Samsung UA50F5000

marine1 said:
When you say motion handling? What do you mean?
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Let's say you have a Mede8er connected playing a song with the artist and title floating around the screen. The letters 'artefact'/jitter quite badly as it moves around.

I'm probably just more used to plasma which has a more fluid motion. General media on this TV also suffers from motion handling issues. It's not a model issue, it's a general LCD issue.

I'm not saying you would notice this or be affected by this. You love your LCD, so I'm sure you will love these ones. I'm just a bit more anal, I like quality video and audio, so plasma does it for me, because it is still tops for video quality.

A bit unrelated, SD quality is also better on plasma, even FHD, because as Keeper has pointed to in the past, all the colours blend in better. LCDs have a more pronounced 'blockiness' when it comes to SD.
 
Keeper said:
the PS51F4000 and PS51F4500 are *exactly* the same, except for the vertical resolution which is 768 instead of 480.
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I would do that if the price isn't TOO much more. I don't see the F4500 on guzzle, where do you see it and for what price?
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The 4500 is from Rectron, 5999 ex vat
But now looking at that LED 51 , that looks so much better but again, no wireless and no 3D
 
PostmanPot said:
Let's say you have a Mede8er connected playing a song with the artist and title floating around the screen. The letters 'artefact'/jitter quite badly as it moves around.

I'm probably just more used to plasma which has a more fluid motion. General media on this TV also suffers from motion handling issues. It's not a model issue, it's a general LCD issue.

I'm not saying you would notice this or be affected by this. You love your LCD, so I'm sure you will love these ones. I'm just a bit more anal, I like quality video and audio, so plasma does it for me.

A bit unrelated, SD quality is also better on plasma, even FHD, because as Keeper has pointed to in the past, all the colours blend in better. LCDs have a more pronounced 'blockiness' when it comes to SD.
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Interesting, I did not know that.
Thanks. Maybe I have been wrong all along :D
 
marine1 said:
I do but to be fair its a plasma from 2002. Its ancient. It actually works ok. No issues.
So is there a decent 51 Plasma with wireless and 3D? At a steal? :D
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PS51F5500 will be about R7,200 ex cost price. It has either has built-in wifi, or has the option to add a dongle.

Keeper?
 
Marine, if you really want a beast of a TV, do what postman pot said on page 1 - get the PS51F5500

This one is a Plasma, 51 inches, FULL HD, SMART TV, Voice Control, Touch Screen Remote, has Plex, and WIFI, and 3D, including 2 pairs of 3D Glasses.
It's R8999 though... so R3k more than the 40 inch 3D LED, or the non-3d, non-smart, non-hd, non-wifi F4000 plasma.

So yeah, R3k more, but with ALL the bells and whistles.

I don't know your budget, but if you can squeeze some extra money out somewhere (eat canned beans for a week or something, lol) you won't be disappointment with it.
 
PostmanPot said:
PS51F5500 will be about R7,200 ex cost price. It has either has built-in wifi, or has the option to add a dongle.

Keeper?
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Well I got a R2000 discount from R11,000 down to R9000 at Game not 2 weeks ago.

If I could get it for R7200, I would do that without blinking. If Marine can get it at that price he should definitely do that, 7.2K is day light robbery! :p
 
marine1 said:
Awesome sound advice thanks guys, you both make a great deal of sense. So thats the best price hey? Tie to hit a cash in transit
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Best price for the PS51F5500 is R8999 at Makro (It seems they have another special on it until the 24th, otherwise it would have been R10K at Makro/R11K at Game)

Where are you getting these low prices Marine? Rectron? Can you really get it for R7200 there? :eek:


UA50F5000 for R6100 is also an excellent price, so if your room is really really bright it might still be the better option for you.
I prefer plasma though.

I was also at Hifi Corp yesterday and saw a 3D Samsung LED with some Demo glasses mounted to a pole thing, and I gotta say, not impressed... it doesn't pop. it almost looks 2D.
My Plasma's 3D is a lot better (Better Depth), even when I play a NON-3D movie in 3D using the 2D>3D Option.

It might not have been LED's fault, it might have been something else.... but I can only guess it's the LED (any guesses from you guys?)
 
Hey guys that R7200 is ex vat yes rectron so that's not a great deal.
I think to be honest the 3D is a bit of a waste I hardly use it.
I guess size + wireless is a main thing for me.
Didn't want to spend so much lol
 
marine1 said:
Hey guys that R7200 is ex vat yes rectron so that's not a great deal.
I think to be honest the 3D is a bit of a waste I hardly use it.
I guess size + wireless is a main thing for me.
Didn't want to spend so much lol
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If Size is a priority, and 3D is not, then I would say get the PS51F4000. (or 4500 of course)
Not Full HD though, and no wifi.

Why don't you just use a lan cable? Mine has Wifi and I still got a cable - it's just better for 1080p stuff (No transcoding, so no quality loss - no "hiccups", and also instant FF/RW - no 3-4 second waiting)

Otherwise the UA40F5500 - it has wifi, but then it's 40 inches. I'd rather lay cable and get a 51" plasma than have wifi on a 40" LED.


Edit: I also didn't give a crap about 3D in a home setup, I bought the F5500 over the F4000 because it's Full HD, and is a smart TV with a cool remote... but the 3D really is awesome.
I always thought the 3D looked crap in all the shops I went to, with the demo 3D glasses... but this one really does an excellent job.
The most surprising feature is how well it converts 2D movies to 3D (in realtime) - that totally blew me away.

It was the LAST feature I checked out a few days after the TV was installed, and the one I like the most. (I didn't believe it could be done, just not possible!)
You don't even need to download/rent 3D Blurays or need to buy a 3D bluray player... all your movies just become 3D!
 
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