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Michael TLV

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The main picture difference is the DNIE ... which the commercial unit lacks. All calibrators worth their salt turn these "image enhancements" off and recommend that they stay off. Stuff like flesh tone, auto contrast ... noise reduction ...

Just take this information as a data point because it is certainly better than not having any useful information at all. He says the black transitions look more dithered ... maybe I should look at that aspect between the Panny and the Samsung ...

He says the grayscale which is supposed to be B/W is discolored ... maybe I should compare that versus the Panasonic ...

Specific things to keep your eye out for.

Hope it helps.

(My requirements for this plasma were quite different than most others because I already have HT projection set up and this is simply for the living room/kitchen. It will never have HD on it ... just Cartoons and SD stuff and I will always be 10 to 15 feet away. It was also purchased as a learning tool and a curiosity item ... an experiment)

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Mort Corey

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FWIW, my experiences with Samsung electronic products in general, and display devices in particular, have been less than satisfactory. Their quality control seems quite sporatic....just MHO

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Funny you should mention this. A brand new Samsung HD plasma has a static line down what would be the right hand 30 yard line. No idea what would cause this. This is on any + all inputs and display modes. Failure right out of the box.
 

kahlilJ

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michael
have you had the opportunity to view the sammy & panny side by side?

hey mort!
i remember you giving input on an earlier thread i had (either on this forum or another?)..anyway what kind of sammy unit/product did you have? have you heard anything about this current generarion of sammy tv's being significantly improved over the previous?

kgj
 

Michael TLV

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No, I have not viewed these side by side. No store locally carries both brands and has them set out like that.

It would not matter to me anyway since showroom performance has no bearing on image quality potential.

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