as a fish and fruit exporter on the Korean peninsula. Today Samsung has grown into a massive, multi-industry company and is a respected manufacturer of consumer electronics around the globe. By delivering lower-cost products that exceeded the quality of no-name manufactures but don't live up to the high-standards of first-tier manufacturers like Sony and Panasonic, Samsung has carved out significant market especially through sales in department stores and consumer el...
[Samsung 50" Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (HPR5072) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/17/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
41% (7 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Bad picture quality. No way to turn of DNIe which is the biggest cause of the problem. I had this tv for a few months now. Like someone said before picture quality is very inconsistant. It seems the longer I watch it the worse picture quality gets. Especially skin tones look very unnatural. No matter whether its HD or standard programming or DVD. I tried adjusting the picture with AVIA DVD, only marginal difference. It seems that DNIe is the reason behind bad pq however there is no way of turning it off. I even contactes samsung about this, no luck. This is a well known problem wi...
[Samsung 50" Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (HPR5072) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/29/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
37% (9 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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do not buy a plasma TV If you look at the specs, this tv does not support the full HD standard. All current generation plasma screens do not support 720p or 1080i. They upsample 720p and downgrade 1080i. I have a 1080i capable tv and can tell you that losing 300 lines of resolution is a big deal. Its about the same difference as 720 to normal broadcast tv.
[Samsung 50" Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (HPR5072) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/18/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
33% (15 of 45) Users Found This Review Helpful |