Samsung PS50P96 Plasma Television

The Samsung PS50P96 comes in with a pretty cool although somehow elongated stylish look. It is built with a full-length slim line speakers on either side of the screen and a 50-inch monster with a shiny black finish. This new plasma TV from Samsung is definitely worth a second look and would undoubtedly endear itself to most plasma television enthusiasts.

At the bottom an LED glows in a subtle blue. This can be turned off through the menu system if you don’t like it, or left on — either way, it’s nice to have the choice of disabling it.

The PS50P96’s connections are very healthy also, offering three HDMI 1.3 inputs all offering support for Deep Color along with it’s 18-bit video processor bringing over 18 quadrillion colors or 262,144 different shades of gray. A very high contrast ratio of 15,000:1 and brightness of 1,000cd/m2 provides amazing colors with both intense images and deep black levels.

Other connections besides the three HDMI 1.3 inputs include, 2x Scart, component, composite, s-video, PC VGA input, CAM slot, and various audio ins and outs.

The most notable feature of the PS50P96 is Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, screen which can potentially display all of the detail from a 1080 line source (such as Sky 1080i signals) without having to scale the picture to fit.

The PS50P96 also has the ability to present the highest quality format from High Definition (Blu-ray or HD DVD) playback with a 1080p capable player.

The PS50P96 excels in reproducing high definition images. Blu-ray playback is absolutely beautiful with a level of sharpness and detail that is a match for any flat panel on the market. Colours have a depth and level of realism which enables some of the most realistic skin tone reproductions.

Colors also, enjoy the sort of blend subtlety only possible via the extra pixel density afforded by full HD TVs, helping skin tones in particular look more authentic and three-dimensional than is common.

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